News from October 24. The NBA suspended Markieff Morris (Pho) for 1 game for elbowing Serge Ibaka (OKC) in the face during Tuesday's Pho-OKC game. Philadelphia released Vander Blue, Mac Koshwal, Khalif Wyatt, and Royce White. Phoenix released James Nunnally. Sacramento released Trent Lockett. Toronto exercised their 14-15 options for Terrence Ross and Jonas Valanciunas. Washington released Josh Childress, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, and Xavier Silas. Preseason games Por 90, GS 74 at GS Damian Lillard (Por) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 16 points including 4-15 FG, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 10 points and 15 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 17 points including 7-22 FG and 6 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 16 points and 5 assists. Por shot 24-28 FT and GS shot 8-12 FT. Hou 109, SA 92 at SA Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 16 points. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 15 points including 7-10 FG and 16 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 22 points, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Danny Green (SA) had 12 points. Aron Baynes (SA) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Min 98, Det 99 at Det Kevin Love (Min) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Min) had 18 points. J.J. Barea (Min) had 16 points. Josh Smith (Det) had 20 points including 6-17 FG and 5-11 FT and 6 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 11 points and 20 rebounds including 8 offensive. Min shot 16-17 FT and Det shot 19-34 FT. Cha 105, Cle 92 at Cha Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 19 points and 5 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 13 points including 5-15 FG and 5 assists. Jeff Taylor (Cha) had 20 points including 7-11 FG. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 11 points including 3-9 FG and 8 rebounds. Preseason Schedule for Friday, October 25 (All times Central) New Orleans at Orlando 6:00 pm Charlotte at New York 6:30 pm Brooklyn at Miami 6:30 pm NBATV Denver at Chicago 7:00 pm Houston at Memphis 7:00 pm Toronto at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Indiana at Dallas 7:30 pm Utah at LA Lakers 9:00 pm at Anaheim, California Sacramento at LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV [End of preseason. Regular seasons starts Oct. 29.] ---- 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