News from November 11. The NBA named Markieff Morris (Pho) and Paul George (Ind) as Players of the Week for the week ending November 10. Morris averaged 22.8 points and 8 rebounds as Phoenix went 3-1. George averaged 24.8 points and 7.5 rebounds as Indiana went 4-0. The NBA fined James Harden (Hou) $5,000 for his second flop violation of the season. Steve Nash (LAL) is expected to be out at leads 2 weeks with nerve irritation in his back. Larry Sanders (Mil) underwent surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb and is expected to be out 6 weeks. Charlotte head coach Steve Clifford returned to coaching after undergoing heart surgery on Friday. Charlotte activated Al Jefferson and placed James Southerland on IL. Cleveland activated Andrew Bynum and placed Sergey Karasev on IL. Denver placed JaVale McGee (stress fracture left tibia) on IL. Detroit activated Charlie Villanueva and placed Josh Harrellson on IL. Toronto activated Aaron Gray and placed Steve Novak on IL. Atl 103, Cha 94 at Cha Al Horford (Atl) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 14 points including 4-14 FG and 12 assists. Cartier Martin (Atl) had 16 points including 5-7 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Josh McRoberts (Cha) had 19 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Ind 95, Mem 79 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 13 points, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists. George Hill (Ind) had 13 points. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Jerryd Bayless (Mem, sprained right knee) did not play. SA 109, Phi 85 at Phi Danny Green (SA) had 18 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 14 points and 9 assists. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Evan Turner (Phi) had 20 points. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 17 points and 13 rebounds. SA out-scored Phi 31-13 in the 1st quarter. Tim Duncan (SA, rest) and Kwame Brown (Phi, strained right hamstring) did not play. Bos 120, Orl 105 at Bos Avery Bradley (Bos) had 24 points including 10-15 FG and 3 steals. Jordan Crawford (Bos) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 16 points on 7-9 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 18 points and 7 assists. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Bos shot 60% (51-85) FG and Orl shot 45.9% (39-85) FG. Tobias Harris (Orl, sprained left ankle) and Solomon Jones (Orl, torn left lateral meniscus) did not play. Chi 96, Cle 81 at Chi Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 16 points and 7 assists. Mike Dunleavy (Chi) had 15 points. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 16 points including 5-19 FG. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 14 points and 13 rebounds. Hou 110, Tor 104 2OT at Hou Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists in 50 minutes. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 18 points, 24 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 blocks. James Harden (Hou) had 26 points including 9-11 FT, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 31 points including 10-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Rudy Gay (Tor) had 29 points including 11-37 FG, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 22 points on 6-25 FG and 10-11 FT. Hou shot 44% (37-84) FG and Tor shot 33.3% (38-114) FG. Francisco Garcia (Hou, flu) did not play. Den 110, Uta 81 at Uta Kenneth Faried (Den) had 15 points and 13 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. J.J. Hickson (Den) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 21 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 22 points and 7 turnovers. Por 109, Det 103 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 25 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Robin Lopez (Por) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 16 points on 8-9 FG and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Brandon Jennings (Det) had 28 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. LAC 109, Min 107 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 25 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chris Paul (LAC) had 21 points, 11 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 6 assists. Kevin Love (Min) had 23 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 19 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 7 assists. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 25 points including 11-15 FG and 10 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Min) had 30 points including 4-8 3-pointers. LAC shot 55% (44-80) FG and Min shot 41.7% (40-96) FG. Schedule for Tuesday, November 12 (All times Central) Milwaukee at Miami 6:30 pm Washington at Dallas 7:30 pm Detroit at Golden State 9:30 pm NBATV New Orleans at LA Lakers 9:30 pm Schedule for Wednesday, November 13 (All times Central) Milwaukee at Orlando 6:00 pm Houston at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Charlotte at Boston 6:30 pm Toronto at Memphis 7:00 pm Cleveland at Minnesota 7:00 pm New York at Atlanta 7:00 pm ESPN Washington at San Antonio 7:30 pm LA Lakers at Denver 8:00 pm New Orleans at Utah 8:00 pm Phoenix at Portland 9:00 pm Brooklyn at Sacramento 9:00 pm Oklahoma City at LA Clippers 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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