News from October 26.

Boston released Micah Downs and Rob Kurz.

Brooklyn released James Mays and Carleton Scott.

Miami released Rodney Carney and Jarvis Varnado.

New York released Chris Smith.

Sacramento released Tony Mitchell, Hamady N'Diaye, and Willie Reed.

San Antonio exercised their 13-14 options for Cory Joseph and Kawhi
Leonard.

San Antonio released Wesley Witherspoon.

Utah released Darnell Jackson and Chris Quinn.

Utah exercised their 13-14 options for Alec Burks, Derrick Favors, Gordon
Hayward, and Enes Kantar.


Preseason games
Dal 99, Cha 82  at Dal
Shawn Marion (Dal) had 24 points including 10-15 FG, 12 rebounds, and 3
blocks.
O.J. Mayo (Dal) had 13 points including 4-15 FG, 10 rebounds, and 9
assists.
Byron Mullens (Cha) had 16 points on 8-25 FG and 19 rebounds including 8
offensive.
Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Dal shot 43% (34-79) FG and Cha shot 30.3% (30-99) FG.

Hou 108, Orl 92  at Orl
Greg Smith (Hou) had 15 points on 4-4 FG and 7-10 FT and 5 rebounds.
Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 assists.
E'Twaun Moore (Orl) had 18 points.
DeQuan Jones (Orl) had 16 points.
Hou shot 51.3% (41-80) FG and Orl shot 39.6% (38-96) FG.

Chi 97, Ind 90  at South Bend, Indiana
Nate Robinson (Chi) had 21 points including 7-10 FG and 8 assists.
Luol Deng (Chi) had 17 points and 7 rebounds.
David West (Ind) had 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers.
Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 17 points and 8 rebounds.

Det 104, Atl 88  at Det
Greg Monroe (Det) had 16 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Andre Drummond (Det) had 13 points including 5-7 FG and 10 rebounds
including 5 offensive.
Louis Williams (Atl) had 17 points.
Al Horford (Atl) had 10 points and 6 rebounds.
Det shot 51.3% (40-78) FG and Atl shot 40% (30-75) FG.

Tor 120, Mem 106  at Mem
Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 21 points including 3-4 3-pointers.
Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 18 points and 7 assists.
Jerryd Bayless (Mem) had 17 points including 8-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5
assists.
Quincy Pondexter (Mem) had 16 points including 4-11 FG.

Min 100, Mil 76  at Green Bay, Wisconsin
Chase Budinger (Min) had 20 points including 6-8 FG and 4-5 3-pointers.
Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 19 points including 7-10 FT and 9 rebounds.
Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers.
Doron Lamb (Mil) had 12 points.
Min shot 51.4% (36-70) FG and Mil shot 36.1% (30-83) FG.

NO 96, Mia 89  at Mia
Anthony Davis (NO) had 24 points including 11-18 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3
steals.
Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5
turnovers.
Chris Bosh (Mia) had 21 points and 10 rebounds.
LeBron James (Mia) had 19 points and 8 rebounds.

SA 100, Was 85  at SA
Tim Duncan (SA) had 16 points and 13 rebounds.
Stephen Jackson (SA) had 16 points.
Jan Vesely (Was) had 13 points.
Earl Barron (Was) had 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Pho 88, Den 72  at Pho
Michael Beasley (Pho) had 29 points on 13-21 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 10
rebounds.
Goran Dragic (Pho) had 13 points and 6 assists.
Jordan Hamilton (Den) had 15 points including 6-17 FG and 10 rebounds.
Kenneth Faried (Den) had 12 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers.


Thus ends the preseason.  Team rosters must be reduced to a maximum of 15
players on Monday and the regular season starts Tuesday.


Schedule for Tuesday, October 30  (All times Central)
  Washington at Cleveland        6:00 pm
  Boston at Miami                7:00 pm  TNT
  Dallas at LA Lakers            9:30 pm  TNT


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