European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 12 2007 stars and stripes Page 31 Aba scoreboard Eastern conference a Detroit Chicago Toronto a Miami Cleveland Washington new Jersey 50 46 45 42 46 39 36 27 32 33 35 32 37 40 649 590 577 545 590 513 474 8 14 Indiana new York Philadelphia Charlotte Atlanta Milwaukee 32 31 31 28 26 45 45 47 49 51 416 408 397 364 338 18 22 24 Western conference Yda has Phoenix san Antonio Houston Utah Denver lakers Golden 64 58 56 49 48 41 40 13 19 21 29 29 36 38 831 753 727 628 623 532 513 6 8 16 23 clippers new Orleans Minnesota Sacramento Portland Seattle 36 32 31 31 31 41 45 45 46 47 468 416 408 403 397 28 32 33 clinched playoff spot clinched division division Leader mondays games Detroit 91 new York 83 Orlando 117 Milwaukee 94 Toronto 111 Minnesota 100 san Antonio 112 Portland 96 Dallas 96 la clippers 86 Denver 115 lakers 111 Houston 95 Seattle 90 Golden state 126 Utah 102 tuesdays games Boston at Atlanta Indiana at Philadelphia Miami at Charlotte new Jersey at Washington Sacramento at Memphis clippers is new Orleans at Oklahoma City new York at Chicago wednesdays games Washington at Miami Philadelphia at Boston Indiana at Milwaukee Sacramento at san Antonio Orlando at Detroit Dallas at Minnesota Denver at Utah Seattle at Phoenix Houston at Portland thursdays games new Jersey at Cleveland clippers at lakers fridays games Detroit at Toronto new York at new Jersey Milwaukee at Boston Washington at Atlanta Indiana at Miami Denver is City san Antonio at Minnesota Utah at Dallas Charlotte at Chicago Golden state at Sacramento Portland at clippers la lakers is Phoenix monday pistons 91 kicks 83 Detroit Prince 616 02 12 Wallace 00 6 Webber 48 00 8 Billups 611 68 22 Hamilton 719 4419 de Fino 38117 Mcdyess 48 3411 Davis 02 00 0 Murray 38 016 Maxiell 00 00 0 totals 3687 1420 91 new York Frye 515 1111 Jeffries 03 22 2 Curry 6111214 24 Collins 48 24 10 Robinson 920 23 24 Francis 27 00 4 Rose 46 00 8 James 00 00 0 Morris 00 00 0 Cato 01 00 0 totals 30711924 83 Detroit 24 21 18 2891 new York 23 15 30 1583 three Point 522 Billups 46 Hamilton 14 de Fino 03 Prince 03 Wal lace 03 Murray new York 414 Robin son 48 Francis 02 Frye 02 Collins fouled outdone rebound Detroit 50 Mcdyess new York 53 Rose As Sist Detroit 17 Billups new York 14 Collins total foul Detroit 15 new York 20 technical Detroit defensive three Sec Ond Davis Webber Francis 2 ejected ran Cis spurs 112 Trail blazers 96 Portland Udoka 37 22 9 Lafrentz 48 22 10 Magloire 712 58 19 Roy 613 22 15 Jack 81123 19 outlaw 31100 6 Rodriguez 46 00 9 Jones 02 00 0 Webster 11 22 5 Schescher 00 00 0 Dickau 22 00 4 totals 3873 1519 96 san Antonio Bowen 45 00 10 Duncan 510 56 15 Elson 15 66 8 Finley 24 11 5 Parker 1216 612 30 Ginobile 49 45 12 Bon Ner 35 22 9 Vaughn 12 44 6 White 24 00 5 Oberto 33 016 Urrih 0100 0 Butler 22 22 6 totals 3966 3039 112 Portland 19 29 28 2096 san Antonio 32 22 29 29112 three Point goal Portland 514 web Ster 11 Rodriguez 11 Jack 13 Roy 13 Udoka 13 outlaw 01 Lafrentz san an Tonio 49 Bowen 22 White 11 Bonner 12 Finley 01 Ginobile fouled outdone rebound Portland 37 Webster Magloire Roy Udoka san Antonio 38 Oberto Parker Bonner assist Portland 15 Jack san Antonio 20 Vaughn total foul sport land 27 san Antonio 17 technical sport land defensive three second Magloire Dun can magic 117 Bucks 94 Orlando Turkoglu 1015 11 25 Battie 33 00 6 Howard 710 14 15 38 11 7 Nelson 48 45 12 Milicic 55 14 11 Redick 26 22 7 Dooling 46 00 8 Ariza 78 2516 Arroyo 36 00 6 Bogans 14 00 2 outlaw 11 01 2 totals 5080 1223 117 Milwaukee Bell 514 24 13 Patterson 47 3411 Gad Zuric 0100 0 Williams 61100 13 Boykins 511 23 12 Reiner 37 24 8 Noel 14 24 4 Ilyasova 614 55 18 Greer 35 55 12 Markota 13 00 3 totals 3477 2129 94 Orlando 28 31 29 29117 Milwaukee 23 29 15 2794 three Point goal Orlando 514 Turkoglu 45 Redick 14 Arroyo 01 Nelson 02 Bogans Milwaukee 519 Greer 11 Markota la Williams 13 Bell 14 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totals 3578 3949 115 la lakers 23 35 24 29111 Denver 32 33 27 23115 three Point goals la lakers 922 Wal ton 34 Cook 35 23 Bryant 15 Odom 01 Vujacic 01 Farmar 01 Parker Denver 620 Kleiza 25 Blake 12 Anthony 14 Smith 14 Iverson fouled Turiaf lakers 53 Bynum Denver 61 Camby assists la lakers 28 Bryant Denver 20 Anthony Iverson total fou Isla lakers 33 Denver 25 lakers defensive three Sec Ond Odom Walton Nene rockets 95 sonics 90 Houston Battier 04 00 0 Hayes 13 00 2 Yao 1019111131 Mcgrady 1024710 27 Al Ston 512 46 16 head 47 3412 Mutombo 04 12 1 Howard 35 00 6 totals 3378 2633 95 Seattle 624 78 20 Wilcox 613 12 13 Collison 59 22 12 Wilkins 411 4513 Watson 02 00 0 Gela Bale 6101213 Petro 25 22 6 Wilks 38 4411 Brown 1100 2 totals 3383 2125 90 Houston 23 27 26 1995 Seattle 20 22 28 2090 three Point goals Houston 316 Alston 27 head 13 Mcgrady 02 Battier Seattle 318 Wilks 11 Wilkins 16 19 wat son 01 Gela Bale fouled outdone re Boun Shouston 52 Mutombo Seattle 54 Collison assists Houston 16 Mcgrady Seattle 17 Wilks total fouls Houston 21 Seattle 21 technical Mcgrady flagrant foul Collison warriors 126 jazz 102 Utah Brewer 79 79 21 Boozer 512 710 17 Okur 58 34 14 Fisher 313 33 10 will iams 18 22 4 Millsap 25 02 4 Collins 01 12 1 Harpring 610 58 17 Jiricek 13 12 4 Miles 15 22 4 Brown 03 00 0 Araujo 25 26 6 totals 3382 3350 102 Golden state Richardson 49 12 11 Jackson 1016 56 28 Harrington 610 22 15 Eilis 713 23 16 Davis 51179 19 Biedrina 44 00 8 Barnes 59 34 16 Pietrus 15 12 3 Azubuike 44 00 8 Jacikevicius 00 00 0 Foyle 12 00 2 02 02 0 totals 4785 2130 126 Utah 27 20 28 27102 Golden state 26373627126 three Point goals Utah 311 Jiricek 11 Okur 11 Fisher 15 Williams 01 Millsap 01 Miles Golden state 1121 Jackson 35 Barnes 36 Davis 22 Richardson 26 Harrington fouled rebound Sutah 59 Boozer Golden state 54 Harrington assists Utah 20 Brown Golden state 29 Davis total fouls Utah 25 Golden state 30 tannic Alfisher Golden state coach Nelson mavs lock up top seed warriors move into 8th Slot in jumbled West the associated press the Dallas Mavericks can now sit Back relax and watch the rest of the Western conference Iron out the playoff picture Dallas clinched the top seed in the postseason with a 9686 Victory Over the los Angeles clippers on monday night Dirk Nowitzki scored 12 of his 26 Points in a Row during the third Quarter and Jerry Stackhouse scored 18 in a possible preview of a first round play off series with the Victory the two stars earned themselves a night off when the Mavericks head to Minnesota on wednesday night i told them if i see them on the plane ill Fine Maver icks coach Avery Johnson said while the Mavericks have clinched the top spot the rest of the Western conference playoff picture is still muddled san an Tonio and Phoenix Are competing for the second seed Houston and Utah Are Neckar neck for the next two spots As Are Denver and the los Angeles lakers for the sixth and seventh seeds finally the clippers Are percentage Points behind Golden state which is trying to make the playoffs for the first time since 1994 for the final Slot we tried everything we could do and we did it Well some of the time but we didst do it clippers coach Mike Dunleavy said defensively i thought in the first half we did a great Job on Nowitzki but in the second half we didst do As Good we didst get Good enough help on him at in their first Opportunity to wrap up the top spot the Mavericks never trailed by More than a Basket they started pulling away in the final minutes of the first half going up by seven at the break then scored the first six Points of the third Quarter Nowitzki flurry followed keeping Dallas comfortably ahead the clippers got within nine Points with about 2 minutes left the shot clock nearly ran out on Dallas next pos session but Josh Howard stepped Back and nailed a three Pointer with left and the Mavericks pulled away for their 64th Victory and the first no 1 seed in club history its Good we got that taken care said Howard who scored 16 Points Devin Harris scored 14 and Devean George had 11 for Dallas the bad news for the mavs was that Center Erick Dampier left i the opening minutes with a sprained right shoulder Johnson said Dampier was scheduled to have an Fri tuesday but was still expected to make the trip to Minnesota nuggets 115 lakers 111 carmelo Anthony scored 33 Points including three free throws in the final 9 seconds to help Host Denver get its sea so High sixth straight Victory Kobe Bryant scored 23 Points nine below his league leading average and missed 21 of his 30 shots including a three Pointer that would have tied it with seconds left Marcus Camby cradled the rebound and Drew the foul he made one free throw and Anthony swiped the Long inbound to Seal Denver Victory Allen Iverson added 24 Points for the nuggets who moved Iva games ahead of the lakers for sixth place in the conference warriors 126 jazz 102 Stephen Jackson scored 28 Points Baron Davis had 19 and Long suffering Golden state climbed into the playoff picture with a Victory Monta Ellis and Matt Barnes scored 16 Points apiece for the warriors whose eighth Victory in nine Home games put them in eighth place in the Western conference by a winning percentage of 0004 Over the los Angeles clippers Al Harrington had 15 Points and 11 rebounds for the warriors seeking their first postseason appear Ance since 1994 rockets 95 supersonics 9o Tracy Mcgrady and Yao Ming combined for 58 Points and visiting Houston ignored any distraction from the absence of teammate Bonzi Wells Mcgrady scored 21 of his 27 Points in the first hah0 and Yao had 15 of his 31 in the third Quarter Marcio Jose Golden state Stephen Jackson celebrates after scoring two of his 28 Points in the Victory that moved the warriors into the no 8 spot in the West Yao finished 11forll at the free throw line and grabbed seven rebounds Houston didst show any affects from the unknown absence of backup guard Bonzi Wells who didst join the team for its morning Wal through and want at the Arena monday night before the game coach Jeff Van Gundy said he haunt talked to Wells and his concern was that Wells was of spurs 112 Trail blazers 96 Tony Parker scored 30 Points to help Host san Antonio beat Portland the spurs Trail Idle Phoenix by two games for the second seed in the Western conference playoffs each team has five games remaining Jarrett Jack and Jamaal Magloire each scored 19 Points to Lead the Trail blazers who shot 51 percent from the Field raptors 111 Timber wolves 1oo Anthony Parker scored 13 of his 24 Points in the fourth Quarter and visiting Toronto rallied for the Victory the raptors tops in the East since Jan 1 with a 3215 Mark closed within one game of Idle Chicago and Cleveland for the second est record in the con Ference magic 117 Bucks 94 at Milwaukee hero Turkoglu scored 25 Points to help Orlando match its Best shooting performance of the season it was the second straight Victory for the magic who Are trying to hold onto the eighth and final play off spot in the East Orlando shot percent from the Field the Best shooting performance allowed by Milwaukee All sea son Orlando also shot percent in a feb 2 Victory Over new Jersey Ersan Ilyasova scored 18 Points to Lead the Bucks who will be without leading scorer Michael Redd left knee injury the rest of the season pistons 91 kicks 83 Chauncey Billups scored 22 Points and visiting Detroit moved to the verge of clinching the top seed in the East Richard Hamilton added 19 Points including a pair of baskets in a late spurt that let the lethargic pistons pull out the win and lower their magic num ber to one for clinching the Home court advantage throughout the East playoffs Eddy Curry and Nate Robinson scored 24 Points apiece for new York