News from November 12. Houston activated Tracy McGrady and placed Ryan Bowen on IL. Memphis activated John Thomas and placed Jake Tsakalidis on IL. Washington activated Michael Ruffin and placed Andray Blatche on IL. Charlotte activated Alan Anderson and placed Melvin Ely on IL with a sore shin. New Jersey activated Clifford Robinson and placed Linton Johnson on IL. Utah activated C.J. Miles and placed Matt Harpring on IL. Chicago activated Chris Duhon and placed Jannero Pargo on IL. Milwaukee activated Joe Smith and Jiri Welsch and placed Josh Davis and Reece Gaines on IL. Indiana activated Eddie Gill and placed Jamaal Tinsley on IL. Dal 109, NO 103 at Oklahoma City Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 30 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Jason Terry (Dal) had 26 points including 10-16 FG and 5 steals. Keith Van Horn (Dal) had 15 points. Chris Paul (NO) had 26 points including 10-14 FG, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Speedy Claxton (NO) had 17 points and 7 assists. Pho 101, GS 86 at Pho Shawn Marion (Pho) had 22 points including 10-17 FG, 15 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Raja Bell (Pho) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 18 points, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Baron Davis (GS) had 23 points including 6-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Mickael Pietrus (GS) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Was 110, SA 95 at Was Antawn Jamison (Was) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 43 points on 15-20 FG, 4-8 3-pointers, and 9-14 FT and 6 assists. Caron Butler (Was) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 28 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Tony Parker (SA) had 23 points, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Was shot 55.1% (43-78) FG and SA shot 41% (34-83) FG. Mem 85, Atl 84 at Atl Shane Battier (Mem) had 22 points including 9-16 FG, 8 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 20 points including 8-10 FT and the game winning tip in at the buzzer, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Bobby Jackson (Mem) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Zaza Pachulia (Atl) had 10 points including 2-11 FG and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 17 points including 7-21 FG, 6 rebounds, 12 assists, and 3 steals. Damon Stoudamire (Mem, sprained left ankle) did not play. Hou 99, NJ 91 at NJ Yao Ming (Hou) had 18 points including 5-7 FG. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 35 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. David Wesley (Hou) had 15 points. Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 17 points on 3-9 FG and 10-12 FT and 5 rebounds. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mia 108, Cha 99 at Mia Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 14 points including 6-9 FG and 11 rebounds. Jason Williams (Mia) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 7 assists. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kareem Rush (Cha) had 15 points. Sean May (Cha) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Mia shot 56.8% (42-74) FG and Cha shot 39.1% (34-87) FG. Mia out-rebounded Cha 56-28. Chi 103, Uta 98 at Chi Andres Nocioni (Chi) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 19 points and 11 assists. Luol Deng (Chi) had 21 points. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 33 points on 12-19 FG and 8-11 FT and 17 rebounds including 6 offensive. Gordan Giricek (Uta) had 14 points. Mil 103, Ind 102 at Mil T.J. Ford (Mil) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Michael Redd (Mil) had 28 points on 7-22 FG and 13-15 FT and 6 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Mil) had 19 points including 7-11 FG, 3-4 3-pointers, and the game winning 3-pointer at the buzzer. Ron Artest (Ind) had 24 points including 9-14 FT, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 27 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Stephen Jackson (Ind) had 20 points including 6-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Jonathan Bender (Ind, left knee rehab) did not play.