News from October 15. Charlotte released Javaris Crittenton. Cleveland released Loren Woods. Oklahoma City released Tweety Carter and Longar Longar. Sacramento released Connor Atchley, Joe Crawford, and Marcus Landry. Former NBA player Larry Siegfried died at age 71. Siegfried played 9 seasons in the NBA from 63-64 - 71-72, including 7 seasons with Boston. Preseason Games Dal 109, Chi 105 OT at Chi Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 24 points including 10-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Caron Butler (Dal) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Dominique Jones (Dal) had 19 points including 9-15 FT. Luol Deng (Chi) had 23 points. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 23 points. Ind 101, NO 98 at Ind Darren Collison (Ind) had 16 points, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 15 points on 4-14 FG and 7-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Tyler Hansbrough (Ind) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Jason Smith (NO) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Marco Belinelli (NO) had 16 points including 5-14 FG. Bos 117, Tor 112 at Tor Ray Allen (Bos) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 21 points including 12-15 FT and 5 assists. Nate Robinson (Bos) had 23 points including 9-15 FT and 5 rebounds. Linas Kleiza (Tor) had 15 points. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 15 points including 5-16 FG and 5 rebounds. Min 99, Det 88 at Syracuse, New York Kevin Love (Min) had 21 points including 9-12 FG and 10 rebounds. Martell Webster (Min) had 13 points. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Austin Daye (Det) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Charlie Villanueva (Det) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Preseason Schedule for Saturday, October 16 (All times Central) Houston @ New Jersey 6:30 am NBATV at Guangzhou, China Detroit @ Charlotte 5:30 pm at Columbia, SC Chicago @ Orlando 6:00 pm New York @ Boston 6:30 pm at Hartford, CT CSKA Moscow @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Utah @ LA Clippers 6:30 pm at Los Angeles, CA Milwaukee @ Memphis 7:00 pm Atlanta @ New Orleans 7:30 pm at Johnson City, TN Caja Laboral @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Golden State @ Portland 9:00 pm Denver @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm NBATV at Los Angeles, CA Preseason Schedule for Sunday, October 17 (All times Central) Phoenix @ Toronto 12:00 pm NBATV Washington @ New York 5:00 pm Utah/Clippers @ Denver 6:30 pm at Los Angeles, CA Milwaukee @ Minnesota 7:00 pm at Sioux Falls, SD Clippers/Utah @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm at Los Angeles, CA ---- 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