News from December 31. Memphis signed Hamed Haddadi to a 1 year contract and released Brian Skinner. New Orleans released Lance Thomas. Golden State activated Stephen Curry and placed Monta Ellis (death in family) on IL. LAL 92, Den 89 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 29 points including 13-18 FG, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 17 points including 6-18 FG, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists. Nene (Den) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Al Harrington (Den) had 21 points. Det 96, Ind 86 at Det Jonas Jerebko (Det) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Darren Collison (Ind) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. George Hill (Ind) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Det shot 10-13 FT and Ind shot 23-28 FT. SA 104, Uta 89 at SA DeJuan Blair (SA) had 17 points including 7-13 FT and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tony Parker (SA) had 14 points including 3-10 FG and 8 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 23 points on 9-10 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 21 points and 11 rebounds. Josh Howard (Uta) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. SA shot 48.6% (36-74) FG and Uta shot 37.1% (33-89) FG. OKC 107, Pho 97 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 12 points including 4-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 18 points. James Harden (OKC) had 10 point including 1-6 FG, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Hakim Warrick (Pho) had 15 points. OKC shot 53.2% (41-77) FG and Pho shot 39.8% (35-88) FG. NY 114, Sac 92 at Sac Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 23 points including 11-13 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tyson Chandler (NY) had 22 points on 6-8 FG and 10-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Landry Fields (NY) had 21 points including 10-16 FG and 5 rebounds. Al Thornton (Sac) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY, sprained left ankle) did not play. Phi 107, GS 79 at GS Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Louis Williams (Phi) had 23 points including 7-11 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. David Lee (GS) had 19 points including 8-24 FG and 8 rebounds including 6 offensive. Stephen Curry (GS) had 21 points and 5 turnovers. Phi shot 49.4% (39-79) FG and GS shot 38.2% (34-89) FG. Phi shot 18-31 FT and GS shot 7-12 FT. Hou 95, Atl 84 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 2 points including 0-6 FG, 6 rebounds, 18 assists, and 6 turnovers. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 27 points including 6-11 3-pointers. Al Horford (Atl) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 15 points. Schedule for Sunday, January 1 (All times Central) Boston at Washington 5:00 pm NBATV Toronto at Orlando 5:00 pm Charlotte at Miami 5:00 pm New Jersey at Cleveland 5:00 pm Dallas at Minnesota 6:00 pm Memphis at Chicago 7:00 pm LA Lakers at Denver 7:00 pm New Orleans at Sacramento 8:00 pm Portland at LA Clippers 8:30 pm Schedule for Monday, January 2 (All times Central) Golden State at Phoenix 2:30 pm Washington at Boston 6:30 pm Indiana at New Jersey 6:30 pm Toronto at New York 6:30 pm Atlanta at Miami 6:30 pm Orlando at Detroit 6:30 pm San Antonio at Minnesota 7:00 pm Oklahoma City at Dallas 7:30 pm NBATV Milwaukee at Denver 8:00 pm New Orleans at Utah 8:00 pm Happy New Year! ---- 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