European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 stars and stripes Friday March 23 2007 Arenas misses Mark in loss to Portland the associated press Gilbert Arenas came up far Short of 50 Points and far away from the Basket on a shot to tie the game at Portland he didst fall Short on entertainment though Arenas promised he would score 50 Points against the Trail blazers As part of his Campaign to get Back at the coaches who Cut him from the us National team last summer not Only did he manage just 19 Points More than nine below his aver age but he missed Washington final shot in a 10098 loss tuesday night i was going for the game Winner Are Nas said they pushed up on me so i drove in Jarrett Jack was trying to take the charge so i Laid up the Floater the Floater looked like it did bad i owe somebody 10 Bucks he said i bet a fan if i had a Chance i would make the last shot he was toying with the fans All night while going 4for16 from the Field most of his Points came from the free throw line where he was llfor12 Arenas third in the Aba averaging 288 Points entering the game vowed to score 50 against both the blazers and Phoenix suns suns coach Mike Dantoni and blazers coach Nate Mcmillan were assistants on the us team Arenas scored 54 against Phoenix earlier in the year but Portland held him to nine Points on 3for15 shoot ing when the teams first met feb 11 at Washington Arenas stoked the flames earlier in the Day claiming at a shoo around interview that with Portland out of the playoffs and struggling his presence gave fans a reason to come to the game he stayed in character during the game raising his hands and smiling when he was booed during pregame introductions he talked Back to fans who booed each time he touched the Ball smiling All the while it Felt great Arenas said the crowd was energized Ive never really been booed like that in my career the Only other time was my first time Back at Golden state his former they were Loving it More than any body with a Chance to Force the game to Over time Arenas drove Down the Lane and threw up a shot that fell Well Short of the rim As time ran out Portland missing Zach Randolph their leading scorer and rebounded held the wizards the second highest scoring team in the Aba eight Points below their season average Lamarcus Aldridge had 25 Points and eight rebounds and the Trail blazers snapped a fou game skid fellow Rookie Brandon Roy had 19 Points 12 rebounds and three key baskets in the final for the blazers suns 108 Timber wolves 90 Phoenix regrouped from two Blowout losses to Clinch its third consecutive Pacific Divi Sion title Raja Bell scored 16 of his 22 Points in the decisive third Quarter and Leandro bar Bosa inserted into the starting lineup to try to Rev up the suns offence added 20 Points Steve Nash had 18 Points and 11 assists Kevin Garnett had 30 Points and 16 re Bounds in the Timber wolves 11th consecutive Road loss Mavericks 92 kicks 77 Dirk Nowitzki and Josh Howard each scored 24 Points and visiting Dallas hit the 55win Mark for the third straight season Jason Terry added 15 Points for the Mav Ericks who improved the nabs Best record to 5511 Eddy Curry had 22 Points and 12 re Bounds for the kicks who Are playing without the injured Jamal Crawford David Lee and Quentin Richardson and have lost three of four bobcats 108 Cavaliers 100 Ger Ald Wallace had 27 Points and 11 rebounds Adam Morrison hit the godhead three Pointer in overtime and Host Char Lotte snapped Cleveland eight game win Ning Streak Little used Walter Herrmann who scored a career High 19 Points hit a three Pointer and two free throws in the final 30 seconds to put it away for the Bob cats Lebron James scored 30 of his 37 Points after halftime but he missed a runner in the Lane with 10 seconds left in regulation and a potential Gam winning three Point or at the end of regulation jazz 104 warriors 100 Carlos Boozer had 25 Points and tied his career High with 21 rebounds and Host Utah snapped a fou game losing Streak Deron Williams had 17 assists and scored All 10 of his Points in the second half As the jazz rallied to avoid their longest slide of the season clippers 103 bulls 89 at Chicago Cut Tino Mobley scored 25 Points Corey mag Gette added 22 and Elton Brand finished with 21 the clippers showed some spark after losing seven of their first nine games this month Mobley went 8for16 and Brand hit his first five shots and scored the clippers first 10 Points nuggets 94 nets 90 carmelo Anthony scored 12 of his 30 Points in the fourth Quarter and visiting Denver won its fifth straight Allen Iverson added 20 Points and a clinching free throw in the final seconds in helping the nuggets win for the first time in new Jersey since 2000 rockets 86 pacers 76 Yao Ming had 32 Points and 14 rebounds Tracy blazers Center Jamaal Magloire left blocks the path of wizards guard Gilbert Arenas who was held nine Points below his average Mcgrady added 20 Points and 10 assists and Host Houston out rebounded Indiana 5341 to make up for 39 percent shooting Jermaine Oneal scored 25 and grabbed nine rebounds for the pacers who have dropped eight straight Road games and 12 of 13 Overall pistons 9676ers 75 Tayshaun Prince scored 30 Points to help Detroit snap a three game losing Streak at Home the game was the first Between the teams since Chris Webber signed with the pistons after being waived by Philadelphia in january Webber finished with nine Points rebounds in 27 minutes As Detroit improved to 227 since he moved into the starting lineup hornets 114 grizzlies 103 David West scored 26 Points and Chris Paul added 23 Points and nine assists for visit ing new Orleans Aba scoreboard Eastern conference Detroit Cleveland Washington Toronto Chicago Miami new Jersey 43 41 36 36 39 36 31 23 26 29 31 30 30 37 652 612 554 537 565 545 456 7v4 7 13 13 Indiana new York Atlanta Philadelphia Milwaukee Charlotte 30 27 26 25 25 37 41 42 41 43 448 397 382 379 368 17 18 18 19 Western conference a Dallas Phoenix san Antonio Dutah Houston Denver la lakers Golden 55 51 46 44 43 34 35 11 16 20 23 25 31 32 833 761 697 657 632 523 522 9 Hyz 13 la clippers new Orleans Sacramento Minnesota Portland Seattle 31 29 28 27 26 37 38 38 40 40 456 433 424 403 394 25 27 29 39 clinched playoff spot clinched Divi Sion division Leader tuesdays games Denver 94 new Jersey 90 Charlotte 108 Cleveland 100 of Dallas 92 new York 77 Detroit 96 Philadelphia 75 new Orleans 114 Memphis 103 la clippers 103 Chicago 89 Utah 104 Golden state 100 Houston 86 Indiana 76 Phoenix 108 Minnesota 90 Portland 100 Washington 98 wednesdays games Miami at Atlanta Orlando at Toronto Charlotte at Boston Indiana at san Antonio Dallas at Cleveland la clippers at Milwaukee Washington at Seattle Minnesota at Sacramento thursdays games Portland at new York la lakers at Memphis Denver at Chicago Detroit at Houston Sacramento at Phoenix tuesday nuggets 94 nets 90 Denver Anthony 1020 812 30 Nene 46 00 8 Camby 15 88 10 Iverson 823 36 20 Blake 39 33 10 Kleiza 38 00 7 Smith 02 00 0 Naira 3733 9 totals 3280 2532 94 new Jersey Jefferson 617 5618 Moore 59 22 12 Collins 11 12 3 Carter 1024 89 29 Kidd 210 115 Nachbar 27 00 4 Boone 01 00 0 Williams 25 22 6 House 510 00 11 Wright 11 00 2 totals 3485 1922 90 Denver 20 22 31 2194 new Jersey 20 29 16 2590 three Point goal Denver 517 Anthony 23 Blake 13 Kleiza 14 Iverson 16 Smith new Jersey 319 Carter 13 House 13 Jefferson 15 Williams 01 Kidd 03 Nachbar fouled Carter rebound Denver 56 Nene new Jersey 53 Moore assist Denver 22 Blake new Jersey 25 Carter total foul Denver 24 new Jersey 21 delay of game Kleiza new Jersey defensive three second a20032 bobcats 108 Cavaliers 100 of Cleveland James 1231 1112 37 Good in 15 00 2 Lugauskas 714 la 15 Pavlovic 610 00 13 Hughes 616 59 17 Marshall 26 00 4 Gibson 03 02 0 Varjao 56 00 10 Snow 02 22 2 Newble 00 00 0 totals 3993 1926 100 Charlotte Voskuhl 36 00 6 Wallace 1117 59 27 Brezec 02 00 0 Carroll 411 1010 20 Felton 620 44 17 Herrmann 611 4419 Morrison 412 2413 Mclnnis 23 00 4 Aanderson 1100 2 Harrington 00 00 0 to tals 3783 2531 108 Cleveland 24 22 29 19 6100 Charlotte 21 16 32 25 14108 three Point goal Cleveland 320 James 29 Pavlovic 12 Gibson 02 Marshall 03 Hughes Charlotte 916 Morrison 35 Herrmann 36 Carroll 22 Felton fouled outdone rebound Cleveland 51 Lugauskas Varjao Charlotte 62 Wallace As Sist Scheveland 23 Snow Charlotte 20 Felton total foul Cleveland 28 Char Lotte 23 a17043 pistons 96 76ers 75 Philadelphia i Godala 38 00 6 shunt or 02 22 2 Dalembert 37 4410 Green 817 34 20 Miller 6114416 Smith 29 22 6 kor ver 314 11 7 Williams 22 00 4 Carney 25 00 4 Ollie 01 00 0 Jones 01 00 0 totals 2977 1617 75 Detroit Prince 1320 34 30 Wallace 58 0012 Webber 4912 9 Hamilton 510 8818 Murray 511 22 12 Mcdyess 03 00 0 Delfi no 48 00 9 Maxiell 24 00 4 Blalock 11 00 2 Mohammed 03 00 0 totals 39771416 96 Philadelphia 23 18 19 1575 Detroit 26 23 21 2696 three Point goal Philadelphia 111 Green 14 Jones 01 Korver Detroit 49 Wallace 24 Delfino 12 Prince 12 Murray fouled outdone rebound Philadel phia 45 Smith Detroit 44 Webber assist Philadelphia 10 Miller Detroit 24 Murray total foul Philadelphia 16 de troit 15 technical Philadelphia defensive three second 2 Mcdyess a22076 clippers 103 bulls 89 la clippers Brand 914 35 21 mag Gette 47 1417 22 Kaman 25 11 5 Hart 25 22 6 Mobley 816 55 25 Dithomas 27 34 7 Ewing 36 44 11 Ross 23 22 6 totals 3263 3440 103 Chicago Deng 515 22 12 Brown 59 00 10 Wallace 710 59 19 Gordon 212 67 10 Hinrich 1121 78 29 Tthomas 12 00 2 be Kolosha 03 00 0 Griffin 14 00 2 Duhon 25 00 5 a Hrypa 00 00 0 totals 34812026 89 la clippers 26 24 21 32103 Chicago 28 17 25 1989 three Point clippers 57 mob Ley 44 Ewing 12 Dithomas Chicago 16 Duhon 13 Hinrich 01 Gordon fouled clippers 42 Brand Chicago 48 Wallace As Sistola clippers 17 Brand Maggette Chicago 21 Wallace total fouls la clip pers 23 Chicago 28 technical Kaman a22426 rockets 86 pacers 76 Indiana Granger 17 22 5 Oneal 924 71125 Foster 22 00 4 Dunleavy 313 12 7 Tinsley 1119 01 22 Murphy 26 00 4 will iams 15 00 2 Armstrong 04 12 1 Diogu 34 00 6 totals 3284 1118 76 Houston Battier 37 00 8 Hayes 34 00 6 Yao 10171213 32 Mcgrady 72156 20 Al Ston 18 00 2 head 19 00 3 Mutombo 01 22 2 Howard 38 00 6 Snyder 34 00 7 to tals 3179 1921 86 Indiana 16 21 22 1776 Houston 18 21 22 2586 three Point goal Indiana 110 Granger 12 Tinsley 01 Armstrong 01 Dunleavy 03 Murphy Houston 521 Battier 25 Sny Der 11 head 14 Mcgrady 15 Alston fouled outdone rebound Indiana 49 Oneal Houston 60 Yao assist san Diana 17 Tinsley Houston 23 Mcgrady total foul Indiana 16 Houston 18 technical Oneal a12588 Mavericks 92 kicks 77 Dallas Howard 918 56 24 Nowitzki 1015 33 24 Dampier 35 46 10 de Harris 24 00 4 Terry 79 0015 Diop 1100 2 stack House 81010 croshere 1512 3 Ager 02 00 0 mensa Bonsu 00 00 0 Barea 00 00 0 totals 3464 2127 92 new York Frye 36 12 7 Jeffries 39 22 8 Curry 920 412 22 Francis 16 34 6 mar Bury 210 36 8 Balkman 31012 7 Robinson 7141219 Rose 02 00 0 Collins 0100 0 to tals 2878 1530 77 Dallas 30 16 24 2292 new York 2320132177 three Point goal Dallas 310 Nowitzki 11 Terry 12 Howard 14 Stackhouse 01 croshere new York 615 Robinson 45 Francis 13 Marbury 16 Balkman fouled outdone rebound Dallas 49 Dampier new York 52 Curry assist Dallas 16 Terry new York 16 Marbury Jeffries total foul Dallas 19 new York 21 techno Cal Dallas defensive three second Dallas coach Johnson a19763 hornets 114 grizzlies 103 new Orleans Mason 610 24 14 West 1015 67 26 Chandler 89 00 16 Brown 27 00 5 Paul 513 1111 23 pargo 34 44 11 Jackson 23 00 4 Butler 69 00 15 totals 4270 2326 114 Memphis Mmiller 513 00 13 Warrick 35 33 9 gaol 1114 66 28 Gay 5612 12 at Kins 51100 12 Roberts 03 00 0 Kinsey 37 44 10 Swift 23 00 4 Harrington 17 12 3 Jones 59 22 12 Ajohnson of 00 0 totals 4078 1719 103 new Orleans 30 31 31 22114 Memphis 30 31 20 22103 three Point goals new Orleans 714 but Ler 35 Paul 25 pargo 11 Brown Mem Phis 620 Mmiller 37 Atkins 28 Gay 12 Roberts 01 Swift 01 Harrington fouled outdone rebounds new Orleans 34 Chandler Memphis 37 gaol As Sis Snew Orleans 23 Paul Memphis 17 gaol total fouls new Orleans 18 Mem Phis 25 technical Memphis defensive three second 2 Memphis coach Barone a10916 jazz 104 warriors 100 Golden state Jackson 413 77 16 Harrington 916 24 27 Biedrina 510 00 10 Rich Ardson 918 00 21 Davis 716 34 20 Ellis 25 00 4 Pietrus 0100 0 Powell 00 00 0 bar nes 0122 2 Azubuike 00 00 0 totals 3680 1417 100 Utah Kirilenko 45 44 12 Boozer 1118 34 25 Okur 14 34 5 Fisher 712 45 19 will iams 414 22 10 Brewer 23 14 5 Harpring 38 22 8 Millsap 69 33 16 Collins 11 52 totals 3974 2430 104 Golden state 28 32 22 18100 Utah 27 26 23 28104 three Point goal Golden state 1428 Harrington 710 Davis 34 Richardson 37 Jackson 15 Pietrus 01 Barnes Utah 26 Fisher 11 Millsap 11 Okur 02 Williams fouled in state 36 Biedrina Utah 52 Boozer assist Golden state 21 Davis Utah 32 Williams total foul Golden state 28 Utah 20 technical Golden state defensive three second a19759 suns 108 Timber wolves 90 Minnesota Jaric 27 00 4 Garnett 1120 88 30 Blount 412 22 10 Davis 412 00 9 James 511 00 13 Madsen 00 00 0 Foye 210 00 4 Hassell 01 00 0 Smith 45 69 14 Mccants 16 22 4 Reed 12 00 2 totals 3486 1821 90 Phoenix Bell 816 00 22 Marion 613 00 12 Stoudemire 25 00 4 Barbosa 819 00 20 Nash 712 02 18 Diaw 561111 Jjones 28 115 Thomas 36 00 6 Rose 36 00 8 Burke 12 00 2 totals 4593 24 108 Minnesota 22 25 20 2390 Phoenix 25 26 33 24108 three Point goal Minnesota 413 James 35 Davis 13 Jaric 01 Mccants 02 Foye Phoenix 1638 Bell 69 Nash 45 Barbosa 412 Rose 25 Burke 01 Mari on 02 Jjones fouled outdone re bound Minnesota 55 Garnett Phoenix 50 Marion assist Minnesota 20 Jaric Phoenix 30 Nash total foul Minne Sota 12 Phoenix 17 technical Minnesota defensive three second Jaric a18422 Trail blazers 100 wizards 98 Washington Blatche 03 00 0 Jamison 820 811 27 Haywood 23 24 6 Stevenson 612 22 17 Arenas 416 1112 19 Hayes 24 00 4 Thomas 47 00 8 Daniels 04 00 0 Booth la 00 2 Songaila 25 12 5 Mason 47 00 10 Ruffin 00 00 0 totals 3382 2431 98 Portland Udoka 39 22 8 Aldridge 915 78 25 Magloire 47 02 8 Roy 717 44 19 Jack 28 34 7 outlaw 312 12 7 Rodriguez 49 00 9 Webster 35 33 11 Jones 34 00 6 Dickau 00 00 0 totals 3886 2025 100 Washington 24 24 22 2898 Portland 19 22 24 35100 three Point goal Washington 826 Jami son 37 Stevenson 37 Mason 24 Hayes 01 Arenas Portland 417 Webster 24 Roy 12 Rodriguez 13 outlaw 01 Jones 01 Jack 02 Udoka fouled outdone re bound Washington 53 Jamison port land 56 Roy 125 assist Washington 23 Arenas Portland 23 Rodriguez total foul Washington 24 Portland 22 a14708