News from December 3. The NBA named Stephen Curry (GS) and Paul George (Ind) as Players of the Month for November. Curry averaged 31.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 6 assists as Golden State went 19-0 in November and October. George averaged 27.2 points and 8.1 rebounds as Indiana went 11-5 in November and October. The NBA named Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) and Kristaps Porzingis (NY) as Rookies of the Month for November. Towns averaged 14.4 points and 9.4 rebounds as Minnesota went 7-9 in November and October. Porzingis averaged 13.7 points and 9.3 rebounds as New York went 8-10 in November and October. Aron Baynes (Det) underwent surgery to repair a broken nose. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks with a dislocated right index finger. Denver placed Gary Harris on IL. Miami placed Jarnell Stokes on IL. Portland activated Chris Kaman and placed Cliff Alexander on IL. Sacramento activated Eric Moreland and placed Omri Casspi on IL. San Antonio activated Boban Marjanovic and placed Rasual Butler on IL. Toronto activated James Johnson and placed Delon Wright on IL. Mia 97, OKC 95 at Mia Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 28 points including the game winning free throws with 1.5 seconds left. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 14 points and 7 assists. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 25 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 25 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 7 turnovers. Den 106, Tor 105 at Tor Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Darrell Arthur (Den) had 19 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Will Barton (Den) had 22 points. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 34 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 6 points including 4-16 FG, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Orl 103, Uta 94 at Uta Tobias Harris (Orl) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 14 points and 7 assists. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 24 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Alec Burks (Uta) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Rudy Gobet (Uta, sprained left MCL) did not play. SA 103, Mem 83 at Mem Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 27 points including 9-13 FG and 7-9 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 18 points and 3 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 15 points including 7-11 FG, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Mike Conley (Mem) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. SA shot 50% (40-80) FG and Mem shot 37.5% (30-80) FG. Por 123, Ind 111 at Por C.J. McCollum (Por) had 21 points including 7-20 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 26 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Allen Crabbe (Por) had 18 points on 7-10 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. C.J. Miles (Ind) had 27 points including 9-14 FG and 8-11 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. George Hill (Ind) had 18 points. Rodney Stuckey (Ind) had 17 points including 4-11 FG, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Bos 114, Sac 97 at Mexico City, Mexico Jae Crowder (Bos) had 20 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 6 assists. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 3 steals. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 21 points on 9-12 FG. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 16 points including 4-17 FG and 7 rebounds. ---- 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