News from November 9. The NBA fined John Wall (Was) $25,000 for inappropriate interaction with a ref during Monday's Hou-Was game. Brooklyn signed Yogi Ferrell and released Greivis Vasquez. Boston activated Kelly Olynyk. New York activated Maurice Ndour and placed Ron Baker on IL. Orlando activated Stephen Zimmerman and placed Arinze Onuaku on IL. Portland activated Tim Quarterman and placed Al-Farouq Aminu on IL. San Antonio activated Danny Green and placed Bryn Forbes on IL. Washington placed Isaiah Whitehead (concussion) on IL. Former NBA player Greg Ballard died at age 61. He played 11 seasons in the NBA from 77-78 - 88-89. GS 116, Dal 95 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 28 points including 10-16 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 24 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 assists, and 5 turnover. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 25 points and 8 rebounds. Justin Anderson (Dal) had 16 points including 6-19 FG, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. GS shot 58.1% (43-74) FG and Dal shot 395% (34-86) FG. Deron Williams (Dal, strained left calf), Andrew Bogut (Dal, rest), J.J. Barea (Dal, rest), and Wesley Matthews (Dal, rest) did not play. LAC 111, Por 80 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) hd 22 points including 8-10 FT and 13 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 19 points and 7 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Noah Vonleh (Por) had 5 points on 2-8 FG and 11 rebounds. Shabazz Napier (Por) had 11 points including 1-6 3-pointers. LAC out-scored Por 61-32 in the 1st half. [Por's 5 starters only shot 11-46 FG] LAC shot 24-33 FT and Por shot 12-14 FT. Hou 101, SA 99 at SA Ryan Anderson (Hou) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 24 points, 12 rebounds, 15 assists, and 8 turnovers. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 16 points including 5-14 FG. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 34 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 14 points including 5-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Pho 107, Det 100 at Pho T.J. Warren (Pho) had 18 points. Alex Len (Pho) had 16 points including 7-10 FG, 14 rebounds, and 3 steals. Eric Beldsoe (Pho) had 21 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 19 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 18 points and 14 rebounds. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 27 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Tor 112, OKC 102 at OKC DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 37 points on 13-22 FG and 11-15 FT, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 19 points including 6-20 FG and 5-11 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 13 assists, and 5 turnovers. Patrick Patterson (Tor) had 13 points. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 36 points on 9-26 FG and 15-18 FT, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 8 turnovers. Victor Oladipo (OKC) had 18 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Terrence Ross (Tor, strained right index finger) and Jonas Valanciunas (Tor, left knee contusion) did not play. Atl 115, Chi 107 at Atl Dwight Howard (Atl) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 16 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Thabo Sefolosha (Atl) had 20 points including 8-9 FG and 3 steals. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 39 points on 13-24 FG, 4-9 3-pointers, and 9-12 FT, 7 assists, and 6 steals. Dwyane Wade (Chi) had 25 points including 10-17 FG and 5 steals. Ind 122, Phi 115 OT at Ind Jeff Teague (Ind) had 30 points on 10-16 FG and 9-10 FT and 9 assists. Paul George (Ind) had 28 points and 8 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Ind) had 18 points on 9-12 FG and 6 rebounds. Robert Covington (Phi) had 23 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Hollis Thompson (Phi) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Joel Embiid (Phi, training) did not play. Min 123, Orl 107 at Orl Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 29 points and 6 assists. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Zach LaVine (Min) had 37 points including 14-22 FG. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 24 points including 11-19 FG, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 6 assists. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 18 points and 7 assists. Min out-scored Orl 39-17 in the 1st quarter. Cha 104, Uta 98 at Cha Marvin Williams (Cha) had 19 points on 7-11 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 21 points including 7-20 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 29 points and 7 rebounds. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 20 points including 4-10 3-pointers. George Hill (Uta, sprained right thumb) did not play. Was 118, Bos 93 at Was Otto Porter (Was) had 34 points including 14-19 FG, 14 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 steals. John Wall (Was) had 19 points, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Trey Burke (Was) had 18 points including 7-9 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 21 points on 9-14 FG. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 23 points on 6-18 FG, 1-6 3-pointers, and 10-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Marcus Smart (Bos) had 20 points including 4-9 3-pointers. NY 110, Bro 96 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 21 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Wlly Hernangomez (NY) had 14 points including 6-7 FG and 6 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 21 points. Justin Hamilton (Bro) had 21 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Schedule for Thursday, November 10 (All times Central) New Orleans @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Chicago @ Miami 7:00 pm TNT Golden State @ Denver 8:00 pm LA Lakers @ Sacramento 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, November 11 (All times Central) Indiana @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Washington 6:00 pm Toronto @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Utah @ Orlando 6:00 pm New York @ Boston 6:30 pm LA Clippers @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm NBATV Detroit @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Sacramento @ Portland 9:00 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