News from December 1. The NBA named Chris Paul (NO) and LeBron James (Cle) as Players of the Month for November. Paul averaged 20.3 points and 11.6 assists as New Orleans went 9-6. James averaged 27.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 6.4 assists as Cleveland went 14-3. The NBA named Phil Jackson (LAL) and Doc Rivers (Bos) as Coaches of the Month for November. The Lakers went 14-1 and Boston went 16-2. The NBA named O.J. Mayo (Mem) and Derrick Rose (Chi) as Rookies of the Month. Mayo averaged 21.9 points as Memphis went 4-13. Rose averaged 18.4 points and 6 assists as Chicago went 8-9. The NBA named Brandon Roy (Por) and Devin Harris (NJ) as Players of the Week. Roy averaged 20 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 6 assists as Portland went 4-0. Harris averaged 30 points and 6.8 assists as New Jersey went 3-1. Minnesota activated Kevin Ollie and placed Corey Brewer on IL. Brewer is expected to miss the rest of the season with torn right ACL. Golden State activated Marcus Williams and placed Kelenna Azubuike (sprained left foot) on IL. Bos 107, Orl 88 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 24 points including 9-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 15 points including 7-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 16 points and 12 assists. Ray Allen (Bos) had 21 points. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 30 points and 5 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 14 points, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 blocks. Bos shot 54.1% (40-74) FG and Orl shot 42% (34-81) FG. Jameer Nelson (Orl, strained right hip flexor) did not play. Mia 130, GS 129 OT at GS Shawn Marion (Mia) had 21 points including 9-16 FG, 15 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 steals. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 21 points including 8-11 FG and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 37 points including 12-13 FT, 5 rebounds, 13 assists, 3 blocks, and 7 turnovers. Michael Beasley (Mia) had 19 points including the game winning free throw with 3.4 seconds left and 6 rebounds. Corey Maggette (GS) had 29 points including 17-18 FT and 5 rebounds. Andris Biedrins (GS) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jamal Crawford (GS) had 40 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 14-16 FT and 7 assists. Cha 100, Min 90 at Cha Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 24 points including 9-14 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 14 points and 14 assists. Jason Richardson (Cha) had 25 points on 11-18 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Randy Foye (Min) had 23 points. Mike Miller (Min) had 19 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Schedule for Tuesday, December 2 (All times Central) LA Lakers @ Indiana 6:00 pm Washington @ New Jersey 6:30 pm Portland @ New York 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Chicago 7:30 pm LA Clippers @ Dallas 7:30 pm Detroit @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Toronto @ Denver 8:00 pm Utah @ Sacramento 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