News from December 30. Alec Burks (Uta) is scheduled to undergo surgery on his left shoulder and is out for the rest of the season. Al Jefferson (Cha) is expected to be out 4 weeks with a strained adductor muscle in his left groin. Brooklyn activated Cory Jefferson and placed Kevin Garnett on IL. Cleveland activated Kyrie Irving and placed LeBron James (sore left knee) on IL. Dallas activated Tyson Chandler and placed Ricky Ledo on IL. Memphis activated Jordan Adams. Portland activated LaMarcus Aldridge and placed Meyers Leonard on IL. Washington activated DeJuan Blair and placed Drew Gooden on IL. Dal 114, Was 87 at Dal Monta Ellis (Dal) had 20 points and 4 steals. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 13 points on 2-8 FG and 9-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Richard Jefferson (Dal) had 14 points. John Wall (Was) had 11 points and 8 assists. Kris Humphries (Was) had 11 points including 4-5 FG and 7 rebounds. GS 126, Phi 86 at GS Marreese Speights (GS) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 4 blocks. Stephen Curry (GS) had 13 points, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Leandro Barbosa (GS) had 17 points. Henry Sims (Phi) had 19 points including 9-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Robert Covington (Phi) had 10 points on 4-13 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. GS shot 56.1% (46-82) FG and Phi shot 38.4% (33-86) FG. Luc Mbah a Moute (Phi, strained left calf) and Hollis Thompson (Phi, upper respiratory infection) did not play. Por 102, Tor 97 OT at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 23 points and 13 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 19 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 26 points including 9-24 FG and 4-15 3-pointers and 9 assists. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 25 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. James Johnson (Tor) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 11 rebounds. Landry Fields (Tor, concussion) did not play. Uta 100, Min 94 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 26 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Trey Burke (Uta) had 26 points and 6 assists. Shabazz Muhammad (Min) had 30 points including 10-17 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. LAL 111, Den 103 at Den Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 23 points including 8-11 FT, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, and 9 turnovers. Ronnie Price (LAL) had 18 points including 5-6 3-pointers. Carlos Boozer (LAL) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 16 points and 9 assists. Jusuf Nurkic (Den) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 8 rebounds. Ryan Kelly (LAL, torn right hamstring) did not play. NO 110, Pho 106 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 19 points and 18 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 24 points including 7-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 21 points and 6 assists. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 19 points on 8-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 22 points including 10-17 FG. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 21 points including 9-12 FT and 8 rebounds. John Salmons (NO, personal reasons) did not play. Mem 95, SA 87 at Mem Marc Gasol (Mem) had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mike Conley (Mem) had 30 points including 10-13 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Tayshaun Prince (Mem) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Marco Belinelli (SA) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Cory Joseph (SA) had 18 points on 9-13 FG and 3 steals. Bro 96, Chi 82 at Chi Joe Johnson (Bro) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 29 points including 13-21 FG and 5 rebounds. Mike Dunleavy (Chi) had 23 points on 9-15 FG and 5-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 12 points and 12 rebounds. Atl 109, Cle 101 at Atl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 26 points including 10-17 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 19 points on 7-11 FG and 5-8 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 23 points including 6-10 FT, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 18 points on 9-12 FG and 13 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 35 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, and 8 turnovers. Al Horford (Atl, ill) and Shawn Marion (Cle, sprained left ankle) did not play. Det 109, Orl 86 at Orl Andre Drummond (Det) had 17 points including 5-16 FT, 22 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 3 blocks. D.J. Augustin (Det) had 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Jodie Meeks (Det) had 34 points including 11-16 FG and 9-11 3-pointers. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 16 points. Det shot 15-29 FT and Orl shot 6-10 FT. Schedule for Wednesday, December 31 (All times Central) Sacramento @ Boston 12:00 pm Miami @ Indiana 2:00 pm New York @ LA Clippers 5:00 pm Charlotte @ Houston 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Phoenix @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm New Orleans @ San Antonio 7:00 pm Schedule for Thursday, January 1 (All times Central) Denver @ Chicago 7:00 pm Sacramento @ Minnesota 7:00 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