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Show 5 DAILY Friday, February 9, 2007 HERALD The Day in Basketball Star of the Day Hornets outlast Bucks in double overtime THE ASSOCIATED OKLAHOMA CITY Des- h 109-10- double-overtim- e last-seco- back-to-bac- Forward n.o.k. hornets final minute of regulation after fourth-quartsquandering a lead. New Orleans benefited from missed free throws by Williams and Earl Boykins, and Paul scored the Hornets' final six points in regulation. He drove past Andrew Bogut to tie the game at 90 with a layup with 0.9 seconds remaining. PRESS mond Mason scored 24 points and David West shrugged off a bruised hand to add 21 points and a career-hig19 rebounds as the New Orleans Hornets beat 1 the Milwaukee Bucks in Thursday night. It was the second straight overtime win for the Hornets, ' who survived on Mason's tip-i- n a night earlier in Denver. The Hornets hadn't won overtime games since beating San Antonio and Cleveland in games bracketing Christmas in 2000 when the team was still in Charlotte. West scored off his second straight offensive rebound to give the Hornets the lead at the outset of the second overtime, and Bobby Jackson gave them a 103-9- 9 from edge with a the right wing witrri;42.1eft. Chris Paul added a pair of free throws, and West and Mason each hit one in the final minute to put the game away. DAVID WEST . sw"wwsisst ' ft "19 k - JMV SUE OGROCKIAssociated Press New Orleans Hornets' Desmond Mason, right, goes up for a shot all alone against the Milwaukee Bucks in the second quarter in Oklahoma City on Thursday. Hornets' Tyson Chandler is at left. Score: Hornets 109, Bucks 101 (20T) assists for New Orleans. The Hornets, who have won seven of their last nine games, got their 23rd win to match Denver, Minnesota and Golden State the eighth, ninth and 10th The Bucks missed their first nine place teams in the West. shots in the second overtime and Williams ended up with 30 didn't make a field goal until Mo points and Ruben Patterson had e 16 Williams' 28 points and a season-hig- h jumper made it 1 with 16.4 seconds left. rebounds to lead Milwaukee, which has lost eight straight road Tyson Chandler had 11 points 22 rebounds, and a career-higgames. New Orleans had a 7 149 ad and Paul ended up with 14 points 10 foul-lin- 107-10- h REB 38 19 TP AST 21 NBA STANDINGS I Pistons 93, Pistons 78: At Auburn Hills, Mich., Tayshaun Prince scored 20 points and Chris Webber had 18 points and 11 rebounds, leading the Detroit Pistons to a win over the Los Angeles Lakers. The Pistons have won five e straight building a lead for the best record in the Eastern Conference and are 2 with Webber in the starting lineup. EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC W two-gam- DIVISION L Pet Toronto 26 23 .531 7 W-- 5 W-- 22 28 .440 Philadelphia Boston 17 33 12 36 .250 .340 912 64 13 12 Conf Away 17 ? W-- 4 2 412 23 27 StrHome L10 GB .460 3 12 New Jersey New York 6 3 5 13-t- 8 6 8-- W-- 7 0 9-- SOUTHEAST DIVISION Kobe Bryant had 18 points on and MIN i 25 25 f , Atlanta 4 .500 Conf Away 19-- 6 0 7 12 18 30 .375 18 31 .3671012 6 W-- 4 10 I 4 5 0 0 5 4-- 6 4 2 7 0 DIVISION CENTRAL Pet L W Sna-quill- t--1 6--4 24 25 .490 4 Charlotte StrHome L10 GB 28 20 .583 Washington Orlando Miami Pet L W shooting and eight turnovers, vantage in rebounding. one short of his career high. It was Chandler's ninth The Pistons built a double-digi- t straight game with at least a dozlead in the first quarter with en rebounds, extending a franchise record he broke against the crisp ball movement that led to 11 assists on 12 baskets and Nuggets. didn't have much trouble mainWest's two free throws tied the score at 97 with 13.9 seconds taining the cuBhion for the rest of the game. They have won eight left in the first overtime, and Williams dribbled down the restraight at home against Los Angeles, including three victories maining time before missing a e in the 2004 Finals that were as time expired. O'Neal's last games with The Hornets needed to rally the Lakers. from four points down in the 30 18 .625 Cleveland 28 21 .571 Chicago Indiana 28 22 .560 .531 Milwaukee 19 .380 12 8 26 23 31 StrHome L10 GB Detroit 2 W-- 5 15-- 9 5 W-- 18-- 7 3 5 2 20-- 6 412 4 2 12 Conf Away 15-- 9 0 20-- 8 15-- 9 1 2 9 0 WESTERN CONFERENCE Celtics low on luck this season SOUTHWEST DIVISION Litke W Dallas Continued from C2 This year, it's been injuries that left the youngest team in the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Neither has his team. The Celtics matched their mag- league without veteran leaderic number with their 16th loss in ship, or talent. Paul Pierce didn't BOSTON Center Theo Ratliff played just a row one for each of the titles get a chance yet to read the intwo games before being sidelined that once made them the pride spirational book Celtics owner with a bulging disc. Allen tore Wye Grousbeck left for him. The of the NBA. The league record his ACL just as he was emerging of 23 straight in one season was Boston captain was in the hospiset by the Vancouver Grizzlies in with a streak of tal with an elbow infection that games. Pierce missed 22 games with a 1996 and matched by the Denver derailed his return from a bad stress reaction in his foot, then foot, and the book remained in Nuggets in '98. went back to sick tray with an his locker. "Every game they're close," infection and fever just as he was Grousbeck said. "Every game, Wally Szczerbiak left the book on the verge of returning. behind when he went to get his there's two or three players that ankle taped after a 9 loss to succeed There's someone scoring "Obviously, it's a tough the Miami Heat extended Boston's 23, someone scoring 27, getting break," coach Doc Rivers said. franchise-recor-d rebounds, people diving for laose "But we've gotten used to that." losing streak to without balls. There's a lot to like about it, 16 games Wednesday. And Tony The Celtics are and they're playing hard for Doc. Pierce, prompting one fan to hold Allen's copy of "The Adversity "But it's time for a 'W." up a poster that said: "Wanted: Advantage," by blind mountaineer The Celtics won 16 titles from Paul Pierce. Reward a win." Erik Weihenmayer, was still in his 1957-Sto establish themselves Pierce was released from the locker, too; it's probably tough to as the NBA's most prolific dyhospital on Thursday. carry a lot of stuff when you're Szczerbiak had already walking in a full leg cast. nasty. But it's been a long time since the Celtics, who named The first blind climber to sprained each ankle before atsummit Mount Everest, Weihen- their mascot "Lucky" and wear tempting to block a shot on a shamrock on their uniforms, Wednesday night and landing on mayer was honored during a the foot of Leon Powe, who was break in the Heat game Wednes- have had any good fortune. The deaths of Reggie Lewis day night as part of the Celtics' sitting near the end of the Boston "Heroes Among Us" campaign. and Len Bias; the transparent bench. Grousbeck insisted the visit was tanking of the 1996-9- 7 season in "Step on your teammate's foot d on the bench? What else can go an attempt to obtain Tim Dunand not timed to can, only to get a bad draw in wrong?" Szczerbiak said "It's snap the team out of its franchise-record the lottery; the disastrous tenure like, gee, it's one of those things. losing streak. of Rick Rtino all set back the ... It's just frustrating, right when "If there's an advantage in I was starting to feel better." adversity, I havent found it yet," quest for banner No. 17. he said. 91-7- 1 teammates, coaches, sponsors, lawyers, security guards and even fans willing to stand alongside him than Robinson dared dream of. To be sure, as Amaechi's book will make clear, there's still some resistance at every level. A player as special as LeBron James said there's issues of trust to be resolved, and he still doubted an openly gay person could survive in the 33 16 .673 7 17 .646 812 NewOrieans 23 27 .460 17 12 Memphis 12 38 .2402812 L Pet Utah 32 17 .653 Denver 23 24 .489 Minnesota 23 26 .469 Portland 20 30 W SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Jazz will retire Adrian Dantley's No. 4 in April A ceremony to honor Dant-le- y and raise No. 4 to the rafters is scheduled for halftime of the team's April 11 game against the Denver Nuggets. Dantley is in his fourth season as an assistant coach with Denver. He played for 6 and the Jazz from still holds the team record for career points per game 4.2 more than Karl at 29.6 Malone, whose No. 32 was the last number retired by the Jazz. "Adrian was an important building block in the foundation of the Jazz's playoff dynasty that lasted 20 years," Jazz owner Larry Miller said in a release Thursday. "He is part of the legacy of this franchise and we are pleased to retire his jersey." Dantley ranks 18th on the scoring list league's with 23,177 points during his NBA career. He will be the seventh Jazz player to have his number retired, joining Malone, John Stockton, Jtff Hornattk, Mark Eaton, Darrell Griffith and Pat Maravich. The Jazz also retired No. 1 in honor of former coach Frank Layden. 1979-198- in his first Jazz said. game, the five-acr- All-St- All-St- All-St- ar AH-St- ar ar , to The In an ramento Bee, Artest said he hopes to get Socks back and has hired a new caretaker for the dogs. He blamed Socks' condition on the fact that another dog, an American bullArtest hit with fees dog, "dominated all the food." He said the situation, "got over seized dogs out of hand" when he was LOOMIS, Calif. Kings' gone for a seven-da- y Dogs road trip. Then we got back owned by Sacramento Kings and got a handle on it. forward Ron Artttt have "I have new professional Boozer's return still spent a total of 77 nights at the pound since Jury because doggy watcher from out of uncertain of poor care by their owner, state that will help me train MBA in star the $1,942 SALT LAKE CITY -- An, my dogs better," he wrote. "I'm costing horrible at that. MRI showed Utah forward boarding and impound fees, "1 love my dogs and think Carloi loozer's broken leg county records show. Placer County animal is healing, fwt maybe not they should be able to live (as) freely as possible." quickly enough for him to play control officers have gone e game, especially their first one," O'Connor said. "It's an honor for the organization, for Carlos, but they (the NBA) have to determine all of that." 16-- 8 17-- 8 1 W-- 2 17-- 6 6 8 W-- 4 1 31 18 .600 9 12 Sacramento- - 21 26 ,447 W-- 4-- 15 17 national at jlitkeap.org. 4 1 19-- 6 3 17-- 8 W-- 4 Conf Away 19-- 6 19-- 9 9 6 7 1 8 Houston at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Atlanta at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Chicago at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. SATURDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S GAMES sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to 20-- 17-- 4 Toronto at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Orlando at New Jersey, 5:30 Denver at Indiana, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Orlando, 5 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Toronto, 5 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Portland at Charlotte, 5 p.m. New Jersey at Boston, 5:30 p.m. Miami at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Memphis, 6 p.m. .220." 8 7 StrHome 6 THURSDAY'S RESULTS sode still applies. "All I know," Bowa said, "is that if he hits .340, it probably would be easier than if he hits 7 2 W-- 4 Milwaukee vs. New Orleans L.A. Lakers at Detroit, 8 p.m. Chicago at Sacramento, late man- Conf Away 4 .460 1612 27 14-- 9 L10 30 20 23 W-- 1 2 LA. Clippers' 24 25 .490 State 18-- 6 4 7 GB LA. Lakers Golden StrHome W-- 3 p.m. Memphis vs. New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Denver at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m. Charlotte at Houston, 6:30 p.m. New York at Utah, 7 p.m. Sacramento at Seattle, 8 p.m. NBA SCOREBOARD e to Artest's estate seven times in that period in Kevin O'Connor, Jazz vice response to callers' complaints president for basketball opera- about dogs being loose or not tions, said Thursday that the being fed. Allan Frumkin, president fracture below Boozer's left knee is getting better. His sta- of the Sierra Ridge Estates tus for the game Feb. Homeowners Association at 18 will be up to Boozer and the the gated community where Artest lives in Loomis, about NBA, which named him as a 25 miles northeast of SacraWestern Conference reserve last week. mento, said some neighbors Boozer was injured Jaa 27 stepped in and cared for the in a game against the Hornets. dogs themselves. "It became general knowlBoozer said last week that he was hoped he could still edge that he wasnt taking good care of his dogs," said play in the game deFrumkin. "One neighbor fed . spite the injury. Utah has three games bethem and bought a watering break next fore the machine for them." The latest incident came last week, and O'Connor said M was unlikery Boozer would be Sunday, when animal control officers took Artest's Great playing in any of them. But if he is cleared in time for the Dane, Socks, saying the animal wasn't being fed. game and the NBA hasn't "This dog was a rack replaced Boozer on the roster, O'Connor said the Jazz wouldn't of bones," said Rosemary tell him to si out the game, Fritborn, president of Friends of Placer County Animal I think anybody would Shelter. want to play In an All-StAll-St- W-- 7 9 .400 12 12 367 14 .796 IJBA1IOTES Dantles 28-- 6 3 8 39 10 long-planne- Jazz to retire number 17-- 6 8 3 Phoenix ager Larry Bow a said about numbers during the Piazza epi- him 23-- 3 L10 GB PACIFIC DIVISION L W Pet worked, traveled, showered and dressed in the same locker room together for more than a century. Most understand now it's a numbers game, although I Jim Litke is a ' Seattle "I don't think so," James said. But he's in the minority. Thousands of ball players have then-Philli- 6--4 Conf Away W-- 5 NORTHWEST DIVISION league. something 1 31 Antonio StrHome L10 GB Houston San lower now. There are more Jimmy Golen Pet ,816 L 40 9 Sac-- Artest has had as many as seven dogs on his property, but at least two have been killed and others have been sent to live in Indiana, he told the newspaper. Artest's publicist, Heidi Buech, declined to comment to The Associated Press. Amaechi's past with Jazz revealed in book CLEVELAND John Amaechl made history with the Cavaliers in 1995. Now he's doing it again in a completely different arena. Amaechi, who was the first undrafted rookie to start in his first NBA game, is telling the world he is gay in a book due out this month. He is believed to be the first NBA player, active or retired, to come out of the closet. There were rumors for years that Amaechi was gay, even in NBA circles. According to Outsports.com, which has an advance copy of the book, The Man in the Middle, Amaechi was living an active homosexual lifestyle while playing for the Utah Jazz in 2000-0He wrote that he visited gay establishments at home and on the road, and former teammate Grej Oittr-ta-g once asked him about it. "By the end of my second Utah season, I was practically daring reporters to take the bait and out me," he wrote, bo cording to the Web site. "But it never happened. My sexuality, I felt, had become an open secret, which was fine by me. I'd left enough open to that suspicions were gaining momentum." inter-.pretati- PISTONS 93, LAKERS 78 LA. NBA 0dom6-1- 5. Tunal 0. Farmar (78) 2. Bynum 12. Radmanovic 18. Parker Bryant 7. Vuiacic 0 13. Evans 76 10 totals 00 93. LA.Lakan 17 Detroit 28 7 93 19 20 19 20 L A Lakers Radmanovic Goats Farmar (Parker Evans OOom DeAno Webber Hunter 5. Ewiups FmM 4. 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