News from October 20.

Phoenix released Derek Hood.


Pre-season games
Dal 94, Den 88 - at Den
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Michael Finley (Dal) had 23 points and 6 assists.
Steve Nash (Dal) had 17 points and 6 assists.
Kevin Willis (Den) had 16 points and 18 rebounds.
George McCloud (Den) had 18 points.

Atl 88, Cha 73 - at Atl
Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Atl) had 18 points and 9 rebounds.
Theo Ratliff (Atl) had 14 points and 9 rebounds.
Dion Glover (Atl) had 12 points and 9 rebounds.
Derrick Coleman (Cha) had 14 points and 7 rebounds.
Jamal Mashburn (Cha) had 13 points.
Atl shot 45.7% (32-70) FG and Cha shot 29.7% (27-91) FG.

Tor 105, Cle 84 - at Tor
Antonio Davis (Tor) had 16 points and 6 rebounds.
Morris Peterson (Tor) had 21 points and 5 rebounds.
Vince Carter (Tor) had 26 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals.
Trajan Langdon (Cle) had 22 points including 8-9 FG.
Wesley Person (Cle) had 19 points including 5-9 3-pointers.
Tor shot 45.8% (44-96) FG and Cle shot 35% (28-80) FG.

NJ 102, Was 95 - at Was
Keith Van Horn (NJ) had 17 points and 8 rebounds.
Todd MacCulloch (NJ) had 16 points and 3 blocks.
Kerry Kittles (NJ) had 17 points.
Michael Jordan (Was) had 41 points on 15-24 FG and 9-11 FT and 6 rebounds.

Uta 96, Phi 86 - at Trenton, New Jersey
Donyell Marshall (Uta) had 13 points.
Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 13 points.
John Stockton (Uta) had 20 points on 3-4 FG and 14-14 FT, 11 assists, and
5 steals.
Speedy Claxton (Phi) had 21 points including 11-13 FT, 12 rebounds, and 6
turnovers.
Raja Bell (Phi) had 23 points and 3 steals.

Ind 91, Chi 90 - at Chi
Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 23 points on 7-9 FG and 9-12 FT.
Primoz Brezec (Ind) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Jonathan Bender (Ind) had 13 points and 5 rebounds.
Kevin Ollie (Chi) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists.
Brad Miller (Chi) had 11 points and 5 rebounds.

Min 93, Mil 74 - at Mil
Kevin Garnett (Min) had 15 points and 10 rebounds.
Joe Smith (Min) had 10 points including 3-11 FG and 11 rebounds.
Felipe Lopez (Min) had 16 points including 7-9 FG.
Ray Allen (Mil) had 22 points including 6-19 FG and 4-9 3-pointers and 6
rebounds.
Michael Redd (Mil) had 24 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and
5 turnovers.
Min shot 47.2% (34-72) FG and Mil shot 29.2% (21-72) FG.

Sac 109, LAL 104 - at Las Vegas, Nevada
Predrag Stojakovic (Sac) had 29 points including 11-19 FG and 8 rebounds.
Doug Christie (Sac) had 14 points and 7 rebounds.
Bobby Jackson (Sac) had 17 points on 4-13 FG and 7-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and
3 steals.
Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 30 points including 11-18 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and
7 rebounds.
Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 21 points including 1-6 FT and 10 rebounds.
Sac shot 40-51 FT and LAL shot 13-22 FT.