News from November 24. The NBA named DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) and Louis Williams (Tor) as Players of the Week for the week ending November 23. Cousins averaged 25.7 points and 16.3 rebounds as Sacramento went 2-1. Williams averaged 23.7 points as Toronto went 3-0. Miami signed Hassan Whiteside and released Shannon Brown. Chicago activated Derrick Rose and Pau Gasol and placed Taj Gibson on IL. Dallas activated Charlie Villanueva and placed Raymond Felton on IL. Houston activated Nick Johnson and placed Patrick Beverley (hamstring) on IL. Philadelphia activated JaKarr Sampson and placed Jerami Grant on IL. Toronto activated James Johnson and placed Lucas Nogueira on IL. Ind 111, Dal 100 at Dal Donald Sloan (Ind) had 29 points including 10-14 FG and 5 assists. Luis Scola (Ind) had 14 points including 4-11 FG and 11 rebounds. Solomon Hill (Ind) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 22 points and 11 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 24 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Roy Hibbert (Ind, sprained left ankle) and David West (Ind, sprained right ankle) did not play. Chi 97, Uta 95 at Uta Pau Gasol (Chi) had 23 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 25 points and 4 steals. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 18 points and 5 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 21 points including 10-17 FG and 15 rebounds. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 19 points including 9-13 FG and 8 rebounds. Trey Burke (Uta) had 18 points and 10 assists. Chi shot 16-23 FT and Uta shot 8-10 FT. Hou 91, NY 86 at Hou James Harden (Hou) had 36 points including 7-12 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 10 points including 3-10 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Donatas Motiejunas (Hou) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Iman Shumpert (NY) had 7 points including 2-10 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Dwight Howard (Hou, strained right knee) did not play. Tor 104, Pho 100 at Tor Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 27 points including 10-11 FG and 11 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 23 points on 7-20 FG and 9-13 FT. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 25 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Tor shot 26-32 FT and Pho shot 8-11 FT. Por 114, Phi 104 at Phi LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 33 points including 13-20 FG and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 17 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Henry Sims (Phi) had 22 points. Tony Wroten (Phi) had 20 points, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Por out-rebounded Phi 52-29 including 18-7 offensive. Cle 106, Orl 74 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 29 points including 9-11 FT, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Kevin Love (Cle) had 12 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 14 points on 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 22 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 18 points and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Cle shot 51.9% (42-81) FG and Orl shot 36.3% (29-80) FG. Aaron Gordon (Orl, fractured left foot) and Tobias Harris (Orl, strained right calf) did not play. LAC 113, Cha 92 at Cha Blake Griffin (LAC) had 22 points, 16 rebounds, and 9 assists. Chris Paul (LAC) had 22 points on 10-16 FG, 5 rebounds, and 15 assists. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 21 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Cody Zeller (Cha) had 17 points. LAC shot 8-10 FT and Cha shot 28-35 FT. Matt Barnes (LAC, sore left calf) did not play. Schedule for Tuesday, November 25 (All times Central) Atlanta @ Washington 6:00 pm Golden State @ Miami 6:30 pm NBATV Detroit @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Sacramento @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Chicago @ Denver 8:00 pm Schedule for Wednesday, November 26 (All times Central) Portland @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Washington @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Golden State @ Orlando 6:00 pm Brooklyn @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm New York @ Dallas 6:30 pm ESPN Toronto @ Atlanta 6:30 pm LA Clippers @ Detroit 6:30 pm Sacramento @ Houston 7:00 pm Milwaukee @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Utah @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Indiana @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Denver @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Memphis @ LA Lakers 9:30 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