News from October 28. Houston signed Kelvin Cato to a contract extension. Philadelphia released Doug Overton and Korleone Young. Orlando signed GM John Gabriel to a 4 year contract extension. Minnesota released Kevin Edwards. Boston released Eric Washington. Chicago signed Dedric Willoughby and released Doug Swenson. Cleveland released Earl Boykins, Jamel Thomas, and Matt Fish. The LA Lakers released Benoit Benjamin and Stephen Howard. Seattle released Steve Scheffler. Vancouver released Stephen Jackson, Antwain Smith, and Rich King. Washington released James Collins, Derek Grimm, and Randell Jackson. The LA Clippers released Charles Smith and Scott Brooks. Pre-season games Was 102, Bos 101 - at Springfield, Massachusetts Michael Smith (Was) had 15 points including 7-11 FT, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Richard Hamilton (Was) had 17 points including the game winning short jumper with 4.4 seconds left. Juwan Howard (Was) had 11 points including 3-13 FG and 8 rebounds. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 28 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Kenny Anderson (Bos) had 21 points including 7-10 FG. Was shot 33-44 FT and Bos shot 44-57 FT. Den 92, Tor 87 - at Tor Raef LaFrentz (Den) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Ron Mercer (Den) had 13 points including 5-17 FG. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 15 points including 4-11 FG. Vince Carter (Tor) had 27 points and 10 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Tor) had 13 points including 6-8 FG. NJ 106, NY 103 OT - at Hartford, Connecticut Johnny Newman (NJ) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointer. Stephon Marbury (NJ) had 30 points including 9-13 FT, 13 assists, 5 steals, and 7 turnovers. Keith Van Horn (NJ) had 28 points and 12 rebounds. Marcus Camby (NY) had 21 points and 14 rebounds. Kurt Thomas (NY) had 21 points and 10 rebounds. Allan Houston (NY) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Det 112, Orl 100 - at Orl Michael Curry (Det) had 20 points including 10-10 FT and 8 assists. Jerry Stackhouse (Det) had 13 points. Marcus Brown (Det) had 11 points. Corey Maggette (Orl) had 17 points including 7-10 FG. Matt Harpring (Orl) had 10 points. Por 89, Pho 77 - at Por Detlef Schrempf (Por) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 22 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Arvydas Sabonis (Por) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Luc Longley (Pho) had 11 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Tom Gugliotta (Pho) had 10 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Uta 92, LAL 76 - at Anaheim, California Karl Malone (Uta) had 17 points. Bryon Russell (Uta) had 19 points. Pete Chilcutt (Uta) had 14 points on 6-7 FG. Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 31 points including 13-17 FG, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Derek Fisher (LAL) had 14 points. Uta out-rebounded LAL 43-28 including 9-5 offensive.