News from December 15. Boston activated Al Horford and placed Jabari Bird and Kadeem Allen on IL. Brooklyn activated Isaiah Whitehead. Charlotte activated Julyan Stone and placed Mangok Mathiang on IL. Chicago placed Lauri Markkanen (back spasms) on IL. Denver activated Will Barton and Toney Craig and placed Juan Hernangomez on IL. Houston placed Luc Mbah a Moute (dislocated right shoulder) on IL. The LA Clippers activated Brice Johnson and placed Austin Rivers (concussion) and Milos Tedosic (rest) on IL. Milwaukee placed Joel Bolomboy on IL. Oklahoma City activated Andre Roberson and placed Kyle Singer on IL. Orlando activated Aaron Gordon and placed Aaron Afflalo (back spasms) and Khem Birch on IL. Philadelphia activated Robert Covington and placed Furkan Korkmaz on IL. Portland activated Jusuf Nurkic and placed Caleb Swanigan on IL. Toronto activated Delon Wright. Utah activated Joe Johnson. Mia 104, Cha 98 at Cha Dion Waiters (Mia) had 12 points including 5-14 FG and 6 assists. Wayne Ellington (Mia) had 16 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 16 points including 5-6 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 15 points including 7-12 FT and 16 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 25 points including 8-22 FG and 4-10 3-pointers and 5 assists. Hassan Whiteside (Mia, bone bruise left knee) and Justise Winslow (Mia, strained left knee) did not play. Det 104, Ind 98 at Ind Reggie Bullock (Det) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 3 steals. Andre Drummond (Det) had 23 points including 9-14 FG, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Stanley Johnson (Det) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Myles Turner (Ind) had 24 points and 8 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 26 points on 8-22 FG and 5-12 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Por 95, Orl 88 at Orl Al-Farouq Aminu (Por) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 20 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 21 points. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 26 points including 12-20 FG and 14 rebounds. Jonathon Simmons (Orl) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. OKC 119, Phi 117 3OT at Phi Paul George (OKC) had 24 points including 8-23 FG and 5-11 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 24 points including 11-17 FG and 7 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 27 points on 10-33 FG and 5-12 FT, 18 rebounds including 5 offensive, 15 assists, and 6 turnovers in 52 minutes. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 34 points on 11-20 FG and 12-13 FT, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 7 turnovers. J.J. Redick (Phi) had 19 points including 4-13 3-pointers and 6 assists in 51 minutes. Was 100, LAC 97 at Was Bradley Beal (Was) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 15 points including 5-16 FG, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mike Scott (Was) had 22 points including 9-10 FG. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 12 points and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Lou Williams (LAC) had 23 points on 5-14 FG and 10-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Uta 107, Bos 95 at Bos Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 17 points including 6-18 FG, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Ricky Rubio (Uta) had 22 points including 10-15 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jonas Jerebko (Uta) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 7 rebounds. Al Horford (Bos) had 21 points including 9-14 FG, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 33 points and 6 assists. Tor 120, Bro 87 at Tor Serge Ibaka (Tor) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 31 points including 14-19 FG. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 10 points, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists. Isaiah Whitehead (Bro) had 13 points. Nik Stauskas (Bro) had 22 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Tor shot 55.7% (54-97) FG and Bro shot 42.1% (32-76) FG. C.J. Miles (Tor, sore left shoulder), Allen Crabbe (Bro, sore left ankle), and DeMarre Carroll (Bro, rest) did not play. Mem 96, Atl 94 at Mem Marc Gasol (Mem) had 13 points including 3-9 FG, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 8 turnovers. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Mario Chalmers (Mem) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 4 steals. Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 18 points including 5-18 FG, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Chi 115, Mil 109 at Mil Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Robin Lopez (Chi) had 18 points on 9-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 27 points and 12 rebounds. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 29 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 29 points including 11-18 FG and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tony Snell (Mil, left patella tendinitis) did not play. Den 117, NO 111 OT at Den Gary Harris (Den) had 21 points and 5 assists. Will Barton (Den) had 19 points and 6 assists. Trey Lyles (Den) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Anthony Davis (NO) had 28 points including 12-22 FG, 12 rebounds, and 5 blocks. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 29 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 6-10 FT and 9 turnovers. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 25 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Hou 124, SA 109 at Hou Clint Capela (Hou) had 18 points on 9-11 FG and 10 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 28 points on 6-18 FG, 2-11 3-pointers, and 14-16 FT, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Chris Paul (Hou) had 28 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 8 assists, and 7 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 16 points and 6 rebounds (all offensive). Joffrey Lauvergne (SA) had 14 points in 7-8 FG. 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 Schedule for Sunday, December 17 (All times Central) Sacramento at Toronto 2:30 pm Orlando at Detroit 3:00 pm Indiana at Brooklyn 5:00 pm Cleveland at Washington 5:00 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