News from October 17. Golden State exercised their 04-05 option year for Jason Richardson and Troy Murphy. Sacramento exercised their 04-05 option year for Gerald Wallace. Utah exercised their 04-05 option year for Andrei Kirilenko. San Antonio signed Shane Heal. Obinna Ekezie (Atl) suffered a torn right ACL during Thursday's Atl-Mia game and is out indefinitely. Atlanta released Tierre Brown. Houston released Peter Cornell and Jameel Watkins. Older releases Washington released Steve Goodrich, Kris Lang, and Kenny Satterfield on October 6. [thanks to Pablo Dublin III] Preseason games Uta 87, Phi 86 at Uta Aleksandar Pavlovic (Uta) had 17 points including 6-7 FG. Greg Ostertag (Uta) had 10 points and 10 rebounds including 7 offensive. Marc Jackson (Phi) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Glenn Robinson (Phi) had 12 points including 4-16 FG and 10 rebounds. Bos 95, NJ 90 at NJ Paul Pierce (Bos) had 30 points including 18-18 FT and 10 rebounds. Antoine Walker (Bos) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 13 points and 8 assists. Kenyon Martin (NJ) had 15 points including 7-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tor 86, Den 81 at Tor Lamond Murray (Tor) had 16 points. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 11 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 19 points. Andre Miller (Den) had 16 points including 7-10 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. LAC 95, Cle 90 at LAC Corey Maggette (LAC) had 5 points including 4-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Quentin Richardson (LAC) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 16 points including 5-14 FG. Darius Miles (Cle) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Mia 84, Det 71 at Det Eddie Jones (Mia) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. John Wallace (Mia) had 15 points including 6-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 17 points. Ben Wallace (Det) had 13 points including 4-14 FG, 14 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Mia shot 51.6% (33-64) FG and Det shot 30.9% (21-68) FG. Ind 96, Min 93 at Ind Ron Artest (Ind) had 30 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Reggie Miller (Ind) had 19 points. Gary Trent (Min) had 23 points including 10-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 20 points and 12 rebounds. Mem 84, Orl 65 at Mem Pau Gasol (Mem) had 26 points including 11-16 FG and 7 rebounds. Shane Battier (Mem) had 10 points and 5 rebounds. Juwan Howard (Orl) had 11 points. Andrew DeClercq (Orl) had 10 points and 5 rebounds. NY 88, SA 74 at SA Keith Van Horn (NY) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Charlie Ward (NY) had 17 points. Tim Duncan (SA) had 20 points including 8-11 FG and 13 rebounds. LAL 91, Pho 84 at LAL Derek Fisher (LAL) had 18 points including 6-9 FG. Kareem Rush (LAL) had 12 points on 6-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Pho) had 19 points including 5-18 FG and 7 rebounds. Shawn Marion (Pho) had 15 points including 7-8 FG and 10 rebounds.