News from October 30. Chicago exercised their 14-15 options for Jimmy Butler and Marquis Teague. Denver exercised their 14-15 options for Evan Fournier and Kenneth Faried. Atlanta placed Louis Williams (right knee rehab) and Gustavo Ayon (right shoulder injury) on IL. Boston placed Rajon Rondo (torn right ACL) on IL. Brooklyn placed Andrei Kirilenko (sore back) on IL. Charlotte placed Brendan Haywood (left foot surgery) and James Southerland on IL. Cleveland placed Carrick Felix and Sergey Karasev on IL. Dallas placed Devin Harris (left foot surgery), Shane Larkin (fractured right ankle), and Brandan Wright (fractured left shoulder) on IL. Denver placed Danilo Gallinari (torn left ACL) and Wilson Chandler (strained left hamstring) on IL. Detroit placed Brandon Jennings (impacted wisdom tooth) and Rodney Stuckey (broken right thumb) on IL. Golden State placed Festus Ezeli (right knee surgery) on IL. Houston placed Isaiah Canaan and Robert Covington on IL. The LA Lakers activated Tobias Harris and placed Ryan Kelly on IL. Miami activated Roger Mason and placed Dwyane Wade (sore knees) on IL. Milwaukee placed Ekpe Udoh (right knee surgery) and Carlos Delfino (right foot surgery) on IL. Minnesota placed Chase Budinger (left knee surgery) and A.J. Price on IL. New Orleans placed Ryan Anderson and Darius Miller on IL. Anderson is expected to be out 1 to 3 weeks with a fractured toe on his right foot. New York placed Chris Smith and Toure Murry on IL. Oklahoma City placed Russell Westbrook (right knee surgery) on IL. Philadelphia placed Arnett Moultrie (left ankle injury), Jason Richardson, and Nerlens Noel (left knee injury) on IL. Phoenix placed Emeka Okafor (herniated disc) on IL. Portland placed C.J. McCollum (left foot surgery) and Earl Watson on IL. Sacramento placed Carl Landry (torn left hip flexor muscle) and Ray McCallum on IL. San Antonio placed Nando de Colo on IL. Toronto placed Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray on IL. Utah placed Andris Biedrins (sprained right ankle), Trey Burke (surgery right index finger), and Jeremy Evans (strained right rotator cuff) on IL. Washington placed Otto Porter and Chris Singleton on IL. Dal 118, Atl 109 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 24 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 32 points including 11-17 FG, 8 assists, and 7 turnovers. Vince Carter (Dal) had 21 points. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 20 points including 9-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 24 points including 9-12 FT, 9 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Dal shot 57.1% (44-77) FG and Atl shot 48.7% (37-76) FG. GS 125, LAL 94 at GS David Lee (GS) had 24 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 38 points including 15-19 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Toney Douglas (GS) had 13 points. Jodie Meeks (LAL) had 14 points. Xavier Henry (LAL) had 14 points including 4-11 FG. GS shot 53.5% (46-86) FG and LAL shot 39.3% (35-89) FG. Harrison Barnes (GS, foot injury) and Steve Nash (LAL, rest) did not play. Sac 90, Den 88 at Sac DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 30 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Greivis Vasquez (Sac) had 17 points. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 assists. Ty Lawson (Den) had 20 points including 5-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. J.J. Hickson (Den) had 12 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks. Pho 104, Por 91 at Pho Miles Plumlee (Pho) had 18 points, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 26 points including 12-21 FG, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 22 points including 8-11 FT, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 28 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 32 points including 6-12 3-pointers. Pho shot 51.8% (43-83) FG and Por shot 40.7% (33-81) FG. Markieff Morris (Pho, suspended) did not play. OKC 101, Uta 98 at Uta Kevin Durant (OKC) had 42 points on 9-24 FG and 22-24 FT, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Thabo Sefolosha (OKC) had 14 points. Reggie Jackson (OKC) had 14 points and 5 steals. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Alec Burks (Uta) had 24 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Hasheem Thabeet (OKC, suspended) did not play. SA 101, Mem 94 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 13 points including 4-14 FG and 9 assists. Boris Diaw (SA) had 14 points. Tony Allen (Mem) had 15 points on 6-8 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. SA shot 52.6% (40-76) FG and Mem shot 41.9% (39-93) FG. Ind 95, NO 90 at NO Paul George (Ind) had 32 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 10-13 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. George Hill (Ind) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO) had 20 points, 12 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. Eric Gordon (NO) had 25 points. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Min 120, Orl 115 OT at Min Kevin Martin (Min) had 23 points including 6-19 FG. Kevin Love (Min) had 31 points including 12-16 FT and 17 rebounds. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 13 points including 5-15 FG, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Corey Brewer (Min) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 3 steals. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 22 points including 9-15 FG, 16 rebounds including 7 offensive, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 28 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 18 points including 3-11 3-pointers and 8 assists. Tobias Harris (Orl, sprained left ankle) and Doron Lamb (Orl, sprained right ankle) did not play. Hou 96, Cha 83 at Hou Dwight Howard (Hou) had 17 points and 26 rebounds including 6 offensive. James Harden (Hou) had 21 points including 1-6 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Francisco Garcia (Hou) had 19 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Josh McRoberts (Cha) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 13 points including 6-19 FG and 8 rebounds. Hou shot 47.4% (36-76) FG and Cha shot 36.7% (33-90) FG. NY 90, Mil 83 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Raymond Felton (NY) had 18 points and 3 steals. Iman Shumpert (NY) had 16 points. Gary Neal (Mil) had 16 points and 5 assists. Zaza Pachulia (Mil) had 13 points and 11 rebounds. J.R. Smith (NY, suspended), Amare Stoudemire (NY), and Luke Ridnour (Mil, sore back) did not play. Det 113, Was 102 at Det Josh Smith (Det) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Greg Monroe (Det) had 24 points including 12-15 FT, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Will Bynum (Det) had 19 points and 5 assists. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 28 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 20 points, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Tor 93, Bos 87 at Tor Rudy Gay (Tor) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 13 points including 6-8 FG. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 11 points on 2-8 FG and 7-12 FT and 8 assists. Jeff Green (Bos) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Brandon Bass (Bos) had 17 points including 6-7 FG. Jared Sullinger (Bos, suspended) did not play. Phi 114, Mia 110 at Phi Evan Turner (Phi) had 26 points and 5 assists. Spender Hawes (Phi) had 24 points including 10-14 FG and 9 rebounds. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 12 assists, and 9 steals. LeBron James (Mia) had 25 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 13 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 22 points and 10 rebounds. Ray Allen (Mia) had 19 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Cle 98, Bro 94 at Cle Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 15 points including 4-16 FG, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 11 points and 8 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Schedule for Thursday, October 31 (All times Central) New York at Chicago 7:00 pm TNT Golden State at LA Clippers 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, November 1 (All times Central) Cleveland at Charlotte 6:00 pm New Orleans at Orlando 6:00 pm Philadelphia at Washington 6:00 pm Toronto at Atlanta 6:30 pm Milwaukee at Boston 6:30 pm Dallas at Houston 7:00 pm Detroit at Memphis 7:00 pm Oklahoma City at Minnesota 7:00 pm Miami at Brooklyn 7:00 pm ESPN Portland at Denver 8:00 pm Utah at Phoenix 9:00 pm LA Clippers at Sacramento 9:00 pm San Antonio at LA Lakers 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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