News from October 31. The November 1 (Thursday) New York at Brooklyn game has been postponed as New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg asked the NBA to postpone the game due to the many transportation problems caused by hurricane Sandy. The game has been rescheduled for November 26 at 6 pm CT. Chicago signed Taj Gibson to a 4 year, $38 million contract extension. Golden State signed Stephen Curry to a 4 year, $44 million contract extension. Houston signed James Harden to a 5 year, $80 million contract extension. Philadelphia signed Jrue Holiday to a 4 year, $41 million contract extension. Toronto signed DeMar DeRozan to a 4 year, $40 million contract extension. Memphis exercised their 13-14 option for Quincy Pondexter. Oklahoma City signed Daniel Orton. Chicago placed Derrick Rose (left knee surgery) on IL. Denver placed Timofey Mozgov and Julyan Stone (right hip injury) on IL. Detroit placed Sasha Kravtsov and Corey Maggette (strained left calf) on IL. Golden State placed Kent Bazemore and Jeremy Tyler on IL. Houston placed Scott Machado and Patrick Patterson (strained left quad) on IL. Indiana placed Danny Granger (sore left knee) and Miles Plumlee on IL. The LA Clippers placed Chauncey Billups (left Achilles injury), Grant Hill (bone bruise right knee), and Trey Thompkins (bone bruise left knee) on IL. New Orleans placed Eric Gordon (sore left knee) on IL. Memphis placed Darrell Arthur (fractured bone left leg) on IL. Philadelphia placed Andrew Bynum (right knee rehab) on IL. Phoenix placed Channing Frye (enlarged heart) and Diante Garrett on IL. Portland placed Ronnie Price (sprained right ankle) and Elliot Williams (left Achilles tendon) on IL. Sacramento placed John Salmons on IL. San Antonio placed Manu Ginobili (back spasms) on IL. Toronto placed Quincy Acy and Dominic McGuire on IL. Utah placed Raja Bell (not with team) and Earl Watson (right knee rehab) on IL. Uta 113, Dal 94 at Uta Marvin Williams (Uta) had 21 points. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 13 points and 15 rebounds including 8 offensive. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 12 points including 4-11 FG, 14 rebounds, and 3 steals. Maurice Williams (Uta) had 21 points and 6 assists. Darren Collison (Dal) had 17 points and 7 assists. Brandan Wright (Dal) had 15 points. Uta out-rebounded Dal 61-40 including 20-8 offensive. Por 116, LAL 106 at Por Nicolas Batum (Por) had 26 points including 9-16 FG and 6 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 19 points. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 22 points including 7-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 steals. Damian Lillard (Por) had 23 points, 11 assists, and 6 turnovers. Dwight Howard (LAL) had 33 points on 9-15 FG and 15-19 FT, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 30 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. LAC 101, Mem 92 at LAC Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 29 points including 10-14 FG. Chris Paul (LAC) had 12 points, 12 assists, and 4 steals. Eric Bledsoe (LAC) had 13 points. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 25 points and 7 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 15 points including 5-15 FG and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. LAC shot 51.4% (38-74) FG and Mem shot 38.4% (33-86) FG. Matt Barnes (LAC, suspended) did not play. Chi 93, Sac 87 at Chi Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 23 points including 11-12 FT, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, 3 blocks, and 5 steals. Richard Hamilton (Chi) had 19 points. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Chi shot 25-33 FT and Sac shot 13-16 FT. Phi 84, Den 75 at Phi Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Dorrel Wright (Phi) had 14 points including 3-12 FG and 7 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Andre Miller (Den) had 10 points on 5-15 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. SA 99, NO 95 at NO Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 steals. Tim Duncan (SA) had 24 points including 10-15 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Tony Parker (SA) had 23 points and 6 assists. Al-Farouq Aminu (NO) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Anthony Davis (NO) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. GS 87, Pho 85 at Pho Klay Thompson (GS) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Brandon Rush (GS) had 14 points. Carl Landry (GS) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds including 5 offensive. Luis Scola (Pho) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 17 points on 4-12 FG and 8-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Hou 105, Det 96 at Det Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 12 points, 8 assists, and 4 steals. James Harden (Hou) had 37 points including 14-25 FG and 4-10 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 12 assists, and 4 steals. Carlos Delfino (Hou) had 15 points on 5-6 FG (all 3-pointers) and 7 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Brandon Knight (Det) had 15 points including 5-15 FG. Ind 90, Tor 88 at Tor David West (Ind) had 25 points including 12-19 FG. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 14 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 16 points and 3 blocks. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 steals. Schedule for Thursday, November 1 (All times Central) Oklahoma City at San Antonio 8:30 pm TNT [New York at Brooklyn game postponed] Schedule for Friday, November 2 (All times Central) Indiana at Charlotte 6:00 pm Denver at Orlando 6:00 pm Milwaukee at Boston 6:30 pm Houston at Atlanta 6:30 pm Chicago at Cleveland 6:30 pm Miami at New York 7:00 pm ESPN Utah at New Orleans 7:00 pm Portland at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Sacramento at Minnesota 7:00 pm Detroit at Phoenix 9:00 pm LA Clippers at LA Lakers 9:30 pm ESPN Memphis at Golden State 9:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html