News from October 30. Russell Westrbook (OKC) suffered a fractured bone in his right hand. Charlotte signed Kemba Walker to a 4 year, $48 million contract extension. Golden State picked up their 15-16 options for Harrison Barnes and Festus Ezeli. Golden State elected not to pick up their 15-16 option for Nemanja Nedovic. Cleveland placed Louis Amundson and A.J. Price on IL. The LA Clippers placed Glen Davis (strained right groin) and C.J. Wilcox on IL. Minnesota activated Kevin Martin and placed Glenn Robinson on IL. Orlando activated Channing Frye and placed Kyle O'Quinn on IL. Dal 120, Uta 102 at Dal Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 21 points including 9-13 FG. Al-Farouq Aminu (Dal) had 16 points including 6-7 FG and 10 rebounds. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 17 points and 11 rebounds. Trey Burke (Uta) had 16 points and 7 assists. LAC 93, OKC 90 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 23 points including 7-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 22 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 16 points including 5-15 FG and 3 steals. Perry Jones (OKC) had 32 points on 10-17 FG and 9-11 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Reggie Jackson (OKC, sprained right ankle), Jeremy Lamb (OKC, lower back strain), and Anthony Morrow (OKC, sprained left MCL) did not play. NY 95, Cle 90 at Cle Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 25 points and 6 assists. Iman Shumpert (NY) had 12 points. Quincy Acy (NY) had 8 points and 10 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 19 points and 14 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 17 points including 5-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 8 turnovers. Min 97, Det 91 at Min Thaddeus Young (Min) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 17 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Caron Butler (Det) had 24 points on 10-14 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. D.J. Augustin (Det) had 20 points including 6-18 FG and 6 assists. Min shot 19-28 FT and Det shot 8-13 FT. Greg Monroe (Det, suspended) did not play. Was 105, Orl 98 at Orl John Wall (Was) had 30 points, 5 rebounds, and 12 assist. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 20 points including 10-13 FG and 12 rebounds. Paul Pierce (Was) had 16 points. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 23 points and 12 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 21 points including 8-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Ben Gordon (Orl) had 22 points. Schedule for Friday, October 31 (All times Central) Memphis @ Indiana 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Chicago 7:00 pm ESPN Philadelphia @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm San Antonio @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Portland @ Sacramento 9:00 pm LA Clippers @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Saturday, November 1 (All times Central) Dallas @ New Orleans 6:00 pm Memphis @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Toronto @ Orlando 6:00 pm Miami @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Washington 6:00 pm Indiana @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Brooklyn @ Detroit 6:30 pm Boston @ Houston 7:00 pm Chicago @ Minnesota 7:00 pm NBATV Denver @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Phoenix @ Utah 8:00 pm LA Lakers @ Golden State 9:30 pm NBATV ---- 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