News from November 20. The NBA named Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) and DeMar DeRozan (Tor) as Players of the Week for the week ending November 19. Towns averaged 20.3 points and 12.3 rebounds as Minnesota went 3-1. DeRozan averaged 26.8 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 6 assists as Toronto went 4-0. The NBA suspended head coach Michael Malone (Den) for 1 game for entering the court and making contact with a ref during Sunday's Den-LAL game. Atlanta activated Miles Plumlee and placed Mike Muscala on IL. Cleveland placed Iman Shumpert on IL. Denver activated Malik Beasley and Tyler Lydon and placed Wilson Chandler (lower back) and Paul Millsap (sprained left wrist) on IL. Memphis placed Brandan Wright (right groin) on IL. Orlando activated Khem Birch and placed Jonathan Isaac on IL. Sacramento placed Jack Cooley on IL. Bos 110, Dal 102 OT at Dal Jaylen Brown (Bos) had 22 points and 9 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 47 points on 16-22 FG, 5-7 3-pointers, and 10-11 FT and 6 assists. Jayson Tatum (Bos) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 31 points including 10-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 18 points including 4-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. SA 96, Atl 85 at SA LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 22 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kyle Anderson (SA) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 16 points on 7-11 FG. Taurean Prince (Atl) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. John Collins (Atl) had 21 points including 10-12 FG and 9 rebounds. SA shot 6-6 FT and Atl shot 3-8 FT. Den 114, Sac 98 at Sac Will Barton (Den) had 25 points including 9-15 FG and 5-6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 16 points and 14 rebounds. Gary Harris (Den) had 20 points and 3 steals. George Hill (Sac) had 16 points and 4 steals. Kosta Koufos (Sac) had 16 points including 7-9 FG. Den shot 15-20 FT and Sac shot 8-9 FT. NO 114, OKC 107 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 36 points including 18-22 FT, 15 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 18 points. Paul George (OKC) had 26 points including 6-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 steals. Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 steals. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 22 points on 6-19 FG and 8-10 FT, 16 rebounds, 12 assists, and 3 steals. Was 99, Mil 88 at Mil Marcin Gortat (Was) had 10 points and 15 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 23 points including 10-16 FG and 5 assists. Kelly Oubre (Was) had 18 points including 6-8 FG. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 15 points. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. NY 107, LAC 85 at NY Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 25 points including 7-20 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Enes Kanter (NY) had 12 points including 3-4 FG and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Doug McDermott (NY) had 16 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 21 points including 6-18 FG and 5 rebounds. Wesley Johnson (LAC) had 13 points. Phi 107, Uta 86 at Phi Joel Embiid (Phi) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. J.J. Redick (Phi) had 20 points. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 27 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 17 points including 6-19 FG and 1-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 13 points including 5-17 FG and 3 steals. Phi shot 51.8% (44-85) FG and Uta shot 35.3% (30-85) FG. Phi out-rebounded Uta 55-34 including 9-7 offensive. Ind 105, Orl 97 at Orl Bojan Bogdanovic (Ind) had 26 points including 9-15 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Ind) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 29 points including 12-14 FT, 9n rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 steals. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 25 points on 11-19 FG and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. Cle 116, Det 88 at Det LeBron James (Cle) had 18 points and 8 assists. Jae Crowder (Cle) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Kevin Love (Cle) had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Tobias Harris (Det) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 10 points and 6 assists. Cle out-scored Det 73-46 in the 1st half. Cha 118, Min 102 at Cha Dwight Howard (Cha) had 25 points on 8-10 FG and 9-14 FT, 20 rebounds including 6 offensive, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 17 points. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (Min) had 19 points. Por 100, Mem 92 at Mem C.J. McCollum (Por) had 24 points and 8 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 21 points on 5-15 FG and 10-10 FT. Noah Vonleh (Por) had 11 points, 18 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Mario Chalmers (Mem) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 20 points. Por out-rebounded Mem 60-35 including 15-5 offensive. Schedule for Tuesday, November 21 (All times Central) Chicago at LA Lakers 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Wednesday, November 22 (All times Central) Washington at Charlotte 6:00 pm Brooklyn at Cleveland 6:00 pm Portland at Philadelphia 6:00 pm LA Clippers at Atlanta 6:30 pm Boston at Miami 6:30 pm Toronto at New York 6:30 pm Denver at Houston 7:00 pm Dallas at Memphis 7:00 pm Orlando at Minnesota 7:00 pm San Antonio at New Orleans 7:00 pm Golden State at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm ESPN Milwaukee at Phoenix 8:00 pm Chicago at Utah 8:00 pm LA Lakers at Sacramento 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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