News from December 1. The NBA named Luke Walton (GS) and David Blatt (Cle) as Coaches of the Month for November. Golden State went 19-0 and Cleveland went 13-4 in October and November. The NBA fined Reggie Jackson (Det) $25,000 for using inappropriate language towards a fan during Friday's Det-OKC game. With Philadelphia's (1-18) win over the Lakers, there are no more winless teams. Brooklyn activated Willie Reed and placed Andrea Bargnani on IL. The Lakers activated Louis Williams and placed Robet Sacre on IL. Minnesota activated Ricky Rubio and placed Tyus Jones on IL. New Orleans activated Tyreke Evans. Orlando placed Devyn Marble on IL. Dal 115, Por 112 OT at Por Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 28 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Zaza Pachulia (Dal) had 14 points and 21 rebounds including 5 offensive. Deron Williams (Dal) had 30 points including 1-17 FG, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. Meyers Leonard (Por) had 23 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Por) had 20 points. Chandler Parsons (Dal, rest) did not play. Mem 113, NO 104 at NO Marc Gasol (Mem) had 38 points including 16-16 FT, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 blocks. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Matt Barnes (Mem) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Anthony Davis (NO) had 17 points on 4-15 FG and 8-13 FT, 14 rebounds, and 9 blocks. Brandan Wright (Mem, sore right knee) did not play. Orl 96, Min 93 at Min Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andrew Nicholson (Orl) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 27 points on 9-15 FG and 8-11 FT. Kevin Martin (Min) had 16 points. Bro 94, Pho 91 at Bro Brook Lopez (Bro) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Jarrett Jack (Bro) had 11 points including 4-11 FG, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Shane Larkin (Bro) had 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Brandon Knight (Pho) had 26 points and 7 rebounds. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 17 points, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Phi 103, LAL 91 at Phi Robert Covington (Phi) had 23 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Jerami Grant (Phi) had 14 points including 6-7 FG, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Nerlens Noel (Phi) had 14 points including 5-7 FG and 9 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 20 points including 7-26 FG and 4-17 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Kendall Marshall (Phi) did not play. Was 97, Cle 85 at Cle John Wall (Was) had 35 points, 10 assists, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Bradley Beal (Was) had 18 points including 6-19 FG and 1-10 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 15 points including 7-10 FG, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. LeBron James (Cle) had 24 points, 13 rebounds, and 9 turnovers. Matthew Dellavedova (Cle) had 15 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Was shot 47% (39-83) FG and Cle shot 33.7% (28-83) FG. Gary Neal (Was, strained left groin) did not play. ---- 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