News from October 17. Cleveland signed Jack Cooley and released Chris Johnson. Dallas signed Tu Holloway and released Jarrid Famous. Utah exercised their 16-17 options for Trey Burke, Dante Exum, Rudy Gobert, and Rodney Hood. Preseason Games LAL 85, GS 70 at San Diego, California Julius Randle (LAL) had 14 points. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Nick Young (LAL) had 10 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 19 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Festus Ezeli (GS) had 10 points and 9 rebounds. Was 105, Mil 101 at Mil Bradley Beal (Was) had 18 points on 7-11 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 16 points including 7-8 FG and 6 rebounds. DeJuan Blair (Was) had 12 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 21 points on 9-14 FG. John Henson (Mil) had 12 points on 6-8 FG and 13 rebounds. Mia 105, Hou 100 at Hou Gerald Green (Mia) had 21 points including 7-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Luol Deng (Mia) had 15 points. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 12 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 24 points on 10-14 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Terrence Jones (Hou) had 12 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. James Harden (Hou) had 21 points including 7-21 FG. Mia shot 52.7% (39-74) FG and Hou shot 37.4% (37-99) FG. Sac 107, NO 98 at Lexington, Kentucky Rudy Gay (Sac) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 19 points on 4-13 FG and 11-13 FT, 5 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Darren Collison (Sac) had 19 points including 8-11 FG, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Anthony Davis (NO) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 20 points. Cha 97, NY 93 at Cha Al Jefferson (Cha) had 12 points. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 11 points and 8 rebounds. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 10 points including 4-5 FG and 7 rebounds. Cleanthony Early (NY) had 17 points. Langston Galloway (NY) had 16 points on 6-7 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Orl 90, Flamengo 73 at Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 13 points including 5-7 FG and 9 rebounds. Shabazz Napier (Orl) had 14 points and 3 steals. Jerome Meyinsse (Fla) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Marcelo Machado (Fla) had 17 points including 5-14 FG and 5 assists. ---- 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