News from November 5. Detroit activated Josh Harrellson and placed Peyton Siva on IL. Houston activated Patrick Beverly. The LA Lakers activated Ryan Kelly and placed Elias Harris on IL. Miami activated Roger Mason and placed Chris Bosh (birth of child) on IL. Portland activated Victor Claver and placed Joel Freeland on IL. Sacramento activated Ray McCallum and placed Hamady N'Diaye on IL. Toronto activated Quincy Acy and placed Dwight Buycks on IL. Dal 123, LAL 104 at Dal Monta Ellis (Dal) had 30 points including 11-14 FG and 9 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 11 points and 8 rebounds. Jae Crowder (Dal) had 18 points on 7-9 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Nick Young (LAL) had 21 points and 3 steals. Jordan Farmar (LAL) had 11 points and 7 assist. Atl 105, Sac 100 at Sac Paul Millsap (Atl) had 25 points including 9-15 FG, 11 rebounds, and 4 steals. Al Horford (Atl) had 27 points including 11-19 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 18 points and 10 assists. Ben McLemore (Sac) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 26 points and 5 assists. Hou 116, Por 101 at Por Dwight Howard (Hou) had 29 points on 10-13 FG and 9-12 FT, 13 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. James Harden (Hou) had 33 points on 11-18 FG and 9-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 8 turnovers. Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 12 points. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 19 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 22 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. Hou shot 54.7% (41-75) FG and Por shot 41.4% (36-87) FG. SA 102, Den 94 at Den Tony Parker (SA) had 24 points including 9-13 FG, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 blocks. Tiago Splitter (A) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 20 points including 6-17 FG and 8 assists. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. SA out-scored Den 30-16 in the 4th quarter. Anthony Randolph (Den, sprained left ankle) did not play. Pho 104, NO 98 at NO Eric Gordon (NO) had 20 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Anthony Davis (NO) had 17 points including 5-14 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Brian Roberts (NO) had 17 points, 5 assists and 3 steals. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 25 points including 10-12 FG, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Gerald Green (Pho) had 18 points on 6-10 3-pointers and 3 blocks. Cha 102, NY 97 at NY Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 25 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 16 points including 5-7 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 32 points on 10-28 FG and 10-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Metta World Peace (NY) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. J.R. Smith (NY, suspended) did not play. Ind 99, Det 91 at Det Paul George (Ind) had 31 points including 12-18 FG and 4-8 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals. C.J. Watson (Ind) had 15 points and 5 assists. David West (Ind) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Josh Smith (Det) had 16 points including 5-16 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Brandon Jennings (Det) had 17 points including 6-20 FG and 6 assists. Ind shot 52.1% (38-73) FG and Det shot 37.9% (33-87) FG. George Hill (Ind, sore left hip) did not play. Bro 104, Uta 88 at Bro Brook Lopez (Bro) had 27 points including 10-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 12 points. Deron Williams (Bro) had 10 points and 8 assists. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 21 points including 9-12 FG, 8 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 7 turnovers. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Bro shot 51.3% (40-78) FG and Uta shot 37.8% (31-82) FG. Mia 104, Tor 95 at Tor LeBron James (Mia) had 35 points including 13-20 FG, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ray Allen (Mia) had 14 points. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 21 points. Mia shot 12-14 FT and Tor shot 27-33 FT. Schedule for Wednesday, November 6 (All times Central) Toronto at Charlotte 6:00 pm Chicago at Indiana 6:00 pm ESPN LA Clippers at Orlando 6:00 pm Washington at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Utah at Boston 6:30 pm New Orleans at Memphis 7:00 pm Cleveland at Milwaukee 7:00 pm Golden State at Minnesota 7:00 pm Phoenix at San Antonio 7:30 pm Dallas at Oklahoma City 8:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Thursday, November 7 (All times Central) LA Clippers at Miami 6:00 pm TNT Atlanta at Denver 8:00 pm LA Lakers at Houston 8:30 pm TNT ---- 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