News from November 7. Atlanta activated Thabo Sefolosha and Walter Tavares and placed Tim Hardaway and Tiago Spliiter on IL. Minnesota activated Tyus Jones and placed Kevin Martin (personal reasons) on IL. Sacramento activated Duje Dukan and placed Darren Collison (strained hamstring) on IL. Dal 107, NO 98 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Deron Williams (Dal) had 19 points. Dwight Powell (Dal) had 15 points including 7-9 FG and 7 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO) had 25 points including 11-19 FG. Eric Gordon (NO) had 21 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Omir Asik (NO, sprained right calf), Norris Cole (NO, sprained left ankle), and Jrue Holiday (NO, lower right leg) did not play. Hou 109, LAC 105 at LAC Dwight Howard (Hou) had 20 points including 8-10 FG, 20 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 5 turnovers. James Harden (Hou) had 46 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 13-14 FT and 7 turnovers. Marcus Thornton (Hou) had 16 points and 3 steals. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 35 points including 14-22 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 19 points. Chris Paul (LAC, sore right groin) did not play. GS 103, Sac 94 at Sac Stephen Curry (GS) had 24 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Klay Thompson (GS) had 18 points including 4-11 3-pointers. Festus Ezeli (GS) had 10 points including 3-9 FG and 12 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Sac) had 14 points on 7-20 FG, 12 rebounds, 15 assists, and 4 steals. Marco Belinelli (Sac) had 22 points including 9-10 FT. Uta 89, Mem 79 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 12 points, 16 rebounds, and 3 steals. Trey Burke (Uta) had 24 points including 6-8 3-pointers. Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points including 8-25 FG. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 13 points including 4-14 FG, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. SA 114, Cha 94 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 23 points including 10-16 FG. LaMarucs Aldridge (SA) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Patty Mills (SA) had 15 points. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 27 points including 11-15 FG. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Mil 94, Bro 86 at Mil Greg Monroe (Mil) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 14 points including 3-3 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jerryd Bayless (Mil) had 19 points and 10 assists. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 20 points. Thaddeus Young (Bro) had 18 points and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. Atl 114, Was 99 at Atl Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 25 points including 10-15 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Al Horford (Atl) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Otto Porter (Was) had 23 points. John Wall (Was) had 19 points, 12 assists, and 7 turnovers. Atl out-scored Was 39-21 in the 4th quarter. Orl 105, Phi 97 at Phi Evan Fournier (Orl) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 20 points including 8-10 FG, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 15 points including 6-18 FG and 5 rebounds. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 19 points including 5-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Isaiah Canaan (Phi) had 23 points including 6-12 3-pointers and 3 steals. Robert Covington (Phi, sprained right knee) did not play. Min 102, Chi 93 at Chi Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 31 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 5-10 FT. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 17 points, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 blocks. Nemanja Bjelica (Min) had 17 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 21 points and 14 rebounds. Tony Snell (Chi) had 14 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Min out-scored Chi 9-0 in overtime. ---- 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