News from November 27. The NBA named Anthony Davis (NO) and Goran Dragic (Mia) as Players of the Week for the week ending November 26. Davis averaged 29.3 points and 12.5 rebounds as New Orleans went 3-1. Dragic averaged 23.7 points as Miami went 3-0. Paul Millsap (Den) underwent surgery on his left wrist and will be out several months. Memphis fired head coach David Fizdale. Assistant coach J.B. Bickerstaff was named as interim coach. Boston activated Marcus Morris. Brooklyn activated Isaiah Whitehead and placed Rondae Hollis-Jefferson on IL. Cleveland activated Iman Shumpert and placed London Perrentes on IL. Golden State activated Quinn Cook and placed Stephen Curry (right hand contusion) on IL. Indiana activated Victor Oladipo and placed Ike Anigobu on IL. The LA Lakers activated Larry Nance. New York activated Joakim Noah and placed Ron Baker on IL. Philadelphia placed Jacob Pullen on IL. San Antonio activated Tony Parker. SA 115, Dal 108 at SA LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 33 points including 13-19 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Pau Gasol (SA) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Kyle Anderson (SA) had 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 19 points including 5-6 3-pointers. Dennis Smith (Dal) had 19 points and 5 assists. Rudy Gay (SA, sore right heel) did not play. LAC 120, LAL 115 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 26 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Louis Williams (LAC) had 42 points on 12-21 FG, 4-8 3-pointers, and 14-14 FT. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (LAL) had 29 points including 5-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Sac 110, GS 106 at GS Garrett Temple (Sac) had 14 points. George Hill (Sac) had 16 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Willie Caulie-Stein (Sac) had 19 points including 8-9 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 21 points including 7-20 FG and 5-12 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Patrick McCaw (GS) had 16 points, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Hou 117, Bro 103 at Hou Clint Capela (Hou) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 37 points including 13-20 FG and 8-13 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists. Ryan Anderson (Hou) had 13 points. Spencer Dinwiddie (Bro) had 14 points and 7 assists. Isaiah Whitehead (Bro) had 24 points including 10-16 FG and 5 turnovers. Hou shot 20-50 3-pointers and Bro shot 10-39 3-pointers. Por 103, NY 91 at NY Pat Connaughton (Por) had 17 points on 7-9 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Damian Lillard (Por) had 32 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 11-11 FT and 5 assists. Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 12 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kristaps Porzinigis (NY) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 16 points including 6-18 FG. Det 118, Bos 108 at Bos Tobias Harris (Det) had 31 points including 11-16 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 26 points including 10-12 FG, 22 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 7 assists. Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 18 points, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. Marcus Smart (Bos) had 23 points including 6-9 3-pointers and 6 assists. Cle 113, Phi 91 at Phi LeBron James (Cle) had 30 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 assists. Dwyane Wade (Cle) had 15 points and 5 assists. Jeff Green (Cle) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 30 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 10 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Cle shot 47.7% (41-86) FG and Phi shot 37.5% (36-96) FG. Ind 121, Orl 109 at Ind Bojan Bogdanovic (Ind) had 22 points. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 26 points on 11-14 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Domantas Sabonis (Ind) had 19 points including 5-7 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 18 points including 7-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jonathon Simmons (Orl) had 21 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Schedule for Tuesday, November 28 (All times Central) Miami at Cleveland 6:00 pm NBATV Phoenix at Chicago 7:00 pm Washington at Minnesota 7:00 pm Denver at Utah 9:00 pm ESPN Milwaukee at Sacramento 9:00 pm Schedule for Wednesday, November 29 (All times Central) Phoenix at Detroit 6:00 pm Oklahoma City at Orlando 6:00 pm Washington at Philadelphia 6:00 pm NBATV Miami at New York 6:30 pm Charlotte at Toronto 6:30 pm Indiana at Houston 7:00 pm Minnesota at New Orleans 7:00 pm Brooklyn at Dallas 7:30 pm Memphis at San Antonio 7:30 pm Golden State at LA Lakers 9:30 pm NBATV ---- 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