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Show Monday, February f f , 2008 HERALD DAILY C3 THE DAY IN r?;asketball Star of the Day Ivcrson to lead Nuggets blowout win Anthony, VINCE CARTER THE ASSOCIATED Guard new Jersey nets Score: Nets 101 Mavericks 82 PRESS - CLEVELAND One NBA player lords over LeBron James. Carmelo Anthony rules Qeve-land- 's hoops King. "I know he hates losing to me, Anthony said with a laugh. Anthony scored 27 points. All: Star sidekick Allen Iverson added 25 and the Denver Nuggets rolled to a 1 win Sunday night over the injury depleted Cavaliers. Anthony, who got to rest in the fourth quarter, improved to 2 in his pro career against good friend James, who scored 30 but points - in three quarters got little help from a Cleveland team missing four key players, including two starters. Though shorthanded, the Cavs have been able to get by playing good defense and came in 16-since Dec. 25. But from the opening tip on they didn't do nearly enough to slow the Nuggets, who handed Cleveland its worst home loss since April 5, 2005. Denver led by 1 1 points after one quarter, 18 at halftime and pushed its advantage to 26 by the end of the third. At the end of that period, James stormed off the court, took a seat at the far end of Cleveland's bench and didn't take part in coach Mike Brown's huddle before the fourth quarter began. "It was definitely frustrating," James said. "We know we can play better. It was one game. That's something we can fix." As a displeased James sat alone on the bench and stared straight ahead, Cavaliers guard Damon Jones let his teammates know that their performance was unacceptable by yelling at all of them. "I just think something had to be said at that point," Jones said. "No big thing." Although he was looking in James' direction, Jones said his comments were intended for everyone wearing white jerseys. "In those situations you have to band together as a team. I wasn't singling anybody out," Jones said. "Everybody, including myself, we have to find ways to fight through situations like that." James didn't play in the fourth quarter when the Cavs fell behind by 37 and played all their reserves. Anthony, coming off a performance in a win against from Washington, went the floor and added eight rebounds in 32 minutes. He, too, spent the fourth quarter on the sideline, savoring Denver's fifth straight win over Cleveland, "It was one of the most complete games we've had," Anthony said. "We didn't come in here expecting a blowout, but that's what happened." Iverson added 13 assists and Marcus Camby 17 rebounds for Denver, which shot 63 percent in the first quarter. C O) 39 TP AST REB MIN 3" 9 2ST . NBA STANDINGS 13-8- 3 EASTERN CONFERENCE W Tim Duncan BOSTON beat Glen "Big Baby" Davis a couple of times in the first quarter, and the disappointment on the rookie's face showed. "We had to remind him that Duncan is really good. That's going to happen," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said Sunday after Boston beat the San An"You can't tonio Spurs long-rang- 98-9- get frustrated." Filling in with Kevin Gar-neand Kendrick Perkins injured, Davis had nine points and eight rebounds for Boston. Paul Pierce scored 35 points, Ray Allen had 19, and Rajon Rondo had 12 assists and II rebounds Sunday as the Celtics won their third straight game improved to 0 against the Western Conference. Tim Duncan had 22 points, 14 rebounds and six assists, and Manu Ginobili scored 21 for the Spurs, who lost for the first time in five games. San Antonio got within three Mipoints with 1:13 left, but attempt chael Finley's went in and out. Twice in the final minute Ginobili was forced to take heavily guarded attempts; neither one was close. "We have an opportunity and a great shot by Mike that rattles in and out to tie the game down the stretch," Duncan said. "Then two turn tt 16-- e, 21 NewYork 15 AU-St- Nets 101, Mavericks 82: At East Rutherford, N.J., Vince Carter scored 25 of his 29 points after nearly being knocked out by an elbow to the head, and inconsistent New Jersey off 21 straight points to stun Dallas. Richard Jefferson added 19 points and Jason Kidd put aside . trade rumors once again to finish with 13 points, 14 assists and six rebounds, falling four rebounds shy of his 100th career vote-gett- All-St- All-St- V) . 1615 1318 .12-1- 6 26 .480 21 26 .447 8 12 Charlotte 18 33 353 13 12 Miami 9 41 .184 12 L10 7:3 Str Home 2 17 j7 21 Conf Away 11 8- 21 8 '15 .915 1615 1.1 12 12 16 8. lb 2 14 15 4 20 7 L DIVISION W Pet L GB Str Home L10 28 22 .560 21 30 .412 16 12 3 7 W Chicago 20 30 46 1 Josh Howard added 16 points for Dallas, which had a three-gamwinning streak snapited. The losing margin was the second largest of the season for the Mavericks. Milwaukee 19 32 .373 18 12 Pistons 113, Bobcats 87: At Auburn Hills, Mich., Tayshaun Prince scored 14 of his 21 points in the first quarter and Detroit won its eighth straight game. Richard Hamilton added 18 for Detroit, which had seven players' with at least eight points. Jason Richardson, playing 30 minutes south of his hometown, led all scorers with 27 points. Detroit led 27-- after just nine minutes, aided'by Charlotte missing 12 of their first 14 shots. IVince outscored the Bobcats by a point in the quarter, hitting four fyxiint-er- s and adding two relxtunds and two assists. New Orleans 34 .400 8 2 64 9 17 Conf Away 20 4 W-- , LI ; 25-- 141412 15-- 13 10 13 10 1714 14 2 16 ' 13 9 WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST DIVISION Pet ,694 GB 15 L Str Home L10 Dallas 34 16 .680 12 SanAntorao 32 17 .653 2 Houston 30 20 600 4 12 Memphis 13 37 .260 21 12 7 22 3 3 Cont Away 8 17 W-- 6 12 13 27 20-- 9 ft 1 9 14 6 16 1116-1- 723 6 L NORTHWEST DIVISION L Pet 33 19 .635 31 19 W Utah Denver ' Portland 28 22 GB . 7 .620 1 .560 4 .260 19 3 13 Minnesota 10 39 .204 21': 12 , W-- 14 20-- 4 6 ; Conf Away 22-- ' Seattle 37 Str Home L10 8 17 20 5 13 6 25 2 22 PACIFIC DIVISION Raptors 105, Timberwolves 82: At Minneapolis, Andrea Barg-nan- i scored 16 points and Jose Calderon had 15 points and 10 assists for his second consecutive double-doublto help Toronto beat Minnesota. r Chris Bosh added 14 points for the Raptors, and T.J. Ford had seven points and 13 assists, his highest totals since returning to the lineup from injury Feb. 4. Al Jefferson led Minnesota with 18 points. The Raptors shot just over 50 percent from the floor. They have shot at least 50 percent in their last four wins since Jan. 25. In their three losses, they've shot under 44 percent. W L Phoenix .36 15 Pet .706 l.A , 33 17 .660 Lakers 2 Str Home W2 19-- 110 GB 12 Golden State .30 20 .600 5 12 Sacramento 23 26 .469. 12 l.A. Clippers 16 32 333 18 3 7 W-- 1 W-- 15-- 7 16 18 1.0 7 16 1017 8 19 9 15 3 7 8 2 16 10 12 Conf Away e All-Sta- SATURDAY'S RESULTS TODAY'S GAMES Indiana 101, Portland 93 Philadelphia 101, L.A. Clippers 80 New Orleans 112, Memphis 99 Houston 108, Atlanta 89 New York 99, Milwaukee 98 Utah 97, Chicago 87 Golden State. 105, Sacramento 102 Cleveland at Orlando, 5 p.m. Dallas at Philadelphia. 5 p.m. San Antonio at Toronto, 5 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Charlotte, 5 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Milw, 6 p.m. Portland at Houston, 6:30 p.m. Washington at Golden St, 8:30 p.m. TUESDAY'S GAMES SUNDAY'S RESULTS Detroit at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Boston at Indiana, b p.m. Denver at Miami, 5.30 p m. Minn at New Jersey, 5:30 p.m. Sacramento at Memphis. 6 p.m. New Orl at Chicago. 6 30 p.m. Boston 98, San Antonio 90 L.A. Lakers 104, Miami 94 New Jersey 101. Dallas 82 Detroit 113, Charlotte 87 Toronto 105. Minnesota 82 Denver 113, Cleveland 83 Phoenix 108, Washinaton 107 Toronto 18. Minnesola 20. Technicals detensive three second Minnesota Coach Wittman, Minnesota detensive Ihiee second A 13785 Toronto 119 Dallas 49 (Novvttkt (j. New Jersey 55 Assists'DrfHdJ. 16 iTeiry ft, New Jersey lotal Foul- s- Dallas 6. New Jeey 16 -- NowMi Rpttounds (Cartfi 9! 25 (Kidfl IwrriniCPlt. H. 443). DENVER (113) Martin 25. Carter 6. Smith 27. Water 9, Camby 4. Kleiza 18. 2. Totals 2 free throws, and Ginobili again couldnt get a clean look at a 3. San Antonio trailed by as many as 10 points in the 89-8- ' CLEVELAND (83) James Newble 30, 9, Hughes Jones 2. Marshall S.Blown Da. - Denver Cleveland 3, D Brown 9, 4. Dw 9 Jones 28 24 21 Simmons 2. 83. Totals 35 Ilgauskas Snow 14, 0. 27 19 113 83 23 19 Point Goals- -'- Denver Iverson (Smith Waler 3 Klea Oiawaia Anlhony Cleveland Carter Uames Naiera D Brown S Brown Newble Hughes Fouled Out Da Jones Marshall None. Rebounds Denver 60 ICamby 17). Cleveland 60 (Ilgauskas 10). Assists Denver 30 llverson 13), Cleveland 15 (Snow,.Oa.Jones, D.Brown, Denver 16. Cleveland 20 James 3). Total Fouls Technicals Kleiza, Denver detensive three second 2 A 20,562 (20,562). - as- 29 Bosh B, 14, Bargnani 15, 7, Parker Nesterovic 8, Ford 12. Humphries 7, Kapono Graham 4, 105 4. Totals MINNESOTA 10, 6, Gomes 4. Jetterson 6, Jarlc 8, Smith 8, Buckner Totals 105 82 25 Goals Calderon Minnesota Toronto Deltino 82. (Bargnani Ford Parker Green Jarlc (Walker Fouled Teltalr McCants Foye Toronto 48 (Bosh. Deltino Out None. Rebounds Toronto 9). Minnesota 47 (Jetferson 9). Assists 31 (Ford 13). Minnesota 18 (Tellair 8). Total Fou- ls- 0, 19. Krstic 13. Carter 15. Wiiglil 7, Armstrong 0, Allen 0 0 2, M Williams 0. Totals 01. 6. Kidd S Williams Goals Jo.Howard New Nachbar 22 21 Dallas Barea Jersey Armstrong MIAMI (94) 15 Marion 6 13 3 4 15. Blount Wright 1 12 10. Wane 3 3 2i Williams 19. 2 7 Barrol! 0. Omis 6 Banks 14 7 a4. Totals L.A. takers Miami 2b 23 25 24 3! 22' 1D4 26 21 94 IB 25 21 31 24 14, Jones 5 82 101 Terry Nowitzki Carter 2. Fouled Out Terry. (George (Kidd 8, Boone 29, 0, Nnchhar 2, .Swift 21 SANANIONIO(M) Bowell Owcni. 10 2'1 -4 4 Vaughn 2 6 8, Ginobili Stoudamne 3 Hony 5 totals 0 19, Udoka BOSTON Pierce 5. -6 4 6 (101) Dallai New Jersey 33, CELTICS 98, SPURS 90 82 16. Novfltzkl 416 21, 2. Jones 0 3 4. Barea Dampier 4. George Dioo Terry 2 3. Hassell 9. Bass Ju.Howard 82. . Totals 31 85 Jetterson Gasol 4 Charlotte three second DALLAS (82) Jo.Howard NEW JERSEY 15, 8. Tuna! 104. - 1, (82) Brewer L.A. LAKERS (104) 0 0 7. Odom te:!maiiuvic 10 12. Fisher 7, Bryant 13. Farmai Vtiiacic 0. Walton 9 totals dual- s- L A lateis ,Vut.ir.r. Bryan; 2. Rajaidnovic OJom Walton Famiar Fisher Miami 412 (Wnliams Wright Banks Wade 0 1, Daws 1. Blounl L A. Marion touted Out None Rebounds Lakers 51 (Odom 18. Miami 44 iMarion 141 Assists L A Lakeis 21 lOdom fit, Miami 24 L A Lakeis 14 Miami (Wade 91 lotal Fouls Miami delensive three second. 20. technicals 4 7, iHichardson Fellon Detroit Carroll Boykins Hamilton Billups (Prince Hayes None Rebounds-Charl- otte Fouled Out R.Wallace 47 (Okator 9), Detroit 56 (MeDyess 12). Assists Charlotte 18 (Mclnnis, Richardson 5). Detroit 31 (Billups 7). Tolal Fouls Cliarlotte 25, Charlotte Goals NETS 101, MAVERICKS 29 sists and five rebounds in the first. ... Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis was sitting courtside. ... Spurs point guard Tony Parker missed his sixth straight game with a sore left ankle. Charlotte Detroit 87 113 (22.0761., (105) 16, Calderon Deltino 7 I Notes: Pierce scored 14 in the first quarter, and Ginobili 25 30 13 82 TIMBERWOLVES 18, Telfair 4, Foye 8, Green through three quarters, made in11 of 12 down the stretch to cluding their last eight hold back the charge. DETROIT (113) 21 McOyess Prince 8, R Wallace Hamilton 8 8. Billups 18, AMIalo 3 ? 8. Maxell 6, Slnrkey 2 2 10, Mmmi 6. Neumann 13, Hayes O'O 0 1). Brezec 19 26 111! Ti Detroit ?B Technicals Harrington Coach Vincent, Charlotte defensive TORONTO Moon LAKERS 104, HEAT 94 I 9 Mohammed 3 8 Okata 14. Richardson 27 Canoll 0. Harrington 6, Boykins 9. Hollnis 2 4, Mclnnis 4, Davidson 874 Totals . RAPTORS 105 McCants 8. Walker 0, Madsen But the Celtics, who made just 10 of 19 free throws PISTONS 113, BOBCATS 87 CHARLOTTE (87) 0, Dudley 10, Fellon 113. 94-9- Rondo had five GB 20 .615 Indiana Anthony - 2 8. Iverson 10, Naera Diawara 4, both free throws after he was fouled, then Finley made a to make it But Tony Allen made a pair of 1. Pet L 24 Associated DUNCAN NUGGETS 113 CAVALIERS 83 92-8- 1 12 NBA SCOREBOARD "We don't sit and hold a vigil or anything," the coach said. "We try not to make a big deal of it, because if we do, (he) will." With Boston leading 7 and under 20 seconds left, Ginobili was hacked while trying a 3, but no foul was called and Rondo came up with his second big rebound of the final minute. Rondo made had 13 Cleveland All-St- fourth quarter, cutting it to with 2:01 left on Ginobili's 14 10 .740 Josh Boone and rookie Sean Williams, who had 15 points, did a great job of frustrating Dirk forNowitzki, limiting the shootward to 21 points on ing. Nowitzki had only 10 points after the first quarter and most of those were in garbage time in the fourth quarter. walkthrough. won't be back before the Feb. 17 exhibition in New Orleans. "He's out until after the break, I think including the game," Rivers said. "That I haven't talked to him about, but I assume so." Subs Eddie House, who scored all of his 10 points in the second quarter, and James Posey, who had five of his seven rebounds in the fourth, also came off the bench to pitch in. "I just have to give credit to the whole bench being ready, turning the game around," Pierce said, also praising Rondo for leading the team in rebounds three times since Garnett went out. "Every time he leads the team in rebounds, we win. So keep crashing the boards, Rondo." But the key was Davis, who combined with Leon Powe to keep Duncan from taking over the game. "What we told Glen was, 'He's taller than you. You're heavier than him. You're not going to grow today," Rivers said. "But because you have a low center of gravity, get into his legs and try to push All-St- W 12 4 6 W 2 30 .412 1912 5 5 W3 36 ..294 25 12 2 8 W-- .13 triple-doubl- e. him off the block. You can't get frustrated. ... He did that a couple of times." Rivers said he didn't tell Powe he was starting until the with an abdominal strain, and they'd better get used to it: Rivers said after the game that his big man the leading 12 6 4 37 122-10- The Celtics improved to since Garnett went out 12 Washington Atlanta , 7 nine-gam- Lakers 104, Heat 94: At Miami, Kobe Bryant scored 33 points, and 551 Cont 23 9 ,431 18 32 W Lamar Odom finished with 15 points and 18 rebounds for the Lakers, who've won five of seven e road trip so far on a that'll take them to the break. Sasha Vujacic scored 13 points and Pau Gasol added 12. . 17 5 e rebounds. 90-6- 4 22 4 Detroit 1(5-- 63-4- 5 22 Away W-- L10 Orlando CENTRAL Los Angeles used a 2 second-hal- f run to pull away and beat the skidding Heat in Miami's first home game of its O'Neal era. Mark Blount finished with 22 points for Miami, which has lost seven straight and 22 of its last 23. Dwyane Wade scored 19 and Shawn Marion, playing his first game for the Heat since Wednesday's stunning deal that sent O'Neal to the Phoenix Suns for he and Marcus Banks," finished with 15 points and 14 Pav-lov- overs in a row and they get two offensive rebounds. Just too many mistakes that bit us down the stretch there." 5-- 2 Philadelphia, Denver Nuggets' Allen Iverson, left, drives on Cleveland Cavaliers' Larry Hughes during the first quarter of an NBA game on Sunday in Cleveland. Celtics defeat streaking Spurs PRESS NewJersey T Short-hande- d ASSOCIATED 27 22 29 W MARK 9 THE Toronto Sir Home 7 3 - GB .813 SOUTHEAST DIVISION f "We jumped on them from the beginning," Iverson said. "We took advantage of the shots they were missing. We were able to do everything right on both ends of the floor." The Cavaliers were again a shell of themselves as injuries continued to plague the Eastern Conference champions. Drew Gooden missed his third game in a row with a strained right groin and Daniel Gibson, the e team's top shooter, sat out his second straight because of a strained hamstring. On top . of that, Cleveland didn't have forward Anderson Varejao (sprained ankle) or swingman Sasha (sprained foot), Also, Jones went to the locker room in the fourth quarter with a sprained ankle and center Zydru-na- s Ilgauskas was also forced to spend the final 12 minutes getting treatment for back spasms. The Cavs, however, were hurting long before that. at halftime and Denver led quickly upped its lead to 23 after Iverson opened the third quarter with a and Kenyon Marv tin scored inside. James helped trim Denver's lead to 15, but Iverson and Anthony never relaxed and the Nuggets pushed their lead to entering the fourth. 0 The Nuggets beat the Cavs earlier this season. "It's disappointing they whooped our behinds twice like this," Cavs coach Mike Brown said. "I don't think we can look in the mirror and say we fought tonight." Pet L 39 9 Boston 5 ; DIVISION ATLANTIC 8-- 21. GSrtO l 21, 0 fmloy 90 (98) Scalabnne 35. Hondo 4 5 San Antonio Boston R 5. 9. Posey 10 totals 0 0 Allen Allen T 2. Powe 19. Davis 8. House 98. 23 20 18 20 23 25 29 30 90 98 Goais -- San Antonio 1131 iGinouili Sloudamire Bowen Finley 3 b. Udoka O il. Boston 9 23 (Pierce o 9 House Horry Posey - 4. H Alien 1 Allen Fouled Scalabnne Out Udoka. Rebounds San Antonio 41 (Duncan San Antonio 20 1) Assists 14). Boslon 56 tRundo San (Duncan 6), Boston 24 (Rondo 12). Total Fouls Antonio 28, Boston 19. Technical Posey. A 18,624 (18,624). lue.Gra |