News from November 24. Atlanta activated Tyler Dorsey. Cleveland activated London Perrentes. Golden State activated Quinn Cook and Jordan Bell and placed Kevin Durant (sprained left ankle) and Draymond Green (rest) on IL. Minnesota activated Anthony Brown and placed Nemanja Bjelica (sprained left foot) on IL. New York activated Ron Baker and placed Enes Kanter (back spasms) on IL. Phoenix activated Jared Dudley. Toronto placed C.J. Miles (personal reasons) on IL. GS 143, Chi 94 at GS Klay Thompson (GS) had 29 points on 12-17 FG and 5-9 3-pointers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 33 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Nick Young (GS) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Lauri Markkanen (Chi) had 14 points including 4-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Jerian Grant (Chi) had 21 points including 8-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. GS out-scored Chi 81-34 in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. GS shot 58.2% (53-91) FG and Chi shot 35.4% (35-99) FG. NO 115, Pho 91 at Pho Anthony Davis (NO) had 23 points including 9-12 FG and 9 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 18 points and 5 assists. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 18 points and 3 blocks. Tyler Ulis (Pho) had 17 points. NO out-scored Pho 72-42 in the 1st half. NO shot 49.5% (45-91) FG and Pho shot 39.4% (37-94) FG. Den 104, Mem 92 at Den Nikola Jokic (Den) had 28 points including 11-17 FG, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 14 points on 3-3 FG and 8-12 FT and 9 rebounds. Jamal Murray (Den) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. JaMychal Green (Mem) had 21 points including 9-9 FG. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 14 assists. Det 99, OKC 98 at OKC Andre Drummond (Det) had 17 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Tobias Harris (Det) had 13 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Ish Smith (Det) had 15 points on 7-11 FG. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 27 points including 10-29 FG and 1-10 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 20 points on 9-24 FG and 8 rebounds. Mia 109, Min 97 at Min Goran Dragic (Mia) had 20 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 6 assists. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 16 points including 6-8 FG and 10 rebounds. Wayne Ellington (Mia) had 21 points including 6-9 3-pointers. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Ind 107, Tor 104 at Ind Bojan Bogdanovic (Ind) had 19 points. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 21 points. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 18 points on 7-9 FG and 4-4 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 24 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Fred VanVleet (Tor) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Cle 100, Cha 99 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 27 points, 16 rebounds, 13 assists, and 3 blocks. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 16 points and 3 steals. Kevin Love (Cle) had 11 points and 13 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 20 points and 13 rebounds. Marvin Williams (Cha) had 17 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Cha, nerve contusion) did not play. Bos 118, Orl 103 at Bos Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 30 points on 9-15 FG and 10-10 FT. Terry Rozier (Bos) had 23 points including 8-11 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Aron Baynes (Bos) had 13 points and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 12 points, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Jonathon Simmons (Orl) had 14 points. Atl 116, NY 104 at Atl Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 26 points including 11-18 FG and 8 assists. Dewayne Dedmon (Atl) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Marco Belinelli (Atl) had 15 points and 5 assists. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 22 points and 5 assists. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 28 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Courtney Lee (NY) had 26 points including 11-14 FG. Por 127, Bro 125 at Bro Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 29 points on 12-19 FG and 5-10 FT, 15 rebounds, and 4 blocks. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 26 points and 5 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 34 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 10-11 FT and 9 assists. Spencer Dinwiddie (Bro) had 23 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 6 assists. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Bro) had 17 points. Schedule for Saturday, November 25 (All times Central) San Antonio at Charlotte 6:00 pm Orlando at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Portland at Washington 6:00 pm Toronto at Atlanta 6:30 pm Boston at Indiana 7:00 pm New York at Houston 7:00 pm NBATV Oklahoma City at Dallas 7:30 pm New Orleans at Golden State 7:30 pm Milwaukee at Utah 8:00 pm LA Clippers at Sacramento 9:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, November 26 (All times Central) Miami at Chicago 2:30 pm Phoenix at Minnesota 2:30 pm Brooklyn at Memphis 5:00 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