News from November 29. Mike Conley (Mem) is expected to be out at least 6 weeks with an injured lower back. Houston activated Bobby Brown and placed Kyle Wiltjer on IL. Orlando activated Jeff Green and placed Stephen Zimmerman on IL. San Antonio activated Manu Ginobili and Dewayne Dedmon and placed Nicolas Laprovittola and Bryn Forbes on IL. Uta 120, Hou 101 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 31 points including 12-13 FT, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 16 points including 5-7 FG, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 19 points. James Harden (Hou) had 26 points on 8-23 FG and 8-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 24 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Uta shot 55.4% (41-74) FG and Hou shot 40.7% (37-91) FG. Orl 95, SA 83 at SA Serge Ibaka (Orl) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 13 points, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 21 points. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Orl shot 11-12 FT and SA shot 22-26 FT. NO 105, LAL 88 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 41 points on 14-27 FG and 12-14 FT, 16 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 steals. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Omer Asik (NO) had 10 points and 11 rebounds. Julius Randle (LAL) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Louis Williams 9LAL) had 16 points including 5-14 FG. Mil 118, Cle 101 at Mil Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 34 points on 13-19 FG and 7-10 FT, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals, and 6 turnovers. Jabari Parker (Mil) had 18 points. Michael Beasley (Mil) had 17 points including 7-10 FG. LeBron James (Cle) had 22 points and 7 turnovers. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 20 points. Mil shot 53.5% (46-86) FG and Cle shot 42.7% (32-75) FG. Bro 127, LAC 122 2OT at Bro Sean Kilpatrick (Bro) had 38 points including 14-34 FG and 4-12 3-pointers, 14 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 27 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Trevor Booker (Bro) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Chris Paul (LAC) had 26 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 13 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 21 points including 9-13 FG and 23 rebounds including 5 offensive. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 18 points. Blake Griffin (LAC, rest) did not play. Det 112, Cha 89 at Cha Tobias Harris (Det) had 24 points including 9-12 FG and 7 rebounds. Marcus Morris (Det) had 18 points. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 8 points including 3-11 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. 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 Schedule for Thursday, December 1 (All times Central) Dallas @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Orlando @ Memphis 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Cleveland 7:00 pm TNT Miami @ Utah 8:00 pm Houston @ Golden State 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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