News from December 18. The NBA suspended Jordan Hamilton (Den) for 1 game for throwing a punch at Steven Adams (OKC) during Tuesday's OKC-Den game. Dallas activated Dirk Nowitzki. Detroit activated Chuancey Billups and placed Rodney Stuckey (sore right shoulder) on IL. New Orleans activated Anthony Davis. New York activated Tyson Chandler and Chris Smith and placed Amare Stoudemire (sore knee) and Pablo Prigioni (broken right toe) on IL. Orlando activated Solomon Jones and placed Arron Afflalo (ill) on IL. San Antonio activated Nando de Colo and placed Tony Parker (shin contusion) on IL. Toronto activated Chuck Hayes and Julyan Stone and placed Dwight Bucks and Austin Daye on IL. Washington activated Nene and placed Glen Rice on IL. Rice underwent surgery on his broken right wrist and is expected to be out 3 to 6 weeks with an injured wrist. Dal 105, Mem 91 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points including 9-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 18 points and 3 steals. Vince Carter (Dal) had 14 points and 6 assists. Tony Allen (Mem) had 16 points, 11 rebounds including 10 offensive, and 3 steals. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 14 points including 5-18 FG and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Dal shot 54.8% (40-73) FG and Mem shot 39.8% (37-93) FG. Mike Conley (Mem, left thigh contusion) and Tayshaun Prince (Me, sore left knee) did not play. Mia 97, Ind 94 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 24 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 32 points including 15-25 FG and 3 steals. Paul George (Ind) had 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. David West (Ind) had 23 points. Uta 86, Orl 82 at Orl Trey Burke (Uta) had 30 points including 12-20 FG and 4-8 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 14 points including 5-16 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 14 points including 5-18 FG, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Cha 104, Tor 102 OT at Tor Al Jefferson (Cha) had 24 points including 6-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 29 points including 4-7 3-pointers and the game winning jumper at the buzzer, 5 rebounds, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Josh McRoberts (Cha) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 30 points including 8-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 17 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Atl 124, Sac 107 at Atl Al Horford (Atl) had 25 points including 12-19 FG, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 blocks. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 28 points on 10-15 FG and 8-10 3-pointers. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, 15 assists, and 6 turnovers. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 22 points and 3 steals. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 28 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 20 points and 10 assists. Atl shot 58% (47-81) FG and Sac shot 47.6% (40-84) FG. Cartier Martin (Atl, sprained left ankle) did not play. Det 107, Bos 106 at Bos Josh Smith (Det) had 20 points and 4 steals. Andre Drummond (Det) had 28 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 14 assists. Brandon Jennings (Det) had 28 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 14 assists. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Jordan Crawford (Bos) had 17 points including 4-15 FG and 1-7 3-pointers and 6 assists. Was 113, Bro 107 at Bro John Wall (Was) had 21 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 10 points including 4-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Nene (Was) had 17 points. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 22 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Paul Pierce (Bro) had 27 points including 10-12 FG and 6 rebounds. NY 107, Mil 101 2OT at Mil Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 29 points including 9-29 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 9 rebounds in 55 minutes. J.R. Smith (NY) had 19 points including 7-23 3-pointers, and 5-17 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Beno Udrih (NY) had 21 points including 5-17 3-pointers and 5 assists. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 20 points including 8-22 FG and 9 rebounds in 52 minutes. John Henson (Mil) had 20 points including 6-10 FT and 14 rebounds in 51 minutes. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 36 points including 6-12 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 8 turnovers. Raymond Felton (NY, strained left hamstring), Kenyon Martin (NY, strained abdominal muscle), Zaza Pachulia (Mil, fractured right foot), O.J. Mayo (Mil, personal reasons), and Caron Butler (Mil, sore left knee) did not play. Min 120, Por 109 at Min Kevin Love (Min) had 29 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 15 rebounds, and 9 assists. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 30 points including 14-19 3-pointers and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kevin Martin (Min) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Damian Lillard (Por) had 36 points including 7-14 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. SA 108, Pho 101 at Pho Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 14 points including 5-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Channing Frye (Pho) had 22 points including 8-11 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 18 points including 6-18 FG. Hou 109, Chi 94 at Hou Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 23 points including 11-14 FG and 9 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 19 points, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Luol Deng (Chi) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 20 points. Jeremy Lin (Hou, right thigh contusion), Jeremy Lin (Hou, back spasms), and Kirk Hinrich (Chi, sore back) did not play. LAC 108, NO 95 at LAC Jared Dudley (LAC) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 14 points including 6-6 FG, 20 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 blocks. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 17 points on 7-21 FG and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Anthony Davis (NO) had 24 points, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Reggie Bullock (LAC, sprained left ankle) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, December 19 (All times Central) Chicago at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm TNT San Antonio at Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, December 20 (All times Central) Brooklyn at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Utah at Atlanta 6:30 pm Milwaukee at Cleveland 6:30 pm Charlotte at Detroit 6:30 pm Sacramento at Miami 6:30 pm Houston at Indiana 7:00 pm ESPN Toronto at Dallas 7:30 pm Phoenix at Denver 8:00 pm Minnesota at LA Lakers 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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