News from November 12. New Orleans signed Josh Childress and Louis Amundson and released Arinze Onuaku and Lance Thomas. Utah released Jamaal Tinsley. The LA Lakers activated Elias Harris and placed Steve Nash (sore back) on IL. Miami activated Udonis Haslem and placed Ray Allen (ill) on IL. Dal 105, Was 95 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 19 points and 7 assists. Samuel Dalembert (Dal) had 15 points including 5-7 FG and 5 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 27 points including 10-17 FG and 5-11 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. John Wall (Was) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Wayne Ellington (Dal, right thigh contusion) did not play. Mia 118, Mil 95 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 33 points including 13-21 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 15 points and 7 assists. Michael Beasley (Mia) had 19 points. John Henson (Mil) had 18 points including 7-10 FG. Gary Neal (Mil) had 18 points. Mia shot 58.2% (46-79) FG and Mil shot 41.8% (33-79) FG. Larry Sanders (Mil, right thumb surgery) and Ersan Ilyasova (Mil, sore right ankle) did not play. GS 113, Det 95 at GS Stephen Curry (GS) had 25 points including 7-10 FG and 8 assists. David Lee (GS) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (GS) had 17 points including 7-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Andre Drumond (Det) had 16 points on 8-10 FG, 14 rebounds including 8 offensive, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Greg Monroe (Det) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. GS shot 60% (42-70) FG and Det shot 42.5% (37-87) FG. LAL 116, NO 95 at LAL Jordan Hill (LAL) had 21 points and 11 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Nick Young (LAL) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Eric Gordon (NO) had 17 points and 3 steals. Anthony Davis (NO) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. LAL shot 55.7% (44-79) FG and NO shot 40.5% (34-84) FG. LAL out-rebounded NO 53-31. Schedule for Wednesday, November 13 (All times Central) Milwaukee at Orlando 6:00 pm Houston at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Charlotte at Boston 6:30 pm Toronto at Memphis 7:00 pm Cleveland at Minnesota 7:00 pm New York at Atlanta 7:00 pm ESPN Washington at San Antonio 7:30 pm LA Lakers at Denver 8:00 pm New Orleans at Utah 8:00 pm Phoenix at Portland 9:00 pm Brooklyn at Sacramento 9:00 pm Oklahoma City at LA Clippers 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Thursday, November 14 (All times Central) Houston at New York 7:00 pm TNT Oklahoma City at Golden State 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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