News from October 25.

The NBA reduced George Karl's 3 game suspension to 2 games, thus he will
miss the first 2 games of the regular season.  The suspension occurred as a
result of Karl attending workouts at Marquette University in May that 
included his son - the league has rules against contact between NBA teams 
and players not yet eligible for the NBA draft.

Boston released Will Bynum.

Charlotte released Jason Capel and D'or Fischer.

Detroit released Andreas Glyniadakis.

Houston released Chuck Hayes and Keith Langford.


Preseason games
Dal 94, Mil 86  at Dal
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 25 points and 10 rebounds.
Jason Terry (Dal) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers.
Marquis Daniels (Dal) had 20 points and 5 rebounds.
Michael Redd (Mil) had 22 points and 6 rebounds.
Bobby Simmons (Mil) had 14 points including 4-12 FG and 8 rebounds.

Ind 97, SA 86  at SA
Austin Croshere (Ind) had 16 points.
Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 12 points and 8 rebounds.
Sarunas Jasikevicius (Ind) had 14 points including 3-3 3-pointers.
Tim Duncan (SA) had 29 points on 10-16 FG and 9-10 FT and 10 rebounds
including 6 offensive.
Fabriciio Oberto (SA) had 10 points on 5-6 FG.

LAL 95, Uta 85  at Anaheim, California
Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 20 points.
Lamar Odom (LAL) had 14 points and 5 rebounds.
Laron Profit (LAL) had 13 points and 7 rebounds.
Kris Humphries (Uta) had 14 points on 7-11 FG.
Milt Palacio (Uta) had 11 points and 6 rebounds.

NY 80, Phi 71  at Phi
Matt Barnes (NY) had 13 points including 6-9 FG and 6 rebounds.
Jamal Crawford (NY) had 16 points including 7-11 FG.
Eddy Curry (NY) had 15 points including 6-9 FG and 9 rebounds.
John Salmons (Phi) had 16 points including 5-14 FG.
Chris Webber (Phi) had 12 points including 4-16 FG and 8 rebounds.
NY shot 47.8% (33-69) FG and Phi shot 27.7% (23-83) FG.

NJ 118, Bos 116 OT  at NJ
Zoran Planinic (NJ) had 18 points including 6-7 FG.
Marc Jackson (NJ) had 17 points including the game winning layup with 1.6
seconds left and 9 rebounds.
Nenad Krstic (NJ) had 16 points including 8-12 FT and 6 rebounds.
Ricky Davis (Bos) had 24 points including 9-16 FG.
Paul Pierce (Bos) had 16 points.
NJ shot 41-53 FT and Bos shot 24-31 FT.

NO 111, Mia 91  at Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Bostjan Nachbar (NO) had 20 points including 5-8 3-pointers.
J.R. Smith (NO) had 24 points including 5-10 3-pointers.
Kirk Sanders (NO) had 19 points.
Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 20 points and 7 rebounds.
Darius Rice (Mia) had 14 points and 5 rebounds.
NO shot 50% (37-74) FG and Mia shot 40% (36-90) FG.

Mem 95, Chi 88 at Chi
Shane Battier (Mem) had 20 points including 5-6 3-pointers.
Eddie Jones (Mem) had 17 points including 4-8 3-pointers.
Pau Gasol (Mem) had 14 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists.
Darius Songaila (Chi) had 19 points and 8 rebounds.
Michael Sweetney (Chi) had 15 points and 5 rebounds.
Mem shot 14-24 3-pointers and Chi shot 5-14 3-pointers.