European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 16 2007 stars and stripes Page 27 heat cars win without stars but Jefferson vital for nets the associated press Good thing dwyane Wade and Lebron James got their big contract extensions last summer their teams might pay less now after proving they can win without their stars but theres no questioning Richard Jeffersons value to the new Jersey nets Miami and Cleveland kept rolling tuesday night with the heat winning again without Wade and the Cavaliers remaining undefeated this season when James Doest play the heat beat Utah 8886 for their seventh straight Victory and 13th in a Row at Home that includes a 60 Home stand All without Wade the reigning Aba finals map who is out with a dislocated left Shoul Der with Dwade out every body been stepping up Forward Antoine Walker said and every night its been someone different for us Walker scored All of his 13 Points in the final 11 minutes helping the heat erase a 17point Sec on half deficit Utah which had its six game win Ning Streak snapped was 140 in Road games that it led entering the fourth period Back spasms forced James to take a night off but the cars beat the Sacramento Kings 124100 Cleve land is 30 this season without its superstar Forward and has scored a season High 124 Points in two of those victories go figure because you lose a lot without a player like that said Ira Newble who started for James on tuesday everybody has to pick up the Slack Sasha Pavlovic scored a career High 25 Points and Larry Hughes added 25 to Lead Cleveland to a sea so High sixth straight Victory the nets have won two straight mostly because Jefferson seems Back in form after scoring 18 Points monday in a Victory at Memphis that snapped new jerseys five game losing Streak Jef Ferson had 26 tuesday in a Victory Over the hornets it was Jeffersons Best total since nov 28 he sat out six weeks with an ankle injury with the nets going from Atlantic division favorite to a team Strug gling just to make the playoffs during that Span Ive Felt the Best the last few Days that i have All year Long since probably last season Jefferson said i think you can see it in my Spring in my legs and just my activity my rebounding in everything you can see my activity is up it feels Good to be out there and playing on the level that youre accustomed to spurs 93 clippers 84 at san Antonio Tony Parker scored 25 Points and the spurs won their 13th straight Tim Duncan added 19 Points Manu Ginobile had 16 and Michael Finley contributed 13 As the spurs completed a sweep of their four meetings with the clippers this season Timber wolves 86 pacers 81 Kevin Garnett had 30 Points and nine rebounds and Host Minnesota extended Indiana losing Streak to 10 games Indiana Jamaal Tinsley had a career High 37 Detroit Cleveland Washington Toronto Chicago Miami new Jersey 40 39 34 35 38 34 30 22 25 28 29 28 29 35 645 609 548 547 576 540 462 2 6 6 4 11v4 new York Orlando Atlanta Philadelphia Charlotte Milwaukee 29 26 25 23 23 36 39 39 41 41 446 400 391 359 359 Isz 16 18 18 22v4 sue new Orleans hornets guard Chris Paul right reaches for the Ball held by new Jersey nets Forward Richard Jefferson left on tuesday Points six assists and six rebounds in his second game Back from a on game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team nuggets 107 Trail blazers 99 Allen Iverson had 31 Points and 10 assists and carmelo Anthony added 29 Points the nuggets have won 14 of their last 15 Home games against the blazers Lamarcus Aldridge finished with 24 Points and a career High 17 rebounds Only his third double Dou ble of the season Zach Randolph added 26 Points for Portland and Brandon Roy had 16 bulb 95 celtics 87 at Chicago Rookie tyrus Thomas scored a career High 23 Points while Ben Wal lace added 19 Points 16 rebounds and three blocks Paul Pierce scored 24 Points and Delonte West added 19 after missing two games with a mild con Cussion for the celtics who wore White while the bulls wore special St Patricks Day Green uniforms pistons 101 supers Otmus 97 Chris Webber scored 24 Points Tayshaun Prince added 18 and de troit improved to 30 on its five game West coast Road swing Rasheed Wallace returned from his on game sus pension to add 15 Points Hawks 104 76ers 92 at Atlanta Josh Smith had 26 Points and a career High 17 rebounds help ing the Hawks to their fourth straight Victory and ending the 76ers seven game winning Streak Atlanta Hast lost since leading scorer Joe Johnson suffered a right leg contusion on March 5 w l a Dallas 52 10 a Phoenix 49 14 san Antonio 46 18 Dutah 43 20 Houston 39 25 la lakers 33 31 Denver 31 31 la clippers 29 34 Golden state 30 36 Minnesota 28 35 Sacramento 28 35 new Orleans 28 36 Portland 26 37 Seattle 25 39 Memphis 16 49 clinched playoff spot division tuesdays games Atlanta 104 Cleveland 124 Sacramento 100 Miami 88 Utah Minnesota 86 Indiana new Jersey 112 new Orleans san Antonio 93 la clippers Chicago 95 Boston Denver 107 Portland Detroit 101 Seattle 97 wednesdays Utah at new York at Chicago at Philadelphia Washington at Sacramento at Atlanta at Cleveland at Memphis la clippers at Phoenix at Detroit at thursdays games san Antonio at Miami at new la lakers at tire com Vokos cow Fulton ave stat zen Thesli of ire direct j hours of sat Sam apm 7333e Helm or Scott Estalo a 85260 Tel 4804436621 fax 4804839230 Eastern conference Western conference tuesday Hawks 104 76ers 92 Philadelphia i Godala 411 99 18 Hunter 14 34 5 Dalembert 35 12 7 Green 1812 3 Miller 513 00 10 Korver 58 22 13 Joe Smith 05 00 0 Williams 58 2213 car Ney 610 3315 Ollie 34 00 6 bjones 12 00 2 Amundson 0100 0 totals 3479 2124 92 Atlanta Williams 59 34 14 Jos Smith 1120 34 26 Pachulis 68 33 15 Childress 613 34 15 Ajohnson 59 00 10 Sjones 03 22 2 Lue 310 34 10 Swilliams 00 34 3 Stoudamire 4912 9 Batista 00 00 0 Ivey 00 00 0 totals 40812127104 Philadelphia 22 21 21 2892 Atlanta 31 27 28 18104 three Point goal Philadelphia 38 in Kodala 11 Korver 11 Williams 13 Carney 01 Green Atlanta 310 Lue 11 will iams la Jos Smith 12 Ajohnson 01 Stoudamire 02 Childress fouled out none rebound Philadelphia 38 Dalem Bert i Godala Joe Smith Atlanta 57 Jos Smith assist Philadelphia 16 Williams Miller Atlanta 23 Ajohnson total foul Philadelphia 20 Atlanta 24 flagrant fouls Jones ejected Jones a11066 Cavaliers 124 Kings 100 Sacramento Artest 815 34 19 Tho Mas 26 014 Miller 37 22 8 Martin 513 22 13 Bibby 311 44 12 Salmons 45 00 9 Gar Cia 27 22 7 Abdurrahim 45 13 9 William son 210 46 8 Price 12 22 4 Douby 24 00 5 Williams 00 26 2 totals 3685 2232 100 Cleveland Newble 48 13 12 Gooden 512 0010 Lugauskas 79 5519 Pavlovic 813 66 25 Hughes 921 44 25 Snow 23 00 4 Varjao 35117 Brown 34 22 8 Marshall 13 00 2 Dejones 35 00 9 Dejones 0100 0 Wesley 11 00 3 totals 46851921124 Sacramento 19 32 18 31100 Cleveland 25 26 35 38124 three Point goal Sacramento 616 Bibby 23 Salmons 11 Douby 12 Garcia 13 Martin 15 Artest Cleveland 1323 Newble 33 Dejones 34 Pavlovic 34 Hughes 37 Wesley 11 Gooden 01 Brown 01 Marshall fouled outdone rebound Sacramento 42 Miller Williamson Cleveland 58 Gooden Lugauskas As Sist Sacramento 18 Salmons Cleve land 35 Hughes Lugauskas total foul Sacramento 17 Cleveland 24 techno Cal Sacramento defensive three second a20562 heat 88 jazz 86 Utah Kirilenko 25 12 5 Boozer 614 812 20 Okur 612 58 19 Fisher 04 11 1 Dwilliams 612 12 15 Harpring 410 46 12 Jiricek 37 22 10 Collins 13 23 4 Millsap 02 00 0 totals 2869 2436 86 Miami Posey 26 00 4 haslem 37 4710 Oneal 612 14 13 Jones 511 23 12 Jwill iams 49 4415 Walker 617 0013 mourning 34 01 6 Payton 47 00 9 Doleac 03 00 0 Wright 37 00 6 totals 3683 1119 88 Utah 30 18 26 1286 Miami 18 17 25 2888 three Point goals Utah 616 Jiricek 23 Dwilliams 25 Okur 27 Fisher Miami 519 Jwilliams 35 Payton 11 Walker 18 Jones 02 Posey fouled out pne re 50 Boozer Miami 58 haslem assists Utah 20 Dwilliams Miami 13 Oneal Walker Jwilliams total fouls Utah 18 Miami 25 techno defensive three second mourn ing a19600 nets 112 hornets 108 new Jersey Jefferson 912 712 26 Moore 69 2414 Collins 13 00 2 Kidd 611 4518 Carter 815 36 21 Nachbar 491212 Williams 25 00 5 House 57 00 12 Boone 1100 2 Adams 00 00 0 Wright 00 00 0 to tals 42721729112 new Orleans Mason 518 22 12 West 916 56 24 Chandler 23 24 6 Paul 1019 22 25 Brown 510 13 13 Jackson 46 12 12 Johnson 3512 7 Jackson 13 33 5 pargo 13 23 4 Butler 03 00 0 totals 4086 1927 108 new Jersey 29 23 30 30112 new Orleans 25 26 27 30108 three Point goals new Jersey 1120 Nachbar 36 Kidd 23 House 23 Carter 24 Jefferson 12 Williams new Orleans 916 Jackson 34 Paul 36 Brown 23 West 12 Butler fouled out handler Jersey 47 Moore new or leans 49 Chandler Luj assists new Jersey 29 Kidd new Orleans 23 Paul total Jersey 22 new Orleans 22 tech Nical Snew Orleans defensive three Sec Ond a16451 Timber wolves 86 pacers 81 Indiana Granger 411 02 10 Foster 17 12 3 Murphy 39117 Dunleavy 410 3511 Tinsley 1326 77 37 Armstrong 13 00 3 Diogu 1212 3 Greene 0100 0 Harrison 00 00 0 Williams 35 00 7 totals 30741319 81 Minnesota Jaric 48 12 11 Garnett 1124 89 30 Blount 26 22 6 Davis 11111 3 Hudson 03 00 0 Faye 513 45 16 Smith 47 00 8 Mccants 37 5612 Madsen 00 00 0 James 00 00 0 totals 3079 2125 86 Indiana 20 22 25 1481 Minnesota 19 16 23 2886 three Point goal Indiana 821 Tinsley 46 Granger 25 Williams 12 Armstrong 13 Greene 01 Dunleavy 01 Murphy Minnesota 513 Jaric 22 Foye 25 Mccants 12 Davis 02 Hudson fouled outdone rebound Indiana 58 Foster Minnesota 45 Garnett assists Indiana 17 tins Ley Minnesota 19 Jaric total foul sin Diana 24 Minnesota 19 technical Indiana defensive three second Davis a15232 spurs 93 clippers 84 la clippers Maggette 814 14 17 Brand 816 0016 Kaman 8111213 Mobley 411119 Hart 59 0010 Ross 02 00 0 Tho Mas 610 00 15 Ewing 26 00 4 totals 3979 37 84 san Antonio Bowen 25 22 6 Duncan 816 33 19 Elson 15 00 2 Barry 62 00 0 Parker 816 912 25 Ginobile 58 35 16 Ober to 23 00 4 Vaughn 34 00 6 Finley 512 11 13 Horry 01 00 0 Bonner 12 00 2 totals 3574 1823 93 la clippers 22 18 21 2384 san Antonio 21 29 22 2193 three Point goals la clippers 311 Tho Mas 34 Maggette 01 Ewing 02 Mobley 02 Hart san Antonio 513 Ginobile 33 Finley 25 Barry 01 Horry 01 Bonner 01 Bowen fouled out Hart rebound Sla clippers 44 Brand san Antonio 44 Duncan assists la clippers 22 Brand san Antonio 17 Vaughn total fouls la clippers 22 san Antonio 11 tech Nical Sla clippers coach Dunleavy Elson a18797 bulls 95 celtics 87 Boston Jefferson 916 14 19 Pierce 817 79 24 Perkins 44 00 8 West 814 0219 Rondo 15 14 3 Scalabrine 15 00 2 Telfair 25 00 6 Green 27 22 6 Powe 00 00 0 Ray 00 00 0 totals 3573 112187 Chicago Deng 915 12 19 Brown 16 22 4 Wallace 92115 19 Gordon 37 47 11 Hinrich 39 911 15 Thomas 914 511 23 Duhon 01 00 0 Griffin 23 00 4 Sefo Losha 02 00 0 totals 3678 2238 95 Boston 29 18 22 1887 Chicago 26 24 25 2095 three Point goal Boston 620 West 35 Telfair 23 Pierce 16 Green 03 Scalabrine Chicago 12 Gordon fouled out none rebound Boston 45 Perkins Chicago 61 Wallace assist Boston 20 Rondo Chicago 23 Deng Hinrich total foul Boston 28 Chicago 16 Boston defensive three second Chicago defensive three second a22396 nuggets 107 Trail blazers 99 Portland Udoka 37 00 8 Randolph 1027 68 26 Aldridge 1117 25 24 Roy 613 3416 Jack 5112213 Webster 04 00 0 Rodriguez 01 00 0 Magloire 12 22 4 outlaw 412 00 8 totals 4094152199 Denver Anthony 1022 912 29 Hilario 510 23 12 Camby 612 22 14 Iverson 820 1416 31 Blake 3722 8 Kleiza 23 00 4 Najera 34 00 6 Smith 16 00 3 totals 3884 2935 107 Portland 19 18 34 2899 Denver 29 26 23 29107 three Point goal Portland 410 Udoka 22 Jack 12 Roy 12 outlaw 01 Webster Denver 28 Iverson la Smith 13 Kleiza 01 Najera 01 Blake fouled out Roy rebound Portland 63 Aldridge Denver 49 Camby assist Portland 23 Jack Denver 21 Iverson total 24 Denver 17 techno Cal Portland defensive three second ran Dolph Anthony a14867 pistons 101 supersonics 97 Detroit Prince 712 4418 Wallace 512 3415 Webber 1013 45 24 Hamilton 39 45 10 Billups 410 4514 Mcdyess 48 018 Mur Ray 35 22 8 Maxiell 02 00 0 Delfino 1122 4 totals 3772 2328 101 Seattle Ras Lewis 511 22 13 Wilcox 1012 1121 Collison 25 12 5 Allen 724 88 27 Watson 511 22 16 Gela Bale 02 00 0 Petro 56 00 10 Wilks 11 00 2 Wilkins 14 00 3 Brown 00 00 0 totals 3676 1415 97 Detroit 26 22 25 28101 Seattle 18 29 24 2697 three Point goal Detroit 413 Billups 25 Wallace 26 Hamilton 01 Prince Seattle 1122 Allen 59 Watson 47 Wilkins 11 Ras Lewis fouled outdone rebound Detroit 36 Webber Seattle 45 Petro assist Detroit 21 Hamilton Seattle 21 Watson total foul Detroit 15 Seattle 18 technical Seattle defensive three Sec Ond Seattle coach Hill a15960