News from October 17. Atlanta signed Isaiah Taylor. Golden State signed Quinn Cook to a 2-way contract. Milwaukee signed Gary Payton to a 2-way contract. Oklahoma City signed P.J. Dozier to a 2-way contract. Gordon Hayward (Bos) suffered a broken left ankle early in Tuesday's Bos-Cle game. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) suffered multiple broken bones in his face during a fight with teammate Pobby Portis during practice and is out indefinitely. Boston placed Kadeem Allen, Jabari Bird, Marcus Morris, and Guerschon Yabusule on IL. Cleveland placed John Holland, Isaiah Thomas (hip injury), and Ante Zizic on IL. Golden State placed Chris Boucher, Quinn Cook, Andre Iguodala, and Damian Jones on IL. Houston placed Chinanu Onuaku and Troy Williams on IL. Hou 122, GS 121 at GS James Harden (Hou) had 27 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. P.J. Tucker (Hou) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 24 points. Kevin Durant (GS) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 blocks, and 8 turnovers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 22 points, and 5 rebounds. Nick Young (GS) had 23 points including 8-9 FG and 6-7 3-pointers. Cle 102, Bos 99 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 29 points including 12-19 FG, 16 rebounds, and 9 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Cle) had 14 points including 5-14 FG. Jaylen Brown (Bos) had 25 points and 6 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 22 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Schedule for Wednesday, October 18 (All times Central) Charlotte at Detroit 6:00 pm Brooklyn at Indiana 6:00 pm Miami at Orlando 6:00 pm Philadelphia at Washington 6:00 pm ESPN Milwaukee at Boston 6:30 pm New Orleans at Memphis 7:00 pm Atlanta at Dallas 7:30 pm Denver at Utah 8:00 pm Minnesota at San Antonio 8:30 pm ESPN Portland at Phoenix 9:00 pm Houston at Sacramento 9:00 pm Schedule for Thursday, October 19 (All times Central) Chicago at Toronto 6:30 pm New York at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm TNT LA Clippers at LA Lakers 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