News from October 20. Atlanta released Evan Brock, Richard Delk, and Ricardo Marsh. Boston released Stephane Lasme. Detroit released Vernon Hamilton and Ike Diogu. Golden State released Aaron Miles. Miami released Kenny Hasbrouck and Shavlik Randolph. Minnesota released Jason Hart and John Thomas. New Orleans released D.J. Strawberry. Oklahoma City released Jerome Dyson and Elijah Millsap. Orlando released Stanley Robinson. Portland released Raymond Sykes and Steven Hill. San Antonio exercised their 11-12 option for George Hill. Preseason Games Orl 101, Dal 76 at Orl Dwight Howard (Orl) had 20 points on 7-7 FG and 6-10 FT, 13 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Vince Carter (Orl) had 20 points on 8-10 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 3 points including 1-8 FG, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Caron Butler (Dal) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Dominique Jones (Dal) had 14 points. Orl shot 46.8% (36-77) FG and Dal 36% (27-76) FG. Cha 105, NO 98 OT at Cha Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 25 points including 11-11 FT. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 15 points and 7 assists. Tyrus Thomas (Cha) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (NO) had 19 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 3 steals. Marco Belinelli (NO) had 25 points including 6-10 3-pointers. Phi 118, NY 91 at Phi Jason Kapono (Phi) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Elton Brand (Phi) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 11 rebounds. Raymond Felton (NY) had 16 points. Landry Fields (NY) had 15 points. Phi shot 50.5% (46-91) FG and NY shot 34.9% (29-83) FG. Chi 110, Tor 103 at Tor Luol Deng (Chi) had 22 points including 7-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. Brian Scalabrine (Chi) had 14 points on 6-7 FG. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 19 points. Leandro Barbosa (Tor) had 22 points and 3 steals. Bos 107, NJ 92 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 17 points. Glen Davis (Bos) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (Bos) had 12 points including 4-5 FG and 9 rebounds. Kris Humphries (NJ) had 12 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Derrick Favors (NJ) had 16 points. 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 Preseason Schedule for Friday, October 22 (All times Central) New York @ Toronto 6:00 pm at Montreal, Canada Atlanta @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Memphis @ Detroit 6:30 pm Orlando @ Miami 6:30 pm ESPN at Tampa, Florida Indiana @ Chicago 7:00 pm Houston @ Dallas 7:30 pm Minnesota @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Sacramento @ Utah 9:00 pm Denver @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Golden State @ LA Lakers 9:00 pm ESPN at Ontario, Canada ---- 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