News from November 5. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) is expected to be out at least a week with a sore right Achilles. Lance Stephenson (NO) is expected to undergo surgery on a torn groin. Cleveland activated Kay Felder and placed DeAndre Liggins on IL. Denver activated Gary Harris and placed Jarnell Stokes on IL. Milwaukee activated Steve Novak and placed Jason Terry on IL. Orlando activated Stephen Zimmerman and placed Arinze Onuaku on IL. Sacramento activated Omri Casspi and Georgios Papagiannis and placed Rudy Gay (sore ribs) and Anthony Toliver on IL. Washington activated Danuel House and placed John Wall (rest) on IL. OKC 112, Min 92 at OKC Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 28 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 20 points including 9-14 FG and 10 rebounds. Steven Adams (OKC) had 14 points including 6-7 FG and 8 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 33 points including 13-20 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Shabazz Muhammad (Min) had 15 points. OKC shot 52.3% (45-86) FG and Min shot 39.3% (33-84) FG. Cle 102, Phi 101 at Phi LeBron James (Cle) had 25 points, 8 rebounds, 14 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 7 points and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 22 points including 4-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Ersan Ilyasova (Phi) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Orl 88, Was 86 at Orl Serge Ibaka (Orl) had 11 points and 7 rebounds. Jeff Green (Orl) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Bismack Biyombo (Orl) had 9 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Markieff Morris (Was) had 18 points including 5-16 FG and 8 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 15 points including 6-17 FG. Det 103, Den 86 at Det Andre Drummond (Det) had 19 points including 7-11 FT, 20 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Marcus Morris (Det) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Jon Leuer (Det) had 15 points. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 16 points including 5-14 FG. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Det shot 48.2% (40-83) FG and Den shot 33% (31-94) FG. Ind 111, Chi 94 at Ind Jeff Teague (Ind) had 21 points on 9-14 FG and 6 assists. Myles Turner (Ind) had 16 points and 4 blocks. C.J. Miles (Ind) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 16 points and 6 turnovers. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 16 points including 7-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Ind shot 53.5% (46-86) FG and Chi shot 43% (34-79) FG. Ind shot 7-12 FT and Chi shot 20-25 FT. Atl 112, Hou 97 at Atl Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 3 steals. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 23 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 steals. Dwight Howard (Atl) had 20 points on 8-10 FG and 4-10 FT and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 17 points and 12 assists. James Harden (Hou) had 30 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 12 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Clint Capela (Hou) had 12 points on 6-7 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Mil 117, Sac 91 at Mil Jabari Parker (Mil) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Mirza Teletovic (Mil) had 22 points including 7-9 3-pointers (and 0 2-ptA). DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 15 points. Garrett Temple (Sac) had 19 points on 7-10 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 3 steals. Mil shot 50% (41-82) FG and Sac shot 39.3% (33-84) FG. LAC 116, SA 92 at SA Blake Griffin (LAC) had 28 points including 13-19 FG and 5 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 9 points including 4-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. Marreese Speights (LAC) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 14 points including 3-13 FG and 6 rebounds. Schedule for Sunday, November 6 (All times Central) Utah @ New York 11:00 am Portland @ Memphis 2:30 pm Sacramento @ Toronto 5:00 pm Milwaukee @ Dallas 6:00 pm NBATV Denver @ Boston 6:30 pm Phoenix @ LA Lakers 8:30 pm Schedule for Monday, November 7 (All times Central) Utah @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm NBATV Houston @ Washington 6:00 pm Indiana @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Orlando @ Chicago 7:00 pm Miami @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Detroit @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm New Orleans @ Golden State 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