News from November 29. The NBA fined Jason Kidd (Bro) $50,000 for intentionally spilling a drink near the end of Wednesday's Bro-LAL game when Brooklyn was out of timeouts. Jeremy Lin (Hou) is expected to be out 2 weeks with a sprained right knee. The LA Lakers released Elias Harris. Atlanta activated Louis Williams and placed Kyle Korver (bruised ribs) on IL. Brooklyn activated Brook Lopez and placed Jason Terry (bruised left knee) on IL. Charlotte activated James Southerland and placed Michael Kidd-Gilchrist on IL. Detroit activated Peyton Siva and placed Will Bynum on IL. Miami activated Shane Battier and placed Roger Mason on IL. New Orleans activated Darius Miller and placed Jeff Withey on IL. San Antonio activated Nando de Colo and placed Tony Parker (sprained ankle) on IL. Toronto activated Quincy Acy and placed Aaron Gray on IL. Utah activated Andris Biedrins, Brandon Rush, and Enes Kanter and placed Mike Harris and Ian Clark on IL. Atl 88, Dal 87 at Atl Jeff Teague (Atl) had 25 points including 9-11 FT and 6 assists. Al Horford (Atl) had 17 points including the game winning jumper with 4.2 seconds left, 12 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 16 points. Jose Calderon (Dal) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers. DeJuan Blair (Dal) had 9 points and 18 rebounds including 5 offensive. Atl out-scored Dal 24-12 in the 4th quarter. Cha 92, Mil 76 at Cha Al Jefferson (Cha) had 23 points including 11-18 FG and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Ramon Sessions (Cha) had 11 points. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Ekpe Udoh (Mil) had 10 points including 2-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Cha shot 44.3% (35-79) FG and Mil shot 33.3% (28-84) FG. Caron Butler (Mil, sore left knee) did not play. SA 109, Orl 91 at Orl Tim Duncan (SA) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Cory Joseph (SA) had 13 points. Marco Belinelli (SA) had 19 points including 6-8 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 17 points. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 15 points and 3 blocks. SA shot 55.3% (42-76) FG and Orl shot 43.6% (34-78) FG. Jameer Nelson (Orl, sprained left foot) did not play. Mia 90, Tor 83 at Tor LeBron James (Mia) had 27 points including 10-17 FG and 6 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Rudy Gay (Tor) had 21 points and 11 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 25 points and 7 rebounds. Mia shot 9-13 FT and Tor shot 19-32 FT. Bos 103, Cle 86 at Bos Jeff Green (Bos) had 31 points including 9-13 FT and 5 rebounds. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 21 points on 9-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Jordan Crawford (Bos) had 11 points including 4-14 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 17 points. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 21 points, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Bos shot 50% (38-76) FG and Cle shot 37.2% (32-86) FG. Courtney Lee (Bos, sore left knee) and Kelly Olynyk (Bos, sprained right ankle) did not play. LAL 106, Det 102 at Det Wesley Johnson (LAL) had 27 points including 9-11 FG and 6-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 13 points including 5-14 FG and 12 rebounds. Shawne Williams (LAL) had 20 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 19 points including 9-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Det) had 19 points and 9 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 22 points. LAL out-scored Det 29-15 in the 4th quarter. Hou 114, Bro 95 at Hou Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 21 points including 7-7 FG and 6-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Omri Casspi (Hou) had 16 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Francisco Garcia (Hou) had 15 points on 5-7 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Mirza Teletovic (Bro) had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Tyshawn Taylor (Bro) had 16 points including 6-17 FG and 12 assists. Hou shot 52.7% (39-74) FG and Bro shot 41.6% (37-89) FG. Jeremy Lin (Hou, sprained right knee), Greg Smith (Hou, sprained right knee), Kevin Garnett (Bro, rest), and Deron Williams (Bro, sprained left ankle) did not play. OKC 113, GS 112 OT at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 25 points on 7-22 FG and 11-12 FT, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 18 points, 13 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 34 points including 10-25 FG and 12-15 FT and the game winning 3-pointer with .1 seconds left, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Harrison Barnes (GS) had 26 points including 10-15 FG. Stephen Curry (GS) had 32 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ind 93, Was 73 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 23 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 4 steals. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 7 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, and 8 turnovers. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 14 points. Nene (Was, sore right Achilles) did not play. NO 121, Phi 105 at Phi Anthony Davis (NO) had 22 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 blocks. Eric Gordon (NO) had 26 points including 11-16 FT and 7 assists. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, 13 assists, and 3 steals. Evan Turner (Phi) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Tony Wroten (Phi) had 24 points including 9-13 FG. Den 97, NY 95 at Den Ty Lawson (Den) had 22 points including 10-12 FT and 8 assists. Randy Foye (Den) had 17 points. J.J. Hickson (Den) had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 27 points on 8-22 FG and 11-13 FT and 7 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (NY) had 22 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Pho 112, Uta 101 at Uta Goran Dragic (Pho) had 19 points and 9 assists. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 23 points. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 19 points including 7-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Marvin Williams (Uta) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 7 assists. Alec Burks (Uta) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Alex Len (Pho, sore left ankle) did not play. LAC 104, Sac 98 OT at Sac Blake Griffin (LAC) had 21 points including 7-10 FT and 12 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 10 points, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 9 blocks. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 31 points, 7 rebounds, and 11 assists. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 25 points including 11-19 FG, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Ben McLemore (Sac) had 14 points including 1-6 3-pointers. LAC shot 24-37 FT and Sac shot 8-10 FT. Matt Barnes (LAC, left eye injury) and Chris Paul (LAC, strained hamstring) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, November 30 (All times Central) Atlanta at Washington 6:00 pm Chicago at Cleveland 6:30 pm Brooklyn at Memphis 7:00 pm NBATV Minnesota at Dallas 7:30 pm Houston at San Antonio 7:30 pm Utah at Phoenix 8:00 pm Boston at Milwaukee 8:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, December 1 (All times Central) Denver at Toronto 12:00 pm Indiana at LA Clippers 2:30 pm Philadelphia at Detroit 2:30 pm Golden State at Sacramento 5:00 pm Charlotte at Miami 5:00 pm Minnesota at Oklahoma City 6:00 pm New Orleans at New York 6:30 pm Portland at LA Lakers 8:30 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