News from October 20. Milwaukee signed Joel Bolomboy to a 2-way contract. New York signed Isaiah Hicks to a 2-way contract. Chris Paul (Hou) is expected to be out 2 to 4 weeks with a bruised left knee. Atlanta activated Nicolas Brussino and placed DeAndre Bembry (fractured right wrist) on IL. Boston placed Marcus Smart on IL. Brooklyn activated Tyler Zeller and placed Jeremy Lin on IL. Lin underwent surgery to repair a ruptured right patella tendon and is out for the season. Cleveland placed London Perrentes on IL. Dallas activated Gian Clavell and placed Dennis Smith (sore left knee) on IL. Detroit activated Anthony Tolliver and placed Reggie Bullock (suspended) and Boban Marjanovic on IL. Golden State activated Quinn Cook and Andre Iguodala and placed Omri Casspi (sprained left ankle) and Kevon Looney on IL. Indiana activated Alex Poythress and placed Myles Turner (concussion) on IL. The LA Lakers activated John Hart and placed Luol Deng on IL. Orlando activated Wes Iwundu and placed Aaron Gordon (sore left ankle) on IL. Phoenix activated Alex Len. Portland placed Wade Baldwin on IL. Sacramento activated Zach Randolph and placed Georgios Papagiannis on IL. Utah activated Raul Neto and placed Nate Wolters on IL. Washington activated Mike Young and placed Jason Smith on IL. Sac 93, Dal 88 at Dal George Hill (Sac) had 21 points on 9-12 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Buddy Heild (Sac) had 13 points including 4-11 FG and 1-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 10 points and 11 rebounds. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 24 points. Yogi Ferrell (Dal) had 14 points. Sac out-rebounded Dal 57-36 including 16-7 offensive. Devin Harris (Dal, death in the family) did not play. LAL 132, Pho 130 at Pho Lonzo Ball (LAL) had 29 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 9 assists. Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Brook Lopez (LAL) had 19 points and 11 rebounds. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 24 points and 8 rebounds. Devin Booker (Pho) had 25 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, and 6 turnovers. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 28 points. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (LAL, suspended) did not play. GS 128, NO 120 at NO Stephen Curry (GS) had 28 points including 40-10 3-pointers and 10-10 FT and 7 assists. Kevin Durant (GS) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Klay Thompson (GS) had 33 points on 13-20 FG and 7-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO) had 35 points including 15-21 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 17 rebounds including 5 offensive. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 35 points including 10-13 FT, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 6 turnovers. Min 100, Uta 97 at Min Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (Min) had 17 points. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 20 points. Ricky Rubio (Uta) had 19 points including 10-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Bro 126, Orl 121 at Bro DeMarre Carroll (Bro) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. D'Angelo Russell (Bro) had 17 points, 6 assists, and 8 turnovers. Trevor Booker (Bro) had 17 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 22 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 41 points including 17-22 FG and 6-8 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. Bro shot 25-35 FT and Orl shot 13-15 FT. Cle 116, Mil 97 at Mil LeBron James (Cle) had 24 points including 10-16 FG, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 17 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kyle Korver (Cle) had 17 points on 6-8 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 34 points including 15-22 FG, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Malcolm Brogdon (Mil) had 16 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Was 115, Det 111 at Was Otto Porter (Was) had 28 points including 11-19 FG, 9 rebounds, and 4 steals. Bradley Beal (Was) had 25 points and 3 blocks. John Wall (Was) had 26 points including 9-11 FT, 10 assists, and 8 turnovers. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Avery Bradley (Det) had 18 points and 5 turnovers. Bos 102, Phi 92 at Phi Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Al Horford (Bos) had 17 points including 5-16 FG and 9 rebounds. Jayson Tatum (Bos) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. J.J. Redick (Phi) had 19 pointers including 4-7 3-pointers. Jerryd Bayless (Phi) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Bos shot 22-32 FT and Phi shot 12-16 FT. Por 114, Ind 96 at Ind C.J. McCollum (Por) had 28 points including 12-18 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Al-Farouq Aminu (Por) had 16 points and 16 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 17 points including 5-17 FG and 6 rebounds. T.J. Leaf (Ind) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Cha 109, Atl 91 at Cha Dwight Howard (Cha) had 20 points, 15 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 26 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 10-12 FT and 9 assists. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 25 points and 5 assists. Taurean Prince (Atl) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Michael Carter-Williams (Cha, sore knee), Cody Zeller (Cha), and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha, personal reasons) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, October 21 (All times Central) Philadelphia at Toronto 6:30 pm Orlando at Cleveland 7:00 pm Indiana at Miami 7:00 pm Detroit at New York 7:00 pm San Antonio at Chicago 7:00 pm Dallas at Houston 7:00 pm Golden State at Memphis 7:00 pm NBATV Portland at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Sacramento at Denver 8:00 pm Oklahoma City at Utah 8:00 pm Phoenix at LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Sunday, October 22 (All times Central) Atlanta at Brooklyn 2:30 pm Minnesota at Oklahoma City 6:00 pm New Orleans at LA Lakers 8:30 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