News from October 21. The NBA fined DeMarcus Cousins (NO) $25,000 for using inappropriate language towards a fan during Wednesday's NO-Mem game. Chicago placed Bobby Portis (suspended) on IL. Cleveland activated Ante Zizic and placed Derrick Rose (sprained left ankle) on IL. Dallas placed Devin Harris (death in the family) on IL. Denver placed Richard Jefferson on IL. Detroit activated Boban Marjanovic and placed Eric Moreland on IL. Houston activated Troy Williams and placed Chris Paul (sore knee) on IL. Memphis activated Kobe Simmons and placed JaMychal Green on IL. Miami activated Okaro White and placed Hassan Whiteside (bruised left knee) on IL. Milwaukee activated DeAndre Liggins and placed Joel Bolomboy and Rashad Vaughn on IL. New York activated Jarrett Jack and placed Isaiah Hicks and Frank Ntilikina on IL. Orlando activated Khem Birch and placed Elfrid Payton (strained left hamstring) on IL. Philadelphia activated James Michael McAdoo and placed Joel Embiid (left knee rehab) on IL. Portland placed Wade Baldwin on IL. Utah activated Nate Wolters and placed Rodney Hood (strained lower left leg) on IL. Hou 107, Dal 91 at Hou James Harden (Hou) had 29 points including 6-13 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 18 points including 1-6 3-points. Clint Capela (Hou) had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Yogi Ferrell (Hou) had 19 points and 6 assists. J.J. Barea (Hou) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Hou out-scored Dal 62-39 in the 1st half. Hou shot 47.6% (39-82) FG and Dal shot 36.9% (31-84) FG. LAC 130, Pho 88 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 29 points including 12-14 FT and 8 rebounds. Patrick Beverley (LAC) had 15 points and 5 steals. Louis Williams (LAC) had 18 points and 6 assists. Devin Booker (Pho) had 13 points including 5-14 FG. Alex Lin (Pho) had 15 points including 9-11 FT and 7 rebounds. LAC shot 54.5% (48-88) FG and Pho shot 38% (27-71) FG. Uta 96, OKC 87 at Uta Joe Ingles (Uta) had 19 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 16 points on 8-11 FG and 13 rebounds Ricky Rubio (Uta) had 16 points including 5-14 FG, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Paul George (OKC) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, 5 steals, and 6 turnovers. Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 26 points. Den 96, Sac 79 at Den Paul Millsap (Den) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Gary Harris (Den) had 17 points on 7-11 FG. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 8 rebounds. Skal Labissiere (Sac) had 13 points. De'Aaron Fox (Sac) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Mil 113, Por 110 at Mil Khris Middleton (Mil) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 44 points on 17-23 FG and 9-13 FT and 8 rebounds. Tony Snell (Mil) had 17 points on 7-8 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 26 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 26 points including 11-12 FT, 5 rebounds, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Mem 111, GS 101 at Mem James Ennis (Mem) had 13 points including 6-6 FG. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 34 points including 16-17 FT, 14 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Kevin Durant (GS) had 29 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 13 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 37 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 13-13 FT and 6 rebounds. SA 87, Chi 77 at Chi LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 28 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Pau Gasol (SA) had 10 points and 7 rebounds. DeJounte Murray (SA) had 8 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Robin Lopez (Chi) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Lauri Markkanen (Chi) had 13 points on 5-14 FG and 12 rebounds. Det 111, NY 107 at NY Tobias Harris (Det) had 31 points and 6 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 21 points including 9-11 FG, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 16 points including 4-12 FG and 7 assists. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 33 points on 11-20 FG and 8-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Enes Kanter (NY) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Det shot 19-15 FT and NY shot 25-31 FT. Mia 112, Ind 108 at Mia Dion Waiters (Mia) had 19 points. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 5 rebounds. James Johnson (Mia) had 14 points, 8 assists, and 5 blocks. Domantas Sabonis (Ind) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 28 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Orl 114, Cle 93 at Cle Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 23 points on 11-16 FG, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. D.J. Augustin (Orl) had 12 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 10 assists. Jonathon Simmons (Orl) had 19 points. LeBron James (Cle) had 22 points. Kevin Love (Cle) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Iman Shumpert (Cle) had 21 points on 5-14 FG, 4-5 3-pointers and 7-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Tor 128, Phi 94 at Tor Serge Ibaka (Tor) had 21 points including 5-9 3-ointers and 5 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 30 points including 14-16 FT. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 17 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jerryd Bayless (Phi) had 16 points. Schedule for Sunday, October 22 (All times Central) Atlanta at Brooklyn 2:30 pm Minnesota at Oklahoma City 6:00 pm New Orleans at LA Lakers 8:30 pm Schedule for Monday, October 23 (All times Central) Philadelphia at Detroit 6:00 pm Atlanta at Miami 6:30 pm Memphis at Houston 7:00 pm Charlotte at Milwaukee 7:00 pm Golden State at Dallas 7:30 pm Toronto at San Antonio 7:30 pm NBATV Washington at Denver 8:00 pm Sacramento at Phoenix 9:00 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