News from October 10. Golden State released Elgin Cook and Scott Wood. Reggie Jackson (Det) is expected to be out 6 to 8 weeks with left knee tendinitis and a sprained right thumb. Preseason games Cha 98, Min 86 at Cha Kemba Walker (Cha) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 17 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Zach LaVine (Min) had 30 points on 13-20 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Shabazz Muhammad (Min) had 12 points including 3-13 FG and 5 rebounds. Atl 99, Cle 93 at Atl Dwight Howard (Atl) had 26 points including 11-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Thabo Sefolosha (Atl) had 12 points including 3-3 FG and 5 rebounds. Mike Muscala (Atl) had 10 points and 5 assists. Kay Felder (Cle) had 15 points and 6 assists. Jonathan Holmes (Cle) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. SA 86, Det 81 at Det Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 20 points including 7-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 10 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. David Lee (SA) had 10 points and 5 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 17 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jon Leuer (Det) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. NY 90, Was 88 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (NY) had 11 points including 4-12 FG. Bradley Beal (Was) had 17 points. Kelly Oubre (Was) had 10 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Uta 96, LAC 94 at LAC Rodney Hood (Uta) had 17 points including 7-9 FG. George Hill (Uta) had 10 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Shelvin Mack (Uta) had 12 points. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 16 points. Chris Paul (LAC) had 14 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Sac 135, Maccabi 96 at Sac Ty Lawson (Sac) had 13 points including 5-6 FG, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 14 points including 5-7 FG. Ben McLemore (Sac) had 18 points. Amit Shimhon (Mac) had 17 points. Jarrid Famous (Mac) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Sac shot 67.1% (53-79) FG and Mac shot 37.8% (34-90) FG. Preseason Schedule for Tuesday, October 11 (All times Central) Brooklyn @ Miami 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Memphis 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Dallas 7:30 pm NBATV Portland @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm NBATV Preseason Schedule for Wednesday, October 12 (All times Central) Houston @ New Orleans 6:30 am NBATV at Beijing, China San Antonio @ Orlando 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Indiana 6:30 pm at Evansville, Indiana Denver @ Minnesota 7:00 pm at Lincoln, Nebraska Phoenix @ Utah 8:00 pm NBATV ---- 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