News from November 26. Denver activated Chris Andersen and placed Sonny Weems on IL. The LA Clippers activated Zach Randolph and Mardy Collins and placed Ricky Davis (sore left knee) and Brian Skinner (virus) on IL. Utah activated Deron Williams and placed Brevin Knight (thigh injury) on IL. Houston activated Shane Battier and placed Tracy McGrady (sore left knee) on IL. Minnesota activated Rashad McCants and Calvin Booth and placed Brian Cardinal and Mark Madsen on IL. Detroit activated Walter Sharpe and placed Alex Acker on IL. Orlando activated Jeremy Richardson and placed Jameer Nelson (strained right hip flexor) on IL. Nelson is expected to be out 7 to 10 days. Milwaukee activated Luke Ridnour and placed Andrew Bogut (bone bruise left knee) on IL. Orl 96, Phi 94 at Phi Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 19 points including 5-10 3-pointers and the game winning 3-pointer with 4.7 seconds left. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 21 points including 13-18 FT, 14 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Tony Battie (Orl) had 20 points including 9-9 FG. Elton Brand (Phi) had 21 points including 9-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Bos 119, GS 111 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 21 points, 13 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 22 points including 9-15 FG, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Ray Allen (Bos) had 25 points on 10-17 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Corey Maggette (GS) had 32 points including 12-20 FG. Jamal Crawford (GS) had 18 points including 5-17 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Stephen Jackson (GS) had 30 points including 11-18 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Den 106, LAC 105 at LAC Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 30 points including 14-16 FT, 11 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 17 points including 7-10 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Nene (Den) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 9 rebounds. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 24 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Baron Davis (LAC) had 18 points and 10 assists. Marcus Camby (LAC) had 17 points including 7-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Jason Hart (LAC, stomach virus) did not play. NJ 116, Sac 114 OT at Sac Brooks Lopez (NJ) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Vince Carter (NJ) had 25 points. Devin Harris (NJ) had 18 points and 7 assists. Brad Miller (Sac) had 20 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 assists. John Salmons (Sac) had 38 points on 11-19 FG, 4-5 3-pointers, and 12-16 FT and 7 rebounds. Kenny Thomas (Sac), strained left calf) did not play. Por 106, Mia 68 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 16 points including 7-10 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Channing Frye (Por) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Michael Beasley (Mia) had 14 points. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 12 points including 5-14 FG, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 steals. Por shot 49.4% (39-79) FG and Mia shot 34.5% (29-84) FG. Shawn Marion (Mia, attending funeral) did not play. Uta 117, Mem 100 at Uta Paul Millsap (Uta) had 24 points including 11-17 FG and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 21 points including 7-9 FG and 10 rebounds. Ronnie Brewer (Uta) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Deron Williams (Uta) had 11 points and 15 assists. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 27 points and 7 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 22 points including 10-15 FG. Kyle Korver (Uta, inflamed right wrist) did not play. Det 110, NY 96 at Det Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 15 points and 5 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 17 points. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Al Harrington (NY) had 25 points including 8-24 FG and 7 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 17 points and 15 rebounds. Danilo Gallinari (NY, sore lower back), Nate Robinson (NY, strained groin), and Cuttino Mobley (NY, not with team) did not play. Atl 102, Mil 96 at Atl Marvin Williams (Atl) had 18 points including 9-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 21 points including 9-12 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 18 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Mil) had 25 points including 6-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 19 points. Ramon Sessions (Mil) had 21 points including 9-15 FG, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Tor 93, Cha 86 at Tor Chris Bosh (Tor) had 39 points on 15-20 FG and 9-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 11 points including 4-15 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Joey Graham (Tor) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 23 points including 7-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Jermaine O'Neal (Tor, injured left knee) did not play. Cle 117, OKC 82 at Cle Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 7 rebounds. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 15 points. J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 14 points and 4 blocks. Jeff Westbrook (OKC) had 13 points including 4-14 FG and 5 assists. Chris Wilcox (OKC) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Cle shot 60.8% (45-74) FG and OKC shot 35.4% (29-82) FG. Robert Swift (OKC, sore lower back) did not play. SA 98, Chi 88 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 15 points. George Hill (SA) had 19 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Drew Gooden (Chi) had 20 points and 12 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 23 points including 9-16 FG and 5 rebounds. SA shot 24-34 FT and Chi shot 9-12 FT. Ind 91, Hou 90 at Hou Danny Granger (Ind) had 16 points including 6-20 FG, 0-7 3-pointers, and the game winning putback with 13 seconds left, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 blocks. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 21 points including 7-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 14 rebounds. T.J. Ford (Ind) had 10 points including 3-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Yao Ming (Hou) had 19 points including 5-14 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Luis Scola (Hou) had 15 points including 6-17 FG, 18 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Ron Artest (Hou) had 19 points including 6-21 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Travis Diener (Ind, sore left foot) did not play. Pho 110, Min 102 at Min Steve Nash (Pho) had 20 points and 6 assists. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 16 points and 3 blocks. Al Jefferson (Min) had 28 points and 17 rebounds including 12 offensive. Randy Foye (Min) had 17 points and 5 assists. Pho shot 53.6% (37-69) FG and Min shot 42.4% (39-92) FG. Schedule for Thursday, November 27 (All times Central) Orlando @ Washington 7:00 pm TNT New Orleans @ Denver 9:30 pm TNT ---- To all Americans out there, have a wonderful Thanksgiving! patricia ---- 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