News from November 7. Jerry Sloan (Uta coach) had his 1000th win as coach of the Jazz, the only time an NBA coach has achieved 1000 wins with one team. Tony Parker (SA) suffered a sprained left ankle and is expected to be out 2 to 4 weeks. Josh Smith (Atl) suffered a sprained left ankle and is expected to be out 2 to 4 weeks. Denver activated Chauncey Billups and placed Sonny Weems on IL. Charlotte activated Andre Brown and placed Linton Johnson on IL. Washington activated Etan Thomas and placed Oleksiy Pecherov on IL. Detroit activated Allen Iverson and placed Walter Sharpe on IL. New Jersey activated Maurice Ager and placed Chris Douglas-Roberts on IL. San Antonio activated Anthony Tolliver and placed Jacque Vaughn on IL. Miami activated Dorell Wright and placed Marcus Banks on IL. Phoenix placed Shaquille O'Neal (rest) and Matt Barnes (birth of twins) on IL. Minnesota activated Brian Cardinal and placed Jason Collins on IL. Sacramento activated Kenny Thomas and placed Quincy Douby (ankle injury) on IL. Golden State activated Marcus Williams and placed Al Harrington (sore back) on IL. The LA Clippers activated Steve Novak and placed Ricky Davis on IL. Den 108, Dal 105 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 28 points including 14-14 FT, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Nene (Den) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 15 points including 5-17 FG and 3 steals. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 23 points and 10 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 20 points and 7 assists. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 22 points including 6-12 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Den shot 37-40 FT and Dal shot 14-16 FT. NJ 103, Det 96 at NJ Josh Boone (NJ) had 18 points on 9-12 FG and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Devin Harris (NJ) had 38 points on 9-15 FG and 20-24 FT and 5 rebounds. Vince Carter (NJ) had 18 points including 7-20 FG, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 19 points on 4-15 FG and 9-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Det) had 24 points including 11-13 FT and 6 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Atl 110, Tor 92 at Atl Mike Bibby (Atl) had 19 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 12 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Maurice Evans (Atl) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 26 points including 10-12 FT and 8 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Tor) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 3 blocks. Atl shot 54.3% (44-81) FG and Tor shot 43.2% (35-81) FG. Uta 104, OKC 97 at Uta Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 16 points. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Jeff Green (OKC) had 22 points including 3-3 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Chi 100, Pho 83 at Chi Derrick Rose (Chi) had 18 points and 6 assists. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 23 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 assists. Tyrus Thomas (Chi) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 26 points including 16-18 FT and 7 rebounds. Robin Lopez (Pho) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Chi shot 51.9% (40-77) FG and Pho shot 40.6% (28-69) FG. Cha 92, NO 89 at Cha Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 20 points. Jason Richardson (Cha) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 20 points including 6-12 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 20 points, 10 assists, and 6 steals. Bos 101, Mil 89 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Tony Allen (Bos) had 13 points including 4-5 FG. Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 13 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Sac 121, Min 109 at Sac John Salmons (Sac) had 23 points including 9-15 FG. Brad Miller (Sac) had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 26 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kevin Love (Min) had 20 points on 6-7 FG and 8-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Mike Miller (Min) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Sac shot 54.8% (46-84) FG and Min shot 42.9% (36-84) FG. Cle 111, Ind 107 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 27 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 blocks. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 21 points. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Danny Granger (Ind) had 33 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 6 turnovers. Marquis Daniels (Ind) had 17 points, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 7 assists. Cle shot 24-28 FT and Ind shot 11-11 FT. Mia 99, SA 83 at SA Michael Beasley (Mia) had 20 points including 10-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 33 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Tim Duncan (SA) had 22 points including 9-16 FG and 11 rebounds. Roger Mason (SA) had 18 points including 6-17 FG and 5-11 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Dorell Wright (Mia, left knee rehab) did not play. Mem 109, GS 104 at GS Rudy Gay (Mem) had 23 points. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Hakim Warrick (Mem) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (GS) had 27 points including 0-6 3-pointers and 9-13 FT. Andris Biedrins (GS) had 23 points including 9-10 FT and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kelenna Azubuike (GS) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Hou 92, LAC 83 at LAC Ron Artest (Hou) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Carl Landry (Hou) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Yao Ming (Hou) had 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 23 points including 11-18 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Baron Davis (LAC) had 23 points and 8 assists. NY 114, Was 108 at Was Zach Randolph (NY) had 22 points and 13 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 23 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Nate Robinson (NY) had 17 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Caron Butler (Was) had 30 points including 7-11 FT and 7 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 24 points and 12 rebounds. Schedule for Saturday, November 8 (All times Central) New Jersey @ Indiana 6:00 pm Washington @ Orlando 6:00 pm Miami @ New Orleans 7:00 pm NBATV Cleveland @ Chicago 7:30 pm Phoenix @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Minnesota @ Portland 9:00 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