News from November 12.

New Orleans fired head coach Byron Scott.  GM Jeff Bower was named as
interim coach.  Tim Floyd as named as an assistant coach.

Toronto released Quincy Douby.


Cle 111, Mia 104  at Mia
LeBron James (Cle) had 34 points including 16-18 FT and 7 assists.
J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 18 points including 7-8 FG.
Maurice Williams (Cle) had 25 points on 10-15 FG and 5-7 3-pointers.
Michael Beasley (Mia) had 24 points and 6 rebounds.
Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 36 points including 15-21 FT.

LAL 121, Pho 102  at LAL
Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 26 points on 13-18 FG, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 29 points including 13-21 FG.
Josh Powell (LAL) had 14 points and 7 rebounds.
Steve Nash (Pho) had 13 points and 5 assists.
Jared Dudley (Pho) had 14 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds.
LAL shot 57.6% (53-92) FG and Pho shot 36.5% (38-104) FG.


Schedule for Friday, November 13  (All times Central)
  New Jersey @ Orlando          6:00 pm
  Utah @ Philadelphia           6:00 pm
  Golden State @ New York       6:30 pm
  Atlanta @ Boston              7:00 pm  ESPN
  Dallas @ Minnesota            7:00 pm
  Portland @ New Orleans        7:00 pm
  Houston @ Sacramento          9:00 pm
  LA Lakers @ Denver            9:30 pm  ESPN
  Toronto @ LA Clippers         9:30 pm


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