News from November 12. Brooklyn activated Isaiah Whitehead and placed Chris McCullough on IL. Denver activated Wilson Chandler and placed Jarnell Stokes on IL. Indiana activated Rakeem Christmas and placed Paul George (sprained left ankle) on IL. The LA Clippers activated Diamond Stone and placed Wesley Johnson on IL. Minnesota activated Ricky Rubio and placed Brandon Rush on IL. New York activated Maurice Ndour and placed Ron Baker on IL. San Antonio activated Danny Green and placed Dejounte Murray on IL. Washington activated Bradley Beal and placed John Wall (rest) on IL. Stats Leaders Points DeMar DeRozan (Tor) 34.0 Anthony Davis (NO) 31.1 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 30.9 Rebounds Hassan Whiteside (Mia) 14.6 Andre Drummond (Det) 14.3 Dwight Howard (Atl) 12.4 Marcin Gortat (Was) 12.4 Assists James Harden (Hou) 13.0 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 9.4 LeBron James (Cle) 9.3 LAL 126, NO 99 at NO D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 22 points on 9-16 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 6 assists. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 23 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Louis Williams (LAL) had 21 points including 9-15 FG. Anthony Davis (NO) had 34 points including 8-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Buddy Hield (NO) had 18 points. LAL out-scored NO 71-43 in the 2nd half. LAL shot 55.3% (52-94) FG and NO shot 43.3% (39-90) FG. LAL shot 6-67 FG and NO shot 15-19 FT. Jrue Holiday (NO, personal reasons) did not play. Bos 105, Ind 99 at Ind Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 23 points on 4-13 FG and 14-15 FT and 5 assists. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jeff Teague (Ind) had 20 points on 4-15 FG and 11-12 FT. Myles Turner (Ind) had 17 points including 6-8 FG, 8 rebounds, 4 steals, and 3 blocks. Tor 118, NY 107 at Tor Norman Powell (Tor) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 33 points including 10-13 FT and 7 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Derrick Rose (NY) had 21 points. Joakim Noah (NY) had 4 points on 2-9 FG and 18 rebounds including 8 offensive. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 31 points and 6 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 21 points. Tor shot 33-38 FT and NY shot 12-16 FT. Atl 117, Phi 96 at Atl Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 16 points on 7-10 FG, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Tim Hardaway (Atl) had 20 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Dario Saric (Phi) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Joel Embiid (Phi, rest) did not play. Chi 106, Was 95 at Chi Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 37 points including 14-14 FT, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Robin Lopez (Chi) had 10 points on 5-16 FG and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 17 points including 6-7 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Markieff Morris (Was) had 24 points, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 18 points on 9-12 FG and 14 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) did not play. SA 106, Hou 100 at Hou LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Pau Gasol (SA) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 20 points and 3 steals. James Harden (Hou) had 25 points including 9-11 FT, 11 rebounds, 13 assists, and 7 turnovers. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 27 points on 10-16 FG and 7-12 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. SA shot 53.9% (41-76) FG and Hou shot 38.2% (34-89) FG. LAC 119, Min 105 at Min Blake Griffin (LAC) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 18 points including 10-16 FT and 16 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 19 points and 8 assists. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 22 points including 8-24 FG. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 24 points and 10 rebounds. Uta 102, Mia 91 at Mia Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 25 points and 9 rebounds. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 12 points and 12 rebounds. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 17 points. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 15 points and 14 rebounds. James Johnson (Mia) had 15 points including 6-7 FG. George Hill (Uta, sprained right thumb) and Goran Dragic (Mia, sprained left ankle) did not play. Mil 106, Mem 96 at Mil Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 27 points on 9-13 FG and 9-13 FT, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Jabari Parker (Mil) had 16 points including 5-16 FG. Michael Beasley (Mil) had 19 points including 6-8 FG. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Vince Carter (Mem) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Det 106, Den 95 at Den Tobias Harris (Det) had 19 points. Marcus Morris (Det) had 17 points including 1-6 3-pointers. Andre Drummond (Det) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 18 points. Emmanuel Mudiay (Den) had 19 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Bro 122, Pho 104 at Pho Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Bro) had 20 points including 10-11 FT and 13 rebounds. Trevor Booker (Bro) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 8 rebounds. Sean Kilpatrick (Bro) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Joe Harris (Bro) had 19 points including 5-8 3-pointers. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 18 points and 3 steals. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 17 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Bro shot 47.6% (40-84) FG and Pho shot 37.4% (40-107) FG. Isaiah Whitehead (Bro, concussion) did not play. Schedule for Sunday, November 13 (All times Central) Charlotte @ Cleveland 2:30 pm Orlando @ Oklahoma City 6:00 pm LA Lakers @ Minnesota 6:00 pm Phoenix @ Golden State 7:00 pm Denver @ Portland 8:00 pm Schedule for Monday, November 14 (All times Central) Orlando @ Indiana 6:00 pm Dallas @ New York 6:30 pm Oklahoma City @ Detroit 6:30 pm Boston @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ Houston 7:00 pm NBATV Miami @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Memphis @ Utah 8:00 pm Brooklyn @ LA Clippers 9:30 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