News from October 8. Omer Asik (NO) is expected to be out 3 weeks with a strained right calf. Preseason Games Tor 105, LAL 97 at Ontario, Canada DeMarre Carroll (Tor) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 25 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Cory Joseph (Tor) had 18 points. Julius Randle (LAL) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Louis Williams (LAL) had 19 points. Sac 95, SA 92 at Sac Rudy Gay (Sac) had 26 points including 10-13 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals. Marco Belinelli (Sac) had 19 points including 1-7 3-pointers. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kyle Anderson (SA) had 15 points. Por 118, GS 101 at Por C.J. McCollum (Por) had 19 points and 5 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 22 points on 3-18 FG and 15-17 FT and 6 rebounds. Allen Crabbe (Por) had 25 points including 9-12 FG. Stephen Curry (GS) had 30 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 12-15 FT and 7 assists. Draymond Green (GS) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Den 112, Chi 94 at Boulder, Colorado Joffrey Lauvergne (Den) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Will Barton (Den) had 17 points and 4 steals. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 18 points. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 10 points including 3-10 FG, 16 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Mem 97, Maccabi Haifa 84 at Mem Marc Gasol (Mem) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Courtney Lee (Mem) had 11 points. Mike Conley (Mem) had 10 points and 5 rebounds. Rene Rougeau (Mac) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 steals. Dijon Thompson (Mac) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Bro 93, Det 83 at Det Brook Lopez (Bro) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Wayne Ellington (Bro) had 16 points. Shane Larkin (Bro) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Det) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 14 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Ind 97, Orl 92 at Ind C.J. Miles (Ind) had 14 points including 5-17 FG. Paul George (Ind) had 13 points including 4-14 FG and 1-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Glenn Robinson (Ind) had 14 points. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 12 points and 13 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 15 points. Ind shot 24-32 FT and Orl shot 5-8 FT. Phi 115, Cle 114 at Phi Nerlens Noel (Phi) had 10 points on 2-5 FG and 6-12 FT, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Isaiah Canaan (Phi) had 16 points. Jerami Grant (Phi) had 19 points. Matthew Dellavedova (Cle) had 13 points and 5 assists. Jared Cunningham (Cle) had 31 points on 8-10 FG and 13-16 FT. Bos 111, Real Madrid 96 at Madrid, Spain Avery Bradley (Bos) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers. David Lee (Bos) had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 15 points. Trey Tompkins (Mad) had 24 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Felipe Reyes (Mad) had 15 points including 7-10 FT and 7 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