European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 54 stars and stripes thursday april 19 2007 fight for last playoff berth goes Down to season finale warriors in with a win clippers need help Neft Roundup the associated press the warriors and clippers Are taking it to the limit in Pursuit of an Aba playoff berth going into the final night of the season Golden state leads los Angeles by one game in the West Ern Confer ence race the warriors beat Dallas 11182 tuesday night and head to Portland for their finale the clippers won 10399 at Phoenix and finish at Home against new Orleans win or go Home what better Way asked warriors guard Baron Davis who would have thought we would be in this Posi Tion at the end of the year the Mission is not Over we win Tomor Row thais when the Mission starts the warriors Haven been on such a Mission since 1994 the last time they made the playoffs so after the Mavericks who have the leagues Best record rested Dirk Nowitzki Jerry Stackhouse Erick Dampier and Josh Howard Golden state romped and began looking to Portland yall Are going to see us next week playing Dallas or Phoenix Al Harrington told the crowd the warriors actually could Fin ish seventh in the West if they win and the lakers lose to Sacra mento and of course Golden state 4140 can go Home Early if it Falls against the Trail blazers while the clippers 4041 but with the tiebreaker beat the Hor nets i think if s going to be one of the toughest games Well have All year warriors coach Don Nel son said if s just a feeling that i have Mickael Pietrus scored 22 Points and Matt Barnes had 19 against Dallas Phoenix want As easy on the clippers As Dallas was on the warriors playing its regulars All night but the desperate clippers responded with a Strong Effort Elton Brand scored 21 Points to Marcio Jose a Young fan shows her support As the warriors try to end their play off drought which dates to 1994 Lead six clippers in double Fig ures Jason Hart made two free throws with 78 seconds left to Seal the Victory and deprive the suns of a 62nd Victory in their Reg Ula season finale Brand said the clippers should never have found themselves in this precarious situation anyway just two weeks ago we were fighting for seventh he said we still have to go out and Han dle our business tomorrow All in All if s still disappointing that it had to come Down to this Leandro Barbosa scored 22 for the suns Cavaliers 9876ers 92 Larry Hughes scored 22 Points and Leb Ron James had 18 preserving vis iting Cleveland chances for the second seed in the Eastern con Ference the Cavaliers could move up to no 2 if they beat Milwaukee on wednesday night and new Jersey beats Chicago James added six assists in an Allaround solid game and led a Well balanced Cavaliers attack that had six players score in Dou ble figures Joe Smith had 17 Points and grabbed 13 rebounds for the six ers magic 95 wizards 89 Orlan do overcame Antawn Jami sons 48 Points and kept a Las minute push to improve its playoff seeding hero Turkoglu scored 26 Points to Lead the magic who Are eighth in the East but could move up to seventh if they beat Miami in the regular season finale if they do move up it will be largely at the expense of the Wiz Ards who have lost eight of nine and six straight at Home most of them without their two injured Al stars Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler pistons 100 raptors 84 Nei ther team had anything to play for tie pistons Are locked into the East s top seed and the rap tors will be no 3 but Detroit coach flip Saunders didst want a repeat of his teams feeble loss to Philadelphia so while Toronto Chris Bosh and Anthony Parker spent the night in Street clothes Host de troit played its Normal rotation until the game got out of hand unfortunately for the raptors Morris Peterson was still on the floor in the final minutes when he appeared to hype extend his right knee he limped off the floor and was helped Back to the locker room Hawks 118 pacers 1o2 at Atlanta the Hawks set season highs for Points in a Quarter and a half As they finished another Dis appointing season by beating the pacers the Hawks missed the playoffs for the eighth straight year but reached 30 victories for the first time since the 200203 season Tyronn Lue and Josh Smith each scored 25 Points to Lead four Hawks with More than 20 Marv in Williams added 23 and Rookie Shelden Williams set a career High with 21 san la Golden la new f Aba scoreboard Eastern conference Detroit Chicago a Toronto Miami ice vend new Jersey Washington Orlando w l pet 52 29 542 49 32 605 47 34 580 44 37 543 49 32 605 40 41 494 40 41 494 39 42 481 go 3 5 8 3 12 12 13 Indiana Philadelphia Charlotte new York Atlanta Milwaukee Boston 35 46 432 34 47 420 33 48 407 32 49 395 30 52 366 28 53 346 24 57 296 17 18 19 20 22a 24 28 Western conference clinched playoff spot clinched division clinched conference tuesdays games Atlanta 118 Indiana 102 Orlando 95 Washington 89 Cleveland 98 Philadelphia 92 Detroit 100 Toronto 84 la clippers 103 Phoenix 99 Golden state 111 Dallas 82 wednesdays games Miami at Orlando Philadelphia at Toronto Milwaukee at Cleveland new York at Charlotte Detroit at Boston Chicago at new Jersey Denver at san Antonio Washington at Indiana Memphis at Minnesota Houston at Utah Dallas at Seattle la lakers at Sacramento Golden state at Portland new Orleans at la clippers end regular season tuesday Hawks 118 pacers 102 Indiana Granger 48 5615 Murphy 410 119 Harrison 14 00 2 Dunleavy 47 35 11 Tinsley 24 00 4 Diogu 712 67 20 Baston 37 33 9 Mcleod 48 22 11 Wiliiams 35 12 7 Greene 23 44 9 Marshall 13 00 3 Arm Strong 00 22 2 totals 35712732102 Atlanta Smith 920 710 25 she will iams 913 35 21 Jones 58 4414 Williams 1015 33 23 Lue 6121314 25 Ajohnson 36 00 6 Ivey 27 00 4 Batista 01 00 0 totals 4482 3036 118 Indiana 23 32 25 22102 Atlanta 41 35 14 28118 three Point 514 Granger 22 Greene 11 Marshall 11 Mcleod 13 Baston 01 Swilliams 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610 00 12 Bil Lups 18 00 2 Mcdyess 55 00 10 Hunter 35 00 8 Murray 69 23 16 Maxiell 48 26 10 Delfino 56 22 12 Johnson 23 46 8 Moham med 16 00 2 totals 4280 1017 100 Toronto 18 19 19 2884 Detroit 23 38 16 23100 three Point 313 Peterson 24 Slokar 11 Dixon 02 Jackson 02 Martin Detroit 616 Hunter 23 Murray 23 Wal lace 25 Hamilton 01 Prince 01 Bih ups fouled 51 Peterson Detroit 53 Johnson Mcdyess Wallace assist Toronto 21 Martin Detroit 31 Hunter total foul Toronto 18 Detroit 20 a22076 clippers 103 suns 99 la clippers Maggette 413 55 13 Brand 818 58 21 Tthomas 718 0018 Ross 610 3415 Hart 615 4416 Kaman 36 34 9 Cassell 410 2211 Ewing 00 00 0 Singleton 00 00 0 totals 3890 2227103 Phoenix Jjones 38 00 8 Marion 517 00 10 Stoudemire 512 66 16 Bell 514 34 17 Nash 26 22 6 Barbosa 917 00 22 Diaw 812 12 17 Dithomas 00 343 totals 3786 151899 la clippers 21 29 21 32103 Phoenix 20 28 26 2599 three Point goals la clippers 510 Tthomas 48 Cassell Phoenix 1032 bar Bosa 48 Bell 410 Jjones 26 Diaw 01 Nash 03 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