News from November 29. Charlotte activated Julyan Stone and placed Kemba Walker (left shoulder contusion) on IL. Golden State activated Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant and placed Quinn Cook and David West (sore left knee) on IL. Houston placed Troy Williams on IL. Indiana placed Alex Poythress on IL. The LA Lakers activated Thomas Bryant and placed Kyle Kuzma (back spasms) on IL. Memphis activated Kobi Simmons and placed Mario Chalmers (right ankle) on IL. New York activated Enes Kanter and Ron Baker and placed Joakim Noah and Frank Ntlikina (sprained left ankle) on IL. Philadelphia activated James Michael McAdoo and placed Jahlil Okafor on IL. Phoenix placed Alec Peters on IL. Toronto activated C.J. Miles. Bro 109, Dal 104 at Dal DeMarre Carroll (Bro) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Trevor Booker (Bro) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Spencer Dinwiddie (Bro) had 19 points and 6 assists. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Maxi Kleber (Dal) had d16 points on 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Allen Crabbe (Bro, sore lower back) did not play. SA 104, Mem 95 at SA LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 41 points including 17-24 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 10 points and 5 assists. Patty Mills (SA) had 13 points and 5 assists. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 22 points and 5 assists. James Ennis (Mem) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Chandler Parsons (Mem, right knee) did not play. GS 127, LAL 123 OT at LAL Kevin Durant (GS) had 29 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Klay Thompson (GS) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 28 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Draymond Green (GS) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 32 points including 12-21 FG, 5 rebounds, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (LAL) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Julius Randle (LAL) had 20 points including 9-13 FG. Min 120, NO 102 at NO Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 28 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 19 points. Gorgui Dieng (Min) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 27 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 5 assists. Min shot 58% (47-81) FG and NO shot 46.4% (39-84) FG. Jeff Teague (Min, sore right Achilles) did not play. Hou 118, Ind 97 at Hou Ryan Anderson (Hou) had 19 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Clint Capela (Hou) had 22 points including 10-15 FG and 13 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 29 points including 8-22 FG and 4-12 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. Thaddeus Young (Ind) had 23 points on 11-15 FG. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 19 points including 1-8 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Hou shot 16-21 FT and Ind shot 6-6 FT. NY 115, Mia 86 at NY Enes Kanter (NY) had 22 points including 7-9 FG and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Courtney Lee (NY) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 12 points. Josh Richardson (Mia) had 13 points including 5-14 FG and 3 steals. Kelly Olynyk (Mia) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. NY shot 60.3% (44-73) FG and Mia shot 38.1% (32-84) FG. NY out-rebounded Mia 52-31. Phi 118, Was 113 at Phi Dario Saric (Phi) had 24 points and 8 rebounds. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 25 points including 13-18 FT, 14 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 blocks. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 31 points including 15-29 FT, 18 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 turnovers. Bradley Beal (Was) had 21 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Kelly Oubre (Was) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Jodie Meeks (Was) had 21 points. Phi shot 41-64 FT and Was shot 32-37 FT. Was out-scored Phi 48-34 in the 4th quarter (but Phi out-scored Was 58-40 in the 1st half). Orl 121, OKC 108 at Orl Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 40 points on 13-23 FG, 6-12 3-pointers, and 8-11 FT, 15 rebounds, and 4 steals. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 19 points including 8-10 FG, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 37 points including 7-10 3-pointers and 8-12 FT, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals, and 7 turnovers. Paul George (OKC) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Orl shot 59.2% (45-76) FG and OKC shot 39.6% (38-96) FG. Det 131, Pho 107 at Det Tobias Harris (Det) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Avery Bradley (Det) had 20 points on 9-12 FG. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 5 assists. Devin Booker (Pho) had 22 points including 7-8 FG and 7 rebounds. Josh Jackson (Pho) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Det shot 57.3% (51-89) FG and Pho shot 46.4% (39-84) FG. Tor 126, Cha 113 at Tor Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 36 points including 12-18 FG and 8-11 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 30 points including 14-22 FG and 6 assists. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 12 points and 7 rebounds including 6 offensive. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 22 points and 10 rebounds. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. 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 Schedule for Friday, December 1 (All times Central) Golden State at Orlando 6:00 pm Detroit at Washington 6:00 pm Indiana at Toronto 6:30 pm Charlotte at Miami 7:00 pm Sacramento at Chicago 7:00 pm San Antonio at Memphis 7:00 pm Minnesota at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm NBATV New Orleans at Utah 8:00 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