News from December 1. The NBA named James Harden (Hou) and LeBron James (Cle) as Players of the Month for October and November. Harden averaged 31.5 points and 9.8 assists as Houston went 17-4. James averaged 28 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 8.5 assists as Cleveland went 15-7. The NBA named Kyle Kuzma (LAL) and Ben Simmons (Phi) as Rookies of the Month for October and November. Kuzma averaged 16.7 points and 6.1 rebounds as the Lakers went 8-13. Simmons averaged 18.6 points, 9.4 rebounds, and 7.2 assists as Philadelphia went 12-9. The NBA fined Anthony Davis (NO) $25,000 for verbally abusing a ref and failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection from Wednesday's Min-NO game. Iman Shumpert (Cle) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee and is expected to be out 6 to 8 weeks. Chicago activated David Nwaba. Golden State activated David West and placed Andre Iguodala (sore left knee) on IL. Memphis activated Mario Chalmers and Brandon Wright and placed Ivan Rabb and Kobi Simmons on IL. Miami placed Derrick Walton on IL. Minnesota placed Anthony Brown on IL. Orlando activated Wesley Iwundu and Khem Birch and placed Terrence Ross (sprained right MCL) on IL. Sacramento activated Jack Cooley and placed Malachi Richardson on IL. Toronto placed Lucas Nogueira (right calf injury) on IL. Utah placed Rodney Hood (sore left ankle) on IL. GS 133, Orl 112 at Orl Kevin Durant (GS) had 25 points including 10-14 FG, 7 assists, and 4 blocks. Klay Thompson (GS) had 27 points including 11-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 29 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. GS shot 62.5% (55-88) FG and Orl shot 45.8% (44-96) FG. Was 109, Det 91 at Was Otto Porter (Was) had 17 points and 6 assists. Markieff Morris (Was) had 23 points including 10-16 FG and 7 rebounds. Tomas Satoransky (Was) had 17 points including 5-6 FG. Andre Drummond (Det) had 14 points, 17 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 blocks. Tobias Harris (Det) had 15 points. Was out-scored Det 35-15 in the 3rd quarter. Tor 120, Ind 115 at Tor DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 26 points including 8-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Serge Ibaka (Tor) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Jakob Poeltl (Tor) had 18 points including 8-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 36 points including 14-22 FG, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Darren Collison (Ind) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Mia 105, Cha 100 at Mia Josh Richardson (Mia) had 27 points including 11-14 FG. Dion Waiters (Mia) had 19 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Wayne Ellington (Mia) had 14 points including 4-7 3-pointers Marvin Williams (Cha) had 16 points including 6-7 FG and 6 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 13 points including 5-14 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Hassan Whiteside (Mia, left knee bone bruise) did not play Sac 107, Chi 106 at Chi Zach Randolph (Sac) had 25 points including 12-19 FG and 13 rebounds. Garrett Temple (Sac) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Bodgan Bogdanovic (Sac) had 19 points. Robin Lopez (Chi) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Jerian Grant (Chi) had 17 points and 6 assists. SA 95, Mem 79 at Mem LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Rudy Gay (SA) had 18 points including 6-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 16 points and 13 rebounds. Ben McLemore (Mem) had 14 points. OKC 111, Min 107 at OKC Paul George (OKC) had 36 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 11-11 FT, 9 assists, and 3 blocks. Steven Adams (OKC) had 27 points on a perfect 11-11 FG and 5-5 FT and 6 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 15 points including 6-21 FG and 0-8 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 14 assists, and 7 turnovers. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 23 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 23 points and 9 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 22 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Uta 114, NO 108 at Uta Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 41 points including 6-12 3-pointers and 9-11 FT. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 18 points including 7-9 FG, 11 rebounds and 5 assists. Alec Burks (Uta) had 24 points. Anthony Davis (NO) had 19 points including 9-14 FG and 10 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 23 points and 13 rebounds. Schedule for Saturday, December 2 (All times Central) Phoenix at Boston 12:00 pm LA Clippers at Dallas 1:00 pm Atlanta at Brooklyn 2:00 pm Memphis at Cleveland 6:30 pm Detroit at Philadelphia 6:30 pm Sacramento at Milwaukee 7:30 pm LA Lakers at Denver 8:00 pm New Orleans at Portland 9:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, December 3 (All times Central) Orlando at New York 2:30 pm Golden State at Miami 6:00 pm LA Clippers at Minnesota 6:00 pm San Antonio at Oklahoma City 6:00 pm NBATV Houston at LA Lakers 8:30 pm NBATV ---- 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