News from December 25. Washington suspended Andray Blatche and JaVale McGee for conduct detrimental to the team. The two reportedly threw punches at each other outside a club late Friday night. Golden State activated Brandon Wright and Stephen Curry and placed Charlie Bell and Dan Gadzuric on IL. Denver activated Melvin Ely and placed Renaldo Balkman on IL. Oklahoma City activated Nenad Krstic and placed Cole Aldrich on IL. Miami activated Dwyane Wade and placed Jamaal Magloire on IL. The LA Lakers activated Derrick Caracter and placed Devin Ebanks on IL. Boston activated Jermaine O'Neal and placed Rajon Rondo (sprained left ankle) on IL. OKC 114, Den 106 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 44 points on 14-20 FG, 4-7 3-pointers, and 12-15 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 19 points and 3 steals. James Harden (OKC) had 21 points. Nene (Den) had 21 points and 12 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 30 points including 10-16 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Ty Lawson (Den) had 19 points and 5 assists. Mia 96, LAL 80 at LAL LeBron James (Mia) had 27 points including 5-6 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 24 points including 11-17 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 18 points including 6-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Orl 86, Bos 78 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Brandon Bass (Orl) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 12 points and 6 turnovers. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 22 points including 10-14 FG, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Jason Williams (Orl, sore left foot) did not play. NY 103, Chi 95 at NY Wilson Chandler (NY) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 20 points, 10 rebounds, 6 blocks, and 7 turnovers. Raymond Felton (NY) had 20 points, 12 assists, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 26 points, 19 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 7 turnovers. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 25 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 steals, and 7 turnovers. GS 109, Por 102 at GS Dorell Wright (GS) had 16 points including 4-4 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. David Lee (GS) had 21 points including 8-11 FG, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Monta Ellis (GS) had 39 points including 10-11 FT and 7 assists. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 18 points and 10 rebounds including 7 offensive. Andre Miller (Por) had 12 points including 4-15 FG, 7 rebounds, and 15 assists. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 25 points and 5 turnovers. Por out-rebounded GS 53-32 including 24-7 offensive. Brandon Roy (Por, sore left knee) did not play. Schedule for Sunday, December 26 (All times Central) Phoenix @ LA Clippers 2:00 pm Minnesota @ Cleveland 5:00 pm Chicago @ Detroit 5:00 pm Memphis @ Indiana 6:00 pm Atlanta @ New Orleans 6:00 pm Washington @ San Antonio 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Denver 7:00 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