News from October 18. Denver signed Mike Wilks. Preseason games Hou 104, Dal 90 at Hou Yao Ming (Hou) had 19 points including 8-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Mike James (Hou) had 17 points and 3 steals. Brandon Bass (Dal) had 25 points including 9-14 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Nick Fazekas (Dal) had 12 points including 5-14 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Hou shot 56.3% (40-71) FG and Dal shot 43.4% (33-76) FG. Atl 104, Cha 98 at Cha Josh Childress (Atl) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 22 points on 7-10 FG and 8-11 FT, 12 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Jason Richardson (Cha) had 17 points. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 34 points on 11-18 FG and 11-14 FT and 10 rebounds. NJ 110, NY 94 at NJ Vince Carter (NJ) had 22 points including 7-10 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 25 points on 8-11 FG and 7-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 22 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Eddy Curry (NY) had 23 points on 9-13 FG and 5-12 FT. NJ shot 56% (42-75) FG and NY shot 40% (30-75) FG. SA 116, GS 111 at SA Darius Washington (SA) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Francisco Elson (SA) had 15 points including 7-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Baron Davis (GS) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Al Harrington (GS) had 17 points including 7-22 FG and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Sac 105, Uta 91 at Albuquerque, New Mexico Kevin Martin (Sac) had 25 points including 9-14 FG. Brad Miller (Sac) had 13 points. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 15 points including 7-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. LAL 126, Sea 106 at Bakersfield, California Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 19 points including 8-11 FG and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Brian Cook (LAL) had 19 points including 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Chris Wilcox (Sea) had 16 points including 6-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Kevin Durant (Sea) had 19 points. Pho 118, LAC 97 at LAC Grant Hill (Pho) had 21 points including 8-11 FG and 4 steals. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 19 points and 4 steals. Corey Maggette (LAC) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Al Thornton (LAC) had 14 points. Orl 116, Chinese National Team 92 at Macao, China Carlos Arroyo (Orl) had 25 points including 9-15 FG, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 17 points. Olumide Oyedeji (Chi) had 25 points including 12-16 FT and 5 turnovers. Wang Zhizhi (Chi) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds.