News from November 28. The NBA named Kevin Durant (GS) and Kevin Love (Cle) as Players of the Week for the week ending November 27. Durant averaged 24.8 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 6.3 assists as Golden State went 4-0. Cleveland averaged 30.7 points and 9.7 rebounds as Cleveland went 3-0. Boston activated Jordan Mickey and placed Al Horford (personal reasons) on IL. Charlotte activated Aaron Harrison and placed Christian Wood on IL. Golden State activated Ian Clark and placed James Michael McAdoo on IL. Miami activated Wayne Ellington and placed Dion Waiters (strained right groin) on IL. Toronto activated Bruno Caboclo and placed Delon Wright (right shoulder surgery) on IL. Washington activated Daniel Ochefu and placed Ian Mahinmi on IL. GS 105, Atl 100 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 25 points and 14 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 20 points. Stephen Curry (GS) had 25 points on 6-17 FG, 4-11 3-pointers, and 9-11 FT. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 24 points and 6 assists. Dwight Howard (Atl) had 14 points and 16 rebounds. Cha 104, Mem 85 at Mem Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 21 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 21 points including 7-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Jarell Martin (Mem) had 11 points and 12 rebounds. Cha shot 23-31 FT and Mem shot 6-13 FT. James Ennis (Mem, right calf) and Zach Randolph (Mem, personal reasons) did not play. Uta 112, Min 103 at Min Gordan Hayward (Uta) had 24 points including 12-15 FT and 5 rebounds. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 16 points, 17 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 3 blocks. George Hill (Uta) had 24 points including 10-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Zach LaVine (Min) had 28 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Bos 112, Mia 104 at Mia Jae Crowder (Bos) had 17 points. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 25 points including 7-23 FG and 2-10 3-pointers and 8 assists. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 25 points on 10-13 FG and 5-10 FT and 17 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 27 points including 11-12 FT and 17 assists. Tyler Johnson (Mia, oral surgery) and Justise Winslow (Mia, sore left wrist) did not play. OKC 112, NY 103 at NY Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 27 points, 18 rebounds including 5 offensive, 14 assists, and 7 turnovers. Steven Adams (OKC) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 27 points including 12-17 FG, 10 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 18 points on 4-19 FG and 10-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Derrick Rose (NY) had 30 points including 10-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Tor 122, Phi 95 at Tor Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 24 points including 7-9 FG and 6-6 3-pointers and 8 assists. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Terrence Ross (Tor) had 22 points including 8-11 FG. Robert Covington (Phi) had 20 points on 7-11 FG and 6-9 3-pointers. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Tor shot 54.5% (42-77) FG and Phi shot 41.9% (36-86) FG. Tor shot 25-31 FT and Phi shot 9-13 FT. Jerryd Bayless (Phi, sore left wrist) and Joel Embiid (Phi, rest) did not play. Was 101, Sac 95 OT at Was Bradley Beal (Was) had 31 points including 7-13 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists, and 11 turnovers. Otto Porter (Was) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 36 points on 16-34 FG, 1-6 3-pointers, and 3-10 FT, 20 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. 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 Schedule for Wednesday, November 30 (All times Central) Sacramento @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Detroit @ Boston 6:30 pm NBATV Memphis @ Toronto 6:30 pm LA Lakers @ Chicago 7:00 pm Washington @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm New York @ Minnesota 7:00 pm San Antonio @ Dallas 7:30 pm Miami @ Denver 8:00 pm Atlanta @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Indiana @ Portland 9:00 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