News from December 9. Charlotte activated Julyan Stone and placed Frank Kaminsky (sprained right ankle) and Jeremy Lamb (shin contusion) on IL. Houston placed Briante Weber on IL. New York activated Ron Baker and placed Joakim Noah on IL. Oklahoma City activated Jerami Grant. Orlando activated Adreian Payne and placed Evan Fournier (sprained right ankle) on IL. Philadelphia placed Joel Embiid (rest) on IL. Portland activated Caleb Swanigan and placed Jusuf Nurkic (right ankle) and Maurice Harkless (left quad) on IL. San Antonio activated Matt Costello and Darrun Hillard and placed Pau Gasol (rest), Manu Ginobili (rest), and Tony Parker (rest) on IL. Hou 124, Por 117 at Por James Harden (Hou) had 48 points on 16-29 FG, 4-7 3-pointers, and 12-14 FT, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Chris Paul (Hou) had 26 points including 9-10 FT and 7 assists. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 4 steals. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 28 points and 5 turnovers. Damian Lillard (Por) had 35 points including 9-16 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Hou shot 34-42 FT and Por shot 9-12 FT. SA 104, Pho 101 at Pho LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 20 points, 9 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Rudy Gay (SA) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Patty Mills (SA) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 24 points. Mike James (Pho) had 25 points and 3 steals. Danny Green (SA, left groin tightness) did not play. OKC 102, Mem 101 OT at Mem Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 21 points including 7-20 FG and 9 rebounds. Steven Adams (OKC) had 21 points on 7-11 FG and 7-12 FT and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Alex Abrines (OKC) had 20 points on 7-10 FG and 6-8 3-pointers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 20 points including 7-29 FG, 1-12 3-pointers and the game winning free throws with 5.2 seconds left, 11 rebounds, and 14 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 29 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chandler Parsons (Mem, rest) did not play. Mil 117, Uta 100 at Mil Khris Middleton (Mil) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 37 points including 14-22 FG, 13 rebounds, and 7 assist. Eric Bledsoe (Mil) had 20 points and 3 steals. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 20 points on 6-8 FG and 8-14 FT and 9 rebounds. Alec Burks (Uta) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Mil shot 54.3% (44-81) FG and Uta shot 43.4% (33-76) FG. Tony Snell (left patella tendinitis) and Rodney Hood (Uta, sore left ankle) did not play. Chi 104, NY 102 at Chi Chris Dunn (Chi) had 17 points including the game winning free throws with 2.9 seconds left, 9 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Lauri Markkanen (Chi) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 19 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 23 points including 1-7 3-pointers. Enes Kanter (NY) had 10 points including 4-11 FG and 11 rebounds. Cle 105, Phi 98 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 30 points including 10-12 FT, 13 rebounds, 13 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Jae Crowder (Cle) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Jeff Green (Cle) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Robert Covington (Phi) had 19 points on 7-10 FG and 5-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. J.J. Redick (Phi) had 19 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Kevin Love (Cle, sore left hip) did not play. Atl 117, Orl 110 at Atl Ersan Ilyasova (Atl) had 26 points including 9-9 FG and 5-5 3-pointers. Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 18 points including 6-19 FG and 7 assists. Jonathon Simmons (Orl) had 29 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 31 points including 13-18 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists. Atl shot 18-25 FT and Orl shot 7-8 FT. Aaron Gordon (Orl, concussion) did not play. LAL 110, Cha 99 at Cha Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Kyle Kuzma (LAL) had 12 points and 14 rebounds. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 21 points including 9-14 FG, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 23 points. Mia 101, Bro 89 at Mexico City James Johnson (Mia) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 20 points including 8-11 FG. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Bro) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Spencer Dinwiddie (Bro) had 15 points including 5-15 FG and 9 assists. Hassan Whiteside (Mia, bone bruise left knee) and Yakuba Outtara (Bro, sore left leg) did not play. LAC 113, Was 112 at LAC Danilo Gallinari (LAC) had 25 points. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 6 points and 17 rebounds. Lou Williams (LAC) had 35 points on 11-20 FG, 4-8 3-pointers, 9-10 FT and the game winning 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds left and 8 assists. Otto Porter (Was) had 27 points including 10-16 FG and 4-8 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Bradley Beal (Was) had 25 points including 5-11 3-pointers. Mike Scott (Was) had 22 points including 9-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Schedule for Sunday, December 10 (All times Central) Toronto at Sacramento 2:30 pm Boston at Detroit 3:00 pm Denver at Indiana 4:00 pm Dallas at Minnesota 6:00 pm Philadelphia at New Orleans 6:00 pm Atlanta at New York 6:30 pm Schedule for Monday, December 11 (All times Central) Boston at Chicago 7:00 pm New Orleans at Houston 7:00 pm NBATV Miami at Memphis 7:00 pm Charlotte at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Portland at Golden State 9:30 pm Toronto at LA Clippers 9:30 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