News from November 18. Miami signed Gerald Fitch and released Matt Walsh. Andre Kirilenko (Uta) is expected to be out 2 to 4 weeks with a sprained right ankle. Charlotte activated Brevin Knight and placed Alan Anderson on IL. Miami activated Shandon Anderson and placed Jason Williams on IL with a bruised right knee. New Orleans activated J.R. Smith and placed P.J. Brown on IL while he attended his mother-in-law's funeral. New York activated Maurice Taylor and placed Matt Barnes on IL with a foot injury. Utah activated Gordan Giricek and placed Matt Harpring on IL. Houston activated Lonny Baxter and placed Rafer Alston on IL with a bruised right leg. The LA Clippers activated Yaroslav Korolev and placed Quinton Ross on IL. Seattle activated Danny Fortson and placed Robert Swift on IL. LAC 97, LAL 91 at LAL Corey Maggette (LAC) had 21 points on 6-21 FG and 9-110 FT and 5 rebounds. Elton Brand (LAC) had 23 points including 7-10 FT, 14 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Cuttino Mobley (LAC) had 20 points. Sam Cassell (LAC) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 36 points on 12-35 FG and 11-12 FT and 5 assists. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 18 points including 2-7 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Sea 98, Chi 84 at Sea Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 27 points and 6 rebounds. Ray Allen (Sea) had 27 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Luke Ridnour (Sea) had 10 points including 3-9 FG. Michael Sweetney (Chi) had 13 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Luol Deng (Chi) had 16 points. Sea shot 48.1% (37-77) FG and Chi shot 37.6% (32-85) FG. Sac 103, Mil 82 at Sac Peja Stojakovic (Sac) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Sac) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks, and 4 steals. Brad Miller (Sac) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 blocks. Joe Smith (Mil) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Michael Redd (Mil) had 18 points. Sac shot 51.3% (40-78) FG and Mil shot 36.9% (31-84) FG. Den 95, NY 86 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 25 points including 9-12 FT and 5 rebounds. Marcus Camby (Den) had 20 points and 13 rebounds. Andre Miller (Den) had 12 points including 5-14 FG, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 17 points. Channing Frye (NY) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Bos 100, Tor 93 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 26 points including 10-12 FT, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mark Blount (Bos) had 14 points including 6-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Ricky Davis (Bos) had 26 points including 10-14 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 24 points including 8-11 FT and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Charlie Villanueva (Tor) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Ind 93, Cha 85 at Ind Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 29 points including 11-12 FT, 18 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 steals. Jamaal Tinlsey (Ind) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Austin Croshere (Ind) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 14 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Kareem Rush (Cha) had 20 points and 5 turnovers. Ind shot 34-44 FT and Cha shot 10-14 FT. Cle 102, Orl 84 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 16 points including 6-17 FG and 6 rebounds. Drew Gooden (Cle) had 15 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 11 rebounds including 8 offensive. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 10 points, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Steve Francis (Orl) had 21 points including 9-13 FT and 5 assists. Mia 106, Phi 96 at Mia James Posey (Mia) had 12 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 32 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Antoine Walker (Mia) had 26 points including 11-13 FG and 7 rebounds including 5 offensive. Chris Webber (Phi) had 21 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 33 points including 10-14 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Earl Barron (Mia, stress fracture lower back) did not play. Pho 102, Uta 94 at Pho Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 18 points including 7-9 FG. Boris Diaw (Pho) had 12 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Eddie House (Pho) had 31 points including 11-16 FG and 7-11 3-pointers. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 29 points on 10-18 FG and 7-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Keith McLeod (Uta, back spasms) did not play. NO 95, Atl 92 at Oklahoma City Bostjan Nachbar (NO) had 12 points on 4-12 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Chris Andersen (NO) had 10 points including 3-9 FG, 18 rebounds including 10 offensive, and 3 blocks. Chris Paul (NO) had 25 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists, and 5 steals. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 21 points on 9-16 FG. Salim Stoudamire (Atl) had 30 points including 11-15 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. J.R. Smith (NO, sprained left ankle) did not play. Det 78, Hou 70 at Hou Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 14 points, 4 blocks, and 3 steals. Ben Wallace (Det) had 5 points on 2-9 FG and 1-4 FT, 16 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 blocks. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Yao Ming (Hou) had 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 9 turnovers. David Wesley (Hou) had 14 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. GS 91, Por 80 at Por Troy Murphy (GS) had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Jason Richardson (GS) had 28 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Baron Davis (GS) had 16 points including 6-17 FG, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Zach Randolph (Por) had 13 points including 5-14 FG and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Sebastian Telfair (Por) had 20 points.