News from December 15. Memphis released Toney Douglas. Houston renounced their rights to restricted free agent Donatas Motiejunas and, thus, Motiejunas is an unrestricted free agent. Jerryd Bayless (Phi) underwent surgery on his left wrist to repair a torn ligament and is out for the season. Chicago activated Rajon Rondo and placed R.J. Hunter on IL. Denver activated Gary Harris and placed Alonzo Gee on IL. Golden State activated James Michael McAdoo and placed Damian Jones on IL. Milwaukee activated Steve Novak and placed Michael Beasley on IL. New Orleans activated Tyreke Evans and placed Tim Frazier (sprained right wrist) on IL. New York activated Maurice Ndour and Marshall Plumlee and placed Carmelo Anthony (shoulder) and Derrick Rose (sore back) on IL. Phoenix activated Derrick Jones and placed Alex Len on IL. Longtime NBA TV reporter Craig Sager died at age 65 after a long battle with leukemia. GS 103, NY 90 at GS Kevin Durant (OKC) had 15 points including 1-6 3-pointers, 14 rebounds, and 8 assists. JaVale McGee (OKC) had 17 points including 8-10 FG. Klay Thompson (OKC) had 25 points including 10-17 FG and 4-10 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (NY) had 10 points including 4-13 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Justin Holiday (NY) had 15 points and 6 steals. GS shot 4-8 FT and NY shot 9-19 FT. SA 107, Pho 92 at Pho Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Pau Gasol (SA) had 18 points including 8-12 FG and 9 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Devin Booker (Pho) had 17 points including 6-19 FG and 5 assists. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 14 points including 5-14 FG and 5 assists. SA shot 52.7% (39-74) FG and Pho shot 40% (34-85) FG. Den 132, Por 120 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 27 points. Gary Harris (Den) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 6 assists. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Mason Plumlee (Por) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 7 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 23 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 40 points on 13-22 FG, 4-8 3-pointers, and 10-11 FT, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. NO 102, Ind 95 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 35 points including 11-15 FT, 16 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Buddy Hield (NO) had 21 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 14 assists. Myles Turner (Ind) had 26 points including 11-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Ind) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Ind, sore left hamstring) did not play. Mil 108, Chi 97 at Mil Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 30 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jabari Parker (Mil) had 28 points including 11-19 FG and 5 rebounds. Mirza Teletovic (Mil) had 13 points. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 21 points including 8-10 FT. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 19 points including 7-11 FG. Dwyane Wade (Chi) had 20 points and 6 assists. Mil shot 7-13 FT and Chi shot 22-29 FT. 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 Schedule for Saturday, December 17 (All times Central) Phoenix @ Oklahoma City 4:00 pm Indiana @ Detroit 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Atlanta 6:30 pm LA Lakers @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Houston @ Minnesota 7:00 pm New York @ Denver 8:00 pm Portland @ Golden State 9:30 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