News from November 18.

The NBA named Rashard Lewis (Sea) and Ron Artest (Ind) as Players of the
Week.  Lewis averaged 23 points including 69% FG and 8 rebounds as Seattle
went 3-0.  Artest averaged 20.3 points including 63.9% FG as Indiana went
3-0.

Golden State signed A.J. Guyton.

Kedrick Brown (Bos) is expected to be out 4 weeks with a hyperextended
right big toe.


Atl 117, Tor 92  at Atl
Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Atl) had 27 points including 12-15 FG and 5 rebounds.
Jason Terry (Atl) had 11 points and 9 assists.
Alan Henderson (Atl) had 14 points including 6-7 FG and 9 rebounds.
Alvin Williams (Tor) had 17 points, 5 assists, and 4 steals.
Morris Peterson (Tor) had 17 points and 6 rebounds.
Voshon Lenard (Tor) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Atl shot 57% (49-86) FG and Tor shot 47.8% (32-67) FG.
Lindsey Hunter (Tor, sore right knee), Vince Carter (Tor, strained left
quad), Mamadou N'diaye (Tor, stress fracture right foot), and Nate Huffman
(Tor, right knee injury) did not play.

SA 104, Cle 78  at SA
Tim Duncan (SA) had 25 points and 9 rebounds.
Steve Smith (SA) had 12 points and 8 assists.
Stephen Jackson (SA) had 18 points and 5 assists.
Zydrunas Ilguaskas (Cle) had 25 points including 11-12 FT and 8 rebounds.
Ricky Davis (Cle) had 19 points and 6 turnovers.
Chris Mihm (Cle, strained left hamstring) did not play.

NY 94, Det 91  at NY
Latrell Sprewell (NY) had 23 points on 6-19 FG and 9-12 FT and 3 steals.
Kurt Thomas (NY) had 10 points.
Allan Houston (NY) had 23 points and 5 rebounds.
Ben Wallace (Det) had 11 points including 5-7 FG, 21 rebounds, and 3
blocks.
Richard Hamilton (Det) had 31 points including 11-18 FG.
Clifford Robinson (Det) had 19 points and 6 rebounds.
Det out-rebounded NY 51-31 including 16-7 offensive.
Charlie Ward (NY, lower leg strain) did not play.

NJ 99, Den 79  at NJ
Kenyon Martin (NJ) had 15 points and 5 rebounds.
Kerry Kittles (NJ) had 15 points including 6-8 FG, 6 assists, and 3
steals.
Jason Kidd (NJ) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5
assists.
Kenny Satterfield (Den) had 15 points and 3 steals.
NJ shot 54.3% (38-70) FG and Den shot 41.2% (35-85) FG.
NJ shot 15-19 FT and Den shot 4-7 FT.

LAC 99, GS 89  at GS
Michael Olowokandi (LAC) had 24 points including 11-19 FG and 12 rebounds.
Elton Brand (LAC) had 17 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocks.
Eric Piatkowski (LAC) had 14 points and 7 rebounds.
Antawn Jamison (GS) had 26 points including 8-13 FT and 6 rebounds.
Erick Dampier (GS) had 8 points on 4-13 FG, 17 rebounds including 9
offensive, and 4 blocks.
LAC shot 48.1% (38-79) FG and GS shot 34.5% (30-87) FG.