News from October 12.

Atlanta released Ismail Muhammad and Keith Benson.

Houston released Kyle Fogg and Demetri McCamey.

Portland signed Justin Holiday.


Preseason games
Tor 82, Det 75  at Tor
DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 14 points and 5 turnovers.
Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 11 points and 8 rebounds.
Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 14 points including 4-11 FG.
Viacheslav Kravtsov (Det) had 10 points on a perfect 3-3 FG and 4-4 FT.

Ind 96, Min 91  at Ind
Gerald Green (Ind) had 18 points and 6 rebounds.
Paul George (Ind) had 19 points and 6 rebounds.
Derrick Williams (Min) had 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Chases Budinger (Min) had 14 points.

Hou 95, NO 75  at Hou
Kevin Martin (Hou) had 17 points.
Omer Asik (Hou) had 6 points and 15 rebounds.
Al-Farouq Aminu (NO) had 15 points and 5 rebounds.
Robin Lopez (NO) had 11 points and 8 rebounds.

Cle 86, Chi 83  at Chi
Dion Waiters (Cle) had 18 points including 4-4 3-pointers.
Tyler Zeller (Cle) had 10 points including 3-4 3-pointers.
Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 14 points and 8 assists.
Taj Gibson (Chi) had 12 points and 7 rebounds.

Den 97, SA 91  at SA
Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 19 points and 6 rebounds.
Corey Brewer (Den) had 24 points including 6-12 FT.
Tim Duncan (SA) had 21 points including 8-11 FG and 8 rebounds.
Gary Neal (SA) had 19 points.

Uta 97, OKC 81  at Uta
Maurice Williams (Uta) had 15 points including 6-7 FG.
Enes Kanter (Uta) had 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Perry Jones (OKC) had 14 points.
Cole Aldrich (OKC) had 11 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks.

Pho 104, Por 93  at Pho
Markieff Morris (Pho) had 14 points and 5 rebounds.
Wesley Johnson (Pho) had 12 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6
rebounds.
Damian Lillard (Por) had 15 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers.
Meyers Leonard (Por) had 14 points and 8 rebounds including 7 offensive.
Pho shot 51.2% (42-82) FG and Por shot 38.6% (34-88) FG.


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

Preseason Schedule for Sunday, October 14  (All times Central)
  San Antonio at Houston         1:00 pm  NBATV
  Atlanta at Memphis             5:00 pm


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