News from October 9. Boston signed Daniel Dixon. Detroit released Landry Nnoko and Derek Willis. The LA Lakers released V.J. Beachem and Stephen Zimmerman. Orlando signed Rodney Purvis. Utah signed Torian Graham. Washington released Daniel Ochefu. Rajon Rondo (NO) underwent surgery on a sports hernia and is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks. Preseason games Dal 99, Orl 96 at Dal Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 14 points. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Dennis Smith (Dal) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jonathon Simmons (Orl) had 19 points. D.J. Augustin (Orl) had 24 points on 9-14 FG and 6-10 3-pointers and 5 assists. Por 97, Sac 83 at Sac Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 14 points. C.J. McCollum (Por) had had 12 points including 4-13 FG. Justin Jackson (Sac) had 16 points. Skal Labissiere (Sac) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Por shot 24-33 FT and Sac shot 11-14 FT. Uta 120, Pho 102 at Pho Ricky Rubio (Uta) had 20 points including 8-10 FG and 3 steals. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 17 points. Tony Bradley (Uta) had 13 points. Alex Len (Pho) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Devin Booker (Pho) had 19 points and 3 steals. Uta shot 13-17 FT and Pho shot 30-41 FT. Mia 109, Cha 106 at Mia Kelly Olynyk (Mia) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Josh Richardson (Mia) had 18 points. Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 18 points. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 16 points and 4 steals. Malik Monk (Cha) had 19 points including 7-22 FG and 2-11 3-pointers. Atl 100, Mem 88 at Atl Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Taurean Prince (Atl) had 12 points including 4-13 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Malcolm Delaney (Atl) had 15 points and 5 assists. James Ennis (Mem) had 14 points. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 4 points on 2-9 FG and 13 rebounds. Hou 117, NY 95 at NY James Harden (Hou) had 36 points including 13-21 FG and 7-14 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 11 assists, and 7 turnovers. Clint Capela (Hou) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 21 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 3 steals. Michael Beasley (NY) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 3 steals. Bos 113, Phi 96 at Bos Terry Rozier (Bos) had 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jaylen Brown (Bos) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Semi Ojeleye (Bos) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 15 points including 3-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Furkan Korkmaz (Phi) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Det 107, Ind 97 at Det Reggie Jackson (Det) had 14 points and 6 assists. Boban Marjanovic (Det) had 14 points including 6-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Ish Smith (Det) had 14 points and 9 assists. Al Jefferson (Ind) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Damien Wilkins (Ind) had 14 points including 5-6 FG. 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 Preseason Schedule for Wednesday, October 11 (All times Central) Boston at Charlotte 6:00 pm ESPN Philadelphia at Brooklyn 6:30 pm at Uniondale, New York Washington at Miami 6:30 pm Houston at Memphis 8:30 pm ESPN Portland at Phoenix 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