News from October 23. Dallas signed Dirk Nowitzki to a 6 year, estimated $85 million contract extension. The exact amount of the extension will not be known until the 02-03 salary cap is computed. Charlotte released Ricky Moore. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) will be out until mid-December while still rehabing from last February's left foot surgery. Cleveland released Anthony Goldwire and Trevor Winter. The LA Lakers released Peter Cornell. Milwaukee signed Ervin Johnson to a 2 year contract extension. Johnson is now signed through 04-05. Eric Snow (Phi) underwent surgery on his broken left thumb to insert a plate, 2 pins, and 5 screws. He is expected to be out 3 months. Seattle released Anthony Johnson. [thanks to Jed Tai] Pre-season games Dal 113, Orl 104 - at Dal Michael Finley (Dal) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Danny Manning (Dal) had 16 points including 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Adrian Griffin (Dal) had 22 points and 9 rebounds. Grant Hill (Orl) had 27 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Troy Hudson (Orl) had 14 points and 5 assists. Cha 91, Atl 79 - at Cha Baron Davis (Cha) had 17 points and 5 assists. Jamal Mashburn (Cha) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. David Wesley (Cha) had 16 points. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Atl) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Dion Glover (Atl) had 12 points. Was 105, NJ 92 - at Greenville, South Carolina Richard Hamilton (Was) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Michael Jordan (Was) had 27 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Jahidi White (Was) had 6 points and 14 rebounds. Keith Van Horn (NJ) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Todd MacCulloch (NJ) had 22 points and 12 rebounds. Mia 90, SA 88 - at Boca Raton, Florida Eddie House (Mia) had 24 points including 11-15 FG and 8 assists. Alonzo Mourning (Mia) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Kendall Gill (Mia) had 13 points on 6-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 22 points and 12 rebounds. NY 76, Uta 72 - at NY Latrell Sprewell (NY) had 15 points. Kurt Thomas (NY) had 11 points including 4-13 FG and 12 rebounds. Othella Harrington (NY) had 16 points. John Stockton (Uta) had 12 points, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Rusty LaRue (Uta) had 16 points. Hou 103, Det 85 - at Hou Moochie Norris (Hou) had 15 points. Cuttino Mobley (Hou) had 13 points including 3-12 FG and 4 steals. Eddie Griffin (Hou) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Zeljko Rebraca (Det) had 11 points and 8 rebounds. Rodney White (Det) had 12 points. Hou shot 34-40 FT and Det shot 10-13 FT. Por 86, GS 81 - at Por Ruben Patterson (Por) had 23 points including 10-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Shawn Kemp (Por) had 7 points and 16 rebounds. Derek Anderson (Por) had 15 points including 5-16 FG and 6 assists. Antawn Jamison (GS) had 19 points. Jason Richardson (GS) had 19 points. LAC 105, Pho 97 - at LAC Elton Brand (LAC) had 24 points including 11-17 FG and 8 rebounds. Quentin Richardson (LAC) had 20 points including 8-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Lamar Odom (LAC) had 13 points including 4-11 FG, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Tom Gugliotta (Pho) had 19 points. Shawn Marion (Pho) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. LAC out-rebounded Pho 51-26. LAL 128, Mem 94 - at Anaheim, California Rick Fox (LAL) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 19 points on 9-13 FG and 1-6 FT and 7 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 24 points including 8-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Jason Williams (Mem) had 13 points and 8 assists. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 turnovers.