News from November 9. Steven Hunter (Den) is scheduled to undergo surgery on his right knee and is expected to be out at least 2 months. Dallas activated Shawne Williams and placed Josh Howard (sprained left wrist) on IL. The LA Clippers activated Ricky Davis and placed Tim Thomas (sprained left ankle) on IL. Thomas is expected to be out a week. Atlanta activated Othello Hunter and placed Josh Smith (high ankle sprain) on IL. Smith is expected to be out 2 to 4 weeks. LAC 103, Dal 92 at LAC Al Thornton (LAC) had 17 points including 6-7 FG. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 10 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Baron Davis (LAC) had 22 points and 10 assists. Gerald Green (Dal) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 33 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Bos 88, Det 76 at Det Ray Allen (Bos) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 13 points including 4-5 FG and 5 assists. Tony Allen (Bos) had 23 points including 11-16 FG and 5 rebounds. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 23 points including 9-16 FG and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 10 points on 4-17 FG and 11 rebounds. LAL 111, Hou 82 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 20 points including 7-10 FG, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 23 points including 10-17 FG. Jordan Farmar (LAL) had 16 points and 6 assists. Luis Scola (Hou) had 12 points including 3-9 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 20 points and 5 turnovers. LAL shot 53.2% (42-79) FG and Hou shot 37.8% (31-82) FG. NY 107, Uta 99 at NY Zach Randolph (NY) had 25 points, 14 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Chris Duhon (NY) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 32 points including 10-17 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 19 points including 7-11 FG, 17 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 steals. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 18 points. Den 100, Mem 90 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 24 points including 10-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Nene (Den) had 18 points including 8-10 FG and 12 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 16 points on 2-13 FG and 10-11 FT, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 16 points including 4-17 FG and 8-10 FT, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 31 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Kenyon Martin (Den, sprained left wrist) did not play. Sac 115, GS 98 at Sac Brad Miller (Sac) had 14 points including 5-7 FG, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 27 points including 10-16 FG. Spencer Hawes (Sac) had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (GS) had 15 points and 6 assists. Andris Biedrins (GS) had 16 points, 18 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Atl 89, OKC 85 at OKC Marvin Williams (Atl) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 25 points including 9-25 FG. Ronald Murray (Atl) had 14 points including 5-14 FG. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 20 points. Joe Smith (OKC) had 14 points on 3-10 FG and 8-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Tor 89, Cha 79 at Cha Chris Bosh (Tor) had 30 points including 12-19 FG, 15 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 13 points and 7 assists. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 12 points including 4-11 FG and 6 assists. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 14 points. Tor shot 49.3% (35-71) FG and Cha shot 37% (30-81) FG. Schedule for Monday, November 10 (All times Central) Oklahoma City @ Indiana 6:00 pm Portland @ Orlando 6:00 pm NBATV Toronto @ Boston 6:30 pm New Jersey @ Miami 6:30 pm Memphis @ Phoenix 8:00 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