News from November 1. Solomon Jones (Orl) is expected to under go surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee and is out indefinitely. Philadelphia exercised their 14-15 options for Arnett Moultrie and Tony Wroten. Brooklyn activated Andrei Kirilenko and placed Tornike Shengelia and Tyshawn Taylor on IL. Charlotte activated James Southerland and placed Al Jefferson (right ankle injury) on IL. Detroit activated Rodney Stuckey and placed Charlie Villanueva on IL. Houston placed Patrick Beverly on IL. Beverly is expected to be out 10 to 14 days with a rib injury Miami activated Dwyane Wade and placed Roger Mason on IL. San Antonio activated Nando de Colo and placed Tim Duncan (bruised chest) on IL. Toronto activated Quincy Acy and placed Steve Novak on IL. Hou 113, Dal 105 at Hou James Harden (Hou) had 34 points including 11-17 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 13 points including 5-12 FT and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 14 points. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 22 points including 10-11 FT. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 20 points, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Hou shot 34-51 FT and Dal shot 20-25 FT. Cha 90, Cle 84 at Cha Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 23 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Bismack Biyombo (Cha) had 11 points including 5-6 FG and 10 rebounds. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 21 points including 9-10 FT and 11 rebounds. C.J. Miles (Cle) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Orl 110, NO 90 at Orl Maurice Harkless (Orl) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 30 points including 10-14 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Kyle O'Quinn (Orl) had 14 points including 6-8 FG, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Anthony Davis (NO) had 26 points including 9-23 FG, 17 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 3 blocks. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 17 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Orl shot 55.7% (39-70) FG and NO shot 34.8% (32-92) FG. Solomon Jones (Orl, torn meniscus left knee) and Tobias Harris (Orl, sprained left ankle) did not play. Phi 109, Was 102 at Was Evan Turner (Phi) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 29 points including 14-20 FG and 8 rebounds. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 16 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists. John Wall (Was) had 26 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 12 points including 5-15 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 assists. Kwame Brown (Phi, strained right hamstring) and Nene (Was, strained left calf) did not play. Atl 102, Tor 95 at Atl Al Horford (Atl) had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 16 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 17 points including 4-13 FG and 12 assists. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 17 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 3 steals. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 31 points including 14-23 FG. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Atl shot 20-31 and Tor shot 8-14 FT. Mil 105, Bos 98 at Bos Nate Wolters (Mil) had 14 points and 6 assists. John Henson (Mil) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Zaza Pachulia (Mil) had 20 points including 10-10 FT and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Brandon Bass (Bos) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Vitor Faverani (Bos) had 12 points, 18 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 6 blocks. Mil out-scored Bos 34-15 in the 4th quarter. Brandon Knight (Mil, strained right hamstring) and Luke Ridnour (Mil, back spasms) did not play. Mem 111, Det 108 OT at Mem Mike Conley (Mem) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Josh Smith (Det) had 19 points including 7-23 FG and 3-11 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Will Bynum (Det) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 6 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 19 points. Min 100, OKC 81 at Min Kevin Love (Min) had 24 points and 12 rebounds. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 14 points, 10 assists, and 5 steals. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 13 points including 4-11 FG. Jeremy Lamb (OKC) had 16 points. Bro 101, Mia 100 at Bro Paul Pierce (Bro) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 19 points including 6-8 FG. LeBron James (Mia) had 26 points including 11-19 FG, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 21 points including 10-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Por 113, Den 98 at Den Nicolas Batum (Por) had 21 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 25 points and 9 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 21 points including 4-4 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7 assists. Ty Lawson (Den) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Nate Robinson (Den) had 24 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Por shot 11-15 FT and Den shot 20-34 FT. Pho 87, Uta 84 at Pho Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 18 points on 4-15 FG and 8-10 FT and the game winning 3-pointer with .9 seconds left, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Miles Plumlee (Pho) had 13 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. P.J. Tucker (Pho) had 12 points. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 14 points and 17 rebounds. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 20 points including 8-22 FG and 12 rebounds including 10 offensive. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 18 points including 6-17 FG, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists. Brandon Rush (Uta, left knee rehab) and Marvin Williams (Uta, right Achilles rehab) did not play. LAC 110, Sac 101 at Sac Blake Griffin (LAC) had 20 points, 17 rebounds, and 6 assists. Chris Paul (LAC) had 26 points and 10 assists. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 18 points including 7-10 FG. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 24 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 29 points on 9-13 FG, 3-3 3-pointers, and 8-10 FT. SA 91, LAL 85 at LAL Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 24 points on 12-18 FG and 6 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 20 points. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Jodie Meeks (LAL) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Schedule for Saturday, November 2 (All times Central) Cleveland at Indiana 6:00 pm Chicago at Philadelphia 6:30 pm NBATV Charlotte at New Orleans 7:00 pm Memphis at Dallas 7:30 pm Toronto at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Houston at Utah 8:00 pm San Antonio at Portland 9:00 pm Sacramento at Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, November 3 (All times Central) Boston at Detroit 5:00 pm Washington at Miami 5:00 pm Brooklyn at Orlando 5:00 pm Phoenix at Oklahoma City 6:00 pm NBATV Minnesota at New York 6:30 pm Atlanta at LA Lakers 8:30 pm ---- 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