News from October 27. Chicago signed R.J. Hunter. Atlanta placed Mike Scott and Tiago Splitter (strained right hamstring) on IL. Chicago placed Jerian Grant on IL. The LA Clippers placed Brice Johnson (herniated disc) and Paul Pierce on IL. Washington placed Danuel House and Ian Mahinmi (left knee surgery) on IL. LAC 114, Por 106 at Por Blake Griffin (LAC) had 27 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Chris Paul (LAC) had 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 15 points including 3-12 FG and 1-6 3-pointers and 4 steals. Maurice Harkless (Por) had 23 points including 10-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 29 points and 10 rebounds. Mason Plumlee (Por) had 17 points including 7-9 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Meyers Leonard (Por) did not play. SA 102, Sac 94 at Sac Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 30 points, 5 assists, and 5 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Dewayne Dedmon (SA) had 12 points including 5-6 FG, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 17 points on 3-10 FG and 10-12 FT and 7 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 37 points including 14-16 FT and 16 rebounds. Darren Collison (Sac, suspended) did not play. Chi 105, Bos 99 at Chi Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 24 points on 6-17 FG, 4-6 3-pointers, and 8-12 FT and 7 rebounds. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Chi) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 25 points including 10-15 FG and 5 turnovers. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chi shot 39.1% (36-92) FG and Bos shot 50% (38-76) FG. Atl 114, Was 99 at Atl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 28 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Dwight Howard (Atl) had 11 points, 19 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. Tim Hardaway (Atl) had 21 points. Markieff Morris (Was) had 22 points. John Wall (Was) had 12 points including 3-15 FG, 10 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Schedule for Friday, October 28 (All times Central) Cleveland @ Toronto 6:00 pm ESPN Indiana @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Orlando @ Detroit 6:30 pm Phoenix @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Charlotte @ Miami 7:00 pm Houston @ Dallas 7:30 pm LA Lakers @ Utah 8:00 pm Golden State @ New Orleans 8:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Saturday, October 29 (All times Central) Atlanta @ Philadelphia 11:30 am Boston @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Memphis @ New York 6:30 pm Orlando @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Indiana @ Chicago 7:00 pm Brooklyn @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm New Orleans @ San Antonio 7:00 pm NBATV Portland @ Denver 8:00 pm Minnesota @ Sacramento 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