News from November 4. Sacramento signed Ime Udoka. Sacramento activated Kenny Thomas and placed Donte Greene on IL. Houston activated Joey Dorsey and placed Chase Budinger (sprained left ankle) on IL. Denver activated Johan Petro and placed Joey Graham (sprained right big toe) on IL. Toronto activated Marcus Banks and placed Sonny Weems on IL. NO 114, Dal 107 OT at NO David West (NO) had 25 points, 10 rebounds including 6 offensive, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Chris Paul (NO) had 39 points including 14-23 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Bobby Brown (NO) had 18 points. Erick Dampier (Dal) had 16 points including 7-8 FG, 14 rebounds including 7 offensive and 3 blocks. Jason Terry (Dal) had 35 points on 12-18 FG, 4-8 3-pointers, and 7-10 FT. Drew Gooden (Dal, right rib cage muscle strain) and Quinton Ross (Dal, bruised lower back) did not play. LAL 103, Hou 102 OT at Hou Ron Artest (LAL) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 17 points, 17 rebounds including 7 offensive, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 41 points including 11-15 FT, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Luis Scola (Hou) had 16 points and 13 rebounds. Carl Landry (Hou) had 20 points including 9-12 FG and 8 rebounds. Ind 101, NY 89 at NY Danny Granger (Ind) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Dahntey Jones (Ind) had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 15 points, 14 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 5 turnovers. David Lee (NY) had 20 points and 19 rebounds including 6 offensive. Al Harrington (NY) had 22 points including 11-13 FT, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Troy Murphy (Ind, bruised lower back) and Nate Robinson (NY, sprained ankle) did not play. Tor 110, Det 99 at Tor Hedo Turkoglu (Tor) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 25 points including 15-20 FT and 8 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 22 points and 12 rebounds. Charlie Villanueva (Det) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Det) had 30 points. Tor shot 36-47 FT and Det shot 17-25 FT. Mia 93, Was 89 at Was Quentin Richardson (Mia) had 19 points on 7-10 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 40 points including 10-13 FT and 5 assists. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Brendan Haywood (Was) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 32 points on 9-27 FG and 12-15 FT. Mia shot 48.6% (35-72) FG and Was shot 37.8% (31-82) FG. Den 122, NJ 94 at NJ Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 22 points including 8-24 FG. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Nene (Den) had 16 points including 5-6 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chris Douglas-Roberts (NJ) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Eduardo Najera (NJ) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Den shot 53% (44-83) FG and NJ shot 38% (35-92) FG. J.R. Smith (Den, suspended), Devin Harris (NJ, strained right groin), and Yi Jianlian (NJ, sprained right MCL) did not play. Orl 122, Pho 100 at Orl Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 20 points and 10 rebounds including 7 offensive. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 25 points including 9-14 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 16 points and 10 assists. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 25 points and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 17 points. Vince Carter (Orl, sprained left ankle) and Rashard Lewis (Orl, suspended) did not play. Bos 92, Min 90 at Min Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Kendrick Perkins (Bos) had 13 points including 6-7 FG and 8 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 18 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Oleksiy Pecherov (Min) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Min) had 18 points. GS 113, Mem 105 at GS Stephen Jackson (GS) had 20 points and 6 assists. Monta Ellis (GS) had 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 12 assists. Corey Maggette (GS) had 20 points. Anthony Morrow (GS) had 24 points on 10-12 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 29 points including 11-18 FG and 8 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Mem) had 18 points and 7 assists. GS shot 12-17 FT and Mem shot 24-36 FT. Ronny Turiaf (GS, sprained left knee) did not play. Atl 113, Sac 105 at Sac Joe Johnson (Atl) had 26 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 26 points including 10-15 FG. Josh Smith (Atl) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 29 points and 11 rebounds. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 22 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists Schedule for Thursday, November 5 (All times Central) Chicago @ Cleveland 7:00 pm TNT San Antonio @ Utah 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