News from December 12. Tony Allen (NO) is expected to be out 3 to 4 weeks with a fractured left fibula. Cleveland activated London Perrentes and Tristan Thompson. Denver activated Monte Morris. Philadelphia activated Joel Embiid and T.J. McConnell and placed Jacob Pullen on IL. Sacramento activated George Hill and Willie Caulie-Stein and placed JaKarr Sampson on IL. San Antonio activated Kawhi Leonard, Pau Gasol, Manu Ginobili, and Tony Parker and placed Matt Costello, Darrun Hillard, and Derrick White on IL. Dal 95, SA 89 at Dal Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Yogi Ferrell (Dal) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 23 points and 13 rebounds. Rudy Gay (SA) had 21 points including 8-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Phi 118, Min 112 OT at Min Joel Embiid (Phi) had 28 points including 11-12 FT, 12 rebounds, and 8 assists. J.J. Redick (Phi) had 26 points including 11-11 FT. Richaun Holmes (Phi) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 20 points including 8-24 FG and 1-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 19 points, 16 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 38 points and 6 rebounds. Sac 99, Pho 92 at Sac Zach Randolph (Sac) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. George Hill (Sac) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 18 points on 9-24 FG and 5 rebounds. Mike James (Pho) had 17 points and 5 assists. Bro 113, Was 98 at Bro Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Bro) had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Spencer Dinwiddie (Bro) had 11 points including 4-14 FG and 1-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 12 assists. Carvis LaVert (Bro) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 8 assists. Bradley Beal (Was) had 28 points including 11-33 FG and 0-7 3-pointers. Kelly Oubre (Was) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Ian Mahinmi (Was, sore right knee) did not play. NY 113, LAL 109 OT at NY Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 37 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Enes Kanter (NY) had 14 points on 7-10 FG and 11 rebounds. Frank Ntilkina (NY) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (LAL) had 24 points including 4-14 3-pointers and 3 steals. Kyle Kuzma (LAL) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Den 103, Det 84 at Det Wilson Chandler (Den) had 18 points. Jamal Murray (Den) had 28 points including 11-19 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. Trey Lyles (Den) had 20 points including 7-7 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Boban Marjanovic (Det) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Langston Galloway (Det) had 18 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Den shot 50.6% (40-79) FG and Det shot 35.4% (28-79) FG. Cle 123, Atl 114 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 25 points including 11-13 FG, 7 rebounds, and 17 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 17 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. Kyle Korver (Cle) had 19 points including 6-9 3-pointers. Taurean Prince (Atl) had 24 points including 8-10 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 20 points including 6-10 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. 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 Schedule for Thursday, December 14 (All times Central) Detroit at Atlanta 6:30 pm New York at Brooklyn 6:30 pm LA Lakers at Cleveland 7:00 pm TNT Sacramento at Minnesota 7:00 pm Dallas at Golden State 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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