News from November 28. Blake Griffin (LAC) suffered a sprained left MCL and is expected to be out 2 months. Cleveland placed Iman Shumpert (left knee effusion) on IL. Denver activated Tony Craig and placed Wilson Chandler (lower back pain) on IL. Milwaukee activated D.J. Wilson and placed Sterling Brown on IL. Utah activated Nate Wolters. Cle 108, Mia 97 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 21 points on 10-16 FG, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 steals. Kevin Love (Cle) had 38 points on 10-16 FG, 4-8 3-pointers, and 14-17 FT and 9 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Cle) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Dion Waiters (Mia) had 21 points including 3-11 3-pointers and 7 assists. Bam Adebayo (Mia) had 19 points on a perfect 7-7 FG and 5-5 FT and 6 rebounds. Pho 104, Chi 99 at Chi T.J. Warren (Pho) had 25 points and 7 rebounds. Devin Booker (Pho) had 33 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 8-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Alex Len (Pho) had 13 points and 18 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kris Dunn (Chi) had 24 points on 10-16 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 8 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Justin Holiday (Chi) had 25 points including 9-15 FG and 6-9 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Pho shot 17-23 FT and Chi shot 7-10 FT. Was 92, Min 89 at Min Otto Porter (Was) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Kelly Oubre (Was) had 16 points. Mike Scott (Was) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 20 points and 17 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 17 points including 5-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists. Jeff Teague (Min, sore right Achilles) did not play. Uta 106, Den 77 at Uta Derrick Favors (Uta) had 24 points on 12-16 FG, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Jonas Jerebko (Uta) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 26 points. Gary Harris (Den) had 18 points including 4-11 3-pointers. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 11 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Uta out-scored Den 58-28 in the 2nd half. Uta shot 48.3% (42-87) FG and Den shot 35.9% (28-78) FG. Rodney Hood (Uta, sore left ankle) did not play. Mil 112, Sac 87 at Sac Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 32 points on 11-16 FG and 9-13 FT, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Eric Bledsoe (Mil) had 21 points including 7-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 12 points. Garrett Temple (Sac) had 18 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Mil out-scored Sac 29-11 in the 2nd quarter. Mil shot 59.2% (42-71) FG and Sac shot 40.3% (31-77) FG. 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 Schedule for Thursday, November 30 (All times Central) Cleveland at Atlanta 6:30 pm Philadelphia at Boston 6:30 pm NBATV Chicago at Denver 8:00 pm Milwaukee at Portland 9:00 pm NBATV Utah at LA Clippers 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