News from November 5. Indiana activated Travis Diener and placed Rasho Nesterovic (sprained right ankle) on IL. Miami activated Shaun Livingston and placed Dorell Wright on IL. Charlotte activated Linton Johnson and placed Andre Brown on IL. Washington activated Oleksiy Pecherov and placed Etan Thomas on IL. Milwaukee activated Luke Ridnour and placed Michael Redd (sprained right ankle) on IL. Minnesota activated Jason Collins and placed Brian Cardinal on IL. New Orleans activated Tyson Chandler and placed Melvin Ely on IL. Oklahoma City placed Steven Hill on IL. Memphis activated Javaris Crittenton and placed Hamed Haddadi on IL. Sacramento activated Donte Greene and placed Kenny Thomas on IL. Denver activated Sonny Weems and Chucky Atkins and placed Chauncey Billups (not with team) and Antonio McDyess (not with team) on IL. Golden State activated Anthony Morrow and placed Corey Maggette (strained left hamstring) and Marcus Williams on IL. Uta 103, Por 96 at Uta Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 9 rebounds. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 17 points and 5 turnovers. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 18 points. Brandon Roy (Por) had 18 points and 6 assists. SA 129, Min 125 2OT at Min Tim Duncan (SA) had 30 points and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Tony Parker (SA) had 55 points on 22-36 FG and 9-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists in 51 minutes. Roger Mason (SA) had 26 points including 9-16 FG. Al Jefferson (Min) had 30 points and 14 rebounds. Mike Miller (Min) had 25 points including 5-7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Bos 96, OKC 83 at OKC Paul Pierce (Bos) had 20 points including 7-20 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Ray Allen (Bos) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Jeff Green (OKC) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 17 points. Cle 107, Chi 93 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 41 points on 13-23 FG and 15-16 FT, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Delonte West (Cle) had 16 points. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 20 points and 7 assists. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 31 points including 11-19 FG and 5-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. Mil 112, Was 104 OT at Mil Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 32 points including 13-23 FG and 9 assists. Luke Ridnour (Mil) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 11 assists. Ramon Sessions (Mil) had 22 points and 8 assists. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 19 points on 6-19 FG and 7-12 FT and 10 rebounds. Caron Butler (Was) had 27 points on 9-15 FG and 9-10 FT, 7 rebounds, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Mil shot 17-26 FT and Was shot 34-51 FT. Mil out-scored Was 14-6 in overtime. Det 100, Tor 93 at Tor Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 27 points and 9 rebounds. Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 11 points including 4-12 FG and 12 rebounds. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 22 points and 5 assists. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 26 points and 13 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 24 points and 8 assists. Pho 113, Ind 103 at Ind Grant Hill (Pho) had 11 points and 4 blocks. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 49 points on 17-21 FG and 15-15 FT, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Boris Diaw (Pho) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Danny Granger (Ind) had 23 points and 5 turnovers. T.J. Ford (Ind) had 23 points. Marquis Daniels (Ind) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Matt Barnes (Pho, personal reasons) did not play. Atl 87, NO 79 at NO Josh Smith (Atl) had 11 points on 5-14 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Ronald Murray (Atl) had 14 points. David West (NO) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chris Paul (NO) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Mia 106, Phi 83 at Mia Shawn Marion (Mia) had 12 points including 5-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Michael Beasley (Mia) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 29 points on 9-15 FG and 11-13 FT, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks, and 5 steals. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 19 points, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Louis Williams (Phi) had 16 points. Marcus Banks (Mia, right hip flexor strain) did not play. LAL 106, LAC 88 at LAL Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 27 points including 11-14 FG. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 9 points, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 blocks. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Al Thornton (LAC) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Tim Thomas (LAC) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. LAL shot 32-45 FT and LAC shot 10-15 FT. GS 111, Den 101 at GS Stephen Jackson (GS) had 29 points on 8-22 FG, 1-9 3-pointers, and 12-13 FT, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kelenna Azubuike (GS) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Brandan Wright (GS) had 18 points including 7-9 FG, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 28 points including 13-30 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Nene (Den) had 19 points including 6-8 FG, 15 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. NY 101, Cha 98 at NY Zach Randolph (NY) had 25 points including 10-15 FG and 13 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (NY) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Nate Robinson (NY) had 24 points including 9-12 FG and 5-5 3-pointers and 5 assists. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 16 points including 7-11 FG, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 turnovers. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 18 points on 9-16 FG and 6 assists. Sac 100, Mem 95 at Sac John Salmons (Sac) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 33 points on 11-18 FG and 10-13 FT and 3 steals. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 18 points including 7-10 FT and 6 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 28 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 3 steals. Brad Miller (Sac, suspended) did not play. 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