| Show no NBA 77 En WiNDAi at SAN ANTONIO t UTAH ty: Kill p m 012004 FEBRUARY 4 t SCHEDULE SUNDAY 6 e 4 III i 4' t t 11 NEN - 1 A-- iiiik' THE Marbu nothim ness wasn't Mar 35 poir ? i t t 4 wrutisDAY at CHICAGO I I UTAH none pmtY : IIILA1 at PORTLAND Nuartel complaint for once: Knicks' Anderson is not happy with his decreased playing time under new coach Wilkens A UTAH team missed Phoen :York Suns Ct 1 :night ipmtv:ISN The SATURDAY at UTAH tv: p m ISN NBA PLAYER THE WEEK OF tzar Odom Heat MIdMI THIS WEEK Odom averaged ' l ''' '' the 20 points in games while 1 game and five assists as the Heat won two of three L6M0AMOLPj but as OTHER PERFORMANCES Allen Iverson Thers returned from a layoff with 31 points and eight assists Friday to help beat the Hornets 85-8- Zydrunas Ilgauskus Cavaliers 30 points Wednesscored a season-higwin over the Heat day in a 94-9Marcus Camby Nuggets had 24 rebounds Wednesday as Denver ran over the Bulls ' i A I 1 '' upset about 1 i 04 M'EVE Friday LEADERS SCORING FG FT AVG PTS Iverson Phil 33 316 223 900 Grady Or 47 446 259 1269 43 366 224 1080 Minn 45 455 179 1095 0 43 364 152 1003 Pierce Bos 48 360 298 1097 44 383 219 987 46 381 172 1020 35 245 238 760 Mc Sac Stotakovtc Garnett Davis N S Duncan Redd A Mil LAL Bryant 44 379 181 939 Nowitzki Dalt 41 306 194 867 Minn 45 375 ISO 950 41 315 183 857 Port Randolph Cassell Tor Caner O'Neal Ind 46 378 199 956 James Clay 43 336 169 879 42 265 283 850 LAC Maggette N Marbury 47 Y Alt Houston N Y 339 199 926 47 338 242 923 41 291 140 799 273 270 251 243 233 229 224 222 217 213 211 211 209 208 204 202 197 196 195 REBOUNDING OFF DEF TOT AVG Gat ROI Minn 45 145 48 632 140 Wallace Del 46 193 41? 605 132 Duncan S A 44 148 4113 566 129 45 205 313 518 115 Dampier G S 44 153 331 484 110 44 114 350 464 105 0 Meat Ind 46 125 359 484 105 Canty Den 44 131 301 438 100 46 88 364 452 46 121 311 432 98 94 MiIhr Odom Marron Mid Phoe ASSISTS G AST AVG 43 411 47 411 96 87 Nash Dall 44 356 81 Davis N 43 341 79 45 338 Snow Phil 47 340 75 72 Williams Mem 36 252 Ford 45 291 Kidd N N Marbuni Cassell Minn Mil Den 48 304 LAL 43 267 James Clev 43 256 Miller Pavion 70 65 63 62 60 3FG 3FGA PCT 103 476 McKe Phil 49 Korver Phil 50 110 455 Bell Utah 44 99 444 Bany Sea 74 168 440 124 288 431 87 203 429 44 103 427 Sac Stolakovic Det 1111ups Welsch Bos Sac NY Houston Nash Dail PA PCT 224 243 922 140 154 909 152 908 76 895 254 285 891 93 105 886 Port 68 Del Pups FT 138 Stoudarnue Boyiuns Den L FIELD-GOA- ' 273 509 536 214 406 527 290 554 523 Damnify G S Milter Sac 202 395 511 231 452 511 Boozer 223 441 506 182 366 497 I 383 772 496 STATISTICS 266 538 494 375 759 494 Cul Dail Clev Chi Duncan Mario S A N Cassee Mtnn Garnet Minn 455 924 8 AVG 33 84 43 193 kirtienko Utah Merit Ind 42 82 45 94 0 46 95 46 93 43 80 255 240 212 209 207 202 166 Iverson Davis N IN 0 Armstrong N Marron Not Ginctrh S A Det Wallace Patti' Att Kitilenko 0 Utah : 0 1311 AVG 48 143 47 146 42 120 311 311 216 274 259 250 Neal Ind 46 126 Duncan S A 44 114 Carty Den 44 110 i :should i : ctuartel Lu 1 I m l 1 ' Joe ':career: : missed free tt onds : trailini made before i '' t "'' t ! - 417 4 '' Keit 'points 1edthi :pesky li 10' 1 t As t ionga ' NNN a ' ' 1::71 ' '' '' '':- - ' ' '' chancE I' '''' ' I ' - : t y? 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"Reggie's gotten to be a better passer as his career has gone on" said coach Rick Carlisle "Unselfishness and efficiency are a lot of what this year has been about for him" Said the Miller "I try not to put myself in a bad position I don't create tough angles or shots I don't like to jump in the air and pass like a lot of guys do I try to keep my feet on the ground I don't need to do behind-theback- s or between-my-legsLast week Darius Miles overslept and missed practice He was fined $2500 Two days later the No3 pick in the 2001 draft was traded for the second time in his brief career when the Cavs shipped him to Portland for point guard Jeff McInnis and center Ruben Boumtje Boumtje Cleveland GM Jim Paxson said Miles was traded so the Cavs could take some of their quarterbacking duties off rookie LeBron James "For this team to grow" Paxson said "we feel we need to get at his natural position out on the wing We want him to make plays that way instead of asking him to bring the ball up get us into the offense and score 1 Around the league Laettner returned recently from a mandatory suspension for violatthe policy Laetting league's anti-druner lost $312500 in salary for his undisclosed indiscretion "It was a misjudgment on my part" he said "I'm not just a going to say I made a mistake misjudgment I've got to be smarter All I can say is it's never happened before and I'm very committed to making sure five-gam- league-mandate- " doesn't happen again" A long season got longer last week in Chicago when the guy who dresses as Da Bull — one of the team's two mascots — was arrested for allegedly selling marijuana outside a public housing project on the city's North Side Chester Brown 31 is midway through his ninth season as the gymnastics-orientemascot known as Da Bull His preliminary hearing on the marijuana charge is scheduled for Feb 17 Police reported that several bags of marijuana were found in his car when he was it d 2 4 Andersen a lot of points" It might be the biggest bar bill in history Boston's Tin Baker is sitting susout his second pension since Jan 6 for failure to comply with an aftercare program for alcohol abuse Baker's first suspension — for three games — cost him $474695 in salary Baker will lose $791158 this time if the suspension lasts only five games Should an independent doctor determine Baker is not ready to return however the suspension will continue at a cost of $158000 per game If Baker is reinstated and stumbles again the Celtics might be able to void the final two years of his contract which is worth $30375 million When Miami beat Houston this week Heat coach Stan Van Gundy finally defeated his brother Rocket coach Jeff Van Gundy I louston had beaten Miami twice in a row before the Heat's victory The teams do not meet again this season "I'm glad it's over" Stan Van Gundy said "To be honest it's not much fun" According to Van Gundy the brothers often talk on the phone after both win "We sort of celebrate together" he said "But when you play each other you can't do that because you know the other guy is down and upset" picked up post-seaso- n any Turnovers: ( Areloons Mb Winn Fouls: a ill the woeful East Asked if Atlanta can get to the Stotts said "Yeah believe it or not We just went through the roughest part of our schedule" Pm Gods: (Andersen Lenny Wilkens became coach of the Knicks fl eighth place 11 : did ' - I 1"1' $ so" - -4 ? l w 3 i - "t'' left for Hard& along ished I mg tiA 158sei Har points only ot in doul "It t - ' : 1 - ":' i -r throw 1 : ' ' ' 00tpot- ' i Var - 1") 7 - i 1 ' 1 861 i 3 k 0 tr i 0 f' 1 I'll be "I don' by my! 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i ' Stotts is still there PCI Van Hou 1 4' 3 333- '' Anderson had been an of former coach member important Don Chaney's rotation But when new team president Isiah Thomas fired Chaney and brought in Wilkens Anderson's role quickly changed In 39 games under Chaney he averaged 84 points In 10 starts he averaged 166 points In Anderson's first nine games under Wilkens he averaged 46 points as a backup behind starting forwards Kurt Thomas and Keith Van horn starting shooting guard Allan Houston and newly acquired sixth man Penny Hardaway Despite an emergency start Friday night at Boston — Anderson scored 16 points in 37 minutes as a replacement for the injured Houston -- - Anderson's (lays in New York appear to numbered Thomas has already offered Anderson to Portland for Ruben Patterson but the Trail Blazers turned down the (teal in part because of Anderson's bulky contract It does not expire until season when he will after the 2006-0make $85 million "I don't think they are going to let me sit on the bench — making the money I'm making — just trying to be peaceful" Anderson said "I just want to play Just let me know something I don't want to be the 12th man on a team If that's the case you know just 'Jake it happen Don't let me sit and not know what's going to happen" 369 Den - i FGA Nene 33 with that explanation "Be a man about it" he said "I've been a man about everything's that happened to me I expect the same 203 °Neal i 1 N Said Wilkens: "Ile should want to play That's a good sign But it's very hard to play 12 people" Anderson did not seem satisfied FG LAL I i ‘ 1 3t sion" FREE-THRO- Stolakovic ' o 7 Sic Randolph Port - $ - In New York NBA ' 4 — 1 ' - thing" Through ' 4' 4 00 frIPt his new role with the Knicks "I'm just in awe right now" he said "because I don't understand why I'm not playing" 'iI t1 '' ' - 4 ‘ei' - I'm sur out an : did not use him Anderson missed a game the next night against Miami with a mi mine When he returned to prac- tice two days lat- er he was un- adding more than 12 rebounds a fr New York Knicks' Shandon is a professional Ile complains or criticizes Well almost never A former second-rounpick of the Jazz who spent his first three seasons in Utah Anderson played in 543 consecutive games until a recent victory over Atlanta when coach Lenny Wilkens PHOENIX "He 7 53 51 40 36 18 12 11 OPPONENTS 17 DEF 10 1155 TOT 335 247 87 151 126 360 100 147 84 37 55 54 AVG 80 80 24 34 27 88 22 33 19 1 5 32 34 81 74 17 17 7 35 8 16 1894 412 1660 361 AST 139 63 195 77 63 80 M 44 33 39 6 AVG 33 20 54 17 14 19 38 10 08 16 04 15 09 15 14 03 05 3 1 2 952 916 0 4 207 199 PF 104 102 84 71 137 134 109 127 110 37 32 40 35 17 DO 0 1 0 0 4 ' 0 I STI 89 22 44 23 32 19 0 25 1 14 2 0 0 0 24 1 0 1 0 6 0 1145 9 11444 14 12 3 4 8 1 1 1 322 379 TO 118 65 94 68 56 62 110 46 39 22 1311( - 120 2 3 14 10 9 95 2 8 7 0 4 18 14 22 7 0 0 793 707 8 drool' 'What mysel Satun stand about mirac No Footh nounc Sande Liiall Liia l Liiall 1 0 3 290 287 eV I '4 1 |