News from October 12. Tyler Zeller (Cle) under went an appendectomy and is out indefinitely. Trey Burke (Uta) suffered a broken right index finger during Saturday's Uta-LAC game. Preseason games LAC 106, Uta 74 at Uta DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 14 points including 6-7 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Chris Paul (LAC) had 6 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Byron Mullens (LAC) had 15 points. Alec Burks (Uta) had 12 points and 3 steals. Richard Jefferson (Uta) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. LAC shot 55.1% (43-78) FG and Uta shot 36.1% (30-83) FG. Cha 83, Mil 76 at Mil Bismack Biyombo (Cha) had 9 points, 21 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 12 points including 3-11 FG. Jannero Pargo (Cha) had 24 points including 4-4 3-pointers. Caron Butler (Mil) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mil) had 15 points. Cha out-scored Mil 33-9 in the 4th quarter. Cha shot 20-27 FT and Mil shot 8-12 FT. Tor 104, Min 97 at Min Tyler Hansbrough (Tor) had 11 points including 5-7 FG. Austin Daye (Tor) had 12 points including 3-4 FG. Kevin Love (Min) had 28 points including 8-10 FT and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 13 points including 5-7 FG. Tor shot 50% (35-70) FG and Min shot 36.4% (28-77) FG. Det 99, Bro 88 at Bro Andre Drummond (Det) had 15 points including 6-8 FG and 3 steals. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 12 points including 4-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Tony Mitchell (Det) had 10 points on 5-6 FG and 10 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 9 points. Andray Blatche (Bro) had 15 points. Det shot 51.4% (37-72) FG and Bro shot 40.9% (27-66) FG. Det shot 21-25 FT and Bro shot 30-53 FT. Bos 111, NY 81 at Manchester, New Hampshire Jordan Crawford (Bos) had 13 points on 5-7 FG and 7 rebounds. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 13 points. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 15 points including 5-6 FG and 6 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (NY) had 11 points including 2-8 FG. Toure Murry (NY) had 16 points. Ike Diogu (NY) had 21 points including 9-11 FT and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Bos shot 54.2% (39-72) FG and NY shot 33.3% (29-87) FG. Chi 83, Was 81 at Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Luol Deng (Chi) had 14 points including 8-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 18 points including 7-9 FG, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Bradley Beal (Was) had 16 points and 3 steals. Martell Webster (Was) had 15 points. Chi shot 43.1% (31-72) FG and Was shot 32.9% (27-82) FG. 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 Preseason Schedule for Monday, October 14 (All times Central) Brooklyn at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Orlando at Dallas 7:30 pm San Antonio at Denver 8:00 pm NBATV LA Clippers at Sacramento 9:00 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html