News from December 10. Atlanta activated John Jenkins and placed Mike Scott on IL. Brooklyn placed Joe Johnson (flu) on IL. Charlotte activated Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and placed P.J. Hairston on IL. Chicago placed Joakim Noah (sprained right ankle) on IL. Denver activated Jusuf Nurkic and placed Danilo Gallinari (bone bruise right knee) on IL. Golden State placed Andrew Bogut (injured right knee) on IL. Houston activated Patrick Beverley and placed Kostas Papanikolaou on IL. The LA Clippers activated Jordan Farmar. San Antonio activated Tiago Splitter and placed Kawhi Leonard (bruised hand) on IL. Dal 112, NO 107 at Dal Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 20 points. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 26 points including 11-19 FG and 5 assists. Devin Harris (Dal) had 20 points. Anthony Davis (NO) had 31 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 30 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Jameer Nelson (Dal, sore shoulder) did not play. GS 105, Hou 93 at GS Harrison Barnes (GS) had 20 points including 7-9 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 21 points including 1-8 3-pointers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 18 points including 5-15 FG and 4-12 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Donatas Motiejunas (Hou) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 34 points, 7 rebounds, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Dwight Howard (Hou, strained right knee) and Francisco Garcia (Hou, strained right Achilles) did not play. Den 102, Mia 82 at Den Wilson Chandler (Den) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 16 points including 6-8 FG. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 14 points. Norris Cole (Mia) had 6 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Den out-scored Mia 31-14 in the 3rd quarter. JaVale McGee (Den, strained lower left leg), Nate Robinson (Den, thoracic verbal contusion), and Josh McRobert (Mia, right knee contusion) did not play. SA 109, NY 95 at SA Danny Green (SA) had 13 points including 3-10 FG and 1-6 3-pointers. Marco Belinelli (SA) had 22 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Boris Diaw (SA) had 12 points. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Jason Smith (NY) had 14 points. Tim Duncan (SA, rest), Manu Ginobili (SA, rest), Tony Parker (SA, mild strained left hamstring), Carmelo Anthony (NY, sore left knee), and J.R. Smith (NY, sore left heel) did not play. Min 90, Por 82 at Min Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 23 points including 5-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Corey Brewer (Min) had 19 points on 4-11 FG and 10-10 FT, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 18 points including 4-10 3-pointers. Damian Lillard (Por) had 23 points including 9-24 FG and 2-12 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Min shot 25-33 FT and Por shot 10-12 FT. Nikola Pekovic (Min, right ankle injury) and Maurice Williams (Min, back spasms) did not play. Chi 105, Bro 80 at Chi Derrick Rose (Chi) had 23 points and 5 turnovers. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 18 points including 6-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 16 points, 16 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 blocks. Deron Williams (Bro) had 17 points including 5-15 FG and 5 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bro) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Chi shot 46.8% (37-79) FG and Bro shot 33% (29-88) FG. Mirza Teletovic (Bro, right hip pointer) did not play. Atl 95, Phi 79 at Atl DeMarre Carroll (Atl) had 14 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 17 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 8 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, and 9 turnovers. Alexey Shved (Phi) had 13 points. Was 91, Orl 89 at Orl John Wall (Was) had 21 points on 10-17 FG, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists. Kris Humphries (Was) had 11 points. Nene (Was) had 12 points on 6-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 15 points on 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Was out-scored Orl 24-14 in the 4th quarter. LAC 103, Ind 96 at Ind Blake Griffin (LAC) had 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 12 points, 19 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Chris Paul (LAC) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, 15 assists, and 3 steals. C.J. Miles (Ind) had 30 points including 7-14 3-pointers. Lavoy Allen (Ind) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Ian Mahinmi (Ind, torn left plantar fascia) did not play. Cha 96, Bos 87 at Cha Al Jefferson (Cha) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 14 rebounds. Lance Stephenson (Cha) had 13 points. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 18 points including 5-14 FG, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Jeff Green (Bos) had 16 points. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Cha shot 23-29 FT and Bos shot 6-10 FT. Schedule for Thursday, December 11 (All times Central) Cleveland @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm TNT Houston @ Sacramento 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, December 12 (All times Central) Portland @ Chicago 6:00 pm ESPN LA Clippers @ Washington 6:00 pm Orlando @ Atlanta 6:30 pm New York @ Boston 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Indiana @ Toronto 6:30 pm Charlotte @ Memphis 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Cleveland @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Detroit @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Miami @ Utah 8:00 pm LA Lakers @ San Antonio 8:30 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