News from October 17. Kevin Love (Min) suffered a broken bone in his right hand and is expected to be out 6 to 8 weeks. Atlanta released Carldell Johnson. Boston signed Leandro Barbosa. Phoenix released Othyus Jeffers. Sacramento exercised their 13-14 options for DeMarcus Cousins and Jimmer Fredette. Toronto exercised their 13-14 option for Ed Davis. Preseason games Pho 100, Dal 94 at Dal Jared Dudley (Pho) had 16 points on 7-9 FG. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 12 points and 6 assists. Chris Kaman (Dal) had 16 points. Vince Carter (Dal) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Tor 104, Was 101 at Tor Landry Fields (Tor) had 15 points. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 14 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Trevor Booker (Was) had 12 points on 6-8 FG. Martell Webster (Was) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Phi 113, Cle 99 at Phi Nick Young (Phi) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Maalik Wayns (Phi) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 5 turnovers. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 23 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 18 points. Hou 109, Mem 102 at Hou Kevin Martin (Hou) had 22 points including 8-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Patrick Patterson (Hou) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 3 steals. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 13 points including 4-16 FG and 7 rebounds. GS 98, Sac 88 at Sac Stephen Curry (GS) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. David Lee (GS) had 16 points including 5-18 FG and 14 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 13 points including 3-9 FG and 6 turnovers. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 11 points and 7 rebounds. GS shot 45.6% (36-79) FG and Sac shot 33.3% (25-75) FG. Por 97, Den 80 at Por Wesley Matthews (Por) had 19 points. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 14 points. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 11 rebounds. Andre Miller (Den) had 9 points and 5 rebounds. Por shot 10-15 FT and Den shot 24-31 FT. LAC 96, Uta 94 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Jamal Crawford (LA) had 18 points including 10-11 FT. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 11 points on 3-9 FG and 5-13 FT, 16 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. Randy Foye (Uta) had 17 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. 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 Preseason Schedule for Friday, October 19 (All times Central) New York at Toronto 6:00 pm at Montreal, Canada Indiana at Orlando 6:00 pm Philadelphia at Brooklyn 6:30 pm NBATV Minnesota at Chicago 7:00 pm Phoenix at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm at Tulsa, Oklahoma Sacramento at LA Lakers 9:00 pm at Las Vegas, Nevada Golden State at Portland 9:00 pm NBATV ---- 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