News from December 28. Older news: Boston voided Jeff Green's 1 year, $8 million contract after a physical found a heart condition. Green underwent surgery on his heart on 12/17 to repair an aortic aneurysm. He is out for the season, but is expected to be able to resume playing basketball next season. Golden State activated Chris Wright and placed Stephen Curry (injured ankle) on IL. New York placed Iman Shumbert on IL. Oklahoma City activated Lazar Hayward and placed Royal Ivey on IL. Washington activated Hamady N'Diaye and placed Maurice Evans on IL. GS 92, NY 78 at GS Monta Ellis (GS) had 22 points including 8-22 FG and 8 assists. David Lee (GS) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Brandon Rush (GS) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 16 points on 5-14 FG and 6-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Landry Fields (NY) had 14 points and 3 steals. Phi 103, Pho 83 at Pho Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 15 points including 3-3 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 15 points including 5-15 FG. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Grant Hill (Pho) had 14 points including 4-12 FG. Ronnie Price (Pho) had 16 points. Mia 96, Cha 95 at Cha LeBron James (Mia) had 35 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 25 points and 6 rebounds. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 15 points. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 16 points, 16 rebounds, 8 assists, and 6 turnovers. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 20 points including 7-11 FG, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 21 points. Cha out-rebounded Mia 53-30 including 15-5 offensive. Tyrus Thomas (Cha, sprained left ankle) did not play. NO 97, Bos 78 at NO Carl Landry (NO) had 20 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Emeka Okafor (NO) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Jarrett Jack (NO) had 21 points and 9 assists. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 13 points and 6 assists. Ray Allen (Bos) had 15 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Eric Gordon (NO, bruised right knee) and Chris Wilcox (Bos, bruised left shoulder) did not play. Ind 90, Tor 85 at Tor Danny Granger (Ind) had 21 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Paul George (Ind) had 18 points. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 21 points and 5 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 22 points. SA 115, LAC 90 at SA Richard Jefferson (SA) had 19 points on 8-9 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. DeJuan Blair (SA) had 20 points on 10-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 24 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 6 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 28 points including 11-19 FG and 9 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 10 points and 9 assists. SA shot 56.3% (45-80) FG and LAC shot 39.2% (29-74) FG. SA shot 15-15 FT and LAC shot 25-33 FT. OKC 98, Mem 95 at Mem Kevin Durant (OKC) had 32 points on 10-17 FG and 10-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Kendrick Perkins (OKC) had 10 points including 2-6 FG. James Harden (OKC) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 19 points including 9-24 FG and 12 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 24 points on 7-20 FG and 9-12 FT and 12 rebounds. Atl 101, Was 83 at Atl Marvin Williams (Atl) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers. John Wall (Was) had 20 points including 8-10 FT, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Nick Young (Was) had 21 points. Den 117, Uta 100 at Den Nene (Den) had 25 points including 10-13 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ty Lawson (Den) had 15 points. Al Harrington (Den) had 18 points on 8-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Cle 105, Det 89 at Det Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 14 points and 7 assists. Ramon Sessions (Cle) had 16 points including 4-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Samardo Samuels (Cle) had 17 points. Ben Gordon (Det) had 25 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Brandon Knight (Det) had 23 points on 10-13 FG and 6 assists. Cle shot 57.1% (40-70) FG and Det shot 44.4% (36-81) FG. Cle shot 18-22 FT and Det shot 8-11 FT. Charlie Villanueva (Det, suspended) did not play. 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 Schedule for Friday, December 30 (All times Central) Orlando at Charlotte 6:00 pm Cleveland at Indiana 6:00 pm Detroit at Boston 6:30 pm New Jersey at Atlanta 6:30 pm Houston at Memphis 7:00 pm Phoenix at New Orleans 7:00 pm NBATV Miami at Minnesota 7:00 pm Washington at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Toronto at Dallas 7:30 pm Philadelphia at Utah 8:00 pm Chicago at 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