News from November 23. Boston activated Justin Reed and placed Tom Gugliotta on IR with lower back pain. Houston activated Andre Barrett and placed Ryan Bowen on IR with left knee tendinitis. Indiana activated Anthony Johnson and placed Jonathan Bender on IR with a sore right knee. The LA Clippers placed Shaun Livingston on IR with a dislocated right knee cap. The LA Lakers activated Vlade Divac and Jumaine Jones and placed Brian Grant (right knee tendinitis) and Sasha Vujacic (sprained right ankle) on IR. Miami activated Christian Laettner and placed Malik Allen on IR with back spasms. Por 99, Mia 87 at Mia Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Por) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Por) had 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Derek Anderson (Por) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 17 points including 7-13 FT, 13 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 4 blocks. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 19 points including 9-11 FT, 9 assists, 3 blocks, and 4 steals. Sea 103, Min 92 at Min Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 27 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Ray Allen (Sea) had 24 points. Vladimir Radmanovic (Sea) had 17 points on 7-11 FG. Wally Szczerbiak (Min) had 16 points. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 16 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 assists. LAL 100, Mil 96 at LAL Caron Butler (LAL) had 16 points and 4 steals. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 30 points including 8-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mike James (Mil) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Desmond Mason (Mil) had 26 points including 12-16 FG and 5 rebounds. Was 102, Tor 86 at Was Antawn Jamison (Was) had 28 points, 13 rebounds and 6 offensive, and 4 steals. Larry Hughes (Was) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 26 points and 5 rebounds. Vince Carter (Tor) had 25 points and 9 rebounds. Rafer Alston (Tor) had 20 points including 6-18 FG and 4-10 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 13 assists. Was out-rebounded Tor 64-47 including 26-13 offensive. Samaki Walker (Was, lower back spasms), Jalen Rose (Tor, left quad contusion), and Rafael Araujo (Tor, lower back spasms) did not play. Ind 106, Bos 96 at Ind James Jones (Ind) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Fred Jones (Ind) had 16 points including 4-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Jamaal Tinsley (Ind) had 29 points including 11-19 FG, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Ricky Davis (Bos) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Anthony Johnson (Ind, suspended) did not play. [Note: I will not be listing Ron Artest, Jermaine O'Neal, and Stephen Jackson with Ind's DNPs due to the length of their suspensions.] Sac 102, Hou 96 at Sac Peja Stojakovic (Sac) had 22 points. Brad Miller (Sac) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Bobby Jackson (Sac) had 18 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Yao Ming (Hou) had 29 points including 9-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Charlie Ward (Hou, sore right knee) did not play. Cha 91, Det 89 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 17 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 22 points and 15 rebounds. Keith Bogans (Cha) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Brevin Knight (Cha) had 7 points including 1-5 FG, 19 assists, and 3 steals. Antonio McDyess (Det) had 13 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 24 points and 7 assists. Ben Wallace (Det, suspended) did not play. Den 90, NJ 88 at Den Kenyon Martin (Den) had 22 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists. Marcus Camby (Den) had 12 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 blocks. Andre Miller (Den) had 17 points including 8-10 FG and 9 assists. Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 26 points, 11 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Brian Scalabrine (NJ) had 11 points on 5-7 FG and 7 rebounds. NY 104, Atl 88 at NY Nazr Mohammed (NY) had 18 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 17 points including 5-17 FG and 6 turnovers. Stephon Marbury (NY) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Al Harrington (Atl) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Antoine Walker (Atl) had 20 points including 9-23 FG and 8 rebounds. NY shot 30-38 FT and Atl shot 9-16 FT. NY out-rebounded Atl 55-36 including 13-6 offensive. GS 115, NO 115 3OT at GS Jason Richardson (GS) had 26 points including 10-28 FG, 12 rebounds, and 7 assists in 50 minutes. Speedy Claxton (GS) had 21 points on 5-14 FG and 11-15 FT, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Eduardo Najera (GS) had 18 points and 3 steals. Lee Nailon (NO) had 18 points and 5 assists. Jamaal Magloire (NO) had 27 points including 9-16 FT and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. David Wesley (NO) had 22 points and 6 rebounds in 52 minutes. Troy Murphy (GS, left knee contusion) and Alex Garcia (NO, strained left groin) did not play.