News from December 2. The NBA named Steve Kerr (GS) and Tyronn Lue (Cle) as Coaches of the Month for November and October. Golden State went 16-2 and Cleveland went 13-3. Brookly signed Houston restricted free agent Donatas Motiejunas to a 4 year, $37 million contract offer sheet with the last 2 years at the team's option. Houston has 3 days to match. Boston activated Al Horford and placed Jordan Mickey on IL. Denver activated Mike Miller and placed Nikola Jokic on IL. Detroit activated Reggie Jackson and placed Henry Ellenson on IL. New York activated Lance Thomas and placed Courtney Lee (injured left ankle) on IL. Orlando activated Jodie Meeks and placed Arinze Onuaku on IL. San Antonio activated Pau Gasol and Manu Ginboili and placed Tony Parker (bruised left quad) and Bryn Forbes on IL. Hou 128, Den 110 at Den James Harden (Hou) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Ryan Anderson (Hou) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Will Barton (Den) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 24 points including 10-18 FG. SA 107, Was 105 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 23 points including the game winning jumper with 6.1 seconds left and 5 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Pau Gasol (SA) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 21 points and 18 rebounds including 6 offensive. Bradley Beal (Was) had 23 points including 7-11 FG and 5-5 3-pointers. John Wall (Was) had 17 points, 15 assists, and 3 steals. Det 121, Atl 85 at Atl Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 23 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 14 points and 14 rebounds. Tobias Harris (Det) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 17 points and 11 assists. Tim Hardaway (Atl) had 11 points including 5-14 FG and 0-6 3-pointers. Det shot 53.9% (48-89) FG and Atl shot 36.4% (32-88) FG. Paul Millsap (Atl, left hip) did not play. LAC 114, NO 96 at NO Blake Griffin (LAC) had 27 points including 12-22 FG and 10 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 13 assists. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 21 points including 9-15 FG. Anthony Davis (NO) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Terrence Jones (NO) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. J.J. Redick (LAC, rest) did not play. Chi 111, Cle 105 at Chi Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 26 points including 10-12 FT, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 23 points including 10-13 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Dwyane Wade (Chi) had 24 points and 5 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Chi) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists, and 3 steals. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. LeBron James (Cle) had 27 points including 13-22 FG, 5 rebounds, 13 assists, and 8 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 15 points including 5-14 FG and 9 rebounds. NY 118, Min 114 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 29 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kyle O'Quinn (NY) had 20 points including 9-11 FG and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. Derrick Rose (NY) had 24 points on 9-15 FG and 6-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 19 points. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 20 points including 5-18 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Zach LaVine (Min) had 23 points. Tor 113, LAL 80 at Tor Norman Powell (Tor) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 16 points including 6-18 FG and 6 assists. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 24 points including 6-9 3-pointers and 7 assists. Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 14 points including 4-15 FG. Tor shot 54.2% (45-83) FG and LAL shot 34.4% (32-93) FG. DeMarre Carroll (Tor, rest) and Nick Young (LAL, strained right calf) did not play. Bos 97, Sac 92 at Bos Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 20 points including 6-21 FG and 7 assists. Al Horford (Bos) had 26 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 28 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Matt Barnes (Sac) had 12 points including 3-11 FG, 16 rebounds, and 5 assists. Orl 105, Phi 88 at Phi Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 20 points on 9-14 FG. Jeff Green (Orl) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 16 points including 4-11 FG. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 25 points and 10 rebounds. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 16 points on 8-10 FG and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Orl shot 18-26 FT and Phi shot 7-10 FT. Jerryd Bayless (Phi, sore left wrist) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, December 3 (All times Central) Brooklyn @ Milwaukee 4:00 pm Minnesota @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Toronto 6:30 pm Boston @ Philadelphia 6:30 pm LA Lakers @ Memphis 7:00 pm Chicago @ Dallas 7:30 pm Denver @ Utah 8:00 pm NBATV Miami @ Portland 9:00 pm Phoenix @ Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, December 4 (All times Central) Orlando @ Detroit 5:00 pm New Orleans @ Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Sacramento @ New York 6:30 pm Indiana @ LA Clippers 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