News from October 31. Former NBA player Maurice Lucas died at age 58. He had been suffering from bladder cancer. Lucas played 12 season in the NBA (plus 2 prior in the ABA) from 76-77 - 87-88. The LA Clippers activated Craig Smith and placed Randy Foye (injured hamstring) on IL. Golden State activated Jeff Adrien and placed Stephen Curry (sprained right ankle) on IL. Dal 99, LAC 83 at LAC Caron Butler (Dal) had 17 points including 8-10 FT. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 13 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 16 points including 4-15 FG and 9 rebounds. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 13 points including 5-15 FG and 13 rebounds. Dal shot 46.8% (36-77) FG and LAC shot 34.1% (28-82) FG. LAL 107, GS 83 at LAL Lamar Odom (LAL) had 16 points and 14 rebounds including 5-14 FG and 9 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 26 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Dorell Wright (GS) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Monta Ellis (GS) had 20 points and 3 steals. LAL shot 23-30 FT and GS shot 6-13 FT. Uta 120, OKC 99 at OKC Paul Millsap (Uta) had 30 points including 12-19 FG, 16 rebounds, and 6 assists. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 23 points including 11-12 FT and 10 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 15 assists. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 19 points. C.J. Miles (Uta) had 21 points. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 28 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Jeff Green (OKC) had 17 points including 5-14 FG and 9 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 22 points, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Uta shot 53% (44-83) FG and OKC shot 40% (32-80) FG. Mia 101, NJ 78 at NJ LeBron James (Mia) had 20 points including 10-12 FT, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 18 points. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 17 points including 8-12 FT, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Derrick Favors (NJ) had 13 points and 13 rebounds including 10 offensive. Mia shot 53.7% (36-67) FG and NJ shot 35.3% (30-85) FG. 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 Schedule for Tuesday, November 2 (All times Central) Atlanta @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Washington 6:00 pm Boston @ Detroit 6:30 pm Minnesota @ Miami 6:30 pm Orlando @ New York 6:30 pm Portland @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Memphis @ LA Lakers 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