News from November 5. The NBA named James Harden (Hou) and Brandon Jennings (Mil) as Players of the Week. Harden averaged 35.3 points and 6.3 rebounds as Houston went 2-1. Jennings averaged 17 points, 13 assists, and 4 steals as Milwaukee went 2-0. The NBA issued a warning to J.J. Barea (Min) for flopping in the 11/2 Min-Sac game. The first league ruling of a flop by a player is just a warning, but future league-ruled flops by that player result in fines [and, obviously, the league is announcing the flop rulings]. The NBA issued a warning to Donald Sloan (Cle) for flopping in the 11/2 Cle-Chi game. Brooklyn activated Jerry Stackhouse and placed Gerald Wallace (sprained ankle) on IL. Golden State activated Andrew Bogut and placed Kent Bazemore on IL. Phoenix activated Diante Garrett and placed Jermaine O'Neal on IL. Portland activated Sasha Pavlovic and placed Victor Claver on IL. Dal 114, Por 91 at Dal O.J. Mayo (Dal) had 32 points including 12-18 FG and 6-8 3-pointers. Darren Collison (Dal) had 14 points and 13 assists. Chris Kaman (Dal) had 16 points on 8-10 FG and 6 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. Dal shot 61.5% (48-78) FG and Por shot 38.7% (36-93) FG. NY 110, Phi 88 at Phi Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. J.R. Smith (NY) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Raymond Felton (NY) had 16 points and 8 assists. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 17 points including 4-12 FG and 8 assists. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. NY shot 46.4% (39-84) FG and Phi shot 33.7% (29-86) FG. Jason Richardson (Phi) did not play. Min 107, Bro 96 at Bro Andrei Kirilenko (Min) had 16 points including 7-11 FG, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 blocks. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 21 points including 9-15 FG and 7 rebounds including 6 offensive. Chase Budinger (Min) had 16 points on 7-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 19 points. Deron Williams (Bro) had 18 points and 13 assists. Min out-scored Bro 32-10 in the 4th quarter. Mia 124, Pho 99 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 23 points including 10-17 FG and 11 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 18 points including 7-10 FG. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 6 assists. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 12 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Shannon Brown (Pho) had 18 points. Mia shot 54.7% (47-86) FG and Pho shot 39.8% (35-88) FG. Mem 103, Uta 94 at Mem Marc Gasol (Mem) had 22 points including 10-10 FT, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 blocks. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 16 points and 18 rebounds including 9 offensive. Mike Conley (Mem) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Uta) had 17 points and 8 assists. Mem shot 22-25 FT and Uta shot 9-13 FT. SA 101, Ind 79 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. DeJuan Blair (SA) had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Gary Neal (SA) had 17 points on 8-10 FG. Paul George (Ind) had 14 points. George Hill (Ind) had 15 points including 5-15 FG and 6 assists. SA shot 47.1% (41-87) FG and Ind shot 34.2% (27-79) FG. Sac 94, GS 92 at Sac DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 23 points including 10-16 FG and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 16 points. Aaron Brooks (Sac) had 12 points. David Lee (GS) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Cle 108, LAC 101 at LAC Dion Waiters (Cle) had 28 points including 10-17 FG and 7-11 3-pointers. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 24 points including 8-23 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 10 assists. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 15 points including 7-10 FG, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 20 points including 9-14 FG, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 19 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Chris Paul (LAC) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. 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 Schedule for Wednesday, November 7 (All times Central) Phoenix at Charlotte 6:00 pm Washington at Boston 6:30 pm Indiana at Atlanta 6:30 pm Brooklyn at Miami 6:30 pm Memphis at Milwaukee 7:00 pm Philadelphia at New Orleans 7:00 pm ESPN Denver at Houston 7:00 pm Orlando at Minnesota 7:00 pm Toronto at Dallas 7:30 pm LA Lakers at Utah 8:00 pm Detroit at Sacramento 9:00 pm San Antonio at LA Clippers 9:30 pm ESPN Cleveland at Golden State 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