News from December 27. Reggie Jackson (Det) is expected to be out 6 to 8 weeks with a sprained right ankle. Boston activated Kadeem Allen and placed Jaylen Brown on IL. Golden State activated Zaza Pachulia and placed Quinn Cook on IL. Indiana activated Ike Anigobogu and placed Victor Oladipo (sore right knee) on IL. The LA Lakers activated Brandon Ingram. Memphis activated Chandler Parsons and placed Brandan Wright (left quad) on IL. Minnesota placed Aaron Brooks (ill) on IL. New York activated Damyean Dotson and placed Joakim Noah on IL. Dal 98, Ind 94 at Ind Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 15 points including 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 13 points. Yogi Ferrell (Dal) had 13 points. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 16 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Darren Collison (Ind) had 16 points and 7 assists. Bos 102, Cha 91 at Cha Jayson Tatum (Bos) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Al Horford (Bos) had 20 points on 8-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 21 points and 8 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 24 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 5 assists. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 12 points on 3-10 FG and 6-10 FT and 17 rebounds including 5 offensive. Bos shot 47.4% (37-78) FG and Cha shot 36.8% (32-87) FG. Atl 113, Was 99 at Atl Ersan Ilyasova (Atl) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 21 points and 7 assists. Marceo Belinelli (Atl) had 19 points including 7-11 FG. Bradley Beal (Was) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Markieff Morris (Was) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Chi 92, NY 87 at Chi Kris Dunn (Chi) had 17 points including 6-18 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Robin Lopez (Chi) had 11 points including 4-12 FG and 6 rebounds. Justin Holiday (Chi) had 11 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Courtney Lee (NY) had 17 points. Min 128, Den 125 OT at Min Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 21 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Taj Gibson (Min) had 20 points including 9-12 FG. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 39 points including 16-18 FT and 5 assists. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 22 points including 11-12 FT and 9 rebounds. Jamal Murray (Den) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Will Barton (Den) had 28 points including 10-17 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Trey Lyles (Den) had 23 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. NO 128, Bro 113 at NO E'Twaun Moore (NO) had 20 points on 8-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Anthony Davis (NO) had 33 points including 11-19 FG and 4-4 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 6 blocks. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 27 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 23 points including 10-17 FG. Rajon Rondo (NO) had 2 points on 1-5 FG, 7 rebounds, and 25 assists. Nik Stauskas (Bro) had 21 points on 7-10 3-pointers. Cartis LeVert (Bro) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. OKC 124, Tor 107 at OKC Paul George (OKC) had 33 points including 11-17 FG and 7-10 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Steven Adams (OKC) had 18 points including 8-9 FG, 9 rebounds, and 4 steals. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 30 points including 8-10 FT, 8 rebounds, 13 assists, and 7 turnovers. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 13 points including 3-10 FG, 10 assists, and 3 steals. C.J. Miles (Tor) had 20 points including 6-12 3-pointers. OKC shot 52.9% (46-87) and Tor shot 42.4% (36-85) FG. Sac 109, Cle 95 at Sac Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Bogdan Bogdanovic (Sac) had 16 points, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Vince Carter (Sac) had 24 points on 10-12 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, and 5 rebounds. Kevin Love (Cle) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 16 points including 6-17 FG, 10 rebounds, 14 assists, and 5 steals. GS 126, Uta 101 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 21 points including 7-10 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Patrick McCaw (GS) had 18 points including 7-10 FG. Draymond Green (GS) had 18 points including 7-10 FG. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 26 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. GS shot 59.3% (51-86) FG and Uta shot 40.2% (37-92) FG. Mem 109, LAL 99 at LAL Jarrell Martin (Mem) 20 points including 8-10 FG and 8 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 32 points including 14-15 FT, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Andrew Harrison (Mem) had 15 points including 4-12 FG. Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 23 points including 5-11 FT and 5 turnovers. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 22 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Mem shot 49.3% (35-71) FG and LAL shot 37.6% (35-93) FG. Schedule for Thursday, December 28 (All times Central) Detroit at Orlando 6:00 pm Houston at Boston 7:00 pm TNT Minnesota at Milwaukee 7:00 pm New York at San Antonio 7:30 pm Philadelphia at Portland 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, December 29 (All times Central) Houston at Washington 6:00 pm NBATV Atlanta at Toronto 6:30 pm Brooklyn at Miami 7:00 pm Indiana at Chicago 7:00 pm Dallas at New Orleans 7:00 pm Milwaukee at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Phoenix at Sacramento 9:00 pm NBATV Charlotte at Golden State 9:30 pm LA Clippers 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