Show B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday March 13 2002 Buses’ wins fourth Sditarodl NOME Alaska (AP) — Waving a large American flag as he entered the finish area Martin Buser captured his fourth Iditarod on Tuesday and completed the 1100-mil- e race in record time He and his dogs ended their trek from Anchorage in eight days 22 hours 46 minutes — the first musher to do so in less than nine days “It feels pretty good” said Buser wKo arrived at 8:46 am “It's going to be exciting to hold that record for a while” With temperatures in the low teens a crowd lined Front Street to welcome Buser — and lead dogs Bronson and Kira — to this Gold Rush town on the edge of frozen Norton Sound Buser will become an American citizen Wednesday in a ceremony under the burled arch that marks the Iditarod finish skies most of the way He traveled near line His wife Kathy Chapoton and sons Rohn and Nikolai were decked out in red white and blue and waving small flags at the finish Buser was torn in The Switzerland but has lived in Alaska for 23 years He said he was motivated to become an American citizen after the Sept 1 1 the front of the pack for the first half of the race and led decisively by die halfway point at Cripple Because the trail was so good his dogs moved fast giving him more time to rest at the checkpoint “It’s a mathematical equation” he said “The more you rest the faster you go” Ramy Brooks of Healy tried to close the three-hogap by skipping his rest at the Elim checkpoint 123 miles from Nome Brooks left Elim just eight minutes behind Buser but quickly fell behind Brooks reached Nome at 10:49 am finishing in nine days 49 minutes “I pretty much knew that unless Martin made a mistake or something happened with his dogs there was no way I could overpower Ihim” he terrorist attacks “Until then I had felt like an Alaskan" Buser said “I wanted to be here and stand my ground and prove that this is my home turf” Knowing that his family was waiting and that he would soon become a citizen motivated Buser for the final push to Nome He won $62800 and a new pickup truck The musher from Big Lake enjoyed v nearly perfect trail conditions and clear' ©©DllfiODBQO® ur ' i alone to put it back with 3 seconds to play at East Rutherford NJ Kidd had 1 1 rebounds and 13 of his IS points in the fourth quarter in sending the Raptors to their 15th loss ' in 16 games Davis had 27 points and 13 rebounds and a limping Vince Carter added 21 points for Toronto Spurs 98 Grizzlies 84 San Antonio went its 18th straight game over the Grizzlies as Tim Duncan scored 23 points at home San Antonio which won its seventh straight overall placed five players in double figures Duncan added 13 rebounds Memphis which has lost 10 of its last 12 games was paced by Jason Williams’ 18 points while Pau Gasol ' added 17 Trailing by one to open the fourth quarto San Antonio broke die game open with a 19-- 3 rah to lead 0 Rockets 101 SuperSonics 98 At Houston Cuttino Mobley scored 38 points including two free throws with 17 seconds to play Steve Francis just missed a tripledouble with 16 points 11 rebounds and eight assists Kenny Thomas : in win over Knicks By ' The Associated Press Reserve Jim Jackson scored 23 points to lead a balanced offense 'Tuesday night as the Miami Heat won again in their pursuit of a playoff spot 90-7- 8 against the Phoenix Suns at Miami Jackson playing extra minutes because of an ankle injury to Kendall Gill helped spark the Heat to their eighth win in thelast 10 games Miami which started the night 1 12 games out of the final playoff spot in the East is 21-- 7 since Jan 14 Phoenix 4 12 games behind Utah for the final playoff spot in the West East- was in the first of a four-gam- e em road trip The Suns have lost four straight on the road and four of their " last six overall 76en 104 Knicks 96 Inspired by the ejection of Dikem-b- e Mutombo the 76ers rallied from a deficit in the third quarter ‘ and won their fourth straight at New late-seas- 31 on "W 'tl ‘ lmr s 85-7- 20-poi- nt York- ' 4 AP photo Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson reacts late in the second half came from behind to defeat the New York Knicks 104-9- 6 Jermaine O’Neal had 14 each Ron Attest added 13 and Brad Miller had 10 Jamison scored 25 points and Danny Fortson added 20 points and 20 rebounds for Golden State Bucks 110 Bulls 81 At Milwaukee Michael Redd finished with 21 points and Milwaukee did not allow a field goal in a stretch of the second hplf Milwaukee's Ray Allen finished with 20 points and seven rebounds before he left with a pulled right hhmstring early in the third quarter 40-seco- nd All-Ameri- can the Associated Press Dixon 301 and Dickau 248 Williams averaged 217 points and 54 assists and was the floor leader for the Blue Devils who were No 1 in the AP poll for all but four weeks this season “ “I am not big on ranking ’ - Jason Williams was a unani- mous selection to the AP All- -' America team Tuesday the second year in a row the junior guard was picked for the first team Joining Williams on the first team were junior forward Drew- Gooden of Kansas and senior guards Steve Logan of Cincinnati Juan Dixon of Maryland ' and Dan Dickau of Gonzaga ' The Williams is the first unanimous since Duke’s Elton Brand in : 1999 and the 45th player to repeat The last was Troy Murphy of Notre Damem ' who did it lapt season Williams was picked oh the first team by afi 72 voters on the national media panel and had " 360 points in tie5-- l voting players” Duke coach Mike Krzyzeyaki said “I’ll just say he’s certainly of the caliber of any kid that I've coached and he has helped us win a nation' al championship” The Blue Devils begin defense of their national title on Thursday Williamstumed to Mike Dunleavy a sec- selection and t Carlos Boozer who was voted to the third team when told of top-rank- ed team-mat- es ond-tea- I Shane Battier of Duke last season and Kenyon Mar- tin of Cincinnati in 2000 ' Gooden received 70 first- place votes and 356 points While Logan had 313 points J vote'-- cz m his selection 'Each of the past two sea- -' sons oiie player missedbeing a unanimous choice by one" - 18-I- n Pre-dra- 8-- 88-8- 8) ic Division-leadin- Sacramento record is the g Kings Whose 7 best in the NBA 45-1- after this season Williams repeats By scored 16 including six in the final 3:42 of die game Gary Payton led Seattle with 24 points Brent Barry scored 20 points and Desmond Mason had the fourth quarto Seattle got g four points each from Barry and 0 in That an ran Drobnjak the SuperSonics their biggest Eve of the night at 1 with 7:21 to play Houston then went on a 13-- 0 ran with die help of consecutive from Rands Mobley and Eddie Griffin Lakers 107 Hornets 66 At Los Angeles Kobe Bryant scored 23 points as the Lakers took command late in the third quarto for their ninth win in 11 games Shaquille O’Neal who said before dir game it’s likely he’ll undergo surgery on his ailing arthritic right big toe after the season had nine points and 10 rebounds in 26 min- utes By winning the Lakers (44-1moved within one game of the Pacif-- Shaq needs surgery - Allen Iverson scored 35 points and Eric Snow had 23 — two shy of the he tied two games ago — career-hig- h as Philadelphia overcame the loss of its best defender and rebounder after he was called for two flagrant fouls Derrick Coleman added 20 points sealing the victory on two free throws with 1 2 1 seconds left The ' ' 76ers won for the seventh time in 14-eight games and improved to 0 when scoring 100 points or more Latrell S prewell scored 27 for Ni?w York and Allan Houston added 20 Pacers 115 Warrior 101 At Indianapolis Austin Croshere scored 19 points and Jonathan Ben- der had 17 as Indiana put seven players in double figures Indiana leading just 102-9- 8 with 5:20 remaining turned to its defense to hold the Warriors scoreless for more than five minutes The Pacers used four turnovers to spark a 13-- 0 run ' For the night Jamaal Tinsley scored 15 points Reggie Miller and as ©ff MBB’SQOO'fi Iverson keys 76er rally AP photo Musher Martin Buser kisses his lead dog Bronson Ml and holds another of his dogs Kira after winning the Iditarod Trsdi Sled Dog Race In Nome Alaska on Tuesday Gooden averaged 204 ' points and 11 Jrebourids while shooting 51 jpercent from the field in leading the Jayhawks lb the first unbeqtqi season in the Big 12 and the No'l ranking the weeks Duke wasn’t there He was two v‘ votes shy of joining Williams ps a unanimous pick e CabLogan the -- twb-tim- - as his team Sam Cassell who left to ice his left big toe early in the fourth quarto finished with 19 points and six '! assists Anthony Mason also added 19 points for Milwaukee Glenn Robinson tallied 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Bucks Nets 86 Raptors 84 Kenyon Martin scored on a rebound with less than 4 Second to play and die Nets snapped a season-hige losing streak A Jason Kidd forced Antonio by Davis to contest Kidd’s shot When it rolled off the rim Martin was all h four-gam- spin-mov- e LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shaquille O’Neal who led the Los Angeles Lakers to NBA championships the last two years says he’ll likely undergo surgery on his ailing arthritic right big toe after die season And that could cause him to miss some playing time next season Speaking before die Lakers freed die Charlotte Hornets O’Neal pegged the possibility he’d have surgery at over 80 percent And he said he wouldn't make such a decision until after he takes 30 days off as he always does after a season “Somebody told me months” O’Neal said when asked about the recovery time following such surgery Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak hoped surgery would not be necessary - 3--to Net gain Jason Williams was a unanimous selection to the AP basketball team Tuesday the second year in a row he' was a member of the first team Other ptayera named on pie first team by a national media panel Duka guard T “It’s always been a possibility” Kupchak said “That’s die first I’ve heard of any percentage linked to it We’re hoping it doesn’t come to that "He’s playing at a high level right now If hie can continue and get through the season without any further discomfort whatever has to be looked at during die summer will be looked at during die summer:” If the recovery period is up to four months and die Liken reach the NBA Finals in June1 it could put O’Neal on die sidelines beyond the beginning of next season At the very least it's unlikely he’d take part in training camp “I don’t need training camp” he said ' g O'Neal the NBA’s scorer with a 274-poiaverage has been on die injured list twice Sue to pain from his toe : second-leadin- nt Siena wins right to DAYTON Ohio (AP)— The team that couldn’t win during tiw regular season has figured it out at tournament lar-seas- on games leaving only me path to the NCAA tourna- time'- ment It won four Metro Atlantic Conference tournament games on its home court tb get the automatic bid Alcorn State (21-1had been unbeaten in play-i- n games in Dayton winning two m tiie 1980s under coach " DaveyL Whitney The Braves spent a sleqdess nidti ' getting to Dayton for this one then freed damnation at the V end of a game tiiat found them at less than Siena became only the second team to win an NCAA Drew tournament game with a kxsr WllUams Gooden ' Duke Kansas ing record beating Alcorn ' State 7 Tuesday night in a Junior Junior that provided a fitting play-in 2(U PtsJQ 1M PtaQ Mrat 11 RebQ 4JRsbJQ SlfiAs Prosper Karangwa scored a “ 510 FQ 31 pants and career-nig- h J03 Ff struggling Dwayne Archbokl source: Amacuud Pnm hit a pair of free throws in the v w' ' ' v-- v dosing seconds — the type erf thdrbest ' ' ference-USnine : It’s the of V “I know we didn’t have any something I can share dutch performance that the player with (17-1he Saints r said A year averaged 22'pointsand everybody” rarely managed zip in the first half” Whitney 32 assists and established “We had a little more in in the regular season ' himselfas one of the country’s be chosen as an All“A week ago we were left the seednd half1 didn’t see was Joe Smith in 1995 i for dead? coach Rob Lanier v the fiereoess and tiw drain clutch players over his career with a number of big emfof-Dickau is Qonzaga’s first : said “It’s quite contrast” we usually play with when after the we’re bdund Idon’t know a game shots Sienajoined coming Dixon die Atlantic Coast brackettmd wonatriptoWsrii- - 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