European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pace 28 stars and stripes monday March 262007 50point Streak now at 4 games for Kobe the associated press Kobe Bryant is still punishing his opponents just not in ways that will get him in trouble with the league office he has two weak foes coming up meaning the second est scor ing spree in Aba history could go on a Little longer Bryant scored 50 Points to Lead los Angeles to a 111105 Victory Over the new Orleans hornets on Friday night making the lakers Star Only the second player in league history with at least that Many Points in four consecutive games the lakers now head Home for a five game Home stand starting with games against poor defensive teams in Golden state and Memphis which surrendered 60 Points to Bryant on thursday the leagues leading scorer plans to stay aggressive against whoever attempts to guard him i can sniff it out then i continue to attack them Bryant said when i feel like Hes reached that breaking Point i go at him following games of 65 50 and 60 Points Bryant moved within three games of Wilt Chamberlain who scored 50 or More in seven straight during the 196162 sea son it comes not Long after Bry ant collected two on game sus pensions and a flagrant foul for delivering shots to his opponents Bryant and lakers coach Phil Jackson said the criticisms of Bry ant that followed have served As a motivator the thing that was frustrating for me was people were talking about Hes a dirty player which for me is pretty insult ing Bryant said to have peo ple talking about something else besides that its a much better feeling los Angeles which was slump ing badly before winning All four games during Bryants surge will Likely give Bryant plenty of chances to keep up his Streak when it gets Home Hes just been in such a Good rhythm and Hes such a Good player that when Hes feeling like that its kind of hard not to just keep going to him because its amazing to watch and theres a Good Chance youre going to score lakers Forward Luke Walton said Tyson Chandler had 22 Points and 22 rebounds for new or leans which trailed nearly the entire second half Chris Paul had 28 Points and 12 assists for the hornets who were playing the last of six games scheduled in new Orleans this season before a full time return to the rebuilding City Over the summer too bad for the hornets it came against a seemingly unstoppable opponent we knew Kobe was going to have one of those nights Hor nets coach Byron Scott said Hes just so Good Hes such a competitor and he lives in the moment this is the moment right now with a playoff Type Atmo sphere we knew he was going to come out and play like that spurs 90 pistons 89 Tony Parker scored 22 Points to Lead san Antonio Over Detroit which Detroit Cleveland Washington Toronto Chicago Miami Orlando 42 37 38 40 37 32 27 30 31 30 31 38 609 552 544 457 5v4 5 4 6 12 12 new Jersey new York Philadelphia Atlanta Milwaukee Charlotte 30 27 27 25 26 39 42 43 42 44 435 391 386 373 371 13 16 17 17 18 23 has dropped its first two games on a three game Road trip Tim Duncan added 17 Points and 14 rebounds for the spurs Rasheed Wallace scored 21 Points for the pistons magic 90 nets 82 Jarnier Nelson scored 22 Points 12 in the fourth Quarter and Orlando beat visiting new Jersey in a matchup of teams fighting for the last two Eastern conference playoff spots Cavaliers 90 kicks 68 at Cleveland Lebron James had 21 Points and 10 assists As the Cava Liers won for the ninth time in 11 games to keep pressure on de troit for the Best record in the Eastern conference Eddy Curry scored 27 Points with nine rebounds to Pace new York which lost for the fifth time in six games raptors 121 nuggets 94 at Toronto Morris Peterson had 23 Points Jorge Carbajosa had a Ca ree High 22 and the raptors never trailed despite losing Chris Bosh to a sprained ankle in the third Quarter carmelo Anthony had a sea Honlow 10 Points for the nuggets who missed their first 15 shots pacers 95 heat 70 at India Napolis Danny Granger scored 22 Points Mike Dunleavy added 20 and Indiana claimed its larg est Victory Marg i of the season in beating Miami Shaw Niue Oneal was the Only Miami player in double figures with 13 Points he played Only 25 minutes due to foul trouble Mavericks 1o9 celtics 95 Jason Terry scored 29 Points Josh Howard added 19 Points and 11 rebounds and Dallas extended its winning Streak to five the Mavericks improved to 40 Dur ing their six game Road trip warriors 135 wizards 128 at Oakland Calif Baron Davis had 34 Points 15 assists and nine rebounds in the warriors seventh Victory in nine games Gilbert Arenas had 29 Points and a season High 13 assists against his former team clippers 104 jazz 72 Elton Brand had 20 Points and 11 re Bounds before resting most of the fourth Quarter and los Angeles held Utah to its lowest Point total of the season Trail blazers 102 Hawks 100 at Atlanta Lamarcus Ald Ridge scored six of his 27 Points in overtime and Portland overcame an Early 15point deficit in its third straight Victory supersonics 85 Timber wolves 82 at Seattle Earl wat son sparked the sonics off the Bench with 14 Points and Chris Wilcox added 16 Points and 12 re Bounds 76ers 106 bobcats 97 at Philadelphia Andre Miller scored 19 Points to Lead seven players in double figures for the 76ers who played without Lead ing scorer Andre i Godala strained lower a Dallas a Phoenix san Antonio Dutah Houston la lakers Denver la 57 52 48 44 44 37 34 11 16 20 24 25 32 33 838 765 706 647 638 536 507 5 9 13 13 20 22 24 Golden state new Orleans Minnesota Portland Sacramento Seattle 31 29 29 29 27 38 39 40 40 41 449 426 420 420 397 26 28 28 28 30 40 Eastern conference w l pet go Western conference Xci inched playoff spot clinched division division Leader fridays games Indiana 95 Miami 70 Toronto 121 Denver 94 Philadelphia 106 Charlotte 97 Orlando 90 new Jersey 82 Dallas 109 Boston 95 Cleveland 90 new York 68 Portland 102 Atlanta 100 of san Antonio 90 Detroit 89 la lakers 111 new Orleans 105 Seattle 85 Minnesota 82 la clippers 104 Utah 72 Golden state 135 Washington 128 saturdays games new Jersey at Charlotte Philadelphia at Miami Memphis at Utah Washington at la clippers sundays games Dallas at Atlanta Phoenix at Sacramento Chicago at Indiana Detroit at Milwaukee Houston is new Orleans at Oklahoma City Portland at Minnesota Denver at Cleveland san Antonio at Seattle Golden state at la lakers mondays games Toronto at Boston Orlando at new York Atlanta at Miami Denver at Detroit Portland at Chicago Milwaukee at Houston Washington at Utah Memphis at Phoenix san Antonio at Golden state tuesdays games Cleveland at Indiana Dallas is new Orleans at Oklahoma City Seattle at Minnesota Memphis at la lakers Friday pacers 95 heat 70 Miami Posey 38 00 8 haslem 28 115 Oneal 46 511 13 Jones 15 00 2 Jwill iams 28 11 5 Walker 08 46 4 Wright 39 23 8 Doleac 38 117 Payton 36 00 7 bar Ron 14 00 2 Quinn 47 00 9 Simien 03 00 0 totals 2680 1423 70 Indiana Granger 915 23 22 Joneal 512 5515 Foster 22 00 4 Dunleavy 610 56 20 Tinsley 13 00 3 Murphy 56 0011 swill iams 25 115 Armstrong 38 00 8 Diogu 14 12 3 Mcleod 01 00 0 Harrison 12 02 2 Baston 00 22 2 totals 3568 1621 95 Miami 9 23 17 2170 Indiana 33 19 20 2395 three Point goal Miami 425 Posey 26 Quinn 12 Payton 13 Wright 01 Walker 03 Jones 04 Jwilliams Indiana 921 Dun Leavy 34 Granger 25 Armstrong 25 Mur Phy 11 Tinsley 13 Mcleod 01 Swilliams fouled outdone rebound Miami 47 Doleac Indiana 54 Joneal As Sist Miami 14 Jwilliams Indiana 26 Tinsley total foul Miami 18 Indiana 20 technical Miami defensive three Sec Ond a17975 magic 90 nets 82 new Jersey Jefferson 815 02 19 Moore 516 22 12 Collins 01 12 1 Carter 922 78 27 Kidd 310 12 8 Nachbar 02 00 0 will iams 05 00 0 Robinson 02 12 1 Wright 1100 2 House 28 00 6 Boone 12 47 6 to tals 2984 1625 82 Orlando Turkoglu 313 44 11 Battie 35 00 6 Howard 36 48 10 Hill 612 00 12 Nelson 819 55 22 Ariza 3812 7 Dooling 15 44 6 Milicic 35 13 7 Redick 01 00 0 Arroyo 34 34 9 totals 3378 2230 90 new Jersey 2120182382 Orlando 21 16 22 3190 three Point goals new Jersey 823 Jef Ferson 35 House 24 Carter 27 Kidd 14 Nachbar 01 Robinson 01 Williams Orlando 28 Nelson 14 Turkoglu fouled Jersey 49 Kidd Orlando 68 Howard As Sis Snew Jersey 21 Kidd Orlando 13 Hill Nelson total fouls new Jersey 26 Orlando 23 technical new Jersey defensive three second Orlando coach Ohhi a17451 raptors 121 nuggets 94 Denver Anthony 315 33 10 Nene 06 34 3 Evans 04 26 2 Blake 712 0015 Iver son 312 8814 Kleiza 717 22 20 Smith 915 00 20 Najera 11 00 2 Dianara 12 22 4 Sampson 1102 2 Johnson 12 00 2 totals 3387202794 Toronto Carbajosa 611 56 22 Bosh 711 00 14 Nesterovich 46 11 9 Dixon 510 0011 Ford 610 2214 Peterson 8131123 Graham 46 00 8 Calderon 47 00 8 Humphries 36117 Slokar 14113 dmar tin 00 00 0 sow 12 00 2 totals 49861112 121 Denver is 28 21 3094 Toronto 36362326121 three Point goal Denver 820 Kleiza 48 Smith 25 Blake 11 Anthony 12 Johnson 01 Iverson Toronto 1223 Peterson 610 Carbajosa 59 Dixon 13 Slokar fouled outdone rebound Denver 51 Evans Toronto 48 Garba Josa assist Denver 18 Smith Toron to 31 Ford total foul Denver 14 Tor onto 22 flagrant foul Nesterovich a20120 76ers 106 bobcats 97 Charlotte Morrison 511 00 10 Wal lace 71167 21 Brezec 1100 2 Carroll 412 12 9 Felton 29 7711 Herrmann 714 0117 Knight 4113511 Voskuhl 1134 5 Aander son 38 00 7 Mclnnis 1100 2 Hollins 00 24 2 totals 3579 2230 97 Philadelphia Carney 59 0011 Hunter 44 44 12 Dalembert 57 00 10 Green 718 2318 Miller 812 3319 Smith 46 3411 Korver 613 00 13 Williams 14 22 4 Jones 12 12 3 Ollie 23 12 5 totals 4378 1620 106 Charlotte 23 25 26 2397 Philadelphia 37 32 17 20106 three Point Goa Scharlotte 519 her Mann 35 Wallace la Aanderson 14 mor Rison 02 Felton 03 Carroll Philadel phia 410 Green 22 Carney 12 Korver 14 Williams 01 Miller fouled outdone rebound Scharlotte 39 Morrison Phila Delphia 52 Hunter Assis Scharlotte 25 Wallace Philadelphia 27 Miller total fou Scharlotte 13 Philadelphia 23 techno Ca Scharlotte defensive three second Philadelphia defensive three second a17104 Mavericks 109 celtics 95 Dallas Howard 814 23 19 Nowitzki 815 22 20 Dampier 13 00 2 Terry 1115 33 29 de Harris 813 22 18 Diop 23 00 4 Stackhouse 14 46 6 Ager 00 00 0 croshere 03 00 0 Buckner la 00 2 mensa Bonsu 23 00 4 Barea 24 11 5 totals 4478 1417 109 Boston Pierce 518 1921 30 Jefferson 111 22 4 Perkins 15 00 2 Rondo 13 12 3 West 27 56 9 Gomes 411 00 8 Ray 46 22 13 Green 710 35 19 Powe 35 12 7 Telfair 0100 0 totals 2877 3340 95 Dallas 33 23 34 19109 Boston 16 35 20 2495 three Point goal Dallas 713 Terry 46 Nowitzki 23 Howard 11 Stackhouse 01 Barea 01 croshere Boston 613 Ray 35 Green 23 Pierce 13 West fouled outdone rebound Dallas 44 Diop Howard Boston 49 Jefferson As Sist Dallas 28 de Harris Stackhouse Terry Boston 16 Ray Rondo total foul Dallas 25 Boston 17 technical dal Las defensive three second Howard Fla Grant foul Howard a18113 blazers 102 Hawks 100 of Portland Udoka 14 00 2 Aldridge 1221 36 27 Magloire 37 37 9 Roy 720 78 23 Jack 413 9918 outlaw 25 22 6 Rodriguez 01 00 0 Webster 413 00 8 Fjones 12 00 2 Dickau 35 00 7 totals 37912432 102 Atlanta Mcwilliams 04 22 2 Smith 616 22 17 Pachulis 513 12 11 Childress 715 88 22 Ajohnson 38 00 7 Lue 04 22 2 Stoudamire 1420 33 37 Sjones 04 00 0 Ivey 12 00 2 Swilliams 00 00 0 totals 3686 1819 100 Portland 15 25 26 22 14102 Atlanta 20 27 17 24 12100 three Point goal Portland 414 Roy 23 Dickau 12 Jack 15 Webster 02 Udoka Atlanta 1020 Stoudamire 69 Smith 35 Ajohnson 12 Childress 01 Ivey 01 Lue fouled 62 Magloire Atlanta 51 Childress assist Portland 20 Jack Atlanta 27 Ajohnson total foul Portland 22 at Lanta 25 technical Portland defensive three second Atlanta defensive three Sec Ond a14884 Cavaliers 90 kicks 68 new York Frye 1812 3 Jeffries 23 01 4 Curry 916 916 27 Francis 35 23 9 mar Bury 27 00 4 Collins 28 00 4 Rose 0100 0 Robinson 210 00 5 Balkman 68 02 12 Jjames 00 00 0 totals 2766 1224 68 Cleveland Ljames 816 56 21 Gooden 310 22 8 Lugauskas 713 22 16 Pavlovic 37 00 8 Hughes 614 02 16 Varjao 12 36 5 Newble 23 01 5 Marshall 45 00 10 Snow 00 12 1 Pollard 01 00 0 Gibson 02 00 0 Wesley 0100 0 totals 3474132190 new York 1721181268 Cleveland 25 21 24 2090 three Point goals new York 214 Francis 12 Robinson 17 Collins 01 Jeffries 01 Marbury Cleveland 917 Hughes 46 Marshall 23 Pavlovic 24 Newble 12 Ljames 01 Gibson fouled out Rose rebounds new York 52 Curry Cleveland 47 Varjao assists new York 13 mar Bury Cleveland 22 Ljames total fouls new York 21 Cleveland 22 a20562 spurs 90 pistons 89 Detroit Prince 5101112 Wallace 818 44 21 Webber 1512 3 Billups 310 77 13 Hamilton 812 02 16 Mcdyess 813 22 18 Murray 28 00 4 Delfino 14 00 2 totals 3680151889 san Antonio Bowen 23 01 5 Duncan 612 51117 Elson 37 34 9 Parker 1019 24 22 Barry 510 2216 Horry 14 00 3 Ginobile 26 55 10 Vaughn 03 00 0 Finley 2312 5 Bonner 12 00 3 Oberto 00 00 0 Urrih 02 00 0 totals 32711829 90 Detroit 16 31 14 2889 san Antonio 27 18 26 1990 three Point goal Detroit 213 Prince 12 Wallace 15 Delfino 01 Murray 01 Bil Lups san Antonio 816 Barry 45 Bon Ner 11 Bowen 12 Horry 12 Ginobile 14 Urrih fouled outdone troit 44 Mcdyess san Antonio 53 Dun can assist Detroit 15 Murray san Antonio 15 Parker total foul Detroit 21 san Antonio 19 technical Detroit coach Saunders Wallace san Antonio defensive three second a18797 lakers 111 hornets 105 la lakers Walton 310 00 7 Odom 69 3415 Brown 57 0110 Bryant 16291616 50 Parker 37 00 6 Williams 15 00 3 Bynum 45 00 8 Farmar 15 002 Vujacic 38 00 8 Turiaf 1100 2 totals 43861921 111 new Orleans Mason 414 26 10 West 416 00 8 Chandler 913 45 22 drown 411 44 14 Paul 915 1012 28 Butler 512 00 12 m Jackson 02 22 2 pargo 39 00 9 totals 38922229105 la lakers 29 27 31 24111 new Orleans 31 26 18 30105 three Point goals la lakers 622 Bry ant 25 Vujacic 26 Walton 12 Williams 14 Odom 01 Parker 01 Farmar new or leans 719 pargo 36 drown 25 Butler 26 Paul fouled outdone rebounds la lakers 46 Odom new Orleans 60 Chan Dler assists la lakers 22 Walton new Orleans 22 Paul total fouls la lakers 23 new Orleans 17 technical a son a18535 clippers 104 jazz 72 Utah Kirilenko 59 12 12 Boozer 613 1213 Okur 17 25 4 Fisher 37 00 6 Dwilliams 15 34 5 Brewer 13 24 4 Harpring 35 22 8 Collins 13 02 2 Millsap 25 514 9 Araujo 2412 5 Brown 24 00 4 Miles 03 00 0 to tals 27681737 72 la clippers Maggette 59 99 19 Brand 913 24 20 Kaman 5110010 Mobley 513 44 15 Hart 24 24 6 Thomas 37 12 9 a Williams 23 00 4 Singleton 33 22 8 Ewing 27 00 5 Ross 02 00 0 Davis 23 22 6 Korolev 12 00 2 totals 3977 2227104 Utah 16 22 15 1972 a clippers 24 31 26 23104 three Point goals Utah 17 Kirilenko 12 Miles 01 Brown 01 Fisher 01 Dwilliams la clippers 410 Thomas 24 Ewing 11 Mobley 13 Korolev 01 Hart fouled outdone rebounds Utah 50 Boozer la clippers 54 Kaman assists Utah 19 Dwilliams la clippers 32 Ewing Maggette total fouls Utah 22 la clip pers 26 technical Kaman a19389 supersonics 85 Timber wolves 82 Minnesota Garnett 412 1110 Hassell 59 12 11 Blount 58 23 12 Davis 59 22 13 James 4114413 Smith 913 1519 Foye 29 00 4 Jaric 03 00 0 Mccants 00 00 0 to tals 3474 1117 82 Seattle Ras Lewis 720 56 22 Wilcox 514 6816 Collison 03 34 3 Wilkins 414 46 12 Ridnour 17 22 4 Petro 44 00 8 Watson 511 12 14 Gela Bale 24 12 6 totals 2877 2230 85 Minnesota 19 20 22 2182 Seattle 12 20 22 3185 three Point goal Minnesota 313 Gar Nett 12 Davis 14 James 16 Jaric Seattle 721 Watson 35 Ras Lewis 310 Gela Bale 12 Ridnour 01 Wilkins fouled 57 Gar Nett Seattle 46 Wilcox assists min Nesotas 25 Davis Seattle 18 Watson total foul Minnesota 20 Seattle 18 a16794 warriors 135 wizards 128 Washington Blatche 44 22 10 Jami son 715 24 20 Haywood 46 34 11 Steven son 38 12 8 Arenas 92168 29 Thomas 11 22 4 Songaila 812 13 17 Hayes 610 00 14 Daniels 46 23 11 Mason 16 00 2 Booth 11 00 2 Ruffin 00 00 0 totals 48901928128 Golden state Jackson 01 22 2 Harrington 47 00 9 Biedrina 1014 44 24 Rich Ardson 916 11 23 Davis 1016 1114 34 Pietrus 59 23 13 Ellis 916 68 24 Barnes 25 12 6 totals 4984 2734 135 Washington 37 36 21 34128 Golden state 35 29 38 33135 three Point goal Washington 1334 Are Nas 514 Jamison 47 Hayes 24 Daniels 11 Stevenson 14 Mason Golden state 1025 Richardson 48 Davis 36 Pietrus 13 Barnes 13 Harrington 13 Ellis fouled 53 Jamison Golden state 40 Biedrina assist Washington 36 Arenas Golden state 34 Davis total foul Washington 28 Golden state 25 technical Blatche Jackson 2 ejected Jackson a19596 Aba Calendar april 18 regular season ends april 19 rosters set for playoffs 3 pm not april 21 playoffs begin Abril 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