News from December 2. The NBA fined Aaron Afflalo (Den) $15,000 for his foul on Alec Burks (Uta) during Monday's Den-Uta game. Chicago placed Doug McDermott on IL. Cleveland activated Anderson Varejao and placed Alex Kirk on IL. New Orleans activated Russ Smith. Oklahoma City activated Kevin Durant and placed Perry Jones on IL. Phoenix activated Tyler Ennis and placed Zoran Dragic on IL. Toronto activated Bruno Caboclo and placed Lucas Nogueira on IL. Dal 132, Chi 129 2OT at Chi Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 22 points including 8-22 FG, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 38 points. Devin Harris (Dal) had 20 points on 7-10 FG and 6-6 3-pointers and 8 assists. Mike Dunleavy (Chi) had 20 points. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 29 points and 14 rebounds in 50 minutes. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 18 points including 6-20 FG and 4-11 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 7 turnovers. Cle 111, Mil 108 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 26 points including 14-21 FT, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 7 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 27 points including 10-16 FG and 4-8 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 28 points on 10-15 FG and 8-10 FT and 6 assists. Jabari Parker (Mil) had 22 points on 11-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 27 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 6 rebounds 8 assists, and 3 steals. Cle shot 27-38 FT and Mil shot 11-13 FT. John Henson (Cle, sprained left foot) did not play. Atl 109, Bos 105 at Atl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Al Horford (Atl) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 24 points including 8-9 FG and 6-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Jeff Green (Bos) had 25 points including 10-16 FG. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 22 points on 9-16 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 2 points on 1-8 FG, 12 rebounds, 19 assists, and 7 turnovers. LAL 106, Det 96 at Det Jordan Hill (LAL) had 22 points including 10-15 FG and 13 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 12 points including 4-11 FG, 5 rebounds, 13 assists, and 10 turnovers. Carlos Boozer (LAL) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Josh Smith (Det) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. D.J. Augustin (Det) had 13 points and 5 assists. LAL shot 48.1% (39-81) FG and Det shot 36.7% (33-90) FG. Xavier Henry (LAL, ruptured left Achilles) and Ryan Kelly (LAL, torn right hamstring) did not play. Bro 98, NY 93 at NY Joe Johnson (Bro) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Deron Williams (Bro) had 19 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 20 points including 7-22 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jose Calderon (NY) had 19 points on 7-9 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 7 assists. J.R. Smith (NY, flu) did not play. NO 112, OKC 104 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 25 points including 9-16 FT, 10 rebounds, 6 steals, and 4 blocks. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 30 points including 14-24 FG, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 16 points including 6-17 FG, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 23 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 27 points and 5 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 21 points including 6-20 FG, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 7 turnovers. Por 105, Den 103 at Den LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 39 points including 16-30 FG and 11 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 17 points and 6 assists. Robin Lopez (Por) had 11 points including 5-5 FG and the game winning layup with 1.3 seconds left. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 18 points. Ty Lawson (Den) had 24 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 13 assists. Por out-scored Den 27-18 in the 4th quarter. Pho 116, Ind 99 at Pho Goran Dragic (Pho) had 34 points including 11-15 FG and 5-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 27 points and 7 assists. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. C.J. Miles (Ind) had 17 points. Tor 117, Sac 109 at Sac Terrence Ross (Tor) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 27 points and 13 assists. James Johnson (Tor) had 19 points including 9-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Ben McLemore (Sac) had 21 points. GS 98, Orl 97 at GS Klay Thompson (GS) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 22 points and 5 assists. Harrison Barnes (GS) had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Kyle O'Quinn (Orl) had 21 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 27 points including 10-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 3 steals. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Nikola Vucevic (Orl, back spasms) did not play. Schedule for Wednesday, December 3 (All times Central) Chicago @ Charlotte 6:00 pm NBATV LA Lakers @ Washington 6:00 pm Detroit @ Boston 6:30 pm San Antonio @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Atlanta @ Miami 6:30 pm Memphis @ Houston 7:00 pm Dallas @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Toronto @ Utah 8:00 pm Orlando @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Schedule for Thursday, December 4 (All times Central) Cleveland @ New York 7:00 pm TNT Indiana @ Portland 9:00 pm New Orleans @ Golden State 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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