News from October 30. The NBA named DeMArcus Cousins (NO) and Victor Oladipo (INd) as Players of the Week for the week ending October 29. Cousins averaged 36.3 points, 16 rebounds, and 6.3 assists a New Orleans went 2-1. Oladipo averaged 28.7 points as Indiana went 2-1. Boston placed Jabari Bird on IL. Dallas activated Gian Clavell and placed Dorian Finney-Smith (sore left knee) on IL. Golden State activated Jordan Bell and placed Kevon Looney on IL. Houston activated Trevor Ariza and Eric Gordon and placed Briante Weber on IL. Memphis placed Ivan Rabb on IL. New Orleans placed Charles Cooke and Jalen Jones on IL. Orlando activated Jonathan Isaac. Philadelphia activated Jahlil Okafor and Furkan Kormaz and placed James Michael McAdoo and Markell Fultz (sore right shoulder) and J.J. Redick (lower back tightness) on IL. Uta 104, Dal 89 at Uta Rodney Hood (Uta) had 25 points including 9-15 FG and 5-9 3-pointers. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 17 points on 4-5 FG and 9-12 FT, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 blocks. Ricky Rubio (Uta) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 18 points on 7-11 FG and 4-5 3-ointers and 5 rebounds. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 17 points on 7-11 FG and 5 turnovers. GS 141, LAC 113 at LAC Kevin Durant (GS) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Draymond Green (GS) had 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 31 points including 9-14 FG and 7-11 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Danilo Gallinari (LAC) had 19 points. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 16 points. GS shot 58.4% (52-89) FG and LAC shot 45.3% (39-86) FG. Tor 99, Por 85 at Por Lucas Nogueira (Tor) had 17 points including 7-8 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 blocks. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 25 points. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 36 points including 9-10 FT and 6 turnovers. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 16 points including 5-16 FG. Tor out-scored Por 25-6 in the 2nd quarter. Serge Ibaka (Tor, left knee swelling) and Meyers Leonard (Por, sprained right ankle) did not play. Orl 115, NO 99 at NO Evan Fournier (Orl) had 20 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Jonathon Simmons (Orl) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO) had 39 points on 13-20 FG and 13-15 FT, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 12 points including 5-14 FG, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Cha 104, Mem 99 at Mem Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 27 points including 12-13 FT and 6 assists. Cody Zeller (Cha) had 11 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Mike Conley (Mem) had 16 points on 4-18 FG, 0-7 3-pointers, and 8-10 FT and 6 assists. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 19 points including 6-17 FG and 10 rebounds. Phi 115, Hou 107 at Hou Joel Embiid (Phi) had 22 points including 9-12 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 24 points including 10-15 FG, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (Phi) had 17 points. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 25 points including 5-14 FG. James Harden (Hou) had 29 points including 10-12 FT, 7 assists, 4 steals, and 7 turnovers. Phi shot 55% (44-80) FG and Hou shot 39.8% (33-83) FG. NY 116, Den 110 at NY Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 38 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Enes Kanter (NY) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Kyle O'Quinn (NY) had 15 points on 3-4 FG and 9-10 FT, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 blocks. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 28 points including 9-15 FG and 6-10 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Jamal Murray (Den) had 20 points. Min 125, Mia 122 OT at Mia Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 22 points including 7-23 FG and 7 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jeff Teague (Min) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, and 6 steals. Dion Waiters (Mia) had 33 points including 1-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Kelly Olynyk (Mia) had 23 points including 9-12 FG and 6 rebounds. Bos 108, SA 94 at Bos Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 24 points including 10-16 FG, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Al Horford (Bos) had 14 points on 7-11 FG, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jaylen Brown (Bos) had 18 points. Brandon Paul (SA) had 18 points including 6-8 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Rudy Gay (SA) had 14 points. Manu Ginobili (SA, rest) did not play. Schedule for Tuesday, October 31 (All times Central) Sacramento at Indiana 6:00 pm Phoenix at Brooklyn 6:30 pm Oklahoma City at Milwaukee 7:00 pm NBATV Detroit at LA Lakers 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Wednesday, November 1 (All times Central) Milwaukee at Charlotte 6:00 pm Indiana at Cleveland 6:00 pm Atlanta at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Phoenix at Washington 6:00 pm Sacramento at Boston 6:30 pm Chicago at Miami 6:30 pm Houston at New York 7:00 pm ESPN Orlando at Memphis 7:00 pm Minnesota at New Orleans 7:00 pm Toronto at Denver 8:00 pm Portland at Utah 8:00 pm Dallas at LA Clippers 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