News from October 30. The NBA announced that Dallas will host the 2010 All-Star game. The LA Lakers signed Andrew Bynum to a 4 year, $58 million contract extension. New Jersey exercised their 09-10 options for Josh Boone, Sean Williams, and Yi Jianlian. New Jersey elected not to pick up their 09-10 option for Maurice Ager. Dallas placed Devean George (bone chip left hand) and Shawne Williams on IL. Charlotte placed Andre Brown, Shannon Brown, and Ryan Hollins on IL. New Orleans activated Julian Wright and placed Tyson Chandler (sprained right ankle) on IL. Hou 112, Dal 102 at Dal Ron Artest (Hou) had 29 points and 7 rebounds. Yao Ming (Hou) had 30 points including 11-15 FG and 13 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 16 points on 3-10 FG and 10-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Josh Howard (Dal) had 28 points including 11-19 FG and 10 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 36 points including 14-14 FT and 7 rebounds. NO 108, Pho 95 at Pho Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. David West (NO) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Morris Peterson (NO) had 21 points including 7-10 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Chris Paul (NO) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 21 points and 12 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 24 points, 9 assists, and 7 turnovers. Cle 96, Cha 79 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 22 points including 8-12 FT, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 17 points and 7 assists. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 25 points including 10-14 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Jason Richardson (Cha) had 24 points. Cle shot 48.6% (35-72) FG and Cha shot 33.8% (25-74) FG. Schedule for Friday, October 31 (All times Central) New York @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Golden State @ Toronto 6:00 pm Sacramento @ Miami 6:30 pm Chicago @ Boston 7:00 pm ESPN Orlando @ Memphis 7:00 pm Denver @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm San Antonio @ Portland 9:30 pm ESPN ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html