News from December 21. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) suffered a broken right ring finger during Friday's Orl-Tor game. Philadelphia assigned Arnett Moultrie to the NBDAL. Cleveland activated Jon Leuer and placed Donald Sloan on IL. Detroit activated Kim English and placed Corey Maggette on IL. San Antonio activated Kawhi Leonard and Stephen Jackson and placed Cory Joseph on IL. Mem 92, Dal 82 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 26 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 17 points and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 11 points, 11 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. Shawn Marion (Dal) had 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Vince Carter (Dal) had 14 points including 5-14 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Elton Brand (Dal, strained right groin) did not play. Chi 110, NY 106 at NY Luol Deng (Chi) had 29 points and 13 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 16 points on 6-8 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Marco Belinelli (Chi) had 22 points including 11-12 FT and 7 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 29 points and 3 steals. Raymond Felton (NY) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. J.R. Smith (NY) had 26 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Rasheed Wallace (NY, sore left foot) and Marcus Camby (NY, sore left foot) did not play. SA 99, NO 94 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 15 points including 7-11 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 25 points including 10-17 FG and 5 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 13 points including 3-10 FG and 7 assists. Anthony Davis (NO) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 14 points. Phi 99, Atl 80 at Phi Evan Turner (Phi) had 21 points on 10-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 18 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 steals. Jason Richardson (Phi) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Josh Smith (Atl) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Louis Williams (Atl) had 13 points including 4-12 FG. Phi shot 51.2% (44-86) FG and Atl shot 39.2% (31-79) FG. Ind 99, Cle 89 at Cle David West (Ind) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 16 points including 7-8 FG and 7 assists. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 12 points and 13 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 17 points including 5-16 FG, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Mil 99, Bos 94 OT at Bos Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil) had 20 points including 4-10 FT, 6 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Larry Sanders (Mil) had 17 points including 8-10 FG and 20 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Mil) had 27 points including 9-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 35 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 12 points on 6-22 FG and 7 rebounds. Chris Wilcox (Bos, right thumb injury) did not play. Tor 93, Orl 90 at Tor Jose Calderon (Tor) had 13 points and 9 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 17 points including 5-17 FG and 8 rebounds. Terrence Ross (Tor) had 13 points. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 26 points including 7-11 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Glen Davis (Orl, left shoulder injury) did not play. Det 100, Was 68 at Det Greg Monroe (Det) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Brandon Knight (Det) had 15 points including 4-11 FG. Andre Drummond (Det) had 11 points, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 blocks. Martell Webster (Was) had 10 points including 2-7 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Trevor Ariza (Was, strained left calf), Bradley Beal (Was, sore back), Nene (Was, sore left foot), and A.J. Price (Was, fractured right hand) did not play. LAC 97, Sac 85 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 21 points including 9-16 FG and 13 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 24 points including 5-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 13 assists, and 5 steals. Matt Barnes (LAC) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jimmer Fredette (Sac) had 16 points and 3 steals. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 10 points on 5-7 FG and 8 rebounds. LAC out-rebounded Sac 63-32 including 16-8 offensive. Francisco Garcia (Sac, sore lower back) did not play. GS 115, Cha 100 at GS David Lee (GS) had 23 points including 11-16 FG, 11 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 11 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 27 points including 8-13 3-pointers and 8 assists. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 23 points and 5 assists. Bismack Biyombo (Cha) had 12 points and 14 rebounds. GS shot 51.8% (44-85) FG and Cha shot 36.7% (33-90) FG. GS shot 13-16 FT and Cha shot 26-35 FT. Ben Gordon (Cha, sore right knee) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, December 22 (All times Central) Detroit at Washington 6:00 pm Chicago at Atlanta 6:00 pm Utah at Miami 6:30 pm Indiana at New Orleans 7:00 pm Memphis at Houston 7:00 pm Cleveland at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Charlotte at Denver 8:00 pm Phoenix at Portland 9:00 pm LA Lakers at Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, December 23 (All times Central) Philadelphia at Brooklyn 2:00 pm Minnesota at New York 4:00 pm Utah at Orlando 5:00 pm Dallas at San Antonio 6:00 pm LA Clippers at Phoenix 7:00 pm Portland at Sacramento 8:00 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