News from November 19. Houston expects Yao Ming to be out at least 2 more weeks with a bone bruise on his left ankle. New Jersey activated Ben Uzoh and placed Terrence Williams on IL. Cleveland activated Maurice Williams and placed Manny Harris on IL. Charlotte activated Kwame Brown and placed Eduardo Najera on IL. Oklahoma City activated Daequan Cook and placed Kevin Durant (sore left ankle) did not play. Chi 88, Dal 83 at Dal Taj Gibson (Chi) had 17 points and 18 rebounds including 8 offensive. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 10 points, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 22 points and 6 assists. Caron Butler (Dal) had 12 points including 3-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 36 points including 15-26 FG and 8 rebounds. Chi out-rebounded Dal 59-34 including 20-9 offensive. OKC 89, Bos 84 at Bos Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Russell Westrbook (OKC) had 31 points including 11-13 FT, 6 assists, and 7 turnovers. James Harden (OKC) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 16 points including 10-10 FT. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 14 points on 7-10 FG and 7 assists. NO 108, Cle 101 at NO David West (NO) had 34 points including 14-20 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chris Paul (NO) had 15 points, 10 assists, and 6 steals. Marco Belinelli (NO) had 20 points and 5 assists. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Ramon Sessions (Cle) had 16 points and 5 assists. NO shot 45.9% (39-85) FG and Cle shot 34.9% (30-86) FG. LAL 112, Min 95 at Min Pau Gasol (LAL) had 16 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 23 points including 8-27 FG and 8 rebounds. Matt Barnes (LAL) had 24 points on a perfect 7-7 FG, 5-5 3-pointers, and 5-5 FT, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Michael Beasley (LAL) had 25 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Darko Milicic (Min) had 23 points, 16 rebounds including 6 offensive, 5 assists, and 6 blocks. Mia 95, Cha 87 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 32 points and 5 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 22 points and 14 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 11 points including 4-13 FG. Nazr Mohammed (Cha) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 30 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Phi 90, Mil 79 at Phi Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 10 points including 4-12 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Louis Williams (Phi) had 19 points. Drew Gooden (Mil) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Corey Maggette (Mil) had 20 points including 10-11 FT and 6 rebounds. Carlos Delfino (Mil, neck strain) did not play. SA 94, Uta 82 at Uta Tim Duncan (SA) had 19 points, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 24 points including 11-17 FG, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 15 points including 5-15 FG. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Deron Williams (Uta) had 23 points including 8-11 FT and 5 assists. Was 89, Mem 86 at Was Andray Blatche (Was) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 24 points, including 8-10 FT and 5 turnovers. Kirk Hinrich (Was) had 22 points and 6 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 19 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 16 points including 7-9 FG and 8 rebounds. Was shot 30-35 FT and Mem shot 10-18 FT. Tor 106, Hou 96 at Tor Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 26 points including 11-17 FG and 6 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 15 points on 4-13 FG and 7-12 FT and 7 rebounds. Linas Kleiza (Tor) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Luis Scola (Hou) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 31 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 11-11 FT. Sac 86, NJ 81 at Sac Carl Landry (Sac) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 20 points, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 12 points. Kris Humphries (NJ) had 18 points on 9-12 FG and 10 rebounds. Anthony Morrow (NJ) had 17 points. NY 125, GS 119 at GS Danilo Gallinari (NY) had 23 points. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 26 points including 10-12 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Raymond Felton (NY) had 35 points including 13-17 FG and 4-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Monta Ellis (GS) had 40 points including 17-30 FG and 4-7 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Stephen Curry (GS) had 29 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Brandan Wright (GS, lower back strain) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, November 20 (All times Central) Phoenix @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Orlando @ Indiana 6:00 pm Dallas @ Atlanta 7:00 pm NBATV Miami @ Memphis 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Cleveland @ San Antonio 7:30 pm New Jersey @ Denver 8:00 pm Utah @ Portland 9:00 pm New York @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, November 21 (All times Central) Boston @ Toronto 12:00 pm Washington @ Detroit 5:00 pm New Orleans @ Sacramento 5:00 pm NBATV Golden State @ 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