News from December 29. Utah activated Jeremy Evans and placed Andrei Kirilenko (lower back strain) on IL. Philadelphia activated Jason Kapono and Louis Williams and placed Andre Iguodala (right Achilles tendinitis) and Darius Songaila on IL. Phoenix activated Vince Carter and placed Gani Lawal on IL. New Orleans activated Willie Green and placed Aaron Gray on IL. Detroit activated DaJuan Summers and placed Rodney Stuckey (stomach virus) on IL. Indiana activated Paul George and A.J. Price and placed Jeff Foster and Dahntay Jones on IL. Washington activated Hilton Armstrong and placed Lester Hudson on IL. Charlotte activated Gerald Wallace, Sherron Collins, and Dominic McGuire and placed Eduardo Najera, Kwame Brown, and Tyrus Thomas (sore wrist) on IL. Golden State activated Charlie Bell and placed Jeremy Lin on IL. LAL 103, NO 88 at NO Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 20 points and 7 turnovers. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 24 points including 10-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 20 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Marco Belinelli (NO) had 15 points including 4-16 FG. LAL shot 58.6% (41-70) FG and NO shot 41.8% (33-79) FG. LAL out-rebounded NO 44-24 including 10-6 offensive. Det 104, Bos 92 at Det Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 18 points. Charlie Villanueva (Det) had 14 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Det) had 21 points including 7-11 FG, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 33 points including 11-16 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Ray Allen (Bos) had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Semih Erden (Bos, upper respiratory infection) did not play. OKC 114, NJ 93 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 27 points including 11-19 FG. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 17 points and 7 assists. Nick Collison (OKC) had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Devin Harris (NJ) had 19 points. Mia 125, Hou 119 at Hou LeBron James (Mia) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 21 points and 5 turnovers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 45 points on 17-24 FG and 10-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Luis Scola (Hou) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 21 points including 6-10 FT. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 20 points and 9 assists. Den 119, Min 113 at Min Chauncey Billups (Den) had 36 points including 9-14 FG, 6-6 3-pointers and 12-13 FT, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Michael Beasley (Min) had 33 points including 12-20 FG and 5 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 26 points, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 assists. Luke Ridnour (Min) had 20 points including 8-10 FG and 8 assists. Kenyon Martin (Den, sore knee) and Nene (Den, sore hamstring) did not play. Cha 101, Cle 92 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 9 points including 4-11 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 28 points including 10-14 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 38 points including 13-15 FT and 6 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 18 points. John Salmons (Cle) had 22 points including 10-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cle, strained left hip flexor) did not play. Atl 103, GS 93 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 22 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Al Horford (Atl) had 21 points including 10-14 FG and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 16 points and 8 assists. Dorell Wright (GS) had 32 points including 13-21 FG and 4-9 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. David Lee (GS) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Was 104, Ind 90 at Was Andray Blatche (Was) had 22 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. JaVale McGee (Was) had 16 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Nick Young (Was) had 25 points and 9 rebounds. Danny Granger (Ind) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Al Thornton (Was) did not play. Uta 103, LAC 95 at LAC Al Jefferson (Uta) had 31 points including 13-22 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 30 points including 13-20 FG and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 19 points including 7-20 FG and 1-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. C.J. Miles (Uta, flu like symptoms) did not play. Phi 123, Pho 110 at Pho Andres Nocioni (Phi) had 22 points including 7-10 FG and 12 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 25 points including 12-18 FG and 7 assists. Evan Turner (Phi) had 23 points including 9-12 FG and 5 rebounds. Vince Carter (Pho) had 18 points. Steve Nash (Pho) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 15 assists. Phi shot 30-35 FT and Pho shot 15-17 FT. Sac 100, Mem 98 at Sac Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 21 points including the game winning half-court 3-pointer at the buzzer. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 24 points and 6 assists. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 21 points and 16 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 35 points including 15-27 FG and 17 rebounds including 9 offensive. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 16 points including 6-17 FG. 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 Schedule for Friday, December 31 (All times Central) New Orleans @ Boston 2:00 pm Golden State @ Charlotte 2:00 pm Washington @ Indiana 2:00 pm New Jersey @ Chicago 2:00 pm Toronto @ Houston 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Detroit @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Philadelphia @ LA Lakers 9:30 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