News from December 10. New Orleans signed Reggie Williams. Cleveland activated J.R. Smith and placed Channing Frye on IL. Denver activated Emmanuel Mudiay and placed Malik Beasley on IL. Golden State activated Shaun Livingston and James Michael McAdoo and placed Kevon Looney and Andre Iguodala on IL. Orlando activated Stephen Zimmerman and placed Nikola Vucevic on IL. Portland activated Maurice Harkless and placed Tim Quarterman on IL. Stats Leaders Points Anthony Davis (NO) 31.4 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 30.9 DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) 28.2 Rebounds Hassan Whiteside (Mia) 14.3 Andre Drummond (Det) 13.6 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 12.7 Assists James Harden (Hou) 11.6 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 11.3 John Wall (Was) 9.6 Hou 109, Dal 87 at Hou Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 17 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 18 points on 4-12 FG and 8-10 FT, 9 rebounds, and 16 assists. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 18 points on 6-9 3-pointers. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 20 points. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 26 points including 8-22 FG and 5-13 3-pointers. Hou shot 19-37 3-pointers and Dallas shot 11-34 3-pointers. Andrew Bogut (Dal, bone bruise right knee) did not play. LAC 133, NO 105 at LAC Austin Rivers (LAC) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 19 points including 9-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, 20 assists, and 3 steals. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 22 points on 10-13 FG. Tim Frazier (NO) had 20 points and 11 assists. Terrence Jones (NO) had 18 points including 7-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Chieck Diallo (NO) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. LAC shot 57.4% (54-94) FG and NO shot 48.2% (40-83) FG. LAC shot 8-9 FT and NO shot 17-26 FT. Blake Griffin (LAC, sore right knee), Raymond Felton (LAC, personal reasons), Anthony Davis (NO, rest), Jrue Holiday (NO, toe injury), and E'Twaun Moore (NO, toe injury) did not play. did not play. Uta 104, Sac 84 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 28 points and 7 rebounds. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 17 points including 5-6 FG, 14 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Trey Lyles (Uta) had 14 points including 4-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Darren Collison (Sac) had 17 points. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 16 points including 7-22 FG and 1-6 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Uta out-scored Sac 26-8 in the 4th quarter. Uta shot 48.1% (37-77) FG and Sac shot 37.8% (34-90) FG. George Hill (Uta, sprained left big toe) and Rodney Hood (Uta, strained right hamstring) did not play. SA 130, Bro 101 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 30 points including 10-18 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Pau Gasol (SA) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Patty Mills (SA) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 3 steals. Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) had 20 points. Luis Scola (Bro) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. SA shot 53.2% (50-94) FG and Bro shot 41.4% (36-87) FG. Justin Hamilton (Bro, migraine) did not play. Mem 110, GS 89 at Mem Tony Allen (Mem) had 19 points. JaMychal Green (Mem) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kevin Durant (GS) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 17 points including 4-14 FG and 3-11 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Vince Carter (Mem, right hip), James Ennis (Mem, right calf), and Zaza Pachulia (GS, right wrist contusion) did not play. Chi 105, Mia 100 at Chi Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 31 points including 15-16 FT, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Dwayne Wade (Chi) had 28 points. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Luke Babbitt (Mia, strained right hip flexor), James Johnson (Mia, strained right rotator cuff), and Justise Winslow (Mia, sore left wrist) did not play. Cle 116, Cha 105 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 44 points including 17-24 FG and 5-10 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 22 points including 8-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 13 points including 5-5 FG and 12 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 5 assists. Cody Zeller (Cha) had 17 points including 7-8 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Cle shot 57.5% (42-73) FG and Cha shot 45.3% (39-86) FG. Ind 118, Por 111 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 37 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Thaddeus Young (Ind) had 24 points on 9-13 FG and 6-8 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Myles Turner (Ind) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 34 points including 7-11 3-pointers and 3 blocks. Damian Lillard (Por) had 33 points including 5-14 3-pointers and 9 assists. Den 121, Orl 113 at Orl Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 21 points including 9-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Jusuf Nurkic (Den) had 17 points including 8-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 19 points including 9-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (Orl) had 22 points and 4 blocks. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 24 points and 6 assists. Den out-scored Orl 29-18 in the 4th quarter. Was 110, Mil 105 at Was Bradley Beal (Was) had 20 points and 6 assists. John Wall (Was) had 24 points and 11 assists. Kelly Oubre (Was) had 19 points including 7-11 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 28 points including 11-18 FG, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, and 7 turnovers. Mirza Teletovic (Mil) had 25 points including 5-6 3-pointers. Schedule for Sunday, December 11 (All times Central) Philadelphia @ Detroit 5:00 pm Boston @ Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Golden State @ Minnesota 6:00 pm New Orleans @ Phoenix 7:30 pm New York @ LA Lakers 8:30 pm Schedule for Monday, December 12 (All times Central) Charlotte @ Indiana 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Toronto 6:30 pm Washington @ Miami 6:30 pm NBATV Brooklyn @ Houston 7:00 pm Denver @ Dallas 7:30 pm Portland @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV LA Lakers @ Sacramento 9:30 pm ---- 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