News from December 8. Houston placed Montrezl Harrell on IL. Memphis placed James Ennis on IL. Cle 105, Por 100 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 33 points including 14-24 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kevin Love (Cle) had 18 points including 8-10 FT and 4 steals. Matthew Dellavedova (Cle) had 17 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 33 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 24 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. GS 131, Ind 123 at Ind Klay Thompson (GS) had 39 points including 13-21 FG and 10-16 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 29 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Festus Ezeli (GS) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. C.J. Miles (Ind) had 24 points including 5-11 3-pointers. Paul George (Ind) had 33 points including 5-13 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. GS shot 54.7% (52-95) FG and Ind shot 44% (44-100) FG. Leandro Barbosa (GS, ill) and Myles Turner (Ind, chip fracture left thumb) did not play. Bro 110, Hou 105 at Bro Joe Johnson (Bro) had 22 points including 9-15 FG, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Thaddeus Young (Bro) had 20 points on 10-13 FG, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 24 points including 9-14 FG, 8 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Corey Brewer (Hou) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 3 steals. Marcus Thornton (Hou) had 32 points including 12-18 FG and 5-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Andrea Bargnani (Bro, sore left hamstring) did not play. OKC 125, Mem 88 at Mem Kevin Durant (OKC) had 32 points including 11-14 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 17 points. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 13 points including 5-7 FG, 5 rebounds, and 16 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 11 points. Mario Chalmers (Mem) had 19 points including 6-8 FG. OKC shot 56% (47-84) FG and Mem shot 40.7% (33-81) FG. Brandan Wright (Mem, sore right knee) did not play. Orl 85, Den 74 at Den Tobias Harris (Orl) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 18 points on 9-14 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 13 points including 5-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Will Barton (Den) had 23 points and 4 steals. Orl shot 8-10 FT and Den shot 11-20 FT. Sac 114, Uta 106 at Sac Omri Casspi (Sac) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 23 points including 10-13 FG. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 23 points including 6-10 FT, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Rajon Rondo (Sac) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, 13 assists, and 6 turnovers. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 17 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Alec Burks (Uta) had 18 points. Sac shot 55.8% (43-77) FG and Uta shot 41.3% (38-92) FG. Rudy Gobert (Uta, sprained MCL) did not play. ---- 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