News from December 13. Atlanta activated Kent Bazemore and placed Mike Scott on IL. Chicago activated R.J. Hunter and placed Rajon Rondo (sprained right ankle) on IL. Cleveland activated Channing Frye and placed Kyrie Irving (rest) on IL. Minnesota activated Nemanja Bjelica and placed John Lucas on IL. New York activated Kyle O'Quinn and placed Marshall Plumlee on IL. Orlando activated Arinze Onuaku and placed Chris Wilcox on IL. Portland activated Tim Quarterman and placed Al-Farouq Aminu on IL. Golden State activated Damian Jones and placed James Michael McAdoo on IL. Cle 103, Mem 86 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 29 points and 13 rebounds. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 23 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 18 points on 9-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Troy Williams (Mem) had 13 points on 6-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem, rest) and James Ennis (Mem, right calf) did not play. Orl 131, Atl 120 at Atl Serge Ibaka (Orl) had 29 points including 11-18 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. D.J. Augustin (Orl) had 26 points including 9-12 FG and 14 assists. Jodie Meeks (Orl) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 19 points and 13 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Atl) had 20 points including 9-10 FG, 16 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Orl shot 58.6% (51-87) FG and Atl shot 50% (45-90) FG. Min 99, Chi 94 at Chi Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 23 points and 9 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 16 points including 6-21 FG and 1-8 3-pointers, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Zach LaVine (Min) had 24 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 27 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Dwyane Wade (Chi) had 12 points including 4-13 FG, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. GS 113, NO 109 at NO Kevin Durant (GS) had 27 points. Draymond Green (GS) had 12 points including 4-12 FG, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 17 points. Stephen Curry (GS) had 30 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 7 assists. Anthony Davis (NO) had 28 points including 10-14 FG, 8 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Langston Galloway (NO) had 20 points including 5-12 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Pho 113, NY 111 OT at Pho Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 31 points including 12-12 FT, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Tyson Chandler (Pho) had 13 points and 23 rebounds including 9 offensive. Marquesse Chriss (Pho) had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 34 points including 4-4 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Kyle O'Quinn (NY) had 22 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Alex Len (Pho, right hip contusion) did not play. Por 114, OKC 95 at Por Mason Plumlee (Por) had 18 points including 7-9 FG and 7 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 17 points and 9 assists. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 15 points. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Steven Adams (OKC) had 14 points and 4 steals. Por shot 53.8% (43-80) FG and OKC shot 37.9% (33-87) FG. Victor Oladipo (OKC, sprained right wrist) did not play. Schedule for Wednesday, December 14 (All times Central) Toronto @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Washington 6:00 pm LA Clippers @ Orlando 6:00 pm Indiana @ Miami 6:00 pm ESPN LA Lakers @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Cleveland @ Memphis 7:00 pm Sacramento @ Houston 7:00 pm Detroit @ Dallas 7:30 pm Oklahoma City @ Utah 8:00 pm Boston @ San Antonio 8:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Thursday, December 15 (All times Central) Chicago @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm TNT Indiana @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Portland @ Denver 8:00 pm San Antonio @ Phoenix 8:00 pm New York @ Golden State 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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