News from November 1. The NBA fined Al Harrington (NY) $25,000 for publicly criticizing the refs following Friday's Phi-NY game. Indiana exercised their 10-11 options for Roy Hibbert and Brandon Rush. Toronto activated Sonny Weems and placed Marcus Banks on IL. Miami activated James Jones and placed Daequan Cook (strained right shoulder) on IL. Orl 125, Tor 116 at Tor Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 20 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 24 points including 14-16 FT and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 30 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 9-10 FT and 5 assists. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 27 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Hedo Turkoglu (Tor) had 19 points. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 26 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 35 points including 13-19 FT and 16 rebounds. Vince Carter (Orl, sprained left ankle), Rashard Lewis (Orl, suspended), and Mickael Pietrus (Orl, ill) did not play. Por 83, OKC 74 at OKC Greg Oden (Por) had 12 points including 4-5 FG and 10 rebounds. Steve Blake (Por) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Brandon Roy (Por) had 16 points including 5-17 FG and 5 assists. Jeff Green (OKC) had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 23 points including 7-10 FT and 9 turnovers. Bos 97, NO 87 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 27 points including 10-14 FG. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ray Allen (Bos) had 17 points. Chris Paul (NO) had 22 points including 9-13 FG and 8 assists. Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 26 points including 9-15 FG and 6-10 3-pointers. Bos shot 53.9% (41-76) FG and NO shot 42% (34-81) FG. LAL 118, Atl 110 at LAL Lamar Odom (LAL) had 11 points, 14 rebounds, and 8 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 41 points including 10-11 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 steals. Andrew Bynum (Atl) had 21 points. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 27 points including 8-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 17 points. Pho 120, Min 112 at Pho Grant Hill (Pho) had 23 points and 10 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Channing Frye (Pho) had 25 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Ryan Gomes (Min) had 23 points including 10-13 FG and 15 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Min) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Ronnie Brewer (Min) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Den 133, Mem 123 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 42 points including 11-12 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Nene (Den) had 18 points including 6-6 FG, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 22 points and 12 assists. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 20 points including 7-9 FG and 11 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 40 points including 17-25 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. J.R. Smith (Den, suspended) did not play. Mia 95, Chi 87 at Mia Michael Beasley (Mia) had 10 points including 3-12 FG and 11 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 25 points including 8-10 FT. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 19 points including 9-13 FG and 11 rebounds. Luol Deng (Chi) had 26 points and 8 rebounds. John Salmons (Chi) had 17 points. Schedule for Monday, November 2 (All times Central) New Jersey @ Charlotte 6:00 pm New Orleans @ New York 6:30 pm Houston @ Utah 8:00 pm NBATV Memphis @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Minnesota @ 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