News from October 11.

Rodney Stuckey (Det) underwent surgery on his broken right thumb.

Ekpe Udoh (Mil) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and is
expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks.


Preseason games
Por 96, Uta 86  at Boise, Idaho
LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 20 points including 8-9 FG and 8 rebounds.
Damian Lillard (Por) had 23 points.
Maurice Williams (Por) had 11 points and 7 assists.
Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 20 points including 8-11 FT.
Enes Kanter (Uta) had 11 points and 6 rebounds.
Por shot 48.6% (35-72) FG and Uta shot 37.7% (29-77) FG.

Mia 86, Cha 75  at Kansas City, Missouri
LeBron James (Mia) had 20 points.
Norris Cole (Mia) had 15 points including 3-3 3-pointers.
Michael Beasley (Mia) had 13 points and 5 rebounds.
Al Jefferson (Cha) had 11 points and 7 rebounds.
Jeff Taylor (Cha) had 10 points.

Cle 110, Orl 105  at Orl
Dion Waiters (Cle) had 21 points.
Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 17 points including 5-16 FG and 5 assists.
Anthony Bennett (Cle) had 16 points.
Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 15 points and 6 rebounds.
Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 18 points and 8 rebounds.
Cle shot 39.3% (33-84) FG and Orl shot 51.3% (41-80) FG.
Cle shot 37-46 FT and Orl shot 14-19 FT.

Phi 97, Bos 85  at Newark, Delaware
Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 20 points including 9-15 FG, 6 rebounds, 3
steals, and 5 turnovers.
Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds.
James Anderson (Phi) had 16 points and 6 rebounds.
Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 13 points and 3 steals.
Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 19 points and 9 rebounds.
Phi shot 49.4% (38-77) FG and Bos shot 36% (31-86) FG.

Tor 100, NY 91  at Tor
Rudy Gay (Tor) had 17 points on 4-11 FG and 7-12 FT and 6 rebounds.
DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 20 points and 5 rebounds.
Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 10 points and 6 turnovers.
Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 24 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Metta World Peace (NY) had 13 points including 6-17 FG and 6 rebounds.
NY shot 14-19 FT and Tor shot 31-39 FT.


Preseason Schedule for Saturday, October 12  (All times Central)
  Chicago at Washington        4:00 pm  Rio De Janeiro, Brazil  NBATV
  New York at Boston           6:30 pm  at Manchester, New Hampshire  NBATV
  Detroit at Brooklyn          6:30 pm
  Toronto at Minnesota         7:00 pm
  Charlotte at Milwaukee       7:30 pm
  LA Clippers at Utah          8:00 pm

Preseason Schedule for Sunday, October 13  (All times Central)
  Indiana at Houston                12:30 pm  at Taipei, Taiwan  NBATV
  Atlanta at New Orleans             1:00 pm  at Biloxi, Mississippi
  Phoenix at San Antonio             1:30 pm
  Maccabi Haifa at Memphis           5:00 pm


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