News from October 29. Greg Oden (Por) is expected to be out 2 to 4 weeks with a mid-lateral foot sprain. Denver exercised their 09-10 option for Renaldo Balkman. Golden State signed head coach Don Nelson to 2 year contract extension. Nelson is now signed through 10-11. Minnesota exercised their 09-10 options for Corey Brewer and Randy Foye. San Antonio exercised their 09-10 option for Ian Mahinmi. Atlanta placed Speedy Claxton, Thomas Gardner, and Othello Hunter on IL. Orlando placed Adonal Foyle, Jeremy Richardson, and Mike Wilks (torn right ACL, out for the season) on IL. Toronto placed Nathan Jawai on IL. Philadelphia placed Jason Smith (left knee injury) and Marreese Speights on IL. New Jersey placed Trenton Hassell, Eduardo Najera (sore left wrist), and Stromile Swift (sore back) on IL. Washington placed Gilbert Arenas (arthroscopic surgery left knee, out until December), Brendan Haywood (right wrist surgery, out 4 to 6 months), and Oleksiy Pecherov on IL. Indiana placed Travis Diener (sore left foot), Mike Dunleavy (sore right knee), and Jamaal Tinsley (not with team) on IL. Detroit placed Alex Acker, Cheikh Samb, and Walter Sharpe on IL. Sacramento placed Francisco Garcia (strained right calf) and Donte Greene on IL. Minnesota placed Calvin Booth, Brian Cardinal, and Jason Collins (right elbow surgery) on IL. Oklahoma City placed John Lucas, Mouhamed Sene, and DJ White (jaw surgery, out 4 to 6 months) on IL. Phoenix placed Alando Tucker on IL. San Antonio placed Manu Ginobili (left ankle surgery, out 1 to 2 months), Ian Mahinmi (sprained right ankle), and Anthony Tolliver on IL. Memphis placed Marko Jaric (fractured nose) and Antoine Walker on IL. Houston placed Shane Battier (inflammation left foot) and Steve Francis on IL. Denver placed Chucky Atkins (right knee surgery), Steven Hunter (right knee inflammation), and Sonny Weems (left groin strain) on IL. Utah placed Kyrylo Fesenko, Matt Harpring (ankle rehabilitation), and Deron Williams (sprained left ankle) on IL. New Orleans placed Sean Marks (strained calf) and Julian Wright on IL. Golden State placed Monta Ellis (left ankle surgery, out until December), Richard Hendrix, and Anthony Morrow on IL. The LA Clippers placed Marcus Camby (bruised right heel) and DeAndre Jordan on IL. Uta 98, Den 94 at Uta Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 25 points including 11-18 FG and 14 rebounds. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Den) had 18 points and 8 assists. Carmelo Anthony (Den, suspended) did not play. Pho 103, SA 98 at SA Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 22 points including 8-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 15 points and 13 rebounds. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 18 points. Tim Duncan (SA) had 32 points on 13-21 FG and 6-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 32 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Fabricio Oberto (SA, irregular heartbeat) did not play. Hou 82, Mem 71 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 12 points and 13 rebounds. Yao Ming (Hou) had 21 points and 10 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 16 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 20 points. Darrell Arthur (Mem) had 11 points and 15 rebounds. Hou shot 21-25 FT and Mem shot 9-13 FT. Aaron Brooks (Hou, bone contusion right ankle) did not play. Det 100, Ind 94 at Det Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 19 points. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 15 points and 5 turnovers. Danny Granger (Ind) had 33 points on 10-16 FG and 11-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 13 points including 4-11 FG, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tor 95, Phi 84 at Phi Chris Bosh (Tor) had 27 points on 9-16 FG and 9-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Tor) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 13 points and 7 assists. Elton Brand (Phi) had 14 points including 5-14 FG and 13 rebounds. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 9 points including 3-9 FG and 17 rebounds including 9 offensive. Phi out-rebounded Tor 56-33 including 23-10 offensive. Royal Ivey (Phi, suspended) did not play. NO 108, GS 103 at GS Chris Paul (NO) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals. David West (NO) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (NO) had 13 points, 16 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Stephen Jackson (GS) had 26 points including 9-24 FG and 5-12 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Corey Maggette (GS) had 27 points on 8-11 FG and 9-10 FT and 8 rebounds. LAL 117, LAC 79 at LAC Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 13 points including 3-10 FG, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jordan Farmer (LAL) had 15 points including 6-8 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Al Thornton (LAC) had 16 points. Baron Davis (LAC) had 11 points including 4-13 FG, 7 assists, and 3 steals. LAL shot 51.2% (41-80) FG and LAC shot 38.5% (30-78) FG. LAL out-rebounded LAC 51-32 including 14-10 offensive. NJ 95, Was 85 at Was Yi Jianlian (NJ) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Devin Harris (NJ) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Vince Carter (NJ) had 21 points and 6 assists. Caron Butler (Was) had 13 points on 3-11 FG and 7-10 FT, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andray Blatche (Was) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. NJ shot 47.4% (37-78) FG and Was shot 37% (30-81) FG. Atl 99, Orl 85 at Orl Josh Smith (Atl) had 17 points, 10 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 4 steals. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 25 points and 7 rebounds. Ronald Murray (Atl) had 14 points. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 22 points including 6-13 FT, 15 rebounds including 7 offensive, 5 blocks, and 5 steals. Mickael Pietrus (Orl) had 20 points. NY 120, Mia 115 at NY David Lee (NY) had 16 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Zach Randolph (NY) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 29 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 7-10 FT. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 23 points including 10-14 FG and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 26 points including 9-24 FG, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mil 98, OKC 87 at OKC Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 20 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Michael Redd (Mil) had 20 points. Chris Wilcox (OKC) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 13 points. Min 98, Sac 96 at Min Al Jefferson (Min) had 21 points and 10 rebounds. Rashad McCants (Min) had 15 points. Kevin Love (Min) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. John Salmons (Sac) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Brad Miller (Sac, suspended) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, October 30 (All times Central) Charlotte @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Houston @ Dallas 7:00 pm TNT New Orleans @ Phoenix 9:30 pm TNT ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html