News from October 7.

Elgin Baylor resigned as vice president of basketball operations for the
LA Clippers.  Head coach Mike Dunleavy was given the additional title of
GM.

Orlando exercised their 08-09 option for J.J. Redick.


Preseason games
Dal 108, Was 82  at Dal
Josh Howard (Dal) had 15 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds.
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 17 points and 7 rebounds.
Brandon Bass (Dal) had 17 points including 7-11 FG.
Andray Blatche (Was) had 18 points and 5 rebounds.
Oleksiy Pecherov (Was) had 12 points and 7 rebounds.
Dal shot 53% (44-83) FG and Was shot 35.6% (32-90) FG.

Uta 99, LAL 90  at Anaheim, California
Deron Williams (Uta) had 11 points and 8 assists.
Ronnie Brewer (Uta) had 13 points.
Paul Millsap (Uta) had 13 points.
Andrew Byunum (LAL) had 15 points and 8 rebounds.
Jordan Farmar (LAL) had 15 points.

Tor 104, Cle 84  at Cle
Will Solomon (Tor) had 17 points and 6 turnovers.
Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 15 points and 8 rebounds.
Kris Humphries (Tor) had 14 points and 5 rebounds.
Maurice Williams (Cle) had 12 points.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 16 points and 6 rebounds.
Tor shot 52% (39-75) FG and Cle shot 40.2% (33-82) FG.

Hou 96, Mem 93  at Hou
Ron Artest (Hou) had 15 points including 4-12 FG and 6 rebounds.
Yao Ming (Hou) had 10 points and 9 rebounds.
Carl Landry (Hou) had 18 points and 9 rebounds.
Hakim Warrick (Mem) had 15 points and 8 rebounds.
Mike Conley (Mem) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists.

Por 110, Sac 81  at Por
Brandon Roy (Por) had 14 points including 5-6 FG and 7 assists.
Martell Webster (Por) had 15 points and 6 rebounds.
Greg Oden (Por) had 13 points and 5 rebounds.
Francisco Garcia (Sac) had 12 points and 5 rebounds.
Donte Greene (Sac) had 18 points on 4-11 FG and 8-10 FT.
Por shot 50.6% (39-77) FG and Sac shot 28.9% (22-76) FG.


Preseason Schedule for Wednesday, October 8  (All times Central)
  New York @ Toronto            6:00 pm  
  Boston @ Philadelphia         6:00 pm  
  Charlotte @ Orlando           6:00 pm  
  New Orleans @ Indiana         6:00 pm  
  Milwaukee @ Detroit           6:30 pm  
  Washington @ Memphis          7:00 pm  
  Oklahoma City @ Minnesota     8:00 pm  
  Atlanta @ Phoenix             9:00 pm  
  Golden State @ Portland       9:00 pm  


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