European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 52 stars and stripes thursday april 5 2007 wizards fall without Butler Roundup the associated press after chasing Washington Al most All season the Miami heat have to prefer the Way things look the standings and the injury report the heat welcomed Back another key player tuesday night then beat the Toronto raptors 9289 to move into first place in the South East division again Jason Kapono the nabs leading three Point shooter played in his first game since spraining his ankle four weeks ago he hit his first three shots including a three Pointer and finished with seven Points we just needed to win to night Kapono said the heat moved a Hal game ahead of the wizards who looked lost in their first game since Caron Butler broke his hand Washington Alowe Ccharlotte to shoot 57 percent in a 122102 loss the Allstar averaging a Ca ree High 191 Points and 74 re Bounds was Hurt in sundays Vic tory Over Milwaukee barring a deep run in the playoffs Butler is done for the season the Way the wizards looked against the bobcats that appears unlikely we miss Caron a lot Hes a Guy that can guard Guys like Ger Ald Wallace wizards guard de Shawn Stevenson said Hes an Allstar but some of the Guys on this team will have to step up and become that Nasty Guy Wallace had 34 Points and 14 re Bounds for Charlotte which was never threatened in the second half Walter Herrmann added 21 Points Emeka Okafor had 17 Points and 13 rebounds and Ray mond Felton had 17 Points and 14 assists for the bobcats they seemed like they were the team fighting for playoff Posi Tion and we were the team that was going Home in the next nine or 10 Days wizards Forward Antawn Jamison said the wizards got 33 Points from Gilbert Arenas but lost for the fifth time in seven games Miami has fought through a variety of injuries that six weeks ago looked As if they could threaten the defending champions play off Hopes but with dwyane Wade returning to practice monday and Kapono Back on the court tues Day the heat May be at full strength by the time the playoffs Start Shaquille Oneal had 16 Points and 12 rebounds Adonis haslem added 16 Points and Eddie Jones and Jason Williams each scored 14 Points for Miami which clinched the season series with Toronto we simply had to gut it out and we did heat coach Pat Riley said if s a huge win for us Cavaliers 101 Timber wolves 88 at Minneapolis Lebron James returned after missing a game with a score knee and had 31 Points 12 rebounds and six assists Kevin Garnett had 22 Points and 12 rebounds and was the Only starter in double figures for the Dallas Phoenix san Antonio Utah Houston la lakers Denver la 62 56 53 48 47 39 37 12 18 21 25 27 35 36 838 757 716 658 635 527 507 6 9 13vi 15 23 24v4 25te Golden state new Orleans Minnesota Sacramento Seattle Portland 34 31 30 30 29 40 43 43 44 44 459 419 411 405 397 28 31 31 32 32 44 Chuck Charlottes Gerald Wallace 3 steals the Ball from the Washington wizards Calvin Booth during the bobcats 122102 Victory tuesday Timber wolves who were Over whelmed by the tag team of James and Drew Gooden who had 20 Points and 13 rebounds nuggets 111 lakers 105 at los Angeles carmelo Anthony scored 31 Points Marcus Camby had 21 Points 20 rebounds and six blocked shots and Denver moved within games of the sixth place lakers in the Western conference the lakers 3935 lost for the third time in four games despite getting 39 Points from Kobe Bry ant enabling him to become the youngest player to reach 19000 career Points and Lamar odoms triple double the nuggets played without coach George Karl whose son underwent surgery for the removal of cancerous Lymph nodes Mon Day Mavericks 97 Kings 93 Josh Howard scored 29 Points and Jason Terry added 27 for visiting Dallas which played without Dirk Nowitzki food Ron attest had 25 Points and 10 rebounds for the Kings who have lost four straight and 11 of 13 Kevin Martin had 17 Points and nine rebounds Mike Bibby had 16 Points and Shareef Abdurrahim added 12 suns 116 grizzlies 111 Amare Stoudemire scored 27 Points including 11 in the fourth Quarter and visiting Phoenix won its third straight Leandro Barbosa scored 24 Points while Shawn Marion added 17 Points and 12 rebounds Steve Nash had 15 Points and 17 assists Pau gaol led Memphis with 23 Points and 11 rebounds while Hakim Wanick finished with 22 Points and 16 boards Reserve Chucky Atkins scored 19 Points pistons 100 pacers 85 at Indianapolis Tayshaun Prince scored 24 Points and Detroit guaranteed the pacers their first los ing season in a decade Indiana Jermaine Oneal had 20 Points and seven rebounds after sitting out sundays game against san Antonio with a sore left knee the pacers 3242 last had a losing season in 199697 when they went 3943 that also was the last time they missed the playoffs spurs 110 supersonics 91 Bruce Bowen made six three pointers and scored 18 Points and the Host spurs swept the fou game season series Chris Wilcox led Seattle with 20 Points followed by Rashard Lewis with 19 and Johan Petro with 14 hornets 119 Bucks 101 at Milwaukee David West scored 24 Points Desmond Mason added 21 and new Orleans handed the Bucks their seventh straight loss Tyson Chandler added 18 Points and 20 rebounds for the hornets who moved with in games of the Idle los Ange Les clippers for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western conference the hornets Haven made the playoffs since the 200304 season Aba scoreboard Eastern conference a Detroit Ceveland a Toronto Miami Chicago Washington new Jersey Orlando w l pet go 48 26 649 45 30 600 3 41 33 554 7 40 34 541 8 44 31 587 4vi 39 34 534 8 34 39 466 13 34 40 459 14 Indiana new York Philadelphia Charlotte Atlanta Milwaukee Boston 32 42 432 31 42 425 29 44 397 29 46 387 27 47 365 25 48 342 23 50 315 15 16 18v4 19a 21 22 Western conference clinched division division Leader tuesdays games Detroit 100 Indiana 85 Charlotte 122 Washington 102 Miami 92 Toronto 89 Phoenix 116 Memphis 111 san Antonio 110 Seattle 91 new Orleans 119 Milwaukee 101 Cleveland 101 Minnesota 88 Dallas 97 Sacramento 93 Denver 111 la lakers 105 wednesdays games Toronto at Orlando Charlotte at Washington Chicago at Detroit Atlanta at new Jersey Philadelphia at new York Boston at Milwaukee Seattle is new Orleans at Oklahoma City Golden state at Houston Utah at Portland Sacramento at Denver la lakers at la clippers thursdays games Miami at Cleveland Phoenix at san Antonio tuesday pistons 100 pacers 85 Detroit Prince 916 510 24 Wallace 56 00 10 Webber 49 22 10 Hamilton 810 23 19 Billups 48 3411 Mcdyess 210 45 8 Mur Ray 03 66 6 Maxiell 26 00 4 Delfino 0412 1 Hunter 26 00 5 Davis 00 00 0 Moham med 14 00 2 totals 3782 2332 100 Indiana Granger 68 23 14 Oneal 1016 00 20 Murphy 31112 8 Dunleavy 411 78 15 Tinsley 00 00 0 Williams 34 00 6 Diogu 23 13 5 Armstrong 37 00 6 Harrison 23 00 4 Baston 00 12 1 Mcleod 24 00 4 Greene 12 012 totals 3669 1219 85 Detroit 21 22 35 22100 Indiana 26 20 18 2185 three Point 313 Hamilton 12 Hunter 13 Prince 14 Billups 01 Mur Ray 01 Delfino Indiana 16 Murphy 13 Mcleod 01 Armstrong fouled out none rebound Detroit 52 Webber Indiana 42 Granger assist Detroit 18 Billups Hunter Indiana 23 Tinsley total foul Detroit 17 Indiana 20 techno defensive three second Indi Ana defensive three second 3 a13112 bobcats 122 wizards 102 Washington Hayes 16 00 2 Jamison 316 00 6 Thomas 711 36 17 Stevenson 611 33 17 Arenas 1126 711 33 Haywood 00121 Mason 03 00 0 Songaila 89 0016 Daniels 25 22 6 Hall 12 00 2 Booth 12 00 2 totals 4091162410z Charlotte Wallace 1624 25 34 her Mann 8111121 Okafor 610 55 17 Carroll 512 00 11 Felton 713 22 17 Morrison 38 12 7 Knight 05 22 2 Voskuhl 661413 to tals 51891421122 Washington 27 18 33 24102 Charlotte 34 29 34 25122 three Point goal Washington 619 Are Nas 411 Stevenson 23 Jamison 01 Hayes 02 Mason Charlotte 613 Herrmann 45 Felton 12 Carroll 13 Morrison fouled out Okafor rebound washing ton 54 Thomas Charlotte 50 Wallace assists Washngton 17 Arenas Charlotte 36 Felton total fouls Wash in ton 16 Charlotte 19 technical washing ton defensive three second a14345 heat 92 raptors 89 Toronto Parker 412 00 9 Bosh 717 1011 24 Nesterovich 510 12 11 Dixon 412 22 11 Ford 213 00 4 Humphries 23 11 5 Peterson 25 12 6 Calderon 26 01 5 Gra Ham 13 22 4 Slokar 00 00 0 Jackson 46 0010 totals 3387 172189 Miami Posey 19 44 6 haslem 812 00 16 Oneal 812 06 16 Jones 510 22 14 will iams 6110014 mourning 36 34 9 Kapono 35 00 7 Payton 22 00 4 Walker 2812 a to Tais 38751018 92 Toronto 25 18 24 Miami 30 26 17 1992 three Point goal Toronto 620 Jackson 22 Peterson 13 Calderon 14 Parker 14 Dixon 15 Ford Miami 619 Williams 25 Jones 26 Kapono 12 Walker 14 Posey fouled outdone rebound Toronto 46 Bosh Miami 57 Posey Toronto 19 Ford Miami 19 Posey total foul Toronto 13 Miami techno Cal Miami defensive three second a19600 suns 116 grizzlies 111 Phoenix Bell 310 22 9 Marion 717 36 17 Stoudemire 1219 37 27 Barbosa 814 33 24 Nash 44 4415 Diaw 39 00 6 Jjones 58 00 14 Thomas 25 00 4 totals 4486 1522 Memphis Kinsey 39 2210 Warrick 915 45 22 gaol 820 77 23 Gay 49 67 14 Harrington 27 00 4 Atkins 713 23 19 Johnson 12 24 4 d Jones 33 24 8 Swift 23 34 7 to tals 39812836 111 Phoenix 31 40 18 27116 Memphis 36 23 29 23111 three Point goal Phoenix 1326 bar Bosa 57 Jjones 46 Nash 33 Bell 16 Diaw 01 Thomas 01 Marion Memphis 514 Atkins 37 Kinsey 25 Warrick 01 Gay fouled outdone rebound Phoenix 46 Marion Memphis 53 Warrick As sistsphoenix31 Nash Memphis 18 at Kins total foul Phoenix 25 Memphis 23 a14863 spurs 110 supersonics 91 Seattle Ras Lewis 813 22 19 Wilcox 710 66 20 Collison 26 23 6 Wilkes 24 00 4 Ridnour 17 00 2 Watson 26 33 8 Petro 716 0014 Gela Bale 24 014 Wilks 23 23 6 Sene 46 00 totals 37751518 91 san Antonio Bowen 69 00 18 Duncan 69 22 14 Elson 33 00 6 Finley 47 22 13 Parker 58 66 16 Ginobile 36 22 8 Oberto 443411 Vaughn 1112 3 bonner310 22 8 Urrih 16 00 2 White 13 46 6 Butler 2411 5 totals 3970 2327 110 Seattle 22 26 17 2691 san Antonio 33 27 31 19110 three Point goal Seattle 28 Ras Lewis 13 Watson 13 Gela Bale san Antonio 921 Bowen 69 Finley 35 Bonner 01 White 01 Urrih 02 Ginobile fouled out 27 Collison rid Nour san Antonio 49 Oberto As Sist Seattle 18 Watson Wilks san Anto Nio 26 Duncan total foul Seattle 21 san Antonio 20 technical Wilcox a18583 hornets 119 Bucks 101 new Orleans Mason 710 78 21 West 811 88 24 Chandler 812 24 18 Brown 47 23 11 Paul 310 11 8 Jackson 48 33 13 Butler 391210 pargo 47 2212 Armstrong 00 00 0 Simmons 13 00 2 totals 4277 2631119 Milwaukee Redd 917 58 27 Ilyasova 48 00 9 Skinner 34 00 6 Bell 05 00 0 will iams 29 00 4 Greer 812 00 19 Patterson 47 2210 Gad Zuric 2312 5 Boykins 3811 8 Noel 46 00 8 Markota 25115 Reiner 01 000 totals 41851014101 new Orleans 37 30 20 32119 Milwaukee 31 25 25 20101 three Point Orleans 920 but Ler 36 pargo 22 Jackson 23 Brown 13 Paul Milwaukee 926 Redd 49 Greer 35 Ilyasova 13 Boykins 14 Bell 01 Markota 01 Noel 01 Williams fouled out Orleans 56 Chan Dler Milwaukee 32 Redd Skinner As Sis Snew Orleans 29 Paul Milwaukee 24 Bell Williams Greer total fouls new Orleans 12 Milwaukee 22 Orleans defensive three second Milwaukee defensive three second a16013 Cavaliers 101 wolves 88 Cleveland games 1324 55 31 Good in 811 45 20 Lugauskas 47 00 8 Pavlovic 513 12 13 Hughes 310 56 11 Snow 0100 0 Varjao 13 58 7 Marshall 04 00 0 Gib son 58 00 11 Pollard 01 00 0 Brown 01 00 0 totals 3983 2026 101 Minnesota Jaric 13 22 5 Garnett 713 89 22 Blount 26 00 4 Davis 311 12 9 Mjames 04 00 0 Foye 612 55 18 Madsen 00 22 2 Mccants 4634 14 Hassell 13 00 2 Smith 613 00 12 Reed 00 00 0 totals 3071212488 Cleveland 33 22 25 21101 Minnesota 21 26 13 2883 three Point goal Cleveland 312 Pavlov in 24 Gibson 13 Hughes 01 Ljames 02 marshal Minnesota 719 Mccants 34 Davis 25 Jaric 12 Foye 16 Mjames fouled outdone rebound Cleveland 53 Gooden Minnesota 41 Garnett As 24 Hughes Minnesota 23 Foye total foul Cleveland 18 Minne Sota 24 technical Pavlovic Garnett a16118 Mavericks 97 Kings 93 Dallas George 46 00 9 Howard 1021 99 29 Dampier 13 14 3 Terry 1020 44 27 de Harris 04 22 2 Diop 00 00 0 stack House 920 44 23 Buckner 24 00 4 Crosh Ere 00 00 0 totals 3678 2023 97 Sacramento Artest s20 57 25 Abdurrahim 48 4412 Miller 38 of 6 mar tin 39 1115 17 Bibby 511 44 16 Salmons 39 00 7 Garcia 14 00 2 Thomas 14 48 6 Price 14 012 totals 3077 2840 93 Dallas 23 26 20 2897 Sacramento 24 24 22 three Point goal Dallas 520 Terry 39 George 13 Stackhouse 14 Buckner of Howard Sacramento 517 Artest 24 Bibby 25 Salmons 14 Garcia 01 Price 01 Martin fouled out George rebound 50 Howard George Sacramento 54 Artest assist Dallas 18 stack House Terry Sacramento 19 Miller total foul Dallas 28 Sacramento 20 tech Nical Dallas defensive three second 2 dal Las coach Johnson Sacramento defensive three second a17317 nuggets 111 lakers 105 Denver Anthony 8181518 31 Nene 49 6814 Camby 814 56 21 Iverson 1024 04 20 Blake 14 of 2 Feiza 45 0011 r Evans 1100 2 Smith 00 10 totals 4083 2636 la lakers Walton 610 12 14 adorn 613 44 17 Brown 35 00 6 Bryant 1431 111139 Parker 16 22 4 Cook 03121 will iams 1200 2 Bynum 25 02 4 Vuick la 00 2 Means 36 00 7 Turiaf 35 33 9 far mar 03 00 0 totals 4090 2226105 Denver 30 33 23 Ull Akers 28 30 23 1s105 goal Denver 510 Kleiza 33 Smith 26 Iverson la lakers 317 Odom 12 a ton 12 Means 12 Farmar 01 Williams 01 Cook 02 Parker 02 Bryant 05 fouled out Odom rebound Denver 54 Camby la lakers 53 Odom As jvef501110 la lakers 30 Odom total foul Denver 22 la Lak ers 24technicalodoni flagrant fouls Smith tuna a18997