News from December 28. The NBA suspended Earl Boykins (Mil) for 1 game for making intentional contact with a ref during Monday's Mil-Atl game. Cleveland signed Alonzo Gee. Dallas activated Brian Cardinal and placed Dirk Nowitzki (sprained right knee) on IL. Cleveland activated Daniel Gibson and placed Samardo Samuels on IL. Denver activated Renaldo Balkman and placed Al Harrington (dislocated right thumb) on IL. Harrington is expected to be out at least 2 games due to the injury. Tor 84, Dal 76 at Dal Linas Kleiza (Tor) had 16 points. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 16 points. Ed Davis (Tor) had 17 points including 6-8 FG, 12 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Caron Butler (Dal) had 15 points. Jason Terry (Dal) had 18 points and 6 assists. Jose Calderon (Tor, sore ankle) and Sonny Weems (Tor, back spasms) did not play. SA 97, LAL 82 at SA Richard Jefferson (SA) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. DeJuan Blair (SA) had 17 points and 15 rebounds including 6 offensive. Tony Parker (SA) had 23 points. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 21 points including 8-27 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 10 points on 4-4 FG and 2-8 FT and 7 rebounds. Mia 106, NY 98 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 40 points including 13-16 FT and 9 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (NY) had 21 points including 9-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 30 points including 10-12 FT and 7 rebounds. Den 95, Por 77 at Den J.R. Smith (Den) had 17 points. Nene (Den) had 17 points including 6-7 FG and 7 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 9 assists. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 18 points, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, 3 steals, and 7 blocks. Den shot 21-26 FT and Por shot 7-8 FG. Brandon Roy (Por, sore left knee) and Marcus Camby (Por, sprained right ankle) did not play. Bos 95, Ind 83 at Ind Paul Pierce (Bos) had 21 points including 3-3 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 11 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ray Allen (Bos) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Danny Granger (Ind) had 15 points including 5-21 FG. Brandon Rush (Ind) had 17 points on 3-9 FG and 9-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Orl 110, Cle 95 at Cle Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 13 points including 4-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jason Richardson (Orl) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (Orl) had 22 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 14 points, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 steals. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Orl shot 11-15 FT and Cle shot 23-33 FT. Quentin Richardson (Orl, flu like symptoms) and Jason Williams (Orl, sore left foot) did not play. Chi 90, Mil 77 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 24 points including 10-16 FG and 9 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 12 assists. John Salmons (Mil) had 18 points. Corey Maggette (Mil) had 15 points including 6-10 FT. Chi shot 47.4% (36-76) FG and Mil shot 32.1% (27-84) FG. Earl Boykins (Mil, suspended) and Drew Gooden (Mil, plantar fasciitis left foot) did not play. 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 Schedule for Thursday, December 30 (All times Central) New York @ Orlando 6:00 pm TNT San Antonio @ Dallas 8:30 pm TNT Utah @ Portland 9:00 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