News from October 15.

Ian Mahinmi (Was) underwent surgery on his left knee to repair a torn
medial meniscus and is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks.

Denver released D.J. Kennedy, JaKarr Sampson, and Axel Toupane.

Portland released Luis Montero.


Preseason games
GS 112, LAL 107  at LAL
Klay Thompson (GS) had 24 points including 9-13 FG and 4-6 3-pointers.
Kevin Durant (GS) had 17 points on 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds.
Patrick McCaw (GS) had 13 points including 3-11 FG and 5 assists.
Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 15 points including 4-14 FG.
Nick Young (LAL) had 17 points.
GS shot 54.3% (44-81) FG and LAL shot 42.9% (36-84) FG.

Chi 107, Mil 86  at Mil
Isaiah Canaan (Chi) had 25 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds.
Doug McDermott (Chi) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5
rebounds.
Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 14 points and 5 rebounds.
Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 14 points on 7-10 FG and 6 rebounds.
Jabari Parker (Mil) had 21 points including 6-10 FT and 6 rebounds.
Chi out-scored Mil 37-7 in the 4th quarter and 64-26 in the 2nd half.

Mem 134, Hou 125 2OT  at Hou
Troy Williams (Mem) had 23 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 4 steals.
JaMychal Green (Mem) had 21 points including 8-11 FG and 8 rebounds.
Mike Conley (Mem) had 19 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals.
James Harden (Hou) had 14 points including 10-10 FT, 10 rebounds, 9
assists, and 7 turnovers.
Montrezl Harrell (Hou) had 20 points, 10 rebounds including 8 offensive,
and 3 blocks.

Min 101, Mia 96  at Louisville, Kentucky
Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 23 points.
Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 16 points and 14 rebounds including 5
offensive.
Nemanja Bjelica (Min) had 11 points and 6 rebounds.
Keith Benson (Mia) had 14 points and 7 rebounds.
Rodney McGruder (Mia) had 15 points on 5-15 FG and 5-9 3-pointers.

Bos 119, NY 107  at NY
Avery Bradley (Bos) had 15 points on 7-9 FG.
Al Horford (Bos) had 12 points on a perfect 5-5 FG and 2-2 3-pointers.
R.J. Hunter (Bos) had 17 points including 6-8 FG.
Willy Hernangomez (NY) had 12 points and 12 rebounds including 5
offensive.
Mindaugas Kuzminskas (NY) had 18 points and 10 rebounds including 7
offensive.
Bos shot 58.9% (43-73) FG and NY shot 45.7% (42-92) FG.

Sac 124, Was 119  at Lexington, Kentucky
DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 22 points including 9-13 FG, 5 rebounds, 6
assists, and 7 turnovers.
Darren Collison (Sac) had 22 points including 7-11 FG and 8 assists.
Omri Casspi (Sac) had 14 points.
Trey Burke (Was) had 14 points and 10 assists.
Andrew Nicholson (Was) had 19 points and 5 rebounds.
Sac shot 60% (42-70) FG and Was shot 48.5% (47-97) FG.
Sac shot 31-38 FT and Was shot 17-18 FT.

Det 97, Phi 76  at Phi
Tobias Harris (Det) had 18 points and 6 rebounds.
Andre Drummond (Det) had 10 points and 13 rebounds.
Ish Smith (Det) had 10 points and 6 assists.
Joel Embiid (Phi) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 turnovers.
Jerami Grant (Phi) had 12 points including 3-11 FG and 3 steals.


Preseason Schedule for Sunday, October 16  (All times Central)
  Atlanta @ Orlando              5:00 pm  NBATV
  Minnesota @ Oklahoma City      6:00 pm
  Denver @ Portland              8:00 pm  NBATV

Preseason Schedule for Monday, October 17  (All times Central)
  Brooklyn @ Boston              6:30 pm
  Milwaukee @ Detroit            6:30 pm
  Charlotte @ Chicago            7:00 pm  NBATV
  LA Clippers @ Utah             8:00 pm


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