News from November 26. USA Basketball named Larry Brown (Phi) as head coach of Team USA for the 2003 team that will compete in the Americas Olympic Qualifying tournament in August. Golden State released A.J. Guyton. The LA Clippers activated Melvin Ely and placed Corey Maggette on IR with torn cartilage in his right knee. Maggette is scheduled to undergo arthroscopic surgery on the knee and is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks. The LA Lakers activated Mark Madsen and placed Samaki Walker on IR with a strained lower back. Indiana activated Reggie Miller and placed Erick Strickland on IR with right Achilles tendinitis. Atl 119, Sea 116 OT at Atl Glenn Robinson (Atl) had 37 points including 5-7 3-pointers, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Atl) had 31 points on 11-19 FG and 9-13 FT, 9 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Alan Henderson (Atl) had 14 points and 21 rebounds. Jason Terry (Atl) had 15 points and 10 assists. Gary Payton (Sea) had 32 points including 13-20 FG and 8 assists. Desmond Mason (Sea) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Atl out-rebounded Sea 55-32 including 20-11 offensive. Theo Ratliff (Atl, flu) and Jerome James (Sea, stress fracture right foot) did not play. Ind 88, Was 84 at Was Ron Artest (Ind) had 13 points, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 26 points including 11-19 FG and 21 rebounds. Reggie Miller (Ind) had 13 points. Michael Jordan (Was) had 28 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Juan Dixon (Was) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 steals. Larry Hughes (Was, strained right wrist) did not play. Mia 97, LAL 85 at Mia Caron Butler (Mia) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Travis Best (Mia) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Eddie Jones (Mia) had 18 points. Derek Fisher (LAL) had 20 points and 5 turnovers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Sac 91, Cle 85 at Cle Chris Webber (Sac) had 28 points and 11 rebounds. Bobby Jackson (Sac) had 19 points including 5-18 FG. Gerald Wallace (Sac) had 15 points including 6-8 FG and 8 rebounds. Ricky Davis (Cle) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 16 points on 4-13 FG and 8-11 FT and 11 rebounds. Sac shot 46.6% (34-73) FG and Cle shot 36.1% (30-83) FG. Scot Pollard (Sac, stress fracture), Predrag Stojakovic (Sac, plantar fasciaitis right foot), Mateen Cleaves (Sac, surgery left foot), and Chris Mihm (Cle, strained left hamstring) did not play. Den 85, SA 81 at Den Juwan Howard (Den) had 23 points including 10-18 FG and 6 rebounds. James Posey (Den) had 23 points including 9-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Nene Hilario (Den) had 10 points on 5-7 FG and 6 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 18 points including 6-20 FG, 18 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Tony Parker (SA) had 12 points including 4-13 FG and 8 assists. Por 77, Hou 71 at Por Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Derek Anderson (Por) had 12 points including 4-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Scottie Pippen (Por) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Yao Ming (Hou) had 10 points on 3-4 FG and 4-10 FT. Steve Francis (Hou) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Por shot 11-12 FT and Hou shot 15-24 FT. Ruben Patterson (Por, personal reasons) did not play. Uta 99, LAC 94 at LAC Matt Harpring (Uta) had 30 points including 12-19 FG. Karl Malone (Uta) had 17 points including 7-11 FT and 13 rebounds. Calbert Cheaney (Uta) had 12 points. Elton Brand (LAC) had 19 points including 9-12 FT, 11 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Andre Miller (LAC) had 21 points, 9 assists, and 7 steals.