News from October 3. The LA Clippers released Nikoloz Tskitishvili. Sacramento exercised their 16-17 option for Ben McLemore. Preseason Games Cha 106, Orl 100 at Orl Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 16 points. Jeremy Lin (Cha) had 17 points and 7 assists. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 16 points including 6-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Andrew Nicholson (Orl) had 23 points including 9-14 FG and 8 rebounds. NO 110, Ind 105 at Ind Anthony Davis (NO) had 18 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Eric Gordon (NO) had 16 points including 4-13 FG. Luke Babbitt (NO) had 16 points. Paul George (Ind) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. George Hill (Ind) had 11 points. ---- 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