News from October 21. The LA Clippers exercised their 09-10 option for Al Thornton. Oklahoma City released Chris Alexander and Derrick Byars. Sacramento released Noel Felix and Bobby Jones. Washington released DerMarr Johnson and Linton Johnson. The LA Clippers released Dontell Jefferson and David Noel last week. [thanks to Jed Tai] Preseason games Chi 109, Dal 105 at Dal Derrick Rose (Chi) had 30 points including 13-18 FG and 7 assists. Luol Deng (Chi) had 14 points including 4-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Tyrus Thomas (Chi) had 10 points including 3-10 FG, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 blocks. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 26 points on 12-17 FG and 7 rebounds. Josh Howard (Dal) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Chi shot 31-38 FT and Dal shot 10-19 FT. Cle 91, Phi 83 at Phi LeBron James (Cle) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 17 points. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 13 points including 4-11 FG. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Andre Miller (Phi) had 12 points including 5-14 FG, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Bos 101, NY 90 at NY Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Eddie House (Bos) had 20 points on 9-15 FG. Leon Powe (Bos) had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Nate Robinson (NY) had 25 points including 1-6 3-pointers. Zach Randolph (NY) had 12 points including 5-14 FG and 11 rebounds. Mia 102, Mem 85 at Mia Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 25 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Michael Beasley (Mia) had 19 points. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 14 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 28 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Darko Milicic (Mem) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. NO 101, Ind 96 at NO Chris Paul (NO) had 23 points including 10-10 FT, 5 rebounds, 15 assists, and 3 steals. David West (NO) had 26 points including 12-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 12 points on 4-8 3-pointers. Danny Granger (Ind) had 20 points including 1-6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 12 points including 4-14 FG and 10 rebounds. Den 105, Tor 94 at Edmonton, Alberta J.R. Smith (Den) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Nene (Den) had 15 points including 7-11 FG. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. LAL 102, Cha 98 at San Diego, California Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Jordan Farmar (LAL) had 17 points including 5-6 FG. Derek Fisher (LAL) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Jason Richardson (Cha) had 16 points. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 16 points including 8-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Pho 86, LAC 69 at LAC Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Boris Diaw (Pho) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 10 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 16 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Maurice Taylor (LAC) had 12 points. Pho shot 44.6% (33-74) FG and LAC shot 33.8% (24-71) FG. GS 126, Lietuvos Rytas 106 at GS Stephen Jackson (GS) had 28 points including 10-16 FG and 5-8 3-pointers and 3 steals. Corey Maggette (GS) had 17 points including 9-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Kelenna Azubuike (GS) had 15 points and 5 steals. Mindaugas Lukauskis (Lit) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Chuck Eidson (Lit) had 28 points including 13-15 FT, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Marijonas Petravicius (Lit) had 22 points including 10-15 FG and 8 rebounds. GS shot 55.6% (45-81) FG and Lit shot 43.5% (37-85) FG. Preseason Schedule for Wednesday, October 22 (All times Central) Memphis @ Orlando 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ New Jersey 6:30 pm Cleveland @ Detroit 6:30 pm Chicago @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Washington @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Portland @ LA Clippers 9:30 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