News from December 10. Former NBA player Dolph Schayes died at age 87. Schayes played 15 seasons (48-49 - 62-63) with Syracuse and 1 season (63-64) with Philadelphia [as Syracuse relocated to Philly]. Atlanta activated Walter Tavares and Tim Hardaway and placed Mike Scott and Tiago Splitter on IL. Brooklyn activated Andrea Bargnani and placed Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (right ankle surgery) on IL. Bro 100, Phi 91 at Bro Thaddeus Young (Bro) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Shane Larkin (Bro) had 14 points and 6 assists. Andrea Bargnani (Bro) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 22 points and 10 rebounds. T.J. McConnell (Phi) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 3 steals. Bro shot 50% (37-74) FG and Phi shot 39.1% (34-87) FG. Chi 83, LAC 80 at Chi Pau Gasol (Chi) had 24 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 14 points including 4-14 FG, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 10 points and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. OKC 107, Atl 94 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 25 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 23 points including 9-14 FG and 10 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 23 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Sac 99, NY 97 at Sac DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 27 points and 11 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Sac) had 16 points including 7-10 FG, 9 rebounds, and 12 assists. Darren Collison (Sac) had 16 points. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 23 points including 6-11 FT, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 13 points including 4-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. ---- 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