News from October 7. New Orleans released Rodney Carney. Atlanta has David Lighty in their camp. Preseason games NO 94, Dal 92 at Dal Anthony Davis (NO) had 25 points including 11-19 FG and 7 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 assists. Brian Roberts (NO) had 17 points. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 13 points and 7 assists. Brandan Wright (Dal) had 14 points on 7-8 FG. Tor 97, Bos 89 at Bos Rudy Gay (Tor) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 10 points on 5-7 FG and 10 rebounds. Tyler Hansbrough (Tor) had 17 points and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Gerald Wallace (Bos) had 16 points. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Tor shot 52.1% (37-71) FG and Bos shot 39.8% (33-83) FG. Tor out-rebounded Bos 46-26 including 11-8 offensive. Mia 92, Atl 87 at Mia Chris Bosh (Mia) had 21 points including 7-8 FG and 5 rebounds. LeBron James (Mia) had 9 points including 4-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Roger Mason (Mia) had 14 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 10 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Mike Scott (Atl) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Chi 106, Mem 87 at St. Louis, Missouri Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 16 points. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 15 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Jerryd Bayless (Mem) had 15 points. Ed Davis (Mem) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Mosckow CSKA 108, Min 106 OT at Min Victor Khyapa (Mos) had 11 points including 5-6 FG, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Sasha Kaun (Mos) had 12 points on 6-8 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Milos Teodosic (Mos) had 26 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Kevin Martin (Min) had 16 points including 5-15 FG. Derrick Williams (Min) had 21 points including 7-12 FT and 9 rebounds. Mos shot 52.5% (42-80) FG and Min shot 41.2% (40-97) FG. Pho 130, Maccabi Halfa 89 at Pho Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 22 points including 10-15 FG and 5 steals. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 16 points including 6-7 FG and 5 assists. Archie Goodwin (Pho) had 13 points. Donta Smith (Mac) had 13 points including 3-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Dagan Yivzuri (Mac) had 14 points including 4-13 FG. Pho shot 62.5% (55-88) FG and Mac shot 39.2% (31-79) FG. LAC 89, Por 81 at Por DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Chris Paul (LAC) had 15 points including 9-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Willie Green (LAC) had 14 points. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 12 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 11 points including 3-10 FG and 6 assists. GS 94, Sac 81 at GS David Lee (GS) had 14 points and 13 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 9-10 FT, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Klay Thompson (GS) had 17 points. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 15 points, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Ben McLemore (Sac) had 13 points. Preseason Schedule for Tuesday, October 8 (All times Central) Oklahoma City at Philadelphia 2:00 pm at Manchester, England NBATV Brooklyn at Washington 6:00 pm NBATV Milwaukee at Cleveland 6:00 pm Atlanta at Charlotte 6:30 pm at Asheville, North Carolina Maccabi Haifa at Detroit 6:30 pm Golden State at Utah 8:00 pm Denver at LA Lakers 9:00 pm at Ontario, California NBATV Preseason Schedule for Wednesday, October 9 (All times Central) Minnesota at Toronto 6:00 pm New Orleans at Orlando 6:00 pm at Jacksonville, Florida New York at Boston 6:30 pm at Providence, Rhode Island NBATV Dallas at Memphis 7:00 pm CSKA Moscow at San Antonio 7:30 pm Phoenix at Portland 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