News from December 6. The NBA fined Marc Gasol (Mem) $15,000 for using profane language during a tv interview following Monday's Mem-Min game. The NBA fined Allen Crabbe (Bro) $15,000 for throwing the ball at the basket stanchion during Monday's Atl-Bro game. Devin Booker (Pho) is expected to be out 2 to 3 weeks with a groin injury. Steve Clifford (Cha coach) is out indefinitely with health issues. Assistant Stephen Silas will coach in his absence. Golden State activated Andre Iguodala and Quinn Cook and placed Stephen Curry (sprained right ankle) and Draymond Green (right shoulder soreness) on IL. Indiana activated Ike Anigobogu. The LA Clippers activated Danilo Gallinari and placed Brice Johnson on IL. Milwaukee activated Sterling Brown and placed Jason Terry (strained left knee) on IL. New York activated Kristaps Porzingis and placed Ron Baker on IL. Memphis activated Chandler Parsons. Sacramento placed Jaylen Brown (inflamed right eye) on IL. San Antonio activated Tony Parker. Bos 97, Dal 90 at Bos Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 23 points including 1-6 3-points and 5 assists. Jayson Irving (Bos) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Al Horford (Bos) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Maxi Kleber (Dal) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Cle 101, Sac 95 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 32 points including 12-18 FG and 5-8 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Jeff Green (Cle) had 17 points including 6-8 FG. Zach Randolph (Sac) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Buddy Hield (Sac) had 17 points and 3 steals. Ind 98, Chi 96 at Ind Bojan Bogdanovic (Ind) had 17 points. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 27 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Darren Collison (Ind) had 14 points. Kris Dunn (Chi) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Denzel Valentine (Chi) had 15 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Ind out-scored Chi 29-13 in the 4th quarter. Orl 110, Atl 106 OT at Orl Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 22 points, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 blocks. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 27 points including 12-21 FG. Taurean Prince (Atl) had 19 points including 6-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 26 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists. NY 99, Mem 88 at NY Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Courtney Lee (NY) had 24 points including 10-17 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Jarrett Jack (NY) had 10 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 15 points including 4-13 FG. NY shot 52.2% (35-57) FG and Mem shot 41.4% (29-70) FG. GS 101, Cha 87 at Cha Kevin Durant (GS) had 35 points including 3-10 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 22 points on 9-14 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Nick Young (GS) had 10 points. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 24 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. GS shot 47.5% (40-84) FG and Cha shot 35.1% (34-97) FG. Mil 104, Det 100 at Mil Khris Middleton (Mil) had 21 points including 7-10 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 25 points including 8-12 FT, 11 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Eric Bledsoe (Mil) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Tobias Harris (Det) had 21 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 27 points including 12-16 FG, 20 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 6 assists. Avery Bradley (Det) had 20 points. NO 123, Den 114 at NO DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 40 points including 14-21 FT, 22 rebounds including 7 offensive, 4 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 27 points including 12-20 FG and 7 assists. Rajon Rondo (NO) had 11 points including 5-7 FG, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Gary Harris (Den) had 24 points. Will Barton (Den) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO, left abductor strain) did not play. SA 117, Mia 104 at SA Rudy Gay (SA) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 18 points. Bryn Forbes (SA) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 5-5 3-pointers. Josh Richardson (Mia) had 19 points including 7-10 FG. Dion Waiters (Mia) had 22 points including 9-12 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 25 points including 9-12 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Hassan Whiteside (Mia, bone bruise left knee) did not play. Min 113, LAC 107 at LAC Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 21 points including 9-14 FG, 12 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jeff Teague (Min) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 assists. Taj Gibson (Min) had 16 points including 7-10 FG, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 23 points. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 18 points and 21 rebounds including 12 offensive. Louis Williams (LAC) had 23 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 8 assists. Min shot 54.9% (45-82) FG and LAC shot 44.4% (44-99) FG. Schedule for Thursday, December 7 (All times Central) LA Lakers at Philadelphia 7:00 pm TNT Washington at Phoenix 8:00 pm Oklahoma City at Brooklyn 9:00 pm at Mexico City, Mexico Houston at Utah 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, December 8 (All times Central) Chicago at Charlotte 6:00 pm Golden State at Detroit 6:00 pm ESPN Cleveland at Indiana 6:00 pm Denver at Orlando 6:00 pm Toronto at Memphis 7:00 pm Dallas at Milwaukee 7:00 pm Sacramento at New Orleans 7:00 pm Boston at San Antonio 8:30 pm ESPN ---- 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