News from November 25. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 7 assists during Wednesday's Dal-Hou game to pass Mark Jackson for 2nd place on the NBA All-Time assist list. John Stockton 15,806 Jason Kidd 10,337 Mark Jackson 10,334 Allen Iverson announced his retirement from the NBA. Oklahoma City released Ryan Bowen. Charlotte activated Acie Law and Tyson Chandler and placed DeSagana Diop and Alexis Ajinca on IL. Indiana activated Josh McRoberts and placed Danny Granger (sprained ligament left knee) on IL. Miami activated Jamaal Magloire and placed Shavlik Randolph on IL. San Antonio activated Marcus Haislip and placed Theo Ratliff on IL. New York activated Marcus Landry and placed Eddy Curry on IL. The LA Clippers activated Eric Gordon and placed DeAndre Jordan on IL. Dal 130, Hou 99 at Hou Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 25 points including 10-16 FG and 8 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 27 points including 10-11 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 10 assists. Tim Thomas (Dal) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 3 steals. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 20 points. Carl Landry (Hou) had 24 points including 9-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Dal shot 65.5% (55-84) FG and Hou shot 45.8% (38-83) FG. Quinton Ross (Dal, sore lower back) did not play. Cha 116, Tor 81 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 31 points including 11-12 FT and 13 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 23 points and 6 assists. Nazr Mohammed (Cha) had 11 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 18 points on 5-14 FG and 8-10 FT and 14 rebounds. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 13 points, 8 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Cha shot 45.2% (42-93) FG and Tor shot 34.5% (30-87) FG. Ind 86, LAC 73 at Ind Dahntay Jones (Ind) had 18 points including 6-19 FG and 7 rebounds. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Brandon Rush (Ind) had 13 points including 4-13 FG and 11 rebounds. Baron Davis (LAC) had 25 points on 11-19 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Marcus Camby (LAC) had 15 points, 21 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 steals. Bos 113, Phi 110 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 27 points including 10-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 19 points including 9-12 FT. Ray Allen (Bos) had 18 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 25 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists. Jason Kapaono (Phi) had 20 points on 8-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Louis Williams (Phi, fractured jaw) and Elton Brand (sore right hamstring did not play. Mia 99, Orl 98 at Orl Jermaine O'Neal (Mia) had 13 points and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 24 points on 6-22 FG and 11-11 FT, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Michael Beasley (Mia) had 15 points including the game winning dunk with 1.6 seconds left and 12 rebounds. Vince Carter (Orl) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Jason Williams (Orl) had 25 points including 9-12 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 8 assists. Jameer Nelson (Orl, torn meniscus left knee) did not play. Cle 98, Det 88 at Det LeBron James (Cle) had 34 points including 9-11 FT, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 14 points and 8 assists. Anthony Parker (Cle) had 13 points including 4-5 FG. Charlie Villanueva (Det) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 25 points and 6 rebounds. Cle shot 50% (34-68) FG and Det shot 39.2% (31-79) FG. Den 124, Min 111 at Min Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 22 points and 5 assists. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 19 points including 4-4 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Nene (Den) had 17 points including 7-9 FG, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Ryan Hollins (Min) had 19 points including 8-9 FG. Corey Brewer (Min) had 22 points and 13 rebounds. Jonny Flynn (Min) had 20 points and 5 turnovers. NO 102, Mil 99 OT at NO David West (NO) had 27 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Devin Brown (NO) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Darren Collison (NO) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Luke Ridnour (Mil) had 23 points including 9-15 FG, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists. Hakim Warrick (Mil) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 10 rebounds. SA 118, GS 104 at SA Tony Parker (SA) had 32 points including 12-17 FT and 7 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 20 points on 10-12 FT, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Roger Mason (SA) had 17 points including 7-10 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Monta Ellis (GS) had 42 points on 16-25 FG and 9-10 FT and 3 steals. Stephen Curry (GS) had 11 points on 5-16 FG, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Kelenna Azubuike (GS, left patellar tendon), Raja Bell (GS, injured left wrist), Andris Biedrins (GS, osteitis pubis), and Ronny Turiaf (GS, sprained left knee) did not play. Pho 126, Mem 111 at Pho Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 28 points including 13-18 FG and 3 blocks. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 20 points. Steve Nash (Pho) had 11 points and 16 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 24 points and 13 rebounds including 10 offensive. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Pho shot 61.9% (52-84) FG and Mem shot 47.9% (45-94) FG. Por 93, NJ 83 at Por Greg Oden (Por) had 18 points including 7-11 FG, 8 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 blocks. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 12 points including 4-13 FG and 8 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por) had 13 points and 5 assists. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 32 points and 14 rebounds including 10 offensive. Chris Douglas-Roberts (NJ) had 18 points. Travis Outlaw (Por, left foot surgery), Yi Jianlian (NJ, sprained right MCL), and Eduardo Najera (NJ, sore lower back) did not play. Sac 111, NY 97 at Sac Donte Greene (Sac) had 24 points on 9-13 FG and 6-7 3-pointers, 5 assists, 6 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 19 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 assists. Spencer Hawes (Sac) had 16 points including 7-8 FG. David Lee (NY) had 25 points including 10-16 FG and 12 rebounds. Nate Robinson (NY) had 25 points including 10-16 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Beno Udrih (Sac, virus) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, November 26 (All times Central) Orlando @ Atlanta 7:00 pm TNT Chicago @ Utah 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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