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Show Winesda December DAILY HERALD 2 2004 The Mm Basketball Star of the day GeweJanrfi LeBron James scored 40 points andhad nne assists and seven rebounds to lead tre Cavaiim tu a 1 1 02 victory over Atlanta. 1- San Antonio shows Phoenix no mercy ATLANTIC WYTSION Suns' streak comes to an em W 0 TA Badger ;.-:THE NBA STANDINGS ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN ANTONIO In a statement game between two of the NBA's elite teams, the Spurs spoke loudest. Tony Parker scored 29 points in just 30 minutes, and San Antonio shot 52 percent in ending Phoenix's winning streak with a 115-9- 4 victory Tuesday nizht. In a matchup of the league's most productive offense (Phoenix) against its stingi-es- t defense (San Antonio), the Spurs man-age- d to assume both rotes. San Antonio fell just one point shy of its highest point total of the season and held the Suns to just one point more than their season? . low. , San Antonio, leading 4 at halftime, won the game with a 20-- 6 run to open the third quarSAN ANT. 115 ter. Parker scored three PHOENIX 94 baskets in the paint and Bruce Bowen added a pair of during the decisive burst. Tim Duncan had 16 points and 12 rebounds and matched his season high with six assists. Malik Rose had 16 points and Manu Ginobili 13 for the Spurs, who limited 39.7 percent shootPhoenix to a season-loing. Amare Stoudemire scored 37 points for the Suns, while'Steve Nash had 12 points all in the first period. : Shawn Marion, averaging 20.2 points, scored only six on shooting. Aside ' the Phoenix from Stoudemire from the floor. starters went - The focus on offense was clear from the game's first possession, as Parker drove for an uncontested layup. The Spurs made nine of their first 12 shots to take a 20-1-3 lead after barely five minutes, but a driving finger roll by Nash ignited a 14-- 2 run by Phoenix. Behind Nash, the Suns led by as many as six before San Antonio pulled to 2 on a drive by Ginobili in the final seconds. The Spurs picked up their defense after Phoenix built its lead to 43-3-4 early in the second, the last point coming after San An- tonio coach Gregg Popovich was hit with a technical foul The Suns missed 13 of their last 16 shots before the break, and San Antonio rallied for a seven-poin- t advantage at halftime. Stoudemire scored 13 of the Suns' 19 points in the second quarter to end the half with 21. Parker, who also scored 13 in the second, led the Spurs with 19 points on shooting. ; ;, CI 15 PhfaMphia 12 14 .462 110 H 536 "Jl 15 AM rim Jersey 10 17 370 loraiB,; tela 345 testa. c M L tkwfrfc 2 Horn Away M M . 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Parker scored 29 points as San T I Notes: San Antonio, off to a franchise- best 23-- start, has beaten Phoenix five straight times. ... The loss left the Suns with an 2 road record. They are 2 at home. The worst loss of the sea 6 13-- 11-- I 115-9-4. ?V: son for Phoenix before Tuesday was by five points to Cleveland last month. ... Parker is averaging 22.8 points on 59 in his last percent shooting five games. , 6) TUESDAY'S RESULTS ATLANTA LeBron James was tired of super- losing. on the road, so the i ti aiCU gave lite; ucvcwuu vaTaubia wvnvfij what they needed everything. "Whatever we needed, he provided tonight," coach Paul Silas said. "He fuels us. As LeBron goes, so we go. He just wouldn't let us lose." James had 40 points, nine rebounds and seven assists to help the Cavaliers defeat 2 the Atlanta Hawks Tuesday night ' for their third victory in four games. Jeff Mclnnis and Zydrunas Ilgauskas each scored 20 points for ROUNDUP Cleveland, which won its fifth straight against the struggling Hawks. The e road losing streak Cavs ended a and improved to 6--9 away from Gund Arena. "There's not too many teams that play ; well on the road anyway," James said. "We've just got to come in with intensity like this every time we're on the road. It's ; simple as that." James, who entered with a 24.6 average ranked fifth in the NBA, finished three points shy of his career high set Nov. 24 against Detroit. He went over 30 points for the seventh time this season. Running down the left side and taking k . Mclnnis' pass, James fed Anderson Varejao with a bounce pass for a dunk that gave the Cavs their biggest lead, 94-8with 5:38 left. That basket ended a 154 run that began after Tony Delk hit consecutive pointers for Atlanta. "LeBron, that's what he's good at," Mclnnis said. "We all play behind LeBroa Like in the fourth quarter, LeBron told me to get and got going. I got on the some baskets. He got Tractor Tr aylor into the game. WeVe got guys that can hurt you." ' James' most spectacular basket came on . , , J 1. iL f If. . u nc a ululk. in uk quai ici cradled the ball in his right arm before using his right hand to jam it through the rim and cut the Hawks' lead to to make it Antoine Walker hit a 0 with 57.3 seconds remaining, but it was too late as the Hawks lost for the seventh time in eight games. "We have to learn how to play for 48 minutes," Walker, who finished with 17 , points. "We have to be able to maintain our defense in the third quarter. We're not putting it together for 48 minutes." Al Harrington led Atlanta with a season-hig- h 31 points. Hawks coach Mike son liked what he saw from Harrington, 'i "He was steady," Woodson said. "I SPURS 115, SUNS 94 PH0MX(M) Richardson 2. Marlon 7 6. Stoudemire 3 4 12, JJormson 37. Nash 22 0. Jacoosen Hunter 4, Barbosa 0 6. Woman 2, Lamps 6. Outlaw 6. Totals 94. 4, Cabarkapa 5 9. 1 SAN ANTONIO Bowen J ; 1 41-3- 106-10- 36 32 San Antonio WARRIORS 104 NUGGETS 101 3 115. 19 28 15 32 94 115 25 22 DENVER Nene9-1- 16. 1 Goale Wioaiti J Johnson 2, (Bowen Brown Ginobi Parker " GOLDEN STATE Pri - 40, Gooden 2 limited Yao Ming to thought the team played well, but again I'm not looking at offense. I'm looking at de- fense. We didn't do enough of that." James, who turns 20 on Thursday, is the youngest player to reach 500 career assists and rebounds. He surpassed Philadelphia's Allen Iverson, who had 36 against the Hawks on Dec. 6, for the most points this season by an Atlanta opponent. Ilgauskas was pleased with how the Cavs halftime deficit into a turned a one-poi79-7- 5 lead entering the fourth Cleveland entered with a 7 road record when trail I ing after three. "In the last couple of weeks the third ff quarter has been a killer for us," Ilgauskas said "We just come out flat and just shoot ourselves out of the game right out of the, gates. Today that was the difference. We; came out strong and took the lead."1 $ . 2-- ( Rockets 87: At Milwaukee, Michael Redd scored 28 points and Desmond Mason added 24 for Milwaukee. Marcus Fizer added 15 points and seven rebounds for the Bucks.The point total was the most for the Bucks, who had 110 in a e loss to Miami on Nov. 14: Tracy McGrady led Houston with 20 points, and Bob Sura added 19. Milwaukee Celtics. first-ha- lf 8. Childress 76ERS 9-- 6 I Nets 84, Bulls 80: At Chicago, Vince Carter' had 25 points and six rebounds to lead the New Jersey Nets to a victory over the Chicago Bulls. in his second game Carter finished for New Jersey, one night after limping off the court in an overtime loss at Detroit. Richard Jefferson and Nenad Krstic each scored 17 points fbr New Jersey. Kirk Hinrich led Chicago with 30 points and Ben Gordon added 19. 1 111 102 32 27 29 24 24 Iguodala Walker (Delk 0 10. Jackson 4, ). Fouled out (tone. 4. Harrington Cleveland 45 (James 9). Atlanta 45 Rebound Cleveland 19 (James 7), Atlanta (Walker 9) Assorts 20 (Lue 6). Total tools Cleveland 21, Atlanta 25. Ananta Defensive Three Second, Atlanta Technical coach Woodson. A 19,445 (19,445). 111, TRAIL OBie 2, 6 GiH Miles 13, Stoudamire (104) 28. Anderson 4 0. Outlaw 15, 3--6 9 1 Padgett Totals 87. 9 Smith 24, 3 4, Gadzurtc 28, M.Williams 9 11, Flzer 2 13, 2 0. 5 4 8 James 0 5, Hamilton 1 eM 25 (7 37-- 115 Sun Gil (Sura M.WMero Houston 46 l None HbMid Houston 12). AjW 10), Milwaukee 55 (Pacta Total 26 Milwaukee (M.WIMn 6). (Sura 7), Houston 27, Milwaukee 25. A 17,049 (18,717). I1). Fouled 16 Me NETS 4 00 6 84. Deng Hinrich 17. Collins 8 4. A Davis 30. Duhon 9 0, PWkowskJ 4 23 21 34 23 111 104 25, Best 4. Dickens 0 3, Curry 0. Nooonl 6 ChervJer 1 04 3. Totals 1 W 12 11 19 21 2 8 (113) ' 9. 3 Nowitzki 21. Terry 14. Bradley 3. Booth 0. Totals 20 41 29 32 24 19 21 22 29. Dampier 9, 6. Henderson 2. 1 3 . 94 113 2 80. Banks (Pierce Boala Boston Davis McCarty Payton Nowitzki Dallas IFinley 1 4. Terry 1 4. Howard 1 Stackhouse Armstrong Boston 47 FouM aut None Rebound Welsch. Jefferson 5). Dallas (Fierce. Blount LaFrentz. 49 (Nowitzki 1 1). Assist-Bo- ston 20 (Paylun 9). Dallas 31 (Terry 14). Total tout Boston 21 Dallas 24. Taihnacali Boston Defensive Three Second. Davis. Payton. Reed. Dallas Defensive Three Second. Dallas coach Nelson. Howard. Stackhouse 2. Ftaorant tow Oavis, Bradley, Bradley. Dampier Elected A Stackhouse. 20,499 (19,200). Welsch LaFrentz 16. Griffin 33 24 (94) 5 00 00 0. Total 19. DALLAS Howard Boston Data (80) 4. Gordon Chlcat 27 30 16, Blount 17, LaFrentz 3- -' 17. Davis 6, Pierce 5, Payton -8 9. Banks 4. Jefferson 2, Allen 0. Perkins 0. 14. McCarty Reed 4. Totals 94. Armstrong (84) 17, 3 0. Totals 0 0 16. Finley Stackhouse -6 4. Harris 80 BULLS Jefferson 4, Carter 8. Kldd 7 Buford 8, J.Smith 5 0, Moan 0 0 0, Vaughn 84. CHICAGO 7. 6. Przybilla 104 Welsch Barry James House Krstic 25. Ratlifl 15. Van Exel Patterson (Korver Philadelphia Iverson Thomas Green Iguodala Anderson Skinner Portland (Miles Van Exel Fouled out Dalembert. Thomas Rebounds Philadelphia 50 (Iguodala 10). Portland 59 (Ratitl 28 (Iverson 6). Philadelphia 2). Autm Portland 27 (Anderson 8) Total tout Philadelphia 25. Portland 23. Technical Przybilla. Van Exel. A 18,024(19.980). BOSTON Gaines (McGrady 9 Milwaukee Houston Padgett NEW JERSEY 28. 1 MAVERICKS 113, CELTICS 94 , (Redd 8. Dalembert Randolph 10. 27 30 (115) 15, PacnuHa 3 5, House Totals 20. Yao 19, Gaines 0 Redd 8 9 1 Sura 0 0, Taylor Weatherspoon 0, 1 5 0 4. Korver Goal M 8, McGrady Mason 104 PORTLAND (87) 04 2. 101 BLAZERS 104 (111) 0 22. Thomas 9. Iverson Green 16. Skinner 0 Totals 41 92 0 BUCKS 115, ROCKETS 87 10, Barry 11, Mutombo 23 29 PHILADELPHIA Mclnnis (James Atlanta Lue Howard 32 22 Miller Denver (White Golden 1 D.Johnson Buckner Boykins Pietrus Fisher State (Robinson Claxton Richardson Najera Dunleavy Fouled out None. Rebounds Oenver 53 (Camby Denver 33 12), Golden State 58 (Murphy 16) Assists (Miller 14). Golden State 22 (Claxton. Robinson 5) Total Denver 29. Golden State 23 Technicals-Murp- hy, foul Richardson. A 16.819 (19,596). 8 HOUSTON 20 27 Totals 2. 13, Anderson Newt 26 26 SoktenStat 17, Collier 4, Drobnak 8, Willis 31, Walker 2, J.Smith 28 32 MILWAUKEE . Erick Dampier matched his season-hig- h with 16 points and Jason Terry had a " " 14 assists for Dallas. Paul Pierce and Jiri Welsch had 17 points each to pace the Celtics, who've lost eight of with the Mavericks. their last The Mavericks, opening a stretch of five at straight home games, improved to home. Dallas, 36--5 at home last season, had lost three of its previous four home games. 0 land 113. Celtics 94: 28-poi-nt nt double-overtim- points. At Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki had 29 points and 1 1 rebounds, and Michael Finley added 21 points as the Dallas Mavericks built a lead and eased to a victory over the Boston I Mavericks . I Bucks 1 1 5, 10 04. 102. Cleveland's LeBron James (23) goes 2. Robinson 18. Claxton 4 2. Cheaney 9. Totals 15. Najera 2, Fisher (102) Harrington 2 9, Ivey 8, Lue 0. Delk 1 QREQORY SMITHAssociated Press 111-10- 2. Pietrus 11, Ilgauskas 2 4 20. Newble 6. 0 0. 6. Harris 2 111. 6 6, Varejao 2. Totals Clemtml to the net over Atlanta center Predrag Drobnjak (14) Cavaliers victory. during the first quarter Tuesday. James scored 40 points in a 14, 111, HAWKS 102 20. Mclnnis ATLANTA (104) 16. Dunleavy Richardson 24, Foyle Murphy Goals CtfVRANC (111) James Traylor Totals Tskitistmli Horry Udrih 47 (Marion Fouhd out None San Antonio 58 (Duncan 12). Asssto Phoenix 17 (Nash, Richardson 4), San Antonio 25 (Duncan, Ginobili, Udrih 6). Total touts PhoeiM 21 San Antonio 27. Technicals Phoenix assistant coach Gentry. San Antonio coach Popovich. A 18,797 (18,500). Snow 4. 0 Boykirs 5. Camby 21. Elson Russell White 8), CAVALIERS (101) 19. D.Johnson 7. Mills Buckner . lampel-1Marlon (Jacoosen Stoudemire San Antonio 3). Tectiracals 22,903(21,711). 4, 15, Udrih 1 Massenburg 5, Horry 2. Totals 0 A Jefferson. Monday's late boxes httaiioV-PrKier- i Jersey 20 (lUld 1 1). Ctncago 15 (Chandler Total louts New Jersey 25. Chicago 26. Nesterovlc 16, Ginobili 29. 0 8, Rose 9 Barry 4, Wilks Barry fast-brea- set-un- 8, Duncan Richardson two-gam- rasi-orea- Brown MS (Buford Goals New Jersey Jefferson Best Carter (Hinrich Cheago Noaoni Duhon Gordon 1 1 Piatkowski 1 New Jersey 46 Gordon Rebounds Fouled out New (Kkkt 11), Chicago 52 (ChanrJer. Deng 8) Assists (115) 0 8, Parker 3 Nash 111-10- pick-and-ro- ll THURSDAY'S GAMES Seattle at Atlanta, Noon Indiana at New Jersey, 5:30 p.m. Miami at Detroit, 6 p.m. San Antonio at Portland, 8:30 p.m. NBA SCOREBOARD - PRESS TODAY'S GAMES Houston at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Detroit at Washington, 5 p.m. Milwaukee at Orlando, 5 p.m. Indiana at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Minnesota at New York, 5:30 p.m. Boston at Memphis, 6 p.m. Phoenix at New Orleans, 6 p.m. Utah at LA. Clippers, 8:30 p.m. Toronto at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. Cleveland 111, Atlanta 102 Milwaukee 115, Houston 87 San Antonio 115, Phoenix 94 New Jersey 84, Chicago 80 Dallas 11 3, Boston 94 Philadelphia at Seattle, late LeBron powers Cavs to road win THE ASSOCIATED Toronto at LA. Lakers, late MONDAY'S RESULTS New York 119, Orlando 111 Washington 106, Charlotte 87 Indiana 100, New Orleans 82 Miami 116, Atlanta 102 . Detroit 100, New Jersey 90, 0T Memphis 96, LA Clippers 76 Seattle 98, Utah 88 Philadelphia 111, Portland 104 Golden State 104, Denver 101 1 |
