News from December 16. Houston signed Bobby Brown and placed him on IL. Boston activated Isaiah Thomas and placed Demetrius Jackson on IL. Brooklyn activated Jeremy Lin and placed Justin Hamilton on IL. The LA Lakers activated Tarik Black and placed Ivica Zubac on IL. Memphis activated Mike Conley and placed Wade Baldwin on IL. New Orleans activated Tim Frazier and placed Tyreke Evans (rest) on IL. Orlando activated Arinze Onuaku and Nikola Vucevic and placed Stephen Zimmerman and Chris Wilcox on IL. Sacramento activated Ben McLemore and placed Omri Casspi on IL. Uta 103, Dal 100 at Uta Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 16 points including 8-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 13 points including 4-11 FG, 9 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 15 points including the game winning 3-pointer with .8 seconds left. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 21 points. Deron Williams (Dal) had 18 points and 7 assists. Uta shot 56.9% (37-65) FG and Dal shot 45.5% (35-77) FG. Andrew Bogut (Dal, right knee injury) did not play. LAC 102, Mia 98 at Mia Blake Griffin (LAC) had 20 points including 9-15 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 12 points including 5-7 FG, 19 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chris Paul (LAC) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 11 points and 17 rebounds. Tyler Johnson (Mia, ill) did not play. LAL 100, Phi 89 at Phi Julius Randle (LAL) had 25 points including 10-13 FG, 9 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 15 points including 4-12 FG and 7 rebounds. Louis Williams (LAL) had 18 points and 4 steals. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 15 points including 5-14 FG. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Hou 122, NO 100 at Hou Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 20 points including 5-14 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. James Harden (Hou) had 29 points including 6-12 3-pointers and 9-11 FT, 11 rebounds, and 13 assists. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 29 points on 10-17 FG, 6-12 3-pointers, and 9-11 FT, 11 rebounds, and 13 assists. Anthony Davis (NO) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Terrence Jones (NO) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Hou shot 24-61 3-pointers and NO shot 9-27 3-pointers. Solomon Hill (NO, personal reasons) Sac 96, Mem 92 at Mem DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 22 points including 7-20 FG and 9 rebounds. Kosta Koufos (Sac) had 16 points including 7-11 FG, 13 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. Garrett Temple (Sac) had 17 points including 4-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Tony Allen (Mem) had 16 points and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 20 points including 6-18 FG and 6 rebounds. Mil 95, Chi 69 at Chi Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Greg Monroe (Mil) had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Mirza Teletovic (Mil) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Chi) had 12 points including 5-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 10 points and 8 rebounds. Mil shot 46.3% (38-82) FG and Chi shot 30.4% (28-92) FG. Atl 125, Tor 121 at Tor Dwight Howard (Atl) had 27 points on 10-13 FG and 7-10 FT and 15 rebounds including 7 offensive. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 24 points and 6 assists. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 19 points including 6-10 3-pointers. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 34 points including 15-26 FG and 5 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 27 points including 6-8 3-pointers and 6 assists. DeAndre' Bembry (Atl, personal reasons) did not play. Bos 96, Cha 88 at Bos Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 26 points and 5 assists. Al Horford (Bos) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 blocks. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 12 points on 5-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 22 points including 6-19 FG, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Ramon Sessions (Cha) had 13 points including 5-16 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Bos shot 43.6% (34-78) FG and Cha shot 32.7% (32-98) FG. Kemba Walker (Cha, personal reasons) did not play. Orl 118, Bro 111 at Orl Serge Ibaka (Orl) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 21 points including 5-15 FG. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Jeremy Lin (Bro) had 17 points. Was 122, Det 108 at Was Bradley Beal (Was) had 25 points including 10-16 FG. John Wall (Was) had 29 points including 4-4 3-pointers and 9-12 FT, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 12 points and 14 rebounds. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 24 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Jon Leuer (Det) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Schedule for Saturday, December 17 (All times Central) Phoenix @ Oklahoma City 4:00 pm Indiana @ Detroit 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Atlanta 6:30 pm LA Lakers @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Houston @ Minnesota 7:00 pm New York @ Denver 8:00 pm Portland @ Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, December 18 (All times Central) LA Clippers @ Washington 2:30 pm Utah @ Memphis 5:00 pm Brooklyn @ Philadelphia 5:00 pm Toronto @ Orlando 5:00 pm Boston @ Miami 5:00 pm Sacramento @ Dallas 6:00 pm NBATV New Orleans @ San Antonio 6:00 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