News from October 31. The NBA suspended Lakers owner Jerry Buss for 2 games and fined him $25,000 for his conviction on a misdemeanor drunk driving charge in May. Dallas signed Juwan Howard. Cleveland released Anthony Toliver. Houston exercised their 08-09 option for Luther Head. Minnesota exercised their 08-09 options for Randy Foye and Rashad McCants. Cleveland exercised their 08-09 option for Cedric Simmons and elected not to exercise their 08-09 option for Shannon Brown. Minnesota signed Al Jefferson to a 5 year, $65 million contract extension. Jefferson is now signed through 2012-13. Toronto signed Kris Humphries to a 3 year contract extension. Humphries is now signed through 2010-11. Phoenix had released Rawle Marshall and Doug Thomas on October 14. [thanks to Harold Feld] Dallas placed Erick Dampier (shoulder surgery), Devean George (stress reaction left foot), and Juwan Howard (not with team) on IL. Cleveland placed Eric Snow (torn medial meniscus left knee), Demetris Nichols, and Sasha Pavlovic on IL. New Jersey placed Marcus Williams (right foot surgery) on IL. Chicago placed Joakim Noah (sprained right ankle), Thomas Gardner, and JamesOn Curry on IL. Memphis placed Tarence Kinsey and Brian Cardinal on IL. Toronto placed Jamario Moon, Darrick Martin, and Maceo Baston on IL. Philadelphia placed Herbert Hill (torn meniscus left knee), Shavlik Randolph, and Louis Amundson (hip pointer) on IL. Orlando placed Tony Battie (torn left rotator cuff), Marcin Gortat, and Bo Outlaw on IL. Milwaukee placed David Noel, Awvee Storey, and Ramon Sessions on IL. Indiana placed Jermaine O'Neal (hyperextended left knee), Troy Murphy (strained left Achilles tendon), and Shawne Williams (suspension) on IL. Washington placed Etan Thomas (heart surgery) on IL. New Orleans placed Marcus Vinicius and Adam Haluska on IL. Sacramento placed Mike Bibby (left thumb surgery), Justin Williams, and Spencer Hawes (torn lateral meniscus left knee) on IL. Denver placed J.R. Smith (suspended), Anthony Carter (right hand surgery), and Chucky Atkins (severe right groin strain) on IL. Seattle placed Kurt Thomas (strained right hamstring) and Robert Swift (right knee contusion) on IL. Dal 92, Cle 74 at Cle Jerry Stackhouse (Dal) had 17 points. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jason Terry (Dal) had 24 points including 6-8 3-pointers. Drew Gooden (Cle) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 17 points and 18 rebounds including 7 offensive. Dal shot 47.8% (33-69) FG and Cle shot 47.8% (33-69) FG. Josh Howard (Dal, suspended) did not play. NJ 112, Chi 103 OT at NJ Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 29 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 12-12 FT and 10 rebounds. Vince Carter (NJ) had 24 points on 6-21 FG and 12-12 FT, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Antoine Wright (NJ) had 21 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Luol Deng (Chi) had 22 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 steals. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 27 points including 8-25 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. SA 104, Mem 101 at Mem Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 17 points and 7 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 30 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 13-14 FT, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 22 points. Damon Stoudamire (Mem) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Tor 106, Phi 97 at Tor Chris Bosh (Tor) had 16 points. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. T.J. Ford (Tor) had 14 points and 12 assists. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Andre Miller (Phi) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kyle Korver (Phi) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Orl 102, Mil 83 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 24 points and 5 rebounds. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 26 points including 9-13 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 16 points including 8-10 FT, 12 rebounds, and 7 blocks. Ind 119, Was 110 OT at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 20 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 13 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jamaal Tinsley (Ind) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 25 points including 8-10 FT and 12 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 27 points including 8-25 FG and 16 rebounds. Caron Butler (Was) had 19 points on 6-17 FG and 7-11 FT, 11 rebounds, 3 steals, and 8 turnovers. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 34 points including 13-19 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Oleksiy Pecherov (Was, sprained right ankle) did not play. NO 104, Sac 90 at NO Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers. David West (NO) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Chris Paul (NO) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, 12 assists, and 3 steals. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 26 points including 10-12 FT. John Salmons (Sac) had 22 points, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Ron Artest (Sac, suspended) did not play. Den 120, Sea 103 at Den Allen Iverson (Den) had 25 points, 5 rebounds, 14 assists, 7 steals, and 7 turnovers. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 32 points including 9-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Linas Kleiza (Den) had 18 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Damien Wilkins (Sea) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Kevin Durant (Sea) had 18 points including 7-22 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Delonte West (Sea) had 19 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers.