News from October 13. The NBA suspended Detroit assistant Tim Hardaway for 3 games for his no-contest plea for DWI. The suspension will start at the beginning of the regular season. Utah released Eric Dawson, Quincy Ford, and Marcus Paige. Preseason games Was 100, Phi 79 at Was Bradley Beal (Was) had 22 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Andrew Nicholson (Was) had 22 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Tim Burke (Was) had 13 points. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 11 points and 12 rebounds. Jerami Grant (Phi) had 14 points. Bos 100, Bro 97 at Bro Al Horford (Bos) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Jonas Jerebko (Bos) had 12 points including 4-5 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Marcus Smart (Bos) had 13 points. Luis Scola (Bro) had 14 points including 5-14 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Trevor Booker (Bro) had 11 points on 5-6 FG and 12 rebounds. Det 99, Atl 94 at Atl Tobias Harris (Det) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Aron Baynes (Det) had 16 points including 6-8 FG and 7 rebounds. Ish Smith (Det) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 17 points, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Dwight Howard (Atl) had 15 points including 7-11 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Det shot 27-33 FT and Atl shot 11-16 FT. Mem 110, OKC 94 at Tulsa, Oklahoma Marc Gasol (Mem) had 21 points including 5-16 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Mike Conley (Mem) had 19 points and 7 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 12 points on 6-17 FG and 8 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 17 points. Alex Abrines (OKC) had 19 points including 5-6 3-pointers. Tor 119, Cle 94 at Cle Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 25 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 10-10 FT and 6 assists. DeMarre Carroll (Tor) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Cory Joseph (Tor) had 17 points including 7-10 FG. Kevin Love (Cle) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 13 points including 5-15 FG and 8 assists. Tor shot 57.7% (45-78) FG and Cle shot 41% (32-78) FG. LAC 109, Por 108 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 26 points including 9-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Marreese Speights (LAC) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Brandon Bass (LAC) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. C.J. McCollums (Por) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 19 points including 9-10 FT, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Sac 116, LAL 104 at Las Vegas, Nevada Rudy Gay (Sac) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Darren Collison (Sac) had 20 points and 7 assists. Anthony Tolliver (Sac) had 21 points on 7-9 FG and 7-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 31 points including 10-14 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 11 assists. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 18 points. Sac shot 58.7% (44-75) FG and LAL shot 46.5% (40-86) FG. Preseason Schedule for Friday, October 14 (All times Central) Buenos Aires @ Toronto 6:00 pm Indiana @ Orlando 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Chicago 7:00 pm NBATV Miami @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Golden State @ Denver 8:00 pm Dallas @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Preseason Schedule for Saturday, October 15 (All times Central) Detroit @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Washington @ Sacramento 6:00 pm at Lexington, Kentucky Boston @ New York 6:30 pm NBATV Minnesota @ Miami 6:30 pm at Louisville, Kentucky Memphis @ Houston 7:00 pm Chicago @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Golden State @ LA Lakers 9:00 pm NBATV at Las Vegas, Nevada ---- 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