News from November 9. The NBA fined head coach Jason Kidd (Mil) $15,000 for publically criticizing the refs following Tuesday's Mil-Cle game. Cleveland placed Derrick Rose (sprained left ankle) on IL. Philadelphia activated Joel Embiid and Furkan Korkmaz and placed Jerryd Bayless (left wrist contusion) on IL. Sacramento placed Vince Carter (kidney stone) on IL. Toronto placed Alfonzo McKinnie on IL. Den 102, OKC 94 at Den Paul Millsap (Den) had 17 points including 6-17 FG, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 blocks. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Emmanuel Mudiay (Den) had 21 points including 8-10 FG and 4-4 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 28 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 13 points including 6-22 FG, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Sac 109, Phi 108 at Sac Zach Randolph (Sac) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. De'Aaron Fox (Sac) had 11 points including 4-13 FG and the game winning jumper with 14.1 seconds left and 7 rebounds. Justin Jackson (Sac) had 19 points. Robert Covington (Phi) had 24 points including 6-13 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 22 points including 7-20 FG, 15 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Hou 117, Cle 113 at Hou Eric Gordon (Hou) had 20 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. James Harden (Hou) had 35 points including 6-14 3-pointers and 13-14 FT, 11 rebounds, 13 assists, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Clint Capela (Hou) had 19 points including 7-9 FG, 13 rebound including 6 offensive, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. LeBron James (Cle) had 33 points including 15-24 FG, 7 assists, and 9 turnovers. Jeff Green (Cle) had 27 points including 11-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Hou shot 29-36 FT and Cle shot 11-14 FT. Hou out-rebounded Cle 45-26 including 17-4 offensive. Tor 122, NO 118 at Tor Serge Ibaka (Tor) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 33 points including 11-13 FG and 8 assists. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 18 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 20 points including 8-24 FG, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 34 points including 14-20 FG, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Was 111, LAL 95 at Was Otto Porter (Was) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. John Wall (Was) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Brook Lopez (LAL) had 15 points including 4-12 FG. Lonzo Ball (LAL) had 10 points including 3-12 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Was shot 51.8% (43-83) FG and LAL shot 36% (31-86) FG. Was shot 18-20 FT and LAL shot 30-41 FT. Schedule for Friday, November 10 (All times Central) Atlanta at Detroit 6:00 pm Charlotte at Boston 6:30 pm Indiana at Chicago 7:00 pm LA Clippers at Oklahoma City 8:00 pm Milwaukee at San Antonio 8:00 pm ESPN Orlando at Phoenix 8:00 pm Miami at Utah 8:00 pm Brooklyn at Portland 9:00 pm Schedule for Saturday, November 11 (All times Central) Atlanta at Washington 6:00 pm LA Clippers at New Orleans 6:00 pm Sacramento at New York 7:00 pm Memphis at Houston 7:00 pm Cleveland at Dallas 7:30 pm LA Lakers at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Chicago at San Antonio 7:30 pm NBATV Philadelphia at Golden State 7:30 pm Orlando at Denver 8:00 pm Minnesota at Phoenix 8:00 pm Brooklyn 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