News from November 13. TRADE: Charlotte traded Matt Carroll to New Orleans for Hakim Warrick. Chase Budinger (Min) underwent surgery on his left knee to repair a torn meniscus. He is expected to be out 3 to 4 months. Denver assigned Quincy Miller to the NBADL. Indiana activated Miles Plumlee and placed Orlando Johnson on IL. The LA Lakers activated Devin Ebanks and placed Steve Blake (abdominal strain) on IL. Portland activated Victor Claver and placed Will Barton on IL. San Antonio activated Tony Parker and placed Cory Joseph on IL. SA 84, LAL 82 at LAL Tim Duncan (SA) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 19 points and 7 assists. Danny Green (SA) had 11 points on 4-12 FG and the game winning 3-pointer with 9.3 seconds left and 5 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 28 points including 12-19 FG and 8 assists. Dwight Howard (LAL) had 13 points, 15 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. SA shot 7-11 FT and LAL shot 14-22 FT. NY 99, Orl 89 at Orl Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 25 points and 8 rebounds. Raymond Felton (NY) had 21 points and 5 assists. J.R. Smith (NY) had 21 points including 9-14 FG. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl, strained right hamstring) and DeQuan Jones (Orl, sore left groin) did not play. Bro 114, Cle 101 at Bro Brook Lopez (Bro) had 23 points including 10-14 FG, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 25 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Deron Williams (Bro) had 26 points and 10 assists. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 35 points including 16-21 FG and 18 rebounds including 11 offensive. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 34 points including 14-14 FT, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Bro shot 54.5% (42-77) FG and Cle shot 43.7% (38-87) FG. Por 103, Sac 86 at Sac LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 19 points on 5-14 FG and 9-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 18 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 22 points including 7-10 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 9 assists. James Johnson (Sac) had 16 points. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac, suspended), Francisco Garcia (Sac, flu), and Isaiah Thomas (Sac, personal reasons) did not play. Tor 74, Ind 72 at Ind DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 13 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Linas Kleiza (Tor) had 10 points including 2-9 FG. George Hill (Ind) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 12 points including 3-14 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ind out-scored Tor 14-5 in the 4th quarter. Cha 92, Was 76 at Cha Kemba Walker (Cha) had 17 points. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Ramon Sessions (Cha) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Emeka Okafor (Was) had 8 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Cha shot 39.7% (31-78) FG and Was shot 29.8% (25-84) FG. Ben Gordon (Cha, personal reasons) did not play. Schedule for Wednesday, November 14 (All times Central) Detroit at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Utah at Boston 6:30 pm Indiana at Milwaukee 7:00 pm New Orleans at Houston 7:00 pm Memphis at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm ESPN Charlotte at Minnesota 7:00 pm Washington at Dallas 7:30 pm Chicago at Phoenix 8:00 pm Miami at LA Clippers 9:30 pm ESPN Atlanta at Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Thursday, November 15 (All times Central) Boston at Brooklyn 7:00 pm TNT New York at San Antonio 7:30 pm Miami at Denver 9:30 pm TNT ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html