News from October 13. Atlanta relased Quinn Cook, Tyler Cavanaugh, and Jeremy Evans. Boston signed Daniel Ochefu. Boston released Andrew White, L.J. Peak, and Daniel Dixon. Brooklyn released Akil Mitchell, Jeremy Senglin, and Milton Doyle. Charlotte relased Terry Henderson, Isaiah Hicks, T.J. Williams, and Luke Petrasek. Chicago released Bronson Koenig and Jaylen Johnson. Dallas signed Jameel Warney and released Brandon Ashley. Denver released Josh Childress. Golden Statae signed Trevor Thompson. Houston released Chris Johnson, Isaiah Taylor, Tim Quarterman, and George De Paula. The LA Clippers signed Ike Iroegbu. Oklahoma City released Rashawn Thiomas. Orlando released Troy Caupain, Kalin Lucas, Rodney Purvis, and Damjan Rudez. Indiana picked up their 18-19 options for Myles Turner and Domantas Sabonis. Preseason games Cha 111, Dal 96 at Cha Kemba Walker (Cha) had 18 points. Dwayne Bacon (Cha) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Johnny O'Bryant (Cha) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 24 points and 5 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 14 points including 4-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Cle 113, Orl 106 at Orl Dwyane Wade (Cle) had 15 points. Jose Calderon (Cle) had 18 points on 7-10 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Channing Frye (Cle) had 6 points and 10 rebounds. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 21 points on 9-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 11 points including 4-4 FG, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Was 110, NY 103 at NY Jason Smith (Was) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 24 points. Kelly Oubre (Was) had 21 points including 9-13 FG. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. Doug McDermott (NY) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Tor 125, Chi 104 at Chi Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 17 points and 6 assists. Norman Powell (Tor) had 16 points. C.J. Miles (Tor) had 27 points including 9-14 FG and 6-11 3-pointers. Justin Holiday (Chi) had 17 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Jerian Grant (Chi) had 10 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Tor out-scored Chi 38-17 in the 4th quarter. Mem 142, NO 101 at Mem Marc Gasol (Mem) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists. Mike Conley (Mem) had 19 points. Jarell Martin (Mem) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Cheick Diallo (NO) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jordan Crawford (NO) had 19 points. Mem out-score NO 81-47 in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. Mem shot 55.3% (47-85) FG and NO shot 44.7% (38-85) FG> SA 106, Hou 97 at Hou LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 26 points including 12-21 FG and 10 rebounds. Kyle Anderson (SA) had 13 points including 5-6 FG. Rudy Gay (SA) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 27 points including 6-12 3-pointers. James Harden (Hou) had 15 points including 5-17 FG and 1-8 3-pointers, 11 assists, and 3 steals. SA shot 52.9% (45-85) FG and Hou shot 38.6% (34-88) FG. Phi 119, Mia 95 at Kansas City, Missouri J.J. Redick (Phi) had 19 points including 5-6 3-pointers. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 19 points including 9-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (Phi) had 17 points including 10-11 FT. Bam Adebayo (Mia) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Jordan Mickey (Mia) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Mil 107, Det 103 at Mil Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 blocks. Tony Snell (Mil) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Krhis Middleton (Mil) had 14 points and 3 steals. Avery Bradley (Det) had 26 points including 11-17 FG. Andre Drummond (Det) had 18 points, 22 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 7 assists. Pho 114, Brisbane Bullets 93 at Pho Devin Booker (Pho) had 31 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Dragan Bender (Pho) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Alex Len (Pho) had 20 points including 8-11 FG and 7 blocks. Travis Trice (Bri) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Daniel Kickert (Bri) had 10 points on 4-16 FG and 10 rebounds. Por 129, Maccabi Haifa 81 at Por Jake Layman (Por) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Pat Connaughton (Por) had 18 points and 6 assists. Archie Goodwin (Por) had 23 points on 7-11 FG and 9-13 FT and 5 turnovers. Angel Rodriguez (Mac) had 16 points and 5 turnovers. Josh Smith (Mac) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Por out-scored Mac 41-21 in the 1st quarter. Por shot 55.1% (43-78) FG and Mac shot 36.8% (32-87) FG. GS 117, Sac 106 at GS Jordan Bell (GS) had 10 points and 11 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Patrick McCaw (GS) had 17 points. David Stockton (Sac) had 23 points including 9-12 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 8 assists. Georgios Papagiannis (Sac) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. LAL 111, LAC 104 at LAC Brook Lopez (LAL) had 16 points. Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 15 points and 5 assists. Julius Randle (LAL) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Tyrone Wallace (LAC) had 23 points including 7-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Jawun Evans (LAC) had 22 points and 8 assists. Thus ends the preseason. The 2016-17 regular season starts on Tuesday. Schedule for Tuesday, October 17 (All times Central) Boston at Cleveland 7:00 pm TNT Houston at Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Wednesday, October 18 (All times Central) Charlotte at Detroit 6:00 pm Brooklyn at Indiana 6:00 pm Miami at Orlando 6:00 pm Philadelphia at Washington 6:00 pm ESPN Milwaukee at Boston 6:30 pm New Orleans at Memphis 7:00 pm Atlanta at Dallas 7:30 pm Denver at Utah 8:00 pm Minnesota at San Antonio 8:30 pm ESPN Portland at Phoenix 9:00 pm Houston at Sacramento 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