News from November 17. Dallas signed Antonius Cleveland to a 2-way contract and released Gian Clavell. D'Angelo Russell (Bro) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. Charlotte activated Treveon Graham. Dallas activated Devin Harris. Denver activated Gary Harris and placed Richard Jefferson on IL. Detroit activated Henry Ellenson and placed Jon Leuer (sprained left ankle) on IL. The LA Clippers activated Patrick Beverley and Jamil Wilson and placed Danilo Gallinari (strained left glute) and C.J. Williams on IL. Miami placed Okaro White on IL. Oklahoma City activated Steven Adams and placed Daniel Hamilton on IL. Phoenix activated Alec Peters. Sacramento activated Jack Cooley and placed Georgios Papagiannis on IL. Toronto activated Lorenzo Brown and Bruno Caboclo and placed Serge Ibaka (swollen left knee) and Delon Wright (dislocated right shoulder) on IL. Utah activated Nate Wolters and placed Thabo Sefolosha (sore right knee) on IL. Min 111, Dal 87 at Dal Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Min out-scored Dal 68-32 in the 2nd half. Ind 107, Det 100 at Ind Thaddeus Young (Ind) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 21 points including 6-19 FG and 5-10 3-pointers and 15 rebounds. Darren Collison (Ind) had 16 points and 6 assists. Reggie Jackson (Det) 16 points and 7 assists. Andre Drummond (Det) had 11 points, 15 rebounds including 7 offensive, 5 assists, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Mia 91, Was 88 at Was Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 22 points including 10-12 FG and 16 rebounds. Dion Waiters (Mia) had 13 points including 4-13 FG. James Johnson (Mia) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 26 points including 5-12 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 11 points and 13 rebounds. Bro 118, Uta 107 at Bro Spencer Dinwidie (Bro) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 6-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Allen Crabbe (Bro) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. DeMarre Carroll (Bro) had 17 points. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 15 points including 5-15 FG, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Raul Neto (Uta) had 22 points including 9-14 FG. Ricky Rubio (Uta, sore right Achilles) did not play. Cle 118, LAC 113 OT at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 39 points including 17-26 FG and 4-9 3-pointers, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 25 points and 8 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Cle) had 23 points including 11-13 FT, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 23 points including 8-25 FG, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 20 points including 10-12 FG, 22 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. Cle shot 23-29 FT and LAC shot 11-14 FT. Tor 107, NY 84 at Tor Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 22 points including 5-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 22 points including 10-16 FG, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Pascal Siakam (Tor) had 13 points, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Enes Kanter (NY) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Tor shot 56.4% (44-78) FG and NY shot 33% (30-91) FG. Chi 123, Cha 120 at Chi Justin Holiday (Chi) had 27 points including 101-5 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Denzel Valentine (Chi) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kris Dunn (Chi) had 22 points on 10-16 FG, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 47 points including 17-27 FG and 5-9 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 11 points and 9 rebounds. Chi shot 12-13 FT and Cha shot 26-34 FT. SA 104, OKC 101 at SA LeMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 26 points including 10-12 FT and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Danny Green (SA) had 17 points including 5-13 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Pau Gasol (SA) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Paul George (OKC) had 18 points including 5-16 FG, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 15 points including 5-22 FG, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists. Sac 86, Por 82 at Sac Garrett Temple (Sac) had 14 points and 3 steals. George Hill (Sac) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 22 points and 10 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 19 points and 3 steals. Damian Lillard (Por) had 29 points including 9-25 FG and 5-14 3-pointers. Den 146, NO 114 at Den Paul Millsap (Den) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Gary Harris (Den) had 22 points on 9-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. Jamal Murray (Den) had 31 points including 13-18 FG. Emmanuel Mudiay (Den) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 6 assists. Anthony Davis (NO) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. E'Twaun Moore (NO) had 16 points on 7-11 FG. Den shot 62.9% (56-89) FG and NO shot 52.7% (48-91) FG. Den shot 16-21 FT and NO shot 6-10 FT. Pho 122, LAL 113 at LAL Devin Booker (Pho) had 33 points including 6-14 3-pointers. Tyler Ulis (Pho) had 15 points and 7 assists. Alex Len (Pho) had 15 points and 7 assists. Kyle Kuzma (LAL) had 30 points and 10 rebounds. Brook Lopez (LAL) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. 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 Schedule for Sunday, November 19 (All times Central) Indiana at Miami 2:30 pm Golden State at Brooklyn 5:00 pm Washington at Toronto 5:00 pm Detroit at Minnesota 6:00 pm Chicago at Phoenix 7:00 pm Denver at LA Lakers 8:30 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