News from November 14. The NBA named James Harden (Hou) and DeMar DeRozan (Tor) as Players of the Week for the week ending November 13. Harden averaged 27 points, 9.7 rebounds, and 14.3 assists as Houston went 2-1. DeRozan averaged 34.7 points as Toronto went 3-0. Brooklyn activated Chris McCullough. Detroit activated Henry Ellenson and placed Andre Drummond (sprained ankle) on IL. Indiana activated Paul George and placed Rakeem Christmas on IL. New York activated Ron Baker and placed Lance Thomas on IL. Orlando activated Arinze Onuaku and placed Stephen Zimmerman on IL. San Antonio activated Dejounte Murray and placed Bryn Forbes on IL. Utah activated Boris Diaw and placed Rodney Hood (ill) on IL. NY 93, Dal 77 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 24 points and 11 rebounds. Justin Holiday (NY) had 16 points including 6-7 FG. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 20 points. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 17 points. Deron Williams (Dal, strained left calf) did not play. NY out-scored Dal 31-12 in the 3rd quarter. Ind 88, Orl 69 at Ind C.J. Miles (Ind) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Jeff Teague (Ind) had 11 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Paul George (Ind) had 13 points including 5-16 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 14 points including 4-15 FG. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Det 104, OKC 88 at Det Tobias Harris (Det) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Arron Baynes (Det) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 17 points. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 33 points including 11-12 FT, 15 rebounds, 8 assists, and 7 turnovers. Jerami Grant (OKC) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. NO 106, Bos 105 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 25 points including 7-22 FG and 11-13 FT, 16 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Terrence Jones (NO) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Langston Galloway (NO) had 21 points. Tim Frazier (NO) had 10 points including the game winning free throw with 2.5 seconds left and 6 assists. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 37 points including 3-10 3-pointers and 8-10 FT and 7 assists. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (NO, personal reasons) did not play. Hou 115, Phi 88 at Hou James Harden (Hou) had 33 points including 12-20 FG and 4-8 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 17 points including 5-11 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 13 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Ersan Ilyasova (Phi) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Hou shot 48.4% (44-91) FG and Phi shot 37.8% (34-90) FG. SA 94, Mia 90 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 24 points and 12 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 18 points. Pau Gasol (SA) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 23 points including 9-11 FG and 17 rebounds including 6 offensive. Dion Waiters (Mia) had 27 points and 3 steals. Mem 102, Uta 96 at Uta Marc Gasol (Mem) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Mike Conley (Mem) had 18 points and 7 assists. Vince Carter (Mem) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 18 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Joe Ingles (Uta) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Trey Lyles (Uta) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. George Hill (Uta, sprained right thumb) did not play. LAC 127, Bro 95 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 20 points including 9-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 18 points. Chris Paul (LAC) had 21 points including 8-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 9 assists, and 5 steals. Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) had 18 points including 8-11 FG. Sean Kilpatrick (Bro) had 14 points including 5-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. LAC out-scored Bro 39-14 in the 1st quarter. Schedule for Tuesday, November 15 (All times Central) Toronto @ Cleveland 6:00 pm NBATV Atlanta @ Miami 6:30 pm Charlotte @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Chicago @ Portland 9:00 pm NBATV Brooklyn @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm Schedule for Wednesday, November 16 (All times Central) Washington @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm New Orleans @ Orlando 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Indiana 6:00 pm Dallas @ Boston 6:30 pm Detroit @ New York 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Houston @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Golden State @ Toronto 7:00 pm ESPN Phoenix @ Denver 8:00 pm Memphis @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm ESPN San Antonio @ Sacramento 9:30 pm ---- 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