News from November 2. The NBA named Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard as Players of the Week for the week ending November 1. Anthony averaged 37.7 points and 7 rebounds as Denver went 3-0. Howard averaged 21.7 points and 16 rebounds as Orlando went 3-0. Boston signed Rajon Rondo to a 5 year, $55 million contract extension. Michael Redd (Mil) is expected to be out 2 weeks with a strained tendon in his left knee. Nate Robinson (NY) is expected to be out 2 weeks with a sprained right ankle. Minnesota picked up their 10-11 options for Kevin Love and Corey Brewer. Minnesota elected not to pick up their 10-11 option for Oleksiy Pecherov, making him a free agent in the summer of 2010. Milwaukee elected not to pick up their 10-11 option for Joe Alexander, making him a free agent in the summer of 2010. Charlotte activated Raja Bell and placed Derrick Brown on IL. Bell elected not to undergo surgery on his left wrist to repair a partially torn ligament and will try to play through the injury. If he had undergone surgery, he was expected to be out 4 months. The LA Clippers activated Ricky Davis and placed Steve Novak on IL. Memphis activated Allen Iverson and placed Hamed Haddadi on IL. Hou 113, Uta 96 at Uta Mehmet Okur (Hou) had 21 points including 9-13 FG. Chase Budinger (Hou) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 19 points and 9 assists. Deron Williams (Uta) had 18 points including 6-20 FG, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Ronnie Brewer (Uta) had 19 points including 7-9 FG. Luis Scola (Uta) had 14 points and 15 rebounds. Kyle Korver (Uta, left knee surgery) did not play. NY 117, NO 111 at NY David Lee (NY) had 28 points including 13-17 FG and 8 rebounds. Chris Duhon (NY) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Larry Hughes (NY) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Al Harrington (NY) had 24 points and 8 rebounds. David West (NO) had 21 points. Emeka Okafor (NO) had 24 points including 9-13 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chris Paul (NO) had 32 points including 12-18 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 13 assists. Nate Robinson (NY, sprained right ankle) did not play. Cha 79, NJ 68 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 24 points including 10-13 FT, 20 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 steals. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 14 points. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 21 points including 9-10 FT and 3 steals. Chris Douglas-Roberts (NJ) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Cha shot 30-35 FT and NJ shot 15-18 FT. Devin Harris (NJ, strained right groin) and Trenton Hassell (NJ, personal reasons) did not play. LAC 93, Min 90 at LAC Chris Kaman (LAC) had 25 points including 10-15 FG and 11 rebounds. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 17 points. Baron Davis (LAC) had 13 points including 2-10 FG, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Al Jefferson (Min) had 24 points. Corey Brewer (Min) had 14 points including 6-21 FG, 6 assists, and 5 steals. LAC shot 25-32 FT and Min shot 14-16 FT. Sac 127, Mem 116 OT at Sac Kevin Martin (Sac) had 48 points including 7-10 3-pointers and 13-18 FT, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals in 52 minutes. Spencer Hawes (Sac) had 21 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 assists. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 16 points and 6 assists. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 21 points and 13 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 30 points including 12-21 FG and 16 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 22 points and 5 assists. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 22 points and 5 assists. Followup to the lighter side: As the bat that Manu Ginobili (SA) carried off the court could not be located and tested for rabies, Ginobili has to receive a series of precautionary shots over the next month, starting with 4 he received on Sunday. Ginobili: "It was pretty funny at the time. Now it's not. I have to get like a million shots. It wasn't so much fun. The bat survived. I'm fine. I'm not going to have rabies. The bat won." Schedule for Tuesday, November 3 (All times Central) Washington @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Denver @ Indiana 6:00 pm Boston @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Orlando @ Detroit 6:30 pm Phoenix @ Miami 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ Chicago 7:00 pm LA Lakers @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Utah @ Dallas 7:30 pm Atlanta @ Portland 9:00 pm ---- 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