News from October 9.

Al Harrington (Den) is expected to be out 2 weeks with a partially torn
plantar fascia in his left foot.

Troy Murphy (NJ) is out indefinitely with a lower back injury.


Preseason games
Pho 98, Dal 90  at Palm Springs, California
Grant Hill (Pho) had 16 points.
Jason Richardson (Pho) had 15 points.
Channing Frye (Pho) had 12 points including 4-13 FG and 5 rebounds.
Caron Butler (Dal) had 12 points including 5-16 FG and 7 rebounds.
J.J. Barea (Dal) had 13 points.

SA 90, Mia 73  at SA
Richard Jefferson (SA) had 11 points and 5 rebounds.
DeJuan Blair (SA) had 13 points and 7 rebounds.
Curtis Jerrells (SA) had 11 points including 4-5 FG.
LeBron James (Mia) had 12 points.
Patrick Beverley (Mia) had 11 points including 3-9 FG, 10 rebounds, 5
assists, and 3 steals.

NJ 90, Phi 89  at NJ
Brook Lopez (NJ) had 23 points including 7-11 FT, 7 rebounds, and 8
turnovers.
Travis Outlaw (NJ) had 15 points and 9 rebounds.
Anthony Morrow (NJ) had 14 points including 5-16 FG and 8 rebounds.
Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 16 points and 7 rebounds.

Hou 126, Ind 92  at Hou
Luis Scola (Hou) had 23 points and 11 rebounds.
Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 17 points and 7 assists.
Kevin Martin (Hou) had 16 points.
Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 17 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive.
Danny Granger (Ind) had 16 points and 5 turnovers.
Hou shot 56.8% (50-88) FG and Ind shot 41.7% (35-84) FG.

Mem 97, NO 90  at NO
Zach Randolph (Mem) had 21 points including 9-12 FT and 6 rebounds.
Sam Young (Mem) had 12 points and 5 rebounds.
O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 11 points including 4-11 FG.
Trevor Ariza (NO) had 17 points including 3-3 3-pointers.
Marco Belinelli (NO) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers.

Mil 86, Cha 78  at Green Bay, Wisconsin
Drew Gooden (Mil) had 15 points and 9 rebounds.
Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 15 points and 8 rebounds.
Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 15 points including 4-11 FG, 6 rebounds, 5
assists, and 4 blocks.
D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 11 points.


Preseason Schedule for Sunday, October 10  (All times Central)
  Toronto @ Boston               5:00 pm
  New Orleans @ Orlando          5:00 pm  NBATV
  Cleveland @ Houston            6:00 pm
  Sacramento @ Golden State      9:00 pm

Preseason Schedule for Monday, October 11  (All times Central)
  Atlanta @ Detroit              6:30 pm
  Cleveland @ Dallas             7:30 pm
  Utah @ Portland                9:00 pm


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