News from November 23. Boston assigned Gabe Pruitt to the NBADL. New Orleans activated Tyson Chandler and placed Marcus Vinicius on IL. Utah activated Jason Hart and placed Morris Almond on IL. Minnesota activated Sebastian Telfair and placed Michael Doleac on IL. Denver activated Anthony Carter and placed Steven Hunter on IL. Phoenix activated Raja Bell and placed Alando Tucker on IL. Detroit activated Cheick Samb and placed Rasheed Wallace on IL. Ind 111, Dal 107 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 25 points on 7-11 FG and 11-13 FT and 6 rebounds. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Jamaal Tinsley (Ind) had 24 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Devin Harris (Dal) had 24 points including 13-14 FT and 5 assists. Josh Howard (Dal) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Jerry Stackhouse (Dal, rest) did not play. Pho 113, LAC 94 at Pho Grant Hill (Pho) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Shawn Marion (Pho) had 21 points including 10-17 FG, 17 rebounds, and 5 steals. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 29 points on 10-16 FG and 9-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 20 points and 10 assists. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 17 points on 6-18 FG and 5-10 FT and 14 rebounds. Sam Cassell (LAC) had 26 points. Ruben Patterson (LAC) had 18 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. SA 101, Mem 88 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 28 points on 14-17 FG and 9 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Brent Barry (SA) had 14 points. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Juan Carlos Navarro (Mem) had 16 points. Mia 98, Hou 91 at Mia Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 11 points and 8 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 26 points on 10-12 FG and 6-12 FT, 14 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 31 points including 9-13 FT, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Yao Ming (Hou) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 19 points on 7-20 FG and 5-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Luis Scola (Hou) had 20 points on 10-16 FG and 9 rebounds. Mia shot 55.4% (36-65) FG and Hou shot 43.9% (36-82) FG. Uta 99, NO 71 at Uta Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 19 points and 16 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 12 points and 7 assists. Ronnie Brewer (Uta) had 13 points and 3 steals. David West (NO) had 18 points and 14 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Uta out-scored NO 24-7 in the 4th quarter. Uta shot 47.4% (37-78) FG and Uta shot 32.9% (25-76) FG. Orl 105, Cha 92 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 16 points including 6-17 FG, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 34 points on 11-14 FG and 12-21 FT, 17 rebounds including 6 offensive, 4 blocks, and 3 steals. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 12 points and 18 rebounds including 6 offensive. Walter Herrmann (Cha) had 16 points an 6 rebounds. Bos 107, LAL 94 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 21 points and 11 rebounds. Kendrick Perkins (Bos) had 21 points including 8-10 FG and 9 rebounds. Ray Allen (Bos) had 18 points including 5-15 FG. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 18 points. Vladimir Radmanovic (LAL) had 18 points. GS 123, Was 115 at Was Stephen Jackson (GS) had 28 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Baron Davis (GS) had 33 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 15 assists. Kelenna Azubuike (GS) had 15 points. Caron Butler (Was) had 26 points on 12-21 FG, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 30 points on 11-19 FG and 8-13 FT and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Gilbert Arenas (was, left knee surgery) and Oleksiy Pecherov (Was, fractured right ankle) did not play. Det 83, Phi 78 at Det Tayshaun Price (Det) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Jason Maxiell (Det) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 11 points and 9 assists. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 17 points including 4-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Louis Williams (Phi) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Den 99, Min 93 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 31 points including 11-11 FT, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 18 points including 8-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Marcus Camby (Den) had 10 points, 18 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Al Jefferson (Min) had 15 points and 14 rebounds. Antoine Walker (Min) had 24 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Linas Kleiza (Den, sprained left ankle) did not play. Por 87, Sac 84 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 28 points including 12-15 FG, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Steve Blake (Por) had 13 points. Brandon Roy (Por) had 13 points, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Ron Artest (Sac) had 17 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. NJ 98, Sea 93 at Sea Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 30 points including 9-11 FT and 5 assists. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 14 points including 5-6 FG, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Vince Carter (NJ) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Delonte West (Sea) had 17 points. Jeff Green (Sea) had 14 points and 14 rebounds. Johan Petro (Sea, lower back strain) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, November 24 (All times Central) Chicago @ New York 12:00 pm Toronto @ Cleveland 12:00 pm Golden State @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Boston @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Miami @ Orlando 6:00 pm Washington @ Memphis 7:00 pm Atlanta @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Denver @ Houston 7:30 pm Dallas @ Milwaukee 8:00 pm New Orleans @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html