News from December 25. Chicago activated Cristiano Felicio and placed Joakim Noah (sprained left shoulder) on IL. The LA Clippers activated Branden Dawson and placed Austin Rivers on IL. The LA Lakers activated Nick Young and placed Ryan Kelly on IL. Miami activated Goran Dragic. San Antonio activated Matt Bonner and placed Rasual Butler on IL. Mia 94, NO 88 at Mia Chris Bosh (Mia) had 30 points and 10 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 19 points including 7-20 FG and 6 rebounds. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 8 points, 17 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 blocks. Anthony Davis (NO) had 29 points, 15 rebounds, 4 steals, and 3 blocks. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Chi 105, OKC 96 at OKC Pau Gasol (Chi) had 21 points, 13 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 6 assists. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 19 points. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 29 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 26 points including 7-13 FT, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 steals, and 6 turnovers. GS 89, Cle 83 at GS Draymond Green (GS) had 22 points, 15 rebounds, and 7 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. LeBron James (Cle) had 25 points and 9 rebounds. Kevin Love (Cle) had 10 points including 5-16 FG and 18 rebounds. Hou 88, SA 84 at Hou James Harden (Hou) had 20 points including 7-21 FG and 9 assists. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 11 points and 12 rebounds. Terrence Jones (Hou) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, 5 steals, and 3 blocks. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 18 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Hou shot 17-26 FT and SA shot 7-8 FT. LAC 94, LAL 84 at LAL Chris Paul (LAC) had 23 points including 11-19 FG, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 13 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 9 points and 14 rebounds. Julius Randle (LAL) had 11 points including 3-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. LAL shot 13-25 FT and LAC shot 8-11 FT. ---- 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