News from December 4. The NBA fined Kyle O'Quinn (Orl) $15,000 for his flagrant foul on Blake Griffin (LAC) during Wednesday's Orl-LAC game. New Orleans signed Dante Cunningham. Portland activated Will Barton and placed Dorell Wright on IL. Cle 90, NY 87 at NY Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 37 points on 12-18 FG and 10-11 FT. LeBron James (Cle) had 19 points including 1-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds and 12 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 11 points including 4-11 FG and 11 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Cle shot 21-26 FT and NY shot 5-6 FT. Por 88, Ind 82 at Por Damian Lillard (Por) had 23 points including 8-11 FT and 8 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 18 points including 7-21 FG and 13 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Rodney Stuckey (Ind) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Solomon Hill (Ind) had 15 points on 7-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Por shot 18-23 FT and Ind shot 5-8 FT. GS 112, NO 85 at GS Harrison Barnes (GS) had 17 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Draymond Green (GS) had 14 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Klay Thompson (GS) had 23 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 19 points, 11 assists, and 4 steals. Anthony Davis (NO) had 30 points including 14-19 FG, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Omer Asik (NO) had 9 points and 15 rebounds. GS out-scored NO 31-12 in the 2nd quarter. Schedule for Friday, December 5 (All times Central) New York @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Denver @ Washington 6:00 pm NBATV LA Lakers @ Boston 6:30 pm Atlanta @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Cleveland @ Toronto 6:30 pm San Antonio @ Memphis 7:00 pm Houston @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Phoenix @ Dallas 7:30 pm Miami @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Orlando @ Utah 8:00 pm Indiana @ Sacramento 9:00 pm NBATV Schedule for Saturday, December 6 (All times Central) Philadelphia @ Detroit 6:30 pm Golden State @ Chicago 7:00 pm NBATV Phoenix @ Houston 7:00 pm Minnesota @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Orlando @ Sacramento 9:00 pm New Orleans @ LA Clippers 9:30 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