News from November 19. The NBA suspended Jeff Taylor (Cha) for 24 games for his guilty plea to misdemeanor domestic violence assault. Taylor has already missed 11 games and will miss the next 13 games to complete the suspension. Sacramento signed Rudy Gay to a 3 year, $40 million contract extension. Memphis signed Kalin Lucas and Hassan Whiteside. Charlotte activated Jeff Taylor and placed Gary Neal on IL. Dallas activated Richard Jefferson and placed Devin Harris (sore lower left leg) on IL. Memphis placed Kosta Koufos and Jon Leuer on IL. Minnesota activated J.J. Hickson and Jusuf Nurkic and placed Erick Green and Gary Harris on IL. Phoenix activated P.J. Tucker and placed Zoran Dragic on IL. Washington activated Bradley Beal and placed Glen Rice on IL. Dal 105, Was 102 at Was Monta Ellis (Dal) had 34 points including 12-14 FG. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 14 points and 6 assists. Tyson Chandler (Dal) had 5 points, 16 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Brandan Wright (Dal) had 14 points including 6-7 FG and 6 rebounds. Paul Pierce (Was) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 21 points. SA 92, Cle 90 at Cle Tim Duncan (SA) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Boris Diaw (SA) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 12 points including 4-11 FG, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 23 points including 11-16 FG and 11 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 3 steals. Matt Bonner (SA, stomach virus) and Marco Belinelli (SA, strained right groin) did not play. LAC 114, Orl 90 at Orl Blake Griffin (LAC) had 20 points. Chris Paul (LAC) had 16 points and 9 assists. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 22 points. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 25 points. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 19 points and 14 rebounds. LAC shot 53.6% (45-84) FG and Orl shot 39.5% (34-86) FG. Evan Fournier (Orl, left heel contusion) and Aaron Gordon (Orl, fractured left foot) did not play. Bos 101, Phi 90 at Phi Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 22 points including 10-15 FG and 9 rebounds. Jeff Green (Bos) had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Brandon Bass (Bos) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 6 rebounds. Henry Sims (Phi) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Tony Wroten (Phi) had 21 points and 7 assists. Mil 122, Bro 118 3OT at Bro Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 18 points including 7-11 FG, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jabari Parker (Mil) had 23 points including 7-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 18 points including 5-20 FG and 8 assists. O.J. Mayo (Mil) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 26 points including 11-19 FG, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 7 turnovers. Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) had 19 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists in 52 minutes. Deron Williams (Bro) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists in 52 minutes. Pho 88, Det 86 at Det Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 12 points. P.J. Tucker (Pho) had 16 points including 6-8 FG and 7 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Det) had 19 points including 1-9 3-pointers and 7 assists. Pho shot 49.3% (37-75) FG and Det shot 37.9% (33-87) FG. Tor 96, Mem 92 at Tor DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 18 points and 7 assists. Terrence Ross (Tor) had 16 points. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 18 points and 18 rebounds including 8 offensive. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 22 points and 12 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tor out-scored Mem 27-17 in the 4th quarter. Tor shot 11-13 FT and Mem shot 19-26 FT. Tony Allen (Mem, ill), Courtney Lee (Mem, ill), and Beno Udrih (Mem, ill) did not play. Min 115, NY 99 at Min Shabazz Muhammad (Min) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Min) had 37 points including 14-20 FG and 7-11 3-pointers. Maurice Williams (Min) had 14 points and 13 assists. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 19 points including 7-9 FG. Nikola Pekovic (Min, sprained right wrist) and Cleanthony (NY, injured right knee) did not play. Den 107, OKC 100 at Den Wilson Chandler (Den) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Timofey Mozgov (Den) had 17 points including 6-7 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Ty Lawson (Den) had 15 points and 15 assists. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 13 rebounds. Reggie Jackson (OKC) had 16 points including 5-20 FG, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Sebastian Telfair (OKC) had 18 points on 7-7 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. J.J. Hickson (Den), Perry Jones (OKC, right knee contusion), and Russell Westbrook (OKC, fractured right hand) did not play. LAL 98, Hou 92 at Hou Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 29 points on 10-28 FG, 1-7 3-pointers, and 8-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Carlos Boozer (LAL) had 12 points including 5-15 FG and 13 rebounds. Jordan Hill (LAL) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 24 points on 7-11 FG and 8-10 FT, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Kosta Papanikolaou (Hou) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. LAL out-scored Hou 28-17 in the 4th quarter. Wayne Ellington (LAL, death of father), Ryan Kelly (LAL, torn right hamstring), and Dwight Howard (Hou, strained right knee) did not play. Ind 88, Cha 86 at Ind Luis Scola (Ind) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Donald Sloan (Ind) had 11 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 28 points and 8 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 12 points on 5-15 FG and 7 assists. Lance Stephenson (Cha) had 10 points including 4-12 FG, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Ind shot 16-24 FT and Cha shot 7-12 FT. David West (Ind, sprained right ankle) and C.J. Miles (Ind, right calf) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, November 20 (All times Central) LA Clippers @ Miami 7:00 pm TNT Chicago @ Sacramento 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, November 21 (All times Central) Orlando @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Phoenix @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Detroit @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ Toronto 6:30 pm Boston @ Memphis 7:00 pm San Antonio @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Brooklyn @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Cleveland @ Washington 7:00 pm ESPN LA Lakers @ Dallas 7:30 pm New Orleans @ Denver 8:00 pm Utah @ Golden State 9:30 pm Chicago @ Portland 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