News from October 23. The NBA named James Harden (Hou) and Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) as Players of the Week for the week ending October 22. Harden averaged 27 points and 9 assists as Houston went 3-0. Antetokounmpo averaged 38.3 points, 9.7 rebounds, and 5 assists a Milwaukee went 2-1. The NBA fined Stephen Curry (GS) $50,000 for throwing his mouth piece in the direction of a ref during Saturday's GS-Mem game. The NBA fined Andre Iguodala (GS) $15,000 for verbally abusing a ref during Saturday's GS-Mem game. Atlanta activated Nicolas Brussino and placed Dennis Schroder (sprained left ankle on IL). Charlotte activated Mangok Mathiang and placed Marcus Paige and Michael Carter-Williams (sore knee) and Julyan Stone on IL. Dallas activated Dennis Smith. Denver activated Richard Jefferson and placed Juan Hernangomez (ill) on IL. Golden State activated Omri Casspi and placed Quinn Cook on IL. Philadelphia activated Joel Embiid and placed James Michael McAdoo on IL. Phoenix activated Jared Dudley and placed Eric Bledsoe and Alec Peters on IL. Sacramento activated Bojdan Bogdanovic and placed JaKarr Sampson on IL. Toronto activated Bruno Caboclo and placed Jonas Valanciunas (sprained left ankle) on IL. Washington placed Mike Young on IL. GS 133, Dal 103 at Dal Kevin Durant (GS) had 25 points including 9-15 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 21 points. Stephen Curry (GS) had 29 points including 13-13 FT, 8 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 19 points and 3 steals. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 13 points and 8 assists. GS shot 55.8% (48-86) FG and Dal shot 39.6% (38-96) FG. SA 101, Tor 97 at SA LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Dejounte Murray (SA) had 16 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 assists. Danny Green (SA) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 blocks. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 28 points and 3 steals. Jakob Poeltl (Tor) had 10 points including 4-5 FG, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. SA out-rebounded Tor 55-34 including 18-5 offensive. Was 109, Den 104 at Den Bradley Beal (Was) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 19 points on 3-13 FG and 13-15 FT and 12 assists. Otto Porter (Was) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 29 points including 9-14 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Paul Millsap (Den) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Pho 117, Sac 115 at Pho Marquese Chris (Pho) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Devin Booker (Pho) had 22 points and 5 assists. Mike James (Pho) had 18 points on 8-10 FG. De'Aaron Fox (Sac) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Garrett Temple (Sac) had 23 points including 6-8 FG. Pho shot 54.5% (42-77) FG and Sac shot 43.4% (43-99) FG. Mil 103, Cha 94 at Mil Khris Middleton (Mil) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 32 points including 13-21 FG, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Mirza Teletovic (Mil) had 15 points on 5-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 8 points including 0-9 FT, 22 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 blocks. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 18 points including 6-8 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Mem 98, Hou 90 at Hou Marc Gasol (Mem) had 26 points including 10-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 17 points including 3-10 FG. James Ennis (Mem) had 14 points and 11 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 7 turnovers. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 27 points including 5-15 3-pointers and 7 assists. Mia 104, Atl 93 at Mia Josh Richardson (Mia) had 21 points. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 19 points and 6 assists. Wayne Ellington (Mia) had 20 points including 6-8 3-pointers. Taurean Prince (Atl) had 20 points on 9-14 FG, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 20 points on 6-17 FG and 7-10 FT. Ersan Ilyasova (Atl, strained left knee) did not play. Phi 97, Det 86 at Det Joel Embiid (Phi) had 30 points including 11-15 FG, 9 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 21 points including 8-11 FG, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists. Robert Covington (Phi) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Andre Drummond (Det) had 14 points, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 steals. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 16 points, 6 assists, and 7 assists. Schedule for Tuesday, October 24 (All times Central) Chicago at Cleveland 6:00 pm NBATV Brooklyn at Orlando 6:00 pm New York at Boston 6:30 pm Indiana at Minnesota 7:00 pm New Orleans at Portland 9:00 pm NBATV Utah at LA Clippers 9:30 pm Schedule for Wednesday, October 25 (All times Central) Denver at Charlotte 6:00 pm Minnesota at Detroit 6:00 pm Houston at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Cleveland at Brooklyn 6:30 pm San Antonio at Miami 7:00 pm ESPN Indiana at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Memphis at Dallas 7:30 pm Utah at Phoenix 9:00 pm Toronto at Golden State 9:30 pm Washington at 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