News from November 13. Houston released Pops Mensah-Bonsu and assigned Joey Dorsey to the NBADL. Dallas activated Matt Carroll and placed Josh Howard (sore left ankle) on IL. Minnesota activated Jason Hart and placed Al Jefferson (death of grandmother) on IL. Denver activated Renaldo Balkman and placed Anthony Carter (left hip strain) on IL. New Orleans activated Sean Marks and placed Bobby Brown on IL. Boston activated Brian Scalabrine and placed Bill Walker on IL. Dal 89, Min 77 at Min Shawn Marion (Dal) had 15 points. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jason Terry (Dal) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Ryan Gomes (Min) had 10 points including 4-12 FG and 9 rebounds. Jonny Flynn (Min) had 11 points. Atl 97, Bos 86 at Bos Al Horford (Atl) had 12 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 steals. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 18 points. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 24 points including 8-11 FT. Kendrick Perkins (Bos) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Den 105, LAL 79 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 25 points and 3 steals. Nene (Den) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. J.R. Smith (Den) had 20 points including 4-10 3-pointers. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 19 points and 15 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 19 points. Uta 112, Phi 90 at Phi Ronnie Brewer (Uta) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 24 points including 11-16 FG, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Eric Maynor (Uta) had 13 points and 11 assists. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 17 points on 8-10 FG. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 11 points including 4-13 FG, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, and 4 blocks. Kyle Korver (Uta, left knee surgery), Ronnie Price (Uta, sprained left big toe), and Deron Williams (Uta, personal reasons) did not play. Por 86, NO 78 at NO Brandon Roy (Por) had 15 points including 5-16 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 20 points and 13 rebounds. Andre Miller (Por) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. David West (NO) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Marcus Thornton (NO) had 20 points. Por out-rebounded NO 60-40 including 20-9 offensive. Orl 88, NJ 72 at Orl Mickael Pietrus (Orl) had 16 points and 5 turnovers. Matt Barnes (Orl) had 13 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 26 points on 10-14 FG and 6-12 FT, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 blocks. Rafer Alston (NJ) had 17 points including 7-20 FG, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Bobby Simmons (NJ) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Orl shot 44.6% (33-74) FG and NJ shot 32.9% (28-85) FG. Ryan Anderson (Orl, sprained right ankle), Brandon Bass (Orl, flu), Rashard Lewis (Orl, suspended), Devin Harris (NJ, strained right groin), Yi Jianlian (NJ, sprained right MCL), and Courtney Lee (NJ, strained left groin) did not play. Sac 109, Hou 100 at Sac Jason Thompson (Sac) had 27 points on 9-15 FG and 9-10 FT and 11 rebounds including 9 offensive. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 22 points on 9-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Shane Battier (Hou) had 23 points including 8-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Luis Scola (Hou) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 28 points including 4-12 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Sac out-rebounded Hou 54-35 including 16-9 offensive. GS 121, NY 107 at NY Kelenna Azubuike (GS) had 22 points including 9-13 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Stephen Jackson (GS) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 steals. Monta Ellis (GS) had 22 points. C.J. Watson (GS) had 19 points including 7-8 FG. Corey Maggette (GS) had 22 points including 8-10 FG. Danilo Gallinari (NY) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Ronny Turiaf (GS, sprained left knee) and Andris Biedrins (GS, osteitis pubis) did not play. Tor 104, LAC 89 at LAC Chris Bosh (Tor) had 21 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 assists. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 19 points. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 18 points and 9 assists. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 25 points including 10-16 FG and 7 rebounds. Baron Davis (LAC) had 17 points and 7 assists. Schedule for Saturday, November 14 (All times Central) New Orleans @ Atlanta 6:00 pm Portland @ Charlotte 6:00 pm NBATV Boston @ Indiana 6:00 pm Detroit @ Washington 6:00 pm Utah @ Cleveland 6:30 pm New Jersey @ Miami 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Chicago 7:00 pm Minnesota @ Memphis 7:00 pm Golden State @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Oklahoma City @ San Antonio 7:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html