News from December 5. The NBA named Russell Westbrook (OKC) and Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) as Players of the Week for the week ending December 4. Westbrook averaged 30 points, 16 rebounds, and 12.3 assists as Oklahoma City went 3-0. Antetokounmpo (Mil) averaged 24.3 points, 10 rebounds, 6.3 assists. and 3.7 steals as Milwaukee went 3-0. Chicago suspended Rajon Rondo for 1 game for violating team rules. Memphis signed Toney Douglas (using an injury exception to have 16 players). Houston matched Brooklyn's 4 year, $37 million offer sheet to Donatas Motiejunas and, thus, he remains with Houston. Houston released Bobby Brown. Atlanta activated Paul Millsap and placed DeAndre' Bembry on IL. Boston activated Jordan Mickey and placed James Young on IL. Brooklyn activated Caris LeVert and placed Yogi Ferrell on IL. Cleveland activated Mike Dunleavy and placed Kay Felder on IL. Golden State activated James Michael McAdoo and placed Anderson Varejao on IL. The LA Lakers activated Ivica Zubac and placed Jose Calderon on IL. Calderon is expected to be out 2 to 4 weeks with a strained right hamstring. Memphis activated Brandan Wright and placed Zach Randolph (personal reasons) on IL. Portland activated Al-Farouq Aminu and placed Tim Quarterman on IL. San Antonio activated Tony Parker and placed Dejounte Murray on IL. Cha 109, Dal 101 at Dal Kemba Walker (Cha) had 19 points. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 14 points including 5-14 FG, 15 rebounds, and 7 assists. Marco Belinelli (Cha) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 29 points and 7 rebounds. Deron Williams (Dal) had 15 points including 6-18 FG and 13 assists. Cha out-rebounded Dal 55-35. Seth Curry (Dal, sprained right knee) did not play. GS 142, Ind 106 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 20 points including 9-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 60 points on 21-33 FG, 8-14 3-pointers, and 10-11 FT in 29 minutes. Stephen Curry (GS) had 13 points and 11 assists. Paul George (Ind) had 21 points on 4-12 FG and 13-13 FT and 10 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Ind) had 16 points including 8-10 FT and 6 assists. GS out-scored Ind 80-50 in the 1st half. GS shot 51.9% (54-104) FG and Ind shot 41.2% (35-85) FG. Uta 107, LAL 101 at LAL Gordan Hayward (Uta) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 14 points including 6-11 FT, 17 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 5 blocks. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 16 points including 5-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Louis Williams (LAL) had 38 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. George Hill (Uta, sprained left big toe) and Nick Young (LAL, strained right calf) did not play. Hou 107, Bos 106 at Hou Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 15 points including 3-10 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 37 points including 18-18 FT, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 10 turnovers. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 19 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 20 points. Al Horford (Bos) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Hou shot 27-31 FT and Bos shot 11-12 FT. Mem 110, NO 108 2OT at NO Tony Allen (Mem) had 19 points including 9-14 FG, 14 rebounds, and 3 steals. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 28 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists. Troy Daniels (Mem) had 29 points including 7-11 3-pointers. Anthony Daniels (NO) had 28 points including 10-27 FG, 17 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Langston Galloway (NO) had 26 points including 6-13 3-pointers. Vince Carter (Mem, right hip), Mike Conley (Mem, lower back), James Ennis (Mem, right calf), Brandan Wright (Mem, left ankle), and Jrue Holiday (NO, turf toe) did not play. SA 97, Mil 96 at Mil Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 21 points including the game winning short shot with 21.2 seconds left and 9 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Pau Gasol (SA) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 22 points including 9-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Jabari Parker (Mil) had 23 points including 10-10 FT and 8 rebounds. SA shot 9-14 FT and Mil shot 30-34 FT. Por 112, Chi 110 at Chi C.J. McCollum (Por) had 24 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 30 points and 7 assists. Allen Crabbe (Por) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 26 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Dwyane Wade (Chi) had 34 points including 11-13 FG. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Por shot 13-18 FT and Chi shot 33-38 FT. Rajon Rondo (Chi, suspended) did not play. OKC 102, Atl 99 at Atl Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 32 points including 9-14 FT, 13 rebounds, and 12 assists. Victor Oladipo (OKC) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Steven Adams (OKC) had 12 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 24 points including 7-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Was 118, Bro 113 at Bro Otto Porter (Was) had 18 points on 7-10 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. John Wall (Was) had 25 points, 13 assists, and 3 steals. Bradley Beal (Was) had 18 points and 3 steals. Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) had 18 points including 5-14 FG. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 25 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Sean Kilpatrick (Bro) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Cle 116, Tor 112 at Tor LeBron James (Cle) had 34 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 28 points including 6-11 3-pointers, and 14 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 24 points, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 31 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 24 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 9 assists. Den 106, Phi 98 at Phi Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 24 points including 11-12 FT. Will Barton (Den) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Jamal Murray (Den) had 22 points. Ersan Ilyasova (Phi) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Sergio Rodriguez (Phi) had 17 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Dario Saric (Phi) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Jerryd Bayless (Phi, sore left wrist), Robert Covington (Phi, sprained left knee), and Jahlil Okafor (Phi, gastroentitis) did not play. 9 of the 11 road teams won. Schedule for Tuesday, December 6 (All times Central) Orlando @ Washington 6:00 pm New York @ Miami 6:30 pm Chicago @ Detroit 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Memphis 7:00 pm San Antonio @ Minnesota 7:00 pm NBATV Phoenix @ Utah 8:00 pm Schedule for Wednesday, December 7 (All times Central) Detroit @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Boston @ Orlando 6:00 pm Denver @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Miami @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Portland @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm LA Lakers @ Houston 7:00 pm Cleveland @ New York 7:00 pm ESPN Sacramento @ Dallas 7:30 pm Indiana @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Golden State @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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