News from November 28. Atlanta activated Thabo Sefolosha and placed Walter Tavares on IL. Brooklyn activated Willie Reed and placed Donald Sloan on IL. Dallas activated Devin Harris and placed J.J. Barea on IL. Barea is expected to miss at least 3 games with a sprained right ankle. Denver activated Kenneth Faried. Golden State activated James Michael McAdoo and placed Harrison Barnes (sprained ankle) on IL. The LA Lakers activated Robert Sacre and placed Louis Williams on IL. Portland activated Meyers Leonard and placed Chris Kaman on IL. Sacramento activated Caron Butler and placed DeMarcus Cousins (strained lower back) on IL. San Antonio activated Tin Duncan and Manu Ginobili and placed Matt Bonner and Ray McCallum on IL. Toronto activated Lucas Nogueira and placed Bruno Caboclo on IL. Utah activated Tibor Pleiss and placed Derrick Favors (personal reasons) on IL. Washington placed Nene (strained calf) on IL. Stats Leaders Points Stephen Curry (GS) 31.9 James Harden (Hou) 30.1 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 27.2 Rebounds Andre Drummond (Det) 17.1 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 12.6 Kevin Love (Cle) 11.8 Assists Rajon Rondo (Sac) 11.0 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 9.9 Ish Smith (NO) 8.1 Dal 92, Den 81 at Dal Zaza Pachulia (Dal) had 16 points, 12 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Deron Williams (Dal) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Darrell Arthur (Den) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Will Barton (Den) had 14 points including 4-13 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Dal out-scored Den 25-5 in the 3rd quarter. Gary Harris (Den, concussion) did not play. GS 120, Sac 101 at GS Brandon Rush (GS) had 16 points including 4-5 FG. Draymond Green (GS) had 13 points including 4-13 FG, 11 rebounds, 12 assists, and 4 blocks. Stephen Curry (GS) had 19 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 20 points including 7-20 FG and 7 rebounds. Kosta Koufos (Sac) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. GS shot 26-31 FT and Sac shot 13-15 FT. Por 108, LAL 96 at Por C.J. McCollum (Por) had 28 points on 12-20 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Damian Lillard (Por) had 29 points including 5-11 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 21 points including 7-20 FG. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 19 points and 4 steals. Uta 101, NO 87 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 17 points. Trevor Booker (Uta) had 13 points, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Alec Burks (Uta) had 21 points including 9-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO) had 36 points on 12-18 FG and 12-15 FT, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Ish Smith (NO) had 13 points including 5-14 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Norris Cole (NO, sprained left ankle) did not play. SA 108, Atl 88 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 10 points and 18 rebounds including 5 offensive. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 11 points and 7 rebounds. Mike Scott (Atl) had 12 points. Cle 90, Bro 88 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 26 points including the game winning bucket with 1.9 seconds left, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 26 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 10 points including 4-11 FG and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 22 points including 10-15 FG and 9 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Bro) had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Tor 84, Was 82 at Was DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 20 points. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 27 points including 6-11 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Cory Joseph (Tor) had 12 points on 5-7 FG and the game winning 3-pointer with .3 seconds left and 6 assists. Bradley Beal (Was) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. John Wall (Was) had 18 points including 6-25 FG, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Tor shot 43.1% (31-72) FG and Was shot 32.9% (27-82) FG. Tor shot 11-14 FT and Was shot 21-27 FT. Gary Neal (Was, strained left groin) and Drew Gooden (Was, strained right calf) did not play. ---- 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