News from October 15. Atlanta signed Cartier Martin. Brooklyn released Marko Jaric. Sacramento released Brandon Heath and DeQuan Jones. San Antonio released Marcus Cousin, Myck Kabongo, and Corey Maggette. Trey Burke (Uta) underwent surgery on his broken right index finger. He is expected to be out 8 to 12 weeks. Brandon Jennings (Det) is expected to be out 3 weeks with an impacted wisdom tooth. Carl Landry (Sac) underwent surgery on his left hip to repair a tear in his hip flexor muscle. He is expected to be out 3 to 4 months. Preseason games GS 100, LAL 95 at Beijing, China David Lee (GS) had 31 points on 12-16 FG and 7-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 24 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Klay Thompson (GS) had 13 points on 5-17 FG. Nick Young (LAL) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 14 points on a perfect 7-7 FG and 10 rebounds. Was 100, Mia 82 at Was Bradley Beal (Was) had 29 points including 10-15 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 13 points including 4-12 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. John Wall (Was) had 13 points, 8 assists, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Shane Battier (Mia) had 14 points on a perfect 5-5 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Cha 92, Cle 74 at Canton, Ohio Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 13 points including 3-10 FG. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 14 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Josh McRoberts (Cha) had 11 points. and 4 steals. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 15 points. C.J. Miles (Cle) had 15 points. Cha shot 27-39 FT and Cle shot 15-18 FT. Bro 82, Bos 80 at Bro Andray Blatche (Bro) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 20 points and 3 blocks. Kris Humphries (Bos) had 12 points including 4-6 FG and 8 rebounds. Courtney Lee (Bos) had 14 points including 4-13 FG and 3 steals. Bro shot 25-35 FT and Bos shot 13-17 FT. Mem 102, Mil 99 at Mem Quincy Pondexter (Mem) had 24 points including 9-14 FG. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 18 points on 5-16 FG and 8-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jerryd Bayless (Mem) had 18 points. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 15 points. OKC 109, Den 81 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 36 points including 13-20 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 13 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Thabo Sefolosha (OKC) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Nate Robinson (Den) had 10 points. Andre Miller (Den) had 10 points. OKC out-rebounded Den 55-33 including 21-10 offensive. LAC 102, Pho 96 at Pho Chris Paul (LAC) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Willie Green (LAC) had 15 points. Byron Mullens (LAC) had 15 points. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 20 points including 4-4 3-pointers. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. LAC shot 52.7% (39-74) FG and Pho shot 46.3% (37-80) FG. 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 Preseason Schedule for Thursday, October 17 (All times Central) Philadelphia at Charlotte 10:00 am New York at Washington 6:00 pm at Baltimore, Maryland Detroit at Cleveland 6:00 pm San Antonio at Atlanta 6:30 pm New Orleans at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm at Tulsa, Oklahoma Miami at Brooklyn 7:00 pm TNT Phoenix at Sacramento 9:00 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