News from November 10. Houston head coach Kevin McHale has taken a leave of absence to attended to family matters. Assistant coach Kelvin Sampson will fill in while McHale is out. The LA Lakers assigned Darius Odom-Johnson to the NBADL. Charlotte activated Brendan Haywood. Detroit activated Khris Middleton and placed Sasha Kravtsov on IL. Indiana activated Orlando Johnson and placed Miles Plumlee on IL. San Antonio activated Stephen Jackson and placed Tony Parker (flu) on IL. Toronto activated Linas Kleiza and placed Landry Fields (sore wrist) on IL. Cha 101, Dal 97 OT at Cha Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 25 points including 9-10 FT and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 26 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 8 steals. Ramon Sessions (Cha) had 12 points including 5-15 FG. O.J. Mayo (Dal) had 22 points. Vince Carter (Dal) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. SA 112, Por 109 at Por Tim Duncan (SA) had 22 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Gary Neal (SA) had 27 points including 11-16 FG and 7 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 17 points. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 33 points including 11-18 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 29 points, 7 assists, and 4 blocks. Damian Lillard (Por) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 assists. Uta 94, Pho 81 at Uta Paul Millsap (Uta) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 13 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 27 points including 12-20 FG and 14 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 18 points including 6-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Luis Scola (Pho) had 21 points and 11 rebounds. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 16 points on 7-10 FG. Uta shot 48.7% (38-78) FG and Pho shot 36.8% (32-87) FG. Maurice Williams (Uta, strained right abductor) did not play. Bos 96, Mil 92 at Mil Paul Pierce (Bos) had 25 points and 9 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 10 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Samuel Dalembert (Mil) had 14 points including 6-8 FG and 8 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Mil) had 32 points including 9-10 FT and 8 assists. Chi 87, Min 80 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Nate Robinson (Chi) had 18 points and 5 turnovers. Andrei Kirilenko (Min) had 11 points including 3-9 FG, 12 rebounds, and 7 assists. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. J.J. Barea (Min, sprained left foot) and Brandon Roy (Min, sore right knee) did not play. Hou 96, Det 82 at Hou Omer Asik (Hou) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. James Harden (Hou) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Marcus Morris (Hou) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Brandon Knight (Det) had 16 points, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Ind 89, Was 85 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 12 points. Gerald Green (Ind) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Emeka Okafor (Was) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 17 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Ind shot 14-24 FT and Was shot 5-7 FT. Phi 93, Tor 83 at Tor Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Dorrel Wright (Phi) had 15 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 16 points, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 19 points including 6-17 FG and 6 rebounds. Kwame Brown (Phi, strained left calf) and Jason Richardson (Phi, sprained left ankle) did not play. Den 107, GS 101 2OT at GS Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 21 points including 8-22 FG and 3-11 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 18 points, 17 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 3 blocks. Andre Iguodala (Den) had 19 points including 7-24 FG, 12 rebounds, and 8 assists. David Lee (GS) had 18 points, 9 rebounds 5 assists, and 4 steals. Klay Thompson (GS) had 23 points on 9-26 FG and 5-15 3-pointers and 5 rebounds in 55 minutes. Stephen Curry (GS) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Carl Landry (GS) had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 9 rebounds. Jeremy Tyler (GS, flu) did not play. Schedule for Sunday, November 11 (All times Central) Orlando at Brooklyn 2:00 pm Atlanta at LA Clippers 2:30 pm Miami at Memphis 5:00 pm Cleveland at Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Sacramento at LA Lakers 8:30 pm Schedule for Monday, November 12 (All times Central) Utah at Toronto 6:00 pm NBATV Milwaukee at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Oklahoma City at Detroit 6:30 pm Boston at Chicago 7:00 pm Miami at Houston 7:00 pm Minnesota at Dallas 7:30 pm Denver at Phoenix 8:00 pm Atlanta at Portland 9:00 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html