News from October 28. Memphis exercised their 11-12 options for O.J. Mayo, Darrell Arthur, and Hasheem Thabeet. Washington placed Gilbert Arenas (sprained right ankle), Josh Howard (torn left ACL), and Kevin Seraphin on IL. Orlando placed Malik Allen and Daniel Orton on IL. Orl 112, Was 83 at Orl Dwight Howard (Orl) had 23 points including 7-9 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 16 points and 6 assists. Vince Carter (Orl) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 14 points including 6-19 FG, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Cartier Martin (Was) had 17 points. Orl shot 55.8% (43-77) FG and Was shot 37.2% (29-78) FG. Orl out-rebounded Was 53-25 including 11-3 offensive. Pho 110, Uta 94 at Uta Steve Nash (Pho) had 18 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 16 points. Hakim Warrick (Pho) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Raja Bell (Uta) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 19 points including 9-13 FG and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 19 points including 8-10 FT. Schedule for Friday, October 29 (All times Central) Indiana @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Sacramento @ New Jersey 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Toronto 6:00 pm New York @ Boston 6:30 pm Oklahoma City @ Detroit 7:00 pm Orlando @ Miami 7:00 pm ESPN Milwaukee @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Denver @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Memphis @ Dallas 7:30 pm LA Clippers @ Golden State 9:30 pm LA Lakers @ Phoenix 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Saturday, October 30 (All times Central) Washington @ Atlanta 6:00 pm Sacramento @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Portland @ New York 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Indiana 7:00 pm Detroit @ Chicago 7:00 pm Minnesota @ Memphis 7:00 pm Denver @ Houston 7:30 pm NBATV Charlotte @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm New Orleans @ San Antonio 7:30 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