European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 2 2007 stars and stripes Page 35 Aba scoreboard Eastern conference a Detroit Cleveland Toronto Miami Chicago Washington new Jersey Orlando w l pet go 46 26 639 44 29 503 2 40 32 556 6 39 33 542 7 43 31 581 4 38 33 535 7 34 39 466 12 34 39 466 12 Indiana new York Philadelphia Charlotte Atlanta Milwaukee Boston 31 41 431 31 42 425 29 44 397 28 45 384 27 46 370 25 46 352 22 50 305 Western conference is 15vi 17 18v4 19vj 20 24 a Dallas Phoenix san Antonio Utah Houston la lakers la clippers 61 54 52 47 47 38 36 11 18 20 25 26 34 37 847 750 722 653 644 528 493 7 9 14 14 23 25 2514 Golden state new Orleans Sacramento Minnesota Seattle Portland 33 30 30 30 29 40 41 42 42 44 452 423 417 417 397 28 30 31 31 32 43 clinched playoff spot clinched division division Leader saturdays games Cleveland 112 Chicago 108 of new Jersey 86 Philadelphia 82 new Orleans 103 new York 94 of la clippers 99 Portland 86 sundays games Miami at Detroit Chicago at Atlanta Dallas at Phoenix Washington at Milwaukee Memphis at Golden state Utah at Houston Minnesota at Orlando Cleveland at Boston Charlotte at Toronto san Antonio at Indiana Denver at Seattle Sacramento at la lakers mondays games no games scheduled tuesdays games Detroit at Indiana Washington at Charlotte Toronto at Miami Phoenix at Memphis Seattle at san Antonio new Orleans at Milwaukee Cleveland at Minnesota Dallas at Sacramento Denver at la lakers saturday Cavaliers 112 bulls 108 of Cleveland James 14251113 39 Good in 03 12 1 Lugauskas 710 00 14 Pavlovic 72145 21 Hughes 616 810 21 Varjao 22 12 5 Snow 00 00 0 Gibson 11 00 2 mar shall 36 00 9 Brown 00 00 0 Dejones 00 00 0 totals 4084 2532 112 Chicago Deng 514 25 12 Brown 12 00 2 Wallace 00 24 2 Gordon 1429 55 37 Hinrich 918 13 22 Thomas 911 910 27 Duhon 24 00 4 Allen 11 00 2 a Hrypa 01 00 0 totals 4180 1927108 Cleveland 26 33 24 17 12112 Chicago 30232027 8108 three Point goal Cleveland 719 mar shall 34 Pavlovic 39 Hughes 13 James Chicago 714 Gordon 48 Hinrich 35 Duhon fouled out Pavlovic Hinrich 56 Gooden Chica go 42 Wallace assist Cleveland 26 James Chicago 25 Hinrich total foul Cleveland 29 Chicago 25 techno defensive three second Hinrich a22960 nets 86 76ers 82 Philadelphia Carney 581211 Hunter 13 02 2 Dalembert 59 22 12 in Odaia 512 34 13 Miller 514 46 14 Korver 414 00 9 Smith 712 02 14 Green 15 14 3 will iams 22 00 4 Jones 00 00 0 totals 3579 112282 new Jersey Jefferson 410 6614 Moore 4613 9 Collins 0100 0 Carter 816 24 19 Kidd 413 3312 Nachbar 13 22 4 Boone 13 33 5 Wiliams 04 00 0 Robinson 56 00 11 Wright 48 33 12 Adams 00 00 0 Rob Inson 00 00 0 totals 3170 2024 86 Philadelphia 21 18 18 2582 new Jersey 1717272586 three Point goal Philadelphia 16 Korver 13 Carney 0i a Godala new Jersey 411 Carter i Robinson 11 Wright 11 Kidd 16 Jefferson 01 Williams fouled outdone rebound Philadelphia 55 Dalembert new Jersey 43 Carter Wiiliams assistsphiladelphia24 Miller new Jersey 23 Kidd total foul Philadelphia 25 new Jersey a18702 hornets 103 kicks 94 of new York Jeffries 22 00 4 Frye 310 00 6 Curry 1319 812 34 Marbury 23 16 Robinson 514 00 14 Balkman 36 00 6 Rose 03 00 0 Collins 510 35 14 Morris 01 00 0 totals 37851320 94 new Orleans Mason 716 57 19 West 715 55 20 Chandler 46 58 13 Paul 412 67 16 Brown 24 00 5 Jackson 48 33 12 Jackson 01 of 0 pargo 49 00 12 Butler 14 02 2 Armstrong 23 03 4 totals 3578 2435 103 new York 23 14 26 29 294 new Orleans 19 32 21 20 11103 three Point goals new York 723 Robin son 410 Marbury 211 Collins new or leans 920 pargo 46 Paul 24 West 12 Brown 13 Jackson 14 Butler fouled outdone rebounds new York Curry new Orleans 50 Chandler As Sis Snew York 18 Collins new Orleans 19 Paul total fouls new York 26 new Orleans 17 York defensive three second a18521 clippers 99 Trail blazers 86 la cuppers Ross 711 34 17 Brand 71278 21 Kaman 47 12 9 Mobley 816 57 25 Hart 57 4414 Thomas 571113 Cassell 00 00 0 Ewing 0100 0 Davis 00 00 0 sin Gleton 00 00 0 Korolev 01 00 0 totals 3662212699 Portland Webster 48 00 10 Aldridge 14 00 2 Magloire 513 3513 Roy 914 55 23 Jack 03 00 0 Rodriguez 13 00 2 outlaw 210 910 13 Jones 03 00 0 Lafrentz 59 44 15 dickaul133 6 Schescher 12 00 2 to tals 2970 2427 86 la clippers 3827181699 Portland 18 21 27 2086 three Point clippers 612 mob Ley Thomas 24 Korolev 01 Ross Portland 412 Webster 24 Dickau 11 Lafrentz 14 outlaw 01 Rodriguez 01 Roy fouled clip pers 39 Kaman Portland 36 Magloire assists la clippers 25 Kaman port land 16 Rodriguez total fouls la clip pers 21 Portland 22 defensive three second a18864 Aba Calendar april 18 regular season ends april 19 rosters set for playoffs 3 pm not april 21 playoffs begin april 29 Early entry eligibility deadline pm not May 22draft 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 cars grab key win in of Cleveland stays on track for to four playoff berth in East the associated press Chicago with so much on the line and the game slipping away Lebron James want going to take a Back seat James scored 39 Points including seven in overtime and Larry Hughes added 21 Points to Lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to 112108 Victory Over the Chicago bulls on saturday trailing 108104 with a minute left in overtime James drove to Ward the Basket he banked in the jumper was fouled and converted the three Point play to make it 108107 with 423 seconds left then Ben Gordon drove to the Lane and missed with a wild shot James got the rebound and put Cleveland ahead for Good with a jumper in the Lane that made it 109108 with 207 seconds left we were Down four and i just wanted to be aggressive James said i didst want to Settle i got a switch with Kirk Hinrich on the first one and got an Andone and we came up with a Good defensive Stop and i was Able to get into the Lane and shoot a Floater off the backboard to put us up one with 20 seconds to go Cleveland leads Chicago by Ivy games for second place in the Eastern conference the three division winners Are guaranteed spots in the top four playoff seeds meaning the bulls would be seeded fifth despite holding the third est record in the Confer ence this was a playoff Type game i said it before the game we knew it they knew it we showed our mental toughness and got the Job done James said we want Home court advantage see if we can try to get it throughout the playoffs if not for the first and second round were in that Posi Tion right now we just got to continue to do the thing Steve been doing lately and win basketball games after James Short jumper the bulls didst get a shot off on the ensuing Possession when Gordon was trapped and threw the Ball away they were doing it the whole game Gordon said i tried to string them out As Well As i could i tried to pass it to one of my team mates but i came up Short Gordon finished with 37 Points and tyrus Thomas had a Ca ree High 27 Points with eight re Bounds nets 8676ers 82 at East Rutherford no Vince Carter scored 13 of his 19 Points in the third Quarter and new Jersey posted one of its Best defensive games of the season Richard Jefferson added 14 Points and Jason Kidd had 12 and eight assists As the nets pushed Philadelphia five games behind in the race for the final playoff spot in the Eastern conference Andre Miller and Joe Smith had 14 Points apiece for the 76ers who were a woeful llfor22 from the free throw line hornets 103 kicks 94 at Oklahoma City David West scored 20 Points and Host new or leans held new York to one Field goal in overtime Chris Paul scored seven of his 16 Points in the extra period when the kicks went lfor8 from the Field Eddy Curry and Stephen mar Bury led new York Back from an 11point deficit in the final 4 min utes of regulation and Nate Rob Inson hit a three Pointer from the left Wing with 10 seconds remain ing to Force overtime Nam y Cleveland Lebron James scored 39 Points including seven in overtime As the Cavaliers Defeated the Chicago bulls 112108 on saturday in Chicago Curry scored 34 Points for his highest output since dec 9 and Marbury had 16 Points clippers 99 Trail blazers 86 Cuttino Mobley had 25 Points Elton Brand added 21 and visit ing los Angeles cruised past port land Quintan Ross added 17 Points for the clippers who ran out to a huge Lead and held on despite playing without Corey Maggette Brandon Roy had 23 Points to Lead the blazers who were miss ing two starters and also lost Lamarcus Aldridge Early in the a game raef Lafrentz had a sea so High 15 Points and Jamaal Magloire and Travis outlaw each had 13 for Portland the clippers shot 58 percent they Are tied with Denver for seventh place in the Western Confer ence Maggette the clippers Sec on leading scorer at 161 Points per game sat out with a Chest contusion he suffered in a 105101 Victory Over Sacramento on Fri Day night Ochoa falters Pak in position for career grand slam Seri Pak tosses her bal after sinking a Birdie putt on the 18th Green saturday in the third round of the Kraft Nabisco Champion ship in Rancho Mirage Calif the associated press Rancho Mirage Calif Seri Pak kept her mistakes to a minimum finished with a 35foot Birdie putt and now stands one round away from becoming the seventh woman to Complete the career grand slam Lorena Ochoa made a whopper of a mistake that might Cost her a Chance to win her first major and move to no 1 in the world the 25yearold mexican Star whiffed a Flop shot on her Way to a quadruple bogey on the par3 17th Hole saturday leaving Pak and Suzann Pettersen atop the Leader Board in the Kraft Nabisco championship in a major no one seems to want to win Pak overcame Short game gaffes Over the closing holes with a Birdie putt from the Back of the Green that dropped on its final Golf Roundup turn leaving her with a 2under 70 and a Chance to capture the last leg of the grand slam Pettersen chipped to 18 inches for Tapin Birdie on the 18th for a 71 that allowed her to join Pak at 4under212 when a wild Day in the desert finally came to a close the Kraft Nabisco was up for grabs Paula Creamer had a wedge into the par518th and walked off with a three putt bogey for a 73 that put her one shot behind along with Meaghan Francella but the Buzz came from Ochoa for All the wrong reasons she was 3 under and one shot behind on the 17th when her 6iron clipped a tree and her pitch to a Back left pin went Long into grass so deep she could barely see the Ball trying to hit a Flop shot the club Slid under the Ball without moving it her fourth shot ran Down the Ridge some 45 feet away three putts later she had a 7 on her card and was no longer in the top 10 Ochoa wound up with a 77 and was five shots behind pea tour at Humble Texas Bubba Watson finished an 8under 64 on sunday morning to take a three shot Lead into the final round of the rain delayed Houston open Watson was one of 27 players who returned to the tournament course at Redstone at Sunrise to Complete the suspended third round thunderstorms delayed tee times for six hours saturday Watsons 64 tied the course record set by Johnson Wagner on saturday Wagner a 27yearold tour Rookie was part of a five Way tie at 11 under along with defending Champion Stuart Appleby hous ton resident Jeff Maggert Adam Scott and Paul Stankowski champions tour at Palm coast Fla Keith Fergus moved into position for his first champions tour Victory saturday shoot ing a 5under 67 his second straight bogey free round to take a on stroke Lead in the Ginn championship pea Europe at Cascais Portu Gal Pablo Marti Benavides be came the first Amateur to win the Estoril open after shooting a 3under 68 on sunday the 20yearold spaniard had three birdies on the Quinta a Marinha Octavos Golf club course to finish at 7under 277 one stroke ahead of Raphael Jac Quelin