News from November 11. Washington signed Earl Boykins and released Paul Davis. Cleveland activated Coby Karl and placed Delonte West on IL. Denver activated Johan Petro and placed Renaldo Balkman on IL. Charlotte activated Alexis Ajinca and Derrick Brown and placed Raja Bell and DeSagana Diop on IL. Boston activated Bill Walker and placed Brian Scalabrine (back spasms) on IL. SA 92, Dal 83 at SA Richard Jefferson (SA) had 29 points including 5-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 13 points and 5 assists. Matt Bonner (SA) had 11 points and 9 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 29 points on 9-27 FG and 10-10 FT and 12 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 19 points. Det 98, Cha 75 at Det Charlie Villanueva (Det) had 30 points including 13-17 FG. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Ben Gordon (Det) had 22 points including 10-16 FG and 8 assists. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Nazr Mohammed (Cha) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Det shot 55.6% (40-72) FG and Cha shot 43.8% (28-64) FG. Cle 102, Orl 93 at Orl LeBron James (Cle) had 36 points including 13-23 FG and 8 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (Cle) had 10 points. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 28 points on 12-20 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 6 assists. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 19 points and 5 assists. Vince Carter (Orl) had 29 points and 5 rebounds. Rashard Lewis (Orl, suspended) and Ryan Anderson (Orl, sprained right ankle) did not play. Tor 99, Chi 89 at Tor Chris Bosh (Tor) had 28 points including 10-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 16 points including 5-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 18 points including 8-10 FG and 6 assists. Luol Deng (Chi) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Atl 114, NY 101 at NY Josh Smith (Atl) had 22 points including 10-15 FG and 12 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 25 points and 9 rebounds. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 9 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Toney Douglas (NY) had 23 points. Al Harrington (NY) had 23 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Nate Robinson (NY, sprained right ankle) did not play. Hou 104, Mem 79 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 22 points including 10-15 FG, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 17 points including 1-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Carl Landry (Hou) had 20 points including 9-13 FG and 4 blocks. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 18 points on 9-15 FG and 10 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 19 points. Hou shot 50% (44-88) FG and Mem shot 39.5% (32-81) FG. Allen Iverson (Mem, personal reasons) and Hasheem Thabeet (Mem, fracture jaw) did not play. Bos 105, Uta 86 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 18 points including 7-10 FG. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 11 assists. Deron Williams (Uta) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Ronnie Brewer (Uta) had 13 points. Kyle Korver (Uta, left knee surgery) and Ronnie Price (Uta, sprained left big toe) did not play. Por 107, Min 84 at Min Greg Oden (Por) had 18 points including 8-10 FG and 11 rebounds. Rudy Fernandez (Por) had 15 points including 4-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Martell Webster (Por) had 16 points. Al Jefferson (Min) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Jonny Flynn (Min) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Por shot 55.3% (42-76) FG and Min shot 44.2% (34-77) FG. Mil 108, Den 102 at Mil Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 23 points including 10-15 FG, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 32 points including 11-19 FG and 9 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 17 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 32 points on 9-25 FG and 14-14 FT, 10 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 19 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Ind 108, GS 94 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 16 points and 16 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Earl Watson (Ind) had 16 points including 3-3 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Corey Maggette (GS) had 21 points including 7-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Anthony Randolph (GS) had 17 points and 13 rebounds. Ronny Turiaf (GS, sprained left knee) and Andris Biedrins (GS, osteitis pubis) did not play. Phi 82, NJ 79 at NJ Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Louis Williams (Phi) had 10 points and 7 assists. Marreese Speights (Phi) had 19 points and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 23 points and 14 rebounds. Terrence Williams (NJ) had 10 points on 5-15 FG and 12 rebounds. Chris Douglas-Roberts (NJ, flu), Devin Harris (NJ, strained right groin), Yi Jianlian (NJ, sprained right MCL), and Courtney Lee (NJ, strained left groin) did not play. Pho 124, NO 104 at Pho Grant Hill (Pho) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 21 points including 8-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 12 points including 5-6 FG and 10 assists. Chris Paul (NO) had 25 points including 9-16 FG and 4-7 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Emeka Okafor (NO) had 13 points. Pho shot 55.4% (46-83) FG and NO shot 44.7% (38-85) FG. OKC 83, LAC 79 at LAC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 30 points including 12-20 FG and 10 rebounds. Jeff Green (OKC) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Kevin Ollie (OKC) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 20 points including 9-26 FG and 11 rebounds. Baron Davis (LAC) had 17 points including 6-18 FG, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Schedule for Thursday, November 12 (All times Central) Cleveland @ Miami 7:00 pm TNT Phoenix @ LA Lakers 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