News from December 28. Houston signed Gerald Green. Indiana converted Alex Poythress's contract from a 2-way contract to a regular contract. Boston activated Marcus Morris and placed Kadeem Allen on IL. Detroit placed Reggie Jackson on IL. Jackson is expected to be out 6 to 8 weeks with a sprained right ankle. Houston placed Clint Capela (right orbital fracture) and Demetrius Jackson on IL. Minnesota activated Aaron Brooks and placed Jeff Teague on IL. Teague is expected to be out 2 to 4 weeks with a sprained left knee. New York activated Joakim Noah and placed Damyean Dotson on IL. Orlando activated Evan Fournier and Aaron Gordon and placed Jonathan Isaac (sore right ankle) on IL. Philadelphia activated Justin Anderson and placed James Michael McAdoo and Jacob Pullen on IL. Portland placed Caleb Swanigan on IL. San Antonio activated Brandon Paul and placed Kawhi Leonard (rest) on IL. Por 114, Phi 110 at Por Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 21 points including 11-16 FT and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 34 points including 14-14 FT and 7 rebounds. Shabazz Napier (Por) had 23 points, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Dario Saric (Phi) had 25 points on 10-12 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 29 points including 6-12 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. J.J. Redick (Phi) had 19 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Por shot 36-47 FT and Phi shot 10-14 FT. SA 119, NY 107 at SA LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 25 points including 9-12 FT and 5 rebounds. Pau Gasol (SA) had 17 points including 7-11 FG, 11 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kyle Anderson (SA) had 16 points on a perfect 4-4 FG and 8-8 FT and 8 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Michael Beasley (NY) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 12 rebounds. Mil 102, Min 96 at Mil Eric Bledsoe (Mil) had 26 points, 6 assists, and 5 steals. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 22 points on 11-20 FG and 10 rebounds. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 20 points including 1-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 21 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Mil out-scored Min 27-12 in the 4th quarter. Bos 99, Hou 98 at Bos Jayson Tatum (Bos) had 19 points including 9-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 26 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 6 turnovers. Al Horford (Bos) had 9 points including the game winning floater with 3.9 seconds left and 8 rebounds. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 24 points including 4-14 3-pointers. James Harden (Hou) had 34 points on 7-27 FG, 5-15 3-pointers and 15-15 FT, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, and 8 turnovers. Chris Paul (Hou, left abductor strain) did not play. Orl 102, Det 89 at Orl Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 17 points and 5 assists. Bismack Biyombo (Orl) had 12 points including 5-7 FG and 13 rebounds. Tobias Harris (Det) had 21 points. Andre Drummond (Det) had 17 points, 18 rebounds, including 9 offensive, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Ish Smith (Det) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. 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 Schedule for Saturday, December 30 (All times Central) San Antonio at Detroit 6:00 pm Miami at Orlando 6:00 pm New York at New Orleans 6:00 pm Portland at Atlanta 6:30 pm Cleveland at Utah 7:00 pm Memphis at Golden State 7:30 pm Philadelphia at Denver 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