News from October 24. Houston released D.J. Strawberry. Milwaukee released Matt Freije. Chicago exercised their 09-10 options for Tyrus Thomas, Thabo Sefolosha, and Joakim Noah. Preseason Games NJ 111, NY 110 at NY Devin Harris (NJ) had 16 points including 7-9 FG and 6 assists. Vince Carter (NJ) had 20 points including 7-11 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Bobby Simmons (NJ) had 16 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 30 points including 9-15 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 7 assists. Malik Rose (NY) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Cle 107, Was 80 at Columbus, Ohio Maurice Williams (Cle) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 26 points including 9-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Zyrdunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Antonio Daniels (Was) had 13 points including 4-5 FG. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Cle shot 50% (40-80) FG and Was shot 38.6% (27-70) FG. Chi 112, Mil 104 at Chi Thabo Sefolosha (Chi) had 18 points including 5-14 FG, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Andres Nocioni (Chi) had 26 points including 5-12 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 25 points including 7-10 FG and 4-4 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 7 turnovers. Luke Ridnour (Mil) had 16 points including 5-14 FG, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 21 points including 10-14 FT. Mia 96, SA 93 at SA Daequan Cook (Mia) had 17 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Michael Beasley (Mia) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 18 points including 8-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 16 points and 6 assists. Ime Udoka (SA) had 11 points and 7 rebounds. LAL 105, OKC 94 at Ontario, California Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 23 points including 10-15 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jordan Farmer (LAL) had 14 points on 7-9 FG, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Derek Fisher (LAL) had 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 23 points including 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 15 points including 4-12 FG and 6 rebounds. LAL shot 55.1% (43-78) FG and OKC shot 38% (30-79) FG. Den 106, LAC 92 at LAC Joe Smith (Den) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Chris Andersen (Den) had 6 points including 1-8 FG, 15 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 4 blocks. Linas Kleiza (Den) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 17 points. Cutino Mobley (LAC) had 21 points. Thus ends the 2008 Preseason. ---- 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