News from October 18. TRADE: San Antonio traded Curtis Jerrells to New Orleans for a 2nd round draft pick. Houston released Antonio Anderson, Mike Harris, Alexander Johnson, and Jerell McNeal. Indiana picked up their 11-12 options for Darren Collison and Tyler Hansbrough. New Orleans released Mustafa Shakur and Darryl Watkins. Louis Amundson (GS) underwent surgery on a fractured right index finger. No time table has been set for his return, but it could be up to 3 months. Preseason Games Orl 102, Atl 73 at Atl Dwight Howard (Orl) had 14 points including 4-11 FT and 13 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 14 points. Brandon Bass (Orl) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 11 points including 3-10 FG and 0-5 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Josh Powell (Atl) had 13 points including 4-6 FG. Orl shot 52.9% (37-70) FG and Atl shot 30.8% (24-78) FG. Cha 102, Mia 96 at Mia D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 19 points including 6-8 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Tyrus Thomas (Cha) had 15 points. Darius Miles (Cha) had 18 points including 8-9 FG. LeBron James (Mia) had 33 points on 10-17 FG and 12-13 FT, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 14 points including 5-14 FG and 8 rebounds including 6 offensive. Cha shot 56.5% (35-62) FG and Mia shot 39.2% (29-74) FG. NO 91, Mem 96 at Mem Pops Mensah-Bonsu (NO) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals. Aaron Gray (NO) had 13 points including 5-6 FG and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Marco Belinelli (NO) had 12 points including 5-16 FG. Mike Conley (Mem) had 19 points including 9-10 FT. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 blocks. NO shot 11-14 FT and Mem shot 23-36 FT. OKC 111, SA 102 at SA Jeff Green (OKC) had 27 points and 9 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 29 points and 9 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 17 points and 6 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 17 points including 5-7 3-pointers. GS 100, Por 78 at GS David Lee (Por) had 21 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Monta Ellis (Por) had 22 points. Stephen Curry (Por) had 11 points including 4-12 FG, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Andre Miller (Por) had 10 points on 0-3 FG and 10-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Preseason Schedule for Tuesday, October 19 (All times Central) Philadelphia @ Cleveland 6:00 pm at Cincinnati, Ohio Washington @ Detroit 6:00 pm at Toledo, Ohio New Jersey @ New York 6:30 pm Indiana @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Denver 8:00 pm Utah @ LA Lakers 9:00 pm at Anaheim, California Golden State @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Sacramento @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV Preseason Schedule for Wednesday, October 20 (All times Central) New Orleans @ Charlotte 10:00 am Dallas @ Orlando 6:00 pm NBATV New York @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Chicago @ Toronto 6:00 pm New Jersey @ Boston 6:30 pm ---- 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