News from November 24. The NBA named Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) and Dwyane Wade (Mia) as Players of the Week. Nowitzki averaged 27 points and 10.3 rebounds as Dallas went 3-0. Wade averaged 32.3 points, 9.7 assists, and 3.3 blocks as Miami went 2-1. Washington fired head coach Eddie Jordan and assistant Mike O'Koren and named Ed Tapscott as interim coach. Dorell Wright (Mia) is scheduled to undergo arthroscopic surgery on his left knee to remove loose bodies. Charlotte signed Dwayne Jones and placed him on IL. New Orleans activated Sean Marks and placed Ryan Bowen on IL. San Antonio activated Manu Ginobili and placed Blake Ahearn on IL. Milwaukee activated Dan Gadzuric and placed Luke Ridnour (bruised knee) on IL. Orlando activated Hedo Turkoglu and Marcin Gortat and placed Keith Bogans (broken thumb, out a month) and Jeremy Richardson on IL. Chi 101, Uta 100 at Uta Larry Hughes (Chi) had 16 points including the game winning long jumper at the buzzer and 5 rebounds. Drew Gooden (Chi) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 25 points and 9 assists. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 21 points and 10 rebounds. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 26 points including 11-18 FG and 9 rebounds. Kyle Korver (Uta, inflamed right wrist) and Matt Harpring (Uta, strained lower back) did not play. SA 94, Mem 81 at Mem Tim Duncan (SA) had 14 points including 6-18 FG, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Roger Mason (SA) had 18 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. George Hill (SA) had 20 points. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 13 points on 6-19 FG and 1-7 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 26 points. Orl 108, Mil 101 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 22 points and 9 rebounds. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 22 points including 10-11 FT. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 24 points on 7-10 FG and 10-20 FT, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, 6 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Orl shot 38-54 FT and Mil shot 17-21 FT. Cha 93, Phi 84 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 23 points including 8-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 25 points including 8-11 FG, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Elton Brand (Phi) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 steals. Cha shot 54.8% (34-62) FG and Phi shot 39.5% (32-81) FG. Hou 107, Mia 98 at Mia Ron Artest (Hou) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Luis Scola (Hou) had 11 points including 2-9 FG and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Yao Ming (Hou) had 28 points on 9-15 FG and 10-11 FT and 12 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 23 points including 7-23 FG and 5 turnovers. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 23 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 4 steals. NO 99, LAC 87 at LAC David West (NO) had 27 points and 5 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, 17 assists, and 5 turnovers. Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 25 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 4 steals. Baron Davis (LAC) had 19 points and 8 assists. NO shot 49.4% (40-81) FG and LAC shot 38.4% (33-86) FG. Por 91, Sac 90 at Por Brandon Roy (Por) had 28 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Joel Przybilla (Por) had 10 points on 5-6 FG and 12 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 10 points including 3-14 FG and 10 rebounds. John Salmons (Sac) had 20 points and 5 turnovers. Brad Miller (Sac) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Schedule for Tuesday, November 25 (All times Central) Golden State @ Washington 6:00 pm Cleveland @ New York 6:30 pm NBATV Phoenix @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Indiana @ Dallas 7:30 pm New Jersey @ LA Lakers 9:30 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