News from November 1. Minnesota activated Brian Cardinal and placed Mark Madsen on IL. The LA Clippers activated DeAndre Jordan and placed Baron Davis (sore left hip) on IL. Utah activated Kyrylo Fesenko and placed Jarron Collins on IL. Milwaukee activated Ramon Sessions and placed Luke Ridnour on IL. New Jersey activated Eduardo Najera and placed Maurice Ager on IL. Sacramento activated Kenny Thomas and placed Donte Greene on IL. Miami activated Chris Quinn and placed Shaun Livingston on IL. Charlotte activated Andre Brown and Shannon Brown and placed Linton Johnson and Sean May on IL. Philadelphia activated Theo Ratliff and placed Donyell Marshall on IL. Dal 95, Min 85 at Min Josh Howard (Dal) had 14 points. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 19 points and 4 steals. Al Jefferson (Min) had 14 points including 5-15 FG and 12 rebounds. Rashad McCants (Min) had 18 points including 6-8 FG. Sebastian Telfair (Min, suspended) did not play. Cha 100, Mia 87 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 34 points on 11-16 FG and 10-16 FT, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 18 points including 7-9 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jason Richardson (Cha) had 23 points including 10-17 FG. Michael Beasley (Mia) had 25 points including 10-16 FG. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 19 points on 5-15 FG and 9-13 FT, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Ind 95, Bos 79 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 20 points. Marquis Daniels (Ind) had 13 points and 10 rebounds. T.J. Ford (Ind) had 19 points. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 15 points on 3-15 FG and 7-12 FT and 10 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 18 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Orl 121, Sac 103 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 21 points. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 26 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 29 points on 11-14 FG and 7-12 FT, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 blocks. Mickael Pietrus (Orl) had 20 points. Spencer Hawes (Sac) had 14 points. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 14 points. Brad Miller (Sac, suspended) did not play. NO 104, Cle 92 at NO David West (NO) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 24 points including 10-11 FT and 15 assists. James Posey (NO) had 15 points including 5-7 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. LeBron James (Cle) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, 13 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Peja Stojakovic (NO, sprained right ankle) did not play. Pho 107, Por 96 at Pho Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 23 points on 8-12 FG and 7-10 FT and 13 rebounds. Matt Barnes (Pho) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 20 points and 7 assists. Rudy Fernandez (Por) had 20 points. Brandon Roy (Por) had 20 points. Pho shot 25-30 FT and Por shot 13-14 FT. Uta 101, LAC 79 at Uta Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 25 points including 12-18 FG and 10 rebounds. Ronnie Brewer (Uta) had 16 points. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 11 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tim Thomas (LAC) had 16 points including 4-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Cuttino Mobley (LAC) had 20 points including 9-16 FG. Tor 91, Mil 87 at Mil Chris Bosh (Tor) had 20 points including 8-10 FT, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jermaine O'Neal (Tor) had 11 points and 8 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 25 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Michael Redd (Mil) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Will Solomon (Tor, strained left hamstring) did not play. LAL 104, Den 97 at Den Vladimir Radmanovic (LAL) had 11 points and 7 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 16 points and 16 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 33 points including 10-12 FT. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Anthony Carter (Den) had 20 points including 8-9 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Det 117, Was 109 at Det Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 17 points including 7-9 FG, 12 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Walter Herrmann (Det) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Caron Butler (Was) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 24 points and 8 rebounds. Nick Young (Was) had 23 points including 11-11 FT. Det out-rebounded Was 49-24 including 16-5 offensive. Atl 95, Phi 88 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 14 points, 11 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 35 points including 14-23 FG and 5 assists. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 19 points and 3 steals. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 22 points on 9-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Elton Brand (Phi) had 17 points and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. GS 105, NJ 97 at NJ Corey Maggette (GS) had 20 points on 3-13 FG and 13-15 FT and 10 rebounds. Andris Biedrins (GS) had 23 points including 8-11 FG and 11 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (GS) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Josh Boone (NJ) had 17 points, 14 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 3 blocks. Vince Carter (NJ) had 20 points. GS shot 34-52 FT and NJ shot 21-28 FT. Hou 89, OKC 77 at Hou Yao Ming (Hou) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 22 points including 9-10 FT, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Carl Landry (Hou) had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Johan Petro (OKC) had 10 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 26 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Hou shot 27-31 FT and OKC shot 9-12 FT. Chi 96, Mem 86 at Chi Drew Gooden (Chi) had 7 points including 2-8 FG and 20 rebounds including 7 offensive. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 26 points and 6 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 18 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Hakim Warrick (Mem) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. 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