News from October 27. Chicago exercised their 18-19 options for Bobby Portis, Kris Dunn, Denzel Valentine, Jerian Grant, and Cameron Payne. Atlanta activated Dennis Schroder and placed Nicolas Brussino on IL. Brooklyn activated Sean Kilpatrick and D'Angelo Russell and placed Isaiah Whitehead on IL. Golden State activated JaVale McGee and Quinn Cook and placed Jordan Bell and Shaun Livingston (personal reasons) on IL. Minnesota activated Jimmy Butler. New York activated Frank Ntilikina and placed Ron Baker on IL. Hou 109, Cha 93 at Cha Eric Gordon (Hou) had 26 points including 6-16 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. James Harden (Hou) had 27 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Ryan Anderson (Hou) had 21 points including 6-15 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 19 points including 5-15 FT and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 20 points. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 26 points including 8-22 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. Hou shot 22-57 3-pointers and Cha shot 11-29 3-pointers. Cody Zeller (Cha, bone bruise right knee) did not play. Orl 114, SA 87 at Orl Evan Fournier (Orl) had 25 points including 10-12 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 16 points on 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Jonathon Simmons (Orl) had 17 points. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 11 rebounds. Pau Gasol (SA) had 12 points including 5-7 FG and 11 rebounds. Orl out-scored SA 61-34 in the 1st half. Orl shot 57.1% (48-84) FG and SA shot 33.7% (30-89) FG. Joffrey Lauvergne (SA, sprained left ankle) did not play. Den 105, Atl 100 at Atl Nikola Jokic (Den) had 18 points, 15 rebounds, and 5 assists. Gary Harris (Den) had 18 points. Will Barton (Den) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 rebounds. Taurean Prince (Atl) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 20 points and 6 assists. NY 107, Bro 86 at NY Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 30 points including 1-6 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Enes Kanter (NY) had 12 points on 6-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Courtney Lee (NY) had 13 points including 4-11 FG. D'Angelo Russell (Bro) had 15 points. Quincy Acy (Bro) had 12 points on 4-6 3-pointers (his only attempts). Min 119, OKC 116 at Min Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 33 points, 19 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 blocks. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 25 points on 7-10 FG and 11-13 FT and 7 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Min) had 17 points, 10 assists, and 6 turnovers. Paul George (OKC) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 23 points. Steven Adams (OKC) had 20 points including 8-10 FG and 8 rebounds including 6 offensive. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 27 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, and 8 turnovers. GS 120, Was 117 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 31 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 18 points. Stephen Curry (GS) had 20 points including 3-13 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Kelly Oubre (Was) had 19 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Otto Porter (Was) had 29 points on 11-16 FG and 7-9 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 20 points including 7-20 FG and 14 assists. Tor 101, LAL 92 at LAL Pascal Siakam (Tor) had 18 points including 8-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (Tor) had 18 points including 8-10 FG and 8 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 11 points including 4-14 FG, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists. Kyle Kuzma (LAL) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Julius Randle (LAL) had 18 points including 6-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Schedule for Saturday, October 28 (All times Central) Cleveland at New Orleans 6:00 pm Boston at Miami 7:00 pm Oklahoma City at Chicago 7:00 pm Houston at Memphis 7:00 pm Philadelphia at Dallas 7:30 pm LA Lakers at Utah 8:00 pm Phoenix at Portland 9:00 pm Detroit at LA Clippers 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, October 29 (All times Central) Milwaukee at Atlanta 2:30 pm San Antonio at Indiana 3:30 pm Denver at Brooklyn 5:00 pm Orlando at Charlotte 5:00 pm Washington at Sacramento 5:00 pm New York at Cleveland 6:00 pm Detroit at Golden State 7:30 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