News from October 8. Milwaukee released Kendall Marshall. Preseason games GS 142, Min 110 at Shanghai, China Kevin Durant (GS) had 20 points. Klay Thompson (GS) had 28 points on 10-17 FG and 8-10 3-pointers and 6 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 40 points including 13-20 FG and 6-9 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 21 points including 9-13 FG. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 15 points including 9-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. GS out-scored Min 66-38 in the 2nd half. GS shot 60% (51-85) FG and Min shot 49.3% (36-73) FG. GS shot 20-32 3-pointers and Min shot 7-23 3-pointers. OKC 86, Melbourne United 85 at OKC Paul George (OKC) had 22 points including 5-17 FG and 7 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 19 points including 6-19 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Steven Adams (OKC) had 12 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Casper Ware (Mel) had 20 points including 6-19 FG and 6-13 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Josh Boone (Mel) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Was 102, Cle 94 at Was Kelly Oubre (Was) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Jodie Meeks (Was) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Carrick Felix (Was) had 13 points. Jeff Green (Cle) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Kay Felder (Cle) had 12 points, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Por 134, LAC 106 at LAC Damian Lillard (Por) had 35 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 13-13 FT. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Mauress Harkless (Por) had 16 points on a perfect 6-6 FG, 2-2 3-pointers, and 2-2 FT. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 15 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 12 points and 14 rebounds. Por shot 52.9% (45-85) FG and LAC shot 40.2% (35-87) FG. SA 122, Den 100 at SA LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Bryn Forbes (SA) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Rudy Gay (SA) had 11 points. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Will Barton (Den) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 3 steals. SA shot 57% (45-79) FG and Den shot 40.4% (36-89) FG> NO 108, Chi 95 at Chi Anthony Davis (NO) had 37 points including 22-23 FT, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 steals. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 22 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Robin Lopez (Chi) had 13 points and 5 assists. Denzel Valentine (Chi) had 15 points. Bro 107, NY 83 at Bro D'Angelo Russell (Bro) had 16 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. DeMarre Carroll (Bro) had 12 points. Allen Crabbe (Bro) had 14 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Willy Hernangomez (NY) had 17 points including 7-11 FT and 12 rebounds. Ramon Sessions (NY) had 12 points and 5 assists. Bro shot 50% (42-84) FG and NY shot 37.8% (31-82) FG. LAL 75, Sac 69 at Las Vegas, Nevada Brook Lopez (LAL) had 12 points. Kyle Kuzma (LAL) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Julius Randle (LAL) had 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Zach Randolph (Sac) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Garrett Temple (Sac) had 12 points including 4-13 FG and 3 steals. LAL shot 41.4% (29-70) FG and Sac shot 31.3% (25-80) FG. Preseason Schedule for Monday, October 9 (All times Central) Indiana at Detroit 6:00 pm Philadelphia at Boston 6:30 pm Houston at New York 6:30 pm NBATV Memphis at Atlanta 6:30 pm Charlotte at Miami 6:30 pm Orlando at Dallas 7:30 pm Utah at Phoenix 9:00 pm Portland at Sacramento 9:00 pm NBATV Preseason Schedule for Tuesday, October 10 (All times Central) Detroit at Toronto 6:00 pm Maccabi Haifa at Indiana 6:00 pm Chicago at Cleveland 7:00 pm ESPN Orlando at San Antonio 7:30 pm Oklahoma City at Denver 8:00 pm Utah at LA Lakers 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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