News from November 17. Golden State signed D.J. Mbenga and released Stephane Lasme. Miami activated Chris Quinn and placed Smush Parker on IL. Chicago activated Adrian Griffin and placed Aaron Gray on IL. The LA Clippers activated Josh Powell and placed Al Thornton on IL with a sprained right ankle. New York activated Zach Randolph and Renaldo Balkman and placed Wilson Chandler and Randolph Morris on IL. Memphis activated Tarence Kinsey and Andre Brown and placed Darko Milicic (sprained left thumb) and Brian Cardinal on IL. Phoenix activated Alando Tucker and placed Raja Bell on IL with a sprained right ankle. New Orleans activated Marcus Vinicius and placed Chris Paul on IL with a sprained right ankle. Minnesota activated Michael Doleac and placed Theo Ratliff on IL with a knee injury. Indiana activated Marquis Daniels and placed Stephen Graham on IL. Charlotte activated Othella Harrington and placed Derek Anderson on IL. Stats Leaders LeBron James (Cle) 29.2 Kevin Martin (Sac) 28.2 Kobe Bryant (LAL) 27.4 Rebounds Dwight Howard (Orl) 15.0 Marcus Camby (Den) 14.5 Kevin Garnett (Bos) 13.6 Assists Chris Paul (NO) 10.8 Jason Kidd (NJ) 10.5 Steve Nash (Pho) 10.4 Dal 108, Mem 105 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 21 points including 9-14 FG and 9 rebounds. Devin Harris (Dal) had 19 points including 9-12 FT, 8 assists, and 5 steals. Josh Howard (Dal) had 27 points including 13-23 FG and 7 rebounds. Mike Miller (Mem) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Hakim Warrick (Mem) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Pho 115, Hou 105 at Hou Shawn Marion (Pho) had 18 points including 6-10 FT, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 21 points including 8-8 FG, 13 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Steve Nash (Pho) had 19 points including 3-3 3-pointers, 15 assists, and 5 turnovers. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Mike James (Hou) had 17 points. Luis Scola (Hou) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Pho shot 62.3% (43-69) FG and Hou shot 39.3% (42-107) FG. Mia 91, NJ 87 at NJ Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 23 points on 4-17 FG and 15-20 FT, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Anfrenee Hardaway (Mia) had 16 points on 6-6 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 18 points on 4-11 FG and 10-11 FT. Sean Williams (NJ) had 22 points on 7-11 FG and 8-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, 15 assists, and 7 turnovers. Vince Carter (NJ, sprained right ankle) did not play. Was 109, Por 90 at Was Antawn Jamison (Was) had 30 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. Brendan Haywood (Was) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Nick Young (Was) had 17 points. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Jarrett Jack (Por) had 18 points and 5 assists. Gilbert Arenas (Was, sore left knee) and Oleksiy Pecherov (Was, fractured right ankle) did not play. Ind 117, Uta 97 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 19 points. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 25 points and 3 steals. Shawne Williams (Ind) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 19 points. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 12 points and 5 blocks. Ind shot 57.9% (44-76) FG and Uta shot 47% (39-83) FG. Chi 92, LAC 73 at LAC Andres Nocioni (Chi) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Ben Wallace (Chi) had 9 points, 13 rebounds including 8 offensive, 3 blocks, and 6 steals. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Tim Thomas (LAC) had 14 points including 5-16 FG and 8 rebounds. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 21 points including 10-17 FG and 8 rebounds. Corey Maggette (LAC, strained right hamstring) did not play. Mil 105, Atl 96 at Mil Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 21 points including 10-15 FG, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, 4 blocks, and 3 steals. Michael Redd (Mil) had 21 points on 10-16 FG. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 38 points on 13-22 FG and 12-16 FT and 7 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 14 points and 9 assists. NO 100, Min 82 at Min Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 22 points on 9-16 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Jannero Pargo (NO) had 15 points and 7 assists. Morris Peterson (NO) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Min) had 20 points on 10-17 FG and 10 rebounds. Sebastian Telfair (Min) had 15 points on 7-11 FG. Den 115, NY 83 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 24 points on 11-18 FG and 0-4 FT and 6 assists. Marcus Camby (Den) had 6 points on 3-9 FG and 0-2 FT, 20 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 blocks. Allen Iverson (Den) had 23 points. Linas Kleiza (Den) had 18 points. Zach Randolph (NY) had 16 points on 8-23 FG and 0-1 FT and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. Eddy Curry (NY) had 12 pointers. Den shot 48.9% (43-88) FG and NY shot 38.1% (32-84) FG. Steven Hunter (Den, arthroscopic surgery) did not play. Cha 100, Sea 84 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 27 points including 6-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 12 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 12 assists. Jason Richardson (Cha) had 23 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Damien Wilkins (Sea) had 19 points including 5-16 FG and 7 rebounds. Chris Wilcox (Sea) had 24 points including 8-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Cha shot 43.8% (39-89) FG and Sea shot 31% (26-84) FG. Cha out-rebounded Sea 60-38 including 17-10 offensive. Kurt Thomas (Sea, hamstring injury) did not play.