News from November 12. The NBA Board of Governors formally approved the sale of the Golden State Warriors to a group headed by Joe Jacob and Peter Guber. David Lee (GS) underwent surgery on his left elbow after an infection developed. The injury occurred during Wednesday's GS-NY game when Lee and Wilson Chandler (NY) collided and Chandler lost several teeth and part of a tooth became embedded in Lee's arm. Minnesota signed Sundiata Gaines. Jason Kidd (Dal) had his 11,000th career assist during Friday's Dal-Phi game. He is in 2nd place on the All-Time Assists List behind John Stockton (15,806) [Steve Nash is the next active player on the list at 8th place coming into the season with 8,397 assists)]. Philadelphia activated Andre Iguodala and Jason Kapono and placed Darius Songaila and Craig Brackins on IL. Atlanta activated Maurice Evans and placed Etan Thomas on IL. Houston activated Jermaine Taylor and placed Yao Ming (sprained left ankle) on IL. Toronto activated Ed Davis and Solomon Alabi and placed David Andersen (flu) and Linas Kleiza (right Achilles tendinitis) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Byron Mullens and placed Royal Ivey (personal reasons) on IL. The LA Clippers activated Randy Foye and placed Chris Kaman (knee injury) on IL. Dal 99, Phi 90 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 16 points including 5-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Brendan Haywood (Dal) had 6 points and 17 rebounds including 9 offensive. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 19 points. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 11 points and 13 assists. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 17 points. Min 112, NY 103 at Min Kevin Love (Min) had 31 points including 8-10 FT, 31 rebounds including 12 offensive, and 5 assists - it was the first time since 1982 that a player had a 30-30 game. Michael Beasley (Min) had 35 points including 16-29 FG and 6 rebounds. Wesley Johnson (Min) had 15 points and 3 blocks. Wilson Chandler (NY) had 17 points including 6-19 FG, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 blocks. Danilo Gallinari (NY) had 25 points including 6-17 FG and 4-11 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Raymond Felton (NY) had 22 points and 8 assists. Min out-scored NY 32-16 in the 4th quarter. Tor 110, Orl 106 at Orl Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 27 points. Jarrett Jack (Tor) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 26 points including 10-12 Ft and 7 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 25 points on 9-14 FG and 7-17 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 8 assists. Mickael Pietrus (Orl) had 24 points on 8-11 3-pointers (the only shots he attempted). Cha 93, Was 85 at Was Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 25 points including 9-15 FG and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 25 points including 9-15 FG and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 17 points and 10 assists. Andray Blatche (Was) had 22 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. John Wall (Was) had 13 points, 11 assists, and 4 steals. Cha shot 18-24 FT and Was shot 8-10 FT. Uta 90, Atl 86 at Atl Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Deron Williams (Uta) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Josh Smith (Atl) had 20 points including 8-11 FG, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 23 points including 10-17 FG and 3 steals. Pho 103, Sac 89 at Pho Steve Nash (Pho) had 28 points including 13-18 FG, 7 rebounds, and 14 assists. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Hakim Warrick (Pho) had 18 points including 6-8 FG. Carl Landry (Sac) had 20 points and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Pho shot 51.9% (41-79) FG and Sac shot 40.9% (36-88) FG. OKC 110, Por 108 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 34 points including 13-21 FG. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 36 points including 11-12 FT, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Andre Miller (Por) had 19 points and 10 assists. Brandon Roy (Por) had 24 points. Hou 102, Ind 99 at Ind Luis Scola (Hou) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Brad Miller (Hou) had 23 points including 3-3 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. James Posey (Ind) had 19 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Hou shot 17-25 FT and Ind shot 10-13 FT. Det 113, LAC 107 OT at LAC Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 17 points and 6 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 12 points including 4-13 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 steals. Charlie Villanueva (Det) had 30 points including 9-15 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 28 points including 10-11 FT, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 18 points and 18 rebounds. Randy Foye (LAC, strained left hamstring) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, November 13 (All times Central) Utah @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Orlando @ New Jersey 6:00 pm Indiana @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Toronto @ Miami 6:30 pm Washington @ Chicago 7:00 pm Boston @ Memphis 7:00 pm Portland @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Golden State @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm NBATV Philadelphia @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, November 14 (All times Central) Minnesota @ Atlanta 1:00 pm Detroit @ Sacramento 5:00 pm San Antonio @ Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Houston @ New York 6:30 pm NBATV Phoenix @ LA Lakers 8:30 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