News from December 16. Eric Moreland (Sac) suffered a broken bone in his left foot and is expected to undergo surgery. Brandan Wright (Mem) is scheduled to undergo surgery on his right knee. Charlotte activated Al Jefferson and placed P.J. Hairston on IL. Jefferson started serving his 5 game suspension. Dallas activated Justin Anderson and placed John Jenkins (concussion) on IL. Miami activated Tyler Johnson. San Antonio activated Boban Marjanovic and placed Tim Duncan (rest) on IL. Utah activated Tibor Pleiss and placed Rudy Gobert (sprained left MCL) on IL. Ind 107, Dal 81 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Ind) had 19 points. C.J. Miles (Ind) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Raymond Felton (Dal) had 16 points. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 13 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Ind out-scored Dal 62-34 in the 2nd half. Orl 113, Cha 98 at Orl Channing Frye (Orl) had 17 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 15 points. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 12 points and 9 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 12 points including 4-12 FG and 9 assists. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 16 points including 7-10 FG, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Orl shot 55.8% (43-77) FG and Cha shot 45.6% (36-79) FG. Al Jefferson (Cha, suspended) did not play. Mia 104, Bro 98 at Bro Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 28 points including 13-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 16 points and 5 assists. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 25 points including 12-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Jarrett Jack (Bro) had 22 points and 10 assists. Sergey Karasev (Bro, sore left ankle) and Shane Larkin (Bro, concussion) did not play. Det 119, Bos 116 at Det Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 31 points including 10-16 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Andre Drummond (Det) had 16 points including 3-10 FT and 12 rebounds. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 23 points. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 38 points on 12-20 FG and 11-11 FT and 7 assists. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. NY 107, Min 102 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 20 points, 15 rebounds, and 9 assists. Arron Afflalo (NY) had 29 points including 9-14 FG. Lance Thomas (NY) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 25 points and 10 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 23 points including 8-22 FG and 5 rebounds. Zach LaVine (Min) had 19 points. NY shot 25-30 FT and Min shot 14-14 FT. Atl 127, Phi 106 at Atl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 21 points including 7-8 FG. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 18 points. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 17 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Isaiah Canaan (Phi) had 24 points including 6-8 3-pointers. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Atl shot 61.5% (48-78) FG and Phi shot 52% (39-75) FG. Nerlens Noel (Phi, left eye abrasion) did not play. Chi 98, Mem 85 at Chi Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 24 points. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 19 points and 5 assists. Doug McDermott (Chi) had 17 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Courtney Lee (Mem) had 18 points on 8-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 10 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. OKC 106, Por 90 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 24 points and 6 rebounds. Dion Waiters (OKC) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 12 points and 13 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 20 points including 6-20 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 24 points including 4-7 3-pointers. OKC shot 48.1% (38-79) FG and Por shot 34.8% (32-92) FG. SA 114, Was 95 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 27 points including 9-15 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 4 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 10 points and 10 assists. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 20 points including 9-15 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. John Wall (Was) had 20 points including 6-18 FG, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Bradley Beal (Was, sore right leg) did not play. NO 104, Uta 94 at Uta Anthony Davis (NO) had 17 points and 13 rebounds. Eric Gordon (NO) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 24 points including 13-13 FT. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 20 points on 4-11 FG and 9-12 FT and 6 rebounds. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 22 points including 10-15 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Joe Ingles (Uta, oral surgery) did not play. GS 128, Pho 103 at GS Klay Thompson (GS) had 43 points including 15-22 FG and 8-13 3-pointers. Draymond Green (GS) had 16 points including 5-14 FG, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 steals. Stephen Curry (GS) had 25 points including 10-14 FG and 7 assists. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 19 points including 9-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Mirza Teletovic (Pho) had 24 points including 9-13 FG. GS out-scored Pho 79-37 in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. LAC 103, Mil 90 at LAC J.J. Redick (LAC) had 19 points. Chris Paul (LAC) had 21 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Michael Carter-Williams (Mil) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. O.J. Mayo (Mil) had 17 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. LAC shot 20-24 FT and Mil shot 9-11 FT. ---- 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