News from November 16. Golden State activated Stephen Curry and placed Quinn Cook on IL. Houston activated Chris Paul and placed Demetrius Jackson and Luc Mbah a Moute (ill) on IL. Phoenix activated Greg Monroe and placed Tyson Chandler (ill) on IL. Bos 92, GS 88 at Bos Al Horford (Bos) had 18 points including 7-11 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jaylen Brown (Bos) 22 points and 7 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 16 points including 4-16 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kevin Durant (GS) had 24 points. Draymond Green (GS) had 11 points including 3-11 FG, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Bos shot 33-38 FT and GS shot 12-19 FT. Hou 142, Pho 116 at Pho Ryan Anderson (Hou) had 24 points including 6-10 3-pointers. James Harden (Hou) had 48 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 18-18 FT, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Clint Capela (Hou) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Pho) had 20 points on 10-14 FG and 11 rebounds. Devin Booker (Pho) had 18 points, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Troy Daniels (Pho) had 23 points including 7-13 3-pointers. Hou out-scored Pho 45-23 in the 1st quarter and 90-65 in the 1st half. Schedule for Friday, November 17 (All times Central) Detroit at Indiana 6:00 pm Miami at Washington 6:00 pm Utah at Brooklyn 6:30 pm LA Clippers at Cleveland 6:30 pm New York at Toronto 6:30 pm Charlotte at Chicago 7:00 pm Oklahoma City at San Antonio 7:00 pm ESPN Minnesota at Dallas 7:30 pm Portland at Sacramento 9:00 pm New Orleans at Denver 9:30 pm ESPN Phoenix at LA Lakers 9:30 pm Schedule for Saturday, November 18 (All times Central) LA Clippers at Charlotte 6:00 pm Utah at Orlando 6:00 pm Boston at Atlanta 6:30 pm Golden State at Philadelphia 6:30 pm Houston at Memphis 7:00 pm Milwaukee at Dallas 8:00 pm Sacramento at Portland 9:00 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