News from November 17. Kareem Rush (LAC) suffered a torn right ACL during Tuesday's LAC-NO game. Luke Walton (LAL) is expected to be out at least 6 weeks with a pinched nerve. Shaun Livingston (OKC) underwent surgery on his left knee to remove staples from an earlier operation. He is expected to be out 3 to 4 weeks. Kelenna Azubuike (GS) is scheduled to undergo surgery on Wednesday on his left knee to repair a torn patellar tendon. Jameer Nelson (Orl) is scheduled to undergo arthroscopic surgery on Wednesday on his left knee to repair a torn meniscus. He is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks. Travis Outlaw (Por) is scheduled to undergo surgery on Wednesday on his left foot to repair a stress fracture. Raja Bell (GS) is expected to undergo surgery next week on his wrist. Toronto signed Pops Mensah-Bonsu. Toronto activated Antoine Wright and placed Marcus Banks and Hedo Turkoglu (sore left hip) on IL. The LA Clippers activated Brian Skinner and placed Mardy Collins on IL. New Orleans activated Morris Peterson and placed Hilton Armstrong (right shoulder sprain) on IL. Miami activated Jermaine O'Neal and placed Yakhouba Diawara on IL. Cleveland activated Delonte West and placed Anderson Varejao (hip contusion) on IL. LAL 106, Det 93 at LAL Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 17 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 40 points including 17-29 FG, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Shannon Brown (LAL) had 12 points including 4-12 FG. Ben Gordon (Det) had 18 points. Will Bynum (Det) had 24 points including 9-12 FG and 6 assists. Luke Walton (LAL, sore back) did not play. Den 130, Tor 112 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 32 points on 12-15 FG and 8-10 FT and 5 assists. Nene (Den) had 20 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 blocks, and 4 steals. J.R. Smith (Den) had 29 points including 11-17 FG and 5-9 3-pointers. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 13 points and 14 rebounds including 8 offensive. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 16 points including 6-8 FG and 7 assists. Den shot 61.5% (48-78) FG and Tor shot 46.2% (42-91) FG. Chi 101, Sac 87 at Sac Luol Deng (Chi) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 15 points and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. John Salmons (Chi) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals. Donte Greene (Sac) had 24 points and 5 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 20 points. Andres Nocioni (Sac, right hip pointer) did not play. OKC 100, Mia 87 at Mia Kevin Durant (OKC) had 32 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Nenad Krstic (OKC) had 10 points and 8 rebounds. Russell Westrbook (OKC) had 24 points including 9-13 FG and 7 assists. Jermaine O'Neal (Mia) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 22 points on 6-19 FG and 9-12 FT, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Cle 114, GS 108 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 31 points on 11-19 FG and 8-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 21 points including 9-9 FG and 9 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Monta Ellis (GS) had 23 points including 9-23 FG, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Corey Maggette (GS) had 19 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Cle shot 58.2% (46-79) FG and GS shot 46.6% (41-88) FG. Kelenna Azubuike (GS, left patellar tendon injury), Raja Bell (GS, wrist injury), Andris Biedrins (GS, osteitis pubis), and C.J. Watson (GS, swine flu) did not play. Pho 111, Hou 105 at Hou Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 23 points including 7-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 12 points including 2-10 FG and 16 assists. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Carl Landry (Hou) had 27 points including 13-18 FG and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Pho shot 23-32 FT and Hou shot 10-13 FT. NO 110, LAC 102 at NO Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 15 points including 3-10 FG and 5 rebounds. David West (NO) had 24 points including 9-14 FG, 10 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 assists. Devin Brown (NO) had 16 points. Al Thornton (LAC) had 30 points including 12-17 FG and 5 turnovers. Baron Davis (LAC) had 23 points including 7-21 FG and 3-12 3-pointers and 9 assists. Ind 91, NJ 83 at NJ Dahntay Jones (Ind) had 17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals. Danny Granger (Ind) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 19 points including 9-11 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 26 points including 10-27 FG, 16 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 5 blocks. Chris Douglas-Roberts (NJ) had 27 points and 12 rebounds. Travis Diener (Ind, sore left toe), Devin Harris (NJ, strained right groin), Yi Jianlian (NJ, sprained right MCL), Courtney Lee (NJ, strained left groin), and Eduardo Najera (NJ, sore lower back) did not play. Schedule for Wednesday, November 18 (All times Central) Miami @ Atlanta 6:00 pm New York @ Indiana 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Orlando 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Washington 6:00 pm ESPN Golden State @ Boston 6:30 pm LA Clippers @ Memphis 7:00 pm New Jersey @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Houston @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Toronto @ Utah 8:00 pm San Antonio @ Dallas 8:30 pm ESPN Detroit @ Portland 9:00 pm ---- 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