News from December 30. Atlanta activated Tyler Dorsey. Detroit activated Luis Montero. Golden State activated Stephen Curry and Omri Casspi and placed Kevon Looney on IL. Memphis activated Brandan Wright and JaMychal Green and placed Chandler Parsons (sore right knee) and Vince Hunter on IL. New Orleans placed Charles Cooke on IL. Philadelphia activated Jacob Pullen and placed Justin Anderson on IL. Portland placed Noah Vonleh on IL. San Antonio activated Kawhi Leonard and placed Rudy Gay (right heel bursitis) on IL. Phi 107, Den 102 at Den Dario Saric (Phi) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. J.J. Redick (Phi) had 18 points. Robert Covington (Phi) had 15 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 19 points including 5-14 FG, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Jamal Murray (Den) had 31 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Joel Embiid (Phi, rest) did not play. Phi shot 9-10 FT and Den shot 25-34 FT. GS 141, Mem 128 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 21 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 5 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 38 points including 13-17 FG and 10-13 3-pointers. Zaza Pachulia (GS) had 17 points on a perfect 6-6 FG and 5-5 FT, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 22 points and 9 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 27 points including 10-13 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Uta 104, Cle 101 at Uta Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 29 points including 10-17 FG, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 19 points including 8-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ricky Rubio (Uta) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists. LeBron James (Cle) had 29 points including 1-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 20 points including 3-10 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Atl 104, Por 89 at Atl Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 22 points and 8 assists. Taurean Prince (Atl) had 12 points on 4-7 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Atl) had 13 points including 5-15 FG and 8 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 18 points including 8-21 FG. Shabazz Napier (Por) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. NY 105, NO 103 at NO Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 30 points and 7 rebounds. Jarrett Jack (NY) had 15 points including the game winning free throws with 9.1 seconds left and 7 assists. Michael Beasley (NY) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO) had 31 points including 9-12 FT, 9 rebounds, and 5 blocks. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 29 points and 19 rebounds. Mia 117, Orl 111 at Orl Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 31 points including 12-18 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 25 points and 8 assists. Kelly Olynyk (Mia) had 17 points including 9-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 39 points including 14-22 FG and 5-11 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. James Johnson (Mia, right ankle bursitis) and Justise Winslow (Mia, strained left knee) did not play. Det 93, SA 79 at Det Andre Drummond (Det) had 14 points, 21 rebounds, and 6 assists. Reggie Bullock (Det) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Ish Smith (Det) had 18 points. Luke Kennard (Det) had 20 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 3 steals. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 18 points including 4-11 FG. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 15 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. 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 Schedule for Monday, January 1 (All times Central) Orlando at Brooklyn 6:30 pm Milwaukee at Toronto 6:30 pm Portland at Chicago 7:00 pm LA Lakers at Minnesota 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