Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday February 21 2004 — B3 Pistoras come Wallace-les-s Jersey runs streak to 12 By The Associated Press A paper mix-u- p not a temper tantrum cut short Rasheed Wallace’s debut with the Detroit Pistons After Wallace played 2 minutes in the first half the NBA ruled he could not play because paperwork from the trade was not completed by gametime Minus their newly acquired big man the Pistons lost to Minnesota 7 Friday night “I felt like they wasted all of our time” Wallace said “It definitely hurt" Kevin Garnett had 25 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Timberwolves to their fifth straight victory “We're right where we want to be" Garnett said Garnett is impressed with what Detroit’s big move does for the Pistons “This team is one of the best teams in the NBA (not just) the East” he said “They’re coming out of the East" Sam Cassell scored 16 and Latrell Sprewell had 12 for the Midwest Division-leadin- g Timberwolves whohave won nine of 11 ' “It was a huge win” said Wally Szczerbiak who scored seven points in his second game since being activated from the injuretMifet Wallace was dealt just before the trading deadline 1 88-8- 5 i -6 m Continued from B1 improved Ball movement and team play has been the key to the Grizzlies recent success “Our kids have really started to gel as a team” Brimhall said “Our team chemistry is' Continued from B2 While all of that is true the Aggies did give their fans plenty to cheer about in the final rotation USU solidified second place with the second best floor team score in school a 49475 “We finished strong which is awesome” Barr said “We are a team with a lot acter that can come back from ' ' ! Detroit forward Rasheed Wallace (30) looks to pass around Minnesota forward Kevin Garnett during the second quarter Friday Wallace sat on the bench in his warmups in the second half and encouraged his new teammates during timeouts James had one foul in five minutes “All the necessary paper-- ! work was not received by the league” Pistons spokesman Matt Dobek Said “It will prob ably be cleared up (Saturday) Nets 91 Raptors 72 Jason Kidd tied a season- -' high with IS assists and Richard Jefferson had 20 points to help the New Jersey Nets set a franchise-recor- d with their 12th straight victory over the Toronto Raptors New Jersey coach Lawrence Frank improved to 1 Frank set an NBA recprd for the best start to a coaching career by winning his 10th consecutive game on Wednesday On Friday it was Senior Night and senior Ben Macey led all Grizzly scorers with 15 points Macey attacked the basket in the paint and beyond the arc! The Grizzly while hit three on defense But all year it’s been Nyman's leadership and poise on the court that has ' helped Logan this most “Our seniors have been unbelievable” Brimhall said - I love them — the way they battle and the way they over- come has been fun to watch!” Roy’s EJ Nelson led all scorers with 17 points in a tax- - 1- -0 his 24 points in the fourth life” Other meet notes: Former US Olympians Shannon berger signed autographs for more than 30 minutes after the meet Junior Katie Rutherford set a career-high on vault with a 9725 After three falls on bars and three falls on beam to start the meet BoiseState had all six floor performers score a 985 or better: Kohler was named the Coca-Col-a Outstanding Boise Gymnast of the Meet State’s Carla Chambers won with a 39325 the score while USU’s Martin ' (39025) and Goerlitz (38975) finished second and third respectively It was the the fourth straight meet for Martin' to score over 39' USU got off to a solid start on vault Ropelato led the team with a 9825 The Aggies found themselves in front after one rotation Boise State ' had three falls on bars while Missouri suffered two falls on nd ‘To me they're as' dangerous a team as what we saw in here last year in the Spec- truth" Morrill saidof Fuller- ' ton “And that as I recall was a game” But Utah State prevailed in 0 that contest to win its 56-5- 9-1- 3) 3) “The : : ' ! 13 - - - ! - come-- '? nt Crosbie joked With die victory Mountain Crest (4-- 5 region 0 overall) moved into a tie for fourth plac£ with Sky View which fell by 10 at Box Elder Had the Mustangs lost they would have been on the brink of being eliminated from earning one of the league's four postseason spots “It’s a huge win” said Buttars ‘who finished with eight points to go along with a game-befour assists: “We needed it really bad” The Mustangs who led from start to finish were fueled in the game by the fact they didn’t V want to'see '’! the Lakers (7-T9) Cut down the nets A ! : -- st ! 2! 1 2J-bi- ' ! - “And it did You just knew it was going to come and we just had to weather the storm : the game! We did what it ! just go iand finish took to win” '' ' Jake Bassett who led all Mustangs scorers ' before finished with 14 fouling put with 5:02 to go Bradey Monson and Brent Pickett also scored in double figures for Mountain Crest with 1 1 and )0 points respectively! Pickett 11 rebound grabbed a game-be- st k Besides Rich Bradey Sholly was the only ' '!" other Laker in double figures as he netted TO Bonneville can still wrap up the region title : outright next Wednesday at Box Elder which ! trails the Lakers by one game: Mountain Crest finishes its regular season at home ys : ! ! 1 e- 10-1- : the smallish Cats in the paint shots getting off close-rang- e without fear of them getting blocked “They got it in the post too easy” said Sky View forward Ryan Doyle who had 1 points ‘Then we made it too ' easy for him to just turn and shoot: When that happens there is nothing you can do” Box Elder butscored Sky View a stretch between the third and fourth quarters to turn a 33-3- 0 deficit into a 5 1 -- 39 lead After that the Bobcats didn’t get any closer than seven When the two teams shook hands afterwards Baldwin abruptly left the line and chased one of the officials who was running off the floor Baldwin still seemed to he upset over there not being a' foul called on what the Bobcat side felt was a moving screen on Sumko “I felt there was a responsibility as a head coach to pro: ' tect my players " Bald wi n said “I felt like ethically there were some things thin' happened in that game that as ahead coach I’ll never stom' ach— i'll never tolerate “I'll defend my players until they drag me off the floor” ir-- we said we big-tiwerenT gonna let them cut those' nets down on ' ! us” he said The Mustangs led by as many as 15 in the fourth and were up 52-4- 2 with 1 : 10 left How-ever a Couple of turnovers some missed free tiuows and a big' dose of heroics by Rich allowed the Lakers: who had their reven-gamwinning streak snapped to make it interesting ' Rich netted a game-hig- h 22 points but behind a trio of half of that Came in V : the game’s final 70 seconds Tve been (coaching1 at Mountain Crest) for eight years and it seems like every time we're leading there guys cqme down and just start burying 3s” Crosbie said “I remember going into the fourth quarter thinking we better be up 20 because I know the barrage is going to : haif-a-poi- foul- -- Buttars agreed: "That motivated us two-ga- ' ' Kobe Bryant added 28 points although he played just two minutes in thethird quar- -' ter after picking up his fourth win”' : e 3-- Bonnevilje victory would have giyeh itjls first region championship since 1989 “We wanted to upset theii party” said Mountain Crest's Eric Hadfield who' scored 1 3 and made two key layups in the fourth quarter “Mostly! we just came out and had the desire to ' a contributions" thing thatis most impressive about Chad is that he has just been solid regard- less of his personal situation” Morrill added-“Hhas always the team first” put Yada yada: Under Morrill USU is 83-- 7 at home includ- ing a 46--4 record against Big West teams 'Currently ' ranked 25th in the USA TodayESPN Top25 poll the' Aggies have' won 18 of their USU’s 800 last 19 games winning percentage over the last five year is the fourth" best mark in the country behind Duke (861) Stanford ' (827) and Gonzaga (804) go-ahe- ad 9-1- 1) losing streak in the process' “(Butfars) goes to the line'— I haven’t heard a high school crowd like that in a long time as loud as that was — - and Bonneville is ready to cut down the nets” Mustangs coach Jim Cros-bi- e said “And he steps up and buries one he gets iced and buries another That’s the game : “You look at it and you just think what a great thing for that kid because you know those parents are going' to go home tonight and give that kid a lot of hugs' He’s worked hisentire life to be able to do something like that” : : After Buttars'’ two free throws the Lakers’ with Andrew Rich hit ah NBA-rang- e left to make the final deficit one a few seconds ' r1’ point! ' win” ' “I would have taken a last game” Utah State’s elder statesman however is forward Chad Evans who is coAiplet- ing his fifth season on the team Outside of a starting stint during the first part of his sophomore year Evans has never Togged regular minutes with the Aggies but Morrill lot of said he has still made-“- 1 1 tle blown on Sky View (4-- 5 Webb laid on the floor for about five minutes but returned to the bench on his own power though shaken up Webb who' still managed to score 10 points returned with 4:37 left in the third quarter but by that time the Bobcats had seen their lead slip away for good Amnions and Matt Put nam were to blame fof that Using their height — both —' to their advanare Ammons tage put up 21 points and Putnam scored 16 Put- nam who will go to B YU on a football scholarship was a big reason why the Bees put a dent in Sky View’s early lead Scoring nine points in the second quarter Putnam owned Continued from B 1 ' for the Mustangs And despite the deafening noise the Lakers fan's were making the senior calmly ' last basketball game here" ' ' ' sank the first free Butler declared “So I’m not throw Then after Bonneville tried to ice hinii' 'only going to be focusing dq' what we need to do defensive- - by calling a timeout after his first shot Buttars ' buried his second free throw to give Mountain ly as far as winning the ball--- : Crest just enough breathing room as it held on game but I’m also going to for a thrilling 5 win snapping its have fun just because it’s my ' ' ' after contact with Dan Sumko! a guard fof the Bees (6-- 3 Region 4 12-- 7 overall) Sumko ironicallyareceiver for the region Champion football team appeared to sprint about 30 feet to blindside Webb He didn’t appear to stop moving until contact was made and his arms were out in front of his body instead of flat against his torso No foul was called' The play continued for a few seconds until there was a whis- ' Grizzlies 97 Suns 92 Pau Gasol had 17 points 10 rebounds and eight blocked shots and Memphishanded Phoenix its seventh straight ' loss Janies Posey had a team- high 18 points for the Grizzlies who won their third consecutive game and fifth in a row at home Memphis has 21 wins at home this season a franchise record Kings 91 Bulls 83 ' Peja Stojakoyic scored 24 points and Vlade Djvac had 1 1 assists rebounds to and lead the depleted Sacramento Kings past Chicago Their bench already thinned by aninjury to Brad Miller and the suspension of Chris Webber the Kings lost top reserve guard Bobby Jackson late in the first half with an ' abdominal strain Blazers 94 Warriors 93 Zach Randolph scored 9 points and made a layup with 1 8 seconds left to lead Portland over Golden State Jason Richardson scored 22 points and hit a jumper with 297 seconds left for the Warriors Lakers 116 76ers 88 Shaquille O'Neal had 29 pointsand 13 rebounds and the Lakers improved to improve to 0 since the 1 layup g MC - floor - buzzer-beatin- 17-- Miller and John Roethlisberg-e- r announced the meet along with Eric Olsen for the Valley Channel Miller and Roethlis- - Goerlitz fin- ' v - ing effort ' : Continued from B1 host Box Elder “Any time you lose your point guard to a vicious shot — for almost two quarters of play — it puts you a little bit off balance” Bobcats coach Terrell Baldwin said With a little less than three minutes remaining in the first quarter Sky' View's Tyler 15 points) Godfrey (team-hig- h hiUwo free throws to give his team a 8 lead The Bobcats had to that point played efficiently They forced turnovers that led to easy' baskets were inconstant motion on offense drove hard to the basket and played physical defense But that was before the pick ' Before it all started to unravel To thosewho viewed tftfc replay on an amateur video recording it resembled a crack-bac- k block you'd see from a wide receiver on a football field Webb was defending a Box Elder dribbler trying to break pressure defense off the inbounds pass when he went down sprawling ‘ ished off floor with a 9825 just missing her personal best “Competing in front of a home crowd On the floor is probably one of the biggest highs in the whole entire world” Barr said “It’s amaz-in- g quarter! and Jamaal Tinsley hit in the final two 1 : 10 to give Indiana a victory over Washington ' Tinsley finished with a 19 points and 10 assists Jermaine O'Neal added 19' points and 10 rebounds for the Pacers who ' overcame 22 turnovers to win for the fourth time in five games! Indiana played without forward Ron Artest who is out indefinitely after tearing a Cats After struggling on bars USU had a solid balance beam performance Kohler led the team with a 985 Continued from B1 West 21-- 2 overall) clinched one-poi- nt no worse than a second-plac- e 61-6finish with Thursday’s victory the Titans (5-- 8 are cur- -' 19th straight home game rently tied for sixth with UC against the Titans and all-- and are Riverside (5-- 8 time the Aggies are 22-- 2 still trying to solidify a spot in against CSF in Logan ' ' the postseason tournament ' With it being Senior Night Fullerton lost at Idaho on arid a sellout Fullerton will but prior to hard pressed to come up with Thursday 66-5- 6 that setback Bob Burton’s its first victory at the Spec- since 1982 squad had won a season-hig- h three games in a row “I’m looking forward to it Sow is firstjn theleaguein j:but I don’t want it to end” ' USU point guard Mark Brown rebounding (95'ipg) second in scoring ( 160 ppg) andsixth said “It should be fun We’re V infield goal percentage looking to go out on top and come out with a win ” (496) and Bolton (121 ppg 35 has been Inaddition to Brown three ' moved to the backcourt to offother Aggies will be playing set the loss of Andrew and their final game (short of an David Warsaw who left the NIT contest) at the Spectrum team for “personal reasons” tonight Cento' Mike Ahmad v racked up three 'seasons at Sow had just seven points but 14 rebounds in the first USU thank to a redshirt sea-1- : ' son between his junior and game against USU while " sehior years while guard Brown paced the Titans with ' 19 points on Cardell Butler like Brown shooting ' But the rookie guard also spent two years under Morrill drew Morrill’s ire by making after transferring fiom junior ' ! '' some comments towards the ' college': “Emotions are going to be Aggie bench during a Fuller- : ton run!high for me because jt’s ifny : ' 1 1 It certainly was Kohler won the event with a 995 which tied the second best mark in USU history “I'm still in shock’’ Kohler said “It wasn't quite perfect It will get there” After a curtain call by a struggle” Stacy Stewart started a string of five straight Aggie performances that set or matched career marks on floor with a 9775 Rachel Ropelato and Alex Martin followed with 9875 and 990 scores respectively: Barr turned in a 9925 then gave way to Liesel Kohler who left the crowd ' chanting “10 10 10” “This is why I do gymnas- tics: I love to do floor" 1 Pacers 96 Wizards 87 of Reggie Miller scored Kohler said “It’s a lot bf fun when you know you are going to hit I knew it is going to be the best floor routine of my Kohler-Gretche- Atlanta The Hawks dressed nine players then lost swingman Wesley Person after one quar-te- r with a sprained right knee Jones had 20 points as Miami built a 2 halftime cushion Cavaliers 89 Spun 87 LieBron James scored 32 points Zydrunas Ilgauskas made a key putback in the final minute and Cleveland snapped San Antonio's six- game winning streak Tim Duncan scored 21 points but the reigning two- -' time league MVP'had an awful shooting night going from the field just Ilgauskas added 16 points and 12 rebounds for Cleveland which won for just the second time in seven games Magic 102 Nuggets 98 Juwan Howard had 24 ' points and Drew Gooden added 16 points and 12 rebounds to help Orlando overcome Tracy McGrady’s ejection to defeat Denver McGrady was ejected for twice kicking the basketball into the stands at the end of the first half He was upset there-wano foiil call on his AP photo playing tough defense “It feels great to go out with a win” Macey said Nyman checked in with nine points and had two steals Missed : ’ t-1 great” ' ' l right" ' ' 73-4- tions Joe Dumars of its decision he relayed it to Detroit coach Larry Brown who then told Wallace the news a few minutes before the second half started “I feel bad for my team I feel bad for the people doing the game and I feel bad for the people that came here” Brown said “That’s not Grizz history ligament in his left thumb' Tuesday against New Orleans Heat 125 Hawks 92 Eddie Jones scored 24 points and Dwyane Wade added 22 and Miami built the biggest lead at halftime in team history en route to a victory over undermanned Thursday after playing only one game for Atlanta which acquired the temperamental player from Portland last week He scored four points ' on shooting and had two rebounds The Pistons found out at ' halftime that Wallace and Mike James acquired in the three-teatrade that also involved Boston were not eligible to play The league informed Pistons-presideof basketball opera- - iilM shout imp V - ‘ Roy- - ' |