News from December 27. The NBA suspended Drew Gooden (Mil) for 1 game for his flagrant foul on Gerald Henderson (Cha) during Tuesday's Cha-Mil games. New York claimed Jeremy Lin off waivers after Houston had released him on 12/24. Atlanta released Charles Garcia and Zach Graham. Atlanta placed Kirk Hinrich and Donald Sloan on IL. Mia 115, Bos 107 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 26 points including 9-14 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 11 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 24 points including 8-10 FT, 8 assists, and 4 blocks. Norris Cole (Mia) had 20 points and 3 steals. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 22 points including 7-11 FT, 8 rebounds, 12 assists, and 7 turnovers. Ray Allen (Bos) had 28 points including 6-8 3-pointers. Keyon Dooling (Bos) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers. LAL 96, Uta 71 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 22 points including 10-12 FT, 9 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 26 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Metta World Peace (LAL) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Josh Howard (Uta) had 10 points. LAL shot 42.3% (30-71) FG and Uta shot 32.2% (29-90) FG. LAL shot 30-37 FT and Uta shot 12-17 FT. Andrew Bynum (LAL, suspended) did not play. Mil 98, Min 95 at Mil Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 15 points including 7-20 FG and 9 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 24 points including 9-10 FT and 7 assists. Stephen Jackson (Mil) had 16 points including 7-20 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Michael Beasley (Min) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 31 points on 6-18 FG and 19-24 FT and 20 rebounds including 9 offensive. Mil shot 16-20 FT and Min shot 33-45 FT. Atl 106, NJ 70 at NJ Marvin Williams (Atl) had 14 points including 3-9 FG and 9 rebounds. Vladimir Radmanovic (Atl) had 17 points, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Zaza Pachulia (Atl) had 13 points and 11 rebounds including 8 offensive. Kris Humphries (NJ) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. MarShon Brooks (NJ) had 17 points. Atl shot 44.2% (38-86) FG and NJ shot 31% (22-71) FG. Por 101, Sac 79 at Por Gerald Wallace (Por) had 25 points including 8-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 24 points including 10-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 15 points including 4-12 FG and 5 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 14 points including 5-15 FG. Schedule for Wednesday, December 28 (All times Central) Indiana at Toronto 5:00 pm Miami at Charlotte 6:00 pm Washington at Atlanta 6:30 pm Cleveland at Detroit 6:30 pm Oklahoma City at Memphis 7:00 pm Boston at New Orleans 7:00 pm NBATV LA Clippers at San Antonio 7:30 pm Utah at Denver 8:00 pm Philadelphia at Phoenix 8:00 pm New York at Golden State 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Thursday, December 29 (All times Central) New Jersey at Orlando 6:00 pm San Antonio at Houston 7:00 pm Dallas at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm TNT Chicago at Sacramento 9:00 pm Denver at Portland 9:00 pm New York at LA Lakers 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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