user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: How many games were on October 17?
Columns: ['Game', 'Date', 'Team', 'Score', 'High points', 'High rebounds', 'High assists', 'Location Attendance', 'Record']
Types: ['real', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: [1.0, 'October 3', '@ Olimpia Milano', 'W 125–113 (OT)', "Amar'e Stoudemire (32)", 'Danilo Gallinari (7)', 'Raymond Felton (8)', 'Mediolanum Forum 10,672', '1–0']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT COUNT("High points") FROM "Table" WHERE "Date" = 'October 17';