News from October 25. Houston signed Isaiah Canaan. Brooklyn placed D'Angelo Russell (sprained right knee) on IL. Dallas activated Devin Harris and placed Gian Clavell on IL. Detroit activated Eric Moreland and placed Boban Marjanovic on IL. Golden State activated Kevon Looney and placed JaVale McGee on IL. Houston placed Trevor Ariza (sprained left foot), Nene (sore left Achilles), and Briante Weber on IL. Minnesota placed Jimmy Butler (upper respiratory infection) on IL. Utah activated Rodney Hood and placed Tony Bradley on IL. Washington activated Jason Smith on IL. Dal 103, Mem 94 at Dal Dennis Smith (Dal) had 19 points and 5 assists. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 15 points including 4-13 FG and 6 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 26 points including 9-15 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Chandler Parsons (Mem, rest) did not play. Pho 97, Uta 88 at Pho T.J. Warren (Pho) had 27 points including 12-20 FG and 5 rebounds. Devin Booker (Pho) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Alex Len (Pho) had 13 points and 13 rebounds including 9 offensive. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 16 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 22 points. Pho shot 7-9 FT and Uta shot 18-25 FT. GS 117, Tor 112 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 29 points including 11-20 FG and 5 assists. Draymond Green (GS) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Klay Thompson (GS) had 22 points on 9-15 FG and 5-6 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 30 points including 4-11 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Pascal Siakam (Tor) had 20 points on 9-12 FG. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 24 points, 6 assists, and 6 steals. GS shot 55.8% (43-77) FG and Tor shot 45.7% (43-94) FG. Lucas Nogueira (Tor, sprained left ankle) did not play. LAL 102, Was 99 OT at LAL Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Larry Nance (LAL) had 18 points including 8-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (LAL) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Bradley Beal (Was) had 28 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. John Wall (Was) had 18 points including 7-22 FG and 9 assists. OKC 114, Ind 96 at OKC Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 28 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 28 points including 6-10 FT, 10 rebounds, 16 assists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Steven Adams (OKC) had 17 points and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. Victor Oladpio (Ind) had 35 points including 11-18 FG and 5-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Darren Collison (Ind) had 18 points. OKC shot 48.3% (43-89) FG and Ind shot 33.7% (28-83) FG. SA 117, Mia 100 at Mia LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 31 points including 12-20 FG and 7 rebounds. Danny Green (SA) had 15 points on 6-7 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Rudy Gay (SA) had 22 points including 9-11 FT. James Johnson (Mia) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 20 points. Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 23 points. Joffrey Lauvergne (SA, sprained left ankle) did not play. Bro 112, Cle 107 at Bro DeMarre Carroll (Bro) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Bro) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Spencer Dinwiddie (Bro) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Allen Crabbe (Bro) had 19 points including 4-10 3-pointers. LeBron James (Cle) had 29 points including 12-20 FG, 10 rebounds, 13 assists, 4 blocks, and 8 turnovers. Kyle Korver (Cle) had 22 points including 5-11 3-pointers. Jeff Green (Cle) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Cle, left knee contusion) did not play. Hou 105, Phi 104 at Phi Clint Capela (Hou) had 16 points including 7-9 FG, 20 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 blocks. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 29 points on 7-20 FG, 5-6 3-pointers, 10-12 FT, and the game winning 3-pointer at the buzzer and 5 assists. James Harden (Hou) had 27 points, 13 assists, 3 blocks, and 8 turnovers. J.J. Redick (Phi) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Robert Covington (Phi) had 20 points including 4-12 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Hou shot 21-24 FT and Phi shot 6-10 FT. Det 122, Min 101 at Det Tobias Harris (Det) had 34 points including 6-9 3-pointers. Andre Drummond (Det) had 15 points, 15 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Avery Bradley (Det) had 20 points. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 21 points and 5 turnovers. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 23 points and 10 rebounds. Cha 110, Den 93 at Cha Dwight Howard (Cha) had 15 points including 7-11 FT, 19 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 19 points and 5 assists. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 20 points on 9-15 FG. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Gary Harris (Den) had 18 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Schedule for Thursday, October 26 (All times Central) Atlanta at Chicago 7:00 pm Dallas at Memphis 7:00 pm Boston at Milwaukee 7:00 pm TNT LA Clippers at Portland 9:00 pm New Orleans at Sacramento 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, October 27 (All times Central) Houston at Charlotte 6:00 pm San Antonio at Orlando 6:00 pm Denver at Atlanta 6:30 pm Brooklyn at New York 6:30 pm Oklahoma City at Minnesota 7:00 pm NBATV Washington at Golden State 9:30 pm NBATV Toronto at LA Lakers 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