News from October 30. San Antonio signed Tony Parker to a 4 year, $50 million contract extension. Portland exercised their 11-12 options for Nicolas Batum and Rudy Fernandez. Washington activated Kevin Seraphin and placed Hamady N'Diaye on IL. Cleveland activated Anderson Varejao and placed Samardo Samuels on IL. Indiana activated Dahntay Jones and placed Jeff Foster on IL. Memphis activated Greivis Vasquez and placed Xavier Henry on IL. Houston activated Yao Ming and placed Ish Smith on IL. San Antonio activated Alonzo Gee and placed Matt Bonner on IL. Bonner is expected to be out a week with a sprained right ankle. NO 99, SA 90 at SA David West (NO) had 18 points. Chris Paul (NO) had 25 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Marcus Thornton (NO) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Richard Jefferson (SA) had 18 points including 7-11 FG. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 23 points and 6 assists. NO shot 50% (39-78) FG and SA shot 38.8% (33-85) FG. Chi 101, Det 91 at Chi Taj Gibson (Chi) had 11 points. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 15 points, 17 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 3 blocks. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 39 points including 10-13 FT, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 7 turnovers. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 18 points including 8-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Ben Gordon (Det) had 21 points including 10-10 FT and 5 turnovers. Chi out-scored Det 34-9 in the 4th quarter. Will Bynum (Det, sore right hamstring) did not play. Mem 109, Min 89 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 25 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Darrell Arthur (Mem) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 14 points including 5-15 FG, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, and 7 steals. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 29 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Kevin Love (Min) had 14 points and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Wayne Ellington (Min) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Mem shot 46.2% (43-93) FG and Min shot 34.8% (31-89) FG. Mem had 22 steals as part of Min's 29 turnovers. Atl 99, Was 95 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 21 points including 9-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 25 points. Al Thornton (Was) had 24 points including 10-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Andre Blatche (Was) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 28 points including 8-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Sac 107, Cle 104 at Cle Omri Casspi (Sac) had 20 points on 7-10 FG and 6-7 3-pointers. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 21 points including 6-20 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Ramon Sessions (Cle) had 21 points including 9-13 FG. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 20 points and 7 assists. Den 107, Hou 94 at Hou Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 24 points. Nene (Den) had 12 points and 12 rebounds. Al Harrington (Den) had 28 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Luis Scola (Hou) had 28 points including 12-16 FG and 10 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 21 points. Por 100, NY 95 at NY LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 20 points including 4-10 FT and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Andre Miller (Por) had 19 points including 6-8 FG, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Brandon Roy (Por) had 29 points. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Wilson Chandler (NY) had 22 points including 8-22 FG, 16 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Mil 98, Cha 88 at Mil Carlos Delfino (Mil) had 23 points including 5-11 3-pointers. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 20 points including 6-8 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 26 points including 9-13 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 23 points. Ind 99, Phi 86 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 22 points. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 14 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 16 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Elton Brand (Phi) had 12 points including 5-16 FG, 10 rebounds including 6 offensive, 4 blocks, and 4 steals. Louis Williams (Phi) had 18 points including 7-8 FG and 5 turnovers. Brandon Rush (Ind, suspended) did not play. Schedule for Sunday, October 31 (All times Central) Miami @ New Jersey 12:00 pm Dallas @ LA Clippers 2:30 pm Utah @ Oklahoma City 6:00 pm NBATV Golden State @ LA Lakers 8:30 pm Schedule for Monday, November 1 (All times Central) Portland @ Chicago 7:00 pm NBATV Toronto @Sacramento 9:00 pm San Antonio @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm ---- 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