News from November 17. The NBA fined Jeff Van Gundy (Hou coach) $25,000 for publicly criticizing the refs. His complaints about the refs' treatment of Yao Ming during Sunday's Hou-Mia game appeared in a Houston Chronicle article on Wednesday. Miami activated Jason Williams and Michael Doleac and placed Shaquille O'Neal and Robert Hite on IL. O'Neal is scheduled to undergo surgery on his left knee to repair torn cartilage and is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks. Memphis activated Brian Cardinal and placed Eddie Jones on IL with right Achilles tendinitis. Indiana activated Maceo Baston and placed David Harrison on IL with a sore left shoulder. Boston activated Allan Ray and placed Michael Olowokandi on IL. Olowokandi is expected to be out 2 to 4 weeks with a slight tear in his abdominal muscle. Cleveland activated Shannon Brown and placed Larry Hughes on IL with a sprained right ankle. New York activated Jerome James and placed Kelvin Cato on IL. The LA Lakers activated Kwame Brown and placed Ronnie Turiaf on IL. Phoenix activated Raja Bell and placed Steve Nash on IL with back spasms. Philadelphia activated Louis Williams and placed Bobby Jones on IL. Seattle activated Mouhamed Sene and placed Danny Fortson on IL with swelling in his left knee. Dal 115, Mem 103 at Mem Jerry Stackhouse (Dal) had 19 points. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 26 points including 10-12 FT, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Erick Dampier (Dal) had 22 points including 8-11 FG and 15 rebounds including 9 offensive. Hakim Warrick (Mem) had 26 points including 10-16 FG and 8 rebounds. Stromile Swift (Mem) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. SA 100, Chi 83 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 21 points including 10-15 FG, 11 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Tony Parker (SA) had 13 points and 8 assists. Brent Barry (SA) had 14 points. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 12 points including 6-10 FT, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 21 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7 turnovers. Cle 92, Min 76 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 37 points including 11-14 FT, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Damon Jones (Cle) had 11 points. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 14 points including 5-17 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 steals. Craig Smith (Min) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. NY 100, Mia 76 at Mia Eddy Curry (NY) had 13 points including 6-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 19 points. David Lee (NY) had 12 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 20 points and 6 assists. NJ 100, Ind 91 at Ind Nenad Krstic (NJ) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Vince Carter (NJ) had 28 points and 7 rebounds. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 28 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Al Harrington (Ind) had 18 points. NJ shot 26-30 FT and Ind shot 9-15 FT. Richard Jefferson (NJ, sprained left ankle) did not play. Det 100, Was 91 at Det Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 27 points and 8 rebounds. Caron Butler (Was) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 20 points including 7-20 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Pho 106, Phi 94 at Pho Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 23 points and 10 rebounds. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 26 points including 10-15 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 5 steals. Marcus Banks (Pho) had 17 points. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 23 points including 8-22 FG and 0-5 3-pointers, 8 assists, and 5 steals. Willie Green (Phi) had 20 points. Bos 118, Por 90 at Bos Wally Szczerbiak (Bos) had 19 points. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 29 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Delonte West (Bos) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Ime Udoka (Por) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Por) had 23 points including 11-13 FT, 12 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Brandon Roy (Por, heel injury) did not play. LAL 107, Tor 100 at LAL Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 31 points including 11-12 FT, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Luke Walton (LAL) had 12 points. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 10 points and 5 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Morris Peterson (Tor) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Uta 118, Sea 109 at Sea Deron Williams (Uta) had 27 points including 9-16 FG and 8 assists. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 14 points and 13 rebounds. Matt Harpring (Uta) had 21 points including 9-15 FG. Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 24 points and 3 blocks. Ray Allen (Sea) had 32 points including 13-14 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Uta out-rebounded Sea 47-27 including 28-5 offensive.