News from November 16. The NBA named Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) and Brandon Jennings (Mil) as Players of the Week. Nowitzki averaged 24.3 points and 8.8 rebounds as Dallas went 3-1. Jennings averaged 43.5 points and 7 assists as Milwaukee went 2-0. TRADE: Golden State traded Stephen Jackson and Acie Law to Charlotte for Raja Bell and Vladimir Radmanovic. Memphis released Allen Iverson. C.J. Watson (GS) tested positive for the swine flu. Dal 115, Mil 113 OT at Mil Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 32 points including the game winning jumper (that rolled up, off the backboard, and in) at the buzzer and 11 rebounds. Drew Gooden (Dal) had 22 points including 9-13 FG and 14 rebounds. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 9 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 17 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jason Terry (Dal) had 19 points. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 25 points including 8-22 FG and 4-9 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. Erick Dampier (Dal, ill) did not play. Atl 99, Por 95 OT at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 20 points and 16 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 15 points on 7-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 35 points including 13-31 FG and 9 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Rudy Fernandez (Por) had 19 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 4 steals. Travis Outlaw (Por, stress fracture left foot) did not play. Orl 97, Cha 91 at Orl Dwight Howard (Orl) had 14 points on 4-5 FG and 6-14 FT and 11 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Vince Carter (Orl) had 15 points. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 21 points including 10-13 FG. Flip Murray (Cha) had 31 points including 13-21 FG. Marcin Gortat (Orl, flu) did not play. Schedule for Tuesday, November 17 (All times Central) Golden State @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Miami 6:30 pm Indiana @ New Jersey 6:30 pm LA Clippers @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Phoenix @ Houston 7:30 pm Toronto @ Denver 8:00 pm Chicago @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Detroit @ LA Lakers 9:30 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