European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 8 2007 stars and stripes Page 39 Aba scoreboard Eastern conference a Detroit Chicago Dyt Oronto Miami Cleveand Washington new Jersey 48 46 43 42 46 39 35 27 31 33 34 31 36 40 540 597 566 553 520 467 3 514 3 9 13 14 Indiana new York Philadelphia Charlotte Atlanta Milwaukee 31 30 30 28 26 44 45 47 48 49 413 400 390 368 347 17 18 19 20 22 25 Western conference san la la Golden new clinched playoff spot clinched division division Leader fridays games Toronto 94 Philadelphia 85 Indiana 112 Charlotte 102 Miami 88 Boston 85 Atlanta 115 Milwaukee 102 Minnesota 99 new York 94 Phoenix 103 new Orleans 95 Golden state 116 Memphis 104 Cleveland 99 Washington 94 Chicago 105 new Jersey 74 Portland 85 Houston 78 Sacramento 107 Utah 103 Denver 75 Dallas 71 la lakers 112 Seattle 109 saturdays games Memphis at Orlando Boston at Indiana Washington at new Jersey Golden state at san Antonio 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Ign Odaffa la Williams 12 Carney fouled outdone 42 Bosh Philadelphia 53 Hunter As 23 Calderon Ford Phila Delphia 25 Miller total foul Toronto 18 Philadelphia 20 technical Philadel phia defensive three second pacers 112 bobcats 102 Indiana Granger 1114 77 32 Oneal 418 66 14 Murphy 46 56 13 Dunleavy 37 5611 Mcleod 47 0011 Swilliams 56 00 11 Armstrong 713 22 16 Greene 22 00 4 Diogu 00 000 totals 4073 2527112 Charlotte Wallace 1018 814 29 her Mann 614 2215 Okafor 710 1215 Carroll 210116 Felton 613 0013 Morrison 39 00 9 Voskuhl 26 33 7 Knight 39 00 6 Brezec 13 00 2 totals 4092 1522102 Indiana 25 26 30 31112 Charlotte 23 32 22 25102 three Point goal Indiana 711 Granger 33 Mcleod 33 Swilliams 11 Armstrong Charlotte 715 Morrison 33 Fenton 12 Carroll 13 Wallace 13 Herrmann fouled outdone rebound Indiana 47 Dunleavy Charlotte 47 Okafor Wallace assists Indiana 22 Armstrong Char Lotte 21 Fenton total foul Indiana 17 Charlotte 22 technical Oneal Okafor Wallace heat 88 celtics 85 Miami Posey 581113 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2434115 Milwaukee 39 23 24 16102 Atlanta 29 31 29 25115 three Point goal Milwaukee 920 Bell 57 Boykins 47 Noel 01 Ilyasova 02 Greer Atlanta 920 Stoudamire 711 Lue 14 a Johnson l4t Smith fouled outdone rebound Milwaukee 45 Patterson at Lanta 66 Smith assist Milwaukee 20 Boykins Atlanta 29 Lue total 24 Atlanta 25 techno defensive three second Atlanta defensive three second Smith a15020 Timber wives 99 kicks 94 Minnesota Jaric 510 00 10 Garnett 510 23 12 Blount 46 119 Davis 716 22 17 Mjames 37 00 7 Madsen 00 00 0 my cants 39 02 6 Foye 69 23 19 Smith 44 78 15 Hassell 16 22 4 Reed 01 00 0 totals 3878162199 new York Frye 413 33 11 Jeffries 13 00 2 Curry 610 812 20 Collins 719 24 16 Marbury 27 22 6 Robinson 713 22 21 Lee 34 00 6 Balkman 48 23 10 Rose 02 22 2 j James 00 00 0 totals 3479 2128 94 Minnesota 28 31 15 2599 new York 1724292494 three Point 714 Foye 56 Davis 12 Mjames 12 Mccants new York 512 Robinson 57 Collins 02 mar Bury fouled rebound Minnesota 43 Garnett new York 54 Lee Balkman 26 Foye new York 18 Collins total 19 new York 21 techno defensive three second new York defensive three second 2 a19763 suns 103 hornets 95 Phoenix Marion 912 22 20 Diaw 16 00 2 Stoudemire 57 12 11 Nash 610 23 15 Bell 619 00 12 Barbosa 918 22 26 Thomas 35 00 6 Jjones 48 2211 totals 4385 911 103 new Orleans Butler 58 00 12 West 614 5517 m Jackson 813 0016 pargo 512 la 13 Brown 513 2213 Jackson 410 22 11 Armstrong 35 23 8 Vinicius 12 003 Bass 13 00 z totals 3880 1213 95 Phoenix 37 23 17 26103 new Orleans 23 25 19 2895 three Point goal Phoenix 830 Barbosa 69 Jjones 14 Nash 15 Diaw 01 Marion 01 Bell new Orleans 717 Butler 22 pargo 25 Vinicius 11 Jackson 13 Brown 14 Bass 01 West fouled outdone 52 Marion new or leans 35 Butler Brown 27 Nash 12 new Orleans 22 Brown total foul Phoenix 20 new Orleans 19 a19164 warriors 116 grizzlies 104 Golden state Richardson 616 22 19 Jackson 49 45 12 Harrington 39 24 9 Ellis 714 66 20 Davis 1119 57 31 Biedrina 36 00 6 Pietrus 45 00 9 Barnes 46 1110 totals 4284 2025116 Memphis Kinsey 718 1415 28 Warrick 35 56 11 gaol 810 58 21 Gay 615 00 15 Jharrington 48 2210 Swift 12 00 2 Atkins 49 6615 Jones la 00 2 Johnson 00 00 0 totals 3468 3237104 Golden state 33 28 19 36116 Memphis 28 32 22 22104 three Point goal Golden state 1236 Richardson 513 Davis 49 Pietrus 12 Barnes 13 Harrington 14 Ellis 01 Jackson Memphis 412 Gay 36 Atkins 13 Kinsey fouled out Jackson rebound Gold in state 42 Davis Ellis Memphis 44 gaol assist Golden state 29 Davis Memphis 14 Kinsey total foul Gold in state 28 Memphis 25 technical Gold in state coach Nelson Atkins 2 ejected at Kins a14087 Cavaliers 99 wizards 94 Cleveland James 7231114 25 Gooden 613 00 12 i Lugauskas 813 22 18 Hughes 4117915 Pavlovic 13 44 6 Varjao 36 24 8 Snow 1122 4 Marshall 13 00 2 Newble 3412 9 Pollard 00 00 0 totals 3477 2937 99 Washington Hayes 48 0010 Jamison 1120 48 27 Thomas 57 02 10 Stevenson 6143417 Daniels 610 5818 Mason 02 Oro 0 Ruffin of 00 0 Haywood 13 00 2 Songhai a 59 00 10 totals 38741222 94 Cleveland 2124233199 Washington 23 30 18 2394 three Point goal Cleveland 29 Newble 22 Hughes 01 Pavlovic 01 Marshall 02 James Washington 618 Hayes 24 Stevenson 27 Daniels 13 Jamison 13 Mason fouled out Thomas rebound a Cleveland 42 i Lugauskas Washington 55 Thomas assists Cleveland 20 James Washington 22 Daniels total 20 Washington 25 techno Ca Songaila a20173 bulls 105 nets 74 new Jersey Jefferson 39 4611 Wright 49 00 9 Moore 13 23 4 Kidd 36 00 9 cart or 822 55 21 Nachbar 16 22 5 Collins 00 12 1 Williams 310 00 6 madams 25 22 6 Boone 16 00 2 totals 26761620 74 Chicago sefolosha47129 Deng 1016 45 24 Brown 17 00 2 Gordon 918 69 27 Hinrich 920 Oro 20 Allen 27 22 6 Duhon 48 22 12 Sweetney 01 34 3 Barrett 13 00 2 a Hrypa 00 00 0 totals 4087 1824105 new Jersey 2018241274 Chicago 31 22 28 24105 three Point Jersey 622 Kidd 35 Nachbar 13 Jefferson 14 Wright 14 Williams 02 Carter Chicago 717 Gor Don 36 Duhon 24 Hinrich 26 Sefo Losha fouled Jer sey 49 Kidd Wright Chicago 58 Deng assists new Jersey 16 Kidd Chica go 16 Duhon Hinrich total Jersey 20 Chicago 18 a22612 Trail blazers 85 rockets 78 Portland Udoka 15 00 3 Lafrentz 23 12 5 Magloire 512 25 12 Roy 1020 22 24 Jack 79 68 23 outlaw 38 34 9 Rodriguez 25 00 5 Jones 15 12 3 Webster 01111 Schescher 02 00 0 dickau00 00 0 totals 3170162485 Houston Battier 510 12 12 Howard 413 6814 Mutombo 23 00 4 head 716 22 19 Alston 313 22 8 Hayes 36 12 7 Snyder 48 23 10 Wells 17 22 4 totals 2975 1621 78 Portland 23 17 21 2485 Houston 14 19 21 2478 three Point goal Portland 713 Jack 34 Roy 23 Udoka 11 Rodriguez 12 Lafrentz 01 Jones Houston 418 head 38 Battier 12 Snyder 02 Alston fouled 48 Magloire Houston 51 Hayes As 13 Jack Roy Houston 12 Alston total 17 Houston 22 Houston defensive three second Mutombo Kings 107 jazz 103 Utah Kirilenko 25 00 5 Boozer 81411 17 Okur 915 44 24 Fisher 515 4514 Dwilliams 26 00 5 Collins 00 22 2 Jiricek 616 2216 Harpring 510 4614 Millsap 25 22 6 Brown 02 00 0 totals 39881922103 Sacramento Artest 412 56 13 Abdurrahim 410 2210 Miller 13 00 2 mar tin 510 88 21 Bibby 04 12 1 Price 59 02 13 Jwilliams 56 00 10 Salmons 6755 17 Williamson 26 56 9 Garcia 55 1111 totals 37722732107 Utah 36 24 22 21103 Sacramento 28 21 26 32107 three Point goals Utah 618 Okur 24 Jiricek 26 Kirilenko 11 Dwilliams 12 Brown 01 Fisher Sacramento 611 mar tin 34 Price 34 Artest 01 Bibby fouled 46 Okur Millsap Sacramento 46 Artest assists Tan 22 Fisher Sacramento 12 Artest Price Salmons total 24 Sacramento 19 Sacra mento defensive three second nuggets 75 Mavericks 71 Dallas Howard 14 00 2 Nowitzki 923 33 22 Dampier 45 3411 George 210 00 4 Terry 620 0013 de Harris 55 0110 stack House 212 22 7 Diop 11 01 2 Buckner 02 00 0 croshere 0100 0 totals 3083 81171 Denver Anthony 72191123 Nene 712 22 16 Camby 18 34 5 Iverson 923 46 22 Blake 25 12 5 Kleiza 13 00 3 Evans 00 12 1 Smith 04 00 0 totals 2776 2027 75 Dallas 22 15 14 2071 Denver 13 17 22 three Point goal Dallas 317 stack House 13 Nowitzki 14 Terry 16 Howard 01 George Denver 17 Kleiza 13 Smith 02 Iverson fouled 56 Dampier Denver 56 Camby assist Dallas 20 Dewhar Ris Denver 19 Iverson total fouls Al Las 23 Denver 18 technical Denver defensive three second lakers 112 supersonics 109 la lakers Odom 911 24 20 Walton 384410 Bynum 0100 0 Bryant 13271924 46 Parker 00 3 Turiaf 56 00 10 Cook 410 0111 Williams 13 00 2 Evans 36 00 7 Farmar 12 00 3 totals 4079 2533112 Seattle Ras Lewis 414 00 9 Wilcox 1116 1016 32 Collison 510 44 14 Wilkins 714 78 25 Ridnour 02 12 1 Petro 14 00 2 Watson 59 22 16 Gela Bale 34 00 8 Abrown 01 00 0 Wilks 12 00 2 totals 37762432109 la lakers 31 18 33 30112 Seattle 28 29 29 23109 three Point goals la lakers 719 Cook 36 Evans 11 Farmar 12 Bryant 14 Parker 14 Walton Seattle 1124 Watson 46 Wilkins 48 Gela Bale 22 Ras Lewis fouled Collison lakers 37 Cook Seattle 57 Wilcox As Sistola lakers 26 Odom Seattle 22 Watson total fouls la lakers 21 Seattle 24 lakers defensive three second Seattle defensive three Sec Ond Wilcox flagrant a17072 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 raptors wrap up first division title the associated press the Toronto raptors clinched their first division title with help from the Chicago bulls who pre served their chances of winning the Central division Chris Bosh had 23 Points and 13 rebounds to help Toronto beat the Philadelphia 76ers 9485 on Friday night the raptors who Al ready clinched their first postseason berth since 2002 won the at lactic division when Chicago beat the new Jersey nets 10574 you come to All of these Are Nas and they have division championship banners up in the rafters Toronto coach Sam Mitchell said if you Are trying to Start a culture of winning these Guys need to Start seeing the fruits of their labor and those things Are important Toronto which became the first Canadia based team to win an Aba division title also kept its slim Lead Over Miami for third place in the Eastern conference the raptors 43 victories Are Al ready a 16game improvement from last seasons total of 27 marking the leagues biggest turn around this season the bulls won for the seventh time in eight games and moved within games of Detroit for first place in the Central division and Eastern conference Chicago coasted against new Jersey de spite missing Center Ben Wallace sinus and Reserve forwards tyrus Thomas Andres no Cioni foot and Adrian Griffin Back Kirk Hinrich credited his teams depth for the Victory ifs a Good thing to have Guys that when called upon step up said Hinrich who scored 20 Points thais kind of who we Are a team that relies on each other including when Guys Are out we rely on people to step up and weve been Able to do that the last couple of games Chicago which has not won the division since 1998 when Michael Jordan led the bulls to the last of their six Aba championships in an Lightyear Span is even with Cleveland for the no 2 seed in the East but holds the tiebreaker heat 88 celtics 35 Shaw ruffle Oneal had 20 of his 22 Points in the first half and grabbed 11 re Bounds to Lead visiting Miami the celtics rallied from a 14point deficit to take an 8380 Lead with left however Eddie Jones hit a three Pointer and James Posey converted a three Point play to put Miami ahead for Good Timber wolves 99 kicks 94 Randy Foye made big three Point ers in the fourth Quarter and scored 19 Points and Minnesota blew an 18point Lead before beat ing Host new York Kevin Garnett had 12 Points and 15 rebounds and Ricky Davis scored 17 Points for the Timber wolves the injury riddled kicks lost Stephen Marbury in the first half then dropped their fourth straight game and 10th in their past 12 pacers 112 bobcats 102 Danny Granger made 11 of his first 12 shots and scored 32 Points to help visiting Indiana keep its playoff Hopes alive Darrell Arm Strong scored 16 Points Troy Murphy added 13 and Jermaine Oneal had 14 on 4for18 shoot ing for the pacers suns 103 hornets 95 at Oklahoma City Leandro Barbosa scored 26 Points Steve Nash matched his career Best with his 49th double double of the season and Phoenix wore Down injury de plated new Orleans Trail blazers 85 rockets 78 Rookie Brandon Roy scored 24 Points and Jarrett Jack added 23 to help Portland win at Houston with rockets stars Yao Ming and Tracy Mcgrady out with Back problems Portland ing Star proved to be the Best player on the court Topping 20 Points for the third straight game Hawks 115 Bucks 102 Josh Smith had 28 Points and a Ca ree High 18 rebounds to help Host Atlanta snap a seven game losing Streak the Bucks who had Only nine players in uniform have lost eight of nine Overall and 16 of 17 on the Road warriors 116 grizzlies 104 Baron Davis scored 31 Points and had nine assists to Lead Golden state to its fourth straight Victory and pull the warriors to within a game of the eight place los Angeles clippers in the West Ern conference cars 99 wizards 94 Lebron James overcame poor shooting to score 14 of his 25 Points in the fourth Quarter and help visiting Cleveland hold on the wizards who lost top scor ers Gilbert Arenas and Caron but Ler to injuries earlier in the week could have clinched a playoff berth with a Victory lakers 112 supersonics 109 amid a mix of map chants and passionate Boos Kobe Bryant scored 46 Points 31 in the second half and visiting los an Geles reserves added 33 Points Bryant made 13 of 27 shots in5 eluding a 19footer with left that gave the lakers a 105103 Lead they  relinquish it was Bryants 16th 40point game this season nuggets 75 Mavericks 71 at Denver carmelo Anthony stole Dirk now items pass in the Clos ing seconds then Sank two free throws with 9 seconds left Anthony finished with 23 Points and Allen Iverson added 22 As the nuggets won their fourth straight and prevented the Mavericks from completing a sea son sweep Kings 107 jazz 103 Kevin Martin scored 21 Points and John Salmons added 17 including 11 in the final to help Host Sac Ramento outscore Utah 3221 in the fourth Quarter and snap a fou game losing Streak