News from October 16.

The NBA fined Stan Van Gundy (Orl) $35,000 for publicly criticizing the
refs and fined Orlando a matching $35,000.

Kevin Love (Min) suffered a broken bone in his left hand and is expected
to be out 6 weeks.

Portland signed 2nd round draft pick (#55) Patrick Mills.

Portland exercised their 10-11 options for Greg Oden, Nicolas Batum, Rudy
Fernandez, and Jerryd Bayless.


Preseason games
Ind 119, Hou 104  at Ind
Danny Granger (Ind) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers.
Troy Murphy (Ind) had 17 points and 6 rebounds.
T.J. Ford (Ind) had 11 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals.
Carl Landry (Hou) had 14 points and 6 rebounds.
Will Conroy (Hou) had 14 points on 2-8 FG and 8-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 9
assists.
Ind shot 48.9% (45-92) FG and Hou shot 36.7% (36-98) FG.

NY 93, NJ 89  at NY
Wilson Chandler (NY) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals.
David Lee (NY) had 20 points including 9-14 FG and 14 rebounds.
Nate Robinson (NY) had 15 points.
Yi Jianlian (NJ) had 21 points including 7-10 FT, 11 rebounds, and 5
turnovers.
Terrence Williams (NJ) had 21 points and 8 rebounds.
NY shot 9-13 FT and NJ shot 19-29 FT.

Chi 94, Min 90  at Chi
Taj Gibson (Chi) had 14 points and 6 rebounds.
Jannero Pargo (Chi) had 13 points and 7 assists.
Tyrus Thomas (Chi) had 22 points on 7-9 FG and 8-13 FT and 13 rebounds.
Al Jefferson (Min) had 10 points including 3-10 FG, 16 rebounds, and 4
blocks.
Corey Brewer (Min) had 20 points.

SA 105, Cle 98  at SA
Tony Parker (SA) had 22 points and 7 assists.
Tim Duncan (SA) had 13 points and 9 rebounds.
George Hill (SA) had 13 points on 1-3 FG and 11-12 FT.
LeBron James (Cle) had 22 points and 6 rebounds.
Maurice Williams (Cle) had 15 points and 6 assists.

Pho 115, Phi 113  at Pho
Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Channing Frye (Pho) had 17 points on 7-10 FG.
Jason Richardson (Pho) had 16 points.
Louis Williams (Phi) had 27 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 8-12 FT.
Marreese Speights (Phi) had 32 points including 12-18 FG and 12 rebounds
including 6 offensive.


Preseason Schedule for Saturday, October 17  (All times Central)
  Utah @ LA Clippers            6:30 pm
  Detroit @ Memphis             7:00 pm
  Indiana @ New Orleans         7:00 pm
  Minnesota @ Milwaukee         7:30 pm
  Cleveland @ Dallas            7:30 pm
  Golden State @ Sacramento     9:00 pm
  Charlotte @ LA Lakers         9:30 pm


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