News from November 23. D'Angelo Russeell (LAL) is expected to be out at least 2 weeks with a sore left knee. Charlotte activated Treveon Graham and placed Aaron Harrison on IL. Dallas activated Dirk Nowitzki and placed J.J. Barea (strained left calf) on IL. Golden State activated Anderson Varejao and placed James Michael McAdoo on IL. Indiana activated Paul George and placed Kevin Seraphin on IL. Orlando activated Arinze Onuaku and placed Stephen Zimmerman on IL. San Antonio activated Nicolas Laprovittola and placed Bryn Forbes on IL. LAC 124, Dal 104 at Dal Chris Paul (LAC) had 18 points and 4 steals. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 22 points including 7-11 FG and 6-7 3-pointers. Marreese Speights (LAC) had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 22 points. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 18 points and 5 turnovers. Deron Williams (Dal, strained left calf) did not play. Sac 116, OKC 101 at Sac Rudy Gay (Sac) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 36 points and 13 rebounds. Darren Collison (Sac) had 21 points and 6 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 31 points including 16-19 FT, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Victor Oladipo (OKC) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Sac shot 16-17 FT and OKC shot 30-38 FT. GS 149, LAL 106 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 28 points including 11-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 26 points including 9-14 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 31 points including 11-18 FG and 7-12 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Ian Clark (GS) had 21 points including 7-8 FG and 5-5 3-pointers. Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 16 points. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 16 points. GS shot 61.6% (53-86) FG and LAL shot 43% (40-93) FG. Julius Randle (LAL, hip pointer) did not play. NO 117, Min 96 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 45 points on 17-27 FG and 9-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Tim Frazier (NO) had 11 points including 4-5 FG, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Terrence Jones (NO) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Zach LaVine (Min) had 26 points. Gorgui Dieng (Min) had 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. NO shot 54.2% (45-83) FG and Min shot 38.4% (33-86) FG. Uta 108, Den 83 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 19 points on 6-8 FG and 7-12 FT and 13 rebounds. George Hill (Uta) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 13 points including 4-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Jamal Murray (Den) had 23 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Uta shot 49.4% (39-79) FG and Den shot 31.8% (28-88) FG. Danilo Gallinari (Den, sore right thigh) did not play. Tor 115, Hou 102 at Hou DeMarre Carroll (Tor) had 20 points on 9-14 FG, 4 steals, and 3 blocks. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 15 points, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 turnovers. James Harden (Hou) had 29 points including 12-12 FT, 6 rebounds, 15 assists, and 12 turnovers. Patrick Beverley (Hou) had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Delon Wright (Hou, right shoulder surgery) did not play. Det 107, Mia 84 at Det Tobias Harris (Det) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 18 points on 9-12 FG, 15 rebounds, 4 steals, and 4 blocks. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 17 points and 7 assists. James Johnson (Mia) had 15 points. Det shot 49.4% (40-81) FG and Mia shot 36% (27-75) FG. Willie Reed (Mia, hyperextended right knee) and Justise Winslow (Mia, sore left wrist) did not play. Bos 111, Bro 92 at Bro Avery Bradley (Bos) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 steals. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 23 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. Al Horford (Bos) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Trevor Booker (Bro) had 18 points, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 steals. Sean Kilpatrick (Bro) had 23 points and 3 blocks. Bos shot 6-8 FT and Bro shot 14-22 FT. Atl 96, Ind 85 at Ind Paul Millsap (Atl) had 18 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals, and 3 blocks. Dwight Howard (Atl) had 23 points including 10-12 FG and 20 rebounds including 9 offensive. Mike Muscala (Atl) had 13 points. Paul George (Ind) had 18 points including 6-22 FG and 2-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Thaddeus Young (Ind) had 24 points including 10-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Ind) had 19 points. Kyle Korver (Atl, rest) did not play. Cle 137, Por 125 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 31 points, 10 rebounds, 13 assists, and 3 steals. Kevin Love (Cle) had 40 points including 12-20 FG and 8-12 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 20 points and 6 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 40 points including 13-21 FG and 5-7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 11 assists. Mason Plumlee (Por) had 19 points including 9-10 FG. Pho 92, Orl 87 at Orl Alex Len (Pho) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 16 points including 5-15 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. P.J. Tucker (Pho) had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 21 points including 10-15 FG and 13 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 25 points and 3 steals. SA 119, Cha 114 at Cha Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 30 points on 14-21 FG and 5 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Danny Green (SA) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 26 points including 4-4 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mem 104, Phi 99 2OT at Phi Marc Gasol (Mem) had 27 points, 3 steals, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Mike Conley (Mem) had 25 points on 7-20 FG and 8-10 FT, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists. JaMychal Green (Mem) had 10 points and 11 rebounds. Robert Covington (Phi) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 3 steals, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Ersan Ilyasova (Phi) had 22 points and 12 rebounds. Jerryd Bayless (Phi) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. James Ennis (Mem, right calf), Gerald Henderson (Phi, ill), and Richaun Holmes (Phi, ill) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, November 24 (All times Central) No games scheduled Schedule for Friday, November 25 (All times Central) San Antonio @ Boston 12:00 pm Washington @ Orlando 6:00 pm Dallas @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Charlotte @ New York 6:30 pm NBATV Chicago @ Philadelphia 6:30 pm LA Clippers @ Detroit 6:30 pm Atlanta @ Utah 7:00 pm Toronto @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Miami @ Memphis 7:00 pm Brooklyn @ Indiana 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Denver 8:00 pm Minnesota @ Phoenix 8:00 pm New Orleans @ Portland 9:00 pm Golden State @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm NBATV Houston @ Sacramento 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