News from November 14. Atlanta activated Johan Petro and placed Devin Harris (ill) on IL. Boston placed Kris Joseph on IL. Chicago activated Kirk Hinrich. Detroit activated Corey Maggette and placed Rodney Stuckey (flu) on IL. Houston placed Donatas Motiejunas on IL. Phoenix activated Jermaine O'Neal and placed Diante Garrett on IL. Dal 107, Was 101 at Dal Elton Brand (Dal) had 11 points and 12 rebounds including 8 offensive. Chris Kaman (Dal) had 23 points including 10-12 FT and 8 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Dal) had 25 points including 9-15 FG. Kevin Seraphin (Was) had 16 points on 8-10 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jamal Crawford (Was) had 21 points, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Dal shot 26-33 FT and Was shot 10-11 FT. Chi 112, Pho 106 OT at Pho Luol Deng (Chi) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 28 points and 14 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 21 points, 12 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 assists. Luis Scola (Pho) had 24 points and 14 rebounds. Sebastian Telfair (Pho) had 17 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Chi shot 50% (44-88) FG and Pho shot 40% (42-105) FG. Mem 107, OKC 97 at OKC Rudy Gay (Mem) had 28 points including 12-21 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Quincy Pondexter (Mem) had 13 points. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 34 points including 12-21 FG, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 17 points including 6-19 FG, 6 rebounds, and 13 assists. LAC 107, Mia 100 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 20 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 assists. Chris Paul (LAC) had 16 points including 3-9 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 22 points including 7-11 FG, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. LeBron James (Mia) had 30 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Ray Allen (Mia) had 14 points and 5 steals. Mil 99, Ind 85 at Mil Samuel Dalembert (Mil) had 14 points including 5-7 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 16 points. Monta Ellis (Mil) had 16 points. Tyler Hansbrough (Ind) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Gerald Green (Ind) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Bos 98, Uta 93 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 23 points. Jeff Green (Bos) had 16 points. Leandro Barbosa (Bos) had 16 points. Paul Millsap 9Uta) had 20 points and 12 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 13 points and 14 rebounds. Hou 100, NO 96 at Hou Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 13 points including 4-14 FG and 10 rebounds. Omer Asik (Hou) had 15 points and 12 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 30 points including 9-11 FG. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 20 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Det 94, Phi 76 at Phi Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Greg Monroe (Det) had 19 points, 18 rebounds including 5 offensive, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Brandon Knight (Det) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 12 points including 4-13 FG, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Lavoy Allen (Phi) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Det shot 47.9% (35-73) FG and Phi shot 29.8% (25-84) FG. Det out-rebounded Phi 57-38 including 12-11 offensive. Cha 89, Min 87 at Min Byron Mullens (Cha) had 12 points, 15 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 22 points including the game winning long jumper with .7 seconds left, 5 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Ramon Sessions (Cha) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Andrei Kirilenko (Min) had 26 points including 9-12 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Luke Ridnour (Min) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Ben Gordon (Cha, personal reasons), J.J. Barea (Min, sprained left foot), Chase Budinger (Min, torn meniscus left knee), Nikola Pekovic (Min, sprained left ankle), and Brandon Roy (Min, sore right knee) did not play. GS 92, Atl 88 at GS Harrison Barnes (GS) had 19 points and 13 rebounds. David Lee (GS) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 12 points including 4-12 FG and 0-5 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Josh Smith (Atl) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Louis Williams (Atl) had 18 points including 5-14 FG and 6 assists. Al Horford (Atl, ill) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, November 15 (All times Central) Boston at Brooklyn 7:00 pm TNT New York at San Antonio 7:30 pm Miami at Denver 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, November 16 (All times Central) Utah at Philadelphia 6:00 pm ESPN Orlando at Detroit 6:00 pm Dallas at Indiana 6:00 pm Oklahoma City at New Orleans 7:00 pm Golden State at Minnesota 7:00 pm New York at Memphis 8:30 pm ESPN Atlanta at Sacramento 9:00 pm Houston at Portland 9:00 pm Phoenix at LA Lakers 9:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html