News from November 28. Indiana released A.J. Price. Atlanta placed John Jenkins on IL. Chicago activated Joakim Noah. Dallas activated Jameer Nelson and placed Ricky Ledo on IL. Indiana activated C.J. Watson. The LA Clippers activated Matt Barnes and placed C.J. Wilcox on IL. New Orleans activated Russ Smith and placed Patric Young on IL. Oklahoma City activated Grant Jerrett. Phoenix activated Tyler Ennis and placed Zoran Dragic on IL. Sacramento activated Rudy Gay and placed DeMarcus Cousins (ill) on IL. Toronto activated Bruno Caboclo and placed Lucas Nogueira on IL. Dal 106, Tor 102 at Tor Monta Ellis (Dal) had 30 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 15 points including 6-19 FG and 1-7 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 20 points on 9-15 FG and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 25 points and 7 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Dal, back spasms) did not play. Min 120, LAL 119 at LAL Thaddeus Young (Min) had 22 points including the game winning free throw with 2.8 seconds left. Maurice Williams (Min) had 25 points including 6-8 3-pointers and 11 assists. Zach LaVine (Min) had 28 points including 11-14 FG and 5 assists. Wesley Johnson (LAL) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 26 points including 6-10 FT, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jeremy Lin (LAL) had 18 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 steals. Nikola Pekovic (Min, sprained right wrist), Xavier Henry (LAL, ruptured left Achilles), and Ryan Kelly (LAL, torn right hamstring) did not play. Mem 112, Por 99 at Por Marc Gasol (Mem) had 26 points including 9-15 FG, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Mike Conley (Mem) had 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 14 points and 13 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 26 points including 7-12 3-pointers. Damian Lillard (Por) had 20 points including 1-6 3-pointers, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Mem shot 53.6% (45-84) FG and Por shot 40.2% (39-97) FG. Den 122, Pho 97 at Den Arron Afflalo (Den) had 22 points including 11-13 FT. Ty Lawson (Den) had 11 points including 4-11 FG and 10 assists. J.J. Hickson (Den) had 11 points including 4-11 FG and 10 assists. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 16 points including 4-14 FG. Gerald Green (Pho) had 12 points including 3-10 FG. Den out-rebounded Pho 58-34 including 16-9 offensive. SA 112, Sac 104 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 19 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 3 steals, and 4 blocks. Tim Duncan (SA) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 27 points including 10-17 FG and 8 assists. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Ryan Hollins (Sac) had 15 points including 5-7 FG and 6 rebounds. Ind 98, Orl 83 at Ind David West (Ind) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Ind) had 24 points including 9-15 FG. Lavoy Allen (Ind) had 10 points and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 14 points including 5-7 FG and 5 rebounds. Ind out-rebounded Orl 53-32 including 17-2 offensive. Roy Hibbert (Ind, sprained left ankle) did not play. OKC 105, NY 78 at OKC Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 32 points including 12-17 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jeremy Lamb (OKC) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 20 points on 7-8 FG and 6-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 11 points including 4-14 FG and 1-7 FT. OKC out-scored NY 30-13 in the 1st quarter. Perry Jones (OKC, right knee contusion) and Carmelo Anthony (NY, back spasms) did not play. LAC 102, Hou 85 at Hou Blake Griffin (LAC) had 30 points and 10 rebounds. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 15 points. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 21 points including 4-8 3-pointers. James Harden (Hou) had 16 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Hou, strained right knee) did not play. Mil 104, Det 88 at Det Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Jared Dudley (Mil) had 16 points on 6-8 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 26 points including 12-19 FG and 20 rebounds including 7 offensive. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 21 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. John Henson (Mil, sprained left foot), Zaza Pachulia (Mil, personal reasons), Nate Wolters (Mil, ill), and Brandon Jennings (Det, sprained left thumb) did not play. Atl 100, NO 91 at Atl DeMarre Carroll (Atl) had 19 points. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 26 points including 10-16 FG and 7 assists. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 13 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 steals. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 20 points and 7 assists. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 20 points and 7 rebounds including 6 offensive. GS 106, Cha 101 at Cha Stephen Curry (GS) had 26 points including 1-10 3-pointers and 6 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 17 points on 7-22 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Marreese Speights (GS) had 27 points including 12-20 FG and 5 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Cody Zeller (Cha) had 15 points and 14 rebounds. Brian Roberts (Cha) had 20 points. Marvin Williams (Cha, strained left shoulder) did not play. Chi 109, Bos 102 at Bos Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 22 points including 10-12 FT. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 21 points. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 15 points including 6-19 FG and 15 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 15 points including 4-12 FG, 14 rebounds including 7 offensive, 6 assists, and 6 blocks. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 23 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 18 points. Chi out-scored Bos 24-11 in the 4th quarter. Schedule for Saturday, November 29 (All times Central) Dallas @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm NBATV New Orleans @ Washington 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Indiana @ Cleveland 6:30 pm LA Clippers @ Utah 8:00 pm Houston @ Milwaukee 8:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, November 30 (All times Central) San Antonio @ Boston 12:00 pm Chicago @ Brooklyn 2:00 pm Golden State @ Detroit 2:30 pm Memphis @ Sacramento 5:00 pm Miami @ New York 6:30 pm Orlando @ Phoenix 7:00 pm Minnesota @ Portland 8:00 pm Toronto @ LA Lakers 8:30 pm ---- 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