News from October 14. Orlando released Earl Barron, Jemeil Rich, and Ajani Williams. Preseason Games Hou 88, Sac 86 at Shanghai, China Yao Ming (Hou) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Juwan Howard (Hou) had 11 points and 12 rebounds. Brad Miller (Sac) had 19 points. Was 126, Cha 125 2OT at Cha Jarvis Hayes (Was) had 31 points and 14 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 20 points including the game winning turnaround jumper with 7 seconds left and 6 rebounds in 55 minutes. Anthony Peeler (Was) had 19 points on 4-11 FG and 11-13 FT and 5 assists. Primoz Brezec (Cha) had 26 points on 9-13 FG and 8-11 FT and 11 rebounds. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 26 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jason Hart (Cha) had 19 points and 6 assists. NY 92, NJ 84 at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Jamal Crawford (NY) had 19 points including 4-13 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kurt Thomas (NY) had 14 points on a perfect 7-7 FG and 5 rebounds. Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 18 points including 6-8 FG. NY out-scored NJ 29-10 in the 4th quarter (including scoring the first 21 points of the quarter). Mem 102, Cle 94 at Mem Lorenzen Wright (Mem) had 15 points. Dahntay Jones (Mem) had 15 points including 5-7 FG. LeBron James (Cle) had 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Min 99, Atl 96 at Birmingham, Alabama Kevin Garnett (Min) had 26 points including 9-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Eddie Griffin (Min) had 11 points including 3-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Antoine Walker (Atl) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Min shot 48.1% (39-81) FG and Atl shot 38.1% (32-84) FG. Den 97, Mil 91 at Colorado Springs, Colorado Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Earl Boykins (Den) had 18 points and 6 assists. Keith Van Horn (Mil) had 17 points. Michael Redd (Mil) had 17 points including 9-10 FT. GS 90, Por 71 at GS Troy Murphy (GS) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 11 rebounds. Eduardo Najera (GS) had 13 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals Zach Randolph (Por) had 16 points and 7 rebounds.