News from November 30. The NBA fined San Antonio $250,000 for not playing (and sending them back to San Antonio) Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and Danny Green in Thursday's SA-Mia game. Commissioner David Stern in issuing the fine cited a rule that teams are required to report as soon as they know that a player will not travel and another rule against resting players in a manner contrary to the best interests of the NBA. The game was televised on TNT. Toronto signed Mickael Pietrus and released Dominic McGuire. Golden State assigned Kent Bazemore to the NBADL. Houston assigned Terrence Jones and Scott Machado to the NBADL. Atlanta activated Johan Petro and placed Kyle Korver on IL. Boston activated Kris Joseph. Brooklyn activated Mirza Teletovic and placed Brook Lopez (mild right foot sprain) on IL. Cleveland placed Kevin Jones on IL. Detroit activated Sasha Kravtsov and placed Kim English on IL. Indiana activated Orlando Johnson and placed Ben Hansbrough on IL. Bos 96, Por 78 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 12 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jason Terry (Bos) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Jeff Green (Bos) had 19 points and 4 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Meyers Leonard (Por) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Bos shot 49.3% (36-73) FG and Por shot 34.8% (24-69) FG. Rajon Rondo (Bos, suspended) did not play. NY 108, Was 87 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 20 points including 7-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tyson Chandler (NY) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. J.R. Smith (NY) had 20 points on 9-14 FG and 6 assists. Kevin Seraphin (Was) had 13 points and 10 rebounds including 7 offensive. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 17 points. Jason Kidd (NY, back spasms) did not play. OKC 106, Uta 94 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 25 points including 9-11 FT and 4 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 23 points on 6-18 FG and 8-10 FT, 13 rebounds, 8 assists, 7 steals, and 8 turnovers. Kevin Martin (OKC) had 19 points. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 7 rebounds (all offensive). OKC shot 52% (39-75) FG and Uta shot 41.3% (38-92) FG. OKC shot 24-33 FT and Uta shot 11-12 FT. Marvin Williams (Uta, concussion) did not play. Min 95, Mil 85 at Min Kevin Love (Min) had 15 points including 5-19 FG and 14 rebounds. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 14 points, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Alexey Shved (Min) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Mil) had 18 points and 3 steals. Larry Sanders (Mil) had 10 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 blocks. Andrei Kirilenko (Min, back spasms) did not play. Mem 90, Det 78 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 18 points including 6-17 FG. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 17 points including 6-17 FG, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Mike Conley (Mem) had 17 points, 5 assists, and 6 steals. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 15 points. Greg Monroe (Det) had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Tony Allen (Mem, right groin strain) did not play. Cle 113, Atl 111 at Atl Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 20 points and 18 rebounds including 7 offensive. Jeremy Pargo (Cle) had 22 points including 9-13 FG. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 21 points and 7 assists. Josh Smith (Atl) had 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Louis Williams (Atl) had 18 points. LAL 122, Den 103 at LAL Dwight Howard (LAL) had 28 points including 12-16 FG, 20 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Antawn Jamison (LAL) had 33 points including 13-19 FG and 5-10 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. Jodie Meeks (LAL) had 21 points on 7-9 FG and 7-8 3-pointers. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Jordan Hamilton (Den) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Bro 98, Orl 86 at Orl Gerald Wallace (Bro) had 20 points including 7-9 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. Andray Blatche (Bro) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 22 points on 10-16 FG and 5 assists. Glen Davis (Orl) had 16 points. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl, left Achilles tendinitis) did not play. Phi 104, Cha 98 at Cha Evan Turner (Phi) had 25 points including 10-15 FG and 10 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 13 points and 15 assists. Jason Richardson (Phi) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 13 points and 9 assists. Ben Gordon (Cha) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 assists. Tor 101, Pho 97 at Tor Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 23 points and 8 rebounds. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ind 97, Sac 92 at Sac David West (Ind) had 31 points including 13-20 FG and 11 rebounds. George Hill (Ind) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Sam Young (Ind) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 19 points on 5-17 FG and 9-10 FT and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 15 points. Tyreke Evans (Sac, bruised left knee) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, December 1 (All times Central) Brooklyn at Miami 6:30 pm NBATV Portland at Cleveland 6:30 pm Philadelphia at Chicago 7:00 pm Oklahoma City at New Orleans 7:00 pm Utah at Houston 7:00 pm Boston at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Memphis at San Antonio 7:30 pm Detroit at Dallas 8:00 pm Sacramento at LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV Indiana at Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, December 2 (All times Central) Phoenix at New York 11:00 am Orlando 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