News from November 3. Brandon Rush (GS) suffered a torn left ACL and is out for the season. He will have to undergo surgery and then the recovery time is at least 9 months. Steve Nash (LAL) has a small fracture in his left leg and is expected to be out at least a week. Brooklyn placed Jerry Stackhouse and Josh Childress (sore left ankle) on IL. Dallas activated Chris Kaman and placed Rodrigue Beaubois (sprained ankle) on IL. Golden State activated Jeremy Tyler and Kent Bazemore and placed Brandon Rush (torn left ACL) and Andrew Bogut on IL. Houston activated Scott Machado and placed Royce White on IL. Miami activated Terrel Harris and placed Josh Harrellson on IL. Portland activated Ronnie Price and placed Sasha Pavlovic on IL. San Antonio activated Manu Ginobili and placed Cory Joseph on IL. Toronto activated Dominic McGuire and placed Linas Kleiza on IL. Washington activated Kevin Seraphin. Dal 126, Cha 99 at Dal Darren Collison (Dal) had 18 points and 10 assists. O.J. Mayo (Dal) had 30 points on 10-17 FG and 7-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Vince Carter (Dal) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Byron Mullens (Cha) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Ramon Sessions (Cha) had 22 points and 5 assists. Dal shot 61.3% (49-80) FG including 16-25 3-pointers and Cha shot 42.9% (39-91) FG including 3-17 3-pointers. GS 114, LAC 110 at LAC Klay Thompson (GS) had 17 points including 6-17 FG and 8 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 23 points including 9-10 FT, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Carl Landry (GS) had 23 points including 11-16 FG and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Jarrett Jack (GS) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Caron Butler (LAC) had 20 points on 8-10 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 19 points on 4-12 FG and 11-16 FT, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Chris Paul (LAC) had 27 points on 3-9 FG and 19-20 FT, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 27 points including 4-8 3-pointers. GS shot 28-39 FT and LAC shot 40-52 FT. Bos 89, Was 86 at Was Paul Pierce (Bos) had 27 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. Kevin Seraphin (Was) had 19 points including 8-9 FG and 7 rebounds. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 21 points. Bro 107, Tor 100 at Bro Brook Lopez (Bro) had 27 points including 11-15 FT and 5 rebounds. Deron Williams (Bro) had 19 points and 9 assists. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 28 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 25 points including 8-10 FT. Mia 119, Den 116 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 11 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 40 points on 15-22 FG and 9-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Ray Allen (Mia) had 23 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 22 points on 11-15 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Andre Iguodala (Den) had 22 points including 9-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Wilson Chandler (Den, left hip injury) did not play. Por 95, Hou 85 OT at Hou Nicolas Batum (Por) had 17 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 6 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 27 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Damien Lillard (Por) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 13 points and 7 assists. James Harden (Hou) had 24 points on 8-24 FG and 7-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Por out-scored Hou 14-4 in overtime. SA 110, Uta 100 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 19 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 24 points, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Danny Green (SA) had 21 points including 8-9 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 17 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Maurice Williams (Uta) had 29 points including 9-13 FG and 9 assists. NO 89, Chi 82 at Chi Ryan Anderson (NO) had 12 points and 13 rebounds. Robin Lopez (NO) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 18 points including 6-18 FG. Luol Deng (Chi) had 19 points including 7-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Nate Robinson (Chi) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO, mild concussion) did not play. Ind 106, Sac 98 2OT at Ind David West (Ind) had 18 points including 7-21 FG and 18 rebounds including 5 offensive. George Hill (Ind) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Paul George (Ind) had 16 points and 17 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 21 points including 9-27 FG, 13 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 steals. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 26 points including 4-10 3-pointers. Ind out-rebounded Sac 67-47 including 21-16 offensive. Ind out-scored Sac 10-2 in the 2nd overtime. Mil 105, Cle 102 at Mil Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 13 points including the game winning 3-pointer at the buzzer and 13 assists. Monta Ellis (Mil) had 23 points and 5 turnovers. Mike Dunleavy (Mil) had 29 points including 10-12 FG and 6-7 3-pointers, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists. Larry Sanders (Mil) had 17 points including 8-9 FG and 7 rebounds. Alonzo Gee (Cle) had 18 points and 6 assists. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 20 points on 10-13 FG and 17 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 27 points and 7 assists. Schedule for Sunday, November 4 (All times Central) Philadelphia at New York 11:00 am Minnesota at Toronto 5:00 pm NBATV Phoenix at Orlando 5:00 pm Atlanta at Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Detroit at LA Lakers 8:30 pm Schedule for Monday, November 5 (All times Central) New York at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Minnesota at Brooklyn 6:30 pm NBATV Phoenix at Miami 6:30 pm Utah at Memphis 7:00 pm Portland at Dallas 7:30 pm Indiana at San Antonio 7:30 pm Golden State at Sacramento 9:00 pm Cleveland at LA Clippers 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