News from December 29. Toronto suspended Serge Ibaka for 1 game for an altercation with a staff member after Wednesday's Tor-OKC game. Rudy Gay (SA) is expected to be out 2 weeks with a right heel injury. Golden State placed Omri Casspi (sprained right ankle) on IL. The LA Clippers activated Blake Griffin. Miami activated Hassan Whiteside and placed Dion Waiters (sprained left ankle) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Kyle Singler and placed Paul George (sore left knee) on IL. Toronto activated Bruno Caboclo and Lorenzo Brown and placed Serge Ibaka (suspended) on IL. Washington placed Mike Scott (personal reasons) on IL. Dal 128, NO 120 at NO Dennis Smith (Dal) had 21 points including 5-7 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and 7 turnovers. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 18 points on 7-11 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Anthony Davis (NO) had 33 points and 5 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 32 points including 3-10 3-pointers, 20 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 23 points. Dal shot 22-39 3-pointers and NO shot 8-131 3-pointers. Was 121, Hou 103 at Was Otto Porter (Was) had 26 points including 7-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Bradley Beal (Was) had 21 points. Kelly Oubre (Was) had 21 points and 3 steals. James Harden (Hou) had 20 points and 5 turnovers. Gerald Green (Hou) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Was shot 53.4% (47-88) FG and Hou shot 42.7% (38-89) FG. Tor 111, Atl 98 at Tor DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had had 25 points and 5 assists. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 13 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 12 points on 5-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Taurean Prince (Atl) had 30 points including 12-16 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 14 points including 6-20 FG, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Tor shot 6-8 FT and Atl shot 13-20 FT. Bro 111, Mia 87 at Mia Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Bro) had 18 points including 8-9 FG and 8 rebounds. Joe Harris (Bro) had 21 points including 7-9 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Caris LeVert (Bro) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Josh Richardson (Mia) had 19 points. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Bro shot 49.4% (39-79) FG and Mia shot 33.7% (30-89) FG. James Johnson (Bro, right ankle bursitis) and Justise Winslow (Mia, strained left knee) did not play. Chi 119, Ind 107 at Chi Lauri Markkanen (Chi) had 32 points including 11-17 FG and 5-9 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Jerian Grant (Chi) had 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 12 assists. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 28 points including 8-16 3-pointers. Darren Collison (Ind) had 30 points including 12-16 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 assists. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Kris Dunn (Chi, left patellar tendinitis) did not play. Mil 97, OKC 95 at OKC Khris Middleton (Mil) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 23 points including 10-16 FG and the game winning dunk with .9 seconds, 12 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 turnovers. John Henson (Mil) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 40 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Pho 111, Sac 101 at Sac T.J. Warren (Pho) had 26 points including 12-18 FG and 10 rebounds. Marquese Chriss (Pho) had 14 points including 5-6 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Devin Booker (Pho) had 26 points including 9-25 FG. Zach Randolph (Sac) had 14 points. Bogdan Bogdanovic (Sac) had 13 points. Cha 111, GS 100 at GS Dwight Howard (Cha) had 29 points on 10-15 FG and 9-12 FT, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 7 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 16 points including 5-16 FG, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Kevin Durant (GS) had 27 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 6 assists. Draymond Green (GS) had 8 points on 4-11 FG, 11 rebounds, 16 assists, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Klay Thompson (GS) had 24 points. Cha shot 23-34 FT and GS shot 12-13 FT. LAC 121, LAL 106 at LAL Blake Griffin (LAC) had 24 points including 11-12 FT, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 12 points on 6-8 FG and 16 rebounds. Lou Williams (LAC) had 23 points on 4-14 FG, 2-10 3-pointers, and 13-15 FT. Julius Randle (LAL) had 18 points and 7 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. LAC shot 28-34 FT and LAL shot 11-16 FT. Tyler Ennis (LAL, flu) did not play. 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 Schedule for Sunday, December 31 (All times Central) Chicago at Washington 2:30 pm Minnesota at Indiana 4:00 pm Brooklyn at Boston 4:30 pm LA Lakers at Houston 6:00 pm Dallas at Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Charlotte at LA Clippers 6:00 pm Memphis at Sacramento 6:00 pm Philadelphia at Phoenix 7:00 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