News from November 7. The NBA suspended Maurice Taylor for at least 10 games for violating the NBA's substance abuse policy. It is the 3rd drug related suspension for Taylor, with the 1st 2 suspensions being for marijuana use. Denver released Chris Marcus. Chicago activated Kirk Hinrich and Linton Johnson and placed Marcus Fizer (inflamed right knee) and Roger Mason Jr. (strained left groin) on IR. New Jersey activated Tamar Slay and placed Rodney Rogers on IR with a laceration on his left hand. Portland signed Matt Carroll and placed Derek Anderson on IR with back spasms. Orlando activated Pat Garrity and Keith Bogans and placed Gordan Giricek (strained right arch) and forward Britton Johnsen (left knee patella tendinitis) on IR. Miami signed Tyrone Hill and released Kirk Penney. Miami activated Caron Butler and placed Malik Allen on IR with bone spurs in his right foot. Ind 91, Cle 90 at Ind Ron Artest (Ind) had 21 points including the game winning 3-point play with 11 seconds left. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 14 points including 6-17 FG, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 blocks. Reggie Miller (Ind) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Cle) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Ricky Davis (Cle) had 9 points including 3-11 FG, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists. LaBron James (Cle) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Was 86, Tor 60 at Was Jarvis Hayes (Was) had 13 points. Larry Hughes (Was) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Juan Dixon (Was) had 13 points. Jerome Williams (Tor) had 5 points and 13 rebounds. Vince Carter (Tor) had 18 points. Was out-scored Tor 29-4 in the 2nd quarter. NO 114, LAL 95 at NO P.J. Brown (NO) had 20 points including 7-7 FG and 7 rebounds. Baron Davis (NO) had 23 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 12 assists, and 4 steals. David Wesley (NO) had 17 points and 5 assists. Devean George (LAL) had 16 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. NO shot 57.3% (43-75) FG and LAL shot 46.1% (35-76) FG. Stacey Augmon (NO, personal reasons) and Stanislav Medvedenko (LAL, bruised left heel) did not play. Min 100, Orl 71 at Orl Kevin Garnett (Min) had 21 points, 17 rebounds, and 5 assists. Latrell Sprewell (Min) had 22 points. Sam Cassell (Min) had 11 points and 9 assists. Drew Gooden (Orl) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Tyronn Lue (Orl) had 25 points including 9-15 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 7 assists. Phi 106, Chi 85 at Chi Glenn Robinson (Chi) had 21 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 33 points including 11-12 FT, 11 assists, and 8 steals. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 14 points on 7-8 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Eddy Curry (Chi) had 21 points on 8-11 FG and 5-12 FT and 9 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (Chi) had 19 points and 5 assists. Scottie Pippen (Chi, sore left knee) did not play. GS 95, Uta 89 at GS Mike Dunleavy (GS) had 20 points including 6-8 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Jason Richardson (GS) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Nick Van Exel (GS) had 16 points and 9 assists. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 21 points including 11-11 FT and 10 rebounds. Raja Bell (Uta) had 20 points. GS shot 31-42 FT and Uta shot 20-21 FT. Popeye Jones (GS, left knee surgery), Adonal Foyle (GS, left knee surgery), Keon Clark (Uta, right foot injury), and Matt Harpring (Uta, death in the family) did not play. NY 114, Sac 111 at NY Kurt Thomas (NY) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 14 rebounds. Keith Van Horn (NY) had 20 points including 6-19 FG and 13 rebounds. Allan Houston (NY) had 39 points on 13- 22 FG and 11-11 FT and 6 rebounds. Predrag Stojakovic (Sac) had 36 points including 13-22 FG and 5 rebounds. Mike Bibby (Sac) had 19 points. NY out-rebounded Sac 47-29 including 15-6 offensive. NJ 94, Bos 87 at Bos Jason Collins (NJ) had 19 points on 5-16 FG and 9-10 FT and 13 rebounds. Alvin Williams (NJ) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kedrick Brown (Bos) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 27 points including 12-32 FG, 10 rebounds, and 8 turnovers. Kenyon Martin (NJ, strained left ankle), Brian Scalabrine (NJ, strained hip flexor), and Eric Williams (Bos, hyperextended right knee) did not play. Det 105, Mil 99 at Det Ben Wallace (Det) had 10 points including 4-12 FG, 15 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 24 points and 5 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 27 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7 assists. Michael Redd (Mil) had 28 points and 7 rebounds. Damon Jones (Mil) had 15 points. LAC 104, Den 102 OT at Den Corey Maggette (LAC) had 29 points including 11-14 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Chris Wilcox (LAC) had 12 points and 12 rebounds. Quentin Richardson (LAC) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 30 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Nene (Den) had 15 points including 7-11 FG, 11 rebounds, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Earl Boykins (Den) had 19 points including 7-20 FG. Elton Brand (LAC, fractured right foot) Pho 96, Mem 88 at Pho Shawn Marion (Pho) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 18 points including 8-13 FT and 7 rebounds. Stephon Marbury (Pho) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 23 points including 8-11 FT. Shane Battier (Mem) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Pho out-rebounded Mem 47-30 including 12-6 offensive. Leandro Barbosa (Pho, personal reasons) did not play. Sea 100, Por 82 at Sea Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 21 points. Vladimir Radmanovic (Sea) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Brent Barry (Sea) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 3 steals. Ronald Murray (Sea) had 24 points. Zach Randolph (Por) had 19 points including 9-16 FG, 9 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 25 points including 11-19 FG and 11 rebounds.