News from October 19. Kevin Love (Min) is scheduled to undergo surgery Tuesday (today) on his left hand to repair a fracture in the fourth metacarpal bone. He is expected to be out at least 6 weeks. Cleveland released Rob Kurz and Luke Nevill. Indiana released Lawrence Roberts, Demetris Nichols, and Rod Benson. The LA Clippers released Jerel McNeal and Anthony Roberson. Minnesota released Devin Green and Mustafa Shakur. Preseason games Atl 113, Was 95 at Atl Marvin Williams (Atl) had 16 points including 6-7 FG and 6 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 16 points and 5 assists. Randy Foye (Was) had 19 points including 6-17 FG and 6 assists. Nick Young (Was) had 15 points. Atl shot 55.8% (43-77) FG and Was shot 42.2% (35-83) FG. Orl 101, Chi 98 at Chi Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 3 steals. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 18 points on 4-5 FG and 10-17 FT and 10 rebounds. Vince Carter (Orl) had 17 points. John Salmons (Chi) had 19 points. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 18 points and 3 steals. Hou 105, OKC 85 at Hou Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 16 points and 3 steals. Carl Landry (Hou) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Chase Budinger (Hou) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 20 points. Jeff Green (OKC) had 11 points including 4-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Preseason Schedule for Tuesday, October 20 (All times Central) Washington @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Boston @ New York 6:30 pm Dallas @ Cleveland 6:30 pm at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania San Antonio @ Oklahoma City 7:30 pm at Austin, Texas Minnesota @ Denver 8:00 pm Sacramento @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Utah @ Portland 9:00 pm Golden State @ LA Lakers 9:00 pm at Ontario, California Maccabi Elite @ 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