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Show THE DAILY HERALD, (www.HuiTheHerald.com), Page B4 November 6, 2002 Provo, Utah, Wednesday, Thibault blanks Chicago NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION NewJetsey Orlando Philadelphia Boston W I 4 4 2 0 1 2 3 3 4 Miami 1 Washington 1 New 0 GB PCT - 1.000 .800 12 .667 1 12 .333 2 12 3 . .250 3 .250 4 .000 1 1 UP 5TB 4-- 0 W-- 4 3-- 0 HOME AWAT 3-- 0 4-- 1 W2 2-- 0 1 0 2-- 1 W-- 2 0 0-- 1 1 2 W- -l 0-- 1 1 2 3 L--l 2 0--1 0-- 3 3 2 1 0-- 2 0-- 4 "L-- 4 0-- The Associated Press CONF 0 - JAZZ REPORT CENTRAL DIVISION I W 3 3 3 Atlanta Detroit Indiana New Orleans Toronto 2 2 2 2 Milwaukee 1 Chicago Cleveland i 750 1 .750 .750 .667 .500 .500 .500 .333 1 1 2 2 2 2 L10 GB PCT - HOME AWAY Wl 1 0 W-- 2 0 1 1 l 2-- 0 0-- 1 W-- 1 1 Black-hawk2-- 2 1 1 IT fl 0 1 THIS WEEK'S GAMES Seattle 91, Utah 77 Today, Detroit 7 p.m. Nov. 8 Atlanta, 7 p.m. Nov. 11 at Boston 5 p.m. FOXSN CONF 24 W-- 1 12 5TB l 3l DETROIT There's just something about Joe Louis Arena and playing the Detroit Red Wings that gets Jocelyn Thibault excited. Thibault made 18 saves for his 29th career shutout, and Steve Sullivan and Andrei Nikolishin scored to s lead the Chicago over Detroit 0 Tuesday night. Thibault blanked the Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena for the second time in less than a year. He was the last goaltender to shut out the Stanley Cup champions in Detroit when Chicago beat them 0 on 0-- 4 0-- 2 . 0 W- 2 NEXT UP 0--0 0 1 2 W-- l 2-- 0 0-- 2 0 12 2 W--l 0-- 1 1 2 .. VS. DETROIT WESTERN CONFERENCE WHEN: Tonight, MIDWEST DIVISION W L PCT Dallas San Antonio Minnesota Houston Denver 3 0 Utah 1 Memphis 4 1 3 0 2 2 3 3 4 W L PCT Seattle Sacramento LA. Lakers 4 3 LA. 1 0 2 3 2 1 3 1 3 4 1.000 .600 .400 .333 .250 .250 .200 2 1 110 GB 1.000 .800 .600 .500 .250 .250 .000 - STB 0 W-- 3 4-- 1 W-- 3 1 W-- 12 12 12 12 1 2 2 3 HOME AWAY 0 0 0 l 7 p.m. CONF WHERE: Delta Center None 0 1 1 3-- 0 0-- 2 0 TV: RADIO: KFNZ 2 Clippers Phoenix Portland Golden State TUESDAY'S 1 1 2 2 12 12 12 L--l 1 1 1 3 L--l 0-- 2 1 2 1320 AM 3 L--l 0 0-- 3 1 RECORDS: Jazz 4 4 0-- 3 1 0-- 3 3 L10 STB 4-- 0 W-- 4 AWAY HOME Pistons 0 0 0 L--l 3 W-- 1 0 1 3 12 3 4 RESULTS 0-- 1 0-- 0--2 0-- 3 1 points per game (16.4) and rebounds per game (6.5). With a minimum of 10 attempts, Utah has four players shooting above 80 percent from the free throw line: DeShawn Stevenson (.917), Matt Harpring (.867), Stockton (.833), and Malone (.826). ... Detroit is tied for first place in the Central Division. ... Richard Hamilton leads the Pistons in points per game (23.0), while Ben Wallace is tops in rebounding with a 14.5 per game average. ...Tonight's game starts a three-gam- e road trip for Detroit They play at Denver Thursday and at Dallas Saturday. in 4 TODAY'S GAMES Dallas at Toronto, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Washington, 5 p.m. Sacramento at New York, 5 p.m. LA. Clippers at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Boston at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. Seattle at New Orleans, 6:30 p.m. Detroit at Utah, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Phoenix, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m. Memphis at Portland, 8 p.m. 121 Orlando Cleveland 89, LA. Lakers 70 Indiana 83, Miami 79 Minnesota 90, Washington 86 Seattle 104, Houston 97 San Antonio 93, Golden State 73 Atlanta 103, Denver 87 3-- 1 THE SKINNY: Karl Malone leads the Jazz 2 l Dec. 17, 2001. PLAYERS TO WATCH: JAZZ, F Karl Malone, G John Stockton, F Andrei Kirilenko. PISTONS, F Richard Hamilton, G Chauncey Billups, F Ben Wallace Corliss Williamson, CONF 2 3 3 2-- 2 PACIFIC DIVISION GB NHL ROUNDUP "It's just a good feeling to come in and get a win," Thibault said. "To get a shutout is a bonus." in its Chicago is last nine games at Detroit since losing on April 2, 1999. "We respect really Detroit. We know how good a club they are," Sullivan said. "So, when the puck drops, we try to take it to them because we know they're trying to take it to us. We're ready and ask for a little more. Because that's what it takes to beat Detroit" Thibault stopped Che-lio- s on a shorthanded breakaway with a pad save with 2:20 left, then denied k Sergei Fedorov from range with a chest save with 1:35 to go. we point-blan- BLUES 5, CANADIENS 2: At Mon- treal, Pawl Demitra had a goal and Louis Blues assists as the St extended their two NHL-bewinning streak to nine games with a victory over the Montreal Canadiens. Rookie Eric Boguniecki scored twice, and Martin Rucinsky and Doug Weight also scored for St Louis. Fred Brathwalte stopped 13 shots for his fifth straight win. FLYERS 2, HURRICANES 1, OT: At Raleigh, N.C., John LeClair scored his 300th goal with Philadelphia with 3:04 left In overtime as the Flyers extended their winning streak to six straight with a victory over Carolina. LeClair pounded a rebound past Kevin Weekes to run Philadelphia's ). unbeaten streak to seven MAPLE LEAFS 4, LIGHTNING 3: At Toronto, Alexander Mogilny scored three goals, including the game-winn- er with 2:22 to play, as Toronto rallied to beat Tampa Bay. The Maple Leafs finished their homestand Mogilny got his 16th career hat trick, Ed Belfour made 34 saves and Darcy Tucker also scored for Toronto. CAPITALS 4 BLUE JACKETS 3, OT: At Colum- bus, Ohio, Peter, Bondra scored two with goals, including the game-winn3.3 seconds left in overtime, as Washington beat Columbus. With time running out, Michael Nylander slipped a pass through the crease to Bondra, who had a nearly empty net on the weak side and easily beat Blue Jackets goaltender Marc Denis for his seventh goal. The Blue Jackets were' playing their first game without forward Kevin who announced his retireDineen ment earlier in the day. - FLAMES 3, DEVILS 2: At East Rutherford, NJ., Chris Drury scored the goal early in the third period toi lead Calgary over New Jersey. Mathias Johansson and Stephane Yelle also scored, and backup goalie Jamie McLennan made 20 of his 31 saves in the third period as the Flames extended their unbeaten streak to four ). RANGERS 5, OILERS 2: At New York, Radek Dvorak had a goal and two assists, and Tom Poti set up two goals against his former team as New York snapped a three-gam- e losing streak with a victory over Edmonton. MdSmisr gees for 41 if we won The Associated Press - After ORLANDO, Fla. five games, Tracy McGrady already has a strong feeling about where he and Grant Hill can lead the Orlando Magic. McGrady broke the barrier for the second straight game, scoring 41 Tuesday night as the Magic held off a Sacramento rally d and beat the 40-poi- nt injury-riddle- Kings 125-12"I see good with this team in the playoffs. I really think this is the team of the East," McGrady said. "Last year, I was hoping that we were going to be a good team. This year, I truly believe we're a good team. Having Grant back is really helping our confidence even more." McGrady, coming off a performance in a road win at Milwaukee, made 15 of 27 shots and also had eight rebounds and Bobby Jackson 4-- the Magic, start for 1 the first time since 1998-9Hill, who sat out the second half of Saturday's victory over the Bucks after feeling pain in his surgically repaired left ankle, had 21 points in 33 minutes while showing no signs of being hampered by the injury that sidelined him most of the last two seasons. e The shot and even surof his teamsome prised mates by dunking in a game for the first time since early last season. "That felt good," said Hill, who had three slams. "Each week I'm doing something new, and that's good. The main thing is that we won. We're It doesn't matter 9. All-St- six-tim- ar of 16 ROUNDUP 26 his points in the fourth quarter, keying a rally from a 109-9- 1 deficit in the last 8:25. The guard, starting because Mike After Pat Garrity made one of two free throws for a Magic lead, Jackson drove the lane for a tying layup that was waved off as he was called for an offensive foul for crashing into Mike Miller. "Obviously, you don't make that call at the end of the game," Jackson said. "If I'm Tracy McGrady or Grant Hill or any marquee guy, I'm guaranteed they're not going to call a charge." Darrell Armstrong made two free throws to put the game out of reach with six seconds left. two-poi- 47-poi- nt seven assists for who are off to a y win." Bibby is out with a broken foot, scored seven straight for the Kings to trim Orlando's lead to 122-12- 1 with to under minute a go. just 1. something fa by 20 or by we four, still got the scored FACERS 83, HEAT 79: At Miami, Brad Miller scored 28 points and made key plays on both ends of the floor in the final minute to help Indiana beat Miami. nt CAVALIERS 89, LAKERS 70: At Cleveland, Zydrunas llgauskas scored 23 points and Cleveland won its home Los Angeles opener over the Shaq-les- s Lakers, whose point total was the franchise's lowest since moving to Los Angeles in 1960. Ricky Davis added 24 points and Tyrone Hill had 17 rebounds for the Cavs, who dazzled a crowd of 19,833 -including high school phenom LeBron James by blowing out the three-tim- e - defending NBA champions. the fewest points the Lakers had ever scored in a game since moving from Minneapolis was 74. Los Angeles shot just 32 percent including 4-- 1. Previously, on With the game tied at 77, Miller lobbed a perfect pass above the rim for Jermaine O'Neal, whose dunk put the Pacers ahead with 50 seconds left Miller then blocked a shot by Eddie Jones, whose strong play helped Miami rally in the fourth quarter. Miller finished out the scoring for the Pacers by hitting a pair of free lead with 22 secthrows for an 81-7- 7 onds left then adding two more for an 83-7- 9 margin with 12.5 seconds left 90, WIZARDS 86: T1MBERW0LVES At Minneapolis, Kendall Gill rallied Minnesota with nine of his 22 points in the quarter, leading the Timber-wolvover Washington. Kevin Garnett was in the final period and finished with 17 points and 16 rebounds for Minnesota, which outscored the Wizards 24-1- 1 in the fourth. Jerry Stackhouse had 25 points and seven assists, fourth a SPURS 93, WARRIORS 73: At San Antonio, Malik Rose hit just the seventh of his career, a to end a lopsided third quarter, as San Antonio defeated Golden State. After trailing 45-4- 2 at halftime, the in Spurs outscored the Warriors 31-1- 2 the third quarter. Rose's beat the buzzer and gave San Antonio a 73-5- 7 lead. SUPERSONICS msmmmm I &, 'i & .'V---' '1- - -- Jl -- i- ' I IS 104, ROCKETS 97: At Houston, Gary Payton had a career-hig- h 18 assists as Seattle almost blew a fourth-quartlead before holding off Houston to remain unbeaten. Seattle (4-pulled away in the e third quarter with shooting, making five 3s in the quarter. The Son-ic- s finished from by Vladimir range, including Radmanovic. Or purchase online at wwwsmlthstix.com Information available at wwvlrttDfthedancexofn HAWKS 103, NUGGETS 87: At Denver, Glenn Robinson was held below 30 points for the first time this season, but the Atlanta Hawks still gained their third straight victory by defeating the Denver Nuggets. Robinson, who scored 34, 30 and 30 in Atlanta's first three games, had 23 points on shooting. 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