News from December 19. Detroit recalled Khris Middleton and Kim English from the NBADL. Atlanta activated Anthony Morrow and placed Devin Harris (injured left foot) on IL. Cleveland activated Jeremy Pargo and placed Anderson Varejao (bruised right knee) on IL. Houston activated Donatas Motiejunas. Oklahoma City activated Daniel Orton and placed DeAndre Liggins on IL. Orlando activated Miles Plumlee and placed Orlando Johnson on IL. Sacramento activated Tyler Honeycutt and placed Tyreke Evans (sore left knee) on IL. OKC 100, Atl 92 at Atl Kevin Durant (OKC) had 41 points on 14-23 FG, 4-8 3-pointers, and 9-10 FT, 13 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 4 points on 2-9 FG and 14 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 27 points and 11 assists. Josh Smith (Atl) had 17 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 19 points on 9-13 FG and 9 assists. NY 100, Bro 86 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 31 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Tyson Chandler (NY) had 16 points including 7-11 FG, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. J.R. Smith (NY) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Deron Williams (Bro) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. NY shot 13-17 FT and Bro shot 6-9 FT. Marcus Camby (NY, sore left foot), Steve Novak (NY, flu), and Rasheed Wallace (NY, sore left foot) did not play. Hou 125, Phi 103 at Hou Omer Asik (Hou) had 17 points including 5-7 FG and 15 rebounds. Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 18 points and 6 assists. James Harden (Hou) had 33 points including 17-18 FT and 7 assists. Dorell Wright (Phi) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Nick Young (Phi) had 21 points. Hou shot 56% (42-75) FG and Phi shot 44.9% (40-89) FG. Patrick Patterson (Hou, bone bruised right foot) and Jrue Holiday (Phi, sprained left foot) did not play. Bos 103, Cle 91 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 40 points including 13-16 FG and 6-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 20 points on 7-11 FG and 6-10 FT and 8 assists. Jason Terry (Bos) had 15 points. Tyler Zeller (Cle) had 20 points including 9-15 FG. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 22 points. Bos shot 59.7% (37-62) FG and Cle shot 40.9% (36-88) FG. Daniel Gibson (Cle, sprained right ankle) did not play. Mem 90, Mil 80 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 15 points and 17 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 12 points, 12 assists, and 3 blocks. Marquis Daniels (Mil) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 26 points including 9-26 FG and 7 rebounds. Ind 104, Uta 84 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 20 points on 9-13 FG, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. George Hill (Ind) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Gerald Green (Ind) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Alec Burks (Uta) had 12 points. Ind out-scored Uta 53-31 in the 1st half. Ind shot 51.3% (41-80) FG and Uta shot 37.2% (32-86) FG. LAC 93, NO 77 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 18 points. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 17 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Chris Paul (LAC) had 10 points, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. Anthony Davis (NO) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Robin Lopez (NO) had 22 points including 10-16 FG and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. LAC shot 50% (37-74) FG and NO shot 38.7% (29-75) FG. Tor 97, Det 91 at Tor Jose Calderon (Tor) had 7 points and 17 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 23 points. Alan Anderson (Tor) had 16 points including 4-11 FG. Greg Monroe (Det) had 35 points including 14-22 FG and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 13 points. Orl 90, Was 83 at Orl Glen Davis (Orl) had 12 points on 6-18 FG and 9 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 15 points including 6-18 FG. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 17 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 19 points, 6 assists, and 7 turnovers. Nene (Was) had 20 points including 8-10 FG. Pho 121, Cha 104 at Pho Chris Dudley (Pho) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 21 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 11 assists. Shannon Brown (Pho) had 26 points including 10-16 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Chris Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 25 points including 9-14 FG, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 27 points including 9-14 FG and 6 assists. Pho shot 10-11 FT and Cha shot 18-22 FT. Sac 131, GS 127 at Sac DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 24 points including 14-18 FT, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Aaron Brooks (Sac) had 23 points including 9-12 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 5 assists. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 19 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 3 blocks. David Lee (GS) had 29 points including 12-17 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 32 points including 7-12 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Jarrett Jack (GS) had 28 points including 10-16 FG and 7 rebounds. Schedule for Thursday, December 20 (All times Central) Oklahoma City at Minnesota 6:00 pm TNT Miami at Dallas 8:30 pm TNT Denver at Portland 9:00 pm Schedule for Friday, December 21 (All times Central) Orlando at Toronto 6:00 pm Atlanta at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Milwaukee at Boston 6:30 pm Chicago at New York 6:30 pm NBATV Washington at Detroit 6:30 pm Indiana at Cleveland 6:30 pm Dallas at Memphis 7:00 pm New Orleans at San Antonio 7:30 pm Sacramento at LA Clippers 9:30 pm Charlotte at Golden State 9:30 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