News from December 23. Dallas signed Chris Douglas-Roberts. Washington signed Shelvin Mack and released Shaun Livingston and Earl Barron. Maurice Williams (Uta) is out indefinitely with an injured right thumb. Golden State assigned Kent Bazemore and Jeremy Tyler to the NBADL. Dallas activated Dirk Nowitzki and placed Bernard James on IL. New Jersey activated Jerry Stackhouse and placed Mirza Teletovic on IL. Phoenix activated Diante Garrett and placed Michael Beasley on IL. Stats Leaders Points Kobe Bryant (LAL) 29.7 Carmelo Anthony (NY) 28.0 Kevin Durant (OKC) 27.9 Rebounds Anderson Varejao (Cle) 14.4 Zach Randolph (Mem) 12.8 Dwight Howard (LAL) 11.9 Assists Rajon Rondo (Bos) 12.2 Chris Paul (LAC) 9.4 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 8.8 Jrue Holiday (Phi) 8.8 SA 129, Dal 91 at SA Danny Green (SA) had 25 points on 9-10 FG and 7-8 3-pointers. Tony Parker (SA) had 18 points and 6 assists. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 17 points and 5 steals. Darren Collison (Dal) had 15 points. Vince Carter (Dal) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. SA shot 56% (47-84) FG and Dal shot 45.9% (34-74) FG. SA shot 20-30 3-pointers and Dal shot 5-14 3-pointers. Bro 95, Phi 92 at Bro Joe Johnson (Bro) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Deron Williams (Bro) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Gerald Wallace (Bro) had 14 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 24 points including 3-3 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Bro shot 21-30 FT and Phi shot 8-10 FT. NY 94, Min 91 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 33 points including 10-11 FT and 7 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (NY) had 16 points including 8-10 FT, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. J.R. Smith (NY) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 21 points and 17 rebounds. Alexey Shved (Min) had 18 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Marcus Camby (NY, sore left foot), Rasheed Wallace (NY, sore left foot), Malcolm Lee (Min, hyperextended right knee), and Kevin Love (Min, eye injury) did not play. Uta 97, Orl 93 at Orl Paul Millsap (Uta) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 17 points including 7-10 FG. Gustavo Ayon (Orl) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 16 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 20 points. Glen Davis (Orl, sprained left shoulder) and Maurice Williams (Uta, sprained right thumb) did not play. LAC 103, Pho 77 at Pho Blake Griffin (LAC) had 23 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 steals. Chris Paul (LAC) had 17 points, 13 assists, and 5 steals. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 22 points. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 19 points including 9-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 10 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 steals. LAC shot 53.5% (38-71) FG and Pho shot 36.3% (29-80) FG. Sac 108, Por 96 at Sac Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 22 points. John Salmons (Sac) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Travis Outlaw (Sac) had 15 points including 6-7 FG. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 22 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 17 points including 4-12 FG and 8 assists. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac, suspended), Francisco Garcia (Sac, sore lower back), and Wesley Matthews (Por, left hip injury) did not play. Schedule for Monday, December 24 (All times Central) No games scheduled Schedule for Tuesday, December 25 (All times Central) Boston at Brooklyn 11:00 am ESPN New York at LA Lakers 2:00 pm ABC Oklahoma City at Miami 4:30 pm ABC Houston at Chicago 7:00 pm ESPN Denver at LA Clippers 9:30 pm ESPN ---- To all who celebrate it, have a wonderful Christmas! patricia ---- 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