News from November 16. Minnesota signed Josh Howard to a 1 year contract and released Will Conroy. New Orleans signed GM Dell Demps to a contract extension. Kawhi Leonard (SA) is expected to be out 10 to 14 days with quadriceps tendinitis in his left knee. Atlanta activated Devin Harris and placed DeShawn Stevenson on IL. Dallas activated Shawn Marion and placed Jared Cunningham on IL. Detroit activated Rodney Stuckey and placed Kim English on IL. Indiana activated Orlando Johnson and placed Ben Hansbrough on IL. Portland activated Will Barton and placed Nolan Smith on IL. With New York's loss (6-1), there are no more teams without a win. Ind 103, Dal 83 at Ind David West (Ind) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 14 points including 5-15 FG and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. George Hill (Ind) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Darren Collison (Dal) had 10 points including 3-10 FG. O.J. Mayo (Dal) had 19 points. Ind shot 47% (39-83) FG and Dal shot 37% (30-81) FG. Mem 105, NY 95 at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 15 rebounds including 98 offensive. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 24 points including 12-13 FT and 7 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 16 points and 8 assists. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 20 points. Raymond Felton (NY) had 18 points and 5 assists. LAL 114, Pho 102 at LAL Metta World Peace (LAL) had 22 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dwight Howard (LAL) had 18 points, 12 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 31 points including 10-11 FT and 6 assists. Luis Scola (Pho) had 18 points on 9-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 22 points and 7 assists. Por 119, Hou 117 OT at Por Nicolas Batum (Por) had 35 points including 13-19 FG and 5-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 7 turnovers. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 29 points including 11-19 FG and 6 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. James Harden (Hou) had 29 points including 11-12 FT, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Omer Asik (Hou) had 16 points and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Atl 112, Sac 96 at Sac Josh Smith (Atl) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Al Horford (Atl) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 22 points including 7-9 FG and 5-5 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Louis Williams (Atl) had 21 points including 9-11 FT and 5 assists. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 17 points. Atl shot 20-27 FT and Sac shot 10-14 FT. OKC 110, NO 95 at NO Kevin Durant (OKC) had 27 points including 9-12 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 10 points including 3-11 FG and 12 assists. Kevin Martin (OKC) had 27 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Robin Lopez (NO) had 12 points. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 15 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. OKC shot 54.1% (40-74) FG and NO shot 42.3% (33-78) FG. Orl 110, Det 106 at Det Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 19 points. Glen Davis (Orl) had 17 points and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 23 points and 5 assists. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 18 points. Greg Monroe (Det) had 23 points including 9-12 FG and 7 rebounds. GS 106, Min 98 at Min Harrison Barnes (GS) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. David Lee (GS) had 18 points and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Stephen Curry (GS) had 17 points and 6 assists. Andre Kirilenko (Min) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Derrick Williams (Min) had 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 rebounds. Alexey Shved (Min) had 22 points and 7 assists. J.J. Barea (Min, sprained left foot), Chase Budinger (Min, torn meniscus left knee), Nikola Pekovic (Min, sprained left ankle), and Brandon Roy (Min, sore right knee) did not play. Phi 99, Uta 93 at Phi Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 26 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jason Richardson (Phi) had 20 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 15 points including 5-14 FG and 9 rebounds. Matt Carroll (Uta) had 17 points on a perfect 6-6 FG, 1-1 3-pointers, and 4-4 FT and 5 rebounds. Schedule for Saturday, November 17 (All times Central) Toronto at Boston 11:30 am Chicago at LA Clippers 2:30 pm Utah at Washington 6:00 pm Memphis at Charlotte 6:30 pm Dallas at Cleveland 6:30 pm New Orleans at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Denver at San Antonio 7:30 pm Miami at Phoenix 8:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, November 18 (All times Central) Indiana at New York 11:00 am Orlando at Toronto 12:00 pm Cleveland at Philadelphia 5:00 pm NBATV Brooklyn at Sacramento 5:00 pm Golden State at Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Boston at Detroit 6:30 pm Chicago at Portland 8:00 pm Houston at LA Lakers 8:30 pm ---- 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