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Show __ DAILY Thursday, April 20, 2006 HERALD THE DAY IN BASKETBALL Star of the Washington's Caron Butler had 33 points and 12 tebounds to help the Wizards protect the fifth seed in the Eastem Conferenceplayoffs with a 96-80 win over the Pistons. NBA STANDINGS Miles scores 23 as Jazz end season with win “Wegotthe win. Every it’s still not a losing record.” burn Hills, Mich., Caron Butler had 33 points and 12 rebounds as the Washington Wizards earned first-roundplayoff date with LeBron James by beating Ostertag played for the Jazz all but one ofhis 11 years, needed a win to protect the fifth seasonI've played (here) we SALT LAKE CITY: — CJ Miles didn't have much of a rookie season untilit was just about over. Miles scoreda career-high 23 points.and the Utah Jazz rallied to beat the Golden State Warriors 105-102 on Wednes- day night, avoiding a second haven't hada losing record,” Ostertag said. “It's only .500 but spending last season with the Sacramento Kings as Utah sputtered to a 26-56 finish. Ostertag’s return in a summer seed in the Eastern Conference, while the t ied Pistons (6418)just wanted to avoidinjuries. get openlooks. I got a few, bent but he was gladto end his career my knees and knocked them down,” said Miles, a 19-year-old whereit started. He received a » Grizzlies102, Timberwolves 92 At Minneapolis, Brian Cardinal scored nineof his 18 pointsin the second overtime and Lawrence loud ovation from the Utah fans. Roberts added 10 points and 12 but | believe in my heart that I've had more ups than downs, Ostertag said. “I can't complain. » Pacers 89, Magic 83: At India- Eleven years is a Jongtime. Carlos Boozer had 26 points d 11 rebounds and Mehmet blocks, and Indiana beat Orlando to claim the No. 6 seed in the to stay with 38 secondsleft MontaEllis scored 27 for » Cavaliers 100, Hawks 99: At Cleveland, LeBron James and straightlosing season. “I cameout tonight trying to shooting guard playinginhis 23rd NBA game The Jazz finished the season 4141, winning six of their final eight. Miles was the youngest memberofthe Jazz this season andsentthe oldest out a win trade didn't have muchto do with apathetic Detroit. The Wizards Utah's improvementto 4141, “I've had my ups and downs, scored 23points,including inter that put Utah ahead ner. Greg Ostertag. who plans onretiring this summer. ended his career by watchingall but 3:36 of Wednesday's game. Ostertag finished with one-re- Golden State and had a chance Hewas the only Utahplayer whe but his pointer at the buzzer bound,one block and no points was on the roster during Utah's Western Conference champion: ship teams of1997 and 1998. © put the gameintoovertime, bouncedoff the rim. D Wizards 96, Pistons 80: At Au- boards to lead the Grizzlies. napolis, Jermaine O'Neal had 24 points, 13 rebounds and six Eastern Conferenceplayoffs. Anderson Varejao had a careerhigh 18 rebounds for Cleveland. 58 St Home Away | Boston 38 46 3 49 63H «M2 16 2318 1526-20-30 | 27 55) 329 lotte; N.C., Matt Carroll scored Toronto | NewYork » Knicks 90, Nets 83: At East of the seasonthat will help me Continued from B1 Warrior team, butit did give Jazz fans a peekinto the future. “He's a veryconfident guy butI probablygotinto his confi dencelevel a little bit.” said Jazz coach Jerry Sloan. “The impor tant thing to me washefought threw thatlittle spell we had andhis confidence grew and grew. He canseealotof things onthe floor not many guys can see. I've beenaroundalong time and watchedalot of different guys play this game. He has great knowledge of basketball. It may have taken twothirds of the season, but Williams’ game beganto click just beforethe all-star break. Since Feb. 1, he has been the NBA's best 3-point shooter. Instead of crashing into the NBAwall, he somehow man- aged to find hiS second wind. “I'm just real comfortable right now. | definitely picked up a lot of things in the second half out for next season,” Williams said. “It’s just confidence. When you get confidence, good things happen. He's confident passing and especially shooting. He made 2-of-3 3-point attempts on Wednesday night. Since Feb. 1, he’s made areason to renewtheir season andnearly twice (5.6) what John Stockton averagedin his rookie season.In fact, only Dar- Miles and Boozer gaveJazz fans bestin franchisehistory. He averaged more than Andrei Kirilenko did as a rookie 20:32 St 13 Home 31-10 Away. 2-20 Conf 3517 1526 2923 1933 1834 15:37 Orlando 36 4% 49 16 W3 27-14 G2 LD 21S 1031 2628 60-loss season. Adanta Charlotte 2% 6 56 6 317 37 2 6 46 G4 Lt WE 1823 17-24 833 932 sponded byavoiding their first » Clippers 87, Mavericks 71: At Dallas, Corey Maggettere- | CENTRALDIVISION for the playoffs with 18 points | 2Detroit x-Cleveland Chicago x-indiana 1-Milwaukee | turned to action and tuned up and 11 rebounds, helping Los Angeles beatDallas. » Bulls 127, Raptors 106: At Chicago, Ben Gordon scored 24 Pet 84 WoL Pct GB L10 St Home Away Cont 4 18 50 32 a 8 a 4 OQ 0 — 610 14 30 2B 500 23 MU points and Chicagoclosed the regular season by beating To- 64 7-3 9 64 46 L2 34 W2 31-10 WE 2-20 W2 27-14 LG 214 1922 2021 1427 1526 3913 3418 HR 2428 92 WESTERN CONFERENCE ronto to grab the No. 7 seed in SOUTHWESTDIVISION points and MichaelFinley added 17 to lift San Antonio. Paulaveraged 16.2 points per game. He shot .431 from the field compared to .421 for rookie point guard from North ished the season strong, the debate isn't over. Therewill con- ers missed morethanhalf the tinue to be comparisons between » Neil Warner can be reached at nwarner@heraldextra.com. Pet Str Home Away Conf 64 Li 347 2615 37-15 25372417 14-27 25-27 Away Conf 22-19 «19:22 2249 13:28 2417-932 26-26 20:32 20:32 168 — xMemphis 60 22 732 3 49-33-5884 New Orleans 38 440 4638 44 73 W3 347 BZ WS BOTT AIS 2D 28 LI NORTHWEST DIVISION WoL Pet | yDenver 44 38 537 GB L10 St Home | Utah Seattle Minnesota 4 4 3 47 3.4 500, a «42 3 9 6 73° G4 37 WA WI 13) 2 6 46 6 B 2912 42-10 19:22 31-21 1526 19:22 | | PACIFIC DIVISION | LO 63 19 x-Dallas utes per game compared to 28.7 for Williams. Youcould also makethe case that Ray Felton, Charlotte's eS zSanAntonio Portland Williams,but he also played significantly more minutes than Williams. Paul averaged 36 min- jury/illness. Three Jazz play- Williamsalso averaged 4.5 12-29 SS over New Orleans point guard Chris Paul has quieted down. Even though, Williams fin- have madethe playoffsthis year. Utah lost 221 gamesto in- averaged morepoints per game during their rookie season. 15-26 10 lieve a healthyJazz team would problems, there is reasonto be- (14.9) and Aaron James(11.7) LD 4G WT 1526-833 — assists and 2.4 rebounds. He played so well of late that the murmuring of picking Williams Boozer scored 26 points and grabbed11 rebounds. rell Griffith (20.6), Karl Malone «37 WI 220 1229 1933 22-9 «23 59-280 26 512 Utah finished just a gameout of the playoff race and considering the team’s re-occurringinjury andsank twofree throws with 23 secondsleft in the game. Conf 33-19 40 Carolina,had betterstatistical seasonthan Williams. He averaged 11.8 points,3.3 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game. But he shotjust .392 from the field, compared to .421 for Williams. But Jazz fans knowthat in Utah, rookies aren't usually throwninto the fire. They are seasoned slowly with the hope that they will be better off in the future. A future that for now, looks pretty bright. tickets with the way theyplayed against GoldenState. Miles scored a career-high 23 points WI 42 and 7.8 assists and 5.2 rebounds points per game whichis fourth 212 xWashington Williams and Paul for sometime. 55-of-103 3-point attempts for 53 percent, best in the NBA. Williams, fellow rookie C.J. L2 y-Miami and Robert Whaley). Fortunately for Utah, Williams wasn't part of Utah’s centageat .416 and he fate the season averaging 10.8 55 returned to coaching in the final gameofa dismal first season in NewYork,and the Knicksre- season (Boozer, Gordan Giricek MASHunit. Williams missed 110 — 110 46 » Spurs 89, Rockets 87: At Houston, Brent Barry scored 19 just two gamesall season. He led all rookies in 3-point per Pet wh 52.30 Houston Williams Wok. SOUTHEASTDIVISION Rutherford, N.J., Larry Brown playoffs and the Cavaliers tuned Atlanta. Flip Murrayscored 19 points, Donyell Marshall 16 and 49 33 Philadelphia 24 points for the Bobcats. the playoffs. upfor the postseason bybeating yNewsersey » Bobcats 96, 76ers 86: At Char- Larry Hughes got some needed rest beforethefirst roundof the EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION 1933 LH 2615 1823 2527 19 LB 1526 635 1042 WoL Pct GB L10 St Home Away Conf 5428 47 35 wiAlakers 4537-59973 WS 2744 659 573 — 7 55 55 W2 Wt 31-10 27-14 23-18 20-21 32-20 27-25 wSacramento Golden State «44 «38537, M4 AIS 10 20 82 46 Ws «LT 27-14 (24-20 17-24 «13-28 30-22 19:33 «LA Clippers 1823-2725 x-clnched playoff spot y-cinched division; z<linched conference TUESDAY'S RESULTS New York 90, New Jersey 83 | Charlotte 96, Philadelphia 86 SanAntonio 89, Houston 87 Memphis 102, Minnesota 92, 20T LA Clippers 85, Dallas 71 | eet 127, Toronto 106 Utah 105, Golden State 102 | Phoenix 106, Portland Avanta 103, Miami 100 Washington 116, Milwaukee 103 Philadelphia 91, New Jersey 88 Memphis 101, LA. Clippers 95 | | BEDEDAYS RESULTS Indiana 89, Orlando Geveland 109,‘ae 99 Seattle 109, Denver 98 | LA. Lakers'115, New Orleans 95 End of regular season Sacramento 111, Seattle 105 Boston85, Washington936.Detrot 80 ‘San Antonio 7 6 nau —e | BOSTON (@5) GRIZZLIES 102, T'WOLVES 92 07 3m —8 Eames 9 10310 19 LaFenz 1-50.02, Pan 1-112 226, Alen5:11 78 17, Gene 5836 (MEMPHIS (102) 3-Point Goats 12.26 (Finley 5-7. Barry 14, Jones 2-4 3. Jabrine 4-90-0 10, Olowekand (100) Batier 2-4 0-0 4, Warrick 4-10 2-4 10, Tsakatis2-4 48 van Bx 2-4 epi2.8 Bowen 0-1. Sancrs po Toa71-1597 30 88 Newbie 2.5 2:2 8, Gooden 2-4 2-36, ligauskas 3 4,er360-07,1-32.28, Wiet33 27 0. 0, ey 0-2)ton3-14 Wey 24 8, Snow 2-42-26, Mary 38 10 acon Dones: 3, Cardinal 716 out Head 1-5, Bogans 0:2, Alston 0-3) Fouled Out—? Mimi ve an -8 3-5 16, Jones3-7 2-4 10, Paviowc 0-2 0-00, Varjao 4-7 Tverson 5180-014 suis 06 0-00 fetes i Aniona48 Hoy, Mohamed ." Boston a2 2a —% 69 4 Gana 2.8 4.48 Jckson 1-32.25, SB 00ND Tos4.02811 102 Total Fouls Howstn 5 Muon8 San Anton2 0:1 0-00 Totals 33-73 26-41 1 A = 13 (Walker 4-7, Posey (Grob6), Houston 17 (Aston 8 oaFo—San TAY) 7. Heston 2Teche 9, Van ;Panag5D anderson0.2Bexton ‘tanta 0 3-9 foot0 15 Grn 6164 agrafoulsMonanmed An7G13 7382 415 Saalanine25, Gomes1-1 Grnne 13, Green Cleveland ooh ot —i0 MeCants 6-12 1-1 13, Banks 3.8 6 CLIPPERS 85, MAVERICKS 71 Alen 0-2,aket2 0-3), Fouled Out—Greer 997 Madeen1180-22 ‘ight in 52 ai 8), Boston 58Frente Point Gaal—Atanla 19ue 25, Sih 1 50:26 Totals 34-97 16-23 92 8:14 009, bee LAC CLIPPERS (85) Wasi120 Aaaerion ‘Smith 1-4, Johnson 1-6, Chidress 0:1, Grundy 0-4 WIZARDS96, PISTONS 80 10Games) Total Four 23, aso"24 Hangin 0:1) even 613ae 3 ee Monghis «18 17 — 102 >soonDeereTee Secon (WASHINGTON (96) 23. Marshal |1achson 1-2 Graham 01 Pavowe, Miemenola 21-9014 15-87 — A—18624 (18.624) Ble19.225.538, Jamon 10-2200 21. Hao 0-1; Muray 0-2) Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— es 2-74.25, nena 8-17 6518 tn0 Atlanta 39 arn 11), Cleveland 67 (Varea0 18) Fit Gole—Mephs 1220 oberson 46 Carta storey 0:2 0-0 0. B Thome tat (umn 4 Cleves 18 uray dada 4 Ali irMen Biss 0) 3.flatce 010-00 Tayor1-20-02 Tos 8) Total Fouls. (Cleveland 22.A—20.562 625 @Wnght3.6, Barks1-2 Hassel 1-3 Grn BOBCATS 96, 76ERS 86 i aan e288 (20.562) 1 Neca Mat7 i PHILADELPHIA (86) Rebounds Neh tes 2, Me e DETROMT (80) Avie245-9au 2722 loa S105617, Mur 7-9 1215, Ole 28mnhis (cra!20, 7)M.Menesota nesla Pewee tes 5-14 0-1 11, Salmons §-8 9-10 19, PACERS89, MAGIC 83 2(Grin tassel9) AssateMeron 10) Total Cramton 8 eyes 38 Karver511 0.013, Badey 20°14 Ransaph 0-1 1-2 18. Techicalo—Jackson A—15.934 19.006) 4 27a 700 «bee912 Mans 8 16-2 1Was 0-10-00. Bares 2:2 0-04 Tt 32-61 LAciopes 20 4 218 91217 Mao en 2 sor 4.12430 fate 800 bates Rue oon § soso02000ker 150.03, Cio 1-20902 482.210 Neon 1-62.38 Mice 0 (96) 1-2 1, Ariza 5-12 3-5 13, Arroyo 8-17 1-1 17, Outtaw 4-6. KNICKS 98, NETS 83 Pit Goat Hf saan 3102-2 8, Bly 8-14 2-2 18, Brezec 4-10 1-1 9 22 30 Doig $123.38, Gay 01 0-00 Tos ‘NEW YORK (90) Feton 6.19 2-215 Carol 6:13.48 24 Walace 243-4 52-68 16-22 83 i | dao” ot oe Sm Woats 1-40-22, M Rose 230-04, Cury 6-7 6-618, 7 Wasa480.28Baer000-00, Buteson 252-2 Cra7-18 9:10 23, Roose 6:10 0-0 15, Lee 56 7 Totals 37-83 16: noone Glastgion 6-25 tras2.7 Bute INDIANA (89) 1-2 11, Udoka 1-4 0-0 2, Bulls 2-4 0-04, Taylor 3-6 5-6 er) Aust"Total Fouts—iChe A Chopers emg 24S| 3it . Siqahowe 5-12 4-4 17, ONeal 9-176-9 24, Foster 11. Totals 33-62 21-28 90 zy BE ones 6, Daniels i oe 24 5. Phitadedphia 2 2 2 3 —% 383-69 laiaon 196622 someon 4102410, 2 Pereran 3 Jave 10 (bet2 O ces Ham11 0 8 WitA Chartotte a B 19 a —% Croshere 0:0 0-0 Jaskercius 34.13,0Rubnson 23004 Cns27 a ranconO-0006Pola +1002 Toasa-r1 006homesiso 10 memes cats 3-Point Goats guodaia #30008 Tamas1-60-02 Zmmeman22004, SPURS 89, ROCKETS 87 3, Green 1-2, Bradley0-1), Charlotte 6-16 (Carrol 4-8 2-30 89 ray 4-812 11, Wachbar 410 1-28 Totals 2-81 uso 2. Fao ans 0) aedOut None Ortando srigion 13 Devt20 Bm se —w 148 SAN ANTONIO (89) eeleals-“DBK RZZO078 (2070) Indiana Bi foe sepia 18 noo) NewYork «22k kD — 8 Charote 21 fFeton 9) To ladelphia 22, 3-Point Goals—Orando 38 (Oooing 2:3, Nelson 1-4, Wew Jersey 24 I = ote 19. A—19,026. (19,028), Aya 01) nara 5-18 Gomowe 3 7 osn25 nino ee CELTICS 85, HEAT 78 <askewcus 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Granger 0:2) Fouled Polat Goale—New York 3-15 (Robinson 3-7, ual (78) ake 411 2-214, em3.7 2-48 Dee 9 7 1-27. 12 dar Nea1313(Grange Asiana 8AraArNeson 37M1 uay HOUSTON (87) hay 23 Cons Colins 22-5, Vaughn 1-1,itn Robinson CAVALIERS 100, HAWKS 99 Wright §-10 10-12 20, 0-3 0-0 0, Kapono 3-7 3-5 Jonson 3) Total Fu Jen 02: Panic 02Racha’ 03) Fouled Si osey 2-10-48 Sen3-63-38, Baron 8 ATLANTA (09) AY 46 (Lee 7) Mj 42 Thomas 1. DAndes 2, Anderson 0-0.0-0 0, Totals 4S71867 21, Hanngton 8-13 0.216, Pac es Sacnd,iraDetenne Te Seco, Plare_ ShaanMenten 24 oho 1New Jey 24 23-71:27-38 78, 1-26-88, Chidress 3 Johnson 3-12 4-4 1 reise nee) ShapTetFaden ork 16, New Jersey 23 Wiliams6120012 Lue 4-10.22 13.0 Smih 1-20-0 Teetmlal-WRansin, CoesA18585 C005) SCOREBOARD JAZZ 105, WARRIORS 102 (GOLDEN STATE(102) i 3. Rebounds a AssistsTotal f ilPs BULLS 127, RAPTORS 106 TORONTO (106) Fouled | POOR VN ya TODAY, APRIL 20 vs. TCU ea Miller Park afe) ey FOLLOWING GAME!! Thursday, April 20 vs. UVSC Friday vs. TCU // 7 a8) Saturday vs. TCU // | pm 6 pm // Miller Park FIREWORKS AFTER GAME!!! ‘ |