News from November 14. Kurt Thomas (Dal) fractured his right ankle in Thursday's Dal-Phi game and will possibly miss the rest of the season. This is the fourth time he has fractured the ankle in a year. The NBA fined Minnesota $25,000 and Chris Carr, Kevin Garnett, Stephon Marbury, Clifford Rozier, and Doug West $2,500 each for wearing their shorts too long. The league sent a memo to each team this summer stating they would enforce the dress code that requires shorts to be no longer than one inch above the knee. Chicago placed Steve Kerr on IR with a deep bone bruise in his left knee. Portland activated Gary Trent and released Sean Higgins. LAL 113, Hou 103 OT - at Hou Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 24 points including 9-13 FT, 13 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 blocks in 50 minutes. Eddie Jones (LAL) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Nick Van Exel (LAL) had 35 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 6 assists. Charles Barkley (Hou) had 15 points, 22 rebounds including 11 offensive, and 7 turnovers. Clyde Drexler (Hou) had 35 points including 10-13 FT, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists in 52 minutes. Kevin Willis (Hou) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL, sprained right ankle) did not play. Orl 103, Den 85 - at Orl Charles Outlaw (Orl) had 18 points including 7-10 FG, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Horace Grant (Orl) had 21 points including 10-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Nick Anderson (Orl) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Johnny Newman (Den) had 23 points including 10-16 FG. Anthony Goldwire (Den) had 13 points including 5-7 FG and 5 assists. Anfernee Hardaway (Orl, tendinitis left knee) and Derek Harper (Orl, right quadricep contusion) did not play. Ind 82, Mia 78 - at Ind Rik Smits (Ind) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Reggie Miller (Ind) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Mark Jackson (Ind) had 10 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. P.J. Brown (Mia) had 21 points, 10 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 4 steals. Isaac Austin (Mia) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Atl 104, Sac 103 - at Atl Christian Laettner (Atl) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Steve Smith (Atl) had 16 points. Alan Henderson (Atl) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Mitch Richmond (Sac) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Sac) had 20 points. Uta 110, Sea 104 - at Uta Karl Malone (Uta) had 23 points including 9-12 FT and 12 rebounds. Jeff Hornacek (Uta) had 23 points and 5 assists. Howard Eisley (Uta) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 6 assists. Detlef Schrempf (Sea) had 26 points including 9-10 FT. Gary Payton (Sea) had 21 points and 5 turnovers. Bos 103, Tor 99 - at Bos Antoine Walker (Bos) had 22 points, 18 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Chauncey Billups (Bos) had 22 points on 5-14 FG and 9-10 FT and 4 steals. Dana Barros (Bos) had 18 points including 6-6 FG and 3-3 3-pointers in 17 minutes. Walt Williams (Tor) had 25 points, 12 rebounds, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Damon Stoudamire (Tor) had 17 points and 9 assists. Chi 105, Cha 92 - at Chi Toni Kukoc (Chi) had 18 points. Luc Longley (Chi) had 16 points and 5 assists. Michael Jordan (Chi) had 28 points and 7 assists. Vlade Divac (Cha) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Matt Geiger (Cha) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Pho 140, Por 139 4OT - at Por Rex Chapman (Pho) had 28 points. Kevin Johnson (Pho) had 15 points on 3-9 FG and 9-11 FT, 13 rebounds, and 7 assists in 50 minutes. Danny Manning (Pho) had 35 points including 14-21 FG and 10 rebounds. Brian Grant (Por) had 34 points on 13-19 FG and 8-10 FT, 17 rebounds including 11 offensive, and 5 assists in 61 minutes. Arvydas Sabonis (Por) had 31 points on 10-16 FG and 9-13 FT, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists in 50 minutes. Isaiah Rider (Por) had 35 points including 12-36 FG and 5-14 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 6 turnovers.