News from October 14. Golden State released Ben Gordon. New Orleans signed Mirza Begic. Preseason Games Atl 100, SA 86 at Atl Jeff Teague (Atl) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 13 points. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 10 points on 4-5 FG and 3 steals. Det 114, Chi 91 at Chi Marcus Morris (Det) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 20 points. Andre Drummond (Det) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 10 rebounds. E'Twaun Moore (Chi) had 16 points. Aaron Brooks (Chi) had 13 points and 3 steals. Det shot 54.4% (43-79) FG and Chi shot 41.6% (37-89) FG. Bos 109, Bro 105 at Bro Amir Johnson (Bos) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 17 points and 9 assists. Evan Turner (Bos) had 10 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Thaddeus Young (Bro) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 12 points on 2-6 FG and 8-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Min 89, Tor 87 at Ottawa, Canada Tayshaun Prince (Min) had 13 points on 5-6 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 12 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Gorgui Dieng (Min) had 14 points. Anthony Bennett (Tor) had 10 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Deion Wright (Tor) had 11 points on 5-6 FG. Cha 113, LAC 71 at Shanghai, China Al Jefferson (Cha) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jeremy Lin (Cha) had 13 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 14 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Chris Paul (LAC) had 17 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Cha out-scored LAC 57-20 in the 2nd half. ---- 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