News from November 27.

Chicago activated Dickey Simpkins and placed Lari Ketner on IR with
tendinitis in his left knee.

New York activated DeMarco Johnson and placed Larry Johnson on IR with a
pinched nerve in his lower back.


Dal 95, Chi 83 - at Dal
Michael Finley (Dal) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 17 points and 6 rebounds.
Shawn Bradley (Dal) had 17 points including 6-8 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5
blocks.
Elton Brand (Chi) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Randy Brown (Chi) had 12 points and 6 assists.
Robert Pack (Dal, strained right groin) and Toni Kukoc (Chi, back spasms)
did not play.

Phi 82, Mil 79 - at Mil
Todd MacCulloch (Phi) had 16 points and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive.
Eric Snow (Phi) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers.
Larry Hughes (Phi) had 14 points including 6-17 FG and 3 steals.
Ray Allen (Mil) had 23 points including 9-25 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5
assists.
Sam Cassell (Mil) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists.
Theo Ratliff (Phi, sore left ankle) did not play.

Cle 106, Cha 89 - at Cle
Lamond Murray (Cle) had 16 points, 16 rebounds, and 5 turnovers.
Andrew DeClercq (Cle) had 16 points including 6-9 FG and 8 rebounds.
Bob Sura (Cle) had 15 points.
Anthony Mason (Cha) had 10 points and 13 rebounds.
Eddie Jones (Cha) had 22 points including 7-23 FG.
Cle shot 45% (36-80) FG and Cha shot 33.3% (30-90) FG.
Trajan Langdon (Cle, inflammation right knee) did not play.

Pho 129, NJ 90 - at Pho
Shawn Marion (Pho) had 27 points including 11-19 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5
blocks.
Jason Kidd (Pho) had 21 points on 10-12 FG and 5 assists.
Clifford Robinson (Pho) had 21 points including 9-13 FG.
Stephon Marbury (NJ) had 25 points on 5-19 FG and 12-14 FT, 7 assists,
and 3 steals.
Jaime Feick (NJ) had 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Pho shot 63.9% (53-83) FG and NJ shot 33.7% (29-86) FG.
Scott Burrell (NJ, left knee) and Kerry Kittles (NJ, knee injury) did not
play.

Mia 89, Was 86 - at Mia
Jamal Mashburn (Mia) had 16 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists, and 4 steals.
P.J. Brown (Mia) had 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Alonzo Mourning (Mia) had 30 points including 12-20 FG, 9 rebounds, 5
blocks, and 5 turnovers.
Isaac Austin (Was) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers.
Mitch Richmond (Was) had 20 points and 6 rebounds.
Tim Hardaway (Mia, jammed right knee) did not play.

Atl 94, Bos 84 - at Atl
Alan Henderson (Atl) had 14 points and 9 rebounds.
Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) had 17 points including 7-10 FT, 17 rebounds, and 3
blocks.
Isaiah Rider (Atl) had 30 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 turnovers.
Antoine Walker (Bos) had 16 points including 6-19 FG and 5 rebounds.
Kenny Anderson (Bos) had 17 points and 4 steals.
Atl shot 49.3% (34-89) FG and Bos shot 38.5% (30-78) FG.

Tor 106, GS 88 - at GS
Vince Carter (Tor) had 22 points.
Antonio Davis (Tor) had 28 points including 10-13 FG.
Doug Christie (Tor) had 13 points and 6 rebounds.
Tony Farmer (GS) had 16 points and 11 rebounds.
Antawn Jamison (GS) had 25 points and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive.
Donyell Mashall (GS, tendinitis left knee) and John Starks (GS, tendinitis
right knee) did not play.

SA 106, Den 87 - at SA
Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points and 17 rebounds.
Malik Rose (SA) had 21 points including 7-10 FG, 14 rebounds including 7
offensive, and 3 blocks.
Jaren Jackson (SA) had 18 points on 7-10 FG and 4-6 3-pointers.
Terry Porter (SA) had 19 points including 7-9 FG and 3-4 3-pointers.
Antonio McDyess (Den) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Ron Mercer (Den) had 26 points.
SA out-rebounded Den 53-32 including 16-8 offensive.
David Robinson (SA, cervical spasms) and Jerome Kersey (SA, sprained left
ankle) did not play.

NY 99, Orl 96 - at NY
Latrell Sprewell (NY) had 30 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists.
Allan Houston (NY) had 30 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Chris Childs (NY) had 15 points on 6-7 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 6
assists.
Darrell Armstrong (Orl) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists.
Chris Gatling (Orl) had 17 points and 7 rebounds.
NY shot 13-14 FT and Orl shot 21-29 FT.
Marcus Camby (NY, left knee tendinitis) did not play.

Min 113, Van 82 - at Min
Kevin Garnett (Min) had 20 points on 10-16 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Anthony Peeler (Min) had 17 points including 5-6 FG and 4-5 3-pointers.
Joe Smith (Min) had 16 points and 5 rebounds.
Othella Harrington (Van) had 18 points including 8-9 FG.
Felipe Lopez (Van) had 11 points including 4-11 FG and 5 assists.
Bryant Reeves (Van, sore right knee) did not play.

Por 88, LAC 71 - at LAC
Damon Stoudamire (Por) had 24 points.
Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Scottie Pippen (Por) had 10 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals.
Lamar Odom (LAC) had 15 points including 6-18 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 6
rebounds, and 6 assists.
Tyrone Nesby (LAC) had 16 points on 4-13 FG and 7-10 FT and 5 rebounds.
Por shot 8-9 FT and LAC shot 13-25 FT.
Maurice Taylor (LAC, sprained left foot) did not play.


On the lighter side:
Will Perdue on continuing Phil Jackson's handing out books to players and
on the books Perdue handed out to the young Bulls: "books with all
pictures in them.  That makes things a little easier.  We have enough
trouble learning the offense right now.  We don't need these guys thinking
deep inner thoughts."