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Show DAILY Monday, April 2, 2007 a HERALD basketoall The Day in Star of tho Day Suns win showdown again, stop Mavs' streak THE RICHARDSON and 16 rebounds and Toronto clinched its first playoff spot in five years by beating Charlotte. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX The Phoenix Suns beat the Dallas Mavericks again, and this one was no thriller between the teams with the best records in the NBA. Leandro Barbosa scored 29 points and the Suns beat the Mavericks for the second time in 18 4 on Sunday. days, Amare Stoudemire added 24 points and Steve Nash had 23 and 11 assists as the Suns snapped e Dallas' winning streak and finished their season series with the Mavs After a scoreless first quarter, Shawn Marion had 20 points on shooting. He also frustrated Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki all afternoon. Cleveland. Cleveland called a timeout after the foul shots, and Damon Jones got off an open attempt from the right side, but it bounced off the rim as the buzzer sounded. 126-10- - nine-gam- ' 5 i ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pet GB Orlando. Kevin Garnett, who had 22 points and eight rebounds, sealed the win by blocking Jameer Nelson's driving layup with less than five I Pacers 41 32 .562 New Jersey 34 39 .466 New York 31 42 Philadelphia Boston 29 44 23 W seconds left. 100, Spurs 99: At India- Phoenix Suns' Amare Stoudemire dunks over Dallas Mavericks' DeSagana Diop in Phoenix on Sunday. The Suns defeated the Mavericks, A 126-10- have won five of six and 12 of At Atlanta, Luol Deng scored 30 points and Kirk Hinrich had 22 in Chicago's 11th straight victory over AtBulls 105, Hawks 97: I Warriors 122, Grizzlies 117: At Oakland, Calif., Jason Richardson scored 13 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter and Golden State overcame the early ejection of Baron Davis to beat Memphis. lanta. The Bulls haven't lost to Atlanta since April 9, 2004. Overall, they Jazz Continued from Cl ' I Raptors 107, Bobcats 94: At Toronto, Chris Bosh had 24 points But Rafer Alston badly missed a attempt with about 10 seconds left and Houston was forced to foul Okur made only the first to give the Rockets a chance to tie, beit McGrady missed a attempt at the buzzer. A basket by Giricek with 6:46 remaining got Utah within but two free throws by Yao and two baskets by Juwan Howard stretched Houston's lead to 0 two minutes later. Howard finished with 10 points. "It was a bad loss because we beat ourselves," McGrady said. "We stopped executing and we stopped getting loose balls and we stopped executing on the defensive end. That cost us the game." Houston used an 0 run to halftime deficit erase a four-poilead early in the and take a third quarter. After hitting a pull-u- p that capped that run, McGrady ran to Yao and the two exchanged a handshake followed by a chest bump. The Rockets led 5849 after Andrei Kirilenko's block of McGrady's shot tipped it in. The Jazz then outscored Houston 10-in the final minutes of the third quarter to cut the lead to 71-7- 0, individual drills after a Heat last week for the first practice return to practice time since getting hurt, and he's even helped design a sleeve MIAMI Dwyane Wade is to prothat hell wear ready to begin his comeback. tect his shoulder. Nearly six weeks after disThe dislocation was a painful locating his left shoulder, the evidenced by the tears that will MVP finals NBA one, reigning attempt to practice with the Mi- streamed down Wade's face as members of the Heal medical ami Heat on Monday, his first since staff tried and failed to workout full at a attempt get the shoulder back into place suffering the injury. "It's going to feel pretty good in the moments immediately r to get back out there," Wade following the collision with Battier. said Sunday during a visit to Miami Children's Hospital, while his teammates were play- Butler breaks hand ing at Detroit to end a MILWAUKEE The game road trip, The only thing I can do is continue to work Washington Wizards might be forward Caron without hard Butler for the playoffs. After Sunday, Miami has Butler scored 19 points benine regular season games fore he broke his right hand against left, starting Tuesday Toronto. The playoffs open Sunday inidway through the third quarter during the WizApril2L 28.8 ards' game against the Milwauwas Wade averaging kee Bucks. points when he was hurt in a . "Second round, third round, collision with Houston's Shan a possibility: Butler said after Battler on Feb. 2L Entering the gane. "But right now, I Sunday, the Heat had gone from Wade's probably wont have a jersey on rising since injury, until next year." a team on the Eastern ConferButler said that the accident ence playoff bubble to one happened when he went up to contending for the Southeast challenge a shot by Ruben PatDivision title. terson and his right hand hit His decision to try and the backboard He was playing resume playing is hardly a ofIn his third game back since surprise. The fan poll on his "What read has site Web ficial missing six with a left knee contusion. you expect from Dwyane "My hand caught under the when he comes back? and teammates have suggested for rim, and k popped out of place, Butler said. weeks that they were fairly at"1 see a hand specialist least at would Wade certain tomorrow," But tar said. "Hope- tempt a return. Wade underwent tests about fully, 111 get the opportunity to soon as possible." come buck a week and half ago which He entered the game av Indicated that the shoulder was eraglng 19 1 points and 7.5 healing nicety. He was seen ' and running through rebounds. shoqting n u 10 8 .397 12 6 50 .315 18 5 Pet L .459 6 12 Atlanta 27 47 13 34 .534 39 W AwayConf 28-1- 0 20-1- 9 20-2- 4 8 4 5 5 7 1 W-- 1 .365 5 03: Str Home W-- 1 26-1- 12 Pet L 8 AwayConf 7 3 1 24-1-2 5 1 22-1- 5 5 1 9 7 5 6 2 5 0 Str L10 GB 47 26 .644 1 4 .595 3 12 44 31 .587 4 3 41 .438 15 7 1 5 Indiana 32 Milwaukee 25 47 .347 21 12 ' 30-1- 3 3 26-1-9 0 W-- 1 28-1- W-- 1 8 Away Conf Home 23-1- 3 W-- 2 4 44 30 6 1 4 6 1 8 1 WESTERN CONFERENCE DIVISION SOUTHWEST Str Home Away Conf 1 1 33-- 4 28-- 8 3 1 26-- 2612 .635 14 12 2 1 26-1- 1 L Pet 61 12 .836 52 21 .712 Antonio 47 27 and L10 W GB 9 New Orleans 33 40 .452 28 5 Memphis 19 56 .253 43 7 W-- 1 34-- 9 1 23-2- 1 6 5 5 4 2 DIVISION NORTHWEST Pet 48 25 .658 L W Str L10 GB ; 5 W-- 12 5 8 29-1- 4 W-- 1 19- - 18 8 4 W-- 1 20- -15 7 8 Minnesota 31 42, .425 17 7 Seattle 30 43 18 5 1 Portland 29 44 397 19 7 4 .411 11 Away Conf 29-- 7 36 36 .500 Home 1 Denver 20-1- 8 6 7 3 PACIFIC DIVISION W L 55 18 .753 - LA. Lakers 39 34 .534 LA. Clippers 36 37 .493 Golden State 35 39 Sacramento 30 42 L10 Str Home 6--4 W-- 2 31-- 7 1 30-1- 3 16 64 W-- 1 3 1 8 19 3 W-- 2 23-1- 3 4 4 .473 2012 6--4 W-- 2 1 .417 2412 8 6 7 Pet GB SATURDAY'S L.A. TODAY'S GAMES No games scheduled SUNDAY'S RESULTS SULLIVANAssociated PAT . TUESDAY'S GAMES Detroit 94, Miami 88 Chicago 105, Atlanta 97 Golden State 122, Memphis 117 Phoenix 126, Dallas 104 Wash. 121, Milwaukee 107 Utah 86, Houston 83 Minnesota 105, Orlando 104, 0T Boston 98, Cleveland 96 Toronto 107, Charlotte 94 Indiana 100, San Antonio 99 Press Utah Jazz forward Paul Millsap (24) tries to shoot over Houston Rockets center Yao Ming in the first half on Sunday in Houston. 3 6 2 Denver 114, Seattle 103 Lakers 126, Sacto 103 RESULTS Cleveland 112, Chicago 108, 0T New Jersey 86, Philadelphia 82 New Orleans 103, N.Y. 94, 0T L.A. Clippers 99, Portland 86 ft Away Conf division spot playoff 61-5- 20 DIVISION CENTRAL Vs. 3 TP 8 Home 2 L10 GB 46 .378 40-3- 6 Detroit at Indiana, 5 p.m. Washington at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Toronto at Miami, 5:30 p.m. Phoenix at Memphis, 6 p.m. Seattle at San Antonio, 6 p.m. N.Orleans at Milwaukee, 6 p.m. Cleveland at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Dallas at Sacramento, 8 p.m. Denver at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m. NBA SCOREBOARD DALLAS UTAH (86) Kmwnho 34 Boonr 1. 9 Otar 13. 0. Tarry t. StackKouM Buckner 0, Baraa McGrady MulomDo 0 0 Snydtr UM 8 It 20 IT " " '" " ' 20. 24. Baroosa 16. Ja Jones 0, Pialkowskl 126. 10. 23. Jones 0. Peyton 1, Totals Pavkwc 26 29 27 34 24. 104 126 22 37 Da Deltas Boats Stsckhouae George Ben (Baroosa Manon Ja Jonas Hasten 17. 14. S Brown BiDupa 4. 6. Dane 0 94. 000. ii mm teste Wnrrtr Posey - 23. 17. DWfmo 15. Gsy 5 Swifl 7, Johnson 6. 12. It 0. at 14 16 Due ii It a Pauses' Murrey Msrm 56 Poesy 91. Detroit 41 McOieal Miens 20 (Haslem 5). Detrol II lMumjr 7) Aeetsta J) Tetai reule Misw 20 uetn-- 24 Pmoe eiMea Three fcecond. SW2.076 Posey. ' (io Ptrtnm 6 1 1 8. Hmrtch 1 5 0 0 II, Thomas 3 1 t 0. Totauj 6. lelok-sh- a 106 6 6 30. 22 Deng 6. I I If, Duhon II f ATLANTA 3 16. (97) 6 1 AJtea t 14 16 ttl 01 .pM a ovwl smos rcwiMi PM (lt.729) 6W(ne I tnwi Out wor n 4 oe tees-0M- Mmchl-- aw ' CAcago 17 - wm m m H rBwaw I Dutmt il. n"ts 1 1 ftus A Johnson O il PseSet O f Owjgo il faun, t?l Ajetts- -g Utvts 7) u w 11 16 21. Wer ftNwvus 73 51 Mimphls Golden A Harrington WIZARDS 121. BUCKS 107 i a ia . t Smith 1 12 I 24. II. 1. (Maw 5 12 Pachusa 471-V I 4 14 Us 1 10 1 1 it. Jtnes A Johwm 8 l I. ttouderMtt TotMM 78 22 26 8 7 wwms 6 Jane Hut AtmtMTOel tuner (ill) It Jem4" t SongMs thnvneon DsnMS 14 till0 00Heyetotals t-- Arenas 61 1 4 17. Auflm 44 11 14 32 Thomas 4 5 it. t tooth S 12 1. Mswn 15. 0 0 lit. tmssAumrt non Pathnon I II 5 5 Sunn 3 7 4 4 10 0 0 75. Sedmnt 4 7 2 1 11. Gtfff lows 41 11 10 IS. 0 0NLANO0(104) lurkogiu J 12 6. 0 3 5 t 006 m 1l I0 0 6 Noel I 1 0 00. MtrtDtS 2 1 It. Dookng M It, I n 12 in 107 23 4 t 0 0 0, 1. Howard 23. Nelson 6. Ann 11. Tows 4147 13.447 It 1104 Davti Gamett Onsndo Jkk Jkxss lltoAck OotngO 1.TirtoXi(l-- hwson 0 31 fouM Out Hone ReteunSs MmnmUj 44 rtanwlt 14), OHmt) 60 (Hnwen) 191 tlilsla Mtwwsnls 21 ffiemell 61 Onando 18 Phsson fi lew Hut amwsoss 25. 1nde 22 A 17.451. B (Toys PACERS 100, SPURS 99 (Ml i, Ounnm 1 11 S 0 0 2. deny 2 7 0 0 5, Pnwr 1 4 711 Bonnerl vaugM 1 60 06, Often M 1398, 1 17 Hon 16 4 6 22. OmoW 6 617. Tetahj 36 '4 (ItOt 6 3 11 It Murphv 8 14 !! 00. rjunkwry t it 1 1 21, Imswi i'lror ). (18,165). DENVER (114) 6. Campy 1 32. ttene 26. Bisks Iverson 0. 16. Nsnrs Kleira 6 6. Totals Evsns 2, Smith 4 114. 13, SEATTLE (103) 6 8 27, Raslewis 4- - 9 8. Petro 0 20, CoStaon WUcw WUkina 2. Watson 13 0 0 0. Brown 0, 6. RMxwr 6. 44 WM 3 26, Geiobalo 04 4. Totals 8 103. It 114 SI 31 a in Smith (Klein Seethe trerson Bleu t 5. Anthony oHonour i .9, wmuna Has Lewie (Wetson 0- 1) Fouled Out Rmour BeXnas Denusr 55 (Campy 12). Seam 37 (Rss lewis 9) Assists Denver 23 (tvereon. Blak 7). Seattle 19 IRkMw 8L 22. SmIUs 27 Tr4uaoas Tetal Denver Detensiv Three Second. Seethe uehx-srThmeSscond A 16.659(17.072). LAKERS SACRAMCNTO 04 12. KINGS 103 126, (ItSt 14 Momn Artnt 8 1 23. 14 04 1. Salmons 7. J 04 -7 04 Pnc 0 Tpts 36 66 2t Muter Boy 2 2 It. Bart I 18 Odom 16 04 7. Brown 14 It. Pernor 04 IS. trynt Cook 2 5 04 5. Vumc. 11 I 11. 54 Wshon6-1- 11 10. Evens 14. timet 7. Bynum 4. lows 04 1. Ftrma lit. 5041 tt tt n it a a B 110 12t et1A-M1- Marw fen I SI l.y-- 1 Out Hone tods 0 2 (vara 2 taMrs 6Vny LA Onum Bryant I iiimi Il t I CM FiuliS st MM) 7L 7) Aaallw, nnipa ft. LA lakers X ftVyent 1aV lakers 71. L A TettuvXiet lakers wssnakie Three Beoonsl Y 16.99? (16.197). A LeSwr 17 AAvw L A.-- 45 s o Sumn 10. FeeMr 13 10, t, 040, 1. Oouhy 21 23 101. lALMtRKIlt) (17J46) 14 1 Anthony 3- - 5 IOS M Mmneeot Bowen Antonio (Finley 4, Grnotut 4. Parker WiKisms Tinsley Brry NUGGETS 114 SUPERSONICS 103 t-- SI Shekel ftoess tt 100 - FeutMl Armstrong San Antonio 48 (Duncan Rebounds 46 IDngu 13). Assists San Antonio 16 (Parker 7). Indiana 21 (Tinsley 8). Total Poula San Antonio 18. Indiana 21 Technicals Ouncan, Indians coach Carlisle. Harmon. Flagrant tout Tinsley. Granger Out None. 11), Indiana Thomas IWUANA si Bsthe 22. Blount 38. Jemes McCains 9. Totals 104. two 5 tnykms 12 1 23 24 -- Denver 18. PXM Minor. BAN ANTOSHO it fmnt 411 0 0 10, B 16 Wimwns ft st (106) 1t,Gsmette-2- 0 0 6. R Davis 12. Msdsen 0. Foye 8, Smith 3 5 106. (Bvs) " 105 MAGIC 104 11? 21 it is tt MINNESOTA lAIUns 4 8 Gay Stats 16 36 (Ptetrus Hcharoaon I t, Barnes PouM Out Gey neMI.I.EWt-do Mumph. 5 (GmI. wm 91. Goiosn Usee I8t Assist StM 45 Memphis 72 (Gaol Total I0ntsy5) OoUenStsSsMlllklJackanngjI FeuW MunpWs 20. GoMen Stats 26 TecNMesM Mwniws Drtensnie Thnis SeonnJ OoMsn Slste Omen line Second. Gmden Stile cnrii Neistn, OeMs. Dsn 2 Ptofsnt tout Bamss IJeele -1- 7,19t (19.596), 44 (22.076). BULLS 105, HAWKS 97 CWCAOO teell 14. Jones Jackaon 4 8 Kinsey McOyees, 3. (Murphy DurSeavy M 21, Dsns 0 Totals San 3 Point Beat (16.624). 17. It it M is jo at Jones TIMBERWOLVES ITATt (122) 26. Jackson Richardson A 17, Eitu Harrington 9. 6wdrms 7, Barnes Jesikevtcws helms 122. it ' & Totals fOa tt 17 11 Marshal Hughes West Boston (Green Parotic Ray 44 fouled Out Nona Rebtwtdt-Oeire- und Wareon 61. Boston 50 (Pertuns. Rondo 9) Assists CttveMnd 25 (Snow B). Boston 22 (Perkins 5). Total 23, Boston 16. tOLDEa) IWmeme OelnH 20 27 Cleveland Snow bOaon 2 2 Jones 2 81- 17. 0. Baslon 96. S3 a J Harrington Atkins 0 Ilgauskas Hughes 12. Marshall PolMrd 4, 24. Perkins Jeflerson 0 0 4, Green 25. Rondo 3 11. 5. Bay 0. West 0 0. Totals 96. Ten air It. Gasol Wmct 11. Kineey 0. Manes B B it a 14 It M funs- It. 7 Murrsy 12, Hunter Totals 12. 0. 0 22 27 32 26 Antonio 17. Pows 117 GRIZZLIES 14. WeMter 5. Gooden 2, 100. (16) Gomes WARRIORS 122 21, 96 CAVALIERS Goals 8, WSiama 2 6, Mourning 68. Waikar 98, (96) Snow 7, Vareo 0. 0. Gibson 6. Totals Jones BOSTON 15, O'Neal omtorroM) Jones Sot 18. Williams Diogu Harrison 3. Totals Tarry (Howard Nowibki Dm 2 2. Phoenrs Nash Feuted Out None, tseeunds Dallas 34 (Howard 7). Proem 36 Dsiies 17 (Nowitflu 6), fStoucwmire 9) Assists OaWie 24. 111 Totsl Feurt Phoenu 25 CM Phoenn 19. lechntcel Phoenu Delensnt Thm 18.422 (1B.422). Second. WMPtllStllTI Pnnce 3 4 5. Hammon McOyess is CELTICS CLEVELAND 0. Totals 4 29 26 "' 0. Armstrong 3. Bonner (M) Posey I Stoudemire 29. Nasti 5, Thomas Bell 4 is PISTONS 94, HEAT 88 I (Strwenson Washingtrjn OarselsO-1Jamison Hayes Ben (Williams Ilyasova Greer Fouled Noel Boykms Out None Rebound Washington 80 iBootri 1 1). Milwaukee 74 (Patterson 10). Assists Washington 27 (Patterson 6) Total 32 (Arenas 91. Milwaukee Foula Washington 19. Milwaukee 27. A 17,152 kxtans (128) Dlaw 68 a it it 23, 1 1 Osr 5. (Mfc-U- Mi (Glrtc Houston WHUsme (BatMr McGrady n Feuked 0 2 5 Alston Lucas ) 59 (Scorn. Mump 10). Houston Rstautds-Ut- ali 55 (Yao 16) AMtrt ut 23 IWuMms 11). Houston man 23. Houston 24. 16 (Alston 7). T4at rasla M 0. Ager 104. 4. Croshere 0. Totals 1 Boele Arenas Milwaukee (18,717). H0CNIX Marion 0 . Vao 0 5, 20. Alston Howard 0. Lucas 83. 0 0. ToM 31 60 6, Hayes MIAMI 21. Howard 28. Diop 20. On Hams 25. George 0. ((3) Battw 35. 10. (104) Nowitiki 8 7. Witktms 12. MUsap 20. Fisher 9. Harprira 34 33 9, 2, Gmee. Totals 86. CoNns HOUSTON 104 SUNS 126, MAVERICKS JAZZ 86, ROCKETS 83 Ail-St- 13-- .425 28 8-- on-co- fourth-quarte- W-- 1 34 40 v. NBiLHOTBS Wade eyes a 64 77-7- "There was on a couple of guys' part," McGrady said of the last possession. "They didn't know where to go and they didnt set screens. I couldn't get open and nobody could get opea" Yao Ming led the Rockets with 35 points and 16 rebounds, and ' also blocked four shots. McGrady this time," he said. "We'll play added 20 points. whoever is there and hopefully we'll do our best. I've known who The last four minutes we let we are as a team all season long." them score too easy off of second shots and off of cuts," Yao said. Boozer was fouled on a layup and made the free throw to "They scored on our mistakes and we cannot allow that to hapextend the lead to 851 with 43 seconds left. Tracy McGrady pen." Williams added 12 points, 11 aspulled Houston within two on the sists and five rebounds for Utah. next possession and the Rockets Gordan Giricek and Harpring got the ball back after a miss by added nine points apiece. Boozer. miscommunica-tio- 14 shots 7 Charlotte Lakers 126, Kings 103: At Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant had 19 13 aspoints and a season-hig- h sists to lead the Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant took just made six. W-- 3 Orlando e Richardson's fourth-quartspurt helped the Warriors avoid a loss to the NBA's worst team that would have dealt a crushing blow to their playoff hopes. 16. 3 39 33 .542 I Nuggets 114, SuperSonics At Seattle, Carmelo Anthony scored six straight points midway through the fourth quarter, Allen Iverson took over in the closing moments, and the Denver Nuggets snapped a three-gamlosing streak. Press SCHUMACHERAssociated ROB Str 110 Washington Miami streak. 1 AST SOUTHEAST DIVISION napolis, Jamaal Tinsley's layup over Tim Duncan with 1. 1 seconds left helped Indiana snap e San Antonio's winning Wizards 121, Bucks 107: At Milwaukee, Gilbert Arenas scored 19 points and Caron Butler added 19 points before fracturing his right hand early in the second half of Washington's victory. Darius Songaila came in for Butler with 6:28 left in the third. There was no immediate word on how long Butler will be out. REB MIN 40 EASTERN CONFERENCE to lead Minnesota past Pistons 94, Heat 88: At Auburn Hills, Mich., Richard Hamilton scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half, helping Detroit beat Miami. Hamilton had missed Detroit's past four games with a concussion and the flu, and had only mintwo points in 12 first-hal- f utes. : Score: Warriors 122, Grizzlies 117 NBA STANDINGS I Timberwolves 105, Magic 104, OT: At Orlando, Fla., Ricky Davis 36 points scored a season-hig- h including the winning 2-- GuardForward Golden state to I Celtics 98, Cavaliers 96: At Boston, with LeBron James and Paul Pierce sitting out, Delonte West made two free throws with 1.9 seconds left to lift Boston past re that last time," Harpring said. "They might deny that play eight times in a row, but we still keep looking for it and it paid off big." Jazz coach Jerry Sloan called the sequence by Harpring "the play of the ball game," but refused to look toward the playoffs before the season is over. "I'm very concerned with what we do every game and I am not concerned about the playoffs at JASON I For mora box ixorw, let CS |