News from November 9. The LA Lakers fired head coach Mike Brown. Assistant coach Bernie Bickerstaff was named as interim coach [and in this case interim does mean temporary (not to the end of the season, which is common) as the Lakers are expected to hire a new head coach]. Brooklyn activated Josh Childress and placed MarShon Brooks (sprained ankle) on IL. Charlotte placed Brendan Haywood (personal reasons) on IL. Golden State activated Kent Bazemore and placed Andrew Bogut (sore left ankle) on IL. Indiana activated Jeff Pendergraph and placed Orlando Johnson on IL. The LA Lakers activated Darius Johnson-Odom and placed Devin Ebanks (arrest for DUI) on IL. Miami activated Josh Harrellson and placed Dwyane Wade (ill) on IL. Milwaukee activated Ben Udrih and placed Drew Gooden on IL. Oklahoma City activated Daniel Orton and placed Hasheem Thabeet on IL. Sacramento activated John Salmons and placed Tyler Honeycutt on IL. San Antonio activated Cory Joseph and placed Stephen Jackson (flu) on IL. NY 104, Dal 94 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 31 points including 9-14 FT and 7 rebounds. Ronnie Brewer (NY) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. J.R. Smith (NY) had 22 points and 4 steals. O.J. Mayo (Dal) had 23 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 8 turnovers. Vince Carter (Dal) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Mem 93, Hou 85 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 15 points, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Mike Conley (Mem) had 14 points and 3 steals. Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 18 points on 4-18 FG and 9-10 FT. NO 107, Cha 99 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 23 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 25 points on 10-16 FG and 5-10 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Brian Roberts (NO) had 16 points including 7-8 FG and 8 assists. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Cha) had 34 points including 14-21 FG and 6 rebounds. OKC 105, Det 94 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 25 points and 13 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 25 points including 9-13 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kevin Martin (OKC) had 16 points including 5-14 FG and 3 steals. Greg Monroe (Det) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Andre Drummond (Det) had 22 points including 8-10 FG and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. OKC shot 53.5% (38-71) FG and Det shot 41.4% (36-87) FG. Pho 107, Cle 105 at Pho Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 12 points, 8 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 blocks. Shannon Brown (Pho) had 22 points. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 26 points including 8-10 FT. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 17 points, 8 assists, and 7 turnovers. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 23 points including 9-13 FG. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 19 points on 7-9 FG including 5-7 3-pointers. Phi 106, Bos 100 at Bos Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 21 points, 14 assists, and 7 turnovers. Evan Turner (Phi) had 25 points and 11 rebounds. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 24 points and 5 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 14 points including 6-17 FG and 20 assists. Kwame Brown (Phi, strained left calf) and Jason Richardson (Phi, sprained left ankle) did not play. Min 96, Ind 94 at Min Derrick Williams (Min) had 15 points. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Chase Budinger (Min) had 18 points including 9-10 FT and the game winning layout with .8 seconds left. David West (Ind) had 19 points and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. George Hill (Ind) had 29 points including 11-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. J.J. Barea (Min, sprained left foot) did not play. Mia 95, Atl 89 at Atl LeBron James (Mia) had 21 points including 10-17 FG, 11 rebounds, and 9 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 24 points including 10-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ray Allen (Mia) had 17 points. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 20 points including 7-8 FG and 11 assists. Anthony Morrow (Atl) had 17 points. SA 97, Sac 86 at Sac Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 11 points and 9 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 23 points including 9-12 FG, 12 rebounds, 3 steals, and 4 blocks. Patrick Mills (SA) had 18 points on 8-9 FG. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 17 points. SA shot 48.6% (35-72) FG and Sac shot 35.2% (32-91) FG. Thomas Robinson (Sac, suspended) did not play. Bro 107, Orl 68 at Orl Brook Lopez (Bro) had 14 points including 5-7 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 13 points. Andre Blatche (Bro) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. E'Twaun Moore (Orl) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Bro shot 16-25 FT and Orl shot 4-8 FT. Jameer Nelson (Orl, strained right hamstring) did not play. Mil 101, Was 91 at Was Monta Ellis (Mil) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Mike Dunleavy (Mil) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Larry Sanders (Mil) had 13 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 22 points. LAL 101, GS 77 at LAL Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 27 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 14 points including 6-18 FG and 16 rebounds. Jordan Hill (LAL) had 14 points including 5-5 FG. Stephen Curry (GS) had 18 points and 5 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 15 points. Den 104, Uta 84 at Den Kenneth Faried (Den) had 18 points including 8-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Kosta Koufos (Den) had 15 points including 6-8 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Corey Brewer (Den) had 20 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 15 points including 6-7 FG. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 10 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Schedule for Saturday, November 10 (All times Central) Philadelphia at Toronto 6:00 pm Washington at Indiana 6:00 pm Dallas at Charlotte 6:30 pm NBATV Minnesota at Chicago 7:00 pm Detroit at Houston 7:00 pm Boston at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Phoenix at Utah 8:00 pm San Antonio at Portland 9:00 pm Denver at Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, November 11 (All times Central) Orlando at Brooklyn 2:00 pm Atlanta at LA Clippers 2:30 pm Miami at Memphis 5:00 pm Cleveland at Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Sacramento 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