News from October 17. TRADE: Boston traded Joel Anthony to Detroit for Will Bynum. Larry Sanders (Mil) underwent minor surgery. New Orleans released Dionte Christmas. The NBA announced the new/modified rule changes for 14-15. * Mandatory instant replay rules will now only apply to the last 2 minutes of the 4th quarter and the last 2 minutes of overtime [was all of overtime] * Replay can be used to determine if a clear-path foul should have been called, even if a foul was not called [was a foul had to be called before replay could be used] * Replay can be used to determine if a foul should be up-graded to a flagrant foul [was had to be called a flagrant foul for review] * Teams may freely substitute players whenever any timeout is called, including a player can be subbed out even if no gametime action has occurred after he was subbed in [was a number of complicated limits] * The shot clock will no longer be reset to 5 seconds when a jumpball is called when there is less than 5 seconds on the shot clock Preseason Games LAC 101, Uta 97 at LAC DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 9 points and 17 rebounds. Spencer Hawes (LAC) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 25 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 22 points including 12-12 FT, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Trey Burke (Uta) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Por 121, Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa 74 at Por Robin Lopez (Por) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Chris Kaman (Por) had 12 points including 5-6 FG and 8 rebounds. Brody Angley (TA) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 3 steals. Jeff Allen (TA) had 14 points. Por shot 57.9% (44-76) FG and TA shot 41.3% (31-75) FG Mia 115, GS 108 at Kansas City, Missouri Chris Bosh (Mia) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Shawne Williams (Mia) had 19 points on 7-9 FG and 5-5 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Luol Deng (Mia) had 19 points on 8-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. David Lee (GS) had 24 points on a perfect 11-11 FG and 2-2 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Klay Thompson (GS) had 29 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. Tor 109, OKC 90 at Witchia, Kansas Terrence Ross (Tor) had 22 points including 4-10 3-pointers. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 13 points including 9-11 FT. Andre Roberson (OKC) had 15 points including 7-9 FG and 10 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 16 points including 5-15 FG, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Mil 105, Min 98 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa Jabari Parker (Mil) had 21 points and 11 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mil) had 19 points. Anthony Bennett (Min) had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Gorgui Dieng (Min) had 16 points. Mem 112, Flamengo 72 at Mem Tony Allen (Mem) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 steals. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 15 points including 7-9 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Marcelinho Machado (Fla) had 17 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Marcus Vinicius (Fla) had 14 points and 6 turnovers. Mem shot 54.4% (43-79) FG and Fla shot 32.4% (23-71) FG. Dal 108, Cle 102 at Cle Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Dal) had 19 points including 7-9 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 11 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 23 points, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Orl 99, Det 87 at Orl Tobias Harris (Orl) had 22 points including 10-16 FG and 9 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 24 points including 10-15 FG and 10 rebounds. D.J. Augustin (Det) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Orl shot 6-6 FT and Det shot 21-28 FT. Chi 96, Was 86 at Was Al Jefferson (Chi) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Chi) had 16 points including 5-14 FG and 5 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 14 points including 3-12 FG and 5 rebounds. Paul Pierce (Was) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. ---- 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