News from December 28. Cleveland suspended Andrew Bynum indefinitely for conduct determental to the team. Atlanta placed Al Horford (torn right pectorial muscle) on IL. Cleveland activated Carrick Felix and Henry Sims and placed Andrew Bynum and Sergey Karasev on IL. Miami activated Dwyane Wade and placed LeBron James (injured right groin) on IL. Stats Leaders Points Kevin Durant (OKC) 28.3 Carmelo Anthony (NY) 26.3 Kevin Love (Min) 26.1 Rebounds Kevin Love (Min) 13.8 Dwight Howard (Hou) 13.4 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 13.3 Assists Chris Paul (LAC) 11.4 Stephen Curry (GS) 9.5 John Wall (Was) 9.1 Dal 105, Chi 83 at Chi Monta Ellis (Dal) had 22 points and 5 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 18 points including 4-4 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Vince Carter (Dal) had 18 points. Shawn Marion (Dal) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 20 points including 8-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Wayne Ellington (Dal, ill) and Luol Deng (Chi, left Achilles) did not play. LAC 98, Uta 90 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 40 points on 13-20 FG and 14-17 FT, 10 rebounds, and 8 turnovers. Chris Paul (LAC) had 21 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 steals. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 13 points including 4-16 FG. Marvin Williams (Uta) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 17 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ryan Hollins (LAC, personal reasons) did not play. Mia 108, Por 107 at Por Chris Bosh (Mia) had 37 points including 15-26 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and the game winning 3-pointer with .5 seconds left and 10 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 16 points and 7 assists. Michael Beasley (Mia) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 23 points on 9-14 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Pho 115, Phi 101 at Pho Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 20 points and 3 steals. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 21 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Miles Plumlee (Pho) had 22 points including 10-14 FG, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 30 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 27 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Tony Wroten (phi) had 22 points. Evan Turner (Phi, soreness) did not play. Min 117, Mil 95 at Mil Kevin Love (Min) had 33 points including 11-17 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 15 rebounds, and 6 assists. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 19 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kevin Martin (Min) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 23 points and 9 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mil) had 19 points. John Henson (Mil, sprained left ankle) did not play. Mem 120, Den 99 at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ed Davis (Mem) had 17 points including 6-8 FG. James Johnson (Mem) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Ty Lawson (Den) had 20 points, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 19 points. Hou 107, NO 98 at Hou Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 24 points including 10-12 FG, 18 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 8 turnovers. James Harden (Hou) had 21 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 22 points and 12 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO) had 18 points and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Hou shot 25-32 FT and NO shot 6-8 FT. Omer Asik (Hou, right thigh contusion) and Greg Smith (Hou, sprained right knee) did not play. Atl 118, Cha 116 OT at Atl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 33 points including 12-14 FT and 13 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 9 assists. Louis Williams (Atl) had 28 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 10-12 FT and 5 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 24 points and 23 rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 22 points on 11-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Jeff Taylor (Cha, ruptured right Achilles) did not play. Was 106, Det 82 at Was John Wall (Was) had 20 points and 11 assists. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 16 points including 7-9 FG and 7 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 15 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Greg Monroe (Det) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Det) had 13 points including 4-13 FG, 6 assists, and 7 turnovers. Tor 115, NY 100 at Tor Terrence Ross (Tor) had 23 points including 7-11 3-pointers. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 20 points and 3 steals. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 32 points on 10-17 FG, 4-7 3-pointers, and 8-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 11 assists. J.R. Smith (NY) had 13 points on 5-16 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 23 points including 9-12 FG and 9 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (NY, sprained left ankle) and Metta World Peace (NY, sore left knee) did not play. Ind 105, Bro 91 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 24 points including 9-13 FG and 3 steals. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 23 points including 7-11 FG, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. George Hill (Ind) had 21 points. Paul Pierce (Bro) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Mirza Teletovic (Bro) had 17 points. Bos 103, Cle 100 at Bos Jeff Green (Bos) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Jordan Crawford (Bos) had 19 points including 7-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 32 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 17 points. Schedule for Sunday, December 29 (All times Central) Golden State at Cleveland 5:00 pm Atlanta at Orlando 5:00 pm Houston at Oklahoma City 6:00 pm NBATV Sacramento at San Antonio 6:00 pm Philadelphia at LA Lakers 8:30 pm Schedule for Monday, December 30 (All times Central) Washington at Detroit 6:30 pm Chicago at Memphis 7:00 pm NBATV Dallas at Minnesota 7:00 pm Portland at New Orleans 7:00 pm Miami at Denver 8:00 pm Charlotte at Utah 8:00 pm Phoenix at LA Clippers 9:30 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