News from October 22. Atlanta released Terran Petteway. Chicago released Jordan Crawford and Marcus Simmons. Cleveland re-signed Tristan Thompson to a 5 year, $82 million contract. Oklahoma City signed guard Mustapha Farrakhan and Michael Cobbins and released Michael Qualls, Julyan Stone, Dez Wells, and Talib Zanna. Orlando released Greg Stiemsma. San Antonio signed Julian Washburn. Utah released E.J. Singler and David Stockton. Preseason Games Ind 98, Cha 86 at Fort Wayne, Indiana C.J. Miles (Ind) had 20 points. Paul George (Ind) had 12 points including 3-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Chase Budinger (Ind) had 17 points on 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Cody Zeller (Cha) had 11 points and 9 rebounds. Bos 99, NY 85 at Bos Tyler Zeller (Bos) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 16 points including 4-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jae Crowder (Bos) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Jose Calderon (NY) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Derrick Williams (NY) had 14 points. Uta 98, Den 78 at Uta Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 14 points including 6-7 FG and 11 rebounds. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 10 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Trey Burke (Uta) had 17 points. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Gary Harris (Den) had 13 points including 5-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Uta shot 53.6% (37-69) FG and Den shot 36.3% (29-80) FG. GS 136, LAL 97 at LAL Harrison Barnes (GS) had 23 points on 9-12 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 24 points including 9-12 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 4-8 3-pointers, 10 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Ryan Kelly (LAL) had 13 points including 4-6 FG and 6 rebounds. Louis Williams (LAL) had 19 points. GS shot 54.7% (52-95) FG and LAL shot 41.3% (33-80) FG. LAC 115, Por 109 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 16 points. Paul Pierce (LAC) had 19 points on 7-11 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 22 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Damian Lillard (Por) had 39 points on 14-30 FG, 1-9 3-pointers, and 10-10 FT, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 steals, and 8 turnovers. ---- 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