European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tea slav april 32007 stars and stripes Page 33 uns boost Confidence scorch Mavericks by Boxbaum the associated press Phoenix if Phoenix plays the dal Las Mavericks a few weeks from now in the Western conference finals Confidence should be no problem for the suns not with the Way they handled the Mav Ericks on sunday with Leandro Barbosa leading a Parade of big scorers with 29 Points the suns beat the Mavericks for the second time in 18 Days 126104 Amare Stoudemire added 24 Points and Steve Nash had 23 Points and 11 assists As the suns snapped Dallas nine game win Ning Streak and finished the season series 22 after a scoreless first Quarter Shawn Marion had 20 Points on 8for10 shooting he also frustrated Dallas Dirk Nowitzki most of the afternoon that about As Good As we can play Phoenix coach Mike Dantoni said the suns shot 65 percent the highest in the Aba this season and a record for any team at us airways Center formerly America West Arena Phoenix shot 86 percent in the fourth Quarter 4for4 on three pointers we were getting Good looks Marion said everybody was rotating making the extra pass when everybody makes the extra pass you get open looks and youre going to Knock Down some shots Stoudemire who scored 41 in the suns Comerro behind 129127 double Over time Victory at Dallas on March 14 made 10 of 13 shots sunday in the last two games against the Mavericks Stoudemire was 26for32 from the Field if s just Tough because my jumper is fall ing now so it makes it harder for the de sense to figure out what in going to do Stoudemire said in either going to shoot the jumper drive around them or pass it out for a three if s pretty much pick your Poison with myself and also for the team even the Hardtop lease Nash seemed satisfied for a change sometimes to a fault weve played to the level of our Competition fortunately ifs Good on nights like tonight he said tonight i give us High Marks for Energy and consistency when we play Well no ones going to defend us Well Josh Howard scored 28 for Dallas 18 in a tight first half that featured 13 ties and nine Lead changes Jerry Stackhouse added 25 and Jason Terry 20 Nowitz scored 21 but was just 6for18 shooting they had a Good strategy a Good game plan Dallas coach Avery Johnson said they executed and we never left the hotel Boris Diaw had 16 Points for Phoenix and a spectacular behind tieback Bounce pass to Stoudemire for a Layup this Doest mean were so much better than Dallas no Dantoni said Dallas has got the Best record and there going to be the no 1 seed but i think ifs going to be very competitive and Well see what Hap pens the game was close until Phoenix took the Lead for Good in the third Quarter then turned it into a runaway in the fourth the 126 Points were the most Dallas has Al Lowed this season in a game that didst go into overtime the Only time the Mavericks allowed More in any game was in that Dou ble overtime loss to Phoenix the Mavericks were without Center Erick Dampier who strained his right shoulder in Friday night s Home Victory Over new York after making their first seven three pointers the Mavericks went 2forll the suns meanwhile made 12 of 21 threes going 6for7 in the second half we need a practice Johnson said we Haven practice in a while because of our schedule a really Good hard practice we need a Good practice to clean up a few things and it showed today the tight High Speed first half ended with Phoenix on top 6056 Dallas never led after that Phoenix outscored the mavs 146 Over the final 2 minutes of the first half then got the first two baskets of the third Quarter to go up 6456 on Stoudemire Layup Dallas came Back to tie it at 69 after Ter Rys 18footer but Phoenix followed with a 102 run with Raja Bell and Barbosa sink ing consecutive threes to put the suns up 7971 with left in the period with Nash out for his usual rest Phoenix boosted the Lead to 8575 on Barbosa driving Layup with left in the third the suns led 8982 entering the fourth Phoenix went up 10289 with a 92 spurt Midway through the fourth Quarter during that run Nowitzki limped off the court after Ross d Phoenix suns Steve Nash right drives past Dallas Mavericks Jerry Stackhouse during the first Quarter sunday in Phoenix missing a three Pointer men Landing with his left foot on marions left foot Nowitzki returned to the game moments later but didst stay Long As Phoenix blew it open Nowitzki said after the game he was Fine i thought he undercut me a Little bit but it Doest matter at mat Point he said there was no foul called so we kept on playing Phoenix outscored the Mavericks 3722 in the fourth Quarter 6648 in the second half Aba scoreboard Eastern conference a Detroit Cleveland a Toronto Washington Chicago Miami new Jersey 47 44 41 39 44 39 34 26 30 32 33 31 34 39 644 595 562 542 587 534 466 3 6 7 4 8 13 13 Indiana new York Philadelphia Charlotte Atlanta Milwaukee 31 29 28 27 25 42 44 46 47 47 425 397 378 365 347 16 18 19 20 21 24 Western conference w l pc go a Dallas Phoenix san Antonio Utah Houston la lakers Denver la 55 52 48 47 39 36 18 21 25 27 34 36 753 712 658 635 534 500 9 13 14 22 24 25 Golden state new Orleans Minnesota Sacramento Seattle Portland 33 31 30 30 29 40 42 42 43 44 452 425 417 411 397 28 30 30 31 32 43 clinched playoff spot clinched division division Leader sundays games Detroit 94 Miami 88 Chicago 105 Atlanta 97 Golden state 122 Memphis 117 Phoenix 126 Dallas 104 Washington 121 Milwaukee 107 Utah 86 Houston 83 Minnesota 105 Orlando 104 of Boston 98 Cleveland 96 Toronto 107 Charlotte 94 Indiana 100 san Antonio 99 Denver 114 Seattle 103 la lakers 126 Sacramento 103 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 sunday two Ives 105 magic 104 of at Orlando a r Minnesota Jaric 511 12 11 Gamett 6211011 22 Blount 39 00 6 Davis 1321 77 36 James 48 2412 Madsen 00 00 0 my cants 00 00 0 Foye 35 of 9 Smith 35 34 9 totals 3780 2328105 Orlando Turkoglu 312 00 6 Battie 11 113 Howard 35 24 8 Hill 1016 34 23 Nel son 414 00 8 Milicic 69 610 18 Redick 23 9 Ariza 814 2218 Dooling 385711 to tals 4187 2131104 Minnesota 31 23 25 19 7105 Orlando 233021246104 three Point 816 Foye 33 Davis 35 James 25 Jaric 01 Garnett Orlando 111 Redick 15 Dooling 01 Turkoglu 02 Nelson fouled outdone 44 Gamett Orlan do 60 Howard assist Minnesota 21 Garnett Orlando 18 Nelson total foul Minnesota 25 Orlando 22 a17451 celtics 98 Cavaliers 96 Cleveland Pavlovic 720 3317 Gooden 614 00 12 Lugauskas 5s 4414 Brown 01 00 0 Hughes 616 1212 24 Snow 35 12 7 Varjao 45 4412 Marshall 02 00 0 Gibson 02 00 0 Pollard 24 00 4 Dejones 37 00 6 totals 3684 2425 96 Boston Gomes 714 34 17 Jefferson 916 67 24 Perkins 58 23 12 Green 918 56 25 Rondo 26 00 4 Powe 12 34 5 Ray 02 00 0 West 410 3311 Telfair 0100 0 totals 3777222798 Cleveland 16 33 20 2796 Boston 28 25 27 1898 three Point goal Cleveland 08 Dejones 01 Marshall 01 Snow 01 Gibson 01 Hughes 02 Pavlovic Boston 26 Green 23 West 01 Ray fouled out none rebound Cleveland 44 Varjao Boston 50 Perkins Rondo assists Cleveland 25 Snow Boston 22 Perkins total foul Cleveland 23 Boston 18 a17204 raptors 107 bobcats 94 Charlotte Wallace 410 46 13 her Mann 913 34 22 Okafor 813 0016 Carroli 19 01 3 Felton 415 12 9 Morrison 47 00 10 Knight 2612 5 Voskuhl 13 00 2 Brezec 33 22 8 Aanderson 13 44 6 Hollins 00 00 0 totals 3782 152194 Toronto Graham 05 22 2 Bosh 916 66 24 Nesterovich 35 22 8 Parker 51122 14 Ford 411 34 11 Dixon 712 12 15 Humphries 49 5513 Peterson 16 of 3 Cal Deron 69 2214 Jackson 0100 0 Slokar 00 121 Martin 00 22 2 totals 3985 2629107 Charlotte 19 26 26 2394 Toronto 27 26 27 27107 three Point Goa Scharlotte 518 Morri son 23 Wallace 13 Herrmann 14 Carroll 15 Felton Toronto 312 Parker 24 Peterson 15 Dixon fouled outdone rebound Scharlotte 48 Herrmann Tor onto 52 Bosh assist Chariotte 21 Knight Toronto 28 Ford total fouls Charlotte 22 Toronto 23 technical Toronto defensive three second a19023 pacers 100 spurs 99 san Antonio Bowen 24 13 6 Duncan 611 59 17 Elson 12 00 27 00 5 Parker 916 46 22 Gino Iii 41147 13 Bon Ner 35 22 9 Finley 411 66 17 Vaughn 35 00 6 Oberto 12 00 2 totals 3574 2233 99 Indiana Granger 613 33 16 Murphy 814 22 20 Foster 02 00 0 Dunleavy 616 88 21 Tinsley 917 13 20 Armstrong 01 00 0 Diogu 713 4418 Williams 12 00 3 Harrison 01222 Baston 00 00 0 totals 3779 2022 100 san Antonio 322222 2399 Indiana 26 27 24 23100 three Point goals san Antonio Fin Ley 37 Bowen 13 Bonner 13 Barry 14 i no Iii 16 Parker Indiana 614 Murphy 22 Tinsley 11 Williams 11 granger13 Dunleavy 16 Armstrong fouled out Antonio 48 Duncan indiana46 Diogu Anto Nio 16 Parker Indiana 21 Tinsley total fouls san Antonio 18 Indiana 21 techno Indiana coach Carlisle Harri son flagrant nuggets 114 sonics 103 Denver Anthony 1120 1011 32 Nene 44 02 8 Camby 35 5611 Iverson 919 815 26 Blake 611 00 13 Kleiza 510 22 16 Najera 00 00 0 Evans 1100 2 Smith 24 00 6 totals 4174 2536114 Seattle Ras Lewis 816 68 27 Wilcox 81145 20 Collison 49 00 8 Wilkins 13 44 6 Ridnour 312 12 8 Petro 13 00 2 Watson 920 46 28 Gela Bale 0100 0 Brown oooo 0 Wilks 23 00 4totals 36781925103 Denver 28 26 30 30114 Seattle 18 33 29 23103 three Point Goat Denver 720 Kleiza 47 Smith 24 Blake 15 Anthony 01 Iver son Seattle 1230 Watson 615 Ras Lewis 59 Ridnour 15 Wilkins fouled out Ridnour rebound Denver 55 Camby Seattle 37 Ras Lewis As Sis Tsenver 23 Iverson Blake Seattle 19 Ridnour total foul Denver 22 Seattle 27 technical Denver defensive three second Seattle defensive three second a16659 lakers 126 Kings 103 Sacramento Abdurrahim 16 12 3 Artest 818 77 26 Miller 67 00 12 Martin 614 88 23 Bibby 315 22 8 Thomas 34 006 Salmons 711 22 16 Garcia 37 12 7 John iams 12 00 2 Douby 0100 0 Price 0100 0 totals 3866 2123103 ajl layers Walton 81112 18 Odom 36 00 7 Brown 44 2310 Bryant 614 6619 Parker 512 0013 Evans 78 56 21 Cook 25 00 5 Vujacic 3512 7 Bynum 77 0114 Tun of 34 22 8 Farmar 25 00 4 totals 5081 1722126 Sacramento us lakers 27 32 28 three Point 619 Art est 36 Martin 37 Garcia 02 Bibby la lakers 922 Parker 39 Evans 23 Odom 11 Bryant 12 Cook 12 Walton 12 Farmar 01 Vujacic fouled outdone rebound Sacramento 41 Miller la lakers 45 Brown assist Sacramento 22 Martin Salmons la lakers 34 Bryant total foul Sacramento 22 la lakers 21 techno Calla lakers defensive three second pistons 94 heat 88 Miami Posey 410 2210 haslem 72114 15 Oneal 913 511 23 Jones 39 00 3 will iams 7945 21 Payton 01 00 0 Walker 12 22 5 mourning 25 26 6 totals 3370 1630 88 Detroit Prince 29 12 5 Wallace 613 0014 Webber 14 34 5 Hamilton 6117719 Billups 714 2317 Mcdyess 5112212 Mur Ray 25 00 4 Delfino 46 4412 Hunter 24 00 6 Davis 00 00 0 Maxiell 01 00 0 totals 3578192294 Miami 24 22 23 1988 Detroit 13 28 24 2994 three Point 615 Williams 33 Jones 26 Walker 12 Posey Detroit 516 Hunter 23 Wallace 25 Billups 13 de Fino 01 Prince 02 Murray fouled out Mcdyess rebound Miami 56 Posey Detroit 41 Mcdyess assist Miami 20 haslem Detroit 19 Murray total 20 Detroit 24 Ami defensive three second Posey Mcdyess a22076 bulls 105 Hawks 97 Chicago Deng 1222 66 30 Brown 38 22 8 Wallace 23 12 5 Gordon 614 12 15 Hinrich 816 55 22 Duhon 59 0011 Thomas 39 25 8 Allen 12 44 6 Sefo Losha 02 00 0 totals 4085 2126105 Atlanta Williams 614 44 16 Smith 922 56 24 Pachulis 47 119 Childress 512 13 12 Ajohnson 14 12 3 Lue 610 22 15 Jones 12 66 8 Swilliams 00 22 2 Stoudamire 47 00 8 totals 3678 2226 97 Chicago 32 20 23 30105 Atlanta 31 25 17 2497 three Point goal Chicago 412 Gordon 25 Duhon 12 Hinrich 14 Sefo Losha at Lanta 38 Lue 11 Childress 12 Smith 14 Ajohnson fouled rebound Chicago 47 Brown Wallace Atlanta 49 Smith assist Chicago 18 Gordon Atlanta 16 Childress total fouls Chi Cago 21 Atlanta 23 a17687 warriors 122 grizzlies 117 Memphis Kinsey 614 811 21 Warrick 816 34 19 gaol 711 911 23 Gay 510 34 15 Jharrington 2212 5 Swift 23 44 8 at Kins 512 5619 Jones 28 33 7 Johnson 00 00 0 totals 3776 3645117 Golden state Richardson 918 66 26 Jackson 8141121 Harrington 713 0217 Ellis 515 610 17 Davis 34 00 7 Barnes 47 00 9 Biedrina 6121213 Pietrus 46 0012 Jacikevicius 00 00 0 totals 46891421122 Memphis 31 25 33 23117 Gowen state 32243036122 three Point goal Memphis 716 Atkins 48 Gay 23 Kinsey 14 Jones Golden state 1636 Pietrus 46 Jackson 48 Harrington 35 Richardson 29 Davis 11 Ellis 13 Barnes fouled rebound 53 gaol Warrick Golden state 45 Biedrina assist Memphis 22 gaol Kinsey Golden state 39 Ellis Jack son total foul Memphis 20 Golden state 26 defensive three second Golden state defensive three second Golden state coach Nelson Davis 2 flagrant foul Barnes ejected Davis a17198 suns 126 Mavericks 104 Dallas Nowitzki 618 99 21 Howard 817 88 28 Diop 00 00 0 Terry 713 34 20 de Harris 28 22 6 Stackhouse 11161125 George 03 00 0 Buckner 22 00 4 croshere 01 00 0 Ager 00 00 0 Barea 01 00 0 to tals 3679 2324104 Phoenix Marion 810 44 20 Bell 37 00 9 Stoudemire 1013 44 24 Barf Rosa 1017 56 29 Nash 71177 23 Diaw 69 2216 Jjones 24 00 5 Thomas 00 00 0 Piatkowski 00 00 0 totals 46712223 126 Dallas 29 27 26 22104 Phoenix 26 34 29 37126 three Point goal Dallas 918 Howard 44 Terry 36 Stackhouse 24 George 01 Nowitzki Phoenix 1221 Barbosa 47 Bell 35 Diaw 22 Nash 23 Jjones 13 Mari on fouled Las 34 Howard Phoenix 36 Stoudemire 17 Nowitzki Phoenix 25 Nash total foul Dallas 24 Phoenix 19 technical Phoenix defensive three Sec Ond a18422 wizards 121 Bucks 107 Washington Butler 712 57 19 Jami son 41112 10 Thomas 36 12 7 Stevenson 48 22 13 Arenas 614 45 19 Daniels 34 33 9 Songalia 68 33 15 Booth 561211 Hayes 611 34 17 Ruffin 00 12 1 Mason 01 00 0 totals 44812432 121 Milwaukee Patterson 7115519 Lylyas ova 411 00 10 Skinner 37 44 10 Bel 718 2218 Williams 1118 00 25 Gad Zuric 34 00 6 Noel 13 22 5 Boykins 47 22 11 Greer 01 00 0 Markota 11 12 3 totals 4181 1617 107 Washington 25 32 31 33121 Milwaukee 35 16 34 22107 three Point goal Washington 916 Stevenson 33 Arenas 37 Hayes 23 Jami son 12 Daniels Milwaukee 922 will iams 35 Ilyasova 23 Bell 29 Noel 12 Boykins 12 Greer fouled rebound Washington 80 Booth Mil Waukee 74 Patterson assist washing ton 32 Arenas Milwaukee 27 Patterson total 19 Milwaukee 27 a17152 jazz 86 rockets 83 Utah Kirilenko 38 22 8 Boozer 413 59 13 Okur 718 58 20 Fisher 27 33 7 Williams 515 2212 Millsap 13 00 2 Jiricek 47 00 9 Harpring 36 33 9 Collins 12 46 6 totals 3079243386 Houston Battier 25 00 6 Hayes 38 00 6 Yao 11241315 35 Mcgrady 923 02 20 Al Ston 210 00 5 Mutombo 00 00 0 Lucas 02 121 Howard 48 2410 Snyder 00 00 0 to tals 31801623 83 Utah 20 16 23 2786 Houston 16 16 23 2283 three Point goals Utah 27 Jiricek 11 Okur 15 Williams Houston 517 Battier 24 Mcgrady 25 Alston 17 Lucas fouled 59 Boozer Millsap Houston 55 Yao As Sis Sutah 23 Williams Houston 18 Al Ston total fouls Utah 23 Houston 24 technical Alston