News from November 18. The LA Lakers named Dan D'Antoni as an assistant coach. Brooklyn activated Gerald Wallace and MarShon Brooks and placed Keith Bogans and Tornike Shengelia on IL. Indiana activated Ben Hansbrough and placed Orlando Johnson on IL. Portland activated Nolan Smith and placed Joel Freeland on IL. NY 88, Ind 76 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 26 points and 9 rebounds. Raymond Felton (NY) had 11 points on 5-15 FG and 8 assists. J.R. Smith (NY) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers. David West (Ind) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. LAL 119, Hou 108 at LAL Dwight Howard (LAL) had 28 points on 11-18 FG and 6-12 FT, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 22 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 24 points including 8-10 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. James Harden (Hou) had 20 points, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Carlos Delfino (Hou, groin injury) did not play. Tor 97, Orl 86 at Tor DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 9 points and 18 assists. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Glen Davis (Orl) had 16 points and 12 rebounds. E'Twaun Moore (Orl) had 16 points. Tor out-scored Orl 30-17 in the 4th quarter. J.J. Redick (Orl, ill) did not play. Phi 86, Cle 79 at Phi Evan Turner (Phi) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 14 points and 9 assists. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 14 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Alonzo Gee (Cle) had 17 points. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 14 points and 13 rebounds including 8 offensive. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 14 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Bro 99, Sac 90 at Sac Deron Williams (Bro) had 14 points including 4-12 FG, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 13 points including 5-14 FG, 5 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Andray Blatche (Bro) had 22 points on 11-12 FG. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 29 points including 12-21 FG and 7 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. OKC 119, GS 109 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 25 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 30 points, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Kevin Martin (OKC) had 23 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. David Lee (GS) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 assists. Det 103, Bos 83 at Det Greg Monroe (Det) had 20 points including 8-11 FG and 13 rebounds. Jason Maxiell (Det) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 12 points on 5-7 FG, 10 assists, and 6 turnovers. Darko Milicic (Bos, personal reasons) did not play. Por 102, Chi 94 at Por Nicolas Batum (Por) had 21 points including 5-10 3-pointers. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 21 points including 9-15 FG. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 16 points, 15 rebounds, and 8 assists. Nate Robinson (Chi) had 18 points. Schedule for Monday, November 19 (All times Central) Indiana at Washington 6:00 pm Milwaukee at Charlotte 6:00 pm Orlando at Atlanta 6:30 pm NBATV Denver at Memphis 7:00 pm Golden State at Dallas 7:30 pm LA Clippers at San Antonio 7:30 pm Houston at Utah 8:00 pm Schedule for Tuesday, November 20 (All times Central) Toronto at Philadelphia 6:00 pm New York at New Orleans 7:00 pm Brooklyn at LA Lakers 9:30 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