News from October 29. The NBA suspended Jason Williams (Orl) for grabbing the ref on the arm following Williams' ejection during Thursday's Orl-Was game. Houston signed Erick Dampier to a 1 year, $2.08 million contract. Houston exercised their 11-12 options for Jordan Hill and Courtney Lee. Indiana exercised their 11-12 option for Brandon Rush. Charlotte exercised their 11-12 options for D.J. Augustin and Gerald Henderson. Allen Iverson signed a 2 year, $4 million contract with Besiktas of the Turkish League. Memphis activated Marc Gasol and placed Zach Randolph (bruised tailbone) on IL. Sacramento activated Samuel Dalembert and Antoine Wright and placed Hassan Whiteside and Eugene Jeter on IL. Atlanta activated Etan Thomas and placed Maurice Evans on IL. Toronto activated Marcus Banks and placed Joey Dorsey on IL. Cleveland activated Samardo Samuels and placed Anderson Varejao (family reasons) on IL. Boston activated Luke Harangody and placed Jermaine O'Neal on IL. Miami activated Jamaal Magloire and placed Juwan Howard on IL. Golden State activated Jeremy Lin and placed Jeff Adrien on IL. Mem 91, Dal 90 at Dal Rudy Gay (Mem) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 10 points including the game winning free throw with 6.7 seconds left and 15 rebounds including 6 offensive. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 20 points including 6-17 FG and 4-9 3-pointers and 3 steals. Caron Butler (Dal) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 27 points including 11-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Mia 96, Orl 70 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 26 points and 6 rebounds. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 11 points and 11 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 12 points. Mia shot 40.7% (33-81) FG and Mia shot 30.4% (21-69) FG. Jason Williams (Orl, suspended) did not play. LAL 114, Pho 106 at Pho Lamar Odom (LAL) had 18 points, 17 rebounds, and 5 assists. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 21 points including 10-17 FG, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 25 points and 7 rebounds. Grant Hill (Pho) had 21 points including 10-17 FG. Robin Lopez (Pho) had 18 points and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Atl 104, Phi 101 at Phi Al Horford (Atl) had 20 points and 12 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 22 points including 9-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 19 points and 5 assists. Elton Brand (Phi) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 27 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Atl shot 51.4% (36-70) FG and Phi shot 41.2% (35-85) FG. NJ 106, Sac 100 at NJ Travis Outlaw (NJ) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 29 points including 13-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Devin Harris (NJ) had 21 points including 7-10 FG, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 18 points and 7 assists. Francisco Garcia (Sac) had 18 points. NJ shot 52.5% (32-61) FG and Sac shot 41.9% (39-93) FG. NO 101, Den 95 at NO David West (NO) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Emeka Okafor (NO) had 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Chris Paul (NO) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 24 points including 10-17 FG and 10 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 20 points on 5-14 FG and 10-11 FT, 5 assists, and 3 steals. OKC 105, Det 104 at Det Jeff Green (OKC) had 21 points including the game winning layup with 2.5 seconds left, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 30 points on 9-24 FG and 11-13 FT and 8 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 17 points on 4-13 FG and 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 24 points including 10-18 FG, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Ben Gordon (Det) had 32 points including 11-16 FG. Will Bynum (Det, sore right hamstring) did not play. Bos 105, NY 101 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 25 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 24 points on 12-17 FG and 10 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 10 points including 4-12 FG, 10 rebounds, 24 assists, and 7 turnovers. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 27 points including 9-13 FT and 8 rebounds. Raymond Felton (NY) had 17 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Wilson Chandler (NY) had 19 points including 1-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Delonte West (Bos, suspended) did not play. Ind 104, Cha 101 at Cha Danny Granger (Ind) had 33 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Tyler Hansbrough (Ind) had 12 points including 3-4 FG. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 29 points including 12-18 FT and 6 rebounds. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 17 points including 5-14 FG and 6 assists. Brandon Rush (Ind, suspended) did not play. Min 96, Mil 85 at Min Michael Beasley (Min) had 21 points and 10 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 17 points on 3-13 FG and 11-12 FT and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Luke Ridnour (Min) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 14 points including 4-15 FG and 7 assists. Corey Maggette (Mil) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Min out-rebounded Mil 62-39 including 20-9 offensive. Tor 101, Cle 81 at Tor Linas Kleiza (Tor) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 20 points. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Anthony Parker (Cle) had 10 points on 4-11 FG. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 13 points. GS 109, LAC 91 at GS Dorell Wright (GS) had 24 points on 9-13 FG and 6-8 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. David Lee (GS) had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Monta Ellis (GS) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 11 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 14 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 19 points including 6-17 FG. GS shot 53.1% (43-81) FG and LAC shot 38.6% (32-83) FG. 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 Schedule for Sunday, October 31 (All times Central) Miami @ New Jersey 12:00 pm Dallas @ LA Clippers 2:30 pm Utah @ Oklahoma City 6:00 pm NBATV Golden State @ LA Lakers 8:30 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