News from December 28. The NBA fined Paul George (Ind) $15,000 and Nate McMillan (Ind) $10,000 for their comments about the officiating following Monday's Ind-Chi game. Atlanta activated Tim Hardaway and placed Ryan Kelly on IL. Brooklyn activated Spencer Dinwiddie and placed Jeremy Lin (left hamstring injury) on IL. Chicago activated Doug McDermott and placed Paul Zipser on IL. Detroit activated Boban Marjanovic and placed Michael Gbinjie on IL. Indiana activated Monta Ellis and placed Rodney Stuckey (left hamstring) on IL. New York activated Marshall Plumlee and placed Courtney Lee (sore right wrist) on IL. Sacramento activated Georgios Papagiannis and placed Rudy Gay (right hip flexor strain) on IL. Was 111, Ind 105 at Was John Wall (Was) had 36 points on 11-19 FG and 12-13 FT, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Otto Porter (Was) had 22 points. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 13 points and 16 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 34 points including 6-10 3-pointers. Jeff Teague (Ind) had 19 points and 11 assists. Was out-rebounded Ind 54-34 including 15-5 offensive. Daniel Ochefu (Was, ill) did not play. Cha 120, Orl 101 at Orl Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 21 points and 5 assists. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (Orl) had 20 pouints including 9-15 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 21 points including 10-13 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Marco Belinelli (Cha, sprained left ankle) did not play. Atl 102, NY 98 OT at Atl Dwight Howard (Atl) had 16 points and 22 rebounds including 7 offensive. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 27 points and 5 assists. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 12 points including 4-20 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Derrick Rose (NY) had 26 points including 9-28 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 24 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Mil 119, Det 94 at Det Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jabari Parker (Mil) had 31 points including 13-18 FG and 4-7 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Greg Monroe (Mil) had 14 points on 7-10 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Andre Drummond (Det) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Tobias Harris (Det) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 12 rebounds. Mil shot 57.1% (48-84) FG and Det shot 44.3% (39-88) FG. Mirza Teletovic (Mil, concussion) did not play. Chi 101, Bro 99 at Chi Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 40 points including 11-11 FT and the game winning jumper at the buzzer, 11 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 steals. Dwyane Wade (Chi) had 16 points. Rajon Rondo (Chi) had 5 points on 2-8 FG, 9 rebounds, and 12 assists. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 33 points on 12-20 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. Sean Kilpatrick (Bro) had 18 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 6 assists. NO 102, LAC 98 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Buddy Hield (NO) had 17 points on 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 13 points including 5-6 FG and 25 rebounds including 5 offensive. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 22 points. Chris Paul (LAC) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. J.J. Redick (LAC, sore left hamstring) did not play. SA 119, Pho 98 at SA LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 27 points including 10-12 FG and 8 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 20 points on 10-16 FG. Pau Gasol (SA) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Brandon Knight (Pho) had 14 points and 5 assists. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 23 points including 10-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Kawhi Leonard (SA, gastroentritis) did not play. Den 105, Min 103 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 17 points including 6-17 FG and 7 rebounds. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 11 assists. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 25 points including 11-20 FG and 5 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 18 points including 5-14 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Por 102, Sac 89 at Por Mason Plumlee (Por) had 12 points and 14 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 20 points including 6-18 FG and 7 assists. Meyer Leonard (Por) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 28 points including 9-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Matt Barnes (Sac) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. GS 121, Tor 111 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 22 point, 17 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Klay Thompson (GS) had 21 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 28 points, 7 assists, and 7 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 29 points including 9-10 FT, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 27 points including 5-12 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists. Terrence Ross (Tor) had 24 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. GS shot 56.8% (46-81) FG and Tor shot 30.8% (40-103) FG. Schedule for Thursday, December 29 (All times Central) Miami @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Memphis 7:00 pm Boston @ Cleveland 7:00 pm TNT Philadelphia @ Utah 8:00 pm Toronto @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Dallas @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, December 30 (All times Central) Chicago @ Indiana 3:00 pm Brooklyn @ Washington 6:00 pm Miami @ Boston 6:30 pm New York @ New Orleans 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Houston 7:00 pm Milwaukee @ Minnesota 7:00 pm NBATV Detroit @ Atlanta 7:00 pm Portland @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Philadelphia @ Denver 8:00 pm Dallas @ Golden State 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