News from November 3. Larry Nance (LAL) underwent surgery to repair a fractured left hand and is expected to be out 4 6o 6 weeks. Boston activated Marcus Morris. Charlotte placed Marcus Paige on IL. Cleveland placed Tristan Thompson (strained left calf) on IL. Dallas activated Gian Clavell. Detroit activated Luke Kennard and placed Jon Leuer (sprained left ankle) on IL. Indiana activated Miles Turner and placed Damien Wilkins (personal reasons) on IL. The LA Lakers activated Luol Deng and placed Andrew Bogut (back tightness) and Larry Nance (fractured left hand) on IL. Orlando activated Jonathan Isaac and placed Khem Birch on IL. Philadelphia activated J.J. Redick and placed Furkan Korkmaz on IL. Toronto activated Bruno Caboclo and placed C.J. Miles (flu) on IL. Washington activated Otto Porter. NO 99, Dal 94 at Dal Anthony Davis (NO) had 30 points including 10-12 FT, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 20 points, 22 rebounds, and 7 assists. E'Twaun Moore (NO) had 11 points. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 26 points including 7-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Dennis Smith (Dal) had 16 points on 7-20 FG. LAL 124, Bro 112 at LAL Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Kyle Kuzma (LAL) had 21 points including 8-11 FG and 13 rebounds. Brook Lopez (LAL) had 34 points including 6-9 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Bro) had 21 points including 9-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Allen Crabbe (Bro) had 17 points including 8-24 FG, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Jarrett Allen (Bro, left foot strain) and Trevor Booker (Bro, sore lower back) did not play. Bos 101, OKC 94 at OKC Al Horford (Bos) had 20 points on 8-10 FG and 4-4 3-ointers and 8 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 25 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jayson Tatum (Bos) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Paul George (OKC) had 25 points including 3-10 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 19 points including 7-20 FG, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, and 6 turnovers. Tor 109, Uta 100 at Uta Norman Powell (Tor) had 15 points including 5-7 3-pointers. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 37 points including 14-14 FT, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 15 points and 10 assists. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 25 points. Den 95, Mia 94 at Den Paul Millsap (Den) had 27 points including 8-12 FT and the game winning 3 free throws with 11.8 seconds left, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 19 points, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 steals. Emmanuel Mudiay (Den) had 12 points. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 assists. James Johnson (Mia) had 15 points including 5-6 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. SA 108, Cha 101 at SA Patty Mills (SA) had 17 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Rudy Gay (SA) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Bryn Forbes (SA) had 22 points including 8-11 FG. Dwayne Bacon (Cha) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 20 points including 10-20 FT and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 20 points including 10-15 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha, personal reasons) did not play. NY 120, Pho 107 at NY Tim Hardaway (NY) had 21 points including 3-11 3-pointers. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 37 points on 13-22 FG and 10-13 FT, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Enes Kanter (NY) had 16 points and 15 rebounds including 6 offensive. Devin Booker (Pho) had 34 points including 12-12 FT. Tyson Chandler (Pho) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. NY shot 51.7% (45-87) FG and Pho shot 35.1% (34-97) FG. Hou 119, Atl 104 at Atl Eric Gordon (Hou) had 20 points, 5 assists, and 4 steals. James Harden (Hou) had 29 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 7-10 FT and 11 assists. Luc Mbah a Moute (Hou) had 20 points including 8-11 FG. Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 18 points. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 16 points. Malcolm Delaney (Atl, sprained right ankle) did not play. Cle 130, Was 122 at Was LeBron James (Cle) had 57 points including 23-34 FG, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, 7 assists, and 3 steals Derrick Rose (Cle) had 20 points. Jae Crowder (Cle) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 36 points on 12-19 FG and 11-13 FT. John Wall (Was) had 13 points on 4-13 FG and 5-12 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kelly Oubre (Was) had 21 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Phi 121, Ind 110 at Phi Robert Covington (Phi) had 22 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. J.J. Redick (Phi) had 31 points including 11-19 FG and 8-12 3-pointers and 6 assists. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 14 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Bojan Bogdanovic (Ind) had 21 points. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 31 points including 12-20 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Chi 105, Orl 83 at Orl David Nwaba (Chi) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Robin Lopez (Chi) had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Justin Holiday (Chi) had 19 points. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 14 points and 5 turnovers. D.J. Augustin (Orl, strained left hamstring) did not play. Det 105, Mil 96 at Det Tobias Harris (Det) had 13 points. Andre Drummond (Det) had 24 points on 5-7 FG and 14-16 FT and 15 rebounds. Avery Bradley (Det) had 23 points and 3 steals. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 29 points and 4 blocks. Malcolm Brogdon (Mil) had 21 points and 10 assists. Det shot 23-28 FT and Mil shot 8-9 FT. Schedule for Saturday, November 4 (All times Central) Memphis at LA Clippers 2:30 pm Sacramento at Detroit 6:00 pm New Orleans at Chicago 7:00 pm Dallas at Minnesota 7:00 pm Golden State at Denver 8:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, November 5 (All times Central) Atlanta at Cleveland 2:00 pm Miami at LA Clippers 2:30 pm Boston at Orlando 5:00 pm Washington at Toronto 5:00 pm Utah at Houston 6:00 pm Phoenix at San Antonio 6:00 pm Indiana at New York 6:30 pm Charlotte at Minnesota 7:00 pm Oklahoma City at Portland 8:00 pm Memphis at LA Lakers 8:30 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