News from October 6. San Antonio released Sherron Collins and signed Tyler Wilkerson in the past few days [Collins was not on the official SA-Siena boxscore and Wilkerson was on it]. The LA Clippers released Courtney Fortson [Fortson was not on the official Den-LAC boxscore]. Preseason games Dal 89, Alba Berlin 84 at Berlin, Germany Chris Kaman (Dal) had 14 points on 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Darren Collison (Dal) had 14 points and 9 assists. Deon Thompson (Ber) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Nihad Djedovic (Ber) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Dal shot 53% (35-66) FG and Ber shot 39.8% (33-83) FG. Mem 105, Real Madrid 93 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 27 points including 11-18 FG. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 16 points, 16 rebounds, and 6 assists. Mike Conley (Mem) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Rudy Fernandez (Mad) had 16 points and 4 steals. Nikola Mirotic (Mad) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Mem shot 56% (42-75) FG and Mad shot 39.3% (35-89) FG. SA 106, Montepaschi Siena 77 at SA Manu Ginobili (SA) had 11 points. Gary Neal (SA) had 11 points. Bobby Brown (Sie) had 20 points including 5-17 FG and 4-10 3-pointers. Benjamin Eze (Sie) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. SA shot 51.3% (40-78) FG and Sie shot 29.6% (24-81) FG. Den 106, LAC 104 at Las Vegas, Nevada Kenneth Faried (Den) had 18 points including 7-11 FG. Jordan Hamilton (Den) had 17 points. Eric Bledsoe (LAC) had 25 points including 12-17 FG, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 19 points and 5 assists. [Note: I do not list DNP-injured for preseason games.] Preseason Schedule for Sunday, October 7 (All times Central) Boston at Armani Milano 11:00 am NBATV at Milan, Italy Washington at Charlotte 12:00 pm Miami at Atlanta 1:00 pm Orlando at New Orleans 1:30 pm NBATV at Mexico City, Mexico Golden State at LA Lakers 9:00 pm at Fresno, California Preseason Schedule for Monday, October 8 (All times Central) Real Madrid at Toronto 6:00 pm NBATV Montepaschi Siena at Cleveland 6:00 pm Utah at Golden State 9:30 pm ---- 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