News from December 1. The NBA named Gregg Popovich (SA) and Doc Rivers (Bos) as Coaches of the Month for November and October. San Antonio went 15-2 and Boston went 13-4. The NBA named Blake Griffin (LAC) and Landry Fields (NY) as Rookies of the Month for November and October. Griffin averaged 20.2 points and 11.6 rebounds as the Clippers went 3-15. Fields averaged 10.8 points and 7.1 rebounds as New York went 10-9. The NBA suspended Hilton Armstrong (Was) for one game for his flagrant foul against Joel Anthony (Mia) during Monday's Mia-Was game. Minnesota assigned Jonny Flynn to the NBADL. Orlando assigned Daniel Orton to the NBADL. Atlanta activated Etan Thomas and placed Joe Johnson on IL. Johnson is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks with an injured right elbow and will undergo arthroscopic surgery on the elbow to remove a loose particle. Dallas activated Steve Novak and placed Dominique Jones on IL. The LA Clippers activated Baron Davis and placed Randy Foye (strained left hamstring) on IL. Orlando activated Malik Allen and placed J.J. Redick on IL. Chicago activated Carlos Boozer and placed Brian Scalabrine on IL. Washington activated Al Thornton and placed Hamady N'Diaye on IL. Toronto activated Ed Davis and placed Reggie Evans (right foot surgery, out 8 weeks) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Byron Mullens and placed Kevin Durant (sprained left knee) on IL. New Jersey activated Quinton Ross and placed Devin Harris (sprained left knee) on IL. Dal 100, Min 86 at Dal Tyson Chandler (Dal) had 9 points and 18 rebounds. Shawn Marion (Dal) had 16 points including 5-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 12 points and 7 assists. Michael Beasley (Min) had 16 points. Kevin Love (Min) had 12 points including 3-10 FG and 15 rebounds. Uta 110, Ind 88 at Uta Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 24 points and 16 assists. Danny Granger (Ind) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Darren Collison (Ind) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Orl 107, Chi 78 at Chi Dwight Howard (Orl) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 24 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 9 assists. Vince Carter (Orl) had 22 points. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 16 points. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 15 points. Orl out-rebounded Chi 44-21 including 14-7 offensive. Den 105, Mil 94 at Den Nene (Den) had 24 points on 8-9 FG and 8-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 16 points and 9 assists. J.R. Smith (Den) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. John Salmons (Mil) had 21 points and 3 steals. Corey Maggette (Mil) had 17 points including 7-10 FT and 3 steals. Andrew Bogut (Mil, sore back) did not play. Hou 109, LAL 99 at Hou Shane Battier (Hou) had 17 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Luis Scola (Hou) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 22 points on 6-17 FG and 10-10 FT. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 25 points including 11-16 FG and 11 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 27 points and 4 steals. Bos 99, Por 95 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 28 points including 9-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Glen Davis (Bos) had 16 points including 7-9 FG and 7 rebounds. Wes Matthews (Por) had 23 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Andre Miller (Por) had 20 points and 6 assists. Bos shot 57.1% (36-63) FG and Por shot 45.9% (34-74) FG. OKC 123, NJ 120 3OT at NJ Jeff Green (OKC) had 37 points including 12-21 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds in 54 minutes. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 38 points including 10-14 FT and all 13 of OKC's pts in the 3rd OT, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, 9 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. James Harden (OKC) had 16 points including 4-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 28 points on 7-23 FG and 14-17 FT, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks in 53 minutes. Jordan Farmar (NJ) had 28 points and 9 assists in 52 minutes. Anthony Morrow (NJ) had 25 points including 9-15 FG and 5 rebounds in 52 minutes. Mia 97, Det 72 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 16 points including 7-9 FG. Greg Monroe (Det) had 15 points including 7-8 FG and 8 rebounds. Charlie Villanueva (Det) had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Mia shot 51.3% (39-76) FG and Det shot 36.4% (28-77) FG. LAC 90, SA 85 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 31 points including 14-21 FG and 13 rebounds. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Baron Davis (LAC) had 7 points including 2-6 FG and 10 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 15 points including 5-15 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. George Hill (SA) had 17 points and 3 steals. LAC shot 49.3% (37-75) FG and SA shot 35.6% (32-90) FG. NO 89, Cha 73 at NO David West (NO) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Emeka Okafor (NO) had 14 points and 13 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 9 points, 5 rebounds, 14 assists, and 4 steals. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 13 points and 6 assists. Atl 112, Mem 109 at Atl Al Horford (Atl) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 15 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 6 assists. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 16 points and 8 assists. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 23 points. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 19 points and 19 rebounds including 7 offensive. Mike Conley (Mem) had 22 points including 10-13 FG and 9 assists. Tor 127, Was 108 at Tor Sonny Weems (Tor) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. DeNar DeRozan (Tor) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. JaVale McGee (Was) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 19 points and 8 assists. Tor shot 58% (51-88) FG and Was shot 45.8% (38-83) FG. Tor out-rebounded Tor 52-30 including 14-9 offensive. Peja Stojakovic (Tor, swollen left knee) and Hilton Armstrong (Was, suspended) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, December 2 (All times Central) Miami @ Cleveland 7:00 pm TNT Phoenix @ Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, December 3 (All times Central) New Jersey @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Toronto 6:00 pm Portland @ Washington 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Orlando @ Detroit 6:30 pm Chicago @ Boston 7:00 pm ESPN Houston @ Memphis 7:00 pm New York @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Minnesota @ San Antonio 7:30 pm LA Clippers @ Denver 8:00 pm Indiana @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Dallas @ Utah 9:30 pm ESPN Sacramento @ 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