1.   Atlanta was maybe the one team the Clippers had a read on, having beaten the Hawks twice in exhibition play.

2.   Bledsoe has been sacked six times in less than five quarters of exhibition play and Saturday he was hit on more than a half-dozen more occasions.

3.   It was the first regular-season Lakers game Garretson has worked since the incident after getting them once during exhibition play...

4.   Moog is scheduled to start against the Phoenix Coyotes in exhibition play tonight at Reunion Arena.

5.   Sealy, acquired along with Pooh Richardson and Eric Piatkowski in a draft-deal with Indiana, started at small forward throughout exhibition play.

6.   The Clippers open exhibition play Friday at Orlando.

7.   The Kings open exhibition play with games Saturday and Sunday against Colorado in Las Vegas.

8.   The Lakers continue exhibition play tonight at Denver against the Nuggets and Wednesday in Las Vegas against Washington.

9.   The Mets believe that Ordonez will need less than a week of exhibition play in Florida to get ready for the season.

10.   With exhibition play not up and running until Monday, it barely allows clubs a week to make assessments.