News from November 7. The NBA named George Hill (Uta) and LeBron James (Cle) as Players of the Week for the week ending November 6. Hill averaged 20.8 points and 5.8 assists as Utah went 3-1. James averaged 24.7 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 11.3 assists as Cleveland went 3-0. New Orleans signed Archie Goodwin and released Lance Stephenson. Sacramento releaseed Jordan Farmar. Detroit activated Reggie Bullock and placed Michael Gbinije and Henry Ellenson on IL. Golden State activated Patrick McCaw and placed Anderson Varejao on IL. Washington activated John Wall and placed Danuel House on IL. GS 116, NO 106 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 22 points and 5 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 24 points and 3 steals. Stephen Curry (GS) had 46 points including 16-26 FG and 13-17 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Anthony Davis (NO) had 33 points on 11-18 FG and 10-13 FT and 13 rebounds. Tim Frazier (NO) had 13 points and 10 assists. Jrue Holiday (NO, personal reasons) did not play. Hou 114, Was 106 at Was James Harden (Hou) had 32 points including 11-11 FT, 6 rebounds, 15 assists, and 8 turnovers. Ryan Anderson (Hou) had 23 points on 9-15 FG and 5-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 15 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Otto Porter (Was) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Bradley Beal (Was) had 20 points and 4 steals. John Wall (Was) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 6 turnovers. Hou shot 51.9% (41-79) FG and Was shot 41.5% (39-94) FG. OKC 97, Mia 85 at OKC Victor Oladipo (OKC) had 17 points. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 14 points including 5-16 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 24 points including 10-12 FG and 10 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 11 points. James Johnson (Mia) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Chi 112, Orl 80 at Chi Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 20 points including 10-10 FT, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Chi) had 16 points. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 15 points. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chi out-scored Orl 51-28 in the 2nd half. Chi shot 25-31 FT and Orl shot 5-6 FT. Cha 122, Ind 100 at Cha Kemba Walker (Cha) had 24 points including 7-11 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 10 assists. Spencer Hawes (Cha) had 13 points and 13 rebounds. Cody Zeller (Cha) had 13 points including 5-7 FG and 5 rebounds. C.J. Miles (Ind) had 23 points including 5-11 3-pointers. Al Jefferson (Ind) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Cha shot 28-32 FT and Ind shot 11-15 FT. Uta 109, Phi 84 at Phi Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 16 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 14 points, 89 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 15 points. Uta shot 50.6% (43-85) FG and Phi shot 40.3% (31-77) FG. George Hill (Uta, sprained right thumb) did not play. LAC 114, Det 82 at LAC J.J. Redick (LAC) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Chris Paul (LAC) had 24 points including 8-10 FG and 5-5 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 13 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists. Andre Drummond (Det) had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Jon Leuer (Det) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. LAC shot 53.9% (41-76) FG and Det shot 36.6% (30-82) FG. Schedule for Tuesday, November 8 (All times Central) Atlanta @ Cleveland 6:00 pm NBATV Minnesota @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Denver @ Memphis 7:00 pm Phoenix @ Portland 9:00 pm Dallas @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm New Orleans @ Sacramento 9:30 pm Schedule for Wednesday, November 9 (All times Central) Brooklyn @ New York 6:00 pm ESPN Boston @ Washington 6:00 pm Utah @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Minnesota @ Orlando 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Indiana 6:00 pm Chicago @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Toronto @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Detroit @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Houston @ San Antonio 8:30 pm ESPN Portland @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Dallas @ 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