News from November 22. Oklahoma City fired assistant coach Paul Westhead. Orlando activated Adonal Foyle and Jeremy Richardson and placed Hedo Turkoglu (flu) and Marcin Gortat on IL. Cleveland activated Wally Szczerbiak and placed Darnell Jackson on IL. The LA Clippers activated Paul Davis and DeAndre Jordan and placed Zach Randolph (trade) and Mardy Collins (trade) on IL. [The traded players need to take physicals before the trade is finalized.] New York activated Danilo Gallinari and placed Stephon Marbury on IL. Stats Leaders Points LeBron James (Cle) 29.1 Dwyane Wade (Mia) 28.9 Chris Bosh (Tor) 26.9 Rebounds Andris Biedrins (GS) 14.0 Dwight Howard (Orl) 13.5 Zach Randolph (LAC) 12.5 Assists Chris Paul (NO) 11.8 Jose Calderon (Tor) 9.4 Jason Kidd (Dal) 8.1 Pho 102, Por 92 at Pho Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 19 points and 17 rebounds including 7 offensive. Steve Nash (Pho) had 16 points, 7 assists, and 8 turnovers. Brandon Roy (Por) had 26 points. Steve Blake (Por) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Pho shot 53.3% (40-75) FG and Por shot 38.9% (35-90) FG. Cle 110, Atl 96 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Delonte West (Cle) had 19 points and 5 assists. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Maurice Evans (Atl) had 21 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Acie Law (Atl) had 20 points including 7-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Mil 79, Cha 74 at Cha Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 12 points and 17 rebounds. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 15 points including 3-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Ramon Sessions (Mil) had 18 points on 4-11 FG and 10-10 FT and 5 turnovers. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 16 points and 18 rebounds including 9 offensive. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 14 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 steals. NO 109, OKC 97 at NO Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 12 points on 5-14 FG. David West (NO) had 33 points including 13-20 FG and 8 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 29 points including 11-17 FG, 10 rebounds, 16 assists, and 3 steals. Jeff Green (OKC) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 30 points including 11-16 FG and 5 turnovers. Robert Swift (OKC, lower back discomfort) did not play. Hou 100, Orl 95 at Orl Yao Ming (Hou) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 13 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 17 points. Rafer Alston (Hou) had 17 points and 7 assists. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 18 points including 5-12 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 21 points and 6 assists. NJ 112, LAC 95 at NJ Yi Jianlian (NJ) had 27 points including 9-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Vince Carter (NJ) had 26 points including 8-12 FT, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Devin Harris (NJ) had 18 points including 8-14 FT and 10 assists. Al Thornton (LAC) had 20 points including 10-11 FT and 7 rebounds. Marcus Camby (LAC) had 18 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Baron Davis (LAC) had 30 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 10 assists. Eduardo Najera (NJ, strained lower back) did not play. Uta 103, Mem 94 at Mem Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Ronnie Brewer (Uta) had 21 points including 10-14 FG and 4 steals. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 9 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 21 points. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 23 points on 6-17 FG and 10-10 FT. Kyle Korver (Uta, inflamed right wrist) did not play. NY 122, Was 117 at NY Wilson Chandler (NY) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Quentin Richardson (NY) had 34 points including 7-13 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 22 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Nate Robinson (NY) had 27 points including 10-14 FG and 4-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Caron Butler (Was) had 23 points. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 29 points on 9-13 FG and 9-10 FT and 13 rebounds. Al Harrington (NY, trade), Cuttino Mobley (NY, trade), Tim Thomas (NY, trade), and Danilo Gallinari (NY, sore lower back) did not play. Mia 109, Ind 100 at Mia Shawn Marion (Mia) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 steals. Michael Beasley (Mia) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 38 points on 15-24 FG and 6-11 FT and 8 assists. Danny Granger (Ind) had 23 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Marquis Daniels (Ind) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Schedule for Sunday, November 23 (All times Central) Boston @ Toronto 11:30 am Golden State @ Philadelphia 4:00 pm Minnesota @ Detroit 5:00 pm Chicago @ Denver 8:00 pm NBATV Sacramento @ LA Lakers 8:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html