News from November 27. The NBA fined Bradley Beal (Was) $15,000 for grabbing the throat of Evan Fournier (Orl) during Friday's Was-Orl game. Denver activated Will Barton and placed Gary Harris (right foot injury) on IL. Houston activated Kyle Wiltjer and placed Bobby Brown on IL. Milwaukee activated Steve Novak and placed Rashad Vaughn on IL. Orlando activated Arinze Onuaku and placed Jeff Green (sore lower back) on IL. Dal 91, NO 81 at Dal Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 23 points including 9-24 FG and 7 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 21 points including 6-8 3-pointers. Justin Anderson (Dal) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO) had 36 points on 12-22 FG and 12-14 FT and 13 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal, strained right Achilles) did not play. LAL 109, Atl 94 at LAL Nick Young (LAL) had 17 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 18 points and 5 assists. Louis Williams (LAL) had 21 points. Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 21 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Dwight Howard (Atl) had 19 points including 9-13 FG and 9 rebounds. LAL shot 17-20 FT and Atl shot 4-10 FT. Julius Randle (LAL, hip pointer) did not play. Hou 130, Por 114 at Por Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 18 points including 6-7 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. James Harden (Hou) had 38 points including 5-12 3-pointers and 11-13 FT, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 26 points including 9-15 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Clint Capela (Hou) had 21 points including 9-21 FG and 9 rebounds. Maurice Harkless (Por) had 18 points. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 28 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 7 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 27 points on 7-20 FG and 11-13 FT, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Ind 91, LAC 70 at Ind Myles Turner (Ind) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Glenn Robinson (Ind) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Ind) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 8 points including 2-3 FG, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Ind shot 43.5% (40-92_) FG and LAC shot 31.4% (22-70) FG. Ind shot 6-7 FT and LAC shot 22-27 FT. Paul George (Ind, sore back) and Kevin Seraphin (Ind, sore left knee) did not play. Mil 104, Orl 96 at Orl Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 18 points including 7-11 FG, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. John Henson (Mil) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Michael Beasley (Mil) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (Orl) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 27 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists, Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 17 points and 16 rebounds. Sac 122, Bro 105 at Bro Rudy Gay (Sac) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 37 points including 13-24 FG, 16 rebounds, and 4 steals. Darren Collison (Sac) had 18 points. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 17 points including 5-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Sean Kilpatrick (Bro) had 22 points. Den 120, Pho 114 at Pho Wilson Chandler (Den) had 25 points and 8 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Den) had 21 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Emmanuel Mudiay (Den) had 19 points including 8-10 FT and 6 assists. P.J. Tucker (Pho) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Devin Booker (Pho) had 30 points including 11-27 FG and 4-10 3-pointers. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 35 points including 11-11 FT, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Will Barton (Den, left ankle rehab) and Jared Dudley (Pho, sore left foot) did not play. Cle 112, Phi 108 at Phi LeBron James (Cle) had 26 points, 10 rebounds, 13 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 25 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 39 points including 5-11 3-pointers. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 22 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Iman Shumpert (Cle, strained left hamstring) and Jerryd Bayless (Phi, sore left wrist) did not play. Schedule for Monday, November 28 (All times Central) Sacramento @ Washington 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Toronto 6:30 pm Oklahoma City @ New York 6:30 pm Boston @ Miami 6:30 pm NBATV Charlotte @ Memphis 7:00 pm Utah @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Atlanta @ Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Tuesday, November 29 (All times Central) Detroit @ Charlotte 6:00 pm LA Clippers @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Cleveland @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm LA Lakers @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Orlando @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Houston @ Utah 8:00 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