News from October 23. The NBA and the referees association reached a 2 year contract agreement, ending the NBA's lockout of the refs. The refs will go through a training camp this weekend and resume officiating on Tuesday, with the start of the regular season. [Note that the new agreement expires at the same time as the Collective Bargaining Agreement expires between the NBA and the players (summer 2011).] Antawn Jamison (Was) is expected to be out 3 to 5 weeks with his partially dislocated right shoulder. Kyle Korver (Uta) is expected to undergo surgery on his left knee on Tuesday. No timetable has be announce regarding how long he will be out. Boston named Tyronn Lue as director of basketball development. New York picked up their 10-11 options for Wilson Chandler and Danilo Gallinari. Oklahoma City picked up their 10-11 options for Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Russell Westbrook, and D.J. White. Indiana fired Mel Daniels as director of player personnel. Bobby Jackson announced his retirement from the NBA after 12 seasons. Houston released Brent Barry. Miami released John Lucas. Minnesota released Antonio Daniels. Oklahoma City released Mike Harris. Preseason games Dal 98, Hou 94 at Hou Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 32 points including 11-19 FG and 7 rebounds. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Drew Gooden (Dal) had 12 points including 4-14 FG and 10 rebounds. Carl Landry (Hou) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 17 points including 5-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Mem 95, Cha 92 at Cha Zach Randolph (Mem) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. DeMarre Carroll (Mem) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Marcus Williams (Mem) had 11 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 15 points. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 10 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 steals. Ind 114, SA 112 at Bloomington, Indiana Danny Granger (Ind) had 29 points including 10-29 FG and 5-13 3-pointers, 14 rebounds, and 6 assists. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 3 blocks. Dahntay Jones (Ind) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. George Hill (SA) had 21 points including 7-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Chi 93, Was 70 at Chi Tyrus Thomas (Chi) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 13 points, 16 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Brad Miller (Chi) had 18 points including 7-9 FG, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 15 points on 3-12 FG and 9-11 FT. Andray Blatche (Was) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Min 98, Tor 90 at Sioux Falls, South Dakota Corey Brewer (Min) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jonny Flynn (Min) had 16 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Ryan Hollins (Min) had 14 points including 8-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 27 points including 11-12 FT, 14 rebounds including 8 offensive, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. NJ 110, Phi 88 at Queens, New York Yi Jianlian (NJ) had 22 points including 6-10 FT and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Chris Douglas-Roberts (NJ) had 15 points including 4-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Terrence Williams (NJ) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Elton Brand (Phi) had 11 points including 4-11 FG and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Rodney Carney (Phi) had 13 points. NJ shot 51.4% (38-74) FG and Phi shot 40% (36-90) FG. NJ shot 30-40 FT and Phi shot 10-19 FT. Orl 123, Atl 86 at Orl Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 25 points on 9-10 FG and 7-10 FT, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks.. Vince Carter (Orl) had 26 points including 9-10 FG and 5-5 3-pointers. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 14 points. Randolph Morris (Atl) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Orl shot 61.3% (49-80) FG and Atl shot 37.5% (30-80) FG. Det 95, Mil 93 at Mil Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 16 points and 6 assists. Ben Gordon (Det) had 19 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Will Bynum (Det) had 13 points and 5 assists. Michael Redd (Mil) had 23 points. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Uta 95, Sac 85 at Sac Deron Williams (Uta) had 19 points and 11 assists. Eric Maynor (Uta) had 13 points. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 21 points including 9-11 FT, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 14 points including 6-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. LAC 91, NO 88 at LAC Al Thornton (LAC) had 20 points including 8-11 FG and 6 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 16 points including 6-6 FG and 9 rebounds. Craig Smith (LAC) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. David West (NO) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 19 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Den 119, LAL 105 at San Diego, California J.R. Smith (Den) had 18 points including 6-20 FG, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 7 turnovers. Chris Andersen (Den) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 29 points including 13-16 FT, 6 assists, and 5 steals. DJ Mbenga (LAL) had 14 points on a perfect 6-6 FG and 2-2 FT. Sasha Vujacic (LAL) had 18 points and 4 steals. Den shot 57% (45-79) FG and LAL shot 45.6% (36-79) FG. Thus ends the preseason. The regular season starts on Tuesday. Opening day rosters (minimum 13 players, maximum 15 players) are due on Monday. Schedule for Tuesday, October 27 (All times Central) Boston @ Cleveland 6:30 pm TNT Washington @ Dallas 7:30 pm Houston @ Portland 9:00 pm LA Clippers @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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