News from October 30. New Orleans signed Toney Douglas. Boston exercised their 16-17 options for Kelly Olynyk, Marcus Smart, and James Young. Chicago exercised their 16-17 options for Tony Snell and Doug McDermott. Philadelphia exercised their 16-17 options for Joel Embiid, Nerlens Noel, and Nik Stauskas. Atlanta activated Thabo Sefolosha and placed Kyle Korver on IL. Boston activated R.J. Hunter and placed Jordan Mickey on IL. Brooklyn placed Chris McCullough and Willie Reed on IL. Chicago activated Cristiano Felicio and placed Cameron Bairstow on IL. Denver placed Jusuf Nurkic on IL. Detroit activated Darrun Hillard and placed Jodie Meeks on IL. Meeks underwent surgery to repair a fracture in his right foot and is expected to be out 3 to 4 months. Golden State activated Ian Clark and placed Andrew Bogut on IL. Miami activated Amare Stoudemire and placed Chris Andersen on IL. Oklahoma City activated Steve Novak and placed Cameron Payne on IL. Sacramento activated Eric Moreland and placed Quincy Acy on IL. Phoenix inducted Steve Nash into their Ring of Honor [Phoenix has a Ring of Honor instead of retiring numbers]. Former ABA and NBA player Mel Daniels died at age 71. Daniels played 6 seasons with Indiana from 68-69 to 74-75. Pho 110, Por 92 at Pho Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 22 points including 10-11 FT. Brandon Knight (Pho) had 18 points and 3 steals. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (Pho) had 15 points including 9-12 FT and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Damian Lillard (Por) had 24 points including 7-20 FG, 6 assists, and 7 turnovers. Al-Farouq Aminu (Por) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Pho shot 32-42 FT and Por shot 15-19 FT. Sac 132, LAL 114 at Sac Rudy Gay (Sac) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 21 points on 5-15 FG and 11-14 FT and 11 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Sac) had 21 points including 9-13 FG and 8 assists. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 22 points on 10-15 FG. Nick Young (LAL) had 17 points. GS 112, Hou 92 at Hou Stephen Curry (GS) had 25 points including 9-15 FG and 4-9 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Harrison Barnes (GS) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Marreese Speights (GS) had 14 points. James Harden (Hou) had 16 points including 4-18 FG and 1-10 3-pointers, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Montrezi Harrell (Hou) had 17 points including 7-9 FG. Min 95, Den 78 at Den Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 28 points including 11-19 FG, 14 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 12 points including 2-8 FG, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 18 points including 8-10 FT. Emmanuel Mudiay (Den) had 15 points including 5-15 FG. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 9 points including 3-10 FG and 15 rebounds including 6 offensive. Min shot 42.3% (30-71) FG and Den shot 30.5% (29-95) FG. SA 102, Bro 75 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 10 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 17 points. Jarrett Jack (Bro) had 12 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. SA out-rebounded Bro 56-32 including 12-2 offensive. Was 118, Mil 113 at Mil Bradley Beal (Was) had 26 points including 5-6 3-pointers. John Wall (Was) had 19 points including 10-10 FT, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Ramon Sessions (Was) had 23 points. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 27 points on 9-15 FG and 8-10 FT, 9 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Greg Monroe (Mil) had 22 points including 10-14 FG and 5 rebounds. John Henson (Mil, sore left Achilles) and O.J. Mayo (Mil, strained right hamstring) did not play. Atl 97, Cha 94 at Atl Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 19 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 blocks. Marvin Williams (Cha) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Det 98, Chi 94 OT at Det Marcus Morris (Det) had 26 points including 10-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 20 points including 4-10 FT and 20 rebounds including 9 offensive. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 23 points on 5-19 FG and 12-14 FT, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tor 113, Bos 103 at Bos DeMarre Carroll (Tor) had 21 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 23 points on 5-15 FG and 12-14 FT, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Terrence Ross (Tor) had 21 points. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 25 points including 10-11 FT and 7 assists. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 13 points including 4-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Uta 99, Phi 71 at Phi Derrick Favors (Uta) had 20 points on 6-17 FG and 8-10 FT, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 17 points. Alec Burks (Uta) had 15 points including 6-8 FG and 7 rebounds. Jerami Grant (Phi) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Nik Stauskas (Phi) had 12 points. Uta shot 40.9% (36-88) FG and Phi shot 30.2% (19-63) FG. OKC 139, Orl 136 2OT at Orl Kevin Durant (OKC) had 43 points including 10-11 FT and 12 rebounds in 54 minutes. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 48 points including 13-16 FT, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, 8 assists, and 6 turnovers. D.J. Augustin (OKC) had 12 points and 5 assists. Evan Forunier (Orl) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 26 points including 10-14 FG and 5 blocks. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 21 points including 8-27 FG, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers in 51 minutes. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 30 points including 10-12 FT and 9 rebounds. Cle 102, Mia 92 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 29 points including 13-19 FG and 5 rebounds. Kevin Love (Cle) had 24 points, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 assists. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 25 points and 7 turnovers. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. ---- 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