News from October 30.

The NBA suspended Matt Barnes for 1 game for his no contest plea for
resisting arrest and interfering with an officer charges stemming from an
incident in July.

Denver signed Ty Lawson to a 4 year, $48 million contract extension.

The LA Clippers released Travis Leslie.

Danny Granger (Ind) is out indefinitely with a sore knee.

Amare Stoudemire (NY) is expected to undergo surgery on his left knee and
then be out 6 to 8 weeks.

Boston exercised their 13-14 option for Avery Bradley.

Chicago exercised their 13-14 option for Jimmy Butler.

Dallas elected not to exercise their 13-14 option for Dominique Jones.

Houston exercised their 13-14 options for Patrick Patterson and Marcus
Morris.

Minnesota exercised their 13-14 options for Ricky Rubio and Derrick
Williams.

Utah exercised their 13-14 option for head coach Tyrone Corbin.

Boston placed Fab Melo and Avery Bradley (left shoulder surgery) on IL.

Cleveland placed Luke Harangody and Jeremy Pargo on IL.

Dallas placed Dirk Nowitzki (right knee surgery) and Chris Kaman (strained
right calf) on IL.

The LA Lakers placed Earl Clark and Darius Johnson-Odom on IL.

Miami placed Joel Anthony and Dexter Pittman on IL.

Washington place Nene (plantar fasciitis left foot), Kevin Seraphin
(strained right calf), and John Wall (left knee injury) on IL.

[Note: It seems that the active rosters can have 13 players on them
instead of the pre-11-12 maximum 12 (I wasn't sure if it was a new rule or
if just for the 11-12 lockout-shorten season).]

[Thursday's schedule note: the 11/1 NY-Bro game has been postponed (New
York City mayor Michael Bloomberg asked the NBA to postpone the game due
to the many transportation problems caused by hurricane Sandy).  A new
date for the game will be announced later.]


Dal 99, LAL 91  at LAL
Darren Collison (Dal) had 17 points and 3 steals.
Brandan Wright (Dal) had 14 points including 5-5 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3
blocks.
Shawn Marion (Dal) had 11 points and 9 rebounds.
Pau Gasol (LAL) had 23 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks.
Dwight Howard (LAL) had 19 points including 3-14 FT and 10 rebounds.
Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 22 points on 11-14 FG.
Dal shot 14-18 FT and LAL shot 12-31 FT.

Mia 128, Bos 107  at Mia
LeBron James (Mia) had 26 points including 10-16 FG and 10 rebounds.
Chris Bosh (Mia) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 29 points including 9-11 FT.
Ray Allen (Mia) had 19 points including 5-7 FG.
Paul Pierce (Bos) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Brandon Bass (Bos) had 15 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive.
Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 13 assists.

Cle 94, Was 84  at Cle
Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 9 points, 23 rebounds including 12 offensive,
and 9 assists.
Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 29 points and 6 rebounds.
Emeka Okafor (Was) had 10 points, 7 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4
blocks.
Jordan Crawford (Was) had 11 points including 4-13 FG and 5 assists.
Cle shot 45.6% (36-79) FG and Was shot 35.6% (32-90) FG.


Schedule for Wednesday, October 31  (All times Central)
  Indiana at Toronto             6:00 pm
  Denver at Philadelphia         6:00 pm
  Houston at Detroit             6:30 pm
  Sacramento at Chicago          7:00 pm
  San Antonio at New Orleans     7:00 pm  NBATV
  Dallas at Utah                 8:00 pm
  Golden State at Phoenix        9:00 pm
  Memphis at LA Clippers         9:30 pm
  LA Lakers at Portland          9:30 pm  NBATV

Schedule for Thursday, November 1  (All times Central)
  Oklahoma City at San Antonio   8:30 pm  TNT
 [New York at Brooklyn           game postponed]


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