European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pm 26 stars and stripes wednesday March 212007 Kobe shares credit for scoring spree the associated press Kobe Bryant credits the return of teammates Lamar Odom and Luke Walton from injuries for making things easy for him the Allstar map became the first los Angeles player in 44 sea sons to score at least 50 Points in consecutive games following a 65point Effort with 50 in the Lak ers 109102 Victory Over the Minnesota Timber wolves on sunday night Bryant became the first lakers player to accomplish the feat since Elgin Baylor did it in three straight games in de Cember 1962 Luke and Lamar both make my life a lot easier when there out there because there so Good at recognizing situations on the floor Bryant said there great passers so teams cant just front me or overplay me in cer Tain areas in another dominating performance Yao Ming scored 24 Points Tracy Mcgrady added 21 and Houston embarrassed Phila Delphia 12474 in the rockets largest Road win and the 76ers biggest Home loss Dirk Nowitzki scored 28 Points and the Dallas Mavericks ended Detroit recent Mastery of West Ern conference teams with a 9288 Road win Over the pistons who were coming off their first 50 West coast trip in 15 years another significant Streak came to a halt in Miami where hero Turkoglu scored 20 Points and Dwight Howard added 17 Points and 11 rebounds in Orlan Dos 9783 Victory Over the heat who had won nine straight Overall and 14 consecutive at Home at los Angeles Bryant had his 17th career 50point game and helped the lakers improve to 125 when he reaches that Mark we talked about going to Kobe Early in games and not waiting lakers coach Phil Jackson said he had been playing the team role feeling the game out and waiting till the second half to get going but theres just not enough time right now in the season to develop that Bryant scored 14 Points in the first to help los Angeles build a 17point Lead in just being More aggressive at both ends of the floor he said at this Point in the season its important that i stress the sense of urgency that we have to have and the Type of emotion and Energy that you have to play with Only two other players have re corded Bac Toback 50point games in the last 10 years Antawn Jamison did it in Decem Ber 2000 against Seattle and the lakers and Allen Iverson did it in december 2004 against Milwaukee and Utah Bryant has scored at least 50 Points four times this season and has averaged 40 in his next game Smush Parker had 19 Points nine assists and seven rebounds Gus los Angeles lakers Kobe Bryant gets fouled by Minnesota Timber wolves Mark Blount 30 during the first Quarter sunday for los Angeles and Luke Wal ton sidelined for months be cause of a sprained right ankle had 10 Points and 11 assists the lakers climbed a Hal game ahead of Denver into sixth place in the conference Ricky Davis scored 33 Points and Kevin Garnett added 26 Points and 15 rebounds for Minne Sota which has lost four of five and 10 straight on the Road the Timber wolves Are 2v2 games behind Golden state for the eighth and final Western con Ference playoff spot magic 97 heat 83 Shaquille Oneal scored 20 Points for Miami which is 03 against Orlan do this season and fell one game behind Washington atop the Southeast division it was Only miamis second loss in 42 Home games during february and March since Oneal was acquired three years ago nets 101 clippers 95 no Jason Kidd had 23 Points and 13 assists and hit four free throws in the final 185 seconds to keep Host new Jersey in a playoff position Cuttino Mobley who beat the nets with a three Pointer in Janu Ary scored 21 of his 27 Points in the second half to Lead los Ange Les which lost for the sixth time in seven games rockets 12476ers 74 Luther head scored 13 Points off the Bench for Houston and Chuck Hayes finished with 12 Points and 13 rebounds in helping the visit ing rockets set season highs in Points and margin of Victory Kyle Korver led Philadelphia with 17 Points while Andre in Kodala who was averaging 215 Points per game since feb 1 was held to four Points on 2for10 shooting supersonics 95 Trail blazers 77 Rashard Lewis had 27 Points and 12 rebounds to help visiting Seattle snap a five game skid Chris Wilcox added 26 for the sonics who led by As Many As 14 Points Early but let the blazers close the Gap in the fourth Quarter before pulling away with a 204 run Eastern conference Detroit Cleveland Washington Toronto Chicago Miami new Jersey Indiana w l pet 6b 42 23 646 41 25 621 154 36 28 563 514 36 31 537 7 39 29 574 454 36 30 545 31 36 463 12 30 35 462 12 Orlando new York Atlanta Philadelphia Milwaukee Charlotte Boston 31 37 456 30 36 455 26 41 388 26 41 388 25 41 379 24 43 358 20 46 303 1254 17 17 17 19 2214 Western conference a Dallas a Phoenix san Antonio Dutah Houston la lakers Denver Golden state w l pet go 54 11 831 50 16 758 454 46 20 697 854 43 23 652 11v4 42 25 627 13 35 32 522 20 33 31 516 2054 32 36 471 23 54 la clippers new Orleans Sacramento Minnesota Portland Seattle Memphis 30 36 455 2454 29 37 439 29 37 439 2554 28 37 431 26 26 40 394 2854 26 40 394 2854 17 50 254 38 clinched playoff spot division Leader sundays games new York 92 Toronto 74 Dallas 92 Detroit 88 Orlando 97 Miami 83 Houston 124 Philadelphia 74 new Jersey 101 la clippers 95 la lakers 109 Minnesota 102 Seattle 95 Portland 77 mondays games Sacramento at Atlanta Boston is new Orleans at Oklahoma City tuesdays games Denver at new Jersey Cleveland at Charlotte Dallas at new York Philadelphia at Detroit new Orleans at Memphis la clippers at Chicago Golden state at Utah Indiana at Houston Minnesota at Phoenix Washington at Portland wednesdays games Orlando at Toronto Miami at Atlanta Charlotte at Boston Dallas at Cleveland la clippers at Milwaukee Indiana at san Antonio Minnesota at Sacramento Washington at Seattle sunday kicks 92 raptors 74 Toronto Bosh 712 78 21 Carbajosa 15 00 3 Nesterovich 33 00 6 Ford 510 44 14 Parker 04 00 0 Bagnani 37117 Dixon 31122 9 Graham 3812 7 Martin 14 00 2 Humphries 03 56 5 Peterson 08 00 0 Slokar 01 00 0 totals 2676 2023 74 new York Jeffries 36 23 8 Frye 1015 00 20 Curry 2612 5 Francis 31112 9 mar Bury 715 56 21 Robinson 617 00 12 balk Man 77 16 15 Cato 02 00 0 Collins 01 00 0 Rose 12 00 2 James 0102 0 totals 3983 102192 Toronto 22 20 13 1974 new York 21 19 35 1792 three Point goal Toronto 221 Garba Josa 15 Dixon 16 Martin 02 Bagnani 02 Parker 02 Peterson new York 415 Francis 25 Marbury 25 Jeffries 02 Robin son fouled outdone rebounds or onto 57 Humphries new York 51 balk Man assist Toronto 10 Ford new York 25 Marbury total foul Toronto 23 new York 21 technical Rose a19763 Mavericks 92 pistons 88 Dallas Howard 513 24 12 Nowitzki 1120 45 28 Dampier 34 00 6 Terry 51122 12 de Harris 610 910 22 Stackhouse 26 78 12 Diop 00 00 0 croshere 01 00 0 to tals 3265 2429 92 Detroit Prince 512 22 12 Wallace 615 11 13 Webber 48 23 10 Hamilton 513 27 13 Murray 715 34 18 Mcdyess 710 34 17 Delfino 25 00 5 Maxiell 00 00 0 totals 3678 1321 88 Dallas 25 21 21 2592 Detroit 22 28 19 1988 three Point goal Dallas 411 Nowitzki 23 de Harris la Stackhouse 12 croshere 01 Howard 02 Terry Detroit 313 Delfi no 11 Hamilton 13 Murray 14 Prince 01 Wallace fouled outdone rebound Dallas 49 Nowitzki Detroit 39 Mcdyess Prince Wallace assist Dallas 13 Terry Detroit 19 Murray total 21 Detroit 22 Las defensive three second Hamilton Fla Grant foul Dampier a22076 magic 97 heat 83 Orlando Turkoglu 818 22 20 Battie 48 00 8 Howard 66 510 17 Hill 15 00 2 Nelson 411 33 11 Dooling 38 11 7 Milicic 46 44 12 Ariza 35 22 8 Redick 48 00 10 outlaw 11 00 2 totals 3876 1722 97 Miami Posey 59 2214 haslem 13 00 2 Oneal 610 81120 Jones 25 12 5 Williams 313 3310 Walker 39 24 9 mourning 34 24 8 Wright 411 00 8 Quinn 24 12 5 Doleac 02 22 2 Barren 0100 0 totals 2971 2130 83 Orlando 28 27 21 2197 Miami 16 21 22 2483 three Point goal Orlando 410 Turkoglu 24 Redick 24 Dooling 01 Hill Miami 422 Posey 25 Walker 14 Williams 19 Wright 01 Quinn 01 Jones fouled outdone rebound Orlando 51 Howard Miami 43 Wright assist Orlando 16 Nelson Miami 17 Williams total foul Orlando 23 Miami 20 technical or Lando defensive three second Miami defensive three second a19600 rockets 124 76ers 74 Houston Battier 34 00 7 Hayes 68 00 12 Yao 1018 45 24 Mcgrady 717 44 21 Al Ston 37 00 9 Howard 56 1111 Mutombo 12 00 2 head 513 00 13 Snyder 36 22 8 Lucas 25 00 5 Tsaka Lidis 23 22 6 Spanoulis 23 22 6 totals 4992 1516124 Philadelphia i Godala 210 22 6 Hunter 03 22 2 Dalembert 47 4412 Green 412 00 8 Miller 14 00 2 Korver 715 00 17 Smith 14 00 2 Williams 510 2212 Carney 28 46 9 Jones 15 22 4 Amundson 02 00 0 totals 2780 1618 74 Houston 32 27 34 31124 Philadelphia 15 25 16 1874 three Point goals Houston 1125 Alston 34 Mcgrady 35 head 38 Battier 12 Lucas 13 Spanoulis 01 Snyder Philadelphia 410 Korver 35 Carney 11 Green 02 Jones fouled rebounds Houston 61 Hayes Philadelphia 38 Carney As Sis Shouston 29 Mcgrady Philadelphia 10 i Godala total fouls Houston 18 Philadelphia 14 a17872 nets 101 clippers 95 la cuppers Maggette 710 89 23 Brand 8141217 Kaman 310 4510 Mobley 920 44 27 Hart 03 00 0 Cassell 29 23 6 Ross oooo o Thomas Sll 0012 Ewing 00 00 0 Korolev 00 00 0 Singleton 00 00 0 to tals 3477 1923 95 new Jersey Jefferson 515 611 18 Moore 25 913 13 Collins 00 34 3 Carter 10201122 Kidd 713 66 23 Boone 23 02 4 Nachbar 27 22 6 Wright 23 00 4 will iams 27 00 5 House 14 00 3 totals 3377 2739 101 la clippers 24 21 25 2595 new Jersey 27 21 22 31101 three Point goals la clippers 817 mob Ley 59 Thomas 24 Maggette 11 Cassell new Jersey 819 Kidd 34 Jefferson 24 Carter 12 House 12 Williams 13 Wright 01 Nachbar fouled outdone re bound Sla clippers 51 Brand Maggette new Jersey 52 Jefferson As Sistola clippers 23 Brand Cassell new Jersey 23 Kidd total fouls la clippers 30 new Jersey 20 a15050 lakers 109 wolves 102 Minnesota Garnett 916 78 26 Jaric 25 00 4 Blount 49 00 8 Davis 1121 77 33 Foye 14 00 3 Madsen 00 02 0 Hassell 15 12 3 James 614 57 18 Smith 37 15 7 my cants 0100 0 totals 3782 2131102 la lakers Walton 49 12 10 Odom 712 24 16 Brown 22 00 4 Bryant 1735 1214 50 Parker 810 00 19 Evans 16 00 2 Bynum 11 00 2 Vujacic 01 00 0 Turiaf 00 00 0 Williams 24 00 6 totals 4280 1520 109 Minnesota 22 21 25 34102 Ull Akers 29233522109 three Point goal Minnesota 717 Davis 48 Garnett 12 Foye 12 James 14 Jaric la lakers 1027 Bryant 49 Parker 34 Williams 23 Walton 14 Vujacic 01 Evans 02 Odom fouled outdone re bound Minnesota 51 Garnett la Lak ers 47 Odom assist Minnesota 25 James la lakers 36 Walton total foul Minnesota 22 la lakers 19 a18997 sonics 95 Trail blazers 77 Seattle Ras Lewis 813 811 27 Wilcox 816 1013 26 Collison 67 44 16 Allen 419 2212 Ridnour 16 22 5 Petro 12 00 2 wat son 15 00 2 Wilkins 24 00 5 Brown 01 00 0 totals 3173 2632 95 Portland Udoka 35 00 8 Randolph 717 22 16 Aldridge 49 00 8 Roy 613 22 14 Jack 03 00 0 Rodriguez 13 00 3 Magloire 47 34 11 outlaw 28 12 5 Jones 01 00 0 Webster 39 00 6 Dickau 24 00 6 totals 3279 810 77 Seattle 26 21 20 2895 Portland 25 12 24 1677 three Point goal Seattle 722 Ras Lewis 35 Allen 29 Wilkins 12 rid Nour 14 Watson Portland 518 Dickau 23 Udoka 24 Rodriguez 13 Jack 01 Roy 01 Jones 01 Randolph 02 Webster 03 fouled outdone rebound Seattle 52 Ras Lewis Portland 45 Magloire As Sist Seattle 24 Watson Portland 22 Jack Roy total foul Seattle 17 port land 25 technical Portland defensive three second 2 a17215 Aba Calendar april 18 regular season ends april 19 rosters set for playoffs 3 pm april 21 playoffs begin april 29 Early entry eligibility deadline pm not May 22 draft lottery june 7 Aba finals Start Date possibly june june 18 Aba draft Early entry entrant withdrawal deadline june 21 Aba finals latest possible end Date june 28 Aba draft new York Short Field hurts doral and players by Doug Ferguson the associated press Miami Tom Lehman Hast played doral in 15 years what he  give for one of the 74 tee times this week on the Blue Mon Ster instead the former Ryder cup Captain will be out of work two of the next three weeks including a spot on his Couch during the Mas ters part of that is his own fault for not playing better part of that is a revamped Florida swing that has taken some of the sizzle out of the Spring for years players have headed North out of Orlando on their Way to the players championship this year the tour is going South in More Way than one its not so much that doral is now at the Back end of March making it the final Chance for players to earn a spot in the Mas ters rather it has been folded into the world Golf Champion ships that in effect has Cut the size of the Field and the opportunities in half this follows the Arnold Palmer invitational which had Only a 120man Field the reality sunk in late sunday afternoon when Lehman recorded his first top 10 in seven months he started the final round tied with eventual Winner Vijay Singh closed with a 72 and wound up tied for fifth Lehman made a Brief appear Ance in the Media Center curious to see what that would do for his world ranking he was no 80 and needed to be among the top 50 to qualify for doral after going through some Quick calculations he saw that he would Only move up to no 68 a shoot Lehman said then he turned and walked out the door Lehman has never been a big fan of Short Fields except for the winners Only Mercedes Benz championship or the tour championship held at the end of the year for the top 30 on the tour Ive always been a believer that if you want to have your Best tournaments it should be a full Field tournament especially next week he said the Only problem i Nave with doral being a Short Field is its the final week be fore you qualify for the masters i need another week and i dont get it now he said its my fault i didst play Well enough to get there but it would have been Nice to have one More week the change at doral is not bad because of the Calendar but be cause of the Field Vaughn Taylor is out Hennie Otto is in Darren Clarke wont be playing the Blue monster prom me Sawat will the world Golf Champion ships were a Good idea when they were formed in 1999 but that was when the worlds Best players rarely got together outside the major championships in this Glo bal environment of Golf the a Gas have quietly gone away except they took doral with them