News from November 20. The NBA fined Steve Kerr (GS) $25,000 for publically criticizing the refs during a radio interview on Thursday. New Orleans released Archie Goodwin. Denver activated Will Barton and placed Mike Miller on IL. The LA Lakers activated D'Angelo Russell and placed Metta World Peace on IL. New York activated Marshall Plumlee and placed Joakim Noah (ill) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Josh Huestis and placed Semaj Christon on IL. Toronto activated Delon Wright and placed Bruno Caboclo on IL. Stats Leaders Points Anthony Davis (NO) 31.7 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 31.6 DeMar DeRozan (Tor) 31.4 Rebounds Hassan Whiteside (Mia) 16.2 Andre Drummond (Det) 13.8 Dwight Howard (Atl) 13.3 Assists James Harden (Hou) 12.5 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 10.4 LeBron James (Cle) 9.0 NY 104, Atl 94 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 31 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Courtney Lee (NY) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Atl) had 18 points and 18 rebounds including 8 offensive. NY shot 10-14 FT and Atl shot 20-29 FT. Por 129, Bro 109 at Bro C.J. McCollum (Por) had 33 points including 12-19 FG and 6-10 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Damian Lillard (Por) had 18 points and 5 assists. Evan Turner (Por) had 19 points. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Trevor Booker (Bro) had 16 points on 7-9 FG. Por shot 57.6% (49-85) FG and Bro shot 39.8% (37-93) FG. Ind 115, OKC 111 OT at OKC Thaddeus Young (Ind) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Ind) had 30 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 6 steals. Glenn Robinson (Ind) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 31 points including 13-34 FG, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, 15 assists, and 7 turnovers. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 16 points and 3 blocks. C.J. Miles (Ind, sore left knee) and Kevin Seraphin (Ind, sore left knee) did not play. Sac 102, Tor 99 at Sac Rudy Gay (Sac) had 23 points including 9-13 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 19 points including 7-22 FG and 10 rebounds. Darren Collison (Sac) had 15 points and 9 assists. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 23 points and 14 rebounds including 8 offensive. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 25 points including 9-10 FT, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 7 turnovers. Den 105, Uta 91 at Den Jusuf Nurkic (Den) had 16 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 13 points including 4-14 FG, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jamal Murray (Den) had 18 points including 6-8 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Gordan Hayward (Uta) had 25 points and 7 rebounds. Dante Exum (Uta) had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Den shot 48.8% (42-86) FG and Uta shot 38.8% (33-85) FG. George Hill (Uta, sprained right thumb) did not play. Chi 118, LAL 110 at LAL Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 40 points on 14-23 FG and 12-14 FT, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 15 points and 15 rebounds. Isaiah Canaan (Chi) had 17 points. Larry Nance (LAL) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Louis Williams (LAL) had 25 points including 5-6 3-pointers. Dwyane Wade (Chi, rest) and Paul Zipser (Chi, lower back strain) did not play. Schedule for Monday, November 21 (All times Central) Miami @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Phoenix @ Washington 6:00 pm Memphis @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Golden State @ Indiana 6:00 pm Houston @ Detroit 6:30 pm Orlando @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Boston @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Dallas @ San Antonio 7:30 pm NBATV Toronto @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Schedule for Tuesday, November 22 (All times Central) Portland @ New York 6:30 pm New Orleans @ Atlanta 6:30 pm NBATV Chicago @ Denver 8:00 pm Oklahoma City @ 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