News from October 16. Boston released Jamar Smith and Dointe Christmas. New York exercised their 13-14 option for Iman Shumpert. Preseason games Ind 102, Atl 98 at Ind Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 16 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Paul George (Ind) had 20 points on 4-14 FG and 11-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Louis Williams (Atl) had 18 points. Anthony Tolliver (Atl) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Bro 97, Bos 96 at Bos Andray Blatche (Bro) had 23 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Mirza Teletovis (Bro) had 18 points including 6-17 FG and 4-10 3-pointers. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 29 points including 10-17 FG and 6-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Jeff Green (Bos) had 14 points. Det 112, Orl 86 at Det Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 19 points and 5 assists. Greg Monroe (Det) had 15 points including 7-11 FG. Gustavo Ayon (Orl) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. DeQuan Jones (Orl) had 22 points including 9-13 FG and 5 turnovers. Chi 100, Mil 94 at Chi Nate Robinson (Chi) had 24 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 13 assists. Richard Hamilton (Chi) had 23 points including 9-14 FG and 3 steals. Samuel Dalembert (Mil) had 13 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 13 points. OKC 120, Cha 98 at OKC Andy Rautins (OKC) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Perry Jones (OKC) had 17 points including 8-10 FG and 5 assists. Ramon Sessions (Cha) had 18 points and 7 assists. Ben Gordon (Cha) had 21 points. OKC shot 64% (48-75) FG and Cha shot 44.4% (36-81) FG. Min 114, Maccabi Haifa 81 at Min Kevin Love (Min) had 24 points and 8 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Min) had 19 points including 9-10 FT. Pat Calathes (Mac) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Paul Stoll (Mac) had 17 points including 3-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Min shot 33-42 FT and Mac shot 5-10 FT. Uta 114, LAL 80 at Anaheim, California Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 13 points. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 31 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Jodie Meeks (LAL) had 12 points. Uta shot 53.4% (39-73) FG and LAL shot 37.5% (27-72) FG. Preseason Schedule for Wednesday, October 17 (All times Central) Washington at Toronto 6:00 pm Cleveland at Philadelphia 6:00 pm NBATV Memphis at Houston 7:00 pm Phoenix at Dallas 7:30 pm Golden State at Sacramento 9:00 pm Denver at Portland 9:00 pm Utah at LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV Preseason Schedule for Thursday, October 18 (All times Central) New Orleans at Atlanta 6:30 pm Detroit at Miami 6:30 pm Memphis at Milwaukee 7:00 pm at La Crosse, Wisconsin Boston at Brooklyn 7:00 pm TNT ---- 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