News from October 11. Preseason games Mia 94, LAC 80 at Beijing, China (home LAC) LeBron James (Mia) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ray Allen (Mia) had 15 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 16 points and 5 turnovers. NY 108, Was 101 at Was J.R. Smith (NY) had 20 points including 8-11 FG and 6 assists. Steve Novak (NY) had 21 points on 7-8 FG and 7-7 3-pointers. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 17 points. Bradley Beal (Was) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Phi 102, Orl 95 at Orl Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 27 points on 12-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Nick Young (Phi) had 22 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Glen Davis (Orl) had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Andrew Nicholson (Orl) had 14 points. Cha 87, NO 90 at Charleston, South Carolina Byron Mullens (Cha) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ben Gordon (Cha) had 15 points including 5-14 FG. Brian Roberts (NO) had 16 points including 7-9 FG and 8 assists. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. GS 108, Maccabi Haifa 100 at GS Harrison Barnes (GS) had 20 points including 8-11 FG. Carl Landry (GS) had 24 points including 9-12 FG and 8 rebounds. Donta Smith (Mac) had 28 points including 9-11 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Paul Stoll (Mac) had 18 points including 4-14 FG and 4-9 3-pointers and 3 steals. Preseason Schedule for Friday, October 12 (All times Central) Detroit at Toronto 6:00 pm NBATV Minnesota at Indiana 6:00 pm Cleveland at Chicago 7:00 pm at Champaign, Illinois New Orleans at Houston 7:00 pm Denver at San Antonio 7:30 pm Oklahoma City at Utah 8:00 pm Portland at Phoenix 9:00 pm NBATV Preseason Schedule for Saturday, October 13 (All times Central) Brooklyn at Philadelphia 6:00 pm New York at Boston 6:30 pm at Hartford, Connecticut Washington at Cleveland 6:30 pm Chicago at Minnesota 7:00 pm NBATV Detroit at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Utah at LA Lakers 9:30 pm LA Clippers at Miami 11:30 pm NBATV at Shanghai, China ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html