News from November 21. The NBA fined Reggie Evans (Bro) $5,000 for his 2nd ruled flopping offense, which occurred during Tuesday's Bro-LAL game. Boston released Darko Milicic. New Orleans released Matt Carroll. San Antonio signed James Anderson. Brooklyn activated Tyshawn Taylor and Tornike Shengelia and placed Gerald Wallace (sore left ankle) and Jerry Stackhouse (rest) on IL. Cleveland activated Jon Leuer and placed Kyrie Irving (fracture left index finger) on IL. Detroit activated Kim English and placed Khris Middleton on IL. Indiana activated Miles Plumlee and placed Orlando Johnson on IL. Minnesota activated Kevin Love and placed Chase Budinger (torn meniscus left knee) and Brandon Roy (arthroscopic surgery right knee). Miami activated Dwyane Wade and placed Josh Harrellson on IL. Portland activated Joel Freeman and placed J.J. Hickson on IL. San Antonio activated Cory Joseph and placed Stephen Jackson (non-displaced fracture right pinky finger) and Kawhi Leonard (left knee tendinitis) on IL. Washington activated Nene and placed Trevor Booker on IL. Dal 114, NY 111 at Dal Darren Collison (Dal) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 7 assists. O.J. Mayo (Dal) had 27 points including 10-17 FG. Vince Carter (Dal) had 25 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Tyson Chandler (NY) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. OKC 117, LAC 111 OT at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 35 points including 9-21 FT, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals, and 6 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 23 points and 9 assists. Kevin Martin (OKC) had 20 points. Matt Barnes (LAC) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 steals. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 23 point, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 20 points. Caron Butler (LAC, strained right shoulder) did not play. Mia 113, Mil 106 OT at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 28 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 24 points including 9-14 FG, 18 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 28 points. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 19 points on 9-25 FG, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 steals. John Henson (Mil) had 17 points and 18 rebounds including 8 offensive. Mia shot 23-33 FT and Mil shot 9-12 FT. Hou 93, Chi 89 at Hou Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Patrick Patterson (Hou) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 28 points including 9-13 FT, 5 steals, and 6 turnovers. Luol Deng (Chi) had 19 points including 7-20 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 13 points and 15 rebounds. Daequan Cook (Hou, sprained right ankle) and Carlos Delfino (Hou, groin injury) did not play. Sac 113, LAL 97 at Sac Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 5 turnovers. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 23 points. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 38 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 11-13 FT and 7 turnovers. Metta World Peace (LAL) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. GS 102, Bro 93 at GS David Lee (GS) had 20 points on 10-15 FG, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 23 points. Stephen Curry (GS) had 25 points including 9-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 22 points including 10-16 FG and 3 blocks. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 13 points and 6 assists. Richard Jefferson (GS, strained right calf) did not play. Atl 101, Was 100 OT at Atl Kyle Korver (Atl) had 16 points including 5-12 3-pointers and the game winning 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds left. Josh Smith (Atl) had 25 points including 11-19 FG, 12 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Al Horford (Atl) had 15 points including 1-10 FT, 9 rebounds, and 10 assists. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 14 points including 6-18 FG and 7 assists. Kevin Seraphin (Was) had 21 points and 10 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 12 points including 3-14 FG, 15 rebounds, and 3 steals. Was out-rebounded Atl 58-37 including 19-10 offensive. Cle 92, Phi 83 at Cle Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 10 points including 3-10 FG and 19 rebounds including 7 offensive. Jeremy Pargo (Cle) had 28 points including 11-19 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 16 points on 7-22 FG and 6 assists. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 16 points and 5 assists. Jason Richardson (Phi) had 16 points. Daniel Gibson (Cle, sore right elbow) did not play. Cha 98, Tor 97 at Cha Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 14 points. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 19 points, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Ramon Sessions (Cha) had 14 points including 5-19 FG and 6 assists. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 25 points. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 21 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 3 blocks. SA 112, Bos 100 at Bos Tim Duncan (SA) had 20 points and 15 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 26 points including 12-17 FG and 6 assists. Tiago Splitter (SA) had 23 points including 9-11 FG. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 19 points. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 22 points and 15 assists. Ind 115, NO 107 OT at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 37 points including 13-21 FG and 9-13 3-pointers. David West (Ind) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 10 points, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 11 blocks. George Hill (Ind) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Robin Lopez (NO) had 21 points on 3-17 FG and 15-17 FT, 13 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 blocks. Lance Smith (NO) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO, stress reaction left ankle) did not play. Orl 90, Det 74 at Orl Glen Davis (Orl) had 11 points and 14 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 10 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Andrew Nicholson (Orl) had 15 points including 7-9 FG. Greg Monroe (Det) had 19 points including 9-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Orl shot 43.4% (36-83) FG and Det shot 32.9% (28-85) FG. Orl out-scored Det 26-8 in the 3rd quarter. Den 101, Min 94 at Min Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 18 points and 9 assists. Andre Iguodala (Den) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 34 points including 8-14 FT and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Pho 114, Por 87 at Pho Markieff Morris (Pho) had 19 points including 9-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 22 points on 11-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Pho) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 24 points and 6 turnovers. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 12 points including 5-15 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Pho shot 59.7% (46-77) FG and Por shot 40.3% (31-77) FG. Schedule for Thursday, November 22 (All times Central) No games scheduled Schedule for Friday, November 23 (All times Central) Atlanta at Charlotte 6:00 pm Cleveland at Orlando 6:00 pm Oklahoma City at Boston 6:30 pm NBATV LA Clippers at Brooklyn 6:30 pm Toronto at Detroit 6:30 pm San Antonio at Indiana 7:00 pm LA Lakers at Memphis 7:00 pm New York at Houston 7:00 pm Golden State at Denver 8:00 pm Sacramento at Utah 8:00 pm New Orleans at Phoenix 8:00 pm Minnesota 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