News from December 5. New Orleans signed Gal Mekel. Philadelphia signed Malcolm Lee and released Drew Gordon. Brooklyn activated Kevin Garnett and placed Sergey Karasev on IL. Charlotte activated Gary Neal. Denver activated Erick Green and placed Jusuf Nurkic on IL. Miami activated Norris Cole and placed Andre Dawkins on IL. Oklahoma City activated Perry Jones and placed Grant Jerrett on IL. Utah activated Trey Burke and placed Alec Burks on IL. Pho 118, Dal 106 at Dal Markieff Morris (Pho) had 22 points and 10 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 28 points including 10-15 FG and 13 assists. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 19 points and 7 assists. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 33 points including 14-22 FG. Tyson Chandler (Dal) had 15 points including 6-7 FG and 18 rebounds including 9 offensive. Sac 102, Ind 101 OT at Sac Darren Collison (Sac) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Carl Landry (Sac) had 14 points including the game winning putback with .8 seconds left and 7 rebounds. David West (Ind) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Ind) had 14 points and 4 steals. Orl 98, Uta 93 at Uta Tobias Harris (Orl) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 20 points including 9-12 FG and 6 assists. Channing Frye (Orl) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 21 points including 10-17 FG, 13 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl, back spasms) did not play. Mil 109, Mia 85 at Mil Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 14 points including 8-11 FT and 7 rebounds. Kendall Marshall (Mil) had 20 points including 7-8 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 28 points including 8-10 FT and 8 assists. Mil out-scored Mia 29-14 in the 4th quarter. Mil shot 56.5% (39-69) FG and Mia shot 44.1% (30-68) FG. John Henson (Mil, sprained left foot), Ersan Ilyasova (Mil, nasal fracture), Norris Cole (Mia, cold), and Luol Deng (Mia, right hand contusion) did not play. Hou 114, Min 112 OT at Min James Harden (Hou) had 38 points on 11-17 FG and 13-14 FT, 6 assists, and 8 turnovers. Jason Terry (Hou) had 19 points and 6 assists. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 17 points including 5-12 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Min) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Shabazz Muhammad (Min) had 20 points. Dwight Howard (Hou, strained right knee) and Nikola Pekovic (Min, sprained right wrist) did not play. SA 107, Mem 101 at Mem Tim Duncan (SA) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Danny Green (SA) had 16 points. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 17 points including 5-5 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 28 points including 10-11 FT, 12 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Mike Conley (Mem) had 23 points and 10 assists. Tayshaun Prince (Mem) had 20 points on 8-11 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Cle 105, Tor 91 at Tor LeBron James (Cle) had 24 points, 7 rebounds, 13 assists, and 3 steals. Kevin Love (Cle) had 15 points and 13 rebounds. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 21 points and 14 rebounds including 9 offensive. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 27 points including 11-15 FG and 7 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 22 points and 9 assists. Atl 98, Bro 75 at Bro DeMarre Carroll (Atl) had 18 points on 7-10 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 14 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Bos 113, LAL 96 at Bos Jeff Green (Bos) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 7 turnovers. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 17 points and 13 rebounds. Tyler Zeller (Bos) had 24 points including 10-11 FG and 14 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 12 points on 6-17 FG, 8 rebounds, and 16 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 22 points. Nick Young (LAL) had 16 points including 5-14 FG. Xavier Henry (LAL, torn left Achilles) and Ryan Kelly (LAL, torn right hamstring) did not play. Was 119, Den 89 at Was Kris Humphries (Was) had 20 points including 7-11 FG. Rasual Butler (Was) had 16 points and 3 steals. John Wall (Was) had 9 points, 8 rebounds, and 12 assists. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 14 points including 3-10 FG, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Was shot 52.9% (45-85) FG and Den shot 37.8% (31-82) FG. OKC 103, Phi 91 at Phi Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 19 points and 3 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 27 points including 10-14 FT, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Jeremy Lamb (OKC) had 15 points on 6-7 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 16 points including 6-19 FG, 7 rebounds, 14 assists, and 3 steals. Robert Covington (Phi) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. OKC shot 49.3% (35-71) FG and Phi shot 38.1% (32-84) FG. Alexey Shved (Phi, strained left hip flexor) did not play. Cha 103, NY 102 at Cha Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 22 points including 8-10 FG. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 16 points and 13 rebounds. Lance Stephenson (Cha) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 11 points including 4-15 FG and the game winning layup at the buzzer. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 32 points and 7 rebounds. J.R. Smith (NY) had 14 points including 4-11 FG and 5 assists. 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 Schedule for Sunday, December 7 (All times Central) Washington @ Boston 12:00 pm Denver @ Atlanta 2:30 pm Miami @ Memphis 5:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Detroit 5:00 pm Milwaukee @ Dallas 6:30 pm Portland @ New York 6:30 pm New Orleans @ LA Lakers 8:30 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