News from October 8. Jeff Pendergraph (Por) is scheduled to undergo surgery for a torn right ACL. Philadelphia released James Florence. Preseason Games Orl 93, Ind 86 at Ind Vince Carter (Orl) had 25 points including 8-11 FG and 6-8 3-pointers. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 10 points on 2-8 FG and 6-14 FT and 10 rebounds. Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 10 points including 3-13 FG and 1-7 3-pointers and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Darren Collison (Ind) had 18 points. A.J. Price (Ind) had 15 points. Det 115, Mil 110 OT at Det Will Bynum (Det) had 14 points including 4-11 FG and 9 assists. Ben Gordon (Det) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Austin Daye (Det) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Chris Douglas-Roberts (Mil) had 18 points. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 18 points. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 18 points on 3-10 FG and 11-11 FT and 7 rebounds. Chi 107, Was 96 at Chi Kyle Korver (Chi) had 17 points. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 12 points including 3-9 FG and 11 rebounds. Nick Young (Was) had 18 points including 7-11 FG. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Mia 103, OKC 96 at Kansas City, Missouri LeBron James (Mia) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 23 points including 10-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 21 points including 10-10 FT. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 18 points and 6 assists. Den 109, Por 99 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 24 points. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 18 points including 7-10 FG. Shelden Williams (Den) had 21 points on 7-10 FG and 7-10 FT and 14 rebounds. Dante Cunningham (Por) had 15 points including 7-11 FG, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals. Luke Babbitt (Por) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. GS 127, LAC 87 at GS Monta Ellis (GS) had 22 points including 8-11 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 18 points including 6-7 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 6 assists. Reggie Williams (GS) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 23 points on 10-15 FG and 3-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 18 points including 5-14 FG. GS shot 55.7% (44-79) FG and LAC shot 37.8% (31-82) FG. Preseason Schedule for Saturday, October 9 (All times Central) Philadelphia @ New Jersey 12:00 pm Indiana @ Houston 6:00 pm NBATV Charlotte @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm at Green Bay, WI Memphis @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Miami @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Dallas @ Phoenix 8:30 pm TNT at Palm Springs, CA Preseason Schedule for Sunday, October 10 (All times Central) Toronto @ Boston 5:00 pm New Orleans @ Orlando 5:00 pm NBATV Cleveland @ Houston 6:00 pm Sacramento @ Golden State 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