News from December 22.

Miami retired Shaquille O'Neal's #32.

Boston activated James Young and placed Jordan Mickey on IL.

Brooklyn activated Brook Lopez and placed Isaiah Whitehead on IL.

Golden State activated James Michael McAdoo and placed Draymond Green
(birth of child) on IL.

Orlando activated Stephen Zimmerman and placed Arinze Onuaku on IL.

San Antonio activated Bryn Forbes and Dejounte Murray and placed Manu
Ginobili (rest) and Nicolas Laprovittola on IL.


LAC 106, SA 101  at LAC
Chris Paul (LAC) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists.
Marreese Speights (LAC) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists.
D'Andre Jordan (LAC) had 11 points and 9 rebounds.
Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 27 points including 10-11 FT, 9 rebounds, and 5
assists.
Pau Gasol (SA) had 21 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive.

Mia 115, LAL 107  at Mia
Justise Winslow (Mia) had 23 points including 10-16 FG, 13 rebounds, and 4
steals.
Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 23 points including 9-12 FG and 13 rebounds.
Goran Dragic (Mia) had 21 points and 7 assists.
James Johnson (Mia) had 19 points including 8-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6
assists.
Nick Young (LAL) had 20 points including 5-11 3-pointers.
D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 17 points, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers.
Louis Williams (LAL) had 27 points.
Wayne Ellington (Mia, strained right hamstring), Rodney McGruder (Mia,
sprained left ankle), Larry Nance (LAL, bone bruise left knee), and Julius
Randle (LAL, personal reasons) did not play.

NY 106, Orl 95  at NY
Derrick Rose (NY) had 19 points and 5 rebounds.
Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 15 points including 5-17 FG and 8 rebounds.
Kyle O'Quinn (NY) had 14 points, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5
blocks.
Serge Ibaka (Orl) had 23 points on 10-18 FG and 10 rebounds.
Evan Fournier (Orl) had 21 points and 5 rebounds.
Jodie Meeks (Orl, personal reasons) did not play.

GS 117, Bro 101  at Bro
Kevin Durant (GS) had 26 points including 1-7 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 7
assists, and 3 steals.
Klay Thompson (GS) had 23 points on 9-24 FG and 5-10 3-pointers, 5
rebounds, and 4 steals.
Zaza Pachulia (GS) had 15 points and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive.
Brook Lopez (Bro) had 28 points including 9-16 FG and 4-9 3-pointers, 8
rebounds, and 6 turnovers.
Jeremy Lin (Bro) had 10 points on 4-12 FG, 8 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5
turnovers.

Bos 109, Ind 102  at Ind
Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 28 points including 2-11 3-pointers and 9 assists.
Avery Bradley (Bos) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Jae Crowder (Bos) had 15 points and 5 rebounds.
Jeff Teague (Ind) had 31 points on 9-15 FG and 11-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and 8
assists.
Paul George (Ind) had 19 points on 5-16 FG and 9-10 FT, 8 rebounds, 5
assists, and 5 turnovers.
C.J. Miles (Ind) had 19 points.


Schedule for Friday, December 23  (All times Central)
  Chicago @ Charlotte             6:00 pm
  LA Lakers @ Orlando             6:00 pm
  Brooklyn @ Cleveland            6:30 pm
  Oklahoma City @ Boston          6:30 pm  NBATV
  Golden State @ Detroit          6:30 pm
  Washington @ Milwaukee          7:00 pm
  Houston @ Memphis               7:00 pm
  Miami @ New Orleans             7:00 pm
  Sacramento @ Minnesota          7:00 pm
  Atlanta @ Denver                8:00 pm
  Toronto @ Utah                  8:00 pm
  Philadelphia @ Phoenix          8:00 pm
  San Antonio @ Portland          9:00 pm
  Dallas @ LA Clippers            9:30 pm  NBATV

Schedule for Saturday, December 24  (All times Central)
  No games scheduled

Schedule for Sunday, December 25  (All times Central)
  Boston @ New York              11:00 am  ESPN
  Golden State @ Cleveland        1:30 pm  ABC
  Chicago @ San Antonio           4:00 pm  ABC
  Minnesota @ Oklahoma City       7:00 pm  ESPN
  LA Clippers @ LA Lakers         9:30 pm  ESPN


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