News from November 7. The NBA fined Dwight Howard (Cha) $25,000 for making an obscene gesture towards a fan during Sunday's Cha-Min game. TRADE: Phoenix traded Eric Bledsoe to Milwaukee for Greg Monroe, a conditional 1st round draft pick, and a conditional 2nd round draft pick. The 1st round pick will be in 2018 if #11-16, else in 2019 if $4-16, else in 2020 if #8-30, else 2021. Brooklyn activated Isaiah Whitehead and placed Trevor Booker (sore lower back) on IL. Chicago activated Antonio Blakeney and Bobby Portis and placed David Nwaba (sprained right ankle) on IL. Cleveland activated Iman Shumpert. Dallas activated Dorian Finney-Smith and placed Gian Clavell on IL. Indiana activated T.J. Leaf and placed Domantas Sabonis (right calf contusion) on IL. Philadelphia activated Richaun Holmes and placed Joel Embiid (rest) on IL. Sacramento activated George Hill and placed Georgios Papagiannis on IL. Toronto activated Alfonzo McKinnie and placed Bruno Caboclo on IL. Washington activated John Wall. Dal 113, Was 99 at Was Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 31 points including 11-18 FG and 9 rebounds. Dennis Smith (Dal) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 14 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Salah Mejri (Dal) had 10 points including 3-4 FG, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 blocks. Bradley Beal (Was) had 23 points and 5 turnovers. John Wall (Was) had 23 points including 13-18 FT and 14 assists. NO 117, Ind 112 at Ind Anthony Davis (NO) had 37 points including 14-18 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 14 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 33 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 10 points and 5 assists. Myles Turner (Ind) had 21 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. NY 118, Cha 113 at NY Tim Hardaway (NY) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 28 points including 10-15 FG and 4-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Doug McDermott (NY) had 20 points including 7-8 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 21 points including 9-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 21 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Malik Monk (Cha) had 21 points including 5-13 3-pointers. NY shot 60% (45-75) FG and Cha shot 46.2% (42-91) FG. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha, personal reasons) did not play. Tor 119, Chi 114 at Tor Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 21 points on 6-7 FG and 8-10 FT and 10 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 24 points. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Robin Lopez (Chi) had 20 points on 10-11 FG. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 21 points and 13 rebounds. SA 120, LAC 107 at SA LaMarcus Cousins (SA) had 25 points. Danny Green (SA) had 24 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Pau Gasol (SA) had 19 points on 8-9 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Rudy Gay (SA) had 22 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 24 points on 10-17 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 15 points including 4-13 FG, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Danilo Gallinari (LAC, strained left glut) did not play. Cle 124, Mil 119 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 30 points including 8-10 FT, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Kevin Love (Cle) had 32 points on 9-14 FG and 14-16 FT and 16 rebounds including 8 offensive. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 20 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Giannis Anttetokounmpo (Mil) had 40 points on 16-21 FG and 8-11 FT, 9 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 8 turnovers. Malcolm Brogdon (Mil) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Cle shot 33-38 FT and Mil shot 12-16 FT. Den 112, Bro 104 at Den Paul Millsap (Den) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 41 points including 16-25 FG and 4-9 3-pointers, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists. Will Barton (Den) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Tyler Zeller (Bro) had 21 points including 8-10 FG and 5 rebounds. D'Angelo Russell (Bro) had 12 points, 6 assists, and 8 turnovers. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Bro, right hip contusion) did not play. Phi 104, Uta 97 at Uta Dario Saric (Phi) had 25 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. J.J. Redick (Phi) had 20 points. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 16 points including 7-22 FG, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 16 points including 8-12 FT, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 19 points on 4-14 FG and 9-10 FT. Phi shot 42% (34-81) FG and Uta shot 30.3% (30-99) FG. Jerryd Bayless (Phi, left wrist contusion) did not play. Mem 98, Por 97 at Por Marc Gasol (Mem) had 16 points including 5-14 FG, 5 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points and 6 assists. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 21 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 36 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 3 steals. Damian Lillard (Por) had 12 points including 4-16 FG, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Wayne Seldon (Mem, right thigh) did not play. Sac 94, OKC 86 at Sac Zach Randolph (Sac) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Buddy Hield (Sac) had 21 points including 7-9 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Justin Jackson (Sac) had 16 points. Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 16 points including 4-17 FG and 7 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 20 points including 7-21 FG, 12 rebounds, 6 ssists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Schedule for Wednesday, November 8 (All times Central) Indiana at Detroit 6:00 pm New York at Orlando 6:00 pm LA Lakers at Boston 7:00 pm ESPN Miami at Phoenix 8:00 pm Minnesota at Golden State 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Thursday, November 9 (All times Central) LA Lakers at Washington 6:00 pm New Orleans at Toronto 6:30 pm Cleveland at Houston 7:00 pm TNT Philadelphia at Sacramento 9:00 pm Oklahoma City at Denver 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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