News from October 26. Seattle exercised their 08-09 options for Johan Petro and Mouhamed Sene. New Jersey elected not to exercise their 08-09 option for Antoine Wright, making him a free agent in the summer of 2008. Minnesota released Wayne Simien. Preseason games Tor 98, Was 64 at Tor Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Carlos Delfino (Tor) had 10 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. DeShawn Stevenson (Was) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. NO 111, Cha 100 at at Winston-Salem, North Carolina Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 22 points. Hilton Armstrong (NO) had 23 points including 8-11 FG. Rasual Butler (NO) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 24 points including 9-13 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 assists. Jason Richardson (Cha) had 22 points. Bos 114, Cle 89 at Bos Ray Allen (Bos) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 21 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists. Larry Hughes (Cle) had 18 points, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. LeBron James (Cle) had 17 points. Bos shot 59.2% (45-76) FG and Cle shot 42.5% (31-73) FG. NJ 102, NY 86 at NY Vince Carter (NJ) had 22 points including 8-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 15 points. Eddy Curry (NY) had 21 points on 7-10 FG and 7-11 FT and 6 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 14 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ind 140, Mem 113 at Mem Jamaal Tinsley (Ind) had 16 points including 7-11 FG, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Danny Granger (Ind) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Shawne Williams (Ind) had 26 points and 5 rebounds. Damon Stoudamire (Mem) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 5 turnovers. Casey Jacobsen (Mem) had 16 points. Ind shot 59.3% (54-91) FG and Mem shot 43.3% (39-90) FG. Min 106, Mil 85 at Min Rashad McCants (Min) had 20 points including 8-8 FG. Al Jefferson (Min) had 24 points on 9-12 FG and 6-10 FT and 12 rebounds. Dan Gadzuric (Mil) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Yi Jianlian (Mil) had 13 points on 2-6 FG and 9-12 FT and 6 rebounds. Min shot 61.2% (41-67) FG and Mil shot 41.8% (28-67) FG. SA 99, Hou 92 at SA Michael Finley (SA) had 16 points. Matt Bonner (SA) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Luis Scola (Hou) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. SA shot 51.3% (40-78) FG and Hou shot 41.1% (37-90) FG. LAL 101, Sac 97 at Las Vegas, Nevada Ronny Turiaf (LAL) had 18 points including 8-14 FT and 8 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 22 points on 5-21 FG and 10-11 FT, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. John Salmons (Sac) had 22 points. Den 133, Por 125 at Redmond, Oregon Allen Iverson (Den) had 31 points including 11-19 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 10 assists. Linas Kleiza (Den) had 34 points and 5 assists. Travis Outlaw (Por) had 23 points including 10-13 FG and 6 assists. Channing Frye (Por) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Sea 121, Pho 108 at Vancouver, British Columbia Chris Wilcox (Sea) had 27 points including 12-14 FG and 9 rebounds. Kurt Thomas (Sea) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 23 points including 8-9 FG and 11 rebounds. Shawn Marion (Pho) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. GS 109, LAC 103 at LAC Monta Ellis (GS) had 27 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 steals, and 6 turnovers. Al Harrington (GS) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Mickael Pietrus (GS) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Sam Cassell (LAC) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Corey Maggette (LAC) had 23 points including 13-13 FT and 5 rebounds. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 20 points including 8-9 FG and 8 rebounds. Thus ends the 2007 preseason. The 2007-08 regular season starts October 30. ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html