News from December 26. Charlotte named Ralph Lewis, Charles Oakley, and Stephen Silas as assistant coaches. Toronto signed Ronald Dupree. Cleveland activated Samardo Samuels and placed Daniel Gibson (flu) on IL. Minnesota activated Sebastian Telfair and placed Sundiata Gaines on IL. Indiana activated Dahntay Jones and placed A.J. Price on IL. Washington activated John Wall and Hamady N'Diaye and placed Andray Blatche (suspended) and JaVale McGee (suspended) on IL. Philadelphia activated Darius Songaila and placed Louis Williams (birth of child) on IL. Atlanta activated Jamal Crawford and placed Jordan Crawford on IL. Stats Leaders Points Kevin Durant (OKC) 28.1 Amare Stoudemire (NY) 26.2 Monta Ellis (GS) 26.0 Rebounds Kevin Love (Min) 15.7 Dwight Howard (Orl) 13.1 Zach Randolph (Mem) 12.6 Assists Rajon Rondo (Bos) 13.8 Steve Nash (Pho) 10.7 Chris Paul (NO) 9.8 SA 94, Was 80 at SA Tony Parker (SA) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 14 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 21 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 3 steals. George Hill (SA) had 11 points including 3-3 FG. Rashard Lewis (Was) had 21 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich (Was) had 15 points on 7-10 FG and 7 assists. LAC 108, Pho 103 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 28 points on 8-11 FG and 12-16 FT and 12 rebounds. Baron Davis (LAC) had 15 points and 9 assists. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 24 points including 4-10 3-pointers. Grant Hill (Pho) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 21 points and 15 assists. Mickael Pietrus (Pho) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. NO 93, Atl 86 at NO David West (NO) had 18 points. Emeka Okafor (NO) had 14 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Chris Paul (NO) had 22 points including 10-17 FG and 8 assists. Marvin Williams (Atl) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Min 98, Cle 97 at Cle Michael Beasley (Min) had 28 points including the game winning layup with 5.9 seconds left. Kevin Love (Min) had 16 points and 18 rebounds including 6 offensive. Luke Ridnour (Min) had 23 points including 5-5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 24 points and 6 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Anthony Parker (Cle) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Chi 95, Det 92 OT at Det Luol Deng (Chi) had 10 points including 4-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 31 points including 12-20 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 23 points including 9-23 FG, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, and 6 turnovers. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 17 points and 6 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Phi 95, Den 89 at Den Elton Brand (Phi) had 16 points, 17 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 22 points. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 20 points and 7 rebounds including 5 offensive. Nene (Den) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 24 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Mem 104, Ind 90 at Ind Rudy Gay (Mem) had 30 points including 3-3 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 18 points and 16 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 17 points including 7-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Danny Granger (Ind) had 29 points including 10-12 FT and 5 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 14 points including 5-17 FG and 10 rebounds. Schedule for Tuesday, December 28 (All times Central) Orlando @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Boston @ Indiana 6:00 pm New York @ Miami 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ Chicago 7:00 pm Toronto @ Dallas 7:30 pm LA Lakers @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Portland @ Denver 8:00 pm Schedule for Wednesday, December 29 (All times Central) Golden State @ Atlanta 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Indiana @ Washington 6:00 pm Boston @ Detroit 6:30 pm Denver @ Minnesota 7:00 pm LA Lakers @ New Orleans 7:00 pm New Jersey @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Miami @ Houston 7:30 pm Philadelphia @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Memphis @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Utah @ 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