News from October 13. Washington fined Gilbert Arenas an undisclosed amount for faking an injury to keep from playing in Tuesday's Was-Atl game. Arenas told the press after the game that he faked the injury so that teammate Nick Young would have a chance to start. New Orleans signed D.J. Mbenga. Houston signed Jerel McNeal. Preseason Games Dal 101, Det 96 at Grand Rapids, Michigan J.J. Barea (Dal) had 12 points and 7 assists. Dominique Jones (Dal) had 15 points and 7 assists. Steve Novak (Dal) had 22 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Austin Daye (Det) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Will Bynum (Det) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Hou 91, NJ 81 at Beijing, China Kevin Martin (Hou) had 18 points. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 17 points. Jared Jeffries (Hou) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Devin Harris (NJ) had 19 points including 9-13 FT, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Terrence Williams (NJ) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Ind 98, Min 86 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 30 points on 9-16 FG and 9-12 FT and 11 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 16 points on 4-12 FG and 8-10 FT, 14 rebounds, and 7 blocks. Darren Collison (Ind) had 19 points. Luke Ridnour (Min) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 9 points including 3-10 FG and 9 rebounds. Ind shot 41.8% (33-79) FG and Min shot 31.9% (30-94) FG. Tor 119, Phi 116 2OT at Tor Jarrett Jack (Tor) had 24 points including 9-12 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 16 points on 5-15 FG and 6-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Leandro Barbosa (Tor) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 18 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists, and 3 steals. Evan Turner (Phi) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Bos 104, NY 101 at NY Paul Pierce (Bos) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Ray Allen (Bos) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Luke Harangody (Bos) had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 30 points on 9-13 FG and 12-15 FT and 5 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (NY) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. NO 90, Mia 76 at NO Marco Belinelli (NO) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Emeka Okafor (NO) had 15 points on 3-13 FG and 9-11 FT and 7 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jason Smith (NO) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 5 rebounds. James Jones (Mia) had 15 points on 5-11 3-pointers. NO shot 29-36 FT and Mia shot 14-15 FT. LAL 98, Sac 95 at Las Vegas, Nevada Ron Artest (LAL) had 18 points on 7-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Shannon Brown (LAL) had 17 points. Carl Landry (Sac) had 23 points and 8 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 14 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Preseason Schedule for Thursday, October 14 (All times Central) Charlotte @ Orlando 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Washington 6:00 pm NBATV San Antonio @ Cleveland 6:30 pm at Pittsburgh, PA CSKA Moscow @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Caja Laboral @ Memphis 7:00 pm Phoenix @ Utah 8:00 pm Denver @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Preseason Schedule for Friday, October 15 (All times Central) New Orleans @ Indiana 6:00 pm Boston @ Toronto 6:00 pm Detroit @ Minnesota 6:30 pm at Syracuse, NY Dallas @ Chicago 7:00 pm NBATV ---- 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