News from November 6. The NBA fined Caron Butler (Mil) $15,000 for making an obscene gesture during Friday's Bos-Mil game. Tyson Chandler (NY) is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks with a fractured right fibula. Cleveland activated Matthew Dellavedova and placed Henry Sims on IL. Milwaukee activated Ekpe Udoh and placed Luke Ridnour on IL. San Antonio activated Nando de Colo and placed Matt Bonner on IL. Toronto activated Dwight Buycks and placed Quincy Acy on IL. OKC 107, Dal 93 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 23 points, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers, Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 17 points on 8-10 FG, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 22 points and 5 turnovers. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. OKC shot 54.4% (43-79) FG and Dal shot 42.4% (36-85) FG. SA 99, Pho 96 at SA Tony Parker (SA) had 20 points including 9-15 FG and 6 assists. Danny Green (SA) had 19 points on 8-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Miles Plumlee (Pho) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 23 points including 11-13 FG and 12 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho, sprained left ankle) did not play. GS 106, Min 93 at Min Andre Iguodala (GS) had 20 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. David Lee (GS) had 22 points including 10-16 FG, 15 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Klay Thompson (GS) had 30 points including 6-9 3-pointers. Kevin Love (Min) had 25 points, 16 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 6 assists. Kevin Martin (Min) had 23 points. GS shot 50% (42-84) FG and Min shot 37.8% (34-90) FG. Mil 109, Cle 104 at Mil O.J. Mayo (Mil) had 28 points including 6-7 3-pointers. Zaza Pachulia (Mil) had 14 points including 10-10 FT, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Gary Neal (Mil) had 23 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 29 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 21 points including 6-11 FT. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil, sore right ankle), Brandon Knight (Mil, strained right hamstring), and Larry Sanders (Mil, sprained right thumb) did not play. NO 99, Mem 84 at Mem Anthony Davis (NO) had 18 points including 5-14 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Eric Gordon (NO) had 19 points. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 26 points including 10-16 FG. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 11 points. Bos 97, Uta 87 at Bos Jeff Green (Bos) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Brandon Bass (Bos) had 20 points including 9-15 FG. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 28 points including 12-20 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Was 116, Phi 102 at Phi Marcin Gortat (Was) had 19 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Bradley Beal (Was) had 17 points on 7-20 FG, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. John Wall (Was) had 24 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 9 assists. Evan Turner (Phi) had 24 points including 9-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 23 points including 9-16 FG, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kwame Brown (Phi, strained right hamstring) did not play. Orl 98, LAC 90 at Orl Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 30 points including 11-19 FG and 21 rebounds including 5 offensive. Arron Affalo (Orl) had 11 points including 5-16 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 11 points, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 23 points and 13 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 9 points including 3-10 FG, 19 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 blocks. Chris Paul (LAC) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Orl out-scored LAC 26-16 in the 4th quarter. Orl shot 48.8% (40-82) FG and LAC shot 37.9% (36-95) FG. Tobias Harris (Orl, sprained left ankle) and Solomon Jones (Orl, torn left lateral meniscus) did not play. Ind 97, Chi 80 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 21 points including 6-19 FG and 6 rebounds. David West (Ind) had 17 points and 13 rebounds. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 15 points including 5-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Luol Deng (Chi) had 17 points including 6-18 FG. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 17 points. George Hill (Ind, sore left hip) did not play. Cha 92, Tor 90 at Cha Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 14 points including 6-7 FG. Josh McRoberts (Cha) had 13 points including 5-14 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 23 points including 10-17 FG. Rudy Gay (Tor) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Cha shot 17-30 FT and Tor shot 13-15 FT. 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 Schedule for Friday, November 8 (All times Central) New York at Charlotte 6:00 pm NBATV Toronto at Indiana 6:00 pm Boston at Orlando 6:00 pm Cleveland at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Brooklyn at Washington 6:00 pm Oklahoma City at Detroit 6:30 pm Utah at Chicago 7:00 pm Dallas at Minnesota 7:00 pm LA Lakers at New Orleans 7:00 pm Golden State at San Antonio 7:30 pm Denver at Phoenix 8:00 pm Sacramento at Portland 9:00 pm NBATV ---- 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