News from December 26. Boston activated Amir Johnson and placed David Lee on IL. Cleveland activated Sasha Kaun and placed Kyrie Irving (rest) on IL. Dallas activated Devin Harris and Deron Williams and placed Salah Mejri and Justin Anderson on IL. The LA Clippers activated Austin Rivers and placed Blake Griffin on IL. Griffin is expected to be out at least 2 weeks with a partially torn left quadriceps tendon. Memphis activated Jordan Adams and placed James Ennis on IL. New York activated Kyle O'Quinn and placed Cleanthony Early on IL. Phoenix activated Cory Jefferson and placed Markieff Morris (suspended) on IL. San Antonio activated Ray McCallum and Rasual Butler and placed Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili on IL. Toronto activated DeMarre Carroll and placed Norman Powell on IL. Dal 118, Chi 111 at Dal J.J. Barea (Dal) had 26 points including 9-14 FG and 7-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Zaza Pachulia (Dal) had 17 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 25 points including 12-20 FG and 5 assists. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7-11 FT, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Deron Williams (Dal, strained left hamstring) did not play. Was 111, Bro 96 at Bro Marcin Gortat (Was) had 25 points including 0-15 FG and 7 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 22 points and 13 assists. Kelly Oubre (Was) had 12 points on 5-7 FG and 6 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 19 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Thaddeus Young (Bro) had 19 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Bradley Beal (Was, sore right leg) and Gary Neal (Was, strained right quad) did not play. Tor 111, Mil 90 at Mil DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 22 points and 8 assists. Luis Scola (Tor) had 17 points and 11 rebounds. Terrence Ross (Tor) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 3 steals. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 20 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 7 assists. Greg Monroe (Mil) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 11 rebounds. Cha 98, Mem 92 at Cha Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jeremy Lin (Cha) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 19 points including 7-20 FG and 4-9 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 18 points and 12 rebounds including 8 offensive. Mia 108, Orl 101 at Orl Chris Bosh (Mia) had 24 points including 10-16 FG and 10 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 24 points including 10-10 FT and 6 assists. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 22 points including 9-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 22 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 18 points on 9-13 FG and 7 assists. NO 110, Hou 108 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 24 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Eric Gordan (NO) had 26 points on 10-12 FG and 6-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 11 points including 3-13 FG and 13 assists. James Harden (Hou) had 25 points including 5-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 16 points. NO out-scored Hou 26-17 in the 4th quarter. Atl 117, NY 98 at Atl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Al Horford (Atl) had 19 points including 9-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Mike Scott (Atl) had 18 points including 7-8 FG. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Derrick Williams (NY) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Louis Amundson (NY, lower back spasms) did not play. Bos 99, Det 93 at Det Avery Bradley (Bos) had 18 points and 3 steals. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 17 points on 4-14 FG and 9-10 FT and 9 assists. Evan Turner (Bos) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Andre Drummond (Det) had 22 points including 4-10 FT and 22 rebounds including 7 offensive. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 17 points including 5-14 FG. Ind 102, Min 88 at Min Monta Ellis (Ind) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Paul George (Ind) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. Jordan Hill (Ind) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 24 points including 10-16 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 19 points. Myles Turner (Ind, chip fracture left thumb) did not play. SA 101, Den 86 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 12 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Boris Diaw (SA) had 16 points. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Will Barton (Den) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Phi 111, Pho 104 at Pho Isaiah Canaan (Phi) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Carl Landry (Phi) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 8 rebounds. Nik Stauskas (Phi) had 17 points on 7-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Brandon Knight (Pho) had 21 points including 7-23 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Devin Booker (Pho) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Jahlil Okafor (Phi, sore right knee) did not play. LAC 109, Uta 104 at Uta J.J. Redick (LAC) had 25 points including 8-11 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Chris Paul (LAC) had 19 points and 11 assists. Paul Pierce (LAC) had 20 points including 5-7 3-pointers, and 5 rebounds. Gordan Hayward (Uta) had 28 points including 13-15 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 15 points. Austin Rivers (LAC, sprained right ankle) and Derrick Favors (Uta, back spasms) did not play. Por 105, Cle 76 at Por Allen Crabbe (Por) had 26 points including 4-6 3-pointers. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 16 points and 6 assists. Mason Plumlee (Por) had 11 points and 14 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 12 points including 4-13 FG and 5 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 13 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. ---- 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