News from December 14. Atlanta activated John Collins. Sacramento activated Malachi Richardson and placed Georgios Papagiannis on IL. GS 112, Dal 97 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 36 points including 15-23 FG and 4-8 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Omri Casspi (GS) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 11 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 25 points including 5-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 16 points including 6-18 FG and 7 rebounds including 5 offensive. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. GS shot 60.3% (47-78) FG and Dal shot 45.1% (37-82) FG. Nick Young (GS, concussion) did not play. Min 119, Sac 96 at Min Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 22 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 30 points including 11-16 FG, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, 5 assists, and 5 blocks. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 21 points including 7-10 FG, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Zach Randolph (Sac) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. George Hill (Sac) had 16 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Min shot 56.1% (46-82) FG and Sac shot 41.4% (36-87) FG. Cle 121, LAL 112 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 25 points including 8-12 FT, 12 rebounds, 12 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 28 points including 9-15 FG including 4-6 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Cle) had 17 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 6 assists. Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 26 points including 10-15 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kyle Kuzma (LAL) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Tristan Thompson (Cle, strained left calf) and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (LAL, personal reasons) did not play. NY 111, Bro 104 at Bro Courtney Lee (NY) had 27 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Enes Kanter (NY) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Michael Beasley (NY) had 15 points. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Bro) had 25 points including 10-16 FG, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Spencer Dinwiddie (Bro) had 26 points including 4-11 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Det 105, Atl 91 at Atl Tobias Harris (Det) had 19 points including 8-11 FG. Andre Drummond (Det) had 12 points including 4-11 FG, 19 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 8 assists. Avery Bradley (Det) had 18 points. Ersan Ilyasova (Atl) had 23 points including 10-14 FG. John Collins (Atl) had 15 points including 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Det shot 10-12 FT and Atl shot 16-26 FT. Schedule for Friday, December 15 (All times Central) Miami at Charlotte 6:00 pm Detroit at Indiana 6:00 pm Portland at Orlando 6:00 pm Oklahoma City at Philadelphia 6:00 pm ESPN LA Clippers at Washington 6:00 pm Utah at Boston 6:30 pm Brooklyn at Toronto 6:30 pm Atlanta at Memphis 7:00 pm Chicago at Milwaukee 7:00 pm New Orleans at Denver 8:00 pm San Antonio at Houston 8:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Saturday, December 16 (All times Central) Portland at Charlotte 6:00 pm Utah at Cleveland 6:30 pm Oklahoma City at New York 6:30 pm LA Clippers at Miami 7:00 pm Milwaukee at Houston 7:00 pm Phoenix at Minnesota 7:00 pm Dallas at San Antonio 7:30 pm Boston at Memphis 8:00 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