News from November 1. Charlotte exercised their 18-19 option for Frank Kaminsky. Golden Stare exercised their 18-19 option for Damian Jones. The LA Clippers exercised their 18-19 option for Sam Dekker. Milwaukee exercised their 18-19 option for Thon Maker. Philadelphia exercised their 18-19 options for Justin Anderson, Timothey Luwawu-Cabarrot, Dario Saric, and Ben Simmons. Atlanta placed Josh Magette on IL. Cleveland activated Ante Zizic and placed Iman Shumpert (sore right knee) on IL. Dallas placed Gian Clavell on IL. Houston placed Troy Williams on IL. Memphis activated Ivan Raab and Kobi Simmons. Miami activated Hassan Whiteside. Philadelphia activated J.J. Redick. Portland activated Noah Vonleh and placed Meyers Leonard (sprained right ankle) on IL. Sacramento activated Garrett Temple and placed Georgios Papagiannis on IL. Toronto activated Jonas Valanciunas and placed Bruno Caboclo on IL. Utah activated Tony Bradley and placed Joe Johnson (sore right wrist) on IL. Washington activated Markieff Morris and placed Otto Porter (ill) on IL. LAC 119, Dal 98 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 19 points. Louis Williams (LAC) had 17 points. Dennis Smith (Dal) had 18 points and 6 turnovers. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. LAC shot 53.2% (41-77) FG and Dal shot 39.3% (35-89) FG. Uta 112, Por 103 OT at Uta Ricky Rubio (Uta) had 30 points including 11-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 28 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 19 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Damian Lillard (Por) had 33 points including 4-15 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Uta out-scored Por 18-9 in overtime. Den 129, Tor 111 at Den Paul Millsap (Den) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Jamal Murry (Den) had 24 points including 8-10 FG. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 8 points, 16 rebounds, and 10 assists. Norman Powell (Tor) had 14 points. Delon Wright (Tor) had 12 points and 6 assists. Min 104, NO 98 at NO Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Taj Gibson (Min) had 11 points and 12 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 23 points including 7-10 FT and 3 steals. Anthony Davis (NO) had 24 points including 8-11 FT, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 35 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 10-10 FT, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 steals, 3 blocks, and 8 turnovers. Orl 101, Mem 99 at Mem Evan Fournier (Orl) had 22 points on 9-16 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Terrence Ross (Orl) had 15 points. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 22 points on 10-14 FG and 9 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 32 points including 13-20 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. Mike Conley (Mem, sore left Achilles) did not play. Hou 119, NY 97 at NY Ryan Anderson (Hou) had 21 points. James Harden (Hou) had 31 points including 6-17 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 7 turnovers. Trevor Aria (Hou) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 23 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Mia 97, Chi 91 at Mia Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 13 points and 14 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 19 points. Lauri Markkanen (Chi) had 25 points and 8 rebounds. Robin Lopez (Chi) had 22 points including 10-17 FG. Bos 113, Sac 86 at Bos Jaylen Brown (Bos) had 22 points including 7-8 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 22 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Daniel Theis (Bos) had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Sac) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Buddy Hield (Sac) had 17 points including 7-11 FG, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Bos out-rebounded Sac 52-26 including 16-7 offensive. Pho 122, Was 116 at Was T.J. Warren (Pho) had 40 points on 16-22 FG and 7-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Devin Booker (Pho) had 22 points and 5 assists. Marquese Chriss (Pho) had 9 points and 10 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 40 points including 6-12 3-pointers and 10-11 FT and 6 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Markieff Morris (Was, suspended) did not play. Phi 119, Atl 109 at Phi Robert Covington (Phi) had 22 points including 6-11 3-pointers. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 21 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 19 points, 13 rebounds, and 9 assists. Taurean Prince (Atl) had 17 points including 6-17 FG and 11 rebounds. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 25 points including 10-17 FG and 6 assists. Ind 124, Cle 107 at Cle Thaddeus Young (Ind) had 26 points on 12-18 FG, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 23 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 7 assists. Darren Collison (Ind) had 25 points including 9-10 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Domantas Sabonis (Ind) had 15 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists. LeBron James (Cle) had 33 points including 14-22 FG, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, and 8 turnovers. Derrick Rose (Cle) had 19 points including 9-13 FG. Cha 126, Mil 121 at Cha Kemba Walker (Cha) had 26 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 17 points including 5-11 FT, 11 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Malik Monk (Cha) had 25 points on 10-17 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 43 points on 15-28 FG, 5-8 3-pointers, and 8-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Malcolm Brogdon (Mil) had 20 points. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 14 points including 5-16 FG, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Schedule for Thursday, November 2 (All times Central) Golden State at San Antonio 7:00 pm TNT LA Lakers at Portland 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, November 3 (All times Central) Milwaukee at Detroit 6:00 pm Chicago at Orlando 6:00 pm Indiana at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Cleveland at Washington 6:00 pm ESPN Houston at Atlanta 6:30 pm Phoenix at New York 6:30 pm New Orleans at Dallas 7:30 pm Charlotte at San Antonio 7:30 pm Miami at Denver 8:00 pm Toronto at Utah 8:00 pm Boston at Oklahoma City 8:30 pm ESPN Brooklyn at LA Lakers 9:30 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