News from November 5. The NBA suspended J.R. Smith (NY) for 1 game for striking Glen Rice (Was) in the groin during Tuesday's NY-Was game. Cleveland activated Will Cherry and placed Matthew Dellavedova on IL. Golden State activated David Lee and placed Justin Holiday on IL. Memphis activated Courtney Lee and placed Jarnell Stokes on IL. Miami activated Udonis Haslem and placed Danny Granger on IL. Phoenix activated Tyler Ennis and placed Zoran Dragic on IL. San Antonio activated Tiago Splitter and placed Kyle Anderson on IL. Toronto activated Bruno Cabocio and placed Jonas Valanciunas. GS 121, LAC 104 at GS Draymond Green (GS) had 24 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 28 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 13 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 15 points, 12 assists, and 4 steals. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 24 points. GS shot 58.1% (43-74) FG and LAC shot 46.3% (38-82) FG. GS shot 15-25 3-pointers and LAC shot 7-19 3-pointers. Sac 131, Den 109 at Sac Rudy Gay (Sac) had 29 points on 9-12 FG, 3-3 3-pointers, and 8-10 FT. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 30 points on 10-14 FG and 10-11 FT and 11 rebounds. Carl Landry (Sac) had 18 points. Ty Lawson (Den) had 13 points and 9 assists. Randy Foye (Den) had 19 points including 7-11 FG. Sac shot 55.3% (42-76) FG and Den shot 45.1% (37-82) FG. J.J. Hickson (Den, suspended) did not play. Uta 102, Cle 100 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 21 points including the game winning jumper at the buzzer and 7 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 21 points including 9-13 FG and 10 rebounds. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 31 points including 12-12 FT and 3 steals. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 34 points including 8-10 FT. Mem 102, Pho 91 at Pho Marc Gasol (Mem) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Courtney Lee (Mem) had 22 points on 9-14 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Mike Conley (Mem) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 11 assists. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 23 points including 9-12 FG, 5 rebounds, and 9 turnovers. SA 94, Atl 92 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points including 7-12 FT, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 17 points, 7 assists, and 7 turnovers. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. DeMarre Carroll (Atl) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 steals. SA shot 27-38 FT and Atl shot 8-11 FT. Was 96, Ind 94 OT at Was Marcin Gortat (Was) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Garrett Temple (Was) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 31 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Donald Sloan (Ind) had 31 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 7-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Chris Copeland (Ind) had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Ind, sore left foot), C.J. Watson (Ind, bruised right foot), and David West (Ind, sprained right ankle) did not play. Chi 95, Mil 86 at Mil Taj Gibson (Chi) had 23 points and 10 rebounds. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 22 points and 14 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 10 points including 3-15 FG, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Det 98, NY 95 at Det Greg Monroe (Det) had 23 points and 18 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Brandon Jennings (Det) had 12 points including 2-9 FG and 5 assists. Jason Smith (NY) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Det shot 23-33 FT and NY shot 8-10 FT. Gigi Diatome (Det, strained right hamstring) and J.R. Smith (NY, suspended) did not play. Min 98, Bro 91 at Bro Kevin Martin (Min) had 26 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 12 assists. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 22 points. Deron Williams (Bro) had 19 points and 6 assists. Tor 110, Bos 107 at Bos Patrick Patterson (Tor) had 14 points including 4-6 3-pointers. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 23 points including 9-25 FG and 6 assists. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 35 points on 12-17 FG and 9-10 FT. Jeff Green (Bos) had 20 points and 3 blocks. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 19 points and 16 rebounds including 8 offensive. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 13 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 13 points, 10 rebounds, 15 assists, and 5 turnovers. Tor out-rebounded Bos 55-24 including 17-6 offensive. Tor had 28 turnovers and Bos had 7 turnovers. Orl 91, Phi 89 at Phi Tobias Harris (Orl) had 18 points and the game winning jumper at the buzzer and 8 rebounds. Channing Frye (Orl) had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Brandon Davis (Phi) had 20 points including 9-11 FG. Tony Wroten (Phi) had 27 points including 9-16 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 8 assists, 5 steals, and 9 turnovers. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi, right shoulder injury) did not play. Cha 96, Mia 89 at Cha Al Jefferson (Cha) had 28 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 18 points including 5-6 FG and 7 assists. Cody Zeller (Cha) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 23 points and 13 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 25 points and 7 assists. Udonis Haslem (Mia, left quad strain) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, November 6 (All times Central) San Antonio @ Houston 7:00 pm TNT Dallas @ Portland 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, November 7 (All times Central) Atlanta @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Minnesota @ Orlando 6:00 pm Chicago @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Indiana @ Boston 6:30 pm New York @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ Detroit 6:30 pm Washington @ Toronto 6:30 pm Memphis @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm ESPN Sacramento @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Dallas @ Utah 8:00 pm Cleveland @ Denver 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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