News from December 4. Atlanta activated Tiago Splitter and placed Walter Tavares on IL. Cleveland placed Joe Harris on IL. New York activated Louis Amundson and placed Cleanthony Early on IL. Phoenix activated Markieff Morris and placed Bryce Cotton on IL. Washington placed Marcin Gortat (personal reasons) on IL. Hou 100, Dal 96 at Dal James Harden (Hou) had 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. Terrence Jones (Hou) had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 18 points on 7-10 FG and 4-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Deron Williams (Dal) had 22 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 8 turnovers. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Hou, rest) did not play. NO 114, Cle 108 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 31 points including 13-22 FG, 12 rebounds, and 4 steals. Eric Gordon (NO) had 19 points including 7-9 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 37 points including 10-11 FT, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 18 points on 6-13 3-pointers. NO out-scored Cle 9-3 in overtime. Atl 100, LAL 87 at Atl Al Horford (Atl) had 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 15 points and 4 steals. D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Louis Williams (LAL) had 18 points. Atl shot 50% (37-74) FG and LAL shot 37.2% (32-86) FG. Det 102, Mil 95 at Det Andre Drummond (Det) had 17 points including 3-10 FT, 23 rebounds, and 3 steals. Marcus Morris (Det) had 23 points. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 23 points and 5 assists. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Mil) had 14 points and 13 rebounds. Tyler Ennis (Mil, sore left shoulder) did not play. Was 109, Pho 106 at Was Bradley Beal (Was) had 34 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. John Wall (Was) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 7 turnovers. Ramon Sessions (Was) had 18 points. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 22 points and 7 assists. Brandon Knight (Pho) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Drew Gooden (Was, strained right calf) and Kris Humphries (Was, sprained left ankle) did not play. NY 108, Bro 91 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 28 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers, and 10 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (NY) had 18 points including 7-11 FG. Thaddeus Young (Bro) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 21 points. ---- 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