News from October 18. Brooklyn signed Adonis Thomas. Houston signed Troy Daniels. Indiana released Ron Howard and Darnell Jackson. New Orleans released Lazar Hayward. Preseason games Por 94, LAC 84 at LAC Damian Lillard (Por) had 16 points. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Will Barton (Por) had 10 points including 2-6 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Darren Collison (LAC) had 31 points including 15-16 FT and 6 assists. Chi 103, Ind 98 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 22 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 32 points on 9-15 FG, 4-7 3-pointers, and 10-13 FT and 9 assists. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 22 points. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Mem 97, Orl 91 at Orl Mike Miller (Mem) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 12 points. Ed Davis (Mem) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 22 points. GS 115, LAL 89 at Shanghai, China David Lee (GS) had 16 points. Klay Thompson (GS) had 25 points on 10-14 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. Draymond Green (GS) had 14 points on 5-7 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Chris Kaman (LAL) had 8 points and 6 rebounds. GS shot 8-12 FT and LAL shot 17-23 FT. Preseason Schedule for Saturday, October 19 (All times Central) Washington at New Orleans 6:00 pm at Lexington, Kentucky Dallas at Charlotte 6:30 pm at Greensboro, North Carolina San Antonio at Miami 6:30 pm NBATV Indiana at Cleveland 6:30 pm Denver at LA Clippers 9:30 pm at Las Vegas, Nevada NBATV Preseason Schedule for Sunday, October 20 (All times Central) Memphis at Atlanta 2:00 pm Detroit at Orlando 5:00 pm Boston at Minnesota 5:00 pm at Montreal, Canada NBATV Utah at Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Sacramento at Portland 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