News from December 20. Atlanta placed Tyler Dorsey on IL. Brooklyn placed Isaiah Whitehad and Milton Doyle on IL. Dallas placed Johnathan Motley on IL. Denver activated Monte Morris and placed Gary Harris (right elbow) on IL. Golden State placed Andre Iguodala (flu) on IL. Houston activated Demetrius Jackson. The LA Clippers placed Brice Johnson on IL. The LA Lakers activated Alex Caruso and placed Brook Lopez on IL. Memphis activated Ivan Rabb and placed Chandler Parsons (rest) on IL. Miami activated Matt Williams and placed Hassan Whiteside (left knee bone bruise) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Steven Adams and placed Kyle Singler on IL. Orlando activated Arron Afflalo. Sacramento activated George Hill and placed De'Aaron Fox (right quad contusion) on IL. San Antonio activated Kyle Anderson and placed Kawhi Leonard (rest) on IL. Toronto activated Malcolm Miller and Serge Ibaka and placed C.J. Miles (Dental procedure) and Lorenzo Brown on IL. Utah activated Derrick Favors and placed Rudy Gobert (sprained left knee) on IL. Dal 110, Det 93 at Dal Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 25 points and 7 rebounds. Dennis Smith (Dal) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 11 points on 5-6 FG and 7 assists. Anthony Tolliver (Det) had 18 points including 5-7 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Andre Drummond (Det) had 11 points including 5-7 FG and 13 rebounds. Dal shot 53.3% (40-75) FG and Det shot 42.9% (33-77) FG. Min 112, Den 104 at Den Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 25 points including 11-16 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 25 points. Jamal Crawford (Min) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 7 assists. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 steals. Jamal Murray (Den) had 30 points including 10-17 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. SA 93, Por 91 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 22 points including 10-17 FG, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Pau Gasol (SA) had 20 points, 17 rebounds, and 5 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 10 points and 3 steals. Damian Lillard (Por) had 17 points including 6-17 FG. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 13 points including 5-22 FG and 0-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. SA shot 51.2% (41-80) FG and Por shot 39.6% (38-96) FG. SA shot 5-6 FT and Por shot 9-14 FT. Tony Parker (SA, rest) did not play. GS 97, Mem 84 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 29 points including 10-16 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 assists. Omri Casspi (GS) had 12 points including 5-7 FG and 6 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 21 points on 5-15 FG and 9-10 FT, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 10 points including 4-16 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. GS shot 45.9% (34-74) FG and Mem shot 33.3% (28-84) FG. LAC 108, Pho 95 at LAC DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 12 points including 5-7 FG and 20 rebounds. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 21 points and 6 assists. Lou Williams (LAC) had 18 points including 6-18 FG. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 22 points and 10 rebounds. Josh Jackson (Pho) had 17 points. LAC shot 47.1% (41-87) FG and Pho shot 36.1% (35-97) FG. Wesley Johnson (LAC, sore right foot) did not play. OKC 107, Uta 79 at OKC Paul George (OKC) had 18 points. Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 24 points including 10-13 FG, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 17 points. Alec Burks (Uta) had 14 points including 3-11 FG and 7 rebounds. OKC shot 51.9% (40-77) FG and Uta shot 35.6% (26-73) FG. Donovan Mitchell (Uta, right big toe contusion) did not play. LAL 122, Hou 116 at Hou Kyle Kuzma (LAL) had 28 points on 12-17 FG, 7-10 3-pointers, and 7-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Lonzo Ball (LAL) had 16 points including 5-14 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Corey Brewer (LAL) had 21 points including 7-9 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 18 points including 4-11 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 4 steals. James Harden (Hou) had 51 points on 15-27 FG, 4-6 3-pointers, and 17-21 FT, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 21 points including 5-12 3-pointers. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (LAL, personal reasons) and Clint Capela (Hou, left heel contusion) did not play. Chi 112, Orl 94 at Chi Denzel Valentine (Chi) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kris Dunn (Chi) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Chi shot 50% (44-88) FG and Orl shot 39.3% (35-89) FG. Sac 104, Bro 99 at Bro Zach Randolph (Sac) had 21 points including 8-11 FG and 8 rebounds. George Hill (Sac) had 22 points including 7-9 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Spencer Dinwiddie (Bro) had 16 points including 5-15 FG and 2-10 3-pointers. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Bro) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Sac shot 48.8% (40-82) FG and Bro shot 38.6% (32-83) FG. Mia 90, Bos 89 at Bos Josh Richardson (Mia) had 19 points and 6 assists. Kelly Olynyk (Mia) had 32 points including 12-15 FG and 6-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 6 points including 2-8 FG, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 33 points and 5 assists. Marcus Smart (Bos) had 15 points on 5-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Mia, sore left elbow), James Johnson (Mia, right ankle bursitis), and Justise Winslow (Mia, strained left knee) did not play. Ind 105, Atl 95 at Atl Bojan Bogdanovic (Ind) had 19 points. Myles Turner (Ind) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. John Collins (Atl) had 18 points including 6-7 FG and 9 rebounds. Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 13 points on 5-7 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Tor 129, Cha 111 at Cha OG Anunoby (Tor) had 20 points on 7-9 FG and 6-7 3-pointers. Serge Ibaka (Tor) had 24 points on 11-16 FG and 5 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 28 points and 8 assists. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 32 points on 11-17 FG and 8-10 FT. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Schedule for Thursday, December 21 (All times Central) Chicago at Cleveland 6:00 pm Toronto at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Boston at New York 7:00 pm TNT Memphis at Phoenix 8:00 pm San Antonio at Utah 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, December 22 (All times Central) New York at Detroit 6:00 pm New Orleans at Orlando 6:00 pm Washington at Brooklyn 6:30 pm Dallas at Miami 7:00 pm LA Clippers at Houston 7:00 pm ESPN Charlotte at Milwaukee 7:00 pm Atlanta at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Denver at Portland 9:00 pm LA Lakers at Golden State 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