News from November 30. The NBA named Tim Duncan (SA) and Gerald Wallace (Cha) as Players of the Week. Duncan averaged 21.8 points and 10 rebounds as San Antonio went 4-0. Wallace averaged 25.3 points and 13.7 rebounds as Charlotte went 3-0. New Jersey named GM Kiki Vandeweghe as head coach for the rest of the season. Del Harris was named as an assistant coach. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) is expected to be out 1 to 2 weeks with a sprained left thumb. Charlotte assigned Alexis Ajinca to the NBADL. Kevin Ollie (OKC) underwent surgery on his right knee to relieve pain in the patellar tendon. Ollie is expected to be out 4 weeks. Kyle Weaver (OKC) underwent surgery on his separated left shoulder. Weaver is expected to be out at least 4 months. Dallas activated Erick Dampier and placed Quinton Ross (sore lower back) on IL. Milwaukee activated Andrew Bogut and placed Michael Redd (sore left knee) on IL. Dal 104, Phi 102 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 28 points and 6 rebounds. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 22 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 blocks, and 4 steals. Drew Gooden (Dal) had 15 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Jason Terry (Dal) had 7 points including the game winning baseliner with 1.4 seconds left. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 6 points, 19 rebounds including 7 offensive, 3 blocks, and 3 steals. Willie Green (Phi) had 23 points and 8 rebounds. Elton Brand (Phi) had 21 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Phi out-rebounded Dal 60-37 including 24-11 offensive. Louis Williams (Phi, broken jaw) did not play. Mil 99, Chi 97 at Mil Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 22 points, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, 4 blocks, and 3 steals. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 15 points including 5-15 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 8 assists. Charlie Bell (Mil) had 16 points and 5 assists. Luol Deng (Chi) had 22 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 16 points including 8-10 FT and 17 rebounds including 7 offensive. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 19 points and 7 assists. John Salmons (Chi) had 23 points, 3 blocks, and 3 steals. Kirk Hinrich (Chi, sprained left thumb) did not play. Uta 120, Mem 93 at Uta Ronnie Brewer (Uta) had 25 points including 11-16 FG and 3 steals. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 24 points including 9-14 FG, 15 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Deron Williams (Uta) had 22 points including 9-15 FG, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 20 points. Marcus Williams (Mem) had 17 points and 6 assists. Uta shot 58.4% (45-77) FG and Mem shot 47.4% (36-76) FG. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta, strained lower back), Kyle Korver (Uta, left knee surgery), Ronnie Price (Uta, sprained left big toe), Mike Conley (Mem, strained left shoulder), Rudy Gay (Mem, personal reasons) did not play. GS 126, Ind 107 at GS Anthony Morrow (GS) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Monta Ellis (GS) had 45 points on 15-27 FG and 14-16 FT, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. C.J. Watson (GS) had 18 points including 7-10 FG, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Danny Granger (Ind) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Dahntay Jones (Ind) had 21 points. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 22 points. GS shot 56.3% (45-80) FG and Ind shot 44.2% (38-86) FG. Kelenna Azubuike (GS, left patellar tendon injury), Raja Bell (GS, left wrist surgery), and Andris Biedrins (GS, strained lower back) did not play. [All 4 home teams won.] On the lighter side: Dallas coach Rick Carlisle on Dallas trying to intentionally foul before Andre Iguodala (Phi) hit a 3-pointer that tied the game with 5.6 seconds left: "Sometimes you're the statue and sometimes you're the pigeon. Tonight we were the statue." Schedule for Tuesday, December 1 (All times Central) Boston @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Washington @ Toronto 6:00 pm Phoenix @ New York 6:30 pm Golden State @ Denver 8:00 pm Miami @ Portland 9:00 pm New Orleans @ 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