News from October 30. Houston exercised their 10-11 option for Aaron Brooks. Utah exercised their 10-11 option for Kosta Koufos. Milwaukee placed Joe Alexander (strained right hamstring), Francisco Elson, and Jodie Meeks on IL. New Jersey activated Trenton Hassell and placed Jarvis Hayes on IL. Minnesota activated Nathan Jawai and placed Jason Hart on IL. Miami activated Yakhouba Diawara and placed James Jones on IL. Detroit activated Chucky Atkins and placed Richard Hamilton (sprained right ankle) on IL. Philadelphia activated Jrue Holiday and placed Primoz Brezec on IL. Dal 94, LAL 80 at LAL Shawn Marion (Dal) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 21 points on 5-14 FG and 10-11 FT and 10 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 16 points. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 20 points including 6-19 FG and 6 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Dal shot 25-32 FT and LAL shot 9-14 FT. Cle 104, Min 87 at Min LeBron James (Cle) had 24 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 13 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 20 points and 6 assists. Al Jefferson (Min) had 12 points including 5-14 FG. Jonny Flynn (Min) had 17 points and 5 turnovers. Bos 118, Chi 90 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 22 points including 5-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 2 points, 8 rebounds, and 16 assists. Ray Allen (Bos) had 20 points. Eddie House (Bos) had 22 points on 9-13 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Tyrus Thomas (Chi) had 10 points and 8 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 16 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Bos shot 58.1% (43-74) FG and Chi shot 41.5% (34-82) FG. NO 97, Sac 92 at NO David West (NO) had 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Emeka Okafor (NO) had 11 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks. Chris Paul (NO) had 31 points including 14-15 FT. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 22 points. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 20 points on 9-29 FG and 7 rebounds. OKC 91, Det 83 at Det Kevin Durant (OKC) had 25 points and 12 rebounds. Jeff Green (OKC) had 16 points. Russell Westrbook (OKC) had 10 points including 2-11 FG, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 21 points on 4-15 FG and 12-13 FT and 5 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Det) had 25 points and 7 rebounds. Mia 96, Ind 83 at Ind Michael Beasley (Mia) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Mia) had 22 points including 8-12 FT and 12 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 32 points including 14-19 FG and 3 steals. Danny Granger (Ind) had 22 points on 6-20 FG and 7-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 12 points and 13 rebounds. Pho 123, GS 101 at Pho Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 20 points including 6-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Channing Frye (Pho) had 22 points including 6-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Steve Nash (Pho) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 20 assists. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 24 points including 9-13 FG. Monta Ellis (GS) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Kelenna Azubuike (GS) had 17 points. Pho shot 53.6% (45-84) FG and GS shot 42.4% (36-85) FG. Jason Richardson (Pho, suspended) did not play. Atl 100, Was 89 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 20 points including 8-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 17 points including 5-16 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 16 points. Brendan Haywood (Was) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 23 points and 7 turnovers. Orl 95, NJ 85 at NJ Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 16 points. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 20 points on 8-11 FG and 4-11 FT, 22 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Devin Harris (NJ) had 16 points including 6-18 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Courtney Lee (NJ) had 18 points including 6-17 FG. Orl shot 49.3% (37-75) FG and NJ shot 38.3% (31-81) FG. Rashard Lewis (Orl, suspended) did not play. Cha 102, NY 100 2OT at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 18 points on 4-20 FG and 10-11 FT and 15 rebounds in 53 minutes. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 17 points including 5-15 FG, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists in 52 minutes. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 15 points including the game winning free throws with 2.5 seconds left. Al Harrington (NY) had 17 points including 7-20 FG and 1-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 17 points and 18 rebounds in 50 minutes. Nate Robinson (NY) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Cha shot 29-36 FT and NY shot 15-18 FT. Mem 115, Tor 107 at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 30 points including 13-21 FG and 7 rebounds including 6 offensive. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 19 points including 6-8 FG, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 37 points including 10-14 FT and 12 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 15 points. Uta 111, LAC 98 at Uta Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 20 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 assists. Deron Williams (Uta) had 21 points and 9 assists. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 23 points including 9-12 FG and 9 rebounds. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 21 points and 3 blocks. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Baron Davis (LAC) had 21 points. Kyle Korver (Uta, left knee surgery) and Mehmet Okur (Uta, mild left ankle sprain) did not play. Phi 99, Mil 86 at Phi Elton Brand (Phi) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Louis Williams (Phi) had 16 points and 3 steals. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists. Michael Redd (Mil) had 17 points including 6-17 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Carlos Delfino (Mil, suspended) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, October 31 (All times Central) New Jersey @ Washington 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ New York 6:30 pm Portland @ Houston 7:30 pm Detroit @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Sacramento @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Dallas @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html