News from December 7. Atlanta activated DeAndre Bembry and placed Kent Bazemore (sore right knee) on IL. Boston activated Demetries Jackson and placed Isaiah Thomas (strained groin) on IL. Brooklyn activated Yogi Ferrell and placed Chris McCullough on IL. Charlotte activated Marvin Williams and placed Aaron Harrison on IL. Cleveland activated Kay Felder and placed J.R. Smith (hyperextended left knee) on IL. Denver activated Nikola Jokic and placed Malik Beasley on IL. Houston placed Donatas Motiejunas on IL. New York activated Maurice Ndour and placed Derrick Rose (lower back pain) on IL. Sac 120, Dal 89 at Dal Rudy Gay (Sac) had 19 points and 4 steals. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 24 points including 10-16 FT, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Darren Collison (Sac) had 19 points and 5 turnovers. Deron Williams (Dal) had 20 points including 6-8 FG and 6 assists. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Sac out-scored Dal 64-37 in the 2nd half. Sac shot 56% (47-84) FG and Dal shot 41% (32-78) FG. Andrew Bogut (Dal, bone bruise right knee) and Seth Curry (Dal, sprained right knee) did not play. GS 115, LAC 98 at LAC Draymond Green (GS) had 22 points including 8-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Kevin Durant (GS) had 16 points including 5-17 FG, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 24 points. Stephen Curry (GS) had 19 points including 0-8 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 7 steals. Chris Paul (LAC) had 15 points including 1-6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 21 points. GS out-scored LAC 37-19 in the 1st quarter. Raymond Felton (LAC, personal reasons) did not play. Ind 109, Pho 94 at Pho Paul George (Ind) had 25 points including 8-10 FT, 13 rebounds, and 3 steals. Myles Turner (Ind) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Jeff Teague (Ind) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Tyson Chandler (Pho) had 10 points on 5-6 FG and 10 rebounds. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 15 points and 3 steals. Ind out-scored Pho 60-41 in the 2nd half. Ind shot 32-41 FT and Pho shot 17-18 FT. Cle 126, NY 94 at NY LeBron James (Cle) had 25 points on 7-10 FG and 10-14 FT, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 21 points including 4-12 3-pointers. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 3 points on 0-5 FG and 3-4 FT and 20 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 28 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Brandon Jennings (NY) had 16 points. Courtney Lee (NY) had 15 points and 5 assists. Cle shot 26-31 FT and NY shot 13-15 FT. Hou 134, LAL 95 at Hou James Harden (Hou) had 25 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Patrick Beverley (Hou) had 10 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 26 points on 9-13 FG and 8-12 3-pointers. Julius Randle (LAL) had 21 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Louis Williams (LAL) had 24 points, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Hou shot 54.3% (51-94) FG and LAL shot 39.1% (34-87) FG. Tarik Black (LAL, sprained right ankle) and Nick Young (LAL, strained right calf) did not play. Mil 115, Por 107 at Mil Jabari Parker (Mil) had 27 points. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 15 points on 4-11 FG and 7-10 FT, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, and 4 blocks. Matthew Dellavedova (Mil) had 17 points on 7-11 FG. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 30 points including 5-13 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Atl 100, Mia 95 at Atl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Dwight Howard (Atl) had 23 points including 9-11 FG and 17 rebounds including 7 offensive. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 17 points and 7 assists. Wayne Ellington (Mia) had 19 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 21 points. Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 27 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 5 assists. Luke Babbit (Mia, strained right hip flexor), James Johnson (Mia, strained right rotator cuff), Josh Richardson (Mia, sprained right ankle), and Justise Winslow (Mia, sore left wrist) did not play. Bro 116, Den 111 at Bro Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) had 19 points including 8-11 FG. Trevor Booker (Bro) had 15 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 24 points including 8-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Sean Kilpatrick (Bro) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 14 points including 5-7 FG and 11 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 27 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 15 rebounds. Bos 117, Orl 87 at Orl Jae Crowder (Bos) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 23 points. Terry Rozier (Bos) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. D.J. Augustin (Orl) had 15 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 14 points including 4-14 FG and 5 assists. Bos shot 51.2% (43-84) FG and Orl shot 37% (30-81) FG. Cha 87, Det 77 at Cha Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 14 points and 15 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 25 points. Marco Belinelli (Cha) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 26 points including 11-14 FG and 20 rebounds. Tobias Harris (Det) had 14 points including 0-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Schedule for Thursday, December 8 (All times Central) Minnesota @ Toronto 6:00 pm TNT Denver @ Washington 6:00 pm Portland @ Memphis 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Golden State @ Utah 8:00 pm San Antonio @ Chicago 8:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, December 9 (All times Central) Orlando @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Miami @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Toronto @ Boston 6:30 pm Atlanta @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Houston @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm ESPN Detroit @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Indiana @ Dallas 7:30 pm Phoenix @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm ESPN New York @ Sacramento 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