News from October 5. Preseason games Was 97, Dal 94 at Dal Andray Blatche (Was) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 5 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 21 points including 9-11 FT and 9 assists. JaVale McGee (Was) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Jason Terry (Dal) had 15 points and 3 steals. Tyson Chandler (Dal) had 10 points including 3-4 FG and 9 rebounds. Cle 87, Cha 72 at Cle Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 18 points including 10-10 FT. J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 17 points including 7-10 FT and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Ramon Sessions (Cle) had 11 points including 3-9 FG and 5 assists. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 14 points. Tyrus Thomas (Cha) had 11 points on 3-10 FG and 5-12 FT, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. NJ 103, Phi 96 at Roanoke, Virginia Brook Lopez (NJ) had 24 points including 8-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Terrence Williams (NJ) had 20 points including 9-12 FG and 8 assists. Marreese Speights (Phi) had 19 points on 4-14 FG and 11-14 FT and 9 rebounds. Elton Brand (Phi) had 15 points including 7-10 FT. NJ shot 50.7% (36-71) FG and Phi shot 37.5% (27-72) FG. Mia 105, Det 89 at Mia Chris Bosh (Mia) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. LeBron James (Mia) had 18 points. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 14 points and 13 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Det) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 15 points including 6-8 FG. Mil 92, Chi 83 at Mil Earl Boykins (Mil) had 14 points. Drew Gooden (Mil) had 12 points. Keyon Dooling (Mil) had 12 points. Kyle Korver (Chi) had 22 points. Luol Deng (Chi) had 16 points and 4 steals. Orl 97, Hou 88 at Hidalgo, Texas Dwight Howard (Orl) had 19 points including 9-14 FG, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Vince Carter (Orl) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 12 points including 5-6 FG. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 14 points. Courtney Lee (Hou) had 12 points. Por 115, LAC 86 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Wes Matthews (Por) had 20 points including 9-10 FT. Rudy Fernandez (Por) had 15 points on 5-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 9 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Sac 109, Pho 95 at Sac Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 26 points and 5 assists. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 16 points, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 17 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Robin Lopez (Pho) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Preseason Schedule for Wednesday, October 6 (All times Central) New York @ Minnesota 1:00 pm NBATV at Paris, France Oklahoma City @ Charlotte 6:30 pm at Fayetteville, NC Philadelphia @ Boston 6:30 pm at Manchester, NH Indiana @ Memphis 7:00 pm Toronto @ Phoenix 9:00 pm at Vancouver, BC Preseason Schedule for Thursday, October 7 (All times Central) LA Lakers @ Regal FC Barcelona 1:30 pm ESPN2 at Barcelona, Spain Memphis @ Atlanta 6:00 pm Washington @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Boston @ New Jersey 6:00 pm NBATV Chicago @ Dallas 7:30 pm San Antonio @ Houston 7:30 pm Portland @ Utah 8:00 pm LA Clippers @ Sacramento 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