News from October 7. Memphis signed Alex Stepheson and released Michael Holyfield. Former NBA player Harry Gallatin died at age 88. He played 9 seasons with New York from 48-49 to 56-57 and one more season with Detroit. Preseason Games Hou 109, Dal 82 at Hou James Harden (Hou) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Clint Capela (Hou) had 12 points and 14 rebounds. Corey Brewer (Hou) had 16 points. John Jenkins (Dal) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 14 points. Pho 102, Sac 98 at Pho Brandon Knight (Pho) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 17 points. Jon Leuer (Pho) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 13 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 30 points including 10-13 FG and 6-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 15 points including 3-12 FG and 8 rebounds. OKC 122, Min 99 at Min Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 16 points on 8-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 13 assists. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 18 points. Gorgui Dieng (Min) had 18 points including 6-8 FG. Orl 100, Mia 97 at Louisville, Kentucky Tobias Harris (Orl) had 13 points. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 18 points. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 18 points including 5-7 FG. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 12 points and 5 assists. NY 100, Bauru Paschoalotto 81 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 17 points on 8-10 FG. Kyle O'Quinn (NY) had 14 points including 5-7 FG and 8 rebounds. Kevin Seraphin (NY) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Robert Day (Bau) had 19 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Hettsheimeir Rafael (Bau) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Fischer Ricardo (Bau) had 11 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and 7 turnovers. Atl 98, Cle 96 at Cincinnati, Ohio Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 17 points including 7-9 FG. Timofey Mozgov (Cle) had 13 points including 6-7 FG and 5 rebounds. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 15 points. Uta 117, LAL 114 OT at Honolulu, Hawaii Alec Burks (Uta) had 27 points including 9-14 FG and 8-14 FT, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Trey Burke (Uta) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 21 points. Roy Hibbert (LAL) had 16 points on 4-11 FG and 8-10 FT and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Louis Williams (LAL) had 20 points on 4-13 FG and 12-12 FT 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