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Show DAILY a Monday, March 27, 2006 HERALD NBA ROUNDUP o Pacers smother Sixers NBA STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE WoL New Pet 8 10 $2 Sr we Cont 26-14 16-23 15:26 19:24 11:28 Pot. 66 GB #6 CENTRAL DIVISION WoL LO St wl Home 277 Away 1916 120 Cont 2910 2418 19 17-26 68 28 Pet GB 15:26 1231 L10 Str 46 Home x 2 2213 4 1618 Away Cont 11338 $19 2748 1320 19:21 1421 25:17 1521 20-20 WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST DIVISION WoL Pet GB L10 Str Home wi 30-6 1 W7 3 1 42 2 Pet GB 4414101 40 % 1912 PACIFIC DIVISION WoL, Away Cont 110 Str Home 134 2 46. 42 1718 Wt 2114 4.WA 1817 19 LB 1420 GB He sat on the bench with the thumbtaped in the secondhalf Cleveland has wonfive straight » Grizzlies 102, Bobcats 95: At to help the Pacers recover from Minnesota survived a late scare to send New York to its fifth ‘straight loss. Minnesota, which has blown Memphis beat Charjotte for its season-high seventh straight Jeff Foster grabbed 14 rebounds 26points and 15 rebounds, and Fridaynight's 75-72 loss tothe Detroit Pistons. Philadelphialost its second straight. Allen Iverson scored 26 points and Chris Webber added 24 for the 76ers, but no other Philadelphia player scored more than eight. Iverson, the league's second-leading scorer, shot 2-for-12 from the field in the secondhalf late leads all season, narrowly avoidedits biggest collapse in franchise history. The Wolves led by as many as 25 points in thefirst three quarters, only to be outscored 33-18 in the fourth. Ricky Davis,had 21 points for cus Banks 12. Jamal Crawfordled New O'Nealadded 1 points and nine points as the Magic put six overcame rookie Charlie Villan- Luol Deng scored 20 points, Ben Gordonadded13of his 17 in beat Toronto. Toronto played muchof the waywithoutinjured All-Star Chris Bosh, but stayed in the gamebehind Villanueva, who shot 20-of-32 and had the high- the fourth quarter, and Chicago Conf 2716 21-18 52 21-13 17-21 20-22 a4 BAZ 1816 1223-21-20 1222 15-24 But it was Redd, Charlie Bell » Bulls 101, Celtics 97: At Boston, quarter. » Warriors 90, Kings 83: At owen: Calif., Adonal Foyle scored a season-high 18 points, Mike Dunleavy added Jameer Nelsonscored 15 players in doublefigures while cording their first win over the Hawksin three tries this season, winning streak Jason Richardson added 16 points for the Warriors, who blewa 16-pointleadin the sec- ondhalfbefore winning for the fifth time in seven games. Richardsonstruggled all night with 5-for-19 shooting, but hit a 3-pointer with 1:08 to play and added twofree throwsin the final minute. ) SuperSonics 106, Spurs 102: At Seattle, Ray Allen made a 3-pointer with 5.4 secondsleft. and the SuperSonicsbeat the Spurs. After Allen hadhis shot burn Hills, Mich.. Vince Carter blocked out of bounds with 9 Kidd added a season-high 14 re- the 76ers for the eighth andfi- boundsas the NewJersey Nets wontheir eighth straight game. Theloss ruined Detroit's chanceto goa calendar year to Johan Petrotrailing by two. The center then handed off to Allen and screened Bruce Bowen, giving Allen room toshoot over Tim Duncan. without a regular-season home loss in regulation — the last one » Lakers 105, Hornets 94; At Los The win, coupledwithPhiladelphia’s loss to Indiana, pulled Chicagowithin 1 1/2 games of nal Eastern Conferenceplayoff spot » Cavaliers 104, Rockets 102: At Houston, LeBron James sists. go-ahead dunk with 3:24 left before injuringhis left thumb 25 points for their ighth win in 1] games. Travis Outlawled the Blazers with 19 points injust under16 minutes. He scored 15 ofhis points in the fourth after losing fourin a row. and the Bucks whostole the Boshplayed just 7 minutes victory. rallied to winits secondstraight ¥ Nets 79, Pistons 74: At Au- showlate. Bell filled in for the injured T.J. Ford and added a career-high 18 points and 11 as- rebounds,and Orlandobeat eachhad12. 16-25 est point total by an NBA rook- ard added 15 points and 13 Atlanta forits third straight 77 35 points. and Milwaukee scored 23points, Dwight How- York with20 points. Steve Francis had 15 points, and Eddy Curry and Stephon Marbury » Bucks 125, Raptors 116: At Milwaukee, Michael Redd scored Conference, led by as manyas snap the Kings’ 14-game home » Magic 108, Hawks 101: At Orlando,Fla.. Hedo Turkoglu tin Reed had 13 — one pointshy of his career high — and Mar- extend the Trail Blazers’ losing streak to eight games. he Clippers, angling for playoff position in the Western of thefranchise record. All of Wright's points and rebounds Rashad McCants added 17, Jus- Tinsley and forward Jermaine O'Nealtogetherforthe first rebounds to help Los Angeles 17 and Golden State hung on to Stojakovic, point guard Jamaal time. Tinsleyfinished with a season-high 14 assists and scored 30 points and grabbed 11 whose win streak is one short camein the opening quarter rebounds. WB Reserve Mike Miller added 20 points and Lorenzen Wright contributed 13 points and seven rebounds for the Grizzlies, the Wolves. who have wonsix 48 2618 22 4) win. of their last seven home games. 31-12 Cont 2-20 17-22 18:27 13.26 931 Memphis, Tenn., Pau Gasol had 33 points and 15 rebounds, and The Pacersstarted Jackson. 24-10 Away 1719 1519 827 10.24 630 Cavaliers move closerto their first playoff berth since 1998. ® Timberwolves 98, Knicks 94: At wi 1619 1220 Home Away 289.1912 W2 jury waslisted as a mild sprain Rockets 104-102 on Sunday James got a victory over the only team in the NBA he'd never beaten andhelped the Minneapolis. Kevin Garnett had ie this season. Pot 631 rays were negative, and the in- 17 points and 12 rebounds and ueva's career-high 48 points to NORTHWEST DIVISION WoL with teammate Pape Sow. X- Reserve Danny Granger had SOUTHEAST DIVISION WoL while goingafter a loose ball INDIANAPOLIS — Stephen Jackson scored 23 points and Peja Stojakovic added 18 as the Indiana Pacers beat the Philadelphia 76ers 92-79 on Sunday g ATLANTIC DIVISION scored36 points, including the in overtime, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Houston. scored 22 points and Jason had been a 95-88 defeat to DalJas on March 28, 2005. secondsleft, Seattle inbounded Angeles, Kobe Bryant scored 30 points and Lamar Odom added 23points to help the Lakers beat » Clippers 97, Trail Blazers 83: At Portland, Ore., Elton Brand NewOrleansfor their fourth straight victory. NHL ROUNDUP MAJOR LEAGUEBASEBALL Stars douse Flames Nationals’manager patient with Soriano East Rutherford, N.J.. JeanSebastien Aubin made 36 DALLAS Mike Modano set a career tranchise record Lor power-play guals ind Niko Kapanen addeda hort-handed tally. tosend the ictory \ Flames on I tie with his.28th val of the season early in the sec ondperiodandthe Stars held on to win for the 10thtimein Pe mes saves in his seasondebut. and Toronto kept pace in the ern Conference playoff race. Chad Kilger. Kyle Well- wood. Mats Sundin and Matt ont of Brian Bellows the Stars a lead. Turco seta single-season franchise record with his NHL-high 38th victory, com- ing up withkev third-period saves on reboundattempts riano’s troublesin the outfield. Afterall, Robinson knows it’s the Montreal Canadiens. a workin progress. Soriano misplayed a ball in the first inning that led to Leafs. who bounced back from consecutive blowoutlosses to Toronto is in 10th place, a run, but was 2-for-4 with a homerun, a walk and three and New Jersey who are tied for seventhand currently runs to help the Washington seven points behind Montreal occupy thefinal twoplayoff for the Devils and Martin Brodeur was back ingoal af- gins and Alex Kovaleveach hadtwo goals, and Montreal team. has wonthree in a row and fourof five. Saku Koivu recordedthreeassists. » Sharks 5, Blackhawks4: At Chicago, TomPreissing Colby Armstrong had two goals, and Sidney Crosby Pittsburgh. Montreal. which was 0$ against the NHL's worst scored on a power play 1:24 added two assists for the into overtimeand surging San Jose beat Chicago. Penguins. who also got a goal from Noah Welch — his first in the NHL. 4-on-3 powerplay to start the goal of the gamegave the Blackhawks Radek Bonk gave the Canadiensa 2-) lead. From there, the teams alternated goals. » Oilers 4, Avalanche 3: At Denver. Sergei Samsonov scored the lone shootout goal onthe first attempt in the tiebreakertohelp the Ed- SanJose took a 4-3 on Mark Smith's goal at 7:33of the third period. The Sharks haye woneight of 11. The Blackhawks have lost fivestraight Radim Vrbata’s second 2 lead in the second, but the Sharks tied it when Nils Ekmantook a nice pass fromJoe Thorntonto score with just under 2 min- a workin progress. He got a little lessontoday, andif he learns from these things, that's mistakes two or threetimes.” At Pittsburgh, Chris Hig- lost five of seven extra period. “It just goes to show you he's focusedasfarashis offense is concerned,” Robinson said. “Theplays in the outfield, I tried to warn anybody who wouldlisten, it’s going to be » Canadiens 6, Penguins 5: goals for Calgary, which has lation. giving the Sharks a Sundayin Viera, Fla. what we want. Wedon’t want him to make the samekind of avoided a season sweep by Kyle Calder’s power-play goal with 1:12lett inrregulation tiedit for Chicago at 4 But Chicago's Jim Vandermeer was called for holding with 26 secondsleft in regu- Nationals beat Houston 13-6 on ter a one-gamerest by Byron Ritchie and Jarome Iginla Jamie Lundmuark and Jor- dan Leopold had power-play derstanding about Alfonso So- Stajanhadgoals for the Maple positions in the East. NinthMarty Turco stopped 17 shots for Dallas. which place Atlanta is three points stretchedits Pacific Division off the pace. advantageover Anaheimto TheDevils have lost four 13 pomts: Modano scored his of five 133th power-play goal at 6:18 Eric Rasmussen, Scott Goof the secondperiod. pushing mez and Patrik Elias scored imy’s career lis) and Washington manager Frank Robinson continuesto be un- montonOilers beat Colorado, leaving the Avalanchetied for first place in the Northwest Division. After Samsonov scored, Edmonton's Michael Peca and Ryan Smyth failed to get the puck past Avalanche goalie Peter Budaj. The Oilers’ DwayneRolo- . Son stopped Antti Laaksonen, Milan Hejduk and Joe Sakic utesleft in the period. in the shootout after making 31 saves in regulation and » Maple Leafs4, Devils 3: At overtime. Severe HeapAcH Micraines? Bay HEADACHES? Stirr Neck? TMJ? Or es ao ising may sleeping wal. Cr. Brooks teod cond lectures to heath care ment ond @ specially tecined providers i IF you or © friend hove ony TMD ledoy. These symptoms may include ‘or TH) symptoms, s8e your migrainas, headaches,5, Fension in physician first, then give’us the neck and shoulders, and not «all for 0 frop consultation, In the top of thefirst. lefty Lance Berkmanhit a ball the opposite wayto left-center that Soriano misread. He charged theball andit carried overhis head allowing Willy Taverasto score fromfirst base. “I try to catch theball, but it wasa line drive going up becauseof the wind,” said Soriano, on a day where the windblew straight out to center at 12 mph. “I see the contact, but after that when theball passed the infield | lostit a little bit, and I think that’s why I have a little problem.” Soriano redeemed himself, hitting the first pitch he saw in the bottom ofthefirst over the - left-field fence. “If we don’t get down on him and show confidencein him,he’s goingto learn,” said starter John Patterson, who pitched 5 1-3 innings, allow- ing two runsandstriking out sevento earn thevictory. “It's going to takea little while, and he’s going to get some runsback with his bat. Les Brooxs DDS The Giants break spring You can expect him to make some mistakes, but we'll hang training on Wednesday, While Soriano will be spending the rest of spring training learning the outfield, Barry: Bonds mostlikely is done with Area a day aheadof the team and work out Wednesday at in there with him.” though Bondshassaid he plansto return to the Bay the Cactus League, choosing . instead to rest his tenderleft elbow and surgically repaired right knee before the season starts. Bonds was examined by two doctors Sunday for evaluation ofhis inflamed elbow, and the San Francisco Giants were hopeful the slugger wuwld resumeon-field baseball activi- ties Monday. TimpANOGOs DENTAL ® 768-9471 ol RICKSILVA/Associated Press BaltimoreOrioles’ lick Markakis bats in thefifth inning ofa spring training baseball game against the NewYork Metsonin Port St. Lucie, Fla. Markakis grounded out to second base. “The doctors werevery happy with whatthey sawin the examination,” team spokesman Blake Rhodessaid. Vs the stadium in San Francisco. ‘The Giants host the Angels on Thursday and Bonds is still projected to play in that game as well as Saturday's exhibition in Oakland. San Francisco opens the season April 3 at San Diego. In Phoenix, Frank Thomas playedhis first game with the OaklandAthletics and homered. He struckoutin hisfirst at-bat andthenhit 1-1 pitch off Josh Foggthatsailed high overthe billboards beyond the left-centerfield fence,setting off a mild celebration in the dugout. “I saw a coupleof pitches and slowed everything down andhit the ball hard,” Thomas said. “I was embarrassed my first time up,but the nice thing about baseball is you can turn it aroundthe nexttime.” In other spring training games: lets 8, Orioles0:At Port St. Lucie, Fla., New Y¢ for Boston vil Rays 7, Twins 5: At Fort Myers. Fla. Minnesota date Sa hate gave to fos ane oon {usve ningmano is eatingfhe spring, He lowered his ERA from 6 75 to 5.82 2 Indians 8, Reds 4: At Winter Haven. Fa. Grad ‘Sizemorewent3-1-5 with a double ple ant ee ARISforthe foians 2 Yankaes 9, Tigers:Tampa. Fi. New SuseChere Wag ltthethang a ruised rightknee after beinghit by a batted 2 X-rays were negative faners rower 3:Sure.Tan baseman Mark Teixeira went 2-1r-4 with & dou hifst extra base hit ofthe spring Ho Marne cheWee Sexiest nnngs ‘n hist soning tranig stat Angeles 15, Mariners 4: At Tempe, Anz. Tim Martins 9, Cardinals 1: A pier. Fla. St Lous Salmon homered and drove in thvee runsforthe starlet Mark Mulderpitchfive innings and gave Angels. He was 2-for-3 with thee run Up Six uns wih sx stkeoutsandtwo walks, Mike Son played forthefst time since March 7 Jacobs and Tom Wilson had two RBIs each for the because ofsprained plantarfasciatissue in hisfoot arins. ‘and went 1-for-3 »'Blue Jays 9, Pirates 8: At Dunedin. Fis. Jason Diamondbacks Cubs 0: At Mesa. Ariz. Ovando Bayao Crag Wison each two Roe rior the * Hudson went 3-for-3 with @ solo homer and two ABs forthe Diamondbacks. Dodgers 3, Braves 2: At Vero Beach. Fla. Los Angeles f Fades 6 Slantear, AzPeltor closer Eric Gagne shook a ro ygseg hit a two-run homer ce Niekro Went 3 deads scoring single 23 wnt wtha tworunhomer a ouABs ee wo. Rall Furcal ad two nanknocked Giants, ino teerunsfr te Do 8, Royals 7:At Tucson. Ariz. Jim Thome ht his » Red Sox 3, Phillies 2: At Clearwater, Fla, Josh Beckett struck out six aver six innings to earn the win ative notes te spring and had three ABI, |