News from November 13. New Orleans released Joe Alexander. Charlotte activated Eduardo Najera and placed Tyrus Thomas (death in family) on IL. New Jersey activated Troy Murphy and placed Joe Smith on IL. Cleveland activated Samardo Samuels and Manny Harris and placed Maurice Williams (strained left groin) and Anderson Varejao (bruised ribs) on IL. Toronto activated David Andersen and placed Ed Davis on IL. Miami activated Juwan Howard and placed Jamaal Magloire on IL. New Orleans activated Peja Stojakovic and placed Marcus Thornton on IL. San Antonio activated Matt Bonner and placed James Anderson (stress fracture right foot) on IL. Stats Leaders Points Kevin Durant (OKC) 28.9 Monta Ellis (GS) 26.5 Rudy Gay (Mem) 25.2 Kobe Bryant (LAL) 25.2 Rebounds Kevin Love (Min) 14.6 Joakim Noah (Chi) 13.9 Pau Gasol (LAL) 11.8 Reggie Evans (Tor) 11.8 Assists Rajon Rondo (Bos) 14.9 Jason Kidd (Dal) 10.5 Chris Paul (NO) 10.3 Bos 116, Mem 110 OT at Mem Paul Pierce (Bos) had 28 points including 9-13 FG and 5 turnovers. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Shaquille O'Neal (Bos) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 17 assists. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 21 points including 10-14 FG and 11 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Bos, sore left knee) did not play. NO 107, Por 87 at NO David West (NO) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 11 points, 13 assists, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Marco Belinelli (NO) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 16 points. Marcus Camby (Por) had 10 points, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive and 3 blocks. Mia 109, Tor 100 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 23 points including 7-11 FT and 11 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 31 points on 11-16 FG and 9-14 FT and 8 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 22 points including 8-23 FG and 9 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 21 points including 7-11 FT and 6 rebounds. Reggie Evans (Tor, flu like symptoms) did not play. SA 116, Phi 93 at SA DaJuan Blair (SA) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 24 points including 10-13 FG, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 18 points. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 16 points, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Marreese Speights (Phi) had 11 points and 7 rebounds. Mil 79, GS 72 at Mil Drew Gooden (Mil) had 16 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 8 points on 4-12 FG, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 7 blocks. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 19 points including 6-19 FG, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. John Salmons (Mil) had 26 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Monta Ellis (GS) had 24 points including 9-16 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Reggie Williams (GS) had 11 points including 4-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Mil shot 17-21 FT and GS shot 6-10 FT. Carlos Delfino (Mil, strained neck) did not play. Uta 96, Cha 95 at Cha Paul Millsap (Uta) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 17 points including 5-15 FG and the game winning hook shot with .8 seconds left and 9 assists. Nazr Mohammed (Cha) had 22 points including 10-16 FT, 20 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 4 blocks. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 24 points including 6-18 FG and 5-13 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Chi 103, Was 96 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 21 points including 9-12 FT, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 24 points and 8 assists. John Wall (Was) had 16 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 30 points including 7-10 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Chi shot 26-34 FT and Was shot 4-8 FT. Orl 91, NJ 90 at NJ Dwight Howard (Orl) had 16 points including 6-9 FG and 10 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 13 points including the game winning floater with 4.1 seconds left. Brandon Bass (Orl) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Travis Outlaw (NJ) had 20 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Devin Harris (NJ) had 26 points including 9-16 FG, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Ind 99, Cle 85 at Cle Danny Granger (Ind) had 34 points including 13-21 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 16 points and 13 rebounds. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 20 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Ramon Sessions (Cle) had 17 points including 6-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Schedule for Sunday, November 14 (All times Central) Minnesota @ Atlanta 1:00 pm Detroit @ Sacramento 5:00 pm San Antonio @ Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Houston @ New York 6:30 pm NBATV Phoenix @ LA Lakers 8:30 pm Schedule for Monday, November 15 (All times Central) Minnesota @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Memphis @ Orlando 6:00 pm NBATV New Orleans @ Dallas 7:30 pm Denver @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Utah 8:00 pm Detroit @ Golden State 9:30 pm New Jersey @ 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