News from December 15. Atlanta activated Johan Petro and placed Anthony Morrow on IL. Milwaukee activated Tobis Harris and placed Mike Dunleavy (bruised left knee) on IL. Minnesota activated Ricky Rubio. Min 114, Dal 106 OT at Min Andrei Kirilenko (Min) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 21 points and 9 rebounds including 7 offensive. Alexey Shved (Min) had 18 points and 6 assists. Derek Fisher (Dal) had 20 points and 5 turnovers. O.J. Mayo (Dal) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kevin Love (Min, flu), Josh Howard (Min, hyperextended right knee), and Malcolm Lee (Min, hyperextended right knee) did not play. SA 103, Bos 88 at SA Tiago Splitter (SA) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 22 points, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Gary Neal (SA) had 20 points. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jason Terry (Bos) had 18 points. SA shot 15-20 FT and Bos shot 6-8 FT. LAC 111, Mil 85 at Mil Blake Griffin (LAC) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 15 points including 7-10 FG and 11 rebounds. Matt Barnes (LAC) had 21 points including 8-10 FG. Marquis Daniels (Mil) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. GS 115, Atl 93 at Atl Harrison Barnes (GS) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers. David Lee (GS) had 20 points on 10-14 FG and 11 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 18 points including 6-20 FG, 8 rebounds, and 11 assists. Carl Landry (GS) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 15 points including 7-10 FG and 9 rebounds. GS shot 49.5% (49-99) FG and Atl shot 36.9% (31-84) FG. GS shot 7-8 FT and Atl shot 26-36 FT. Festus Ezeli (GS, bruised right knee) did not play. Orl 107, Cha 98 at Cha Glen Davis (Orl) had 20 points including 7-11 FG. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 13 points and 13 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 32 points and 7 assists. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 16 points including 5-15 FG. Ind 88, Det 77 at Det Paul George (Ind) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals. David West (Ind) had 23 points including 11-16 FG and 5 rebounds. George Hill (Ind) had 18 points including 5-7 FG and 7 assists. Greg Monroe (Det) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Lance Stephenson (Ind, sprained right ankle) did not play. Chi 83, Bro 82 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Marco Belinelli (Chi) had 19 points. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 18 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Deron Williams (Bro) had 24 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 10-13 FT and 5 assists. Kirk Hinrich (Chi, bruised left knee) did not play. Mem 99, Uta 86 at Uta Zach Randolph (Mem) had 25 points including 10-16 FG, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 12 points including 4-11 FG and 8 assists. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 12 points. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Darrell Arthur (Mem, concussion) did not play. NY 103, Cle 102 at NY Tyson Chandler (NY) had 23 points including 9-10 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Raymond Felton (NY) had 25 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. J.R. Smith (NY) had 16 points including 6-20 FG. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 41 points including 15-25 FG and 5-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. C.J. Miles (Cle) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (NY, sprained left ankle), Marcus Camby (NY, sore left foot), Rasheed Wallace (NY, sore left foot), and Omri Casspi (Cle, gastroenteritis) did not play. Mia 102, Was 72 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 23 points including 7-11 FT, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 13 points including 6-7 FG and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 13 points and 6 assists. Bradley Beal (Was) had 19 points including 6-18 FG. Cartier Martin (Was) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Mia shot 50.6% (40-79) FG and Was shot 37.5% (27-72) FG. 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 Schedule for Monday, December 17 (All times Central) Minnesota at Orlando 6:00 pm Houston at New York 6:30 pm NBATV LA Clippers at Detroit 6:30 pm Chicago at Memphis 7:00 pm San Antonio at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Sacramento at Phoenix 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