News from November 28. New York suspended Stephon Marbury for 1 game and fined him 2 more day's pay (about $400,000) for refusing to play in Wednesday's NY-Det game. Detroit fined Allen Iverson (amount fined not released) and did not start him in Saturday's Det-Mil game for skipping Thursday's practice. The LA Lakers activated DJ Mbenga and placed Chris Mihm on IL. New Orleans activated Tyson Chandler and placed Ryan Bowen on IL. Sacramento activated Francisco Garcia and placed Kenny Thomas on IL. San Antonio activated Tony Parker and placed Jacque Vaughn on IL. Miami activated Jamaal Magloire and placed Shaun Livingston on IL. Oklahoma City activated Desmond Mason and placed Robert Swift on IL. Charlotte activated Jason Richardson and placed Jared Dudley on IL. Indiana activated Maceo Baston and placed Travis Diener (sore left foot) on IL. LAL 114, Dal 107 at LAL Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 35 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Derek Fisher (LAL) had 19 points. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 18 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Jason Terry (Dal) had 29 points and 5 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 19 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Bos 102, Phi 78 at Bos Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 16 points. Ray Allen (Bos) had 23 points on 10-15 FG. Tony Allen (Bos) had 10 points and 5 rebounds. Elton Brant (Phi) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Louis Williams (Phi) had 15 points including 5-7 FG, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Uta 120, Sac 94 at Uta Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 20 points including 8-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ronnie Brewer (Uta) had 18 points. Deron Williams (Uta) had 13 points and 15 assists. John Salmons (Sac) had 20 points on 9-15 FG. Spencer Hawes (Sac) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Uta shot 22-34 FT and Sac shot 9-12 FT. Matt Harpring (Uta, strained lower back) did not play. Tor 93, Atl 88 at Tor Chris Bosh (Tor) had 30 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Joey Graham (Tor) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Jason Kapono (Tor) had 16 points. Zaza Pachulia (Atl) had 3 points including 1-5 FG and 17 rebounds including 8 offensive. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 18 points including 7-22 FG and 7 assists. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Jermaine O'Neal (Tor, sprained left ankle) did not play. Mia 107, Pho 92 at Pho Shawn Marion (Mia) had 10 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 43 points on 15-24 FG and 11-12 FT and 6 assists. Raja Bell (Pho) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 20 points and 5 assists. Steve Nash (Pho, right thigh contusion) did not play. Min 105, OKC 103 at OKC Al Jefferson (Min) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Mike Miller (Min) had 18 points including the game winning jumper with .1 second left, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Craig Smith (Min) had 23 points including 11-15 FT and 8 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 22 points. Jeff Green (OKC) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Chris Wilcox (OKC) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Rashad McCants (Min) did not play. Por 101, NO 86 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por) had 25 points including 11-16 FG, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Steve Blake (Por) had 14 points. Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 21 points. Chris Paul (NO) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Por shot 19-25 FT and NO shot 8-10 FT. Cle 112, GS 97 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 21 points including 9-13 FG. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 16 points. Jamal Crawford (GS) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. CJ Watson (GS) had 17 points including 6-7 FG. SA 109, Mem 98 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 11 points and 12 rebounds. Roger Mason (SA) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 15 points and 7 assists. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 26 points including 11-17 FG and 6 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 32 points including 13-20 FG and 3 steals. Det 107, Mil 97 at Det Allen Iverson (Det) had 17 points including 9-12 FT, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Jason Maxiell (Det) had 13 points, 8 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 blocks. Walter Herrmann (Det) had 16 points including 5-6 FG (all 3-pointers). Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Ramon Sessions (Mil) had 21 points. Cha 115, Ind 108 OT at Ind Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 14 points and 20 rebounds including 9 offensive. Jason Richardson (Cha) had 21 points. Raymond Felton (Chi) had 31 points and 7 assists. Danny Granger (Ind) had 35 points including 14-21 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Marquis Daniels (Ind) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. T.J. Ford (Ind) had 20 points including 9-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Schedule for Saturday, November 29 (All times Central) Boston @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Indiana @ Orlando 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Washington 6:00 pm Golden State @ New York 6:30 pm Oklahoma City @ Memphis 7:00 pm Denver @ Minnesota 7:00 pm NBATV San Antonio @ Houston 7:30 pm Cleveland @ Milwaukee 8:00 pm New Jersey @ Utah 8:00 pm Dallas @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Miami @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm On the lighter side: Chris Bosh (Tor) on being stuck in his condo's elevator for 50 minutes, which caused him to get to the arena less than an hour before game time: "I sat and reflected on life and just chilled." Bosh on trying to force the door open: "I tried my superhuman strength but it wasn't opening." ---- 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