News from December 13. The NBA fined Matt Barnes (LAC) $25,000 for kicking a water bottle into the stands and directing foul language at the fans during Friday's LAC-Was game. Doug McDermott (Chi) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks. Dallas activated Ricky Ledo and placed Chandler Parsons (sore lower back) on IL. Denver activated Danilo Gallinari and placed JaVale McGee (sore lower left leg) on IL. The LA Clippers activated Chris Douglas-Roberts and Reggie Bullock and placed Spencer Hawes and C.J. Wilcox on IL. Milwaukee activated Damien Inglis and Johnny O'Bryant and placed John Henson (sprained left foot) and Ersan Ilyasova (nasal fracture) on IL. Orlando activated Nikola Vucevic and placed Devyn Marble on IL. Sacramento placed Omri Casspi (left knee bone contusion) on IL. GS 105, Dal 98 at Dal Draymond Green (GS) had 20 points including 8-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 25 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 29 points and 8 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 23 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 24 points including 8-22 FG, 5 assists, and 3 steals. GS out-scored Dal 39-18 in the 1st quarter. Bro 114, Cha 87 at Cha Joe Johnson (Bro) had 22 points on 9-16 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Deron Williams (Bro) had 18 points including 4-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 10 assists. Alan Anderson (Bro) had 17 points including 6-7 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Bismack Biyombo (Cha) had 14 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Bro shot 58.3% (42-72) FG and Cha shot 39.2% (31-79) FG. Kevin Garnett (Bro, rest) did not play. Por 95, Ind 85 at Ind LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 19 points including 8-23 FG and 14 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 18 points including 7-22 FG. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 14 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. C.J. Watson (Ind) had 23 points including 8-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Ind) had 14 points including 6-19 FG and 14 rebounds. Ian Mahinmi (Ind, torn left plantar fascia) and C.J. Miles (Ind, bruised left knee) did not play. Orl 100, Atl 99 at Orl Tobias Harris (Orl) had 20 points including 6-10 FT and the game winning jumper at the buzzer, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 18 points on 9-13 FG and 11 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 18 points on 9-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 24 points, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Mil 111, LAC 106 at Mil Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 20 points including 8-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 22 points and 5 assists. Larry Sanders (Mil) had 15 points including 7-9 FG and 9 rebounds. Matt Barnes (LAC) had 26 points including 6-8 3-pointers. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 25 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Mil shot 55.6% (43-76) FG and LAC shot 42.9% (39-91) FG. Damien Inglis (Mil, injured right ankle) did not play. Mem 120, Phi 115 OT at Phi Zach Randolph (Mem) had 24 points including 10-14 FG and 11 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Courtney Lee (Mem) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 assists. Mike Conley (Mem) had 36 points including 13-22 FG and 5-9 3-pointers and 9 assists. Robert Covington (Phi) had 24 points on 5-16 FG and 11-12 FT and 9 rebounds. Hollis Thompson (Phi) had 21 points including 7-8 FG and 5-5 3-pointers and 3 steals. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 16 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, and 6 turnovers. KJ McDaniels (Phi, sprained left ankle) did not play. Hou 108, Den 96 at Hou Donatas Motiejunas (Hou) had 25 points including 11-19 FG and 5 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 26 points on 9-11 FG and 8-17 FT, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. James Harden (Hou) had 24 points including 7-20 FG, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Ty Lawson (Den) had 19 points and 12 assists. Darrell Arthur (Den) had 20 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Isaiah Canaan (Hou, sprained left ankle) and Danilo Gallinari (Den, right knee contusion) did not play. Det 95, Sac 90 at Sac Josh Smith (Det) had 21 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 blocks, and 7 turnovers. Andre Drummond (Det) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 24 points and 8 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 20 points including 6-22 FG and 4-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Carl Landry (Sac) had 15 points and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. Schedule for Sunday, December 14 (All times Central) Golden State @ New Orleans 5:00 pm Chicago @ Miami 5:00 pm Utah @ Washington 5:00 pm LA Lakers @ Minnesota 6:00 pm Phoenix @ Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Toronto @ New York 6:30 pm San Antonio @ Denver 7:00 pm Schedule for Monday, December 15 (All times Central) Charlotte @ Cleveland 6:00 pm NBATV LA Lakers @ Indiana 6:00 pm Boston @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Chicago @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Orlando @ Toronto 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ Phoenix 8:00 pm San Antonio @ Portland 9:00 pm Detroit @ LA Clippers 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