News from October 25. The NBA fined Juwan Howard (Den) $15,000 and suspended him for 2 games for throwing punches at Al Harrington (Ind) and Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) during Wednesday's Den-Ind game. TRADE: San Antonio traded Erick Barkley and cash to Chicago for future considerations. Chicago then released Barkley. Dallas released Derek Hood. New Jersey signed Anthony Johnson. Monty Williams (Phi) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee to repair torn cartilage and is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee and is expected to be out 12 weeks. Detroit released Ricky Moore and Gabe Muoneke. Toronto released Jermaine Jackson. The pre-season has ended. Opening day rosters must be set by 5 pm Central on Monday with 12 active players and up to 3 players on IR. The 2002-03 regular season starts Tuesday, October 29! Pre-season games Atl 90, NO 69 at Atl Jason Terry (Atl) had 21 points including 9-15 FG and 3-3 3-[pointers, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Glenn Robinson (Atl) had 15 points including 6-18 FG, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Dion Glover (Atl) had 16 points. Jamal Mashburn (NO) had 15 points including 5-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Jamaal Magloire (NO) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Atl shot 43.8% (39-89) FG and NO shot 37.3% (25-67) FG. Mil 104, Cle 95 at Los Angeles, California Tim Thomas (Mil) had 16 points. Dan Gadzuric (Mil) had 19 points on 5-5 FG and 9-13 FT and 9 rebounds. Michael Redd (Mil) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Darius Miles (Cle) had 33 points on 14-21 FG and 5-11 FT, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jermaine Jones (Cle) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. NJ 106, NY 77 at NJ Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 23 points including 10-16 FG and 5 rebounds. Kenyon Martin (NJ) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Aaron Williams (NJ) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Shandon Anderson (NY) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Charlie Ward (NY) had 14 points and 5 assists. NJ shot 51.9% (42-81) FG and NY shot 30.5% (25-82) FG. Bos 104, Was 95 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 31 points including 10-15 FG. Antoine Walker (Bos) had 13 points and 9 assists. Tony Delk (Bos) had 15 points. Jerry Stackhouse (Was) had 36 points on 11-15 FG and 11-11 FT. Larry Hughes (Was) had 15 points including 6-9 FG. Min 111, Ind 76 at Min Kevin Garnett (Min) had 22 points including 9-14 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Troy Hudson (Min) had 22 points on 10-14 FG and 7 assists. Kendall Gill (Min) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Al Harrington (Ind) had 15 points. Min shot 53.6% (45-84) FG and Ind shot 34.8% (31-89) FG. SA 103, Phi 82 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points, 17 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 17 points. Malik Rose (SA) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 26 points on 6-20 FG and 14-18 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Brian Skinner (Phi) had 11 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. SA shot 46.8% (36-77) FG and Phi shot 32.5% (25-77) FG. Pho 87, GS 79 at Pho Shawn Marion (Pho) had 19 points, 15 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Dan Langhi (Pho) had 14 points and 16 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (GS) had 28 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals, and 10 turnovers. Jason Richardson (GS) had 15 points 4-15 FG and 5-10 FT. Sac 93, LAL 88 at LAL Bobby Jackson (Sac) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Scot Pollard (Sac) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Vlade Divac (Sac) had 13 points including 4-6 FG. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, 12 assists, 5 steals, and 6 turnovers. Derek Fisher (LAL) had 14 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Sac shot 22-35 FT and LAL shot 13-17 FT. [Doug Christie (Sac) and Rick Fox (LAL) were ejected during the game for a scuffle that included thrown punches and then continued their fight off the court in the tunnel area. Both (and maybe others) will likely be suspended and it likely will be for more than one game.]