News from December 12. Philadelphia released Jorge Gutierrez. Utah signed Patrick Christopher. Atlanta activated Mike Scott and placed Pero Antic on IL. Boston activated Dwight Powell and placed Avery Bradley and James Young on IL. Brooklyn activated Joe Johnson and placed Mirza Teletovic on IL. Charlotte activated P.J. Hairston and placed Noah Vonleh on IL. Detroit activated Jodie Meeks and placed Gigi Datome on IL. Memphis activated Jarnell Stokes and placed Jordan Adams on IL. Philadelphia activated Tony Wroten and placed Andrei Kirilenko on IL. Phoenix activated Isaiah Thomas and placed Tyler Ennis on IL. Toronto activated Lucas Nogueira and placed Bruno Caboclo on IL. LAL 112, SA 110 OT at SA Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 22 points including 7-22 FG, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Carlos Boozer (LAL) had 14 points and 13 rebounds. Nick Young (LAL) had 29 points including 9-14 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and the game winning 3-pointer with 7.4 seconds left. Tim Duncan (SA) had 19 points and 18 rebounds including 7 offensive. Danny Green (SA) had 19 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 3 steals. Xavier Henry (LAL, torn left Achilles) and Ryan Kelly (LAL, torn right hamstring) did not play. Mia 100, Uta 95 at Uta Luol Deng (Mia) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 22 points and 9 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 29 points on 10-16 FG and 8-12 FT and 7 assists. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 25 points including 10-17 FG and 8 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Det 105, Pho 103 at Pho Andre Drummond (Det) had 23 points including 10-14 FG and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Josh Smith (Det) had 12 points including 5-14 FG and 11 rebounds. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. NO 119, Cle 114 at NO Tyreke Evans (NO) had 31 points and 10 assists. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 16 points and 8 assists. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 30 points including 8-14 3-pointers. LeBron James (Cle) had 41 points including 17-24 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 21 points including 10-11 FT and 7 rebounds. OKC 111, Min 92 at Min Steven Adams (OKC) had 16 points and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 34 points including 12-19 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 16 points, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Shabazz Muhammad (Min) had 18 points. Nikola Pekovic (Min, right ankle injury) and Maurice Williams (Min, back spasms) did not play. Mem 113, Cha 107 2OT at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 19 points, 5 assists, and 6 blocks. Mike Conley (Mem) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 28 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 assists. Gary Neal (Cha) had 25 points including 8-11 FT. Tor 106, Ind 94 at Tor Louis Williams (Tor) had 26 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 10 points including 3-12 FG and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Patrick Patterson (Tor) had 11 points and 8 rebounds. David West (Ind) had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Solomon Hill (Ind) had 16 points. Ian Mahinmi (Ind, torn left plantar fascia) did not play. Bro 88, Phi 70 at Bro Mason Plumlee (Bro) had 18 points on 9-14 FG and 10 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 12 points. Alan Anderson (Bro) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Robert Covington (Phi) had 20 points including 6-10 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists, Bro shot 44.4% (36-81) FG and Phi shot 31.9% (22-69) FG. NY 101, Bos 95 at Bos Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Jeff Green (Bos) had 28 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Tyler Zeller (Bos) had 19 points including 9-14 FG and 6 rebounds. J.R. Smith (NY, sore left heel) did not play. Atl 87, Orl 81 at Atl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 23 points including 6-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 13 points including 1-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 21 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Was 104, LAC 96 at Was Bradley Beal (Was) had 29 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 3 steals. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 18 points including 8-10 FG. John Wall (Was) had 10 points and 11 assists. Chris Paul (LAC) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 14 points. Chi 115, Por 106 at Chi Derrick Rose (Chi) had 31 points including 14-24 FG and 5 assists. Aaron Brooks (Chi) had 17 points on 8-10 FG. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 35 points including 15-24 FG and 9 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 35 points including 13-21 FG and 7-11 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Chi shot 22-28 FT and Por shot 8-11 FT. Schedule for Saturday, December 13 (All times Central) Golden State @ Dallas 1:00 pm Brooklyn @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Portland @ Indiana 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Orlando 6:00 pm LA Clippers @ Milwaukee 6:30 pm Memphis @ Philadelphia 6:30 pm Denver @ Houston 7:00 pm Detroit @ Sacramento 9:00 pm NBATV Schedule for Sunday, December 14 (All times Central) Golden State @ New Orleans 5:00 pm Chicago @ Miami 5:00 pm Utah @ Washington 5:00 pm LA Lakers @ Minnesota 6:00 pm Phoenix @ Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Toronto @ New York 6:30 pm San Antonio @ Denver 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