News from November 9. The NBA named Chris Paul (NO) and Dwight Howard (Orl) as Players of the Week. Paul averaged 17.3 points, 11 assists, and 3.7 steals as New Orleans went 3-0. Howard averaged 23.3 points, 13.4 rebounds, and 3.7 blocks as Orlando went 3-0. Houston assigned Patrick Patterson to the NBADL. Former NBA player Quentin Dailey died at age 49. He played 10 seasons in the NBA from 82-83 - 91-92. Minnesota activated Lazar Hayward and placed Luke Ridnour (strained hamstring) on IL. The LA Lakers activated Devin Ebanks and placed Derrick Caracter on IL. The LA Clippers activated Baron Davis and placed Eric Gordon (shoulder injury) on IL. Cleveland activated Antawn Jamison and placed Manny Harris on IL. New Jersey activated Stephen Graham and placed Terrence Williams (lower abdominal strain) on IL. LAL 99, Min 94 at LAL Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 33 points and 6 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 15 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kevin Love (Min) had 23 points, 24 rebounds including 11 offensive, and 5 assists. Michael Beasley (Min) had 17 points, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Por 100, Det 78 at Por Nicolas Batum (Por) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 19 points and 17 rebounds including 5 offensive. Rudy Fernandez (Por) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Austin Daye (Det) had 15 points including 4-5 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 17 points. Uta 116, Mia 114 OT at Mia Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 46 points including 91-28 FG and 9 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 21 points including 9-15 FG and 14 assists. LeBron James (Mia) had 20 points on 5-18 FG and 10-11 FT, 11 rebounds, 14 assists, and 3 blocks. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 39 points including 12-16 FT and 6 rebounds. Uta shot 18-21 FT and Mia shot 36-47 FT. NO 101, LAC 82 at NO Chris Paul (NO) had 13 points, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Willie Green (NO) had 19 points including 7-10 FG. Jerryd Bayless (NO) had 15 points and 9 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Al-Farouq (LAC) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 8 rebounds. Cle 93, NJ 91 at NJ J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Ramon Sessions (Cle) had 15 points and 5 assists. Travis Outlaw (NJ) had 27 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Devin Harris (NJ) had 18 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Ind 144, Den 113 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 19 points on 8-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 assists. Darren Collison (Ind) had 29 points including 12-14 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 6 assists. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 31 points including 9-13 FG and 6-10 3-pointers. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 17 points. Ty Lawson (Den) had 19 points. Ind out-scored Den 54-27 in the 3rd quarter (Ind shot 20-21 FG in the quarter). Ind shot 64.4% (56-87) FG and Den shot 43.3% (39-90) FG. Mil 107, NY 80 at Mil Drew Gooden (Mil) had 17 points including 5-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Ersan Ilyaosva (Mil) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 19 points. Raymond Felton (NY) had 10 points, 8 assists, and 6 turnovers. Mil shot 51.3% (40-78) FG and NY shot 37.8% (28-74) FG. Carlos Delfino (Mil, strained neck) did not play. Schedule for Wednesday, November 10 (All times Central) Milwaukee @ Atlanta 6:00 pm Utah @ Orlando 6:00 pm ESPN Charlotte @ Toronto 6:00 pm Houston @ Washington 6:00 pm New Jersey @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Golden State @ New York 6:30 pm Dallas @ Memphis 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ San Antonio 8:30 pm ESPN Minnesota @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Schedule for Thursday, November 11 (All times Central) Boston @ Miami 7:00 pm TNT Golden State @ Chicago 7:00 pm LA Lakers @ Denver 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