News from December 18. The NBA suspended Ty Lawson (Hou) for 2 games for his guilty plea in a drunk driving case in Colorado. Philadelphia named Mike D'Antoni as an assistant coach. Dallas activated John Jenkins and placed Justin Anderson on IL. Miami activated Jarnell Stokes and placed Tyler Johnson (shoulder) on IL. Portland activated Luis Montero and placed Chris Kaman on IL. San Antonio activated Tim Duncan and placed Rasual Butler on IL. Dal 97, Mem 88 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Zaza Pachulia (Dal) had 10 points including 4-12 FG and 18 rebounds including 6 offensive. Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Devin Harris (Dal, strained right hamstring) and Tony Allen (Mem, right knee injury) did not play. GS 121, Mil 112 at GS Draymond Green (GS) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 27 points including 9-10 FT and 3 blocks. Stephen Curry (GS) had 26 points including 10-11 FT, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Michael Carter-Williams (Mil) had 24 points and 5 rebounds. Pho 104, NO 88 at Pho Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 29 points including 12-17 FG, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. Alex Len (Pho) had 19 points including 8-11 FG and 13 rebounds. Jon Leuer (Pho) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO) had 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Eric Gordon (NO) had 15 points on 2-11 FG and 9-11 FT. Pho shot 52.4% (44-84) FG and NO shot 36.6% (26-71) FG. Pho shot 10-17 FT and NO shot 32-38 FT. Uta 97, Den 88 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 26 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 12 points and 5 assists. Trevor Booker (Uta) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Den) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 16 points. SA 115, LAC 107 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 26 points including 11-18 FG and 13 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 21 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 25 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 16 points including 8-20 FT and 17 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 27 points including 9-10 FT, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Min 99, Sac 95 at Min Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 32 points including 9-10 FT, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 assists. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Shabazz Muhammad (Min) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 24 points, 11 rebounds, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Det 147, Chi 144 4OT at Chi Marcus Morris (Det) had 20 points and 7 rebounds in 57 minutes. Andre Drummond (Det) had 33 points including 5-10 FT, 21 rebounds including 10 offensive, and 3 steals in 54 minutes. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 31 points including 7-0 FT, 6 rebounds, and 13 assists in 50 minutes. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 30 points including 10-12 FT, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, 5 assists, and 5 blocks. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 43 points including 14-16 FT and 8 rebounds in 56 minutes. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 34 points and 8 assists in 54 minutes. Det out-scored Chi 20-17 in the 4th overtime. Tor 108, Mia 94 at Mia Luis Scola (Tor) had 20 points. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 30 points on 10-17 FG and 10-13 FT. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 21 points and 4 steals. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 8 turnovers. Gerald Green (Mia) had 20 points including 5-10 3-pointers. DeMarre Carroll (Tor, right knee contusion) did not play. Atl 109, Bos 101 at Bos Paul Millsap (Atl) had 20 points including 8-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 22 points, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Jae Crowder (Bos) had 24 points and 10 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 20 points including 14-15 FT, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. NY 107, Phi 97 at Phi Arron Afflalo (NY) had 22 points including 9-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 16 points including 4-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Derrick Williams (NY) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Tony Wroten (Phi) had 15 points and 7 turnovers. Orl 102, Por 94 at Orl Tobias Harris (Orl) had 25 points including 9-13 FG, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 25 points and 11 rebounds. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 19 points including 11-17 FT and 6 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 27 points including 11-19 FG and 6 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 19 points including 4-15 FG, 10 assists, and 6 turnovers. Ind 104, Bro 97 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 23 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Jordan Hill (Ind) had 14 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Rodney Stuckey (Ind) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Jarrett Jack (Bro) had 26 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Myles Turner (Ind, chip fracture left thumb), Sergey Karasev (Bro, sore left ankle), Shane Larkin (Bro, concussion), and Thomas Robinson (Bro, ill) did not play. ---- 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