News from December 17. Atlanta activated Pero Antic and placed Jeff Teague (hamstring) on IL. Memphis activated Markel Brown and placed Kevin Garnett on IL. Phoenix activated Goran Dragic and placed Tyler Ennis on IL. Portland activated C.J. McCollum and placed Robin Lopez (broken hand) on IL. Toronto activated Bruno Caboclo and placed Lucas Nogueira on IL. Utah activated Derrick Favors and placed Toure Murry on IL. Dal 117, Det 106 at Det Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 32 points including 10-17 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 25 points and 8 assists. Andre Drummond (Det) had 19 points, 24 rebounds including 7 offensive, 4 steals, and 3 blocks. Brandon Jennings (Det) had 13 points including 5-14 FG and 7 assists. Hou 115, Den 111 OT at Den Dwight Howard (Hou) had 24 points including 10-15 FT, 16 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Donatas Motiejunas (Hou) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 41 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 18-21 FT and 10 assists. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 23 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 22 points. Ty Lawson (Den) had 12 points including 4-12 FG and 16 assists. LAC 102, Ind 100 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 31 points including 9-13 FT, 16 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 15 points including 7-15 FT and 23 rebounds including 8 offensive. Chris Paul (LAC) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 steals. David West (Ind) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. C.J. Miles (Ind) had 17 points. Ian Mahinmi (Ind, torn left plantar fascia) did not play. Por 104, Mil 97 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 23 points and 15 rebounds including 6 offensive. Thomas Robinson (Por) had 15 points and 16 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 29 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 assists. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 24 points. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 17 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 3 steals. Por out-rebounded Mil 52-32 including 16-5 offensive. Damien Inglis (Mil, injured right ankle) and Jabari Parker (Mil, torn left ACL) did not play. Mem 117, SA 116 3OT at SA Zach Randolph (Mem) had 21 points and 21 rebounds including 6 offensive. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 26 points including 10-16 FG and 9 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 14 points including 5-19 FG, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 23 points including 5-15 FT, 16 rebounds including 6 offensive, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Danny Green (SA) had 25 points including 7-13 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 blocks in 52 minutes. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 21 points including 7-20 FG and 4-9 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Tony Allen (Mem, right eye injury) and Kawhi Leonard (SA) did not play. Tor 105, Bro 89 at Tor Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 20 points and 12 assists. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 16 points including 6-7 FG and 10 rebounds. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 13 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Mason Plumlee (Bro) had 23 points on 9-13 FG and 5-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Sergey Karasev (Bro, strained left oblique) did not play. Uta 105, Mia 87 at Mia Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 29 points including 9-13 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 42 points on 12-19 FG and 16-21 FT and 6 turnovers. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 11 points including 3-13 FG. Uta shot 53% (35-66) FG and Mia shot 38.6% (27-70) FG. Bos 109, Orl 92 at Bos Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, 15 assists, and 6 turnovers. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 5 points including 6-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Brandon Bass (Bos) had 18 points. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 18 points and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 17 points and 3 steals. Bos shot 55% (44-80) FG and Orl shot 43.5% (37-85) FG. Marcus Smart (Bos, strained left Achilles) did not play. Atl 127, Cle 98 at Cle Al Horford (Atl) had 20 points on 10-14 FG. Mike Scott (Atl) had 15 points including 5-7 FG. Shelvin Mack (Atl) had 24 points including 7-8 FG and 6-6 3-pointers. LeBron James (Cle) had 21 points. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 21 points. Atl out-scored Cle 62-38 in the 2nd half. Atl shot 64.5% (49-76) FG and Cle shot 45.1% (37-82) FG. Pho 111, Cha 106 at Cha Goran Dragic (Pho) had 20 points and 8 assists. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Pho) had 23 points including 6-10 FT. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 28 points including 13-22 FG and 10 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 27 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 assists. Schedule for Thursday, December 18 (All times Central) New York @ Chicago 7:00 pm TNT New Orleans @ Houston 7:30 pm Milwaukee @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, December 19 (All times Central) Utah @ Orlando 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Minnesota @ Boston 6:30 pm Brooklyn @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Toronto @ Detroit 6:30 pm Washington @ Miami 6:30 pm Chicago @ Memphis 7:00 pm Portland @ San Antonio 7:00 pm ESPN LA Clippers @ Denver 8:00 pm Oklahoma City @ 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