News from November 4. Detroit activated Sasha Kravtsov and placed Khris Middleton on IL. Orlando activated DeQuan Jones and placed Hedo Turkoglu (broken left hand) on IL. Stats Leaders Points James Harden (Hou) 35.3 Kobe Bryant (LAL) 30.7 Carmelo Anthony (NY) 30.0 Rebounds Kevin Durant (OKC) 15.5 Zach Randolph (Mem) 15.0 Anderson Varejao (Cle) 15.0 Assists Brandon Jennings (Mil) 13.0 Chris Paul (LAC) 12.3 Rajon Rondo (Bos) 12.0 NY 100, Phi 84 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 27 points and 5 rebounds. J.R. Smith (NY) had 20 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Jason Kidd (NY) had 12 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 27 points on 11-18 FG and 5-6 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tor 105, Min 86 at Tor DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 22 points including 8-10 FG, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Alan Anderson (Tor) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Andrei Kirilenko (Min) had 17 points including 6-7 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 15 points. Orl 115, Pho 94 at Orl Glen Davis (Orl) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 18 points on 9-16 FG and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 22 points including 3-3 3-pointers. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 6 assists. Michael Beasley (Pho) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Luis Scola (Pho) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl, strained right hamstring) did not play. Atl 104, OKC 95 at OKC Al Horford (Atl) had 23 points including 11-19 FG and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 16 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Louis Williams (Atl) had 19 points including 5-14 FG. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 22 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Kevin Martin (OKC) had 28 points including 8-11 FG and 6-8 3-pointers. Josh Smith (Atl, sprained right ankle) did not play. LAL 108, Det 79 at LAL Dwight Howard (LAL) had 28 points including 12-14 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Metta World Peace (LAL) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jonas Jerebko (Det) had 18 points. Kyle Singler (Det) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. 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 Schedule for Tuesday, November 6 (All times Central) Orlando at Chicago 7:00 pm Toronto at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm NBATV Detroit at Denver 8:00 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