News from November 15. Atlanta activated Lamar Patterson and placed Jeff Teague (sore left ankle) on IL. Charlotte activated Cody Zeller and placed P.J. Hairston on IL. Toronto activated Terrence Ross and placed Bruno Caboclo on IL. Utah activated Rodney Hood and placed Tibor Pleiss on IL. Stats Leaders Points Stephen Curry (GS) 33.4 James Harden (Hou) 28.4 LeBron James (Cle) 27.0 Rebounds Andre Drummond (Det) 19.0 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 12.9 Kevin Love (Cle) 12.1 Assists Russell Westbrook (OKC) 10.3 Rajon Rondo (Sac) 9.5 John Wall (Was) 8.5 NY 95, NO 87 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 29 points and 13 rebounds. Langston Galloway (NY) had 15 points including 5-6 FG. Kevin Seraphin (NY) had 12 points on 6-8 FG. Anthony Davis (NO) had 36 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Norris Cole (NO, sprained left ankle) did not play. Mem 114, Min 106 at Min Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 7 assists. Jeff Green (Mem) had 21 points. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Zach LaVine (Min) had 25 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 21 points. Brandan Wright (Mem, sore right knee) did not play. Cha 106, Por 94 at Cha Al Jefferson (Cha) had 29 points including 13-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 33 points including 11-19 FG and 5-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 14 points and 5 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 23 points including 9-25 FG and 1-9 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Allen Crabbe (Por) had 17 points on 8-11 FG. Cha shot 49.4% (41-83) FG and Por shot 39.3% (35-89) FG. Uta 97, Atl 96 at Atl Derrick Favors (Uta) had 23 points and 9 rebounds. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 20 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Alec Burks (Uta) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 28 points and 6 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Bos 100, OKC 85 at OKC Marcus Smart (Bos) had 26 points including 9-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 20 points and 8 assists. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 8 points including 3-12 FG, 15 rebounds, and 4 steals. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 27 points on 5-20 FG and 15-17 FT, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. OKC shot 47.6% (39-82) FG and OKC shot 36.4% (28-77) FG. Sac 107, Tor 101 at Sac Rudy Gay (Sac) had 27 points including 10-16 FG and 6 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 36 points including 9-12 FT, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Omri Casspi (Sac) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 24 points, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 22 points including 6-12 3-pointers, 7 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. LAL 97, Det 85 at LAL Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 17 points including 6-19 FG, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Roy Hibbert (LAL) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 17 points and 17 rebounds. Spencer Dinwiddie (Det) had 17 points. ---- 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