News from November 30. Terrence Ross (Orl) is out indefinitely with a sprained right MCL and non-displaced fracture in his right leg. Atlanta activated Isaiah Taylor and Luke Babbitt and placed Dewayne Dedmon (stress reaction left tibia) and Tyler Dorsey on IL. Boston activated Jaylen Brown and placed Jabari Bird on IL. The LA Clippers activated Brice Johnson and placed Blake Griffin (strained left MCL) on IL. Philadelphia activated Nik Stauskas, Jacob Pullen, and Justin Anderson and placed Joel Embiid and T.J. McConnell (sprained left shoulder) on IL. Portland activated Al-Farouq Aminu and placed Caleb Swanigan on IL. Utah placed Raul Neto (sore left hamstring) on IL. Cle 121, Atl 114 at Atl LeBron James (Cle) had 24 points including 8-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 12 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 25 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 16 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Dwyane Wade (Cle) had 19 points and 4 steals. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 27 points including 11-19 FG and 5 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Atl) had 22 points including 8-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 4 steals. Bos 108, Phi 97 at Bos Al Horford (Bos) had 21 points including 9-12 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 36 points including 12-21 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Marcus Morris (Bos) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Dario Saric (Phi) had 18 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Den 111, Chi 110 at Den Gary Harris (Den) had 21 points and 3 steals. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 14 points on 7-10 FG and 13 rebounds. Will Barton (Den) had 37 points including 13-19 FG, 6-9 3-pointers, and the game winning layup with 3.2 seconds left and 3 steals. Lauri Markkanen (Chi) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Robin Lopez (Chi) had 20 points including 9-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Kris Dunn (Chi) had 19 points on 9-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mil 103, Por 91 at Por Khris Middleton (Mil) had 26 points including 10-17 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 20 points including 7-20 FG, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Eric Bledsoe (Mil) had 25 points including 10-17 FG. Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 25 points, 11 rebounds, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Damian Lillard (Por) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Uta 126, LAC 107 at LAC Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 24 points including 9-16 FG and 5-10 3-pointers and 6 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 12 points and 12 rebounds including 7 offensive. Alec Burks (Uta) had 28 points including 11-17 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Louis Williams (LAC) had 20 points and 5 assists. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 25 points and 6 assists. Schedule for Friday, December 1 (All times Central) Golden State at Orlando 6:00 pm Detroit at Washington 6:00 pm Indiana at Toronto 6:30 pm Charlotte at Miami 7:00 pm Sacramento at Chicago 7:00 pm San Antonio at Memphis 7:00 pm Minnesota at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm NBATV New Orleans at Utah 8:00 pm Schedule for Saturday, December 2 (All times Central) Phoenix at Boston 12:00 pm LA Clippers at Dallas 1:00 pm Atlanta at Brooklyn 2:00 pm Memphis at Cleveland 6:30 pm Detroit at Philadelphia 6:30 pm Sacramento at Milwaukee 7:30 pm LA Lakers at Denver 8:00 pm New Orleans 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