News from December 11. Dallas activated Alexis Ajinca and placed Brian Cardinal (stomach flu) on IL. Chicago activated Kurt Thomas and placed Brian Scalabrine on IL. Indiana activated Jeff Foster and placed Dahntay Jones on IL. Atlanta activated Zaza Pachulia and placed Jordan Crawford on IL. Stats Leaders Points Kevin Durant (OKC) 27.4 Kobe Bryant (LAL) 26.4 Amare Stoudemire (NY) 26.1 Rebounds Kevin Love (Min) 15.7 Dwight Howard (Orl) 12.2 Joakim Noah (Chi) 12.1 Assists Rajon Rondo (Bos) 14.1 Chris Paul (NO) 10.4 Steve Nash (Pho) 10.2 Dal 103, Uta 97 at Dal Caron Butler (Dal) had 16 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 31 points on 10-12 FG, 3-4 3-pointers, and 8-11 FT and 15 rebounds. DeShawn Stevenson (Dal) had 17 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Deron Williams (Uta) had 34 points and 6 assists. Dal shot 14-26 3-pointers and Uta shot 5-16 3-pointers. Raja Bell (Uta, strained right adductor) and Kyrylo Fesenko (Uta, sprained left ankle) did not play. Bos 93, Cha 62 at Cha Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Ray Allen (Bos) had 16 points including 4-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Glen Davis (Bos) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Nazr Mohammed (Cha) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 13 points and 7 assists. Shaquille O'Neal (Bos, sore right calf) did not play. Atl 97, Ind 83 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 21 points including 9-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 16 points including 7-20 FG and 16 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 25 points including 9-11 FT. Danny Granger (Ind) had 14 points including 3-14 FG. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 16 points on 6-8 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Atl shot 27-34 FT and Ind shot 15-16 FT. Hou 110, Cle 95 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 14 points and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 40 points on 12-19 FG and 13-14 FT. Chase Budinger (Hou) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 18 points and 9 assists. Chi 113, Min 82 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 19 points including 7-11 FG. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 17 points including 5-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 21 points on 8-10 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 7 assists. Michael Beasley (Min) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 15 rebounds. Tor 120, Det 116 at Det Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Jerryd Bayless (Tor) had 31 points on 10-12 FG and 10-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 16 points. Ben Wallace (Det) had 23 points including 10-13 FG, 14 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 5 steals. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 23 points and 12 assists. Tor out-scored Det 37-17 in the 4th quarter (and Tor trailed by 25 points during the 3rd quarter, making it the largest comeback win in Tor history). Peja Stojakovic (Tor, swollen left knee) did not play. Mia 104, Sac 83 at Sac Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 36 points including 15-23 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. LeBron James (Mia) had 25 points and 10 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 14 points and 17 rebounds. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 12 points and 7 assists. Omri Casspi (Sac) had 20 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Mia shot 51.9% (41-79) FG and Sac shot 36.7% (33-90) FG. Mem 84, LAC 83 at LAC Zach Randolph (Mem) had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 13 points. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 19 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 25 points including 9-10 FT. 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 Schedule for Monday, December 13 (All times Central) New Orleans @ Miami 6:30 pm Indiana @ Chicago 7:00 pm NBATV Portland @ Memphis 7:00 pm Milwaukee @ Dallas 7:30 pm Golden State @ Utah 8:00 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