News from October 29. Julius Randle (LAL) underwent surgery on his broken right leg. He is expected to be out for the rest of the season. Dallas signed J.J. Barea and released Gal Mekel. Boston exercised their 15-16 options for Kelly Olynyk, Jared Sullinger, and Tyler Zeller. Charlotte exercised their 15-16 option for Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. Atlanta placed John Jenkins and Adreian Payne on IL. Boston placed Vitor Faverani (left knee surgery) and Dwight Powell on IL. Brooklyn placed Markel Brown and Brook Lopez (sprained right foot) on IL. Charlotte placed Jeff Taylor and Noah Vonleh on IL. Chicago placed Jimmy Butler (sprained left thumb) on IL. Denver placed Erick Green and Gary Harris on IL. Detroit placed Cartier Martin (strained right foot) and Jodie Meeks (stress reaction lower back) on IL. Golden State placed Davis Lee (strained left hamstring) and Brandon Rush (stress reaction) on IL. Indiana placed Paul George (fractured right leg) and George Hill (bruised left knee) on IL. Miami placed Andre Dawkins and Josh McRoberts (toe injury) on IL. Milwaukee placed Damien Inglis (right ankle surgery) and Johnny O'Bryant (sprained right knee) on IL. Minnesota placed Kevin Martin and Rodney Turiaf (sore right hip) on IL. New York placed Andrea Bargnani (strained right hamstring) and Jose Calderon on IL. Calderon is expected to be out 2 to 3 weeks with a strained right calf. Oklahoma City placed Kevin Durant (fractured right foot), Grant Jerrett (ankle surgery), and Mitch McGary (fractured left foot) on IL. Philadelphia placed Joel Embiid (right foot injury), Jerami Grant, and Jason Richardson (left knee injury) on IL. Phoenix placed Zoran Dragic and T.J. Warren (broken left thumb) on IL. Portland placed Victor Claver and Meyers Leonard (upper respiratory illness) on IL. Sacramento placed Eric Moreland on IL. Toronto placed Bruno Cabocio and Greg Stiemsma on IL. Utah placed Jordan Hamilton and Toure Murry on IL. Washington placed Bradley Beal (fractured left wrist) and Martell Webster (back surgery) on IL. Cha 108, Mil 106 at Cha Marvin Williams (Cha) had 19 points. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 26 points on 9-26 FG and 5-11 FT and the game winning jumper with 5 seconds left, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Lance Stephenson (Cha) had 7 points including 3-12 FG, 13 rebounds, and 8 assists. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 22 points on 5-17 FG and 10-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 13 assists. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 17 points. Ind 103, Phi 91 at Ind Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 22 points on 6-8 FG and 10-13 FT, 8 rebounds, and 7 blocks. Donald Sloan (Ind) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Ind) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Tony Wroten (Phi) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Alexey Shved (Phi) had 18 points and 5 assists. David West (Ind, sprained right ankle), C.J. Watson (Ind, bruised right foot), and Michael Carter-Williams (Phi, right shoulder injury) did not play. Bos 121, Bro 105 at Bos Jeff Green (Bos) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 12 assists. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Deron Williams (Bro) had 19 points and 8 assists. Mirza Teletovic (Bro) had 20 points on 8-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Mia 107, Was 95 at Mia Chris Bosh (Mia) had 26 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 15 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 21 points. Norris Cole (Mia) had 23 points including 9-15 FG. Drew Gooden (Was) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Nene (Was, suspended) and DeJuan Blair (Was, suspended) did not play. Tor 109, Atl 102 at Tor Kyle Korver (Tor) had 20 points on 7-10 FG and 6-7 3-pointers and 3 blocks. Jeff Teague (Tor) had 20 points, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Mike Scott (Tor) had 20 points on 8-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, including 5 offensive, and 4 blocks. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 17 points on 4-5 FG and 9-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Mem 105, Min 101 at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 25 points including 12-16 FG, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 32 points on 12-17 FG and 8-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 16 points and 6 assists. Thaddeus Young (Min) had 26 points. Maurice Williams (Min) had 18 points. Chi 104, NY 80 at NY Pau Gasol (Chi) had 21 points including 7-11 FG and 11 rebounds. Aaron Brooks (Chi) had 13 points including 4-5 FG and 6 assists. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 22 points including 10-12 FG and 8 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 14 points. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Chi shot 50.7% (36-71) FG and NY shot 36.5% (31-85) FG. Den 89, Det 79 at Den Kenneth Faried (Den) had 22 points and 17 rebounds including 7 offensive. Timofey Faried (Den) had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 15 points. Josh Smith (Det) had 25 points including 7-11 FT and 5 rebounds. D.J. Augustin (Det) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. J.J. Hickson (Den, suspended) and Greg Monroe (Det, suspended) did not play. Hou 104, Uta 93 at Uta Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 22 points including 10-16 FG, 10 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. James Harden (Hou) had 18 points including 6-18 FG, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, and 6 turnover. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 16 points including 7-10 FG, 7 rebounds including 5 offensive, 3 steals, and 4 blocks. Alec Burks (Uta) had 18 points. Pho 119, LAL 89 at Pho Marcus Morris (Pho) had 21 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Pho) had 23 points on 9-11 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 31 points. Ed Davis (LAL) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Pho shot 54.9% (45-82) FG and LAL shot 43% (37-86) FG. P.J. Tucker (Pho, suspended), Ryan Kelly (LAL, sore right hamstring), and Julius Randle (LAL, fractured right leg) did not play. GS 95, Sac 77 at Sac Klay Thompson (GS) had 19 points on 4-14 FG and 9-10 FT, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 24 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 steals. Marreese Speights (GS) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 20 points on 4-14 FG and 12-18 FT, 11 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Darren Collison (Sac) had 13 points including 4-12 FG, 8 assists, and 5 steals. GS shot 44% (33-75) FG and Sac shot 30.8% (24-78) FG. Por 106, OKC 89 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 27 points. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 22 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 38 points including 15-16 FT, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 10 points including 4-11 FG, 8 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Por out-scored OKC 31-12 in the 4th quarter. Reggie Jackson (OKC, sprained right ankle), Jeremy Lamb (OKC, lower back sprain), and Anthony Morrow (OKC, left MCL strain) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, October 30 (All times Central) Washington @ Orlando 6:00 pm Detroit @ Minnesota 7:00 pm New York @ Cleveland 7:00 pm TNT Utah @ Dallas 7:30 pm Oklahoma City @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, October 31 (All times Central) Memphis @ Indiana 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Chicago 7:00 pm ESPN Philadelphia @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm San Antonio @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Portland @ Sacramento 9:00 pm LA Clippers @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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