News from November 23. The NBA named Stephen Curry (GS) and LeBron James (Cle) as Players of the Week for the week ending November 22. Curry averaged 30.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals as Golden State went 4-0. James averaged 25.3 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 5.7 assists and James went 2-1. The NBA fined Mike Budenholzer (Atl) $25,000 for making contact with a ref during Saturday's Cle-Atl game. Detroit announced that they will retire Ben Wallace's #3 on January 16 and Chauncey Billup's #1 on February 10. Charlotte activated P.J. Hairston and placed Troy Daniels on IL. Minnesota activated Boban Marjanovic and placed Nemanja Bjelica on IL. Oklahoma City activated Kevin Durant and placed Steve Novak on IL. Phoenix activated Cory Jefferson and placed Eric Bledsoe (sore left knee) on IL. Sacramento activated Rudy Gay and placed Eric Moreland on IL. San Antonio activated Jonathon Simmons and placed Matt Bonner on IL. Cha 127, Sac 122 OT at Cha Kemba Walker (Cha) had 39 points including 16-23 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 18 points including 5-16 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jeremy Lin (Cha) had 14 points. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 28 points including 13-21 FG and 10 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 30 points including 13-21 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Rajon Rondo (Sac) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, 20 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Cle 117, Orl 103 at Cle Kevin Love (Cle) had 34 points including 11-18 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 13 assists. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 26 points on 10-16 FG and 6-10 3-pointers. Andrew Nicholson (Orl) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cle, right ankle inflammation) and Timofey Mozgov (Cle, strained right shoulder) did not play. Mia 95, NY 78 at Mia Chris Bosh (Mia) had 16 points on 2-12 FG and 11-12 FT and 6 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 16 points and 5 assists. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 11 points including 5-10 FT, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 20 points and 14 rebounds. Mil 109, Det 88 at Mil Greg Monroe (Mil) had 20 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 16 points including 5-7 FG. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Andre Drummond (Det) had 15 points and 15 rebounds including 9 offensive. Mil shot 51.8% (43-83) FG and Det shot 34.1% (31-91) FG. Min 100, Phi 95 at Min Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 32 points including 11-12 FT. Gorgui Dieng (Min) had 12 points including 4-5 FG and 5 rebounds. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 8 points, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 25 points including 10-15 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Robert Covington (Phi) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kendall Marshall (Phi) did not play. SA 98, Pho 84 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 24 points including 11-18 FG, 13 rebounds, and 4 steals. Tony Parker (SA) had 20 points on 10-13 FG, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Danny Green (SA) had 18 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 28 points including 12-15 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Brandon Knight (Pho) had 18 points, 8 assists, and 8 turnovers. OKC 111, Uta 89 at Uta Kevin Durant (OKC) had 27 points including 10-13 FG and 6 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 20 points including 10-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 19 points. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 11 points and 7 rebounds. OKC shot 54.5% (42-77) FG and Uta shot 38.4% (28-73) FG. OKC shot 16-18 FT and Uta shot 28-40 FT. ---- 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