News from December 25. Boston activated Shane Larkin and Jabari Bird and placed Kadeem Allen and Semi Ojelye (sore back) on IL. Golden State activated Shaun Livingston. The LA Lakers activated Ivica Zubac and placed Lonzo Ball (sprained left shoulder) on IL. Minnesota activated Nemanja Bjelica. Philadelphia activated J.J. Redick. Phi 105, NY 98 at NY Joel Embiid (Phi) had 25 points, 16 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. J.J. Redick (Phi) had 24 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. T.J. McConnell (Phi) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 22 points on 6-19 FG and 9-14 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Enes Kanter (NY) had 31 points including 12-21 FG and 22 rebounds including 11 offensive. Courtney Lee (NY) had 20 points. GS 99, Cle 92 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 25 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Draymond Green (GS) had 12 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 24 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 31 points including 9-25 FG and 6-11 3-pointers and 18 rebounds including 7 offensive. GS shot 46.3% (38-82) FG and Cle shot 31.8% (28-88) FG. Was 111, Bos 103 at Bos Otto Porter (Was) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 25 points and 8 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 14 assists. Jayson Tatum (Bos) had 20 points including 7-9 FG. Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 20 points and 5 assists. OKC 112, Hou 107 at OKC Paul George (OKC) had 24 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 31 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 20 points including 4-12 3-pointers. Clint Capela (Hou) had 19 points including 9-14 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 20 points and 6 turnovers. James Harden (Hou) had 29 points including 3-11 3-pointers and 12-14 FT, 8 rebounds, and 14 assists. OKC shot 54.4% (43-79) FG and Hou shot 43.2% (35-81) FG. Chris Paul (Hou, strained left abductor) did not play. Min 121, LAL 104 at LAL Taj Gibson (Min) had 23 points including 11-13 FG and 9 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 23 points on 11-20 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jamal Crawford (Min) had 19 points including 7-10 FG. Kyle Kuzma (LAL) had 31 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 9-13 FT. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 17 points including 8-24 FG, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Min shot 58.3% (49-84) FG and LAL shot 43.5% (40-92) FG. Schedule for Tuesday, December 26 (All times Central) Indiana at Detroit 6:00 pm Toronto at Dallas 6:00 pm Orlando at Miami 6:30 pm Chicago at Milwaukee 7:00 pm NBATV Brooklyn at San Antonio 7:30 pm Utah at Denver 8:00 pm Memphis at Phoenix 8:00 pm Sacramento at LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Wednesday, December 27 (All times Central) Boston at Charlotte 6:00 pm Dallas at Indiana 6:00 pm Washington at Atlanta 6:30 pm New York at Chicago 7:00 pm Denver at Minnesota 7:00 pm Brooklyn at New Orleans 7:00 pm Toronto at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm NBATV Cleveland at Sacramento 9:00 pm Utah at Golden State 9:30 pm NBATV Memphis at LA Lakers 9:30 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