News from November 7. Danny Granger (Ind) received an injection in his left knee to treat patellar tendinitis. He is expected to be out up to 3 months. Charlotte activated DeSagana Diop and placed Gerald Henderson (sprained left foot) on IL. Cleveland activated Luke Harangody and Jeremy Pargo and placed Anderson Varejao (bruised right knee) and Tyler Zeller (fractured left cheekbone) on IL. Dallas activated Rodrigue Beaubois and placed Shawn Marion (sprained left MCL) on IL. Denver activated Quincy Miller and placed Wilson Chandler (left hip injury) on IL. Detroit activated Sasha Kravtsov and placed Khris Middleton on IL. Houston activated Greg Smith and placed Scott Machado on IL. Miami activated Josh Harrellson and placed Terrel Harris on IL. Milwaukee activated John Henson and placed Beno Udrih (right quad contusion) on IL. Toronto activated Quincy Acy and placed Kyle Lowry (sprained right ankle) on IL. Dal 109, Tor 104 at Dal Chris Kaman (Dal) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Dal) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Vince Carter (Dal) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 25 points and 9 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 24 points including 8-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 18 points including 6-7 FG and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Elton Brand (Dal, birth of child) and Rodrigue Beaubois (Dal, sprained left ankle) did not play. Pho 117, Cha 110 at Cha Michael Beasley (Pho) had 21 points including 7-21 FG, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, 7 assists, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 23 points including 10-14 FG, 10 rebounds, and 7 blocks. Shannon Brown (Pho) had 24 points including 6-8 3-pointers. Byron Mullens (Cha) had 24 points on 9-16 FG and 6-10 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 17 points and 8 assists. Ramon Sessions (Cha) had 17 points on 2-10 FG and 12-14 FT and 9 assists. Bos 100, Was 94 OT at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 15 points on 2-12 FG and 10-12 FT, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 20 points and 13 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 18 points including 7-11 FG, 14 assists, and 3 steals. Kevin Seraphin (Was) had 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. A.J. Price (Was) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Bos shot 28-34 FT and Was shot 6-7 FT. Atl 89, Ind 86 at Atl Al Horford (Atl) had 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. David West (Ind) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. George Hill (Ind) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Atl out-scored Ind 24-9 in the 4th quarter. Mia 103, Bro 73 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 20 points, 12 rebounds, and 8 assists. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 22 points including 10-14 FG and 5 assists. Rashard Lewis (Mia) had 13 points. Deron Williams (Bro) had 14 points and 7 turnovers. Kris Humphries (Bro) had 11 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Mia shot 51.9% (40-77) FG and Bro shot 37.5% (30-80) FG. Mem 108, Mil 90 at Mil Zach Randolph (Mem) had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 17 points including 7-20 FG and 5 rebounds. Marreese Speights (Mem) had 18 points on 9-13 FG and 9 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 19 points including 6-20 FG, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Monta Ellis (Mil) had 15 points including 5-18 FG and 7 assists. Mem shot 53% (44-83) FG and Mil shot 38.5% (35-91) FG. Phi 77, NO 62 at NO Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 12 points on 6-8 FG and 10 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists, and 7 turnovers. Evan Turner (Phi) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Al-Farouq Aminu (NO) had 10 points including 3-11 FG and 16 rebounds. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 9 points including 3-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Phi shot 3-5 FT and NO shot 12-16 FT. Kwame Brown (Phi, strained left calf), Jason Richardson (Phi, sprained left ankle), Anthony Davis (NO, mild concussion), and Austin Rivers (NO, sprained left index finger) did not play. Den 93, Hou 87 at Hou Ty Lawson (Den) had 21 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 16 points and 16 rebounds including 9 offensive. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Patrick Patterson (Hou) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Carlos Delfino (Hou) had 19 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Min 90, Orl 75 at Min Luke Ridnour (Min) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Derrick Williams (Min) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Greg Stiemsma (Min) had 12 points on 6-7 FG and 5 rebounds. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 16 points and 5 turnovers. Andrew Nicholson (Orl) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl, strained groin) did not play. Uta 95, LAL 86 at Uta Al Jefferson (Uta) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals. Maurice Williams (Uta) had 16 points and 7 assists. Randy Foye (Uta) had 17 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Dwight Howard (LAL) had 19 points on 7-11 FG and 5-12 FT, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 29 points including 15-17 FT, 5 rebounds, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Uta shot 44.6% (37-83) FG and LAL shot 33.8% (25-74) FG. Uta shot 16-18 FT and LAL shot 32-46 FT. Sac 105, Det 103 at Sac DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 21 points and 11 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Greg Monroe (Det) had 21 points, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 11 assists. Brandon Knight (Det) had 21 points including 5-9 3-pointers. LAC 106, SA 84 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 22 points including 10-16 FG and 10 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 20 points on 10-12 FG, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Chris Paul (LAC) had 10 points and 12 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Danny Green (SA) had 12 points. LAC shot 55.4% (46-83) FG and SA shot 41.1% (30-73) FG. LAC shot 8-9 FT and SA shot 16-24 FT. GS 106, Cle 96 at GS David Lee (GS) had 22 points including 10-16 FG, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Stephen Curry (GS) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Carl Landry (GS) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 9 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 28 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 11 points and 10 rebounds. GS shot 53.8% (42-78) FG and Cle shot 41.9% (36-86) FG. Schedule for Thursday, November 8 (All times Central) Oklahoma City at Chicago 7:00 pm TNT LA Clippers at Portland 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, November 9 (All times Central) Milwaukee at Washington 6:00 pm Brooklyn at Orlando 6:00 pm Philadelphia at Boston 6:30 pm Dallas at New York 6:30 pm Miami at Atlanta 6:30 pm Houston at Memphis 7:00 pm Charlotte at New Orleans 7:00 pm Detroit at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Indiana at Minnesota 7:00 pm Cleveland at Phoenix 8:00 pm San Antonio at Sacramento 9:00 pm Utah at Denver 9:30 pm ESPN Golden State 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