News from December 14. Malcolm Lee (Min) is out indefinitely with an injured right knee. Houston assigned Terrence Jones and Donatas Motiejunas to the NBADL. Brooklyn activated Brook Lopez and placed Tornike Shengelia on IL. Oklahoma City placed Daniel Orton and Jeremy Lamb on IL. Milwaukee activated Ekpe Udoh and placed Tobias Harris on IL. Toronto activated Alan Anderson and placed Kyle Lowry (injured right triceps) on IL. Tor 95, Dal 74 at Tor DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 14 points. Linas Klieza (Tor) had 20 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Terrence Ross (Tor) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Shawn Marion (Dal) had 12 points and 13 rebounds. Chris Kaman (Dal) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Tor shot 12-36 3-pointers and Dal shot 0-13 3-pointers - ending Dallas' NBA record streak of 1,108 consecutive games with a 3-pointer made. LAL 102, Was 96 at Was Dwight Howard (LAL) had 12 points, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 30 points on 9-29 FG and 11-13 FT, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jodie Meeks (LAL) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 3 steals. Nene (Was) had 17 points on 4-5 FG and 9-12 FT and 8 rebounds. Cartier Martin (Was) had 21 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL, tendinitis both knees), Jordan Hill (LAL, back spasms), Trevor Ariza (Was, strained left calf), and A.J. Price (Was, fractured right hand) did not play. Hou 101, Bos 89 at Hou Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 15 points including 5-7 FG, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. James Harden (Hou) had 21 points including 6-17 FG, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Greg Smith (Hou) had 20 points including 8-9 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 18 points including 5-18 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 15 points, 13 assists, 4 steals, and 7 turnovers. Bro 107, Det 105 2OT at Bro Gerald Wallace (Bro) had 25 points including 9-15 FG and 10 rebounds in 50 minutes. Deron Williams (Bro) had 17 points and 6 assists. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 28 points including the game winning long jumper at the buzzer and 5 assists in 52 minutes. Brandon Knight (Det) had 22 points including 5-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Mil 90, Cle 86 at Cle Larry Sanders (Mil) had 10 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 16 points including 5-20 FG, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Monta Ellis (Mil) had 33 points including 8-11 FT, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 8 points and 18 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 26 points including 9-23 FG and 6 turnovers. C.J. Miles (Cle) had 17 points. Mil shot 19-27 FT and Cle shot 13-14 FT. Mike Dunleavy (Mil, bruised left knee) did not play. Pho 99, Uta 84 at Pho Jared Dudley (Pho) had 22 points including 9-12 FG, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 12 points and 14 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 17 points and 5 assists. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 14 points and 11 rebounds. OKC 113, Sac 103 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 31 points including 10-14 FG, 5 rebounds, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Kevin Martin (OKC) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 21 points. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 26 points on 10-13 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Marcus Thornton (Sac, personal reasons) did not play. Orl 99, GS 85 at Orl Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 12 points and 17 rebounds including 5 offensive. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Andrew Nicholson (Orl) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. David Lee (GS) had 24 points including 11-20 FG and 15 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 25 points. Orl shot 47.7% (41-86) FG and GS shot 37% (34-92) FG. Ind 95, Phi 85 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 28 points including 5-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 19 points and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. George Hill (Ind) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 10 assists. Evan Turner (Phi) had 22 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 18 points. Lance Stephenson (Ind, sprained right ankle) did not play. Min 113, NO 102 at NO Andrei Kirilenko (Min) had 21 points including 10-16 FG and 11 rebounds. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 31 points including 14-18 FG and 5 rebounds. Luke Ridnour (Min) had 15 points including 3-3 3-pointers, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 20 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 17 assists. Austin Rivers (NO) had 27 points including 9-14 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. Malcolm Lee (Min, hyperextended right knee) and Jason Smith (NO, sprained right shoulder) did not play. Den 99, Mem 94 at Den Andre Iguodala (Den) had 20 points including 8-11 FG, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Andre Miller (Den) had 18 points. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 14 points. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 21 points. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 10 points including 2-10 FG, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 4 blocks. Den shot 52.2% (36-69) FG and Mem shot 41.5% (39-94) FG. Den shot 23-26 FT and Mem shot 9-10 FT. Schedule for Saturday, December 15 (All times Central) Orlando at Charlotte 6:00 pm Golden State at Atlanta 6:00 pm Cleveland at New York 6:30 pm Washington at Miami 6:30 pm Indiana at Detroit 6:30 pm Brooklyn at Chicago 7:00 pm Dallas at Minnesota 7:00 pm LA Clippers at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Boston at San Antonio 7:30 pm NBATV Memphis at Utah 8:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, December 16 (All times Central) Houston at Toronto 12:00 pm LA Lakers at Philadelphia 5:00 pm Denver at Sacramento 5:00 pm New Orleans at Portland 8:00 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html