News from December 29. Brooklyn released Josh Childress. Brooklyn activated Tornike Shengelia. Chicago activated Richard Hamilton. Cleveland placed Daniel Gibson on IL. Houston activated Patrick Patterson and placed Terrence Jones on IL. Miami activated Josh Harrellson and placed Udonis Haslem on IL. Milwaukee activated Tobias Harris and placed Doron Lamb on IL. New Orleans activated Eric Gordon and placed Darius Miller on IL. Orlando activated Hedo Turkoglu and placed Glen Davis (sprained left shoulder) on IL. Phoenix activated Goran Dragic and placed Jermaine O'Neal on IL. Bro 103, Cle 100 at Bro Brook Lopez (Bro) had 35 points on 13-20 FG and 9-11 FT and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Deron Williams (Bro) had 15 points and 7 assists. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 15 points and 3 steals. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 17 points and 15 rebounds including 9 offensive. C.J. Miles (Cle) had 33 points including 11-15 FG and 8-10 3-pointers. Bro shot 29-39 FT and Cle shot 15-19 FT. Leandro Barbosa (Bos, personal reasons) did not play. GS 101, Bos 83 at GS David Lee (GS) had 20 points on 10-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 22 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 9 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Harrison Barnes (GS) had 15 points including 5-6 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Courtney Lee (Bos) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 12 points on 6-8 FG and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. GS shot 52.1% (38-73) FG and Bos shot 36% (31-86) FG. Atl 109, Ind 100 at Atl Al Horford (Atl) had 20 points on 10-13 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Zaza Pachulia (Atl) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Louis Williams (Atl) had 21 points and 12 assists. Paul George (Ind) had 18 points, 9 rebounds 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. David West (Ind) had 29 points including 11-18 FG. Sam Young (Ind, flu) did not play. Mil 104, Mia 85 at Mil Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Larry Sanders (Mil) had 16 points on 8-11 FG, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 25 points, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Mike Dunleavy (Mil) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. LeBron James (Mia) had 26 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 24 points and 6 rebounds. OKC 124, Hou 94 at Hou Kevin Durant (OKC) had 26 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 3 steals. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 28 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Kevin Martin (OKC) had 19 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Marcus Morris (Hou) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 25 points on 6-17 FG and 11-14 FT. Carlos Delfino (Hou, ill) did not play. Tor 123, Orl 88 at Orl Ed Davis (Tor) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 15 points and 10 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 21 points. Andrew Nicholson (Orl) had 22 points including 10-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 14 points including 5-14 FG and 6 assists. Tor shot 56.1% (46-82) FG and Orl shot 44.4% (36-81) FG. E'Twaune Moore (Orl, sprained left elbow) and Jameer Nelson (Orl, sore left hip) did not play. Min 111, Pho 107 at Min Andrei Kirilenko (Min) had 20 points on 10-13 FG and 5 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 23 points and 18 rebounds. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 28 points including 13-20 FG and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Luis Scola (Pho) had 33 points including 16-26 FG and 10 rebounds. Shannon Brown (Pho) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Malcolm Lee (Min, hyperextended right knee) and Ricky Rubio (Min, back spasms) did not play. Chi 87, Was 77 at Chi Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 9 points including 4-11 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Marco Belinelli (Chi) had 17 points. Emeka Okafor (Was) had 11 points and 18 rebounds including 6 offensive. Bradley Beal (Was) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Was, strained left calf), Jordan Crawford (Was, sore left ankle), and A.J. Price (Was, fractured right hand) did not play. Mem 81, Den 72 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Andre Iguodala (Den) had 12 points and 5 assists. JaVale McGee (Den) had 12 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Mem shot 4-7 FT and Den shot 11-18 FT. NO 98, Cha 95 at Cha Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 16 points, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Eric Gordon (NO) had 24 points including 12-14 FT and 7 assists. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 22 points on 11-14 FG and 9 rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Por 89, Phi 85 at Por Nicolas Batum (Por) had 22 points including 6-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 20 points including 4-11 3-pointers. J.J. Hickson (Por) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 13 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 29 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, and 7 turnovers. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 17 points. Schedule for Sunday, December 30 (All times Central) Milwaukee at Detroit 6:30 pm San Antonio at Dallas 6:30 pm Boston at Sacramento 8:00 pm Utah at LA Clippers 8:30 pm Schedule for Monday, December 31 (All times Central) Memphis at Indiana 2:00 pm Charlotte at Chicago 2:00 pm Miami at Orlando 4:00 pm Atlanta at Houston 6:00 pm Phoenix at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Brooklyn at San Antonio 7:30 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