News from October 18. Chicago suspended Bobby Portis for 8 games for throwing a punch at teammate Nikola Mirotic during practice. Mirotic suffered broken bones in his face and is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks. Jeremy Lin (Bro) suffered a ruptured right patella tendon during Wednesday's Bro-Ind game and is expected to be out for the rest of the season. Gordon Hayward (Bos) underwent surgery on his dislocated left ankle and fractured tibia and is likely out for the rest of the season. Cleveland signed London Perrentes to a 2-way contract. Denver released Jameer Nelson. The LA Lakers signed Vander Blue to a 2-way contract. Atlanta placed Nicolas Brussino, Miles Plumlee (strained right quad), and Isaiah Taylor on IL. Boston activated Jabari Bird and Guerschon Yabusule and placed Gordon Hayward (dislocated left ankle and fractured tibia) on IL. Brooklyn placed Yakuba Ouattara, Isaiah Whitehead, Jacob Wiley, and Tyler Zeller on IL. Charlotte placed Nicolas Batum (sprained left elbow), Mangok Mathiang, and Marcus Paige on IL. Dallas placed Gian Clavell, Seth Curry (stress reaction left tibia), Josh McRoberts (lower extremity injury), and Johnathan Motley on IL. Denver placed Tony Craig, Tyler Lydon, and Monte Morris on IL. Detroit placed Luis Montero, Dwight Buycks (strained left hip flexor), and Anthony Tolliver on IL. Indiana placed Alex Poythress, Glenn Robinson (left ankle surgery), and Edmond Sumner (left knee surgery) on IL. Memphis placed Vincent Hunter, Ben McLemore (right foot), Wayne Seldon (right quad), and Kobi Simmons on IL. Miami placed A.J. Hammons (ill), Rodney McGruder (stress fracture left tibia), Derrick Walton, and Okaro White (strained left shoulder) on IL. Milwaukee placed DeAndre Liggins, Jabari Parker (left knee surgery), and Gary Payton on IL. Minnesota placed Anthony Brown and Justin Patton (left foot surgery) on IL. New Orleans placed Alexis Ajinca, Omer Asik (ill), Solomon Hill (torn left hamstring), Frank Jackson (fractured right foot), and Rajon Rondo (left core muscle injury) on IL. Orlando placed Jamel Artis, Khem Birch, Adreian Payne (fractured left hand), and Wes Iwundu (strained right hamstring) on IL. Philadelphia placed Furkan Kormaz, Richaun Holmes (fractured left hand), James Michael McAdoo, and Jacob Pullen on IL. Phoenix placed Jared Dudley (left foot surgery), Brandon Knight (torn left ACL - out for the season), Alex Len (sprained left ankle), Davon Reed (left meniscus repair - out 3-5 months), and Alan Williams (right meniscus repair - out 5 months) on IL. Portland placed Noah Vonleh (right shoulder) and C.J. Wilcox on IL. Sacramento placed Bogdan Bogdanovic (sprained right ankle), Jack Cooley, Zach Randolph (oral surgery), and Harry Giles (bilateral knee rehab) on IL. San Antonio placed Matt Costello, Darun Hillard, Kawhi Leonard (right quad rehab), and Tony Parker (left quad surgery) on IL. Utah placed Tony Bradley, Dante Exum (left shoulder injury), Eric Griffin, and Raul Neto (right hamstring injury) on IL. Washington placed Markieff Morris (sports hernia surgery), Sheldon McClellan (left Achilles surgery), Devin Robinson (stress fracture left foot), and Mike Young on IL. Atl 117, Dal 111 at Dal Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 28 points and 7 assists. Marco Belinelli (Atl) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 3 steals. John Collins (Atl) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Dennis Smith (Dal) had 16 points and 10 assists. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 15 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Nerlens Noel (Dal) had 16 points on a perfect 6-6 FG and 4-4 FT, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Hou 105, Sac 100 at Sac Clint Capela (Hou) had 22 points including 10-12 FG, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 25 points including 7-23 FG and 4-13 3-pointers. James Harden (Hou) had 27 points including 4-14 3-pointers and 9 assists. Buddy Hield (Sac) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 21 points including 10-15 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chris Paul (Hou, bruised left knee) did not play. Por 124, Pho 76 at Pho Damian Lillard (Por) had 27 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 11 points on 2-7 FG and 7-10 FT, 11 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Pat Connaughton (Por) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 15 points including 5-18 FG and 1-6 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. Devin Booker (Pho) had 12 points on 6-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Por out-scored Pho 69-34 in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. Por shot 48.9% (44-90) FG and Pho shot 31.5% (28-89) FG. Por out-rebounded Pho 57-33 including 10-15 offensive. C.J. McCollum (Por, suspended) did not play. SA 107, Min 99 at SA LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 25 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Danny Green (SA) had 17 points. Dejounte Murray (SA) had 16 points including 7-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 26 points including 9-14 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Uta 106, Den 96 at Uta Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 18 points including 7-9 FG, 10 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 14 points. Alec Burks (Uta) had 16 points on 7-10 FG. Paul Millsap (Den) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Will Barton (Den) had 23 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Mem 103, NO 91 at Mem Mike Conley (Mem) had 27 points including 9-15 FG and 4-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 14 points on 6-18 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Dillon Brooks (Mem) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Anthony Davis (NO) had 33 points including 14-17 FT, 18 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 5 turnovers. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 28 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 blocks. Mil 108, Bos 100 at Bos Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 37 points on 13-22 FG and 11-13 FT, 13 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Malcolm Brogdon (Mil) had 19 points. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 15 points including 6-17 FG, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jaylen Brown (Bos) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 17 points including 7-25 FG and 3 steals. Was 120, Phi 115 at Was John Wall (Was) had 28 points including 10-28 FG, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Bradley Beal (Was) had 25 points on 6-17 FG and 12-16 FT, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 16 points, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Robert Covington (Phi) had 29 points including 9-15 FG and 7-11 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Was shot 30-38 FT and Phi shot 14-19 FT. Orl 116, Mia 109 at Orl Evan Fournier (Orl) had 23 points. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 19 points and 13 rebounds. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 14 points including 4-13 FG and 9 rebounds. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 26 points including 11-18 FG and 22 rebounds including 5 offensive. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 17 points including 6-19 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Ind 140, Bro 131 at Ind Thaddeus Young (Ind) had 17 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Myles Turner (Ind) had 21 points, 14 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 22 points including 8-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Darren Collison (Ind) had 21 points including 9-12 FG and 11 assists. D'Angelo Russell (Bro) had 30 points had 30 points including 12-22 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Jeremy Lin (Bro) had 18 points. Trevor Booker (Bro) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Det 102, Cha 90 at Det Tobias Harris (Det) had 27 points including 11-18 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Langston Galloway (Det) had 16 points and 3 steals. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 24 points including 11-13 FT and 6 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 10 points and 15 rebounds. Det shot 11-12 FT and Cha shot 23-29 FT. Reggie Bullock (Det, suspended), Michael Carter-Williams (Cha, sore knee), and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha, personal reasons) did not play. 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 Schedule for Friday, October 20 (All times Central) Atlanta at Charlotte 6:00 pm Portland at Indiana 6:00 pm Boston at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Detroit at Washington 6:00 pm Cleveland at Milwaukee 6:00 pm ESPN Orlando at Brooklyn 6:30 pm Utah at Minnesota 7:00 pm Sacramento at Dallas 7:30 pm Golden State at New Orleans 8:30 pm ESPN LA Lakers at Phoenix 9:00 pm ---- 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