News from October 21. Dallas released Dee Brown and Adam Haluska. Boston released Tiny Gallon and Mario West. Charlotte released Darius Miles and Matt Rogers. Chicago released John Lucas, Kyle Weaver, and Roger Powell. Denver exercised their 11-12 option for Ty Lawson. The LA Lakers released Trey Johnson and Andrew Naymick. Memphis released Josh Davis and Damien Wilkins. Oklahoma City released Jerome Dyson and Elijah Millsap. Philadelphia released Trent Plaisted and Chris Quinn. Philadelphia exercised their 11-12 option for Jrue Holiday and Marreese Speights. Phoenix exercised their 11-12 option for Robin Lopez. San Antonio released Kevin Palmer and Marcus Cousin. Utah released Sundiata Gaines, Othyus Jeffers, Ryan Thompson, and Demetris Nichols. Washington released Adam Morrison and Sean Marks. Preseason Games Cle 83, Mil 77 at Columbus, Ohio Ramon Sessions (Cle) had 26 points and 5 turnovers. Anthony Parker (Cle) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Jawad Williams (Cle) had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Chris Douglas-Roberts (Mil) had 16 points. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 11 points including 4-11 FG and 7 assists. Cle shot 18-19 Ft and Mil shot 5-7 FT. Atl 98, Mia 89 at Atl Joe Johnson (Atl) had 27 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Al Horford (Atl) had 12 points including 4-13 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Marvin Williams (Atl) had 9 points and 11 rebounds. LeBron James (Mia) had 38 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 13-19 FT and 11 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 14 points including 5-16 FG, 14 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. OKC 101, NO 86 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 17 points, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Jeff Green (OKC) had 14 points and 3 steals. David West (NO) had 24 points including 10-17 FG. Jason Smith (NO) had 12 points including 5-7 FG and 6 rebounds. SA 111, Hou 103 at SA DeJuan Blair (SA) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 16 points. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 21 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Luis Scola (Hou) had 12 points including 4-12 FG and 7 rebounds. LAL 120, GS 99 at San Diego, California Pau Gasol (LAL) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 16 points including 5-16 FG, 12 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Steve Blake (LAL) had 18 points including 8-10 FG and 7 assists. David Lee (GS) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 19 points including 0-5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. LAL shot 56% (47-84) FG and GS shot 43.6% (41-94) FG. Por 90, Den 83 at Por Brandon Roy (Por) had 23 points on 6-20 FG and 9-10 FT. Marcus Camby (Por) had 8 points and 17 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 21 points including 6-23 FG and 7 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 14 points including 4-11 FG. 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 [end of preseason] Opening day rosters are due by October 25 (maximum 15 players). The 2010-11 regular season starts Wednesday, October 27. ---- 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