News from December 3. Houston activated Demetrius Jackson. The LA Lakers activated Ivica Zubac and placed Thomas Bryant on IL. New York activated Frank Ntilkina and Joakim Noah and placed Tim Hardaway (injured left leg) and Kristaps Porzingis (sprained right ankle) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Kyle Singler and placed Dakari Johnson on IL. Orlando placed Khem Birch on IL. San Antonio activated Derrick White and placed Tony Parker (rest) and Rudy Gay (sore right ankle) on IL. Orl 105, NY 100 at NY Nikola Vucevic (Otl) had 34 points including 13-19 FG and 12 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 20 points including 9-10 FT. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 15 points including 7-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Courtney Lee (NY) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Michael Beasley (NY) had 21 points and 5 turnovers. Enes Kanter (NY) had 18 points and 16 rebounds. Orl shot 25-29 FT and NY shot 9-10 FT. GS 123, Mia 95 at Mia Kevin Durant (GS) had 24 points and 7 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 30 points including 11-16 FG and 5-9 3-pointers. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Kelly Olynyk (Mia) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. GS out-scored Mia 61-35 in the 2nd half. GS shot 56% (47-84) FG and Mia shot 40.7% (33-81) FG. Hassan Whitside (Mia, bone bruise left knee) did not play. Min 112, LAC 106 at Min Taj Gibson (Min) had 20 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 33 points including 11-13 FT and 8 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 30 points including 9-14 FG and 7-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 17 points including 8-8 FG and 12 rebounds. Louis Williams (LAC) had 23 points and 10 rebounds. OKC 90, SA 87 at OKC Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 22 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and 7 turnovers. Steven Adams (OKC) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dejounte Murray (SA) had 17 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Davis Bertans (SA) had 16 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 blocks. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA, rest) and Manu Ginobili (SA, rest) did not play. Hou 118, LAL 95 at LAL James Harden (Hou) had 36 points including 13-22 FG and 4-9 3-pointers and 9 assists. Chris Paul (Hou) had 21 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 22 points. Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kyle Kuzma (LAL) had 22 points and 12 rebounds. Hou shot 50% (45-90) FG and LAL shot 38.1% (32-84) FG. Schedule for Monday, December 4 (All times Central) Orlando at Charlotte 6:00 pm New York at Indiana 6:00 pm Phoenix at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Brooklyn at Atlanta 6:30 pm Milwaukee at Boston 6:30 pm NBATV Cleveland at Chicago 7:00 pm Minnesota at Memphis 7:00 pm Golden State at New Orleans 7:00 pm Denver at Dallas 7:30 pm Detroit at San Antonio 7:30 pm Washington at Utah 8:00 pm Schedule for Tuesday, December 5 (All times Central) Phoenix at Toronto 6:30 pm NBATV Utah at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Washington at Portland 9:00 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