News from December 10. George Karl (Den) achieved his 1,000th career NBA coaching win. Karl became the 7th coach to reach the 1,000 mark. Chris Kaman (LAC) is expected to be out at least 3 weeks with an aggravated bone bruise and ligament sprain of his left ankle. Houston recalled Patrick Patterson from the NBADL. Golden State activated Ekpe Udoh and placed Stephen Curry on IL. Curry is out indefinitely with a sprained left ankle. Atlanta activated Jordan Crawford and placed Zaza Pachulia (ill) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Morris Peterson and placed Byron Mullins on IL. Chicago activated Brian Scalabrine and placed Kurt Thomas on IL. Washington activated Andray Blatche and placed Kevin Seraphin on IL. Toronto activated Solomon Alabi and placed Jose Calderon (left foot injury) on IL. Indiana activated Dahntay Jones and placed Jeff Foster on IL. Charlotte activated Eduardo Najera and DeSagana Diop and placed Sherron Collins and Tyrus Thomas on IL. Den 123, Tor 116 at Tor Nene (Den) had 26 points including 9-12 FG and 6 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 21 points on 4-11 FG and 11-13 FT and 8 assists. Al Harrington (Den) had 31 points including 12-19 FG and 6-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Sonny Weems (Tor) had 21 points on 10-17 FG. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 24 points and 3 steals. Leandro Barbosa (Tor) had 22 points. Linas Kleiza (Tor) had 26 points on 11-16 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Carmelo Anthony (Den, right knee patella tendinitis) and Peja Stojakovic (Tor, swollen left knee) did not play. Chi 88, LAL 84 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 14 points on 6-8 FG. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 10 points and 11 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 29 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 21 points including 9-15 FG, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. OKC 97, NO 92 at NO Kevin Durant (OKC) had 25 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 29 points, 10 assists, and 7 turnovers. David West (NO) had 24 points including 11-18 FG, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 steals. Chris Paul (NO) had 18 points including 7-10 FG, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Por 101, Pho 94 at Pho LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 23 points including 9-16 FG. Marcus Camby (Por) had 16 points including 6-7 FG and 18 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por) had 26 points and 6 assists. Grant Hill (Pho) had 17 points. Steve Nash (Pho) had 24 points including 11-19 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Min 109, Det 99 at Min Kevin Love (Min) had 27 points including 10-14 FG and 18 rebounds including 7 offensive. Darko Milicic (Min) had 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 blocks. Luke Ridnour (Min) had 20 points including 7-11 FG, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 19 points on 5-16 FG and 9-10 FT and 6 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 26 points. Min shot 51.9% (42-81) FG and Det shot 38.6% (32-83) FG. Uta 117, Orl 105 at Uta Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 17 points including 6-8 FG, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Deron Williams (Uta) had 32 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 10-11 FT and 9 assists. C.J. Miles (Uta) had 26 points including 9-13 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Brandon Bass (Orl) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 19 points including 5-16 FG and 10 assists. Raja Bell (Uta, strained right adductor) and Kyrylo Fesenko (Uta, sprained left ankle) did not play. NY 101, Was 95 at Was Danilo Gallinari (NY) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (NY) had 16 points on 7-9 FG and 8 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 36 points including 10-11 FT, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 11 turnovers. Andray Blatche (Was) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 20 points, 6 assists, and 4 steals. SA 108, Atl 92 at SA Richard Jefferson (SA) had 18 points including 6-8 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. DaJuan Blair (SA) had 16 points including 7-10 FG, 12 rebounds, and 4 steals. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 18 points and 6 turnovers. Al Horford (Atl) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 23 points and 5 assists. Mil 97, Hou 91 at Mil Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 24 points, 22 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 5 blocks. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 19 points. John Salmons (Mil) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 23 points including 12-13 FT. Courtney Lee (Hou) had 16 points on 7-10 FG. Ind 100, Cha 92 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 18 points. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 13 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 26 points and 13 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 15 points, 8 assists, 4 steals, and 7 turnovers. Mia 106, GS 84 at GS Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 34 points on 12-20 FG and 10-13 FT, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. LeBron James (Mia) had 25 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Monta Ellis (GS) had 20 points and 7 assists. Dorell Wright (GS) had 12 points on 4-15 FG and 4-9 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Mia shot 52.6% (41-78) FG and GS shot 37.3% (31-83) FG. Schedule for Saturday, December 11 (All times Central) Memphis @ LA Clippers 2:30 pm Indiana @ Atlanta 6:00 pm Boston @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Toronto @ Detroit 6:30 pm Minnesota @ Chicago 7:00 pm Utah @ Dallas 7:30 pm NBATV Cleveland @ Houston 7:30 pm Miami @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, December 12 (All times Central) Denver @ New York 11:00 am New Orleans @ Philadelphia 11:00 am LA Lakers @ New Jersey 12:00 pm Cleveland @ Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Portland @ San Antonio 6:00 pm Orlando @ LA Clippers 8:30 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