News from October 9. The NBA suspended Trevor Booker (Uta) for 1 game for hitting Roy Hibbert (LAL) in the head with an open hand during Tuesday's Uta-LAL preseason game. The suspension will be served at the start of the regular season. Preseason Games Pho 101, Uta at Pho Markieff Morris (Pho) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Alex Len (Pho) had 21 points including 7-10 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Ronnie Price (Pho) had 10 points. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 24 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. OKC 111, Istanbul Fenerbahce 81 at OKC Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 16 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 13 points and 5 assists. Dion Waiters (OKC) had 19 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Jan Vesely (Ist) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Ali Muhammed (Ist) had 13 points on 5-14 FG. OKC shot 26-34 FT and Ist shot 7-10 FT. Atl 103, NO 93 at Jacksonville, Florida Al Horford (Atl) had 10 points and 5 rebounds. Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 10 points including 2-3 FG and 4 steals. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 11 points. Anthony Davis (NO) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. NY 115, Was 104 at Was Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 21 points including 10-15 FG. Kyle O'Quinn (NY) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Derrick Williams (NY) had 23 points including 7-11 FG. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 15 points including 6-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 12 points including 5-14 FG and 8 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