European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pagc40 s tars and stripes sunday March 18 2007 lakers search for Silver lining after 7th loss Jackson fined for accusing league of conducting Witch Hunt the associated press hefty Fine and a seven game losing Streak things  be worse for Phil Jackson Jackson got fined for accusing the league of having a vendetta against Kobe Bryant and then lost a seventh straight game for the first time in his 16year coaching career thursday night when the los Ange Les lakers fell to the Denver nuggets 11386 yet Bryant saw a Glimmer of Hope for the free fall ing lakers Lamar Odom and Luke Walton returned from injuries that have wreaked havoc on the lakers lineup and they played a pretty Good first half for what that Worth what were trying to do right now is just get better that what its about until you get better you just build that chemistry Bryant said were not a team that built on the most Talent in the world its on chemistry you saw flashes of that in the first half with that unit that was together All last season we Haven been together this year but some of that rhythm was there its definitely coming i was surprised How Well we clicked that first half considering we Haven played together All year Linas Kleiza scored a career High 29 Points and carmelo Anthony had 26 As the nuggets handed the lakers their 13th loss in 16 games Klizas previous career High was 24 Points against the Sacramento Kings on sunday in another nationally televised game its not about National to its just that my game is coming along Kleiza said we Are coming along As a team we Are trusting each other More and the coaches Are trusting us too i think that is the biggest differ ence for us i have been working on it a lot and i have a Long Way to go still Kleiza shrugged off his career night it was just one of those games where the shots were going Down Melo and Iverson were doing a great Job sharing the Ball he said Kleiza was doing a great Job putting it through the hoop hitting 10 of 13 shots including 5for6 from behind the arc Iverson  have picked Kleiza out of a crowd when he came Over from Philadelphia three months ago but said the second year Forward was the Cata Lyst for the nuggets biggest win since the Trade i didst know who he was when i got Here but a nationally televised game i think a lot of people around the world know who he is now Iverson said Aba Roundup my Kilt f x 23 20 25 2593 new Jersey 19 26 15 2686 l goal Miami 723 Jwilliams Detroit 22 651 40 25 Walker 13 Payton 13 Posey 14 Jones new Jersey 1230 Jefferson 35 House Washington Toronto 28 556 36 29 554 39 28 6 Nachbar 23 Kidd 29 Williams 12 Carter 13 Robinson fouled out Moore rebound Miami 57 haslem 29 Jersey 52 Kidd assist Miami 28 new Jersey 1 36 455 30 36 new Jersey 25 Kidd total foul Miami 22 new Jersey 26 tech mourning Moore a 18227 20 35 new York 35 453 26 40 113 lakers 86 40 lakers Walton 611 00 13 Odom 41 12 9 Brown 57 13 11 Bryant 919 78 41 Parker 18 22 4 Williams 12 00 3 Turiaf 45 12 5 Bynum 46 12 9 Vujacic 15 12 4 15 12 3 Means 03 00 0 totals Denver Anthony 1020 68 26 Nene 34 l 8 Camby 510 13 11 Iverson 415 66 14 11 58 22 15 Kleiza 1013 45 29 Najera 14 00 4 Smith 12 00 3 revans 0000 0 san 19 12 00 3 Dianara 00 00 0 Samp 21 00 00 0 totals 4176 2128 113 25 lakers 31 20 21 1486 la 32 30 21 36 26113 31 goals la lakers 322 will Golden 36 11 Vujacic 13 Walton 14 Bynum 01 la 35 01 Farmar 01 Odom 03 Parker fill Danu or Loir klpi7a 5fi 35 j dive ii u a Jtj j v Blake 34 Johnson 11 Smith 12 Anthony new 36 fouled outdone rebounds la Lak Sacramento 36 438 26 38 46 Odom Walton Denver 53 Camby assists la lakers 24 Bryant Den 39 28 Iverson total fouls la lakers 50 Denver 25 a19155 clinched playoff David los Angeles lakers guard Kobe Bryant races to pick up a Loose Ball As Denver nuggets Forward unas Kleiza Back left bumps lakers guard Smush Parker Iverson added 14 Points and 13 assists and Marcus Camby had 11 Points and 14 rebounds for the nug gets who moved into a tie with the lakers for the sixth spot in the Western conference playoff race Bryants 25 Points led the free falling lakers who were fined along with Jackson earlier in the Day by the Aba the coach had said the league was conducting a Witch Hunt against Bryant i thought you Only get fined for criticizing the officiating Jackson said before Tipoff there the sacred cows but i find out somebody else has a sacred cow somewhere else Bryant recently received two on game suspensions for striking players in the face after taking a shot the league retroactively assessed Bryant with a flagrant foul for an Elbow to Philadelphia Kyle Korver last week a play that didst even draw a foul Bryant declined to discuss his coach Fine anything i say to that will be inflammatory he said i dont want to add fuel to that fire Odom haunt played since tearing the Labrum in his left shoulder March 2 and Walton had been Side lined since spraining his right ankle Jan 26 they started along with Kwame Brown who missed 27 games with a sprained ankle before re turning March 2 he replaced 19yearold Andrew Bynum at Center Walton had 13 Points and Odom scored nine Bryant said the lakers have plenty of time to get it together in not frightened or depressed he said we get these Guys Back we get rhythm again i feel like Well be of players who were forced to play 3840 minutes now have a More supportive role roles they flourish in because they were asked to do so much in a system they know nothing about it was difficult for anyone to handle get these Guys Back in the sys tem we be of heat 93 nets 86 a foul plagued Shaquille Oneal scored 17 of his 19 Points in the second half to help visiting Miami win its eighth straight Miami is 92 since dwyane Wade went Down with a shoulder injury division Leader thursdays games Milwaukee 101 san Antonio 90 Miami 93 new Jersey 86 Denver 113 la lakers 86 fridays games Utah at Philadelphia Houston at Toronto la clippers at Charlotte Sacramento at Miami new Orleans at new York Boston at Dallas Detroit at Phoenix Portland at la lakers Minnesota at Golden state saturdays games Sacramento at Orlando Atlanta at Indiana new Orleans at Washington Utah at Cleveland Chicago at Memphis Boston at san Antonio Charlotte at Milwaukee Phoenix at Denver Golden state at Seattle sundays games Toronto at new York Dallas at Detroit Orlando at Miami Houston at Philadelphia la clippers at new Jersey Seattle at Portland Minnesota at la lakers thursday Bucks 101 spurs 90 san Antonio Elson 23 00 4 Bowen 26 24 8 Duncan 512 38 13 Parker 615 34 15 Barry 711 22 20 Ginobile 210 78 12 Horry 13 12 3 Vaughn 12 00 2 Finley 37 00 9 Ely 00 00 0 Urrih 23 00 4 Bonner 00 00 0 totals 3172 1828 90 Milwaukee Bell 413 1112 Skinner 36 00 6 Bogut 691113 Redd 1320 35 29 will iams 28 00 4 Patterson 45 66 14 Noel 01 00 0 Reiner 00 00 0 Ilyasova 35 12 9 Greer 46 33 14 totals 3973 1518101 san Antonio 23 20 21 2690 Milwaukee 23 29 17 32101 three Point goals san Antonio 1026 Barry 48 Finley 34 Bowen 26 Ginobile 16 Horry 01 Urrih Milwaukee 818 Greer 33 Bell 37 Ilyasova 23 Williams 01 Noel 01 Patterson 01 Redd fouled out none rebounds san Antonio 35 Duncan Milwaukee 53 Bogut assists san Antonio 21 Parker Milwaukee 25 Bogut total Antonio 20 Milwaukee 19 technical Williams 2 ejected will iams a13917 heat 93 nets 86 Miami Posey 25 34 8 haslem 811 56 21 Oneal 712 514 19 Jones 29 00 5 Jwill iams 412 22 13 mourning 571111 Payton 28 22 7 Walker 311007 Doleac 11 00 2 totals 3476 1829 93 new Jersey Jefferson 615 56 20 Moore 4712 9 Collins 12 13 3 Carter 415 34 12 Kidd 31312 9 Nachbar 25 00 6 Robinson 15 00 2 Boone 23 12 5 Williams 47 00 9 House 48 00 11 totals 3180 1219 86 leaders through March 14 Anthony Bryant Arenas Wade Iverson James Redd Allen sea Nowitzki 424 j Johnson Carter Mcgrady Randolph port Garnett 349 Bosh Martin Gordon Boozer Hamilton det Stoudemire 379 Brand Duncan Oneal ind Curry 310 Nash Butler Garnett Chandler Howard Okafor Camby Boozer Jefferson Lee Duncan Wallace Marion Randolph Oneal Stoudemire Nowitzki Biedrina Brand Dalembert Bogut Gooden assists 779 126 773 125 798 121 657 117 615 116 648 116 631 111 589 107 683 107 674 105 643 104 639 101 549 100 626 98 596 630 576 602 561 534 96 95 93 93 88 85 Nash Phoe Williams Utah Kidd n j Paul nok Davis is Miller Phil Ford Tor Wade Mia Billups det Iverson Den Felton Char Tinsley ind Williams Mil Mcgrady Hou Hinrich Chi James Clev Arenas Wash Watson sea Bryant Lal i Godala Phil Marbury by Jack port g ast avg 58 677 117 62 570 92 63 566 47 415 47 396 63 512 58 459 46 362 55 411 46 329 62 443 60 405 54 348 56 343 65 391 62 364 63 367 63 361 59 329 65 362 63 348 61 335 90 88 84 81 79 79 75 72 71 68 64 61 60 59 58 57 56 56 55 55 Krystkowiak wins debut As Bucks snap spurs Streak by Chris Jenkins the associated press Milwaukee san Antonio coach Gregg Popovich warned the spurs that facing a Downtrodden team in its first game with a new coach can be dangerous then they saw it for them selves the Milwaukee Bucks made a Winner of Larry Krystkowiak in his Aba debut ending san Anto Nios 13game winning Streak with a 10190 Victory on thursday Krystkowiak said he expected a Strong Effort from his players the first time out a lot of times you get a Little adrenaline and spark said Kryst Kowiak a Bucks assistant who was promoted and Given a multiyear Deal hours after the team fired Terry Stotts on wednesday i anticipated our Guys playing hard so did Popovich but he didst necessarily get it it was a slightly off night for spurs stars Tony Parker Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobile that not going to happen very often Popovich said there human beings it can happen but in More concerned with the Lack of aggressiveness on both ends of the court Parker scored 15 Points and played Only in the decisive fourth Quarter asked if Parker was one of the players he was re Ferring to Popovich stood silent and waited for another question i didst play Well at All Parker said ill try to do better Satur Day against Boston Duncan had 13 Points and 13 re Bounds for his 36th double Dou ble of the season but was Only 3for8 from the free throw line in the fourth Quarter its our obligation Duncan said we have to play Well and we didst Ginobile scored 12 on 2for10 shooting we played terrible Ginobile said weve got to realize that the Streak Doest matter Popovich said the teams win Ning Streak obviously was going to end at some Point and now wants to see How his team will re bound from the loss which comes after a Victory Over the clippers that the coach want entirely pleased with either eventually youre going to have an off night but that Doest mean that you like it or accept it or you just kiss it off Popovich said to have that poor of a men Tal focus or mental attitude two games in a Row is disappointing the Bucks won despite losing guard to Williams who was called for two technical fouls after arguing a foul in the third Quarter Williams became enraged and had to be restrained As he left the court taking his Jersey off and throwing it into the stands