News from October 20.

Chicago released Johnny Taylor.

Milwaukee released Harold Ellis.

New York released Vladimir Stepania.

Aleksander Radojevic (Tor) is out for the season after undergoing surgery
on his back to relieve pressure in the nerves in the spine of his lower
back.

Toronto signed Tyrone Corbin and Nick Sheppard.


Pre-season games
Dal 100, Mia 96 - at Dal
Howard Eisley (Dal) had 15 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers.
Christian Laettner (Dal) had 14 points and 6 rebounds.
Greg Buckner (Dal) had 12 points including 5-7 FG and 5 rebounds.
Brian Grant (Mia) had 25 points including 11-12 FT and 6 rebounds.
Anthony Mason (Mia) had 16 points.

Sac 92, Van 90 - at Albuquerque, New Mexico
Vlade Divac (Sac) had 15 points including 4-14 FG.
Predrag Stojakovic (Sac) had 13 points including 4-13 FG and 8 rebounds.
Lawrence Funderburke (Sac) had 14 points and 7 rebounds.
Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) had 18 points and 7 rebounds.
Othella Harrington (Van) had 15 points and 6 rebounds.

LAL 103, Sea 98 - at LAL
Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 19 points and 14 rebounds.
Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 22 points.
Brian Shaw (LAL) had 12 points on 4-4 3-pointers.
Vin Baker (Sea) had 18 points.
Ruben Patterson (Sea) had 18 points including 7-10 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5
steals.
Gary Payton (Sea) had 21 points and 5 rebounds.

Phi 117, Was 97 - at Was
George Lynch (Phi) had 16 points including 6-8 FG.
Allen Iverson (Phi) had 20 points including 9-13 FG.
Aaron McKie (Phi) had 12 points.
Jahidi White (Was) had 15 points including 6-8 FG and 5 rebounds.
Rod Strickland (Was) had 19 points on 5-7 FG and 9-10 FT and 7 rebounds.
Phi shot 55.6% (45-81) FG and Was shot 43.7% (31-71) FG.

Uta 96, NY 90 - at Albany, New York
Bryon Russell (Uta) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers.
Jacque Vaughn (Uta) had 12 points on 1-5 FG and 10-11 FT and 11 assists.
Greg Ostertag (Uta) had 12 points on 2-2 FG and 8-10 FT and 5 rebounds.
Larry Johnson (NY) had 16 points and 7 rebounds.
Kurt Thomas (NY) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds.

GS 106, Cle 96 - at Los Angeles, California
Mookie Blaylock (GS) had 14 points including 5-6 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6
steals.
Chris Mills (GS) had 15 points and 6 rebounds.
Larry Hughes (GS) had 24 points.
Chris Gatling (Cle) had 16 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Cedric Henderson (Cle) had 14 points and 5 rebounds.
GS shot 27-35 FT and Cle shot 9-17 FT.

LAC 96, Ind 83 - at Ind
Darius Miles (LAC) had 15 points, 3 steals, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers.
Corey Maggette (LAC) had 15 points and 7 rebounds.
Keyon Dooling (LAC) had 15 points and 5 assists.
Jonathan Bender (Ind) had 16 points.
Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 10 points including 4-12 FG and 10 rebounds.
LAC shot 51.5% (35-68) FG and Ind shot 36.5% (31-85) FG.

Bos 112, Chi 95 - at Rockford, Illinois
Antoine Walker (Bos) had 18 points.
Chris Herren (Bos) had 17 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals.
Kenny Anderson (Bos) had 13 points and 5 assists.
Elton Brand (Chi) had 39 points on 12-17 FG and 15-16 FT, 14 rebounds, and
3 steals.
Corey Benjamin (Chi) had 13 points.

Pho 86, Min 77 - at Fargo, North Dakota
Shawn Marion (Pho) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Rodney Rogers (Pho) had 14 points and 6 rebounds.
Jason Kidd (Pho) had 11 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals.
Kevin Garnett (Min) had 11 points including 2-15 FG, 11 rebounds, and 6
assists.
Joe Smith (Min) had 10 points including 3-9 FG.
Pho shot 43.4% (33-76) FG and Min shot 32.9% (28-85) FG.