Mews from December 6. The NBA fined Nate Robinson (Den) $25,000 for criticizing the refs following Friday's Den-NY game. Atlanta activated Jared Cunningham and placed John Jenkins on IL. Cunningham was recalled from the NBADL. Charlotte activated James Southerland and placed Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (broken left hand) on IL. Sacramento activated DeMarcus Cousins and placed Hamady N'Diaye on IL. N'Diaye was assigned to the NBADL. Toronto activated Austin Daye and placed Aaron Gray on IL. Utah activated Jeremy Evans and placed Ian Clark on IL. Washington activated Otto Porter and placed Kevin Seraphin on IL. LAL 106, Sac 100 at Sac Pau Gasol (LAL) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Jodie Meeks (LAL) had 19 points on 7-11 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. Steve Blake (LAL) had 13 points and 10 assists. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 20 points on 6-17 FG and 8-12 FT, 11 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 6 turnovers. Ben McLemore (Sac) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Chris Kaman (LAC, back spasms) and Jordan Farmar (LA, left hamstring tear) did not play. Por 130, Uta 98 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 20 points and 15 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 24 points including 8-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Damian Lillard (Por) had 21 points including 7-9 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Alec Burks (Uta) had 16 points. Jeremy Evans (Uta) had 10 points and 9 rebounds including 7 offensive. Por shot 55.4% (46-83) FG and Uta shot 41.9% (39-93) FG. Pho 106, Tor 97 at Pho P.J. Tucker (Pho) had 18 points on 4-12 FG and 8-10 FT and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 16 points and 7 assists. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 25 points including 11-14 FG, 11 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 21 points and 7 assists. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 22 points including 9-15 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. OKC 109, NO 95 at NO Kevin Durant (OKC) had 29 points including 11-17 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 17 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 25 points and 4 steals. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 18 points including 5-17 FG and 1-6 3-pointers. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. OKC shot 50.6% (39-77) FG and NO shot 37.5% (33-88) FG. Hou 105, GS 83 at Hou Dwight Howard (Hou) had 22 points including 12-20 FT, 18 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 steals. James Harden (Hou) had 34 points including 13-22 FG and 7 rebounds. Terrence Jones (Hou) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Stephen Curry (GS) had 22 points on 5-14 FG and 11-11 FT, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 8 turnovers. Harrison Barnes (GS) had 14 points including 5-16 FG, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Omer Asik (Hou, right thigh contusion), Jeremy Lin (Hou, sprained right knee), and Greg Smith (Hou, sprained right knee) did not play. NY 121, Orl 83 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Andrea Bargnani (NY) had 17 points and 8 rebounds including 6 offensive. J.R. Smith (NY) had 17 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 20 points. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. NY shot 53% (44-83) FG and Orl shot 42.9% (30-70) FG. Amare Stoudemire (NY, resting knee) and Nikola Vucevic (Orl, sprained left ankle) did not play. Bos 106, Den 98 at Bos Avery Bradley (Bos) had 18 points on 8-11 FG. Jordan Crawford (Bos) had 22 points including 9-13 FG and 8 assists. Kris Humphries (Bos) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 20 points. J.J. Hickson (Den) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 7 rebounds. Kelly Olynyk (Bos, sprained right ankle) did not play. Atl 108, Cle 89 at Atl Al Horford (Atl) had 22 points and 9 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 16 points and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 13 points and 6 assists. Andrew Bynum (Cle) had 20 points including 9-14 FG and 13 rebounds including 9 offensive. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 30 points including 13-20 FG. Atl shot 51.6% (47-91) FG and Cle shot 40.4% (38-94) FG. Mil 109, Was 105 OT at Was Khris Middleton (Mil) had 29 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. John Henson (Mil) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 17 rebounds including 5 offensive. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. John Wall (Was) had 30 points including 12-13 FT, 8 assists, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 22 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 12 rebounds, and 4 steals. Caron Butler (Mil, sore left knee), and Zaza Pachulia (Mil, sprained right foot), and Al Harrington (Was, sore right knee) did not play. Cha 105, Phi 88 at Cha Jeff Taylor (Cha) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 18 points, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 18 points. Tony Wroten (Phi) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. Evan Turner (Phi) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi, sore right knee) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, December 7 (All times Central) Denver at Philadelphia 6:00 pm LA Clippers at Cleveland 6:30 pm Detroit at Chicago 7:00 pm Golden State at Memphis 7:00 pm Miami at Minnesota 7:00 pm Brooklyn at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Indiana at San Antonio 7:30 pm Sacramento at Utah 8:00 pm Dallas at Portland 9:00 pm NBATV Schedule for Sunday, December 8 (All times Central) Boston at New York 11:00 am Miami at Detroit 5:00 pm Orlando at Houston 6:00 pm Indiana at Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Toronto at LA Lakers 8:30 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