Oct 11, 2008 - 1:05 AM
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NEW YORK 110, PHILADELPHIA 104 ------------------------------
PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- The New York Knicks gave Mike D'Antoni his first preseason win as Isiah Thomas' successor.
Chris Duhon scored 19 points and Zach Randolph added 18 as the Knicks cruised to a 110-104 exhibition victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.
D'Antoni was unsuccessful in his debut on the Knicks' sideline, as his team fell, 113-111, to the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday. However, one of his most notable newcomers helped reverse his fortunes in this one.
Duhon, who was acquired via free agency in July, spent the previous four seasons with the Chicago Bulls. He will assume the role of New York's starting point guard in favor of the disgruntled Stephon Marbury.
The former Duke standout helped the Knicks overcome a 16-point deficit after the first quarter and outscore the 76ers, 38-13, in the second.
Newly signed Elton Brand scored 23 points and Andre Iguodala chipped in 16 for Philadelphia.
New York was without first-round pick Danillo Gallinari, who also sat out its preseason opener with a lingering back injury.
The 6-10 Gallinari, who turned 20 in August, has participated in more extensive individual shooting drills in the last two days but still may not be ready for another two weeks.
Thaddeus Young, who led the Sixers in their preseason opener with 21 points, left the game with 3:19 left in the third after hurting his face while diving for a loose ball. He suffered a cut and walked off the court with a towel on his face.
DETROIT 73, WASHINGTON 62 -------------------------
WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Rasheed Wallace scored 12 points and Chauncey Billups added 10 in limited action as the Detroit Pistons recorded a 73-62 victory over the Washington Wizards in preseason action.
Wallace hit 4-of-7 field-goal attempts and added five rebounds for the Pistons, who connected on 18-of-26 free throws.
Richard Hamilton added eight points for Detroit, which held the shorthanded Wizards to 11 points in the third quarter.
Washington is without All-Star guard Gilbert Arenas for the first three months after he had a third knee surgery in less than two years this offseason.
Caron Butler and Etan Thomas scored eight points each for the Wizards, who were also without forward Antawn Jamison. Jamison bruised his right knee in Monday's preseason loss to Dallas.
ORLANDO 94, CSKA MOSCOW 66 --------------------------
ORLANDO, Florida (Ticker) -- Dwight Howard scored 28 points in 28 minutes as the Orlando Magic hammered CSKA Moscow, 94-66, in a preseason game.
The All-Star center was 10-of-12 from the floor and 8-of-13 from the free-throw line as Orlando cruised to victory. Howard scored 16 points in the first quarter as the Magic surged to a 37-17 lead over the defending Euroleague champs. They were comfortably in front the rest of the way.
Howard is 22-of-30 from the field in his first three preseason games and is averaging 21 points per contest. The Magic scored 48 points in the paint
Rashard Lewis added 15 points and Hedo Turkoglu chipped in with 13 for Orlando. Forward-center Tony Battie was in uniform but sat out after fracturing his left ring finger during the team's shootaround.
Terence Morris, from Maryland, led CSKA with 16 points. Trajan Langdon, of Duke, added 12. CSKA committed 24 turnovers.
INDIANA 102, CHICAGO 95 -----------------------
FORT WAYNE, Indiana (Ticker) -- Rookie Brandon Rush and T.J. Ford each scored 18 points as the Indiana Pacers edged Derrick Rose's Chicago Bulls, 102-95, in preseason action.
Marquis Daniels scored 13 points and Jarrett Jack added 10 for Indiana. The Pacers outscored the Bulls, 34-21, offsetting a solid performance by Rose - the No. 1 overall pick in June's draft.
Rose recorded 13 points and six assists in 30 minutes but also turned over the ball four times.
Tyrus Thomas led Chicago with 15 points. Kirk Hinrich, the man Rose was brought in to replace, added 13.
Larry Hughes and Thabo Sefolosha also scored 13 points for the Bulls, who shot just 22 percent (4-of-18) from the arc.
BOSTON 96, CLEVELAND 94 -----------------------
BOSTON (Ticker) -- Tony Allen scored 25 points and Leon Powe hit a pair of free throws with 13 seconds left to lift the defending champion Boston Celtics to a 96-94 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in preseason action.
Allen connected on 6-of-7 from the floor and hit 13-of-16 from the free-throw line. Patrick O'Bryant scored 12 points and rookie Bill Walker added 10 for the Celtics, who connected on 32-of-42 free throws.
Boston's "Big Three" rested most of the game. Ray Allen scored five points in limited time. Kevin Garnett added four and Paul Pierce scored eight.
LeBron James scored 15 points for Cleveland, which took a one-point lead on a layup by rookie J.J. Hickson with 3:23 left. It stayed that way until Walker tied the game with a free throw, and Powe hit a pair to seal the win.
Wally Szczerbiak had 13 points and Zydrunas Ilgauskas added 12 for the Cavaliers.
PORTLAND 102, ATLANTA 80 ------------------------
PORTLAND, Oregon (Ticker) -- Forward Shavlik Randolph scored 12 of his game-high 19 points in the second half to help the Portland Trail Blazers to a 102-80 preseason victory against the Atlanta Hawks.
Acquired from Philadelphia during the offseason, Randolph was 9-for-9 from the field and pulled down 10 rebounds for Portland. LaMarcus Aldridge and Brandon Roy each added 14 points for the Trail Blazers.
The Trail Blazers broke open a close game in the second half, sealing the victory with a 6-0 run midway through the fourth quarter. Guard Jerryd Bayless fueled the run with two steals that led to fast-break dunks by Randolph to open an 82-67 lead.
Portland finished shooting 58.1 percent from the floor (43-for-74).
Atlanta managed just 16 points in the fourth quarter. Overall, the Hawks shot 29-for-77 from the field for a 37.7 percentage.
Atlanta, which lost for the first time in preseason play, was led by forward Josh Smith and guard Acie Law, who scored 12 points apiece.
It was the first NBA game in the year-old Sprint Center.
MEMPHIS 92, CHARLOTTE 79 ------------------------
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (Ticker) -- Rudy Gay scored a game-high 17 points as the Memphis Grizzlies recorded a 92-79 triumph over the Charlotte Bobcats.
The former University of Connecticut star was 7-of-14 from the field - including 2-of-4 from 3-point range - for Memphis, which enjoyed a 48-39 advantage at halftime.
Hakim Warrick scored 14 points off the bench, Quinton Ross added 13 and Darrell Arthur, the 27th overall pick of the 2008 draft, had eight for the Grizzlies.
Jason Richardson had 14 points and Gerald Wallace added 13 for Charlotte, which trimmed the deficit to 85-79 in the fourth quarter but could not draw closer.
Andre Brown finished with 12 points for the Bobcats.
NEW ORLEANS 89, SAN ANTONIO 84 ------------------------------
SAN ANTONIO (Ticker) -- The New Orleans Hornets spoiled Tim Duncan's preseason debut by defeating the San Antonio Spurs, 89-84.
Mike James, who was 3-of-4 from behind the arc, led all scorers with 18 points. Tyson Chandler was hot early for the Hornets, scoring six of his 14 points in the game's first five minutes, while David West pitched in with 12.
Duncan, who did not play in the second half, led the Spurs with 12 points in 18 minutes. Tony Parker, who played 16 first-half minutes, added 10 points.
San Antonio (0-2) held a 51-49 halftime lead. The Hornets went on a 10-2 run, which was capped by a jumper by Morris Peterson, en route to a 61-53 advantage with 4:22 left in the third quarter and never looked back.
Chris Paul had nine points and seven assists for New Orleans, which improved to 3-0 this preseason.
The Spurs played without Manu Ginobili, Fabricio Oberto, Kurt Thomas and Ime Udoka, who all were in street clothes.
George Hill, the Spurs' first-round pick, entered the game midway through the first quarter and was aggressive, scoring five points in three minutes. He finished with 10 points on 3-of-9 shooting.
Matt Bonner was the only starter for the Spurs who played in the second half.
DENVER 118, MINNESOTA 95 ------------------------
DENVER(Ticker) -- J.R. Smith scored 21 points and Kenyon Martin added 13 as the Denver Nuggets won their preseason opener, 118-95, over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Denver used a 25-7 run during the second quarter to pull away from the Timberwolves, who fell to 2-1 in the preseason. The Nuggets led 59-39 at halftime and Minnesota never got within 13 points in the second half.
Leading the surge were a pair of newly acquired big men vying for playing time in the absence of Marcus Camby after the 2006-07 NBA Defense Player of the Year was traded to the Clippers during the offseason.
Chris Andersen, a former Nugget who played with the New Orleans Hornets last season and signed with Denver as a free agent, scored five points and Renaldo Balkman added six and three steals during the run.
Andersen finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds while Balkman, who was acquired in a trade with the New York Knicks, contributed eight.and three boards.
The Timberwolves were led by Corey Brewer's 18 points while rookie Kevin Love, who started for the first time after coming off the bench in the first two preseason games, chipped in with nine points and 11 rebounds.
Minnesota guard Blake Ahearn, last year's NBA D-League Rookie of the Year, added 17 points. The second year guard who signed a one-year contract last month after playing well on the Timberwolves' Las Vegas Summer League team, was 3-of-7 from behind the arc.
The Nuggets were without All-Star Carmelo Anthony due to a bruised left ring finger. He is listed as day-to-day.
DALLAS 105, MILWAUKEE 79 ------------------------
LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (Ticker) -- Jason Terry led five players in double figures with 17 points as the Dallas Mavericks coasted to a 105-79 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks in a preseason contest.
Rookie JaJuan Smith scored 13 points and Reyshawn Terry added 10 for the Mavericks, who connected on 14 3-pointers.
Dirk Nowitzki and Jerry Stackhouse also scored 13 points in limited action for Dallas.
Ramon Sessions scored 11 points for Milwaukee, which shot just 38 percent (29-of-76) from the floor.
Rookie Luc Richard Mbah a Moute and Andrew Bogut each scored 10 points for the Bucks.
SACRAMENTO 94, OKLAHOMA CITY 85 -------------------------------
SACRAMENTO, California (Ticker) -- Rookie Bobby Brown scored a game-high 22 points as the Sacramento Kings posted a 94-85 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in a preseason contest.
A rookie out of Cal State-Fullerton who is hoping to make the final roster, Brown added four assists after starting in place of Beno Udrih, who sat out with a left hip strain.
Second-year center Spencer Hawes added 21 points for Sacramento in its preseason opener. The 20-year old Hawes, who left the University of Washington after his freshman year, connected on 8-of-10 shots in the first half to help the Kings race to a 55-39 advantage at the break.
John Salmons added 16 points for the Kings, who are looking to bounce back from a 38-44 mark last season.
Sacramento's Kevin Martin, the NBA's sixth leading scoring in 2007-08, saw his first action of the preseason and recorded eight points in 13 minutes.
Second-year forward Jeff Green scored 19 points off the bench while Damien Wilkins added 14 for Oklahoma City, which dropped to 0-2 in the preseason after posting a Western Conference-worst 20-62 record in their final campaign as the Seattle Supersonics in 2007-08.
Reigning Rookie of the Year Kevin Durant was rested by the Thunder after playing 28 minutes in a loss Wednesday against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
