News from October 25. Patrick Beverley (Hou) underwent surgery on his left knee and is expected to be out 3 weeks. Orlando exercised their 17-18 options for Aaron Gordon, Mario Hezonja, and Elfrid Payton. Cleveland placed Kay Felder IL. Golden State placed Damian Jones and James Michael McAdoo on IL. New York placed Maurice Ndour and Marshall Plumlee on IL. Portland placed Festus Ezeli and Tim Quarterman on IL. San Antonio placed Danny Green (strained left quad) and Dejounte Murray on IL. Utah placed Alec Burks and Gordon Hayward (broken left ring finger) on IL. Cle 117, NY 88 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 19 points including 9-14 FG, 11 rebounds, and 14 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 23 points including 9-12 FT, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 29 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Kristaps Prozingis (NY) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Cle shot 47.9% (45-94) FG and NY shot 36.8% (32-87) FG. Por 113, Uta 104 at Por C.J. McCollum (Por) had 25 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 39 points including 13-20 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Allen Crabbe (Por) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Joe Johnson (Uta) had 29 points including 12-16 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 26 points. George Hill (Uta) had 19 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Por out-scored Uta 36-21 in the 4th quarter. Derrick Favors (Uta, left knee bone bruise) did not play. SA 129, GS 100 at GS Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 35 points including 15-15 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 26 points and 14 rebounds including 8 offensive. Jonathon Simmons (SA) had 20 points. Kevin Durant (GS) had 27 points including 11-18 FG and 10 rebounds. Draymond Green (GS) had 18 points, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, 6 assists, and 5 steals. Stephen Curry (GS) had 26 points. SA out-rebounded GS 55-35 including 21-8 offensive. Schedule for Wednesday, October 26 (All times Central) Miami @ Orlando 6:00 pm Dallas @ Indiana 6:00 pm Brooklyn @ Boston 6:30 pm Detroit @ Toronto 6:30 pm Charlotte @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Minnesota @ Memphis 7:00 pm Denver @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Philadelphia 7:00 pm ESPN Sacramento @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Houston @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Thursday, October 27 (All times Central) Washington @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Boston @ Chicago 7:00 pm TNT San Antonio @ Sacramento 9:30 pm LA Clippers @ Portland 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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