News from November 2. Dallas signed Troy Murphy and released Eddy Curry. Atlanta placed Johan Petro on IL. Charlotte placed DeSagana Diop on IL. Houston activated Patrick Patterson and placed Greg Smith on IL. Indiana activated Miles Plumlee and placed Jeff Pendergraph on IL. The LA Lakers activated Earl Clark and placed Steve Nash (bruised left leg) on IL. Miami activated Joel Anthony and placed Terrel Harris. Milwaukee placed John Henson (bone bruise left knee) and Luc Mbah a Moute (knee surgery rehab) on IL. Minnesota placed Kevin Love (broken bone right hand) and Ricky Rubio (right knee surgery) on IL. New York placed Amare Stoudemire (injured left knee) and Iman Shumpert (left knee surgery) on IL. Orlando placed Al Harrington (right knee rehab) and DeQuan Jones (strained left groin) on IL. LAC 105, LAL 95 at LAL Chris Paul (LAC) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 15 assists, and 3 steals. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 21 points and 3 steals. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 40 points on 14-23 FG and 10-10 FT, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 10 points and 14 rebounds. Hou 109, Atl 102 at Atl Omer Asik (Hou) had 0 points on 0-7 FG and 19 rebounds including 9 offensive. Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 21 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 7 assists. James Harden (Hou) had 45 points on 14-19 FG and 15-17 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Marcus Morris (Hou) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Louis Williams (Atl) had 22 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Mil 99, Bos 88 at Bos Tobias Harris (Mil) had 18 points on 8-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 21 points, 13 assists, and 6 steals. Monta Ellis (Mil) had 14 points. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 15 points. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 14 points, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Chi 115, Cle 86 at Cle Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 19 points including 7-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Richard Hamilton (Chi) had 19 points. Nate Robinson (Chi) had 16 points on 7-9 FG, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 15 points. Chi shot 63.8% (44-69) FG and Cle shot 40.5% (32-79) FG. OKC 106, Por 92 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 23 points including 8-12 FT, 17 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 32 points including 13-24 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kevin Martin (OKC) had 19 points including 3-3 3-pointers. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 22 points and 15 rebounds. Damien Lillard (Por) had 21 points and 7 assists. OKC shot 51.3% (39-76) FG and Por shot 36% (32-89) FG. Pho 92, Det 89 at Pho Michael Beasley (Pho) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 16 points, 16 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 15 points and 10 assists. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 18 points. Jason Maxiell (Det) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. NY 104, Mia 84 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 30 points including 10-28 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Raymond Felton (NY) had 14 points, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Steve Novak (NY) had 17 points including 5-8 3-pointers. LeBron James (Mia) had 23 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Rashard Lewis (Mia) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. NO 88, Uta 86 at NO Robin Lopez (NO) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 13 points including the game winning short runner with 1.3 seconds left and 10 assists. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 19 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Uta) had 16 points. Randy Foye (Uta) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Min 92, Sac 80 at Min Andrei Kirilenko (Min) had 10 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Brandon Roy (Min) had 10 points including 4-14 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. J.J. Barea (Min) had 21 points and 5 assists. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 20 points. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 15 points. Min shot 26-36 FT and Sac shot 13-16 FT. Orl 102, Den 89 at Orl Glenn Davis (Orl) had 29 points and 10 rebounds. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 21 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 6 assists. E'Twaun Moore (Orl) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 23 points on 5-14 FG and 11-14 FT and 8 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 12 points and 7 assists. Orl shot 48.8% (42-86) FG and Den shot 38.1% (32-84) FG. Gustavo Ayon (Orl, sprained left thumb) did not play. Cha 90, Ind 89 at Cha Kemba Walker (Cha) had 30 points including 9-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 18 points and 5 steals. Ramon Sessions (Cha) had 11 points. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Tyler Hansbrough (Ind) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Mem 104, GS 94 at GS Rudy Gay (Mem) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 15 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mike Conley (Mem) had 21 points, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Stephen Curry (GS) had 26 point including 6-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Carl Landry (GS) had 20 points including 10-12 FT and 6 rebounds. Mem shot 28-34 FT and GS shot 12-17 FT. Schedule for Saturday, November 3 (All times Central) Boston at Washington 6:00 pm Sacramento at Indiana 6:00 pm Toronto at Brooklyn 6:30 pm NBATV Denver at Miami 6:30 pm New Orleans at Chicago 7:00 pm Portland at Houston 7:00 pm Cleveland at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Charlotte at Dallas 7:30 pm Utah at San Antonio 7:30 pm Golden State at LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Sunday, November 4 (All times Central) Philadelphia at New York 11:00 am Minnesota at Toronto 5:00 pm NBATV Phoenix at Orlando 5:00 pm Atlanta at Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Detroit at LA Lakers 8:30 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