European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 34 Star Sand stripes saturday March 31 2007 mavs eschew letdown win 60th the associated press coming off an unbeaten Road trip and with their Star player hurting it would have been easy for the Dallas Mavericks to have a letdown against the lowly Milwaukee Bucks instead Dallas continued its Strong play and rallied to win its eighth straight game 60th of the season with a 105103 Vic tory Over the Bucks on wednesday night to talk about 60 is pretty impressive especially the Way we started coach Avery Johnson said these types of games we could easily lose but they refuse to lose it is the third time the Mavericks have won 60 games All in the past five seasons the top team in the Western conference has 11 games left in the regular season which started with four straight losses we just wanted to keep it going Devin Harris said we had a great Road trip but there were a lot of hurdles tonight we had to overcome Dallas had its first 60 Road trip in fran Chise history and was poised to continue its winning Streak until Dirk Nowitzki went Down with an ankle injury in the first half after Nowitzki got Hurt with left in the second Quarter the Bucks went on a 144 run to take a 6254 halftime Lead the Bucks were Only the third team to score at least 60 against Dallas in the first half the other times were Bac Toback losses to Golden state and Phoenix earner this month before the Mavericks current winning Streak Nowitzki returned Only briefly after half time before leaving for Good he was walk ing around after the game and described the injury As two Bone spurs jamming together he was to get treat ment thursday when the team had a Day off from practice i tried to walk it off at halftime and tried to loosen it up but i  go there was no need for it to get worse so i had to take the rest of the night off Nowitzki said it Hurt me to watch but we made big shots Down the stretch jazz 108 Timber wolves 102 at Salt Lake City Carlos Boozer had 25 Points and 11 rebounds and Mehmet Okur added 23 Points and 12 boards to help Utah Clinch the Northwest division title Deron Williams who had 22 Points and 14 assists and Derek Fisher combined to make seven of eight free throws in the last 25 seconds to secure the Victory nets 118 pacers 94 Rookie Josh Boone scored a career High 22 Points to Lead Host new Jersey Jermaine Oneal the pacers leading scorer sat out the game with sprains of the left ankle and knee Indiana could not Over come his loss although Troy Murphy who started in oneals spot had 13 Points and 14 rebounds spurs 92 hornets 88 Tim Duncan scored 31 Points including his first three Pointer of the season to help san an Tonio beat visiting new Orleans Brent Barry hit four three pointers in the fourth Quarter to help the spurs rally for their fifth straight Victory Knoks 97 Cavalera 93 Eddy Curry scored 13 of his 25 Points in the fourth Quarter Stephen Marbury rattled in a clinching three Pointer with 85 seconds left and Host new York snapped a fou game losing Streak raptors 96 heat 83 Chris Bosh be came Toronto career Leader in Dou ble doubles when he had 13 Points and 17 rebounds in a Victory that moved the Host raptors ahead of Miami for third place in the Eastern conference Shaquille Oneal had 17 Points for the heat celtics 105 magic 96 Paul Pierce scored 32 Points Al Jefferson added 23 Points and 13 rebounds and bos ton held on for a double overtime Victory hero Turkoglu and Grant Hill each had 20 Points for visiting Orlando wizards 111 76ers 108 Caro Butler scored 21 Points in his return from a knee injury including two key free throws with 14 seconds left to help Host Washington end a three game losing Streak Deshawn Stevenson added a sea so High 28 Points for the wizards Andre i Godala who missed a contested three Pointer at the Buzzer led the mixers with 26 Points bobcats 101 Hawks 87 Gerald Wal lace scored 31 Points and Host Charlotte beat Atlanta in a matchup of the two of the worst teams in the Aba Wallace hit 12 of 16 shots seven of nine free throws and added nine rebounds to help the bobcats snap a two game losing Streak and win their 27th game one More than last season Josh Smith had 25 Points and 15 re Bounds for the Hawks Douglas c Carlos Boozer had 25 Points and 11 re Bounds As the jazz clinched their division supersonics 100 nuggets 97 Rashard Lewis scored 33 Points including 13 in the fourth Nick col Lison added 16 Points and 13 rebounds to help Seattle hand Denver its fourth loss in five games carmelo Anthony finished with 28 for the nuggets who Are 010 at Home when scoring less than 100 Points rockets 92 toppers 87 Tracy Mcgrady scored 27 Points and Shane Battier made a clutch three Pointer in the final minute for visiting Houston Yao Ming added 24 Points and 15 re Bounds during a foul plagued 34 minutes As the rockets beat the clippers for the 14th time in their last 17 meetings Eastern conference a Detroit Cleveland Toronto Washington Chicago Miami new Jersey 45 43 39 38 42 38 33 25 29 32 32 30 33 38 643 597 549 543 583 535 465 3 7 4 tvs 12v4 13 Indiana new York Philadelphia Charlotte Atlanta Milwaukee 31 28 27 27 25 40 43 45 46 45 437 394 375 370 357 14v4 Itic 19 19v4 20 23vi Cleveland at Chicago new York is new City la clippers at Portland wednesday raptors 96 heat 83 Western conference Doallas Phoenix san Antonio Utah Houston la lakers Denver la 60 53 51 47 46 38 35 11 17 20 24 26 33 35 845 757 718 662 639 535 500 6 9 13 14v4 22 24 26 Golden state new Orleans Sacramento Minnesota Portland Seattle 32 30 30 29 29 40 40 41 42 42 444 429 423 408 408 28v4 29v4 30 31 31 42 clinched playoff spot clinched division division Leader wednesdays games Toronto 96 Miami 83 Charlotte 101 Atlanta 87 Washington 111 Philadelphia 108 Boston 105 Orlando 9620t new York 97 Cleveland 93 new Jersey 118 Indiana 94 san Antonio 92 new Orleans 88 Dallas 105 Milwaukee 103 Seattle 100 Denver 97 Utah 108 Minnesota 102 Houston 92 la clippers 87 thursdays games Detroit at Chicago Memphis at Portland Phoenix at Golden state fridays games Boston at Philadelphia Toronto at Washington Milwaukee at Charlotte Indiana at Orlando Utah at san Antonio Miami at Minnesota new Jersey at Detroit new York at Dallas Denver at Phoenix Memphis at Seattle Houston at la lakers la clippers at Sacramento saturdays games Philadelphia at new Jersey i Posey 310 00 8 Hallern 37 00 6 Oneal 6115917 Jones 4112212 Williams 311119 Wright 16 00 2 Walker 37 2410 Payton 00 00 0 mourning 33 22 8 Quinn 4702 11 totals 3073 1220 83 Toronto Parker 711 34 20 Bosh 615 12 13 Nesterovich 56 00 10 Dixon 715 22 18 Ford 39 8814 Humphries 38 00 6 Gra Ham 11 00 2 Calderon 14 00 2 Peterson 310 3611 totals 3679 1722 96 Miami 15 25 15 2783 Toronto 31 27 16 three Point goal Miami 1128 Quinn 34 Jones 24 Walker 25 Posey 26 will iams 28 Wright Toronto 724 Parker 37 Dixon 25 Peterson 29 Calderon 01 Ford fouled outdone rebounds i Ami 70 Posey Toronto 106 Bosh As Sist Miami 19 Williams Toronto 26 Ford total foul Miami 20 Toronto 17 defensive three Sec Ond a19300 bobcats 101 Hawks 87 Atlanta Williams 414 46 12 Smith 818 913 25 Pachulis 26 22 6 Childress 29 56 9 Ajohnson 38 00 6 Lue 25 00 5 Stoudamire 511 11 12 Wright 56 01 10 Swilliams 13 00 2 Ivey 00 00 0 totals 3280 2129 87 Charlotte Wallace 1216 79 31 her Mann 612 00 13 Voskuhl 25 34 7 Carroll 712 1119 Felton 41112 10 Okafor 39 36 9 Morrison 15 22 4 Aanderson 00 00 0 Knight 15 34 5 Brezec 1112 3 totals 3776 2130 101 Atlanta 20 24 21 2287 Charlotte 25 24 26 26101 three Point goal Atlanta 28 Lue 11 Stoudamire 12 Childress 01 Williams 01 Ajohnson 01 Smith Charlotte 612 Carroll 44 Felton 13 Herrmann 13 Knight 01 Morrison fouled outdone re bound Atlanta 58 Smith Charlotte 46 Wallace assist Atlanta 19 Ajohnson Charlotte 27 Felton total foul sat Lanta 24 Charlotte 24 technical Swright Charlotte defensive three second a14470 wizards 111 76ers 108 Philadelphia i Godala 1022 22 26 Hunter 510 14 11 Dalembert 1215 00 24 Carney 510 02 11 Miller 820 0116 Korver 512 22 14 Williams 22 22 6 Amundson 00 00 0 totals 4791 713 108 Washington Butler 917 22 21 Jami son 617 22 14 Haywood 01 02 0 Steven son 1118 33 28 Arenas 614 77 20 Thomas 03 34 3 Daniels 36 33 10 Hayes 36 33 9 Songaila 22 22 6 totals 4084 2528 111 Philadelphia 25 24 24 35108 Washington 22 30 31 28111 three Point goal Philadelphia 718 in Kodala 47 Korver 27 Carney 13 Miller Washington 614 Stevenson 36 Butler 11 Daniels 11 Arenas 12 Jamison fouled outdone rebound Philadelphia 48 Dalembert Hunter Washington 49 Jamison assist Philadelphia 29 in Kodala Washington 22 Daniels total foul Philadelphia 21 Washington 16 tech Nica Philadelphia defensive three second a20173 celtics 105 magic 96 20t Orlando Turkoglu 714 35 20 Battle 6171413 Howard 49 41212 Hill 917 22 20 Nelson 416 11 9 Ariza 24 34 7 Milicic 00 00 0 Dooling 23 22 6 Redick 02 33 3 Arroyo 12 44 6 totals 3584 2337 96 Boston Pierce 1126 911 32 Jefferson 917 57 23 Perkins 59 12 11 West 613 44 17 Rondo 312 00 6 Telfair 14 22 4 Gomes 38 22 8 Green 12 00 2 Ray 1100 2 Powe 00 00 0 totals 4092 2328105 Orlando 20 20 23 20 7 Boston 24 26 is 17 7 15105 three Point goal Orlando 311 Turkoglu 36 Battle of Nelson Boston 212 West 13 Pierce 17 Telfair fouled out Powe rebound Orlando 64 Howard Boston 56 Jefferson 19 Nelson Turkoglu Boston 19 Pierce Rondo total foul Orlando 22 Boston 30 technical Orlando assistant coach Ayers Howard Boston defensive three Sec Ond Telfair a16012 knocks 97 Cavaliers 93 Cleveland Gooden 26 00 4 Ljames 620 1014 24 Lugauskas 616 67 18 Hughes 310 22 8 Pavlovic 68 22 20 Varjao 24 24 6 Snow 36 00 6 Marshall 14 00 3 Gibson 04 00 0 Pollard 22 00 4 totals 3180 2229 93 new York Frye 713 22 16 Jeffries 12 12 3 Curry 713 1114 25 Francis 33 00 7 Marbury 615 2216 j James 12 00 2 Morris 01141 Collins 25 00 4 Robinson 41133 12 Balkman 22 22 6 Rose 23 12 5 totals 3570 233197 Cleveland 26 20 23 2493 a work 2427192797 three Point 922 Pavlov in 67 Ljames 25 Marshall 14 Hughes 03 Gibson new York 414 Marbury 26 Francis 11 Robinson 16 Collins fouled outdone rebound Cleveland 43 Good in new York 56 Frye Robinson As Sist Cleveland 21 Ljames new York 21 Marbury total foul Cleveland 21 new York 23 technical Cleveland defensive three second new York defensive three second Frye a19763 nets 118 pacers 94 Indiana Granger 411 33 11 Murphy 413 5613 Foster 04 34 3 Dunleavy 512 45 14 Tinsley 4191310 Swilliams 610 5719 Diogu 02 46 4 Armstrong 35 22 11 Greene 0112 1 Baston 34 118 Harrison 01 00 0 Mcleod 01 00 0 totals 2983 2939 94 new Jersey Jefferson 48 51014 Moore 58 22 12 Collins 00 00 0 Carter 39 6713 Kidd 48 13 12 Boone 1113 04 22 Nachbar 510 78 20 Williams 13 22 4 Robinson 15 00 3 Wright 35 04 7 House 23 33 9 Adams 1100 2 totals 4073 2643 118 Indiana 2122232894 new Jersey 32 28 31 27118 three Point goal Indiana 719 Arm Strong 35 Swilliams 25 Tinsley 12 Bas ton 12 Granger 01 Mcleod 01 Murphy 01 Dunleavy new Jersey 1222 Kidd 34 Nachbar 36 House 22 Wright la Crobin son 12 Jefferson 13 Carter fouled out Nachbar rebound Indiana 50 Murphy new Jersey 64 Boone Assis Sindi Ana 20 Tinsley new Jersey 34 will iams total foul Indiana 30 new Jer sey 30 technical Indiana defensive three second Murphy Moore flagrant Foufos Ter a15104 spurs 92 hornets 88 new Orleans Mason 26 00 4 West 715 2216 Chandler 36 4410 Paul 514 910 20 drown 45 34 11 pargo 59 00 13 m Jackson 02 00 0 Butler 48 0012 Arm Strong 1100 2 totals 31661820 88 san Antonio Bowen 34 00 7 Duncan 1320 46 31 Elson 02 00 0 Parker 38 00 6 Barry 510 00 15 Bonner 02 00 0 Ginobia 21178 12 Vaughn 26 22 6 Finley 512 00 13 Oberto 11 00 2 Urrih 02 00 0 totals 3478131692 new Orleans 1834231388 san Antonio 18 28 20 three Point goals new Orleans 813 Butler 45 pargo 35 Paul 12 drown san Antonio 1128 Barry 58 Finley 38 Duncan 11 Bowen 12 Ginobile 17 Bonner fouled rebounds new or leans 45 Chandler san Antonio 39 Bowen assists new Orleans 15 Paul san Antonio 22 Ginobile fouls new Orleans 18 san Antonio 18 technical san Antonio coach Popovich 2 a18334 Mavericks 105 Bucks 103 Milwaukee Redd 1419 22 34 Ilyasova 56 44 15 Skinner 24 00 4 Bell 49 35 11 Williams 721 34 17 Patterson 69 46 16 Boykins 16 00 2 Noel 04 22 2 Reiner 12 012 totals 4080 1824103 Dallas Howard 618 55 17 Nowitzki 610 33 17 Dampier 25 00 4 Terry 1017 34 27 de Harris 511 33 13 Diop 04 02 0 Stackhouse 713 24 21 croshere 14 00 2 Buckner 25 00 4 totals 3987 1621105 Milwaukee 28 34 22 19103 Dallas 32 22 27 24105 three Point goal Milwaukee 512 Redd 45 Ilyasova 11 Boykins 01 Noel 02 will iams Dallas 1128 Stackhouse 58 Terry 49 Nowitzki 23 de Harris 02 Crosh Ere 02 Howard fouled outdone re bound Milwaukee 48 Skinner Dallas 51 Dampier assist Milwaukee 25 will iams Dallas 24 de Harris Terry total foul Milwaukee 20 Dallas 21 techno Cal Milwaukee defensive three second a20398 sonics 100 nuggets 97 Seattle Ras Lewis 1121 811 33 Wilkins 58 2212 Collison 710 2216 Wilcox 610 0012 Ridnour 26 00 5 Petro 25 02 4 Brown 00 00 0 Watson 37 00 9 Gela Bale 46 00 9 totals 4073 1217 100 Denver Anthony 1222 46 28 Nene 59 7817 Camby 412 12 9 Iverson 413 5814 Blake 38 00 7 Evans 24 12 5 Smith 29 00 6 Kleiza 41133 11 totals 3688 2129 97 Seattle 32 27 22 19100 Denver 35 19 22 2197 three Point goal Seattle 816 Watson 34 Ras Lewis 38 Gela Bale la Ridnour Denver 418 Smith 26 Blake 12 Iverson 13 Anthony 03 Kleiza fouled out none rebound Seattle 52 Collison Denver 46 Nene assist Seattle 27 Watson Denver 22 Iverson total 23 Denver 17 technical lose attle defensive three second 2 a16347 jazz 108 Timber whores 102 Minnesota Hassell 01 00 0 Garnett 916 66 25 Blount 612 00 12 Davis 814 00 18 James 26 00 6 Foye 616 5617 Jaric 2712 7 Smith 610 4416 Mccants 01121 totals 3983 1720 102 Utah Kirilenko 69 1113 Boozer 1121 35 25 Okur 614 910 23 Fisher 38 4411 Wil Liams 59 1114 22 Brown 24 00 4 Millsap 13 00 2 Collins 23 00 4 Miles 01 00 6 Brewer 23 00 4 totals 3875 2834108 my Mesita 20 34 18 30102 Utah 27 23 24 34108 three Point goal Minnesota 718 James 22 Jaric 24 Davis 25 Garnett 11 Blount 02 Foye Utah 410 Okur 24 Wil Liams 12 Fisher 12 Miles 01 Brown fouled out Smith rebound Minnesota 43 Garnett Utah 47 Okur As Sist Minnesota 20 Davis Utah 24 Wil Liams total foul Minnesota 27 Utah 21 technical Minnesota defensive three second 2 a19911 rockets 92 clippers 87 Houston Hayes 55 00 10 Battier 35 00 7 Yao 814 88 24 Alston 413 55 14 Mcgrady 1230 35 27 Mutombo 00 00 0 Howard 06 00 0 head 01 00 0 Snyder 13 00 3 Lucas 33 00 7 totals 3680 1618 92 la cuppers Maggette 315 78 13 Brand 1119 11 24 Kaman 15 22 4 Mobley 410 24 12 Hart 712 22 16 Thomas 613 00 16 Ross 01 22 2 Dewing 01 00 0 a will iams 00 00 0 totals 3276 1619 87 Houston 21 21 28 2292 us coppers 2920122687 three Point goals Houston 416 Lucas 11 Snyder 11 Battier 12 Alston 18 Mcgrady la clippers 717 Thomas 48 Mobley 25 Brand la Maggette 01 Hart fouled outdone rebounds Houston 49 Yao la clippers 44 Brand Maggette Thomas Hart assists hous ton 24 Alston la clippers 25 Maggette total fouls Houston 15 la clippers 18 a18605