News from November 19. New York activated Chris Childs and placed Chris Jent on IR with a lower back strain. Orlando activated Amal McCaskill and placed Anfernee Hardaway on IR after undergoing arthoscopic knee surgery. Kurt Thomas (Mia) underwent surgery on his right ankle to try to speed up the healing process of a stress fracture. Thomas will be out 3 to 4 weeks if all goes well. Denver placed Ricky Pierce on IR with a strained lower back and released Rich King. Toronto placed Zan Tabak on IR with a sore left heel and activated Melvin Robinson. Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) was hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat. Olajuwon suffered an irregular heartbeat in 91-92, but it was successfully treated with medication. Patrick Ewing (NY) scored his career 20,000th point during last night's NY-Tor game. Mil 100, Dal 97 - at Mil Armon Gilliam (Mil) had 27 points including 9-9 FT and 13 rebounds. Glenn Robinson (Mil) had 16 points. Johnny Newman (Mil) had 27 points including 11-16 FG. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 25 points, 13 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 8 assists. George McCloud (Dal) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Vin Baker (Mil, bruised hip) and Chris Gatling (Dal, sprained right knee) did not play. LAL 112, GS 109 - at GS Eddie Jones (LAL) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 26 points on 12-19 FG and 2-8 FT, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Nick Van Exel (LAL) had 27 points including 11-16 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 12 assists. Joe Smith (GS) had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Latrell Sprewell (GS) had 33 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 10 assists. Mark Price (GS) had 18 points on 7-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. LAL shot 57.5% (46-80) FG and GS shot 51.3% (41-80) FG. Por 92, Sac 90 OT - at Por Clifford Robinson (Por) had 23 points. Kenny Anderson (Por) had 20 points. Arvydas Sabonis (Por) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Sac) had 31 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Michael Smith (Sac) had 12 points including 5-5 FG and 10 rebounds. Por shot 15-21 FT and Sac shot 4-7 FT. NY 92, Orl 88 - at Orl Patrick Ewing (NY) had 24 points, 16 rebounds, 7 blocks, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Charlie Ward (NY) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. John Starks (NY) had 15 points. Gerald Wilkins (Orl) had 24 points including 11-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Darrell Armstrong (Orl) had 19 points and 8 assists. NY shot 46.5% (33-71) FG and Orl shot 35.5% (27-76) FG. NY out-rebounded Orl 52-31. Mia 104, Den 86 - at Den P.J. Brown (Mia) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Alonzo Mourning (Mia) had 23 points including 9-12 FG and 8 rebounds. Tim Hardaway (Mia) had 12 points and 7 assists. Antonio McDyess (Den) had 27 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Mark Jackson (Den) had 10 points on 1-5 FG and 8-8 FT, 8 rebounds, and 11 assists. Hou 122, Min 93 - at Hou Mario Elie (Hou) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7 assists. Charles Barkley (Hou) had 22 points including 7-11 FG, 17 rebounds, and 7 assists. Clyde Drexler (Hou) had 18 points including 7-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 20 points including 10-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Tom Gugliotta (Min) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Hou shot 55.6% (45-81) FG and Min shot 40.4% (38-94) FG. Cle 73, Atl 63 - at Cle Terrell Brandon (Cle) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Bobby Phills (Cle) had 12 points on 5-16 FG, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Danny Ferry (Cle) had 14 points. Tyrone Corbin (Atl) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Christian Laettner (Atl) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Steve Smith (Atl, sprained right ankle) did not play. Sea 106, Tor 98 - at Tor Detlef Schrempf (Sea) had 17 points on 3-13 FG and 9-12 FT. Shawn Kemp (Sea) had 26 points including 8-11 FT, 18 rebounds, 3 steals, and 4 blocks. Gary Payton (Sea) had 24 points and 6 assists. Walt Williams (Tor) had 22 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Doug Christie (Tor) had 31 points including 10-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Sea shot 47.3% (35-74) FG and Tor shot 35.6% (32-90) FG. Craig Ehlo (Sea, flu) and Damon Stoudamire (Tor, injured foot) did not play.