News from November 29. The NBA fined Rasheed Wallace (Bos) $30,000 for public criticizing the refs following Friday's Bos-Tor game. The NBA fined Amare Stoudemire (Pho) $7,500 for posting messages on Twitter during Wednesday's Pho-Mem game. The NBA fined Tyson Chandler (Cha) $7,500 for postings message on Twitter during Wednesday's Cha-Tor game. New Jersey fired head coach Lawrence Frank. An interim coach has not yet been named, but assistant coach Tom Barrise filled in for Sunday's NJ-LAL game. New Jersey has lost all 17 games (including Sunday's) to open the season, tying the longest losing streak in NBA history for the start of a season. New Orleans activated Hilton Armstrong and placed Peja Stojakovic (personal reasons) on IL. Denver activated Johan Petro and placed Renaldo Balkman on IL. San Antonio activated Manu Ginobili and placed Roger Mason on IL. Miami activated Quentin Richardson and placed Yakhouba Diawara on IL. The LA Clippers activated DeAndre Jordan and placed Brian Skinner on IL. LAL 106, NJ 87 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 30 points including 11-17 FG and 5-8 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jordan Farmar (LAL) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 26 points including 10-12 FT, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 turnovers. Devin Harris (NJ) had 16 points and 6 assists. Yi Jianlian (NJ, strained right MCL) and Eduardo Najera (NJ, sore lower back) did not play. Min 106, Den 100 at Den Damien Wilkins (Min) had 15 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists. Ryan Gomes (Min) had 27 points including 12-18 FG. Corey Brewer (Min) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 32 points and 5 rebounds. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 16 points and 14 rebounds. Orl 114, NY 102 at NY Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 26 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 24 points on 8-9 FG and 8-15 FT and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Vince Carter (Orl) had 23 points including 1-7 3-pointers. David Lee (NY) had 20 points and 12 rebounds. Nate Robinson (NY) had 24 points on 11-17 FG. Orl shot 17-31 FT and NY shot 9-13 FT. Jameer Nelson (Orl, torn left meniscus) did not play. Det 94, Atl 88 at Det Ben Wallace (Det) had 10 points and 18 rebounds including 11 offensive. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 23 points and 8 assists. Andrew Bynum (Det) had 19 points. Josh Smith (Atl) had 23 points including 11-15 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 20 points. Det shot 13-16 FT and Atl shot 7-8 FT. Det out-rebounded Atl 53-27 including 24-6 offensive. Ben Gordon (Det, sprained left ankle) did not play. Bos 92, Mia 85 at Mia Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 24 points including 11-12 FG and 8 rebounds. Kendrick Perkins (Bos) had 14 points including 6-11 FT, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 13 points and 11 assists. Michael Beasley (Mia) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Bos shot 52.2% (36-69) FG and Mia shot 41.8% (33-79) FG. Pho 113, Tor 94 at Tor Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 18 points including 8-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 20 points and 16 assists. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 30 points and 17 rebounds including 7 offensive. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Pho shot 51.2% (43-84) FG and Tor shot 39.1% (36-92) FG. Hou 100, OKC 91 at OKC Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 21 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 5 steals. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 17 points including 7-23 FG and 1-9 3-pointers and 4 steals. Carl Landry (Hou) had 21 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 25 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 20 points and 5 assists. Nenad Krstic (OKC, sore left Achilles) and Kevin Ollie (OKC, sore right knee) did not play. SA 97, Phi 89 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 16 points and 8 assists. Matt Bonner (SA) had 16 points on 6-8 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 blocks, and 5 steals. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 14 points, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Elton Brand (Phi, sore right hamstring) and Louis Williams (Phi, fractured jawbone) did not play. Sac 112, NO 96 at Sac Jason Thompson (Sac) had 22 points and 14 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 14 points. Sergio Rodriguez (Sac) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 5 assists. David West (NO) had 24 points. Emeka Okafor (NO) had 20 points including 9-10 FG and 9 rebounds. Spencer Hawes (Sac, bruised right knee) did not play. LAC 98, Mem 88 at LAC Al Thornton (LAC) had 18 points and 6 rebounds including 5 offensive. Marcus Camby (LAC) had 14 points on 7-8 FG, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 29 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 26 points on 13-18 FG, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks, and 3 steals. LAC out-scored Mem 33-7 in the 4th quarter. Schedule for Monday, November 30 (All times Central) Chicago @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ Dallas 7:30 pm Memphis @ Utah 8:00 pm Indiana @ Golden State 9:30 pm NBATV ---- 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