News from October 19. Cleveland released Danny Green. Milwaukee released Chris Kramer. New Jersey picked up their 11-12 options for Brook Lopez and Terrence Williams. Phoenix released Zabian Dowdell and Dwayne Jones. San Antonio released James Gist. Toronto released Ronald Dupree. Josh Childress (Pho) suffered a broken right index finger during Tuesday's Pho-GS game. Preseason Games Cle 111, Phi 95 at Cincinnati, Ohio J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 22 points on 11-16 FG and 11 rebounds. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 15 points on 6-8 FG, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 11 points and 11 rebounds. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 19 points including 8-10 FT, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 16 points including 4-12 FG and 5 rebounds. Cle shot 55.8% (43-77) FG and Phi shot 37.9% (33-87) FG. Det 98, Was 92 at Toledo, Ohio Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 34 points including 13-18 FG, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Austin Daye (Det) had 10 points. Charlie Villanueva (Det) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Andray Blatche (Was) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich (Was) had 17 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 3 steals. NY 117, NJ 111 at NY Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 39 points including 16-19 FT and 11 rebounds. Raymond Felton (NY) had 13 points and 11 assists. Toney Douglas (NY) had 24 points and 6 steals. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jordan Farmar (NJ) had 21 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Ind 128, Min 124 OT at Min Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 27 points including 7-10 FT, 16 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 16 points including 5-15 FG and 9 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 17 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 28 points including 9-14 FG and 11 rebounds. Sebastian Telfair (Min) had 19 points and 6 assists. Den 130, OKC 115 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 22 points including 7-11 FG. J.R. Smith (Den) had 21 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jeff Green (OKC) had 29 points including 11-18 FG. D.J. White (OKC) had 12 points including 6-10 FT and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Uta 82, LAL 74 at Anaheim, California Al Jefferson (Uta) had 13 points including 4-12 FG, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. C.J. Miles (Uta) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Matt Barnes (LAL) had 13 points. Shannon Brown (LAL) had 13 points. Pho 92, GS 87 at Pho Steve Nash (Pho) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Robin Lopez (Pho) had 14 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Channing Frye (Pho) had 14 points including 4-13 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Monta Ellis (GS) had 29 points including 10-28 FG, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Brandan Wright (GS) had 14 points including 5-6 FG and 6 rebounds. Sac 96, LAC 94 at LAC Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 17 points on 5-17 FG, 6-10 FT, and the game winning layup with 1.9 seconds left and 7 assists. Omri Casspi (Sac) had 17 points on 7-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 13 points including 4-11 FG, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 21 points including 10-16 FG, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Al-Farouq Aminu (LAC) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. 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 Preseason Schedule for Thursday, October 21 (All times Central) Milwaukee @ Cleveland 6:00 pm at Columbus, Ohio Miami @ Atlanta 7:00 pm TNT New Orleans @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Houston @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Golden State @ LA Lakers 9:00 pm at San Diego, California Denver @ Portland 9:00 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