News from December 5. The NBA fined Gerald Wallace (Bro) $5,000 for flopping during Saturday's Mia-Bro game [a fine is issued for the 2nd ruling of a player flopping]. The NBA issued a warning to Chauncey Billups (LAC) for flopping during Wednesday's Uta-LAC game. Atlanta recalled John Jenkins from the NBADL. Cleveland activated Kevin Jones and placed Dion Waiters (sprained left ankle) on IL. Dallas activated Rodrigue Beaubois and placed Jared Cunningham on IL. Denver activated Julyan Stone and placed Kosta Koufos on IL. The LA Clippers placed Chauncey Billups (foot injury) on IL. The LA Lakers recalled Robert Sacre from the NBADL. Milwaukee activated Drew Gooden and placed Mike Dunleavy (sore knee) on IL. San Antonio activated Cory Joseph. LAC 112, Dal 90 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 19 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chris Paul (LAC) had 14 points, 13 assists, and 5 steals. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 20 points. Vince Carter (Dal) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Chris Kaman (Dal) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. LAL 103, NO 87 at NO Antawn Jamison (LAL) had 15 points. Dwight Howard (LAL) had 18 points including 7-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 29 points including 10-17 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Bryant surpassed 30,000 career points, the 5th player in NBA history to do so. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 31 points including 12-21 FG and 5-8 3-pointers and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Pau Gasol (LAL, tendinitis both knees) and Anthony Davis (NO, stress reaction left ankle) did not play. Bos 104, Min 94 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 18 points. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 17 points, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Love (Min) had 19 points including 6-12 FT, 13 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Andrei Kirilenko (Min, back spasms) did not play. SA 110, Mil 99 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 22 points including 10-11 FT, 10 assists, and 7 turnovers. Gary Neal (SA) had 22 points including 6 offensive. Monta Ellis (Mil) had 21 points on 5-19 FG and 10-11 FT, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. NY 100, Cha 98 at Cha Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 23 points including 8-22 FG and 3 steals. Tyson Chandler (NY) had 18 points including 8-10 FG and 17 rebounds including 8 offensive. Raymond Felton (NY) had 17 points and 9 assists. J.R. Smith (NY) had 13 points including the game winning jumper at the buzzer. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 25 points and 11 assists. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Cha) had 17 points. Marcus Camby (NY, sore left foot) did not play. Atl 108, Den 104 at Atl J.R. Smith (Atl) had 16 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Al Horford (Atl) had 25 points including 12-20 FG, 12 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 steals. Louis Williams (Atl) had 16 points including 4-13 FG and 6 assists. Ty Lawson (Den) had 32 points including 12-16 FG and 5-5 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Corey Brewer (Den) had 19 points. Uta 87, Orl 81 at Uta Paul Millsap (Uta) had 22 points. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 31 points including 13-20 FG and 15 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Uta) had 9 points including 3-9 FG, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Glen Davis (Orl) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta, plantar fasciitis) did not play. Ind 99, Por 92 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 22 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. David West (Ind) had 16 points on 8-11 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. George Hill (Ind) had 18 points. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 18 points on 5-14 FG and 8-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 6 assists. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 19 points. Chi 95, Cle 85 at Cle Luol Deng (Chi) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 13 points, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Marco Belinelli (Chi) had 23 points. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 11 points including 4-16 FG, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Donald Sloan (Cle) had 14 points. Chi shot 47.2% (34-72) FG and Cle shot 36.5% (31-85) FG. GS 104, Det 97 at Det David Lee (GS) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Klay Thompson (GS) had 27 points including 9-13 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 24 points and 5 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 17 points and 9 assists. Sac 107, Tor 100 at Sac DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 25 points including 11-18 FG and 13 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 23 points including 7-12 FT. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Mickael Pietrus (Tor) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 34 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 12-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Schedule for Thursday, December 6 (All times Central) New York at Miami 7:00 pm TNT Dallas at Phoenix 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, December 7 (All times Central) Boston at Philadelphia 6:00 pm ESPN Denver at Indiana 6:00 pm Golden State at Brooklyn 6:30 pm Washington at Atlanta 6:30 pm Chicago at Detroit 6:30 pm Memphis at New Orleans 7:00 pm Cleveland at Minnesota 7:00 pm Charlotte at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Houston at San Antonio 7:30 pm Toronto at Utah 8:00 pm LA Lakers at Oklahoma City 8:30 pm ESPN Orlando at Sacramento 9:00 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