News from October 18. Darnell Jackson (Cle) has a fractured left wrist and is out indefinitely. Preseason games Dal 124, Sac 109 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Josh Howard (Dal) had 25 points including 9-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Gerald Green (Dal) had 29 points including 10-12 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 26 points and 6 rebounds. Spencer Hawes (Sac) had 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Dal shot 55.1% (43-78) FG and Sac shot 42.2% (38-90) FG. Atl 102, Cha 96 at Cha Joe Johnson (Atl) had 22 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Ronald Murray (Atl) had 18 points including 11-13 FT. Zaza Pachulia (Atl) had 12 points and 10 rebounds including 7 offensive. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 20 points. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 18 points including 6-8 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tor 93, LAC 89 at LAC Chris Bosh (Tor) had 26 points and 11 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Tor) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Kris Humprhies (Tor) had 12 points. Ricky Davis (LAC) had 14 points. Jason Hart (LAC) had 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Tor shot 27-33 FT and LAC shot 9-14 FT. Orl 100, Mia 92 at Jacksonville, Florida Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 26 points on 10-14 FG and 6-13 FT, 16 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Mickael Pietrus (Orl) had 16 points including 4-12 FG and 1-8 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 29 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 steals, and 5 turnovers. Udnois Haslem (Mia) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Orl shot 24-36 FT and Mia shot 16-17 FT. Cle 100, Phi 93 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 16 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 17 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Delonte West (Cle) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 17 points. Louis Williams (Phi) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Uta 88, Chi 80 at Chi Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 17 points on 3-14 FG and 11-12 FT, 16 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 8 turnovers. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 18 points including 7-11 FT, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Tyrus Thomas (Chi) had 15 points and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 11 points including 4-14 FG. SA 106, Ind 98 at SA Tony Parker (SA) had 19 points including 9-14 FG, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Matt Bonner (SA) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Desmon Farmer (SA) had 14 points including 4-11 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. Marquis Daniels (Ind) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Danny Granger (Ind) had 17 points including 6-17 FG and 7 rebounds. LAL 108, FC Barcelona 104 at LAL Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 28 points including 10-14 FG and 6 steals. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 13 points including 5-7 FG. Juan Carlos Navarro (Bar) had 34 points including 7-13 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Bar) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. LAL shot 55.4% (41-74) FG and Bar shot 44.3% (39-88) FG. LAL shot 24-32 FT and Bar shot 11-13 FT. Preseason Schedule for Sunday, October 19 (All times Central) New Jersey @ Boston 2:30 pm Denver @ Minnesota 5:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html