News from October 10. The LA Clippers released Quinn Harwood, Malcolm Leak, and Mark Young. Minnesota re-signed Reggie Jordan. Sacramento released Stacey King and Matt Fish. Austin Croshere (Ind) suffered a broken left hand during the Ind-Cle game and will be out 6 weeks. Toronto released Julius Nwosu. Utah released Bryon Ruffner and Nate Green. The NBA Board of Governors approved the recommendation to modify the guidelines regarding illegal defense. If two offensive players are on the weakside of the court and above the tip of the circle extended (that's the half circle above the free throw line with an imaginary line going from the top of the circle to the sideline) then the defender may occupy any area on the weakside of the court, but not in the paint except to "aggressively defend the ball", defend an open player due to a double-team on the ball, or as a reaction to a ball fake - but the defender has to either return to a legal position or double team the ball after the fake. The ruling before was that the defender had to be above the free throw line extended. [Anybody now understand what constitutes an illegal D? ] [note: for pre-season games I'm not listing players who don't play due to injury or whatever reason.] Atl 113, Bos 89 - at State College, Pennsylvania Chris Crawford (Atl) had 16 points including 6-9 FG and 6 rebounds in 17 minutes. Christian Laettner (Atl) had 14 points including 5-7 FG and 9 rebounds. Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) had 10 points including 8-12 FT, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Antoine Walker (Bos) had 27 points including 8-10 FT and 16 rebounds. Bruce Bowen (Bos) had 11 points. Atl shot 47.9% (35-73) FG and Bos shot 28.4% (27-95) FG. Cle 105, Ind 98 - at Dayton, Ohio Shawn Kemp (Cle) had 16 points. Wesley Person (Cle) had 12 points on 5-6 FG. Vitaly Potapenko (Cle) had 11 points and 7 rebounds. Reggie Miller (Ind) had 15 points including 6-17 FG and 5 assists. Travis Best (Ind) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Min 81, Det 79 - at Det Kevin Garnett (Min) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Clifford Rozier (Min) had 6 points and 11 rebounds. Grant Hill (Det) had 16 points. Lindsey Hunter (Det) had 13 points including 4-12 FG and 6 assists. Sea 100, Chi 79 - at Chi Vin Baker (Sea) had 24 points and 5 rebounds in 25 minutes. Sam Perkins (Sea) had 14 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Eric Snow (Sea) had 10 points and 8 assists. Michael Jordan (Chi) had 15 points. Luc Longley (Chi) had 11 points. Hou 98, Orl 92 - at Hou Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) had 20 points including 7-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Clyde Drexler (Hou) had 15 points on 7-10 FG and 5 assists. Charles Barkley (Hou) had 11 points including 5-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Anfernee Hardaway (Orl) had 18 points and 4 steals. Brian Evans (Orl) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Hou shot 54.8% (34-62) FG and Orl shot 38.2% (34-89) FG. Pho 93, LAL 91 - at Pho Danny Manning (Pho) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Antonio McDyess (Pho) had 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Cedric Ceballos (Pho) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 27 points including 9-19 FT, 15 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Robert Horry (LAL) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Cha 109, GS 98 - at GS Matt Geiger (Cha) had 19 points on 5-14 FG and 9-12 FT and 8 rebounds. Anthony Mason (Cha) had 12 points. Vlade Divac (Cha) had 12 points. Latrell Sprewell (GS) had 20 points. Joe Smith (GS) had 12 points including 3-10 FG. Por 107, Sac 96 - at Sac Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 16 points including 7-10 FG, 5 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Stacey Augmon (Por) had 18 points on 5-6 FG and 8-10 FT. Gary Trent (Por) had 14 points on 7-9 FG and 7 rebounds. Olden Polynice (Sac) had 33 points on 13-18 FG and 7-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Lawrence Funderburke (Sac) had 16 points and 6 rebounds.