News from October 31. The NBA named Russell Westbrook (OKC) and LeBron James (Cle) as Players of the Week for the week ending October 30. Westbrook averaged 38.7 points, 12.3 rebounds, and 11.7 assists as Oklahoma City went 3-0. James averaged 21 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 10 assists as Cleveland went 3-0. The NBA fined DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) $25,000 for throwing his mouth piece and entering the stands during Saturday's Sac-Min game. Atlanta signed Ryan Kelly and released Edy Tavares. Charlotte signed Cody Zeller to a 4 year, $56 million contract extension. Minnesota signed Gorgui Dieng to a 4 year, $64 million contract extension. Oklahoma City signed Steven Adams to a 4 year, $100 million contract extension. Oklahoma City signed Victor Oladipo to a 4 year, $84 million contract extension. Utah signed Rudy Gobert to a 4 year, $100 million contract extension. Boston exercised their 17-18 options for Marcus Smart and Terry Rozier. Houston exercised their 17-18 option for Sam Dekker. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) is expected to be out at least 2 weeks with a strained left hamstring. Mike Scott (Atl) is expected to undergo procedures on his left knee and is expected to be out 4 weeks. Phoenix activated John Jenkins and placed Devin Booker on IL. Sacramento activated Skal Labissiere and placed Omri Casspi on IL. LAC 116, Pho 98 at LAC Chris Paul (LAC) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 21 points including 12-14 FT, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 11 rebounds. Brandon Knight (Pho) had 18 points. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 12 points including 5-14 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Atl 106, Sac 95 at Atl Dwight Howard (Atl) had 18 points including 8-20 FT, 11 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 blocks. Kyle Krover (Atl) had 17 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 17 points including 5-14 FG and 5 assists. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 13 points including 5-14 FG, 14 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 22 points and 5 assists. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Atl out-scored Sac 27-14 in the 4th quarter. Darren Collison (Sac, suspended) did not play. Chi 118, Bro 88 at Bro Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 14 points on 7-9 FG and 11 rebounds. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 16 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) had 15 points. Jeremy Lin (Bro) had 14 points and 4 steals. Chi shot 50.6% (45-89) FG and Bro shot 34.4% (33-96) FG. Tor 105, Den 102 at Tor DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 33 points including 13-23 FG and 5 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 29 points including 8-10 FT, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Jusuf Nurkic (Den) had 13 points including 5-14 FG, 18 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 blocks. Emmanuel Mudiay (Den) had 16 points including 6-17 FG and 6 rebounds. Lucas Nogueira (Tor, sprained left ankle) did not play. Schedule for Tuesday, November 1 (All times Central) Houston @ Cleveland 5:00 pm NBATV Orlando @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm LA Lakers @ Indiana 6:00 pm Sacramento @ Miami 6:30 pm New York @ Detroit 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Memphis @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Utah @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Golden State @ Portland 9:00 pm NBATV Schedule for Wednesday, November 2 (All times Central) Toronto @ Washington 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Detroit @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Houston @ New York 6:30 pm LA Lakers @ Atlanta 6:30 pm New Orleans @ Memphis 7:00 pm Chicago @ Boston 7:00 pm ESPN Dallas @ Utah 8:00 pm Portland @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Oklahoma City @ LA Clippers 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