News from November 28. The LA Lakers assigned Robert Sacre and Darius Johnson-Odom to the NBADL. Atlanta activated Devin Harris and placed Johan Petro on IL. Dallas activated Jared Cunningham and placed Darren Collison (sprained right middle finger) on IL. The LA Clippers activated Chauncey Billups. With Washington's win (1-12), there are no more teams without a win. Chi 101, Dal 78 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 13 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 13 points including 8-10 FT. Shawn Marion (Dal) had 18 points including 7-11 FG. Dominique Jones (Dal) had 10 points and 5 assists. Chi shot 49.3% (34-69) FG and Dal shot 34.6% (28-81) FG. SA 110, Orl 100 at Orl Tony Parker (SA) had 14 points and 8 assists. Gary Neal (SA) had 19 points and 3 steals. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 20 points including 6-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. SA shot 11-15 FT and Orl shot 5-8 FT. Uta 96, NO 84 at NO Marvin Williams (Uta) had 16 points. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 16 points including 10-12 FT and 8 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Robin Lopez (NO) had 18 points including 7-9 FG and 7 rebounds. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 18 points and 8 assists. Maurice Williams (NO, sprained right foot) and Anthony Davis (NO, stress reaction left ankle) did not play. Det 117, Pho 77 at Det Brandon Knight (Det) had 19 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 6 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 18 points including 10-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Charlie Villanueva (Det) had 19 points including 7-8 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 10 points. Luis Scola (Pho) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Det shot 52.6% (40-76) FG and Pho shot 34.1% (28-82) FG. Bro 95, Bos 83 at Bos Joe Johnson (Bro) had 18 points and 6 assists. Andray Blatche (Bro) had 17 points and 13 rebounds including 8 offensive. Jerry Stackhouse (Bro) had 17 points including 5-6 3-pointers (his only FGA) and 3 steals. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 14 points on 4-13 FG and 6-11 FT, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Atl 94, Cha 91 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 17 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assist, 3 steals, and 5 blocks. Al Horford (Atl) had 17 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Louis Williams (Atl) had 17 points and 5 assists. Ramon Sessions (Cha) had 18 points and 8 assists. Ben Gordon (Cha) had 26 points including 7-11 FG and 7-10 3-pointers. OKC 120, Hou 98 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 37 points on 13-22 FG and 9-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 23 points on 11-13 FG, 9 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Daequan Cook (Hou) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Patrick Patterson (Hou) had 27 points including 11-18 FG and 6 rebounds. OKC shot 54% (47-87) FG and Hou shot 41.4% (36-87) FG. Chandler Parsons (Hou, right shoulder injury) did not play. NY 102, Mil 88 at Mil Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 29 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (NY) had 17 points on 4-4 FG and 9-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Steve Novak (NY) had 19 points on 7-10 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 18 points and 5 assists. Monta Ellis (Mil) had 17 points and 7 assists. Jason Kidd (NY, back spasms) did not play. Mem 103, Tor 82 at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 17 points including 7-10 FG, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Marreese Speights (Mem) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 12 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 12 points including 3-10 FG. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 16 points. Andrea Bargnani (Tor, sore left ankle) did not play. Was 84, Por 82 at Was Trevor Ariza (Was) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Kevin Seraphin (Was) had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 19 points. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 20 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 3 steals. J.J. Hickson (Por) had 15 points, 19 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Damian Lillard (Por) had 20 points including 6-21 FG and 4-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. LAC 101, Min 95 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 23 points, 11 assists, and 3 steals. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 15 points including 6-7 FG and 6 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 19 points on 3-12 FG and 12-16 FT and 12 rebounds. Alexey Shved (Min) had 17 points. Andrei Kirilenko (Min, back spasms) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, November 29 (All times Central) San Antonio at Miami 7:00 pm TNT Denver at Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, November 30 (All times Central) Phoenix at Toronto 6:00 pm Philadelphia at Charlotte 6:00 pm Brooklyn at Orlando 6:00 pm Portland at Boston 6:30 pm Washington at New York 6:30 pm NBATV Cleveland at Atlanta 6:30 pm Detroit at Memphis 7:00 pm Utah at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Milwaukee at Minnesota 7:00 pm Indiana at Sacramento 9:00 pm Denver at LA Lakers 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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