News from October 28. Boston placed James Young and R.J. Hunter (ill) on IL. Charlotte placed Troy Daniels (strained left hamstring) and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (right shoulder surgery) on IL. Dallas placed JaVale McGee (stress fracture left tibia) and Chandler Parsons (right knee surgery) on IL. Denver placed Wilson Chandler (strained right hip) on IL. Detroit activated Anthony Toliver and placed Darrun Hillard on IL. Houston placed Donatas Motiejunas (lower back pain) on IL. Indiana placed Rakeem Christmas and Glenn Robinson (sore right shoulder) on IL. The LA Clippers placed Branden Dawson and C.J. Wilcox on IL. The LA Lakers placed Larry Nance (tendinitis right knee) and Metta World Peace on IL. Memphis placed Jarell Martin (left foot surgery) and Jarnell Stokes on IL. Miami placed Josh Richardson and Amare Stoudemire (rehabilitative recovery) on IL. Milwaukee placed Tyler Ennis (right shoulder surgery) and Jabari Parker (left knee surgery) on IL. Minnesota placed Tyus Jones and Nikola Pekovic (right Achilles surgery) on IL. New York placed Louis Amundson (sore lower back) on IL. Oklahoma City placed Josh Huestis and Steve Novak on IL. Orlando placed Devyn Marble on IL. Philadelphia placed Joel Embiid, Carl Landry, and Tony Wroten on IL. Phoenix placed Cory Jefferson on IL. Portland placed Cliff Alexander (sore left knee) and Gerald Henderson (sore left hip) on IL. Sacramento placed Duje Dukan and Eric Moreland on IL. San Antonio placed Boban Marjanovic and Jonathon Simmons on IL. Toronto placed Bruno Caboclo and Lucas Nogueira on IL. Utah placed Dante Exum (left ACL surgery) and Jeff Withey on IL. Washington placed Alan Anderson (ankle surgery) and Martell Webster (sore right hip) on IL. Dal 111, Pho 95 at Pho Raymond Felton (Dal) had 18 points and 6 assists. Deron Williams (Dal) had 12 points and 7 assists. Dwight Powell had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Brandon Knight (Pho) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Sonny Weems (Pho) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Min 112, LAL 111 at LAL Ricky Rubio (Min) had 28 points including 10-17 FG and 14 assists. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Min) had 23 points including 11-12 FT. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 24 points including 8-24 FG and 3-13 3-pointers. Louis Williams (LAL) had 21 points. LAC 111, Sac 104 at Sac Blake Griffin (LAC) had 33 points including 14-20 FG and 8 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Paul Pierce (LAC) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 32 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 8-11 FT, 13 rebounds, and 8 turnovers. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Por 112, NO 94 at Por C.J. McCollum (Por) had 37 points including 14-22 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 21 points including 8-21 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Ed Davis (Por) had 12 points including 5-6 FG and 11 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO) had 25 points including 10-17 FG and 10 rebounds. Eric Gordon (NO) had 20 points. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Por shot 50% (44-88) FG and NO shot 39.6% (36-91) FG. Luke Babbitt (NO, strained left hamstring) and Omer Asik (NO, strained right calf) did not play. OKC 112, SA 106 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 22 points including 6-19 FG and 6 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 33 points, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 15 points including 7-11 FG and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. OKC out-scores SA 33-23 in the 4th quarter. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 32 points including 13-22 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 11 points and 7 assists. NY 122, Mil 97 at Mil Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 16 points on 3-11 FG and 9-12 FT and 5 rebounds. Derrick Williams (NY) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Langston Galloway (NY) had 16 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Michael Carter-Williams (Mil) had 20 points including 6-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Greg Monroe (Mil) had 22 points including 8-10 FT and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Arron Afflalo (NY, strained left hamstring), Kevin Seraphin (NY, sore right knee), O.J. Mayo (Mil, strained right hamstring), and Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil, suspended) did not play. NY shot 45.2% (42-93) FG and Mil shot 34.9% (30-86) FG. Cle 106, Mem 76 at Mem Kevin Love (Cle) had 17 points and 13 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 12 points including 4-13 FG, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Richard Jefferson (Cle) had 14 points including 5-6 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Cle out-scored Mem 26-10 in the 1st quarter. Cle shot 48.8% (41-84) FG and Mem shot 35.4% (29-82) FG. Den 105, Hou 85 at Hou Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 18 points including 8-10 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Emmanuel Mudiay (Den) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 11 turnovers. James Harden (Hou) had 22 points including 6-21 FG and 2-12 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Terrence Jones (Hou) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Den shot 50.6% (40-79) FG and Hou shot 34.5% (30-87) FG. Dwight Howard (Hou, suspended) did not play. Tor 106, Ind 99 at Tor Jonas Valaniunas (Tor) had 21 points including 8-11 FG and 15 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 25 points including 10-16 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 23 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. George Hill (Ind) had 19 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Pau George (Ind) had 17 points on 4-17 FG and 9-10 FT, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Mia 104, Cha 94 at Mia Chris Bosh (Mia) had 21 points including 9-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 20 points and 5 assists. Gerald Green (Mia) had 19 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 19 points including 5-16 FG. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Mia shot 49.3% (36-73) FG and Cha shot 39.3% (33-84) FG. Det 92, Uta 87 at Det Andre Drummond (Det) had 18 points including 8-11 FT and 10 rebounds. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 19 points. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 26 points including 10-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Alec Burks (Uta) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Trevor Booker (Uta, suspended) did not play. Chi 115, Bro 100 at Bro Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 24 points including 9-11 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 6 assists. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 26 points including 10-17 FG and 7 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Bro) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Chi shot 53.8% (42-78) FG and Bro shot 41.9% (39-93) FG. Jarrett Jack (Bro, sore left hamstring) did not play. Bos 112, Phi 95 at Bos Jae Crowder (Bos) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 27 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Amir Johnson (Bos) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 26 points including 10-16 FG, 7 rebounds, and 8 turnovers. Isaiah Canaan (Phi) had 18 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Kelly Olynyk (Bos, suspended) and Robert Covington (Phi, sprained right knee) did not play. Was 88, Orl 87 at Orl John Wall (Was) had 22 points including the game winning jumper with 12.7 seconds left, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, 5 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Bradley Beal (Was) had 24 points and 6 rebounds. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 10 points and 8 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 17 points including 7-20 FG and 1-8 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 11 points on 5-15 FG, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists. 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