News from December 5. Houston activated Donatas Motiejunas and placed K.J. McDaniels on IL. Miami placed Luol Deng on IL. Milwaukee activated Damien Inglis and placed Jerryd Bayless on IL. Philadelphia activated Tony Wroten and placed Kendall Marshall on IL. Sacramento activated Omri Casspi and placed Willie Cauley-Stein (dislocated right index finger) on IL. San Antonio activated Ray McCallum and placed Boban Marjanovic on IL. Toronto placed Bruno Caboclo on IL. Stats Leaders Points Stephen Curry (GS) 32.0 James Harden (Hou) 29.3 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 27.5 Rebounds Andre Drummond (Det) 17.0 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 13.2 Kevin Love (Cle) 11.5 Assists Rajon Rondo (Sac) 10.6 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 9.6 John Wall (Was) 8.0 Den 108, Phi 105 at Phi Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Will Barton (Den) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 12 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Robert Covington (Phi) had 18 points including 5-12 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Nerlens Noel (Phi) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jahlil Okafor (Phi, suspended) did not play. GS 112, Tor 109 at Tor Stephen Curry (GS) had 44 points including 9-15 3-pointers and 7 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 26 points including 6-9 3-pointers. Draymond Green (GS) had 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 41 points including 6-10 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 4 steals. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 16 points including 5-19 FG and 5 assists. Andrew Bogut (GS, lower back spasms) did not play. Cha 102, Chi 96 at Chi Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 24 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Cody Zeller (Cha) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 25 points including 8-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Hou 120, Sac 113 at Hou Dwight Howard (Hou) had 22 points on 7-9 FG and 8-14 FT and 18 rebounds including 5 offensive. James Harden (Hou) had 31 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 14-16 FT, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Terrence Jones (Hou) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Ben McLemore (Sac) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Sac) had 13 points, 19 assists, and 4 steals. Hou shot 32-43 FT and Sac shot 11-13 FT. Mia 99, Cle 84 at Mia Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 17 points on 7-11 FG and 8 assists. Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Richard Jefferson (Cle) had 16 points including 6-18 FG and 0-7 3-pointers. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 12 points including 4-12 FG. Mia shot 54.4% (37-68) FG and Cle shot 36.5% (31-85) FG. LeBron James (Cle, rest) did not play. Por 109, Min 103 at Min Damian Lillard (Por) had 19 points and 7 assists. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Al-Farouq Aminu (Por) had 16 points including 5-7 FG and 3 steals. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 27 points on 13-21 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Mil 106, NY 91 at Mil Greg Monroe (Mil) had 18 points and 14 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Michael Carter-Williams (Mil) had 20 points and 5 assists. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 18 points including 6-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Lance Thomas (NY) had 17 points. SA 108, Bos 105 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 15 points including 4-13 FG and 8 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 23 points and 8 assists. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers. David Lee (Bos, bruised right heel) did not play. Uta 122, Ind 119 OT at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 22 points on 5-14 FG and 9-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 35 points including 14-24 FG and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. Trey Burke (Uta) had 19 points and 7 assists. Paul George (Ind) had 48 points on 15-27 FG, 8-11 3-pointers, and 10-13 FT, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Rodney Stuckey (Ind) had 23 points. Rudy Gobert (Uta, sprained left MCL) and Myles Turner (Ind, chip fracture left thumb) did not play. LAC 103, Orl 101 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 28 points, 13 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 32 points including 6-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. Wesley Johnson (LAC) had 21 points including 6-12 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 21 points, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 24 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. J.J. Redick (LAC, sprained right ankle) 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