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The Herald Journal Insido Theire’s Pi chnntRA ethne IO SI rIOlUl IUULJt - Utes Wc knew the jljNk defense vas there we just needed to get the offense badL" in lirtnrv nprrpnt VIULUiy pCIUCIIL ‘ ' Lakers grab a win at home B2 against Phoenix Jazz ' utes to play Atkins scored the first seven points of the fourth quarter to lead give the Pistons a Atldns had 15 points m the final 22-poi- nt 182275 Detroit’s second in lJtah dropped to 2r3 on a six- — road trip that ends Monday in game “ven plagued Detroit throughout Decern- - - I don think we ever lacked : t Chicago bCT fmally ended "For the fust time 7 confictence it was justa matter of Tomorrow is an important game this month the Pistons reached 90 for us because it will really show execution said Ben Wallace who poiutg finished with 13 rebounds! “It felt whdt we’re made of after the long Oiaiincey Billups and Chucky ' Jazz guardRaulLopez said fo get someone down and Atkins scoted 19 points apiece Sun- - 8 ab!e be d s toeloM Detroit out it rotation of day night in a 5 victory over corn- Andrei scored with Hamilton two Atkins and llenko Billups the Utih Jazz The Pistons’ 545 before added for Prince ibined 50 points the percent shooting marked just 18 Wallace s fong inbounds pass found second time this season they have Pnnce for Darko Milicic the No 2 pick in azzer-beat: Tayshaun made more than half their shots this 6 and lead a Billups layup mg year’s draft entered the game is “That’s what Pistons basketball with six minutes to play after loud and Richard Hamilton combined sunoosed to he” Billuns said V “We want Darko” chants from the 26 points in the half "Vfceplayed like thin spurtsbut Prince in nine more scored Palace crowd Milicic finished with points this is thefirst time in a whuediat tri" My 96-7- three-guar- : ‘If Sports briefs 48-3- face Gbaja-Biamil- as Dm ro© off tonight in Oakland OAKLAND Calif (AP) — and his broth- Akbar er Kabeer might have been Green ' Bay Packers teammates if not for coach Mike Sherman’s concerns They're both defensive ends and Shemian thought there was a good chance Akbar would constantly compare himself to his big brother! Akbar ended up with the Oakland Raiders and will play against his brodier Monday night The Packers (8-trying to keep their playoff hopes alive visit the Oakland Coliseum for quarterback n Brett Favre’s fust before theraucous appearance Raider Nation But Favre’s availability for the ' game was in doubt Sunday night ' hours after his father Irvin died ' Sunday in Mississippi Police said 7 the elder Favre died of a heart attack or' a stroke while he was driving Favre’s status will be determined Monday Green Bay spokesman Aaron Popkey said from SanFran-- : we’vebeenabletodoitfor48min - Gbaja-Biami- la ' to build a 70-5- 5 edge with 12 min-- See JAZZ on B4 ' AP photo Detroit center MehmetOkur (13) takes a shot ' over Utah Jazz foiward Andrei Kirilenkp - - - 6) ! regular-seaso- Z 'cisco brothers from The Los Angeles and of Nigerian descent are two of seven children Ttoo of their other brothers will be :'4 in the stands for the game Kabeer The a draft pick in 2000 by Green Bay is in his fourth NFL sea son Akbar is a rookie who signed with the Raiders as an undrafted free agent out of San Diego State They were teammates in college starting seven games alongside each' other on the Aztecs' defensive line in 1999 but it didn't work out that v-J way in the pros ' Their last name " translates to “Big Man Come and Save Me” in their family’s native language Wthobgh “Big Man Coming at Me” would be more fit-: Gbaja-Biami- la fifth-rou- nd Gbaja-Biami- la needs three sacks in Green final two games to become Bay’s : the first player in franchise history with double-dig- it sacks in three con-- " ' secutive seasons Sunday's scoros : V' - ' f' NBA 1 M7 Orlando t04 Toronto 93 ' Detroit 75 Boston 87 Philadelphia 84 Miami 104 Golden State 93 Sacramento 117 Portland 98 LA Lakers 107 Phoenix 101 By David Cordero ' sports writer ' Utah State’s women’s basket- ball team scored 47 points after ' v the intermission and still found a "way to lose! 7 The team's offensive explo- 7 sion in the second half was not " enough to counteract a halftime deficit to Indiana Pur: due-Fo- rt Wayne Sunday after- noon The Aggies lost 83-7- 4 on the road USU tied the contest with : ' !' about five min- utes remaining but frittered 7 away the momentum with ! three bad pos- Aggie sessions coach-- V' women’s ’ basketball Raegan Pebley : ! said Two of ' them came On defense(IPFW': ! made baskets) and the other was! 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AP 71 turqpvpr photo' :'7 7 comeback considering A Dallas quarterback Quincy Carter (17) scrambles as New York defensive end Osi Umenyiora applies pressure' y the Aggies were down by as many as 22 in the first half but 7 Pebley didn't find much soiace ! inthat:1- “We Should never have gotten 7- - down by 22 points" she said"' ' ' ' Sophomore walk-o-n Ashley Anderson (Mountain Crest) but would hold the tiebreaker if both XOKd a gh 16 points to lead USU Jessica Freeman and : J”1 V Parorils repeated hiS onginal message “It feels good to know we rein the: Christina Zdenek put up 12 points ! “That’s where mine are” he said playoffs but we’ve still got to get bet- apiece and Ali Aird had 10 7 ' “So get them up” ter” safety Darren Woodson said’ The Mastodons had three Parcells has turned three previous players in double figures! led by losing franchises into championship- - V Amy Gearlds' 24 (mints Court- " i kicker caliber But this is the first time he’s against the Giants by ney Nicley arid Verea Bibbs Bv the Associated Press — 1 first season 14 his in J its and d scored BillyCundiffDallas(10-5)eamemadetheplayoffs respectively ! — as Anderson’s lO second- The 10 wins in his debut year is tournament” Led first “the in by tn TV n timeBiU ftrcelU for Dal - ! half points and Virginia Jen- -' ISWind another first and it’s the (he Dallas Cowboys he (old them to ? 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NeW York its : aewnth 7 las since 1998: nihgs’ nine USU 'wejnt on a ' '28-1- 2 v ioM-"-run that within to it rget yoor'cxpertytioiiB up pulled The timing was nice too Qii the' ' : fust After ihe Cowboys beat the New Where the Cowboys fit into the of the day Cowboys' f:three then tied it on Anderson’s aniiiveiy with 4:49 left in the' York Giants 19-- 3 on Sunday culminat- - postseason bracket isn’t determined owner Jerry Jones admitted he’d ' " non-wifour still win rise could thedivision a fhjm straight ing They ' SeeAGS on B4 SeeNFLoaB4 "i" trailing Philadelphia by one game! ning seasons tomaking the playoffs ' nt : : I AA In POSlSGaSOn v after drought ' nice — PweKaiUilBiia nxt (4-U)- ' : Miami 20 Buffalo 3 Dallas 19 NY Giants 3 : Carolina 20 Detroit 14 Chicago 27 Washington 24 Tennessee 27 Houston 24 St Louis 27 Cincinnati 10 7 Baltimore 38 Cleveland 0 " 7 Jacksonville 20 New Orleans 19 7 Pittsburgh 40 San Diego 24 V Seattle 28 Arizona 10 v 7 San Fran 31 Philadelphia 28 OT Denver 31 Indianapolis 17 V v NHL n- r ' : ! 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State vs Kansas at Orlando Fla MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ' 7pjn - ESPN wa at Texas Tech NBA 8:30 pm FOXSN 7 pjn ' - Utah at Chicago NFL ' ABC — Green Bay at Oakland ' v JACKSONVILLE Fla (AP) You've got to be kidding! f The Saints scored a touchdown ' on one Of the wackiest plays in NFL history Sunday then— almost more unbelievably — ' John Carney missed lhc extra : jxnnt with no time left New " Orleans’ 20-1- 9 loss to the Jack- -' sonville Jaguars dropped the Saints out of the playoff race The Saints (7-coming off Joe Horn’s cell phone shenanigans last week looked like they had a play-- a moment to put that ’whole episode to shame AP photo " With six seconds left Aaron NewOrleans’ John Carney reacts to hie missed Brookspassed to Doote’S th extrapoint in the fourlh quarter with no time on the who then threw crossfield dock that would have sent the game Mo overtime : to Michael Lewis He pitched'' track to Deuce McAllister who Jaleraled to Jerome' PathonWho the final 20 yards for the 75-ya- rd v! 14-ye- ar t touchdown “The only thing missing was theband" Jaguars coaCh Jack V Del Rio' said recalling the play reminiscent of the famous ending of the Stanford-Ca- l game in t 7 1982 ' A long video review ensued and after referee Gerry Austin determined all the passes were legal laterals the teams lined up for die extra point : '' 8) '(Routine? tall-wor- - Not today Carney 403-for-4- 08 career hit points over his a dead push sailing the kick : : wide right The JagUars ! despondent just moments earlier stormed the field as though they’d woii the Super Bowl V Many Saints just laid there : watching their miracle turn into nothing — maybe the cmelest history of : chapter in the franchisetheir starstruck ' 7 Although their pjayoff hopes were slim even with a win' the loss officially knocked them out Earlier this season Haslett said he trusted Carney so completely he would stake his life on him '! 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