News from December 11. The NBA named Kevin Durant (GS) and Victor Oladipo (Ind) as Players of the Week for the week ending December 10. Durant averaged 30 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 7.3 assists as Golden State went 3-0. Oladipo averaged 30.8 points and 7 rebounds as Indiana went 4-0. Boston activated Jabari Bird and placed Kyrie Irving (quad contusion) on IL. Charlotte activated Julyan Stone and placed Nicolas Batum (sore left elbow) on IL. Chicago activated Kay Felder. Golden State activated Patrick McCaw and placed Draymond Green (sore right shoulder) and Zaza Pachulia (sore left shoulder) on IL. The LA Clippers activated Milos Telosic and placed Danilo Gallinari (left glute contusion) on IL. Memphis activated Ivan Rabb. New Orleans activated Jalen Jones and Charles Cooke and placed Jameer Nelson (left ankle) and Tony Allen (left knee) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Paul George and placed Andre Roberson (sprained left ankle) on IL. Chi 108, Bos 85 at Chi Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 8 rebounds. David Nwaba (Chi) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 23 points on 10-15 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Al Horford (Bos) had 15 points and 5 assists. Jaylen Brown (Bos) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Lauri Markkanen (Chi, back spasms) did not play. Hou 130, NO 123 at Hou Clint Capela (Hou) had 28 points including 13-14 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 blocks. James Harden (Hou) had 26 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 17 assists, and 6 steals. Chris Paul (Hou) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 27 points including 9-12 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. E'Twaun Moore (NO) had 36 points on 15-20 FG and 6-8 3-pointers. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 24 points including 6-14 FT, 14 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 37 points including 16-21 FG and 4-7 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Rajon Rondo (NO) had 13 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists, and 8 turnovers. Anthony Davis (NO, left abductor) on IL. Mia 107, Mem 82 at Mem Josh Richardson (Mia) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 14 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 19 points on 5-14 FG and 7-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Andrew Harrison (Mem) had 16 points including 5-6 FG. Mia shot 56.1% (37-66) FG and Mem shot 38.9% (28-72) FG. Hassan Whiteside (Mia, left knee bone bruise) did not play. Cha 116, OKC 103 at OKC Marvin Williams (Cha) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 19 points and 9 assists. Paul George (OKC) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 30 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Cha shot 53.1% (43-81) FG and OKC shot 41.2% (35-85) FG. GS 111, Por 104 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 28 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Klay Thompson (GS) had 24 points including 4-10 3-pointers. Omri Casspi (GS) had 11 points and 9 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 39 points including 5-13 3-pointers and 10-11 FT. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 21 points. GS shot 55% (44-80) FG and Por shot 42% (37-88) FG. LAC 96, Tor 91 at LAC DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 14 points and 17 rebounds including 6 offensive. Louis Williams (LAC) had 17 points including 6-18 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Montrezl Harrell (LAC) had 17 points. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 23 points including 8-10 FG and 15 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 17 points including 7-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Schedule for Tuesday, December 12 (All times Central) Atlanta at Cleveland 6:00 pm Denver at Detroit 6:00 pm LA Lakers at New York 6:00 pm ESPN Washington at Brooklyn 6:30 pm Philadelphia at Minnesota 7:00 pm San Antonio at Dallas 8:30 pm ESPN Phoenix at Sacramento 9:00 pm Schedule for Wednesday, December 13 (All times Central) Oklahoma City at Indiana 6:00 pm ESPN LA Clippers at Orlando 6:00 pm Memphis at Washington 6:00 pm Denver at Boston 6:30 pm Portland at Miami 6:30 pm Utah at Chicago 7:00 pm Milwaukee at New Orleans 7:00 pm Toronto at Phoenix 8:00 pm Charlotte at Houston 8:30 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