News from October 19.

Utah signed Derrick Favors to a 4 year, $49 million contract extension.


Preseason games
Dal 89, Cha 83  at Greensboro, North Carolina
Shawn Marion (Dal) had 13 points and 8 rebounds.
Jose Calderon (Dal) had 13 points and 5 assists.
Vince Carter (Dal) had 13 points.
Josh McRoberts (Cha) had 10 points and 6 rebounds.
Cody Zeller (Cha) had 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Dal shot 10-13 FT and Cha shot 25-33 FT.

NO 93, Was 89  at Lexington, Kentucky
Jrue Holiday (NO) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 8
turnovers.
Anthony Davis (NO) had 16 points.
Anthony Morrow (NO) had 15 points and 7 rebounds.
Bradley Beal (Was) had 30 points including 12-19 FG and 6 turnovers.
John Wall (Was) had 16 points, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers.

Mia 121, SA 96  at Mia
James Jones (Mia) had 18 points on 6-8 3-pointers (his only attempts).
Chris Bosh (Mia) had 17 points on 8-10 FG.
Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 25 points including 10-14 FG, 7 assists, and 3
steals.
Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 17 points including 6-7 FG.
Marco Belinelli (SA) had 15 points.
Mia shot 56.8% (46-81) FG and SA shot 41.1% (30-73) FG.

Ind 102, Cle 79  at Cle
David West (Ind) had 20 points including 10-14 FT, 5 rebounds, and 3
blocks.
C.J. Watson (Ind) had 14 points.
Chris Copeland (Ind) had 15 points including 5-15 FG and 3-11 3-pointers.
Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Anthony Bennett (Cle) had 11 points including 3-11 FG, 10 rebounds, and 6
turnovers.
Ind shot 44.7% (34-76) FG and Cle shot 29.5% (23-78) FG.

LAC 118, Den 111 OT  at Las Vegas, Nevada
Chris Paul (LAC) had 40 points on 13-21 FG and 12-13 FT, 7 rebounds, 11
assists, and 5 turnovers.
Blake Griffin (LAC) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Darren Collison (LAC) had 27 points including 10-13 FG and 3-4 3-pointers.
Evan Fournier (Den) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds.
Andre Miller (Den) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists.


Preseason Schedule for Sunday, October 20  (All times Central)
  Memphis at Atlanta                 2:00 pm
  Detroit at Orlando                 5:00 pm
  Boston at Minnesota                5:00 pm  at Montreal, Canada  NBATV
  Utah at Oklahoma City              6:00 pm
  Sacramento at Portland             8:00 pm

Preseason Schedule for Monday, October 21  (All times Central)
  New York at Toronto                6:00 pm
  Philadelphia at Cleveland          6:00 pm  at Columbus, Ohio
  Milwaukee at Chicago               7:00 pm
  Dallas at Houston                  7:00 pm  NBATV


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