News from November 22. The NBA fined Mike Woodson (NY) $25,000 for publically criticizing the refs during a sports radio interview on Thursday. Atlanta activated John Jenkins and placed Louis Williams on IL. Charlotte activated Al Jefferson and placed James Southerland on IL. Cleveland activated Tyler Zeller and Carrick Felix and placed C.J. Miles and Henry Sims on IL. Portland activated Meyers Leonard and placed Victor Claver on IL. Toronto activated Austin Daye and Julyan Stone and placed Quincy Acy and Dwight Buycks on IL. Utah activated Marvin Williams and placed Brandon Rush on IL. Vern Mikkelsen died at age 85. Mikkelsen played 10 seasons for the Minneapolis Lakers from 49-50 - 58-59. Dal 103, Uta 93 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 18 points including 5-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Samuel Dalembert (Dal) had 18 points including 8-8 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 26 points including 9-10 FT and 6 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Marvin Williams (Uta) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Dal shot 20-27 FT and Uta shot 8-12 FT. LAL 102, GS 95 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 24 points including 11-19 FG and 10 rebounds. Nick Young (LAL) had 21 points. Jordan Farmar (LAL) had 14 points and 8 assists. Harrison Barnes (GS) had 20 points on 9-13 FG. David Lee (GS) had 21 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Klay Thompson (GS) had 19 points including 6-20 FG and 4-0 3-pointers. Chris Kaman (LAL, sore back) and Ognjen Kuzmic (GS, fractured bone right hand) did not play. Por 98, Chi 95 at Por Nicolas Batum (Por) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 steals. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 28 points on 12-19 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. Damian Lillard (Por) had 20 points and 6 assists. Luol Deng (Chi) had 15 points including 6-17 FG and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 20 points including 6-19 FG and 5 rebounds. NO 104, Cle 100 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 17 points, 13 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 3 blocks. Eric Gordon (NO) had 19 points. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 22 points including 1-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jarrett Jack (Cle) had 19 points on 9-13 FG. NO shot 40.9% (36-88) FG and Cle shot 53.2% (41-77) FG. NO shot 26-33 FT and Cle shot 10-16 FT. Min 111, Bro 81 at Min Kevin Love (Min) had 17 points and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kevin Martin (Min) had 17 points. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 15 points. Andray Blatche (Bro) had 16 points. Shabazz Muhammad (Min, sprained right ankle) and Deron Williams (Bro, sprained left ankle) did not play. SA 102, Mem 86 at Mem Tony Parker (SA) had 20 points and 5 assists. Tiago Splitter (SA) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Mike Conley (Mem) had 28 points including 12-19 FG and 4 steals. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 16 points including 5-15 FG and 10 rebounds. Atl 96, Det 89 at Det Jeff Teague (Atl) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Al Horford (Atl) had 17 points and 11 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Kyle Singler (Det) had 22 points including 9-13 FG. Andre Drummond (Det) had 15 points including 6-7 FG and 16 rebounds. Charlie Villanueva (Det, sore back) did not play. Ind 97, Bos 82 at Bos Paul George (Ind) had 27 points. David West (Ind) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Luis Scola (Ind) had 17 points including 7-9 FG. Jeff Green (Bos) had 20 points. Jordan Crawford (Bos) had 24 points including 10-12 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 6 turnovers. Ind out-scored Bos 25-8 in the 3rd quarter. Ind shot 15-18 FT and Bos shot 7-9 FT. C.J. Watson (Ind, upper respiratory infection) and Keith Bogans (Bos, ill) did not play. Tor 96, Was 88 at Tor Rudy Gay (Tor) had 17 points and 4 blocks. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 11 points including 5-14 FG and 13 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 71 points and 6 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 37 points including 15-21 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Bradley Beal (Was) had 17 points including 7-21 FG. Phi 115, Mil 107 OT at Phi Evan Turner (Phi) had 27 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 25 points on 11-16 FG, 12 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 12 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Caron Butler (Mil) had 38 points on 13-22 FG, 4-8 3-pointers, and 8-11 FT, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Brandon Knight (Mil, sore right hamstring) and Thaddeus Young (Phi, personal reasons) did not play. Pho 98, Cha 91 at Cha P.J. Tucker (Pho) had 17 points including 6-6 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Channing Frye (Pho) had 20 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 14 points including 6-11 FT, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 6 turnovers. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 17 points. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Eric Bledsoe (Pho, left shin contusion) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, November 23 (All times Central) Sacramento at LA Clippers 2:30 pm Philadelphia at Indiana 6:00 pm New York at Washington 6:00 pm Boston at Atlanta 6:30 pm Orlando at Miami 6:30 pm Minnesota at Houston 7:00 pm Charlotte at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Cleveland at San Antonio 7:30 pm Dallas at Denver 8:00 pm NBATV Portland at Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, November 24 (All times Central) Detroit at Brooklyn 1:00 pm Chicago at LA Clippers 2:30 pm Phoenix at Orlando 5:00 pm NBATV Utah at Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Sacramento at LA Lakers 8:30 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