News from October 14. The NBA suspended Devin Ebanks (Dal) for 2 games after he pleaded no contest to a DWI charge. The suspension will occur for his first regular season games [with which ever team he is with and when, as he is unlikely to be on Dallas' opening day roster]. Atlanta released Adonis Thomas, Damien Wilkins, and David Lighty. Utah released Dwayne Jones. Former NBA player Joe Meriweather died at age 59. He played 10 seasons in the NBA from 75-76 - 84-85. Preseason games Orl 102, Dal 94 at Dal Maurice Harkless (Orl) had 16 points and 6 turnovers. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 12 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Solomon Jones (Orl) had 11 points and 8 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 3 blocks. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 16 points and 5 assists. Orl shot 52.1% (38-73) FG and Dal shot 37.9% (33-87) FG. Bro 127, Phi 97 at Phi Joe Johnson (Bro) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 assists. Mirza Teletovic (Bro) had 21 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chris Johnson (Bro) had 21 points including 7-11 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Evan Turner (Phi) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Bro shot 53.9% (48-89) FG and Phi shot 39.3% (33-84) FG. Den 98, SA 94 at Den J.J. Hickson (Den) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Randy Foye (Den) had 15 points. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 22 points including 10-12 FG and 9 rebounds. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Cory Joseph (SA) had 13 points. Sac 99, LAC 88 at Sac DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 31 points on 11-18 FG and 9-11 FT and 11 rebounds. John Salmons (Sac) had 10 points. Ben McLemore (Sac) had 16 points and 5 assists. Darren Collison (LAC) had 20 points, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Sac shot 22-30 FT and LAC shot 7-9 FT. Preseason Schedule for Tuesday, October 15 (All times Central) Golden State at LA Lakers 6:30 am at Beijing, China NBATV Miami at Washington 6:00 pm NBATV Charlotte at Cleveland 6:00 pm at Canton, Ohio Boston at Brooklyn 6:30 pm Milwaukee at Memphis 7:00 pm Denver at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm LA Clippers at Phoenix 9:00 pm Preseason Schedule for Wednesday, October 16 (All times Central) Boston at Toronto 6:00 pm Dallas at Indiana 6:00 pm Detroit at Chicago 7:00 pm Orlando at Houston 7:00 pm NBATV Portland at Utah 8:00 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