News from November 27. Portland activated Theo Ratliff and Charles Smith and placed Ha Seung-Jin and Juan Dixon (flu like symptoms) on IL. Indiana activated Ron Artest and placed Scot Pollard on IL with food poisoning. The LA Lakers activated Luke Walton and placed Devean George on IL with a sore left foot. Ind 97, LAC 92 at LAC Ron Artest (Ind) had 22 points and 4 steals. Austin Croshere (Ind) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 16 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Elton Brand (LAC) had 22 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 18 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. NJ 102, LAL 96 OT at LAL Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 10 points including 2-6 FG and 10 rebounds. Nenad Krstic (NJ) had 20 points including 8-10 FT, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 35 points including 12-15 FT, 8 rebounds, 12 assists, and 7 turnovers. Brian Cook (LAL) had 14 points and 7 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 46 points including 4-12 3-pointers and 14-16 FT and 5 turnovers. NJ shot 44.2% (34-77) FG and LAL shot 33.7% (32-95) FG. Por 77, Atl 75 at Atl Darius Miles (Por) had 12 points including 4-11 FG. Zach Randolph (Por) had 24 points including 14-15 FG and 15 rebounds. Martell Webster (Por) had 10 points. Al Harrington (Atl) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Zaza Pachulia (Atl) had 15 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive.