News from December 29. Atlanta activated Jared Cunningham. Cunningham was recalled from the NBADL. Golden State placed Nemanja Nedovic on IL. Orlando activated E'Twaun Moore and placed Solomon Jones on IL. Phi 111, LAL 104 at LAL Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 25 points and 9 rebounds. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Evan Turner (Phi) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jordan Hill (LAL) had 18 points and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Nick Young (LAL) had 26 points on 6-21 FG, 2-11 3-pointers, and 12-12 FT, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Steve Blake (LAL, torn ligaments) and Pau Gasol (LAL, upper respiratory inflammation). SA 112, Sac 104 at SA Tony Parker (SA) had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 7 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points and 13 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 28 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 24 points and 9 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 29 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 27 points including 10-17 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 9 assists. OKC 117, Hou 86 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 33 points including 11-17 FG, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Reggie Jackson (OKC) had 16 points and 8 assists. Jeremy Lamb (OKC) had 22 points including 8-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 17 points. Omri Casspi (Hou) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. OKC shot 57.3% (47-82) FG and Hou shot 36.5% (31-85) FG. Omer Asik (Hou, right thigh contusion) and Greg Smith (Hou, sprained right knee) did not play. Orl 109, Atl 102 at Orl Tobias Harris (Orl) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 16 points on 8-11 FG, 14 rebounds, and 3 steals. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 21 points including 7-10 FG and 7 assists. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 22 points and 8 assists. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 17 points on 4-14 FG and 8-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Orl shot 55.4% (41-74) FG and Atl shot 44.4% (36-81) FG. DeMarre Carroll (Atl, sprained right thumb) did not play. GS 108, Cle 104 OT at Cle David Lee (GS) had 19 points. Stephen Curry (GS) had 29 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 11 assists,, and 5 turnovers. Klay Thompson (GS) had 16 points including 5-16 FG. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 17 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 27 points and 9 assists. Toney Douglas (GS, food poisoning) did not play. Schedule for Monday, December 30 (All times Central) Washington at Detroit 6:30 pm Chicago at Memphis 7:00 pm NBATV Dallas at Minnesota 7:00 pm Portland at New Orleans 7:00 pm Miami at Denver 8:00 pm Charlotte at Utah 8:00 pm Phoenix at LA Clippers 9:30 pm Schedule for Tuesday, December 31 (All times Central) Atlanta at Boston 12:00 pm Cleveland at Indiana 2:00 pm Golden State at Orlando 4:00 pm Toronto at Chicago 6:00 pm Sacramento at Houston 6:00 pm Brooklyn at San Antonio 6:00 pm Portland at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm NBATV Milwaukee at LA Lakers 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