News from December 8. Minnesota assigned Jonny Flynn to the NBADL. Detroit activated Charlie Villanueva and placed DaJuan Summers on IL. New Orleans activated DJ Mbenga and placed Aaron Gray on IL. Indiana activated Jeff Foster and placed Dahntay Jones on IL. Milwaukee activated Brian Skinner and placed Drew Gooden on IL. New York activated Bill Walker and placed Andy Rautins on IL. Chicago activated Kurt Thomas and placed Brian Scalabrine on IL. Cleveland activated Manny Harris and placed Jamario Moon on IL. LAL 87, LAC 86 at LAC Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 24 points including 9-15 FG. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 10 points including 4-13 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Derek Fisher (LAL) had 6 points including the game winning driving layup at the buzzer. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 16 points including 6-17 FG and 11 rebounds. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Brian Cook (LAC, suspended) did not play. Mem 104, Pho 98 OT at Pho Rudy Gay (Mem) had 22 points. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 34 points including 15-19 FG and 17 rebounds including 5 offensive. Mike Conley (Mem) had 11 points, 14 assists, and 3 steals. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 17 points and 5 assists. Hedo Turkoglu (Pho) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Mia 111, Uta 98 at Uta LeBron James (Mia) had 33 points including 12-20 FG, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Zydrunas Ilguaskas (Mia) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 28 points on 9-14 FG and 8-11 FT. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 25 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Deron Williams (Uta) had 21 points including 9-12 FT and 12 assists. Kyrylo Fesenko (Uta, sprained left ankle) did not play. OKC 111, Min 103 at Min Kevin Durant (OKC) had 30 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 25 points and 8 assists. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 10 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 blocks. Michael Beasley (Min) had 26 points and 6 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 22 points including 7-22 FG and 21 rebounds including 8 offensive. OKC shot 51.9% (40-77) FG and Min shot 41.9% (39-93) FG. Darko Milicic (Min, bruised right quad) did not play. Chi 88, Cle 83 at Cle Luol Deng (Chi) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 13 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 29 points and 8 assists. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 17 points including 7-7 FG and 12 rebounds. NY 113, Tor 110 at NY Danilo Gallinari (NY) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 34 points and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Raymond Felton (NY) had 28 points including the game winning 3-pointer with 2.7 seconds left and 11 assists. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 41 points including 16-24 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Peja Stojakovic (Tor, swollen left knee) did not play. Bos 105, Den 89 at Bos Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 17 points including 8-9 FG and 9 rebounds. Ray Allen (Bos) had 28 points including 9-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Glen Davis (Bos) had 16 points including 8-12 FT, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. J.R. Smith (Den) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 24 points including 9-14 FG, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Bos shot 55.9% (38-68) FG and Den shot 42.3% (33-78) FG. Carmelo Anthony (Den, right knee inflammation) did not play. SA 111, GS 94 at SA DaJuan Blair (SA) had 15 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tony Parker (SA) had 19 points including 9-14 FG and 9 assists. George Hill (SA) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Monta Ellis (GS) had 19 points including 7-24 FG and 6 assists. Reggie Williams (GS) had 31 points including 11-16 FG and 8-10 3-pointers. Mil 97, Ind 95 at Mil Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 17 points on 5-15 FG, 7-10 FT and the game winning inbounds lob tip-in at the buzzer, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 22 points including 9-13 FG and 5 rebounds. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 21 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Danny Granger (Ind) had 26 points including 9-11 FT. Darren Collison (Ind) had 17 points. NO 93, Det 74 at NO David West (NO) had 25 points including 10-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Marco Belinelli (NO) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Emeka Okafor (NO) had 14 points on 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Eric Gordon (Det) had 19 points. NO shot 50% (37-74) FG and Det shot 37.5% (30-80) FG. Sac 116, Was 91 at Sac Jason Thompson (Sac) had 22 points including 10-15 FG and 14 rebounds. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 23 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 8-10 FT, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Pooh Jeter (Sac) had 13 points and 9 assists. Al Thronton (Was) had 20 points including 7-11 FG. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 19 points including 6-17 FG and 5 turnovers. Sac shot 54.2% (45-83) FG and Was shot 41.3% (31-75) FG. Samuel Dalembert (Sac, personal reasons) and John Wall (Was, sore left foot) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, December 9 (All times Central) Boston @ Philadelphia 7:00 pm TNT New Jersey @ Dallas 7:30 pm Orlando @ Portland 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, December 10 (All times Central) Charlotte @ Indiana 6:00 pm Denver @ Toronto 6:00 pm New York @ Washington 6:00 pm LA Lakers @ Chicago 7:00 pm ESPN Detroit @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Houston @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Atlanta @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Portland @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Orlando @ Utah 8:00 pm Miami @ Golden State 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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