News from December 4. The NBA named as Carmelo Anthony (Den) and LeBron James (Cle) Players of the Month for November [including the regular season games in October]. Anthony averaged 31 points and 6 rebounds as Denver went 12-5. James averaged 29.2 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 8 assists as Cleveland went 12-5. The NBA suspended Scott Skiles (Mil coach) for 1 game for his actions towards a ref during Wednesday's Mil-Was game. Nate McMillan (Sea coach) suffered a torn right Achilles during Friday's practice. He is scheduled to undergo surgery on Monday and will then miss the team's 4 game road trip (but will coach Saturday's game). With New Jersey's win (1-18), there are no longer any unvictorious teams. 18 losses to open the season by New Jersey set the NBA record for most consecutive losses to start a season. Utah activated C.J. Miles and placed Ronnie Price (sprained left big toe) on IL. Minnesota activated Kevin Love and placed Brian Cardinal on IL. New Orleans activated Chris Paul and Peja Stojakovic and placed Sean Marks and Morris Peterson on IL. New Jersey activated Keyon Dooling and Tony Battie and placed Yi Jianlian (sprained right MCL) and Eduardo Najera (sore lower back) on IL. Milwaukee activated Luc Mbah a Moute and placed Francisco Elson on IL. Mem 98, Dal 82 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 24 points and 15 rebounds including 9 offensive. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 25 points on 10-16 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 16 points including 7-22 FG and 10 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 18 points including 5-16 FG and 4-10 3-pointers. Mem shot 45.9% (39-85) FG and Dal shot 35.2% (32-91) FG. Uta 96, Ind 87 at Uta Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 35 points on 14-21 FG and 7-12 FT and 13 rebounds. Wes Matthews (Uta) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 11 points including 4-11 FG and 13 assists. Danny Granger (Ind) had 26 points including 10-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Kyle Korver (Uta, left knee surgery) did not play. NY 114, Atl 107 at Atl Al Harrington (NY) had 27 points including 11-17 FG and 5 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 18 points including 7-9 FG, 17 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Chris Duhon (NY) had 25 points including 10-16 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 10 assists. Marvin Williams (Atl) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 17 points including 7-10 FT and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 29 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Nate Robinson (NY) and Danilo Gallinari (NY, sore right forearm) did not play. Cle 101, Chi 87 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 23 points including 6-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 15 points, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 15 points on 7-9 FG. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 14 points and 13 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 13 points including 5-16 FG and 7 assists. LAL 108, Mia 107 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 33 points including the game winning banked 3-pointer at the buzzer, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 26 points on 7-21 FG and 12-18 FT, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Jermaine O'Neal (Mia) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Det 105, Mil 96 at Det Jonas Jerebko (Det) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Ben Wallace (Det) had 11 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 19 points including 7-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 15 points on 6-20 FG, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Luke Ridnour (Mil) had 21 points including 7-11 FG and 9 assists. Det shot 57.4% (39-68) FG and Mil shot 43.4% (36-83) FG. Bos 105, OKC 87 at OKC Paul Pierce (Bos) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 23 points including 10-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 15 points including 7-11 FG, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 36 points including 13-19 FG and 5 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 15 points and 5 turnovers. Nenad Krstic (OKC, sprained left ankle) did not play. Tor 109, Was 107 OT at Was Hedo Turkoglu (Tor) had 20 points including the game winning jumper with 8.1 seconds left. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 31 points and 16 rebounds including 9 offensive. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 16 points including 6-20 FG and 9 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 34 points including 5-11 3-pointers. Earl Boykins (Was) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. NO 98, Min 89 at NO Emeka Okafor (NO) had 17 points, 13 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Chris Paul (NO) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, 15 assists, and 8 steals. Devin Brown (NO) had 19 points including 7-10 FG. Ryan Gomes (Min) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Min) had 20 points on 10-17 FG and 14 rebounds. NJ 97, Cha 91 at NJ Brook Lopez (NJ) had 31 points and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Devin Harris (NJ) had 16 points on 2-14 FG and 11-13 FT and 8 assists. Courtney Lee (NJ) had 27 points including 11-16 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 3 steals. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 13 points, 20 rebounds, and 5 assists. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 28 points including 11-14 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 28 points. Rafer Alston (NJ, sore left knee) and Trenton Hassell (NJ) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, December 5 (All times Central) Philadelphia @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Toronto @ Chicago 7:00 pm Utah @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Denver @ San Antonio 7:30 pm NBATV Atlanta @ Dallas 8:00 pm Sacramento @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Houston @ Portland 9:00 pm Orlando @ Golden State 9:30 pm Indiana @ LA Clippers 9:30 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