News from November 12. Atlanta activated John Jenkins and Adreian Payne and placed DeMarre Carroll and Mike Scott on IL. Boston activated Rajon Rondo and placed Marcus Smart and Marcus Thornton on IL. Houston placed Clint Capela on IL. Miami activated Chris Andersen and placed Andre Dawkins on IL. Minnesota activated Rodney Turiaf and placed Ricky Rubio on IL. New Orleans activated Luke Babbitt and Darius Miller and placed Patric Young and Russ Smith on IL. Hou 113, Min 101 at Mexico City, Mexico Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 22 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. James Harden (Hou) had 23 points including 8-23 FG, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 15 points. Corey Brewer (Min) had 18 points including 7-7 FG. Pho 112, Bro 104 at Pho Goran Dragic (Pho) had 18 points and 6 assists. Isaiah Thomas (Pho) had 21 points. Gerald Green (Pho) had 28 points including 11-12 FT and 5 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Mirza Teletovic (Bro) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Por 130, Den 113 at Den Damian Lillard (Por) had 27 points including 10-16 FG and 5-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Robin Lopez (Por) had 19 points including 8-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Chris Kaman (Por) had 16 points including 6-8 FG and 7 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 32 points including 11-17 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 6 assists. J.J. Hickson (Den) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 11 rebounds. NO 109, LAL 102 at NO Tyreke Evans (NO) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Anthony Davis (NO) had 25 points including 12-16 FG, 12 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 33 points including 10-28 FG and 5-11 3-pointers and 5 assists. Carlos Boozer (LAL) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. NO shot 54.9% (45-82) FG and LAL shot 41.7% (35-84) FG. Wayne Ellington (LAL, death of father), Ryan Kelly (LAL, sore right hamstring), and Julius Randle (LAL, fractured right leg) did not play. Orl 97, NY 95 at NY Tobias Harris (Orl) had 12 points including 4-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 20 points and 13 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 28 points including 10-14 FT and 4 steals. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 27 points including 10-17 FG and 5 rebounds. J.R. Smith (NY) had 19 points. Orl shot 25-32 FT and NY shot 13-14 FT. Devyn Marble (Orl, sprained right rotator cuff) did not play. Ind 81, Mia 75 at Mia Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 16 points, 15 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Chris Copeland (Ind) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Donald Sloan (Ind) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 20 points. Shawne Williams (Mia) had 15 points including 5-6 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Ind out-rebounded Mia 53-28 including 16-6 offensive. C.J. Miles (Ind, migraine), Rodney Stuckey (Ind, sore left foot), and David West (Ind, sprained right ankle) did not play. OKC 109, Bos 94 at Bos Reggie Jackson (OKC) had 28 points including 10-10 FT and 8 assists. Lance Thomas (OKC) had 7 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 assists. Anthony Morrow (OKC) had 28 points including 11-16 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 12 assists. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. OKC out-scored Bos 67-43 in the 2nd half. Perry Jones (OKC, right knee contusion), Andre Roberson (OKC, sprained left foot), and Russell Westbrook (OKC, fractured right hand) did not play. Atl 100, Uta 97 at Atl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 30 points on 13-23 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 17 rebounds including 6 offensive. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 20 points, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 17 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 20 points including 9-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Alec Burks (Uta) had 22 points including 9-15 FG. Atl out-scored Uta 18-9 in the 4th quarter. Was 107, Det 103 at Was John Wall (Was) had 27 points including 13-16 FT, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 14 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Rasual Butler (Was) had 18 points including 7-8 FG. Brandon Jennings (Det) had 32 points including 11-19 FG and 10 assists. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Greg Monroe (Det) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Schedule for Thursday, November 13 (All times Central) Sacramento @ Memphis 7:00 pm Chicago @ Toronto 7:00 pm TNT Philadelphia @ Dallas 7:30 pm Brooklyn @ Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, November 14 (All times Central) Denver @ Indiana 6:00 pm NBATV Milwaukee @ Orlando 6:00 pm Miami @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Cleveland @ Boston 6:30 pm Utah @ New York 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Houston 7:00 pm Minnesota @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Detroit @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Charlotte @ Phoenix 8:00 pm San Antonio @ LA Lakers 9:00 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