News from December 12. Bradley Beal (Was) is expected to be out at least 2 weeks with a right leg injury. With Golden State's (24-1) loss, there are no more undefeated teams. Atlanta activated Tiago Splitter and placed Tim Hardaway on IL. Dallas activated Justin Anderson and placed Deron Williams (ill) on IL. Houston activated K.J. McDaniels. San Antonio activated Matt Bonner and Tony Parker and placed Boban Marjanovic and Ray McCallum on IL. Was 114, Dal 111 at Dal Otto Porter (Was) had 28 points including 11-18 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 26 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 16 assists. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 14 points on 7-9 FG and 12 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 28 points including 10-17 FG and 6-11 3-pointers and 3 steals. Raymond Felton (Dal) had 10 points including 3-11 FG, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 21 points including 5-6 3-pointers. Bradley Beal (Was, sore right leg) and Kris Humphries (Was, sprained left ankle) did not play. NY 112, Por 110 at Por Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 37 points including 13-21 FG and 6 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (NY) had 15 points. Robin Lopez (NY) had 14 points including 5-7 FG and 7 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 22 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 29 points and 8 rebounds. Mil 108, GS 95 at Mil Jabari Parker (Mil) had 19 points including 9-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Mil) had 28 points including 11-16 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. O.J. Mayo (Mil) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Draymond Green (GS) had 24 points including 9-14 FG, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 28 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Hou 126, LAL 97 at Hou Dwight Howard (Hou) had 18 points including 7-8 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. James Harden (Hou) had 30 points and 3 steals. Marcus Thornton (Hou) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 25 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Louis Williams (LAL) had 15 points including 3-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Hou shot 52.2% (47-90) FG and LAL shot 39.8% (35-88) FG. Chi 98, NO 94 at Chi Pau Gasol (Chi) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 15 points including 4-16 FG. Aaron Brooks (Chi) had 17 points. Anthony Davis (NO) had 22 points including 8-24 FG, 13 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 22 points and 8 assists. SA 103, Atl 78 at Atl Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 17 points including 5-7 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 22 points including 9-13 FG and 5 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 9 points and 7 rebounds. SA shot 48.6% (36-74) FG and Atl shot 37.5% (30-80) FG. Det 118, Ind 96 at Det Ersan Ilyasova (Det) had 20 points on 9-13 FG and 5 rebounds. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 21 points and 9 assists. George Hill (Ind) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 13 points including 4-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Myles Turner (Ind, fractured left thumb) did not play. Bos 98, Cha 93 at Cha Avery Bradley (Bos) had 23 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 13 assists. Jae Crowder (Bos) had 16 points including 5-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 21 points including 2-10 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 16 points including 5-15 FG and 6 rebounds. LAC 105, Bro 100 at Bro Blake Griffin (LAC) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Chris Paul (LAC) had 15 points, 14 assists, and 3 steals. Thaddeus Young (Bro) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Jarrett Jack (Bro) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. ---- 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