A friday night of preseason basketball in which most teams kept their best players off the floor or didn’t use them a whole lot. The Washington Wizards handled the Philadelphia 76ers; New York Knicks stayed perfect by beating the Boston Celtics; Memphis Grizzlies won against the Oklahoma City Thunder without starters for both teams; Atlanta Hawks beat the Dallas Mavericks; and the Denver Nuggets easily swept aside the Phoenix Suns.

A quiet thursday night of NBA preseason basketball with only two games: Indiana Pacers beating the LeBron James-less Cleveland Cavaliers, tne a depleted Houston Rockets team losing 123-101 to the Golden State Warriors with an impressive shooting show from Stephen Curry.

Not a whole lot of basketball in another night of the NBA preseason. The Charlotte Hornets keep bashing the Los Angeles Clippers in China, looking great with Jeremy Lin in the lineup. Besides that, the Minnesota Timberwolves finally won, beating the Toronto Raptors; Boston Celtics overcame the Brooklyn Nets; Detroit Pistons ran all over the Chicago Bulls; and the Atlanta Hawks didn’t have too much trouble beating the San Antonio Spurs.

What did the NBA preseason have to offer us on another night of basketball? The Orlando Magic beating the Miami Heat; Milwaukee Bucks winning against a LeBron James-less Cleveland Cavaliers; Indiana Pacers overcoming the Detroit Pistons; Oklahoma City Thunder victorious over the Dallas Mavericks; Sacramento Kings beating the Los Angeles Lakers; Houston Rockets winning a point-filled night against the Phoenix Suns; and the Denver Nuggets impressing in a win over the Golden State Warriors.

In a very busy night of NBA preseason basketball, LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers picked up another loss, this time to the Memphis Grizzlies; The New York Knicks led by Derrick Williams beat another Eastern weakling, the Philadelphia 76ers; the Miami Heat managed to survive the encounter with the full force of the new San Antonio Spurs lineup; Kyle Lowry provided sparks for the Toronto Raptors in a win against the Minnesota Timberwolves; Anthony Davis got a big night out of his Chicago visit with the New Orleans Pelicans and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Utah Jazz while C.J. McCollum got himself thrown out for being dirty player.

In another day filled with NBA preseason action, the Charlotte Hornets topped the Los Angeles Clippers in China with a good game from Jeremy Lin, the Orlando Magic beat the Houston Rockets who are worried about James Harden and his knee, the Washington Wizards had no problems against Brazilian team Bauru with a big win, with the same happening for the Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe Bryant in their comfortable victory over Maccabi Haifa of Israel.

Four preseason games took place on Saturday. The Philadelphia 76ers beat the Brooklyn Nets 97-95, the Chicago Bulls won against the Minnesota Timberwolves 114-105, the Detroit Pistons beat the Milwaukee Bucks easily 117-88 and the Sacramento Kings overcame the non threat of the Portland Trail Blazers 94-90.