News from December 9. Houston pulled their 4 year, $31 million contract for Donatas Motiejunas after he refused to report for his physical. Motiejunas, a restricted free agent, signed a 4 year, $37 million offer sheet with Brooklyn which Houston matched - but the deal included $6 million of incentives which would not be included with the matched contract. Motiejunas remains a Houston restricted free agent. Reports are that Houston and Motiejunas have reached a new contract agreement. New Orleans released Anthony Brown. Boston activated James Young and placed Jordan Mickey on IL. Minnesota activated John Lucas and placed Nemanja Bjelica on IL. New York activated Marshall Plumlee and placed Maurice Ndour on IL. Dal 111, Ind 103 at Dal Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 25 points including 10-17 FG and 8 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 26 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Deron Williams (Dal) had 16 points and 6 assists. Paul George (Ind) had 22 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Myles Turner (Ind) had 18 points including 10-10 FT and 6 rebounds. C.J. Miles (Ind) had 18 points on 6-9 3-pointers (his only attempts). NY 103, Sac 100 at Sac Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 33 points including 3-10 3-pointers and 12-14 FT and 7 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 17 points including 6-19 FG and 10 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (NY) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 28 points on 9-25 FG and 10-12 FT, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 13 points including 4-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Matt Barnes (Sac, rest) did not play. Pho 119, LAL 115 at LAL Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 30 points, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Alex Len (Pho) had 14 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 21 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Julius Randle (LAL) had 14 points including 4-11 FG, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Louis Williams (LAL) had 35 points including 6-12 3-pointers and 9-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Tarik Black (LAL, sprained right ankle) and Nick Young (LAL, strained right calf) did not play. Det 117, Min 90 at Min Andre Drummond (Det) had 22 points including 10-13 FG and 22 rebounds including 8 offensive. Marcus Morris (Det) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Jon Leuer (Det) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 16 points. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 14 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Hou 102, OKC 99 at OKC James Harden (Hou) had 21 points including 6-23 FG and 2-11 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 12 assists, and 8 turnovers. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 17 points. Ryan Anderson (Hou) had 14 points including 5-15 FG and 4-11 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Steven Adams (OKC) had 24 points including 8-9 FG and 10 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 27 points on 8-25 FG, 0-7 3-pointers, and 11-12 FT, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 8 turnovers. Atl 114, Mil 110 at Mil Paul Millsap (Atl) had 23 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 assists. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 33 points including 12-19 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 7 turnovers. Tim Hardaway (Atl) had 18 points including 6-17 FG. Jabari Parker (Mil) had 27 points and 3 steals. Greg Monroe (Mil) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Atl shot 22-29 FT and Mil shot 10-14 FT. Tor 101, Bos 94 at Bos Norman Powell (Tor) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 steals. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 24 points including 9-25 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 34 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 12-13 FT, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Al Horford (Bos) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 19 points on 7-11 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. DeMarre Carroll (Tor, rest) and Bruno Caboclo (Tor, sore right knee) did not play. Cle 114, Mia 84 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 27 points including 12-22 FG, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Kevin Love (Cle) had 28 points including 11-18 FG and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 23 points including 9-15 FG. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 15 points including 4-11 FG. Derrick Williams (Mia) had 17 points. Channing Frye (Cle, personal reasons), Luke Babbitt (Mia, strained right hip flexor), Udonis Haslem (Mia, personal reasons), James Johnson (Mia, strained right rotator cuff), Josh Richardson (Mia, sprained right ankle), and Justise Winslow (Mia, sore left wrist) did not play. Cha 109, Orl 88 at Cha Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 16 points including 4-4 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 15 points and 5 assists. Serge Ibaka (Orl) had 12 points including 3-9 FG and 7 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 14 points. Cha shot 48.2% (41-85) FG and Orl shot 37.4% (34-91) FG. Schedule for Saturday, December 10 (All times Central) Milwaukee @ Washington 6:00 pm Denver @ Orlando 6:00 pm Portland @ Indiana 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Miami @ Chicago 7:00 pm NBATV Golden State @ Memphis 7:00 pm Dallas @ Houston 7:00 pm Brooklyn @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Sacramento @ Utah 8:00 pm New Orleans @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV 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 ---- 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