News from November 7. Philadelphia activated Jodie Meeks and placed Andre Iguodala (injured right Achilles) on IL. Golden State activated Jeremy Lin and placed Jeff Adrien on IL. Minnesota activated Michael Beasley and placed Lazar Hayward on IL. Houston activated Yao Ming and placed Aaron Brooks (sprained left ankle) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Morris Peterson and placed Jeff Green (sprained left ankle) on IL. With Houston's (1-5) win over Minnesota, all teams have now won at least one game. LAL 121, Por 96 at LAL Lamar Odom (LAL) had 21 points on 10-15 FG and 12 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 20 points including 9-13 FG, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Matt Barnes (LAL) had 13 points on 6-7 FG and 6 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 17 points. Andre Miller (Por) had 20 points and 5 assists. LAL shot 54.9% (50-91) FG and Por shot 42.7% (32-75) FG. LAL shot 13-15 FT and Por shot 26-31 FT. LAL out-rebounded Por 49-25 including 14-6 offensive. Hou 120, Min 94 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 24 points including 12-17 FT, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 21 points including 9-13 FG. Jordan Hill (Hou) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 16 points and 16 rebounds. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 12 points and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. Phi 106, NY 96 at NY Elton Brand (Phi) had 20 points on 7-11 FG and 6-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 19 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Louis Williams (Phi) had 19 points on 3-12 FG and 12-14 FT. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 21 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Toney Douglas (NY) had 17 points and 3 steals. Pho 118, Atl 114 at Atl Steve Nash (Pho) had 19 points including 7-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 15 assists. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 21 points on 9-15 FG. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Al Horford (Atl) had 30 points including 13-16 FG, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 34 points including 15-27 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Marvin Williams (Atl, bruised right knee) did not play. Bos 92, OKC 83 at OKC Paul Pierce (Bos) had 17 points. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 10 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Ray Allen (Bos) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 34 points including 10-11 FT and 6 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 16 points and 10 assists. Det 102, GS 97 at Det Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 27 points including 10-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Charlie Villanueva (Det) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Dorell Wright (GS) had 19 points and 5 assists. Monta Ellis (GS) had 24 points and 6 rebounds. Schedule for Monday, November 8 (All times Central) San Antonio @ Charlotte 6:00 pm NBATV Atlanta @ Orlando 6:00 pm Golden State @ Toronto 6:00 pm Denver @ Chicago 7:00 pm Phoenix @ Memphis 7:00 pm Boston @ Dallas 7:30 pm Schedule for Tuesday, November 9 (All times Central) Denver @ Indiana 6:00 pm Cleveland @ New Jersey 6:00 pm Utah @ Miami 6:30 pm New York @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Detroit @ Portland 9:00 pm Minnesota @ LA Lakers 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