News from October 9.

Francisco Garcia (Sac) is scheduled to undergo surgery to repair a broken
right wrist.  Garcia broke his wrist when an exercise ball he was on
burst while he was lifting weights.


Preseason games
Dal 123, Was 115  at Was
Shawn Marion (Dal) had 26 points including 11-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3
steals.
Jason Kidd (Dal) had 15 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 7
assists.
Kris Humphries (Dal) had 15 points and 7 rebounds.
Caron Butler (Was) had 19 points.
Antawn Jamison (Was) had 19 points.
Andray Blatche (Was) had 17 points and 9 rebounds.

Phi 93, NJ 92  at Phi
Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 10 points including 3-10 FG and 10 rebounds.
Marreese Speights (Phi) had 16 points including the game winning jumper
with 7 seconds left and 7 rebounds.
Elton Brand (Phi) had 13 points and 6 rebounds.
Chris Douglas-Roberts (NJ) had 20 points including 9-15 FG and 5 rebounds.
Brook Lopez (NJ) had 18 points and 6 rebounds.

Orl 113, Hou 104  at Orl
Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 22 points.
Marcin Gortat (Orl) had 14 points including 4-5 FG, 14 rebounds, and 6
blocks.
Vince Carter (Orl) had 19 points including 1-7 3-pointers.
Chase Budinger (Hou) had 17 points.
David Anderson (Hou) had 12 points and 7 rebounds.

Bos 96, NY 82  at Bos
Kendrick Perkins (Bos) had 14 points and 7 rebounds.
Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 10 points and 8 rebounds.
Rasheed Wallace (Bos) had 13 points and 12 rebounds.
David Lee (NY) had 13 points and 6 rebounds.
Al Harrington (NY) had 13 points.

Tor 112, Min 97  at Min
Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 21 points including 8-11 FG.
Reggie Evans (Tor) had 11 points and 5 rebounds.
DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 11 points.
Corey Brewer (Min) had 16 points including 4-14 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3
steals.
Kevin Love (Min) had 12 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive.
Tor shot 53.9% (41-76) FG and Min shot 40.5% (32-79) FG.

SA 107, Athens Olympiacos 89  at SA
George Hill (SA) had 17 points.
Tim Duncan (SA) had 10 points and 5 rebounds.
Tony Parker (SA) had 12 points on 6-8 FG.
Josh Childress (Oly) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Sofoklis Schortsanitis (Oly) had 16 points.
SA shot 55.7% (39-70) FG and Oly shot 43.2% (35-81) FG.

GS 110, LAL 91  at Inglewood, California
Anthony Randolph (GS) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 8 rebounds.
Monta Ellis (GS) had 24 points and 8 assists.
Kelenna Azubuike (GS) had 18 points including 7-9 FG.
Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds.
Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 15 points.

LAC 97, Por 85  at LAC
Rasual Butler (LAC) had 14 points.
Eric Gordon (LAC) had 12 points and 5 rebounds.
Al Thornton (LAC) had 12 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 13 points.
Andre Miller (Por) had 11 points and 5 rebounds.
LAC shot 52.6% (41-78) FG and Por shot 38.2% (29-76) FG.


Preseason Schedule for Saturday, October 10  (All times Central)
  Oklahoma City @ New Orleans   1:00 pm
  Cleveland @ Charlotte         6:30 pm  at North Charleston, South Carolina
  Chicago @ Milwaukee           7:30 pm  at Green Bay, Wisconsin
  Golden State @ Phoenix        8:30 pm  TNT  at Palm Springs, California


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