News from December 14. The NBA and Players Association reached a tentative agreement for a new CBA. The deal still needs to be finalized and approved by both the NBA Board of Governors and the players. The NBA fined Luke Walton (LAL) $15,000 for verbably abusing a ref and failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection from Monday's Sac-LAL game. Boston activated Jordan Mickey and placed Gerald Green (hip) on IL. Brooklyn activated Justin Hamilton and placed Jeremy Lin (sore back) on IL. Detroit activated Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and placed Henry Ellenson on IL. Orlando activated Chris Wilcox and placed Arinze Onuaku on IL. Sacramento activated Malachi Richardson and Skal Labissiere and placed Rudy Gay (rest) and Ben McLemore (rest) on IL. San Antonio activated Bryn Forbes and placed LaMarcus Aldridge (rest) on IL. Utah activated Derrick Favors and placed George Hill (sprained big toe) on IL. Det 95, Dal 85 at Dal Reggie Jackson (Det) had 20 points and 6 assists. Andre Drummond (Det) had 3 points and 17 rebounds. Jon Leuer (Det) had 19 points including 8-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Deron Williams (Dal) had 16 points including 3-13 FG and 5 assists. Det out-rebounded Dal 50-30 including 10-6 offensive. Andrew Bogut (Dal, right knee injury) did not play. Uta 109, OKC 89 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 17 points. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 5-9 3-pointers. Shelvin Mack (Uta) had 15 points including 5-6 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 27 points including 7-25 FG and 11-13 FT, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 blocks. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 19 points. Uta shot 58.3% (42-72) FG and OKC shot 36.6% (30-82) FG. Victor Oladipo (OKC, sprained right wrist) did not play. SA 108, Bos 101 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 26 points and 6 assists. Pau Gasol (SA) had 17 points, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 16 points and 7 assists. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 25 points including 101-6 FG, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Jae Crowder (Bos) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. SA shot 55% (44-80) FG and Bos shot 44% (37-84) FG. Hou 132, Sac 98 at Hou Ryan Anderson (Hou) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, 14 assists, and 5 turnovers. Sam Dekker (Hou) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Garrett Temple (Sac) had 20 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Anthony Tolliver (Sac) had 12 points including 1-8 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Hou shot 58.8% (50-85) FG and Sac 42.4% (39-92) FG. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac, rest) did not play. Mem 93, Cle 85 at Mem Tony Allen (Mem) had 16 points, 8 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 17 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Troy Daniels (Mem) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Kay Felder (Cle) had 14 points. James Jones (Cle) had 15 points. Deyonta Davis (Mem, left foot), James Ennis (Mem, right calf), LeBron James (Cle, rest), and Kevin Love (Cle, rest) did not play. Bro 107, LAL 97 at Bro Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) had 23 points including 8-10 FT. Trevor Booker (Bro) had 8 points and 18 rebounds including 5 offensive. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 20 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Sean Kilpatrick (Bro) had 22 points including 9-10 FT and 5 assists. Timofey Mozgov (LAL) had 12 points and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. Louis Williams (LAL) had 16 points. Mia 95, Ind 89 at Mia Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 26 points on 10-16 FG and 6-11 FT and 22 rebounds including 6 offensive. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 11 points including 4-15 FG, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. James Johnson (Mia) had 14 points and 6 assists. Paul George (Ind) had 22 points including 8-22 FG and 4-11 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. C.J. Miles (Ind) had 15 points. LAC 113, Orl 108 at Orl Austin Rivers (LAC) had 25 points on 9-12 FG and 7-10 3-pointers. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 23 points including 9-14 FG and 7 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 22 points on 5-6 FG and 12-18 FT, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chris Paul (LAC) had 16 points and 10 assists. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 33 points including 13-21 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 24 points and 8 assists. Jeff Green (Orl) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Was 109, Cha 106 at Was Marcin Gortat (Was) had 16 points on 8-11 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Bradley Beal (Was) had 20 points and 9 assists. John Wall (Was) had 25 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 7 steals, and 8 turnovers. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Cody Zeller (Cha) had 18 points including 6-7 FG. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Tor 123, Phi 114 at Phi DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 31 points on 11-18 FG and 9-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 20 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 7 assists. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Robert Covington (Phi) had 26 points and 12 rebounds. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 17 points. Lucas Nogueira (Tor, sore right knee) and Nerlens Noel (Phi, sprained left ankle) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, December 15 (All times Central) Chicago @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm TNT Indiana @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Portland @ Denver 8:00 pm San Antonio @ Phoenix 8:00 pm New York @ Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, December 16 (All times Central) Detroit @ Washington 6:00 pm Brooklyn @ Orlando 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Boston 6:30 pm Atlanta @ Toronto 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ Chicago 7:00 pm Sacramento @ Memphis 7:00 pm New Orleans @ Houston 7:00 pm LA Lakers @ Philadelphia 7:00 pm ESPN LA Clippers @ Miami 7:00 pm Dallas @ Utah 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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