News from October 16.

Patrick Ewing (NY) will likely miss the start of the season as he is 
suffering from Achilles tendinitis.

Dean Garrett (Min) will be out 3 to 5 weeks after undergoing knee surgery.

Phoenix released Peter Aluma.


Pre-season games
Dal 114, Cha 88 - at Dal
Gary Trent (Dal) had 15 points and 8 rebounds.
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points including 9-14 FG, 6 rebounds, 3 steals,
and 3 blocks.
Cedric Ceballos (Dal) had 19 points and 8 rebounds.
Anthony Mason (Cha) had 15 points including 6-9 FG.
Brad Miller (Cha) had 11 points including 3-13 FG and 12 rebounds.
Dal shot 54.4% (49-90) FG and Cha shot 32.7% (33-101).

SA 103, Vasco Da Gama (Brazil) 68 - at Milan Italy
Tim Duncan (SA) had 32 points and 18 rebounds.
David Robinson (SA) had 16 points and 7 rebounds.
Avery Johnson (SA) had 14 points on 7-10 FG and 6 assists.
Charles Edward Byrd (VDG) had 17 points including 4-7 3-pointers.
Jose Vargas (VDG) had 12 points including 5-18 FG and 12 rebounds.
SA shot 48.9% (44-90) FG and VDG shot 33.3% (26-78) FG.
SA out-scored VDG 24-2 in the 4th quarter.
SA won the McDonalds Championship and Tim Duncan was named as the
tournament MVP.

Mil 109, Min 100 -at  Mil
Glenn Robinson (Mil) had 20 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 7
rebounds.
Ray Allen (Mil) had 22 points and 3 steals.
Sam Cassell (Mil) had 17 points and 8 assists.
Wally Szczerbiak (Min) had 17 points.
Kevin Garnett (Min) had 19 points and 11 rebounds.

Det 109, Phi 104 - at Grand Rapids, Michigan
Marcus Brown (Det) had 18 points including 7-9 FG and 5 turnovers in 13
minutes.
Grant Hill (Det) had 22 points on 6-9 FG and 10-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 6
assists, and 3 steals.
Jerry Stackhouse (Det) had 21 points and 6 turnovers.
Larry Hughes (Phi) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals.
Todd MacCulloch (Phi) had 19 points and 10 rebounds.

Cle 82, NY 68 - at Syracuse, NY
Brevin Knight (Cle) had 14 points on 7-10 FG.
Bob Sura (Cle) had 11 points and 5 rebounds.
Cedric Henderson (Cle) had 11 points.
John Wallace (NY) had 12 points including 2-11 FG and 8 rebounds.
Allan Houston (NY) had 17 points.
Cle shot 45.7% (37-81) FG and NY shot 34.8% (24-69) FG.

Sac 96, Ind 95 - at Ind
Jason Williams (Sac) had 21 points.
Scot Pollard (Sac) had 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Vlade Divac (Sac) had 12 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers.
Reggie Miller (Ind) had 18 points.
Rik Smits (Ind) had 13 points including 6-18 FG.
Sac shot 33-44 FT and Ind shot 8-15 FT.

LAC 93, Chi 72 - at Chi
Derek Anderson (LAC) had 19 points including 5-14 FG, 5 rebounds, 5
assists, and 3 steals.
Brian Skinner (LAC) had 13 points, 10 rebounds, 3 steals, and 7 blocks.
Michael Olowokandi (LAC) had 14 points and 5 rebounds.
Toni Kukoc (Chi) had 15 points.
Elton Brand (Chi) had 15 points and 9 rebounds.