European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 38 stars and stripes monday april 16 Aba scoreboard Eastern conference Detroit Chicago a Toronto Miami Cleveland Washington new Jersey Orlando w l pet go 51 28 645 48 32 600 46 33 582 44 36 550 48 32 600 40 39 506 38 41 37 42 481 468 5 11 13 14 Indiana Philadelphia Charlotte new York Atlanta Milwaukee Boston 35 44 443 33 46 418 33 48 407 32 47 405 29 51 363 27 53 338 23 56 291 16 18 19 19 22vi 28 Western conference w l pet go Dalias Phoenix san Antonio Yutan Houston Denver la lakers Golden 61 58 49 51 43 40 19 21 31 29 37 40 763 734 613 638 538 300 1654 14vi 22 26 la clippers new Orleans Minnesota Sacramento Portland Seattle 37 32 32 32 31 43 47 47 48 49 463 405 405 400 388 33 33 33a 34a 45vi a clenched playoff spot clinched division clinched conference saturdays games Orlando 104 Philadelphia 87 Cleveland 110 Atlanta 76 Memphis 133 Denver 118 Charlotte 113 Milwaukee 92 Houston 123 new Orleans 112 Phoenix 126 Utah 98 Portland 108 Seattle 102 sundays games Chicago at Washington new Jersey at Indiana Sacramento at la clippers san Antonio at Dallas Minnesota at Golden state Boston at Orlando new York at Toronto Philadelphia at Detroit Seattle at la lakers mondays games Boston at Miami new Jersey at new York Atlanta at Milwaukee san Antonio at Memphis Phoenix at Houston Minnesota at Denver Portland at Utah new Orleans at Sacramento tuesdays games Orlando is Washington Cleveland at Philadelphia Indiana at Atlanta Toronto at Detroit la clippers is Phoenix Dallas at Golden state saturday magic 104 76ers 87 Orlando Turkoglu 512 00 13 Battie 13 00 2 Howard 1415 710 35 Hill 51213 Nelson 4101110 Milicic 6112214 Dool ing 36 22 8 Ariza 26 00 4 Bogans 23 00 5 Arroyo 13 00 2 totals 43811318104 Philadelphia i Godala 312 711 14 Hunter 571111 Dalembert 25 34 7 Green 15 00 2 Miller 716 4518 21134 7 Korver 4112214 Williams 56 3514 Hend Erson 0100 0 Jones 0000 0 Amundson 00 00 0 totals 2974 2332 87 Orlando 35262122104 Philadelphia 25 23 18 2187 three Point 512 Turkoglu 37 Nelson 11 Bogans 12 Dooling Phila Delphia 611 Korver 46 Williams 12 i Gouda la fouled rebounds Orlan do 50 Howard Philadelphia 47 Miller Smith 25 Dooling Howard Nelson Philadelphia 16 i Godala total 27 Philadelphia 15 technical Ghchi Philadelphia defensive three second Miller a18588 Cavaliers 110 Hawks 76 Atlanta Williams 315 22 8 swill iams 613 12 13 Sjones 24 58 9 Smith 1018 37 23 Lue 59 00 10 Ajohnson 3512 7 Wright 00 00 d Ivey 27 00 4 Batista 12 00 2 totals 3273122176 Cleveland James 816 45 23 Gooden 37 34 9 Lugauskas 79 00 14 Pavlovic 512 57 15 Hughes 69 12 13 Varjao 47 24 10 Snow 22 00 4 Marshall 47 14 10 Gibson 44 0010 Pollard 1100 2 Dejones 03 00 0 totals 4477 1626110 Atlanta 17 11 27 2176 Cleveland 28232925110 three Point goal Atlanta 05 Smith 01 Ivey 02 Lue Cleveland 614 James 36 Gibson 22 Marshall 12 Dejones 02 Pav Lovic fouled outdone rebound sat Lanta 41 Swilliams Cleveland 52 Lugauskas assist Atlanta 13 Lue Cleve land 33 James Pavlovic total foul sat Lanta 18 Cleveland 19 a20552 grizzlies 133 nuggets 118 Denver Anthony 819 810 28 Nene 1012 23 22 Camby 612 22 14 Iverson 715 00 16 Blake 25 00 4 Kleiza 48 22 10 Najera 2412 5 Smith 6113319 Evans 00 00 0 Dianara 00 00 0 totals 45861822 Lia Memphis Jones 6113415 Warrick 812 48 20 gaol 613 3315 Kinsey 1018 810 28 Atkins 914 66 28 Swift 48 4412 Ajohnson 24 24 6 Harrington 33 34 9 totals 4883 3343 133 Denver 30 26 39 23118 Memphis 31 33 31 38133 three Point 1028 Anthony 49 Smith 49 Iverson 24 Kleiza 03 Blake Memphis 46 Atkins fouled out Camby 42 Camby Memphis 48 Warrick 27 Blake Memphis 29 Atkins total foul Denver 32 Memphis 21 a18119 bobcats 113 Bucks 92 Charlotte Herrmann 1215 01 30 Danderson 91312 21 Okafor 48 2210 Fel ton6ll 1213 Knight 29 00 4 Aanderson 1014 35 24 Mclnnis 36 00 6 Hollins 1112 3 Brezec 01 00 0 Harrington 12 00 2 to tals 4880 814113 Milwaukee Patterson 3845 10 Beli 411 22 10 Gad Zuric 512 49 14 a Williams 716 00 16 Boykins 4744 13 Noel 03 44 4 Greer 68 2214 Reiner 1100 2 Ilyasova 35 23 9 Markota 0100 0 totals 3372 2229 92 Charlotte 27 27 32 27113 Milwaukee 28 23 19 2292 three Point Goa Scharlotte 917 her Mann 68 Danderson 24 Aanderson 12 Knight 01 Felton Milwaukee 413 Williams 24 Ilyasova 12 Boykins 12 Greer 01 Noel 01 Bell fouled out 42 Herrmann Milwaukee 42 Gad Zuric Charlotte 39 Mclnnis Milwaukee 21 Patterson total fou Scharlotte 22 Mil Waukee 15 defensive three second 2a17976 rockets 123 hornets 112 new Orleans Butler 36 00 6 West 1419 45 33 m Jackson 1019 22 22 Paul 915 11 20 Brown 614 66 21 Armstrong 11 46 6 Jackson 17 00 2 Bass 00 00 0 pargo 12 00 2 totals 4583 1720112 Houston Battier 610 12 14 Hayes 35 00 6 Yao 1116 811 30 Mcgrady 1118 33 25 Alston 713 22 21 head 510 22 15 Mutombo la 00 2 Howard 59 0010 Tsakalis Dis 02 00 0 totals 49841620123 new Orleans 30202834112 Houston 32 25 28 38123 three Point Orleans 517 Brown 39 West 11 Paul 13 Jackson 01 Butler Houston 919 alston510 head 34 Battier 14 Mcgrady fouled out Orleans 44 Paul Houston 36 Mcgrady assists new or leans 26 Paul Houston 33 Alston total fouls new Orleans 16 Houston 17 a18238 suns 126 jazz 98 Phoenix Marion 712 4418 Jjones 46 0010 Stoudemire 58 4414 Bell 514 3418 Nash 37 7713 barbosa917 88 28 Diaw 66 2214 Thomas 25 00 4 Rose 23 00 5 Burke 02 00 0 Piatkowski 0122 2 Banks o1oo 0 totals 4382 3031126 Utah Harpring 610 12 13 Boozer 818 2318 Okur 613 58 20 Fisher 29 57 9 will iams 1912 4 Collins 0100 0 Brown 5612 12 Millsap 35 01 6 Brewer 4600 8 Miles 04 24 2 Araujo 35 00 6 totals 3886 1729 98 Phoenix 32 36 28 30126 Utah 19 27 27 2598 three Point goal Phoenix 1023 Bell 511 Jjones 22 Barbosa 25 Rose 11 Burke 01 Marion 01 Nash Utah 511 Okur 35 Brown 11 Williams 14 Fisher fouled 54 Stoudemire Utah 46 Boozer Okur assist Phoenix 31 Nash Utah 25 Williams total foul Phoenix 23 Utah 24 Okur Trail blazers 108 sonics 102 Seattle Ras Lewis 1028 58 29 Wilcox 714 68 20 Collison 4912 9 Wilkins 513 00 11 Wilks 511 77 17 Gela Bale 25 67 11 Sene 23 12 5 Livingston 0100 0 Petro 03 00 0 totals 3587 2634 102 Portland Webster 712 0017 Lafrentz 38 22 8 Magloire 46 15 9 Jones 312 24 9 Jack 813 910 25 outlaw 715 66 22 Rodriguez 36 22 9 Schescher 22 00 4 Dickau 25 115 totals 3979 2330 108 Seattle 26242824102 Portland 28321929108 three Point 615 Ras Lewis 48 Wilkins 12 Gela Bale 14 Wilks Portland 717 Webster 35 out Law 23 Rodriguez 12 Jones 14 Dickau 01 Jack fouled outdone rebound dose attle 52 Wilcox Portland 55 Magloire assist Seattle 21 Wilks Portland 21 Jack total foul Seattle 23 Portland 24 technical Seattle coach Hill a19980 Howard Powers magic to Brink of postseason mba Roundup the associated press Philadelphia Dwight Howard is about to get a Chance to extend his run of double Dou Bles spectacular slams and big blocks into the postseason Howard was perfect for a half and dominant the whole game scoring a career High 35 Points with 11 rebounds to Lead the or Lando magic to a 10487 Vic tory Over the Philadelphia 76ers on Satur Day the magic  afford any slip ups Over the final Gaines if they wanted to keep their grip on eighth place in uie Eastern conference since they would lose a tiebreaker with ninth place x but the magic will Clinch a play off spot on sunday if they beat Boston and the pacers lose to new Jersey thais a key for us just to get in there and really experience what the playoffs Are All magic coach Brian Hill said the magic can thank Howard again for turning this one into an Early Blowout the mixers had no answers around the Basket for Howard who made All 10 shots in the first half and passed his Previ Ous High of 32 Points with a free throw late in the fourth Quarter Howard has five straight Dou ble doubles and 57 this season the loss officially knocked the mixers out of playoff Contention something that was considered a Mere formality in january when they were among the worst teams in the Aba but their steadily improved play once they jettisoned Allen Iverson and Chris Webber surprisingly allowed them to play meaningful games late in the sea son x Andre Miller led the mixers with 18 Points Andre i Godala Kyle Korver and Louis Williams each scored 14 Howard who scored 31 Points against Memphis last week made v the crowd gasp a few times with thunderous dunks he was pert feet from the floor until he missed a jumper late in the third Quarter his Only miss of the game Howard matched a career High with 14 Field goals and went 7for10 from the free throw line Cavaliers 110 Hawks 76 Leb Ron James scored 23 Points Sasha Pavlovic added 15 and Cleveland ran the floor at will against visiting Atlanta Cleveland 48th and most Rusty Orlandos Dwight Howard tries to get around the 76ers Joe Smith for a shot in the second half Howard had 35 Points in the magics Victory lopsided Victory this season kept the cars on Pace with Idle Chicago 4832 for the no 2 seed in the Eastern conference play offs both teams have two games left with the bulls holding the tie breaker because of a better record in the division grizzlies 133 nuggets 118 at Memphis term Chucky at Kins had 28 Points and 12 assists Tarence Kinsey scored a Ca ree High 28 and Memphis snapped Denver season est eight game winning Streak Memphis ended a six game los ing skid and had six players score in double figures hakka Warrick scored 20 Points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Dantay Jones and Pau gaol finished with 15 Points apiece for Memphis Stromile Swift added 12 Points rockets 123 hornets 112 Yao Ming scored 30 Points Tracy Mcgrady got 11 of his 25 Points in the final five minutes and hous ton snapped a three game Home losing Streak Rafer Alston added 21 Points and a season High 13 assists for the rockets who started the night one game ahead of Utah in the race for Home court advantage in their first round playoff series Mcgrady had 10 assists for the rockets who reached a sea so High Point total at the Toyota Center David West matched his season High with 33 Points and Chris Paul added 20 Points and 15 assists for the hornets bobcats 113 Bucks 92 Rookie Walter Herrmann scored a sea so High 30 Points and Charlotte hit a flurry of open three Point shots to win in Milwaukee the bobcats shot 9for17 from three Point Range As Milwaukee perimeter defenders often got stuck trying to help out their undermanned Interior defense suns 126 jazz 98 Steve Nash had 18 assists Leandry bar Bosa scored 28 Points and visiting Phoenix moved one step closer to clinching the no 2 seed in the Western conference the suns won their fifth in a Row and need to win one of their last two or have san Antonio lose once in its final three games to lock up the second est record in then a the jazz lost for the sixth time in seven games and fell two games behind Houston in the race for Home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs Trail blazers 108 supersonics 102 Jarrett Jack scored 25 Points Travis outlaw matched his career High with 22 and port land beat visiting Seattle to leave the sonics alone in the Northwest division cellar Rashard Lewis had 29 Points for the sonics who have lost seven of their last eight