News from November 12. Jason Richardson (Cha) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and is expected to be out a week. The LA Clippers activated Tim Thomas and placed Steve Novak on IL. Utah activated Matt Harpring and placed Morris Almond on IL. Washington activated Antonio Daniels and placed Dominic McGuire on IL. Oklahoma City activated Steven Hill and placed Kevin Durant (sore left ankle) on IL. New Orleans activated Melvin Ely and placed Ryan Bowen on IL. Milwaukee activated Tyronn Lue and placed Austin Croshere on IL. Portland activated Greg Oden and placed Shavlik Randolph on IL. Miami activated Marcus Banks and placed Dorell Wright on IL. Indiana activated Rasho Nesterovic and placed Troy Murphy (flu) on IL. With Washington's win (1-5), there are no more teams without a victory. Was 95, Uta 87 at Was Caron Butler (Was) had 27 points, 9 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. JaVale McGee (Was) had 13 points including 4-5 FG, 11 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. C.J. Miles (Uta) had 16 points. Was shot 32-40 FT and Uta shot 14-19 FT. Bos 103, Atl 102 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 34 points including 15-16 FT and the game winning long jumper with .5 seconds left, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 25 points including 10-16 FG and 12 rebounds. Ray Allen (Bos) had 17 points including 6-17 FG and 7 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 28 points and 7 assists. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 16 points. Ind 98, NJ 87 at NJ Jeff Foster (Ind) had 16 points including 6-8 FG and 7 rebounds. Marquis Daniels (Ind) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. T.J. Ford (Ind) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Vince Carter (NJ) had 28 points and 7 assists. Spencer Hayes (NJ) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Danny Granger (Ind, sore quad) did not play. Orl 109, OKC 92 at OKC Dwight Howard (Orl) had 30 points on 12-21 FG and 6-13 FT, 19 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 10 blocks. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Mickael Pietrus (Orl) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Earl Watson (OKC) had 12 points and 8 assists. Jeff Green (OKC) had 25 points including 8-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Phi 106, Tor 96 at Tor Elton Brand (Phi) had 25 points including 12-21 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 10 assists. Andre Miller (Phi) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Willie Green (Phi) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 9 assists. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 30 points on 10-15 FG and 10-13 FT and 12 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Tor) had 19 points and 11 rebounds including 9 offensive. Phi shot 53.7% (43-80) FG and Tor shot 42.5% (34-80) FG. Kris Humphries (Tor, sprained right toe) did not play. LAL 93, NO 86 at NO Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 20 points including 5-15 FG and 6 assists. Derek Fisher (LAL) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. David West (NO) had 21 points and 12 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 30 points including 13-19 FG, 7 rebounds, and 13 assists. NY 132, Mem 103 at Mem Wilson Chandler (NY) had 27 points including 11-12 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Zach Randolph (NY) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 25 points and 8 assists. Nate Robinson (NY) had 21 points on 8-8 FG and 5-5 3-pointers and 5 assists. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 20 points. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 17 points. NY shot 59.1% (52-88) FG and Mem shot 48.8% (40-82) FG. NY shot 19-34 3-pointers and Mem shot 5-16 3-pointers. NY shot 9-9 FT and Mem shot 18-22 FT. Mil 82, SA 78 at Mil Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil) had 11 points and 7 rebounds. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 10 points, 17 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 steals. Tim Duncan (SA) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Michael Finley (SA) had 19 points. Mil shot 18-25 FT and SA shot 7-9 FT. Por 104, Mia 96 at Mia LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 14 points including 6-17 FG, 7 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 steals. Brandon Roy (Por) had 22 points including 10-13 FT and 5 rebounds. Rudy Fernandez (Por) had 25 points including 7-11 FG. Michael Beasley (Mia) had 14 points. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 36 points including 11-15 FT, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 blocks. Shawn Marion (Mia, strained left groin) did not play. Hou 94, Pho 82 at Pho Yao Ming (Hou) had 17 points and 15 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 27 points including 11-18 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 19 points. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 18 points, 13 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 blocks. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 18 points including 5-15 FG. Sac 103, LAC 98 at LAC Beno Udrih (Sac) had 30 points including 13-20 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Brad Miller (Sac) had 16 points including 7-10 FG, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists. Al Thornton (LAC) had 20 points and 3 blocks. Baron Davis (LAC) had 12 points including 4-15 FG and 11 assists. Quincy Douby (Sac, sore right ankle) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, November 13 (All times Central) Denver @ Cleveland 7:00 pm TNT Dallas @ Chicago 7:30 pm Detroit @ Golden State 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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