News from December 22. Sacramento suspended DeMarcus Cousins indefinitely for conduct detrimental to the team after Cousins exchanged words with coach Keith Smart in the locker room during halftime of Friday's Sac-LAC game. Dallas released Derek Fisher. Houston activated Scott Machado and placed Patrick Patterson (bone bruised right foot) on IL. Indiana activated Orlando Johnson and placed Gerald Green on IL. The LA Lakers activated Steve Nash. Memphis recalled Josh Selby from the NBADL and activated him. Miami activated Terrel Harris and placed Chris Bosh (ill) on IL. Phoenix activated Kendall Marshall and placed Diante Garrett on IL. LAL 118, GS 115 OT at GS Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 34 points on 16-41 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jordan Hill (LAL) had 14 points and 8 rebounds including 6 offensive. Metta World Peace (LAL) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. David Lee (GS) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 20 points including 8-23 FG, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Jarrett Jack (GS) had 29 points on 13-19 FG and 11 rebounds. Por 96, Pho 93 at Por J.J. Hickson (Por) had 19 points including 8-11 FG and 15 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 17 points including 5-15 FG and 9 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 25 points including 9-10 FT and 7 assists. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 18 points on 9-12 FG and 9 rebounds. Shannon Brown (Pho) had 15 points. Por shot 23-28 FT and Pho shot 8-11 FT. Hou 121, Mem 96 at Hou Omer Asik (Hou) had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists. James Harden (Hou) had 31 points on 9-13 FG, 3-3 3-pointers, and 10-12 FT, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 16 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Tony Wroten (Mem, migrane) did not play. Det 96, Was 87 at Was Greg Monroe (Det) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 18 points on 4-12 FG and 9-10 FT, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Chralie Villanueva (Det) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Emeka Okafor (Was) had 14 points and 14 rebounds. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 21 points on 4-13 FG and 11-12 FT, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Trevor Ariza (Was, strained left calf) and A.J. Price (Was, fractured right hand) did not play. Mia 105, Uta 89 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 30 points including 7-10 FT, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Shane Battier (Mia) had 15 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 3 blocks. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 21 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Marvin Williams (Uta) had 16 points. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 15 points. Ind 81, NO 75 at NO Paul George (Ind) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. David West (Ind) had 25 points and 7 rebounds. George Hill (Ind) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Robin Lopez (NO) had 24 points including 11-16 FG, 11 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 14 points including 11-16 FG and 8 assists. Ind shot 11-18 FT and NO shot 5-7 FT. Atl 92, Chi 75 at Atl Kyle Korver (Atl) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 20 points including 9-12 FG and 10 rebounds. Louis Williams (Atl) had 16 points. Luol Deng (Chi) had 11 points including 5-14 FG. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 10 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Den 110, Cha 88 at Den Kenneth Faried (Den) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Kosta Koufos (Den) had 16 points on 8-10 FG. Andre Iguodala (Den) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Byron Mullens (Cha) had 16 points and 14 rebounds. Ramon Sessions (Cha) had 23 points. Den shot 51.1% (47-92) FG and Cha shot 37.9% (33-87) FG. Den shot 10-15 FT and Cha shot 19-30 FT. Ben Gordon (Cha, sore right knee) and Gerald Henderson (Cha, shin contusion) did not play. Cle 94, Mil 82 at Mil Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 14 points and 14 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Larry Sanders (Mil) had 2 points including 0-3 FG, 12 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Monta Ellis (Mil) had 37 points including 15-27 FG. Schedule for Sunday, December 23 (All times Central) Philadelphia at Brooklyn 2:00 pm Minnesota at New York 4:00 pm Utah at Orlando 5:00 pm Dallas at San Antonio 6:00 pm LA Clippers at Phoenix 7:00 pm Portland at Sacramento 8:00 pm Schedule for Monday, December 24 (All times Central) No games scheduled ---- 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