News from November 2. Sacramento signed Jordan Farmar. Boston activated Marcus Smart and placed Al Horford (concussion) on IL. Charlotte activated Aaron Harrison and placed Jeremy Lamb on IL. Chicago activated Jerian Grant and R.J. Hunter and placed Michael Carter-Williams (bone bruise left knee) and Doug McDermott on IL. The LA Lakers activated Thomas Robinson and Ivica Zubac and placed Metta World Peace and Timofey Mozgov (eye contusion) on IL. New York activated Ron Baker and placed Willy Hernangomez on IL. Phoenix activated Devin Booker and placed John Jenkins on IL. Uta 97, Dal 81 at Uta Rodney Hood (Uta) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 12 points including 6-14 FT, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. George Hill (Uta) had 25 points including 9-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 14 points. Deron Williams (Dal) had 12 points and 9 assists. Uta shot 15-26 FT and Dal shot 8-10 FT. Boris Diaw (Uta, right leg contusion) did not play. OKC 85, LAC 83 at LAC Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 35 points including 0-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 10 turnovers. Steven Adams (OKC) had 2 points and 11 rebounds. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 6 points on 3-11 FG and 12 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 15 points including 4-11 FG, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, 6 steals, and 5 turnovers. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 14 points including 7-21 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Pho 118, Por 115 OT at Pho Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 20 points including 7-20 FG and the game winning 3-pointer at the buzzer and 7 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (Pho) had 6 points and 18 rebounds. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 27 points and 7 rebounds. Alex Len (Pho) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 24 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 27 points including 1-8 3-pointers and 8-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Bos 107, Chi 100 at Bos Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Amir Johnson (Bos) had 23 points including 9-11 FG and 4-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 13 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 23 points and 9 rebounds. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Mem 89, NO 83 OT at Mem Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points. JaMychal Green (Mem) had 21 points on 9-12 FG and 6 rebounds. James Ennis (Mem) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Lance Stephenson (NO) had 21 points including 9-15 FG and 6 assists. Buddy Hield (NO) had 18 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Jrue Holiday (NO, personal) did not play. LAL 123, Atl 116 at Atl D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 23 points, 8 assists, and 3 blocks. Nick Young (LAL) had 17 points. Louis Williams (LAL) had 18 points. Dwight Howard (Atl) had 31 points on 12-16 FG and 7-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Tim Hardaway (Atl) had 26 points including u-10 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Hou 118, NY 99 at NY James Harden (Hou) had 30 points including 5-12 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 15 assists. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 21 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Montrezl Harrell (Hou) had 17 points including 8-11 FG, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Derrick Rose (NY) had 16 points. Bro 109, Det 101 at Bro Brook Lopez (Bro) had 34 points including 12-21 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Joe Harris (Bro) had 13 points. Sean Kilpatrick (Bro) had 24 points including 4-4 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Tobias Harris (Det) had 23 points. Marcus Morris (Det) had 23 points and 3 steals. Bro shot 53.9% (41-76) FG and Det shot 42% (37-88) FG. Cha 109, Phi 93 at Cha Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 20 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Dario Saric (Phi) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Ersan Ilaysova (Phi) had 14 points. Christian Wood (Cha, strep throat) and Joel Embiid (Phi, rehab) did not play. Tor 113, Was 103 at Was DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 40 points on 14-23 FG and 11-16 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 18 points and 4 steals. Terrence Ross (Tor) had 15 points including 6-8 FG. John Wall (Was) had 33 points including 13-19 FG, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals, and 9 turnovers. Otto Porter (Was) had 23 points including 11-13 FG and 13 rebounds. Tor shot 55.8% (43-77) FG and Was shot 58.3% (42-72) FG. Schedule for Thursday, November 3 (All times Central) Sacramento @ Orlando 6:00 pm Indiana @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Denver @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Boston @ Cleveland 7:00 pm TNT Oklahoma City @ Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, November 4 (All times Central) Atlanta @ Washington 6:00 pm Miami @ Toronto 6:30 pm Charlotte @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm New York @ Chicago 7:00 pm ESPN LA Clippers @ Memphis 7:00 pm Phoenix @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Portland @ Dallas 7:30 pm San Antonio @ Utah 8:00 pm Golden State @ LA Lakers 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