The Washington Post 20100403

SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2010

PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL

PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Team

1. zCleveland (C)

W L Pct. GB

60 16 .789 —

x2. yOrlando (SE) 53 22 .707 6A 3. yAtlanta (SE) 4. zBoston (A) 5. Miami (SE)

48 27 .640 11A 47 28 .627 12A 42 34 .553 18

6. Milwaukee (C) 41 34 .547 18A 7. Charlotte (SE) 8. Toronto (A) Chicago (C) Indiana (C)

xNew York (A) Philadelphia (A) Detroit (C)

40 35 .533 19A 37 37 .500 22 36 39 .480 23A 28 48 .368 32 26 48 .351 33 26 49 .347 33A 23 52 .307 36A

Washington (SE) 22 53 .293 37A New Jersey (A)

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Team

x1. yL.A. Lakers (P) x2. yUtah (NW) 3. yDallas (SW) 4. yPhoenix (P) 5. yDenver (NW)

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Mike Miller is up in arms after losing the ball on a drive to the basket. The Wizards forward scored 15 points in a losing effort.

Troubles at home continue

95 87

Wizards set mark with 9th straight loss at Verizon Center

by Michael Lee

The last time the Chicago Bulls came to Verizon Center, Andray Blatche and JaVale McGee gleefully celebrated an emotional victory by repeatedly running and jumping into each other. The Washington Wizards appeared to be riding high on Feb. 22, as they had just won for the third time in four games af- ter remaking the roster at the all-star break.

But the Wizards have yet to

feel that way again in this build- ing. On Friday night, the Wiz- ards set a franchise record by losing their ninth consecutive home game, 95-87, to the Bulls before 18,002. They surpassed the previous mark of eight straight home losses, set by the 1966-67 Baltimore Bullets. “It’s rough. I want to get a

win,” said point guard Shaun Livingston, who has never won at Verizon Center since signing with the Wizards on Feb. 26. “A win is a win to me, anywhere. But got to shoot for the next game.” The Wizards (22-52) will host the lowly New Jersey Nets on Sunday, hoping to snap their skid. But they will have no chance at winning if they have another fourth quarter like Fri- day, when they shot just 2 for 16 from the floor and failed to make a field goal in the final 4 minutes 26 seconds. Coach Flip Saunders said his players got “selfish” down the stretch. “It’s difficult because we have

so many young players,” Saun- ders said. “It’s kind of like an av- alanche. What happens is, when one guy [shoots] and they don’t think they are going to get a play and the next guy that touches it [takes a shot]. We be- come very selfish.” The problems were magni-

fied because the Wizards had difficulty making shots. Andray Blatche scored a team-high 18 points but he missed 13 of his 20 field goal attempts. Nick Young had 10 points but shot 2 for 13. “For me, I just started miss- ing early and I tried to rush stuff,” Young said. “We don’t like losing. Everybody wants look good out there and do good out there. We’re trying to learn from our mistakes.” The last victory over Chicago, though, overshadowed two in- juries, from which the team has been unable to fully recover. Josh Howard’s season came crashing to a screeching halt when he tore the anterior cruci- ate ligament his left knee in the first quarter of that game. Randy Foye later hurt his wrist while trying to defend Bulls point guard Derrick Rose. Although Foye attempted to play through the pain for nearly a month, he was mostly in- effective and lost his starting point guard before eventually having to shut it down for the season. Before the game, Foye declared that he wouldn’t re- turn, with his left wrist encased in a cast that won’t be removed until April 13 — a day before the season finale against Indiana. “It’s definitely a disappoint-

ment,” Foye said, “because I wanted to be out there with the guys to help them, give them a boost, help them win. I wanted to be a part of it. To be in a cast

BULLS

WIZARDS

SCORING

Chicago Washington

30 23 23 19 — 95 25 25 25 12 — 87

Chicago Min FG FT O-T A PF Pts.

Johnson 16:42 2-4 3-6 0-2 2 2 7 Gibson 34:38 7-13 0-0 6-16 1 3 14 Noah 26:59 4-6 2-2 3-8 3 4 10 Rose 40:49 10-19 4-4 2-4 5 0 24 Hinrich 32:55 3-9 2-2 0-2 5 1 10 Deng 27:48 6-8 1-2 0-6 0 1 14 BMiller 21:49 0-9 2-2 2-5 3 1 2 Murray 25:46 2-11 3-4 1-5 3 3 7 Warrick 12:34 3-5 1-2 0-2 0 3 7

Totals 240 37-84 18-24 14-50 22 18 95

Percentages: FG .440, FT .750. 3-Point Goals: 3-14, .214 (Hinrich 2-4, Deng 1-2, Rose 0-1, B.Miller 0-3, Murray 0-4). Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turn- overs: 10 (12 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Gibson 4, Johnson, Warrick). Turnovers: 10 (Rose 3, Deng 2, Johnson 2, Gibson, B.Miller, Noah). Steals: 5 (Gibson, Hinrich, Johnson, B.Miller, Noah). Tech-

nical Fouls: None.

Washington Min FG FT O-T A PF Pts.

MMiller 41:54 6-14 2-2 1-5 7 5 15 Blatche 40:14 7-20 4-5 7-13 7 2 18 Oberto 15:41 1-1 2-2 0-3 2 2 4 Livingston 39:07 5-11 2-2 1-5 3 2 12 Young 35:10 2-13 4-4 0-0 1 3 10 McGee 22:03 6-14 1-3 3-9 0 0 13 Ross 4:17 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 1 0 Singleton 18:02 2-4 0-0 0-3 0 2 4 Martin 14:39 2-7 2-2 2-5 1 2 8 Boykins 8:53 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 3

Totals 240 32-85 17-20 14-44 21 20 87

Percentages: FG .376, FT .850. 3-Point Goals: 6-14, .429 (Martin 2-4, Young 2-6, Boykins 1-1, M.Mill- er 1-1, Blatche 0-1, Livingston 0-1). Team Re- bounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 13 (12 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (McGee 3, Livingston). Turnovers: 12 (Liv- ingston 3, Oberto 3, Blatche 2, M.Miller 2, Mar- tin, McGee). Steals: 4 (Blatche 2, McGee, Young). Technical Fouls: None.

A: 18,002 (20,173). T: 2:11.

is frustrating for me. But lucki- ly, it’s my left wrist. I hail from this.” Friday’s matchup also proved to be costly as reserve swing- man Quinton Ross suffered a lower back contusion in the sec- ond period. Ross was hurt in a collision with Bulls backup cen- ter Brad Miller, leaving Saun- ders with just 10 healthy play- ers, including two players on 10-day contracts who have yet to practice with the team. Al Thornton missed his fifth con- secutive game with a strained right hip flexor. “We’re a little bit under- manned at times,” Saunders said. The Wizards had just snapped a franchise-record 16- game losing streak in New Or- leans and were trying to win consecutive games for the first time since defeating Minnesota and Denver on Feb. 17 and Feb. 19, respectively. “We could’ve had a win to- night, but we didn’t have the same sense of urgency, the same edge, the same discipline the same togetherness that we had in the two away games” against Houston and New Orleans, said Blatche, who also had 13 re- bounds and seven assists. “We got home and forget everything we’ve done on the road.” Rose led all scorers with 24 points and Taj Gibson had 14 points and 16 rebounds. The Bulls (36-39) are still holding on to faint playoff hopes, but they also got a huge lift from Luol Deng, who scored 14 points off the bench after miss- ing the previous 11 games with a strained right calf. “The teams stayed relatively close for most of the night. The Wizards opened the third pe- riod on an 11-4 run and took a 61-57 lead when Young buried a three-pointer from the right corner. They led 73-70 when McGee (13 points, nine re- bounds) made a finger roll with 3:09 left in the quarter, but the Bulls scored the next eight points before James Singleton made a jump hook to send the Wizards into the final period trailing 76-75. Rose capped a 17-5 run when he caught a lob pass from Noah and dunked with two hands to give the Bulls an 87-78 lead. “We just ran out of gas,” Saunders said.

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WIZARDS STATS

Entering Friday’s Games Avg. Avg. Avg.

Player

Arenas

Blatche Howard Thornton Miller Foye

Martin Young

Boykins McGee

Singleton Livingston Ross

Oberto Jackson

Team Opponents

Gm Reb. Ast.

32

4.2

73 6.0 35

3.6

70 4.1 46

6.2

70 1.9 11

4.3

66 1.3 61 52 49 28 49 49 8

1.2 3.4 4.7 1.8 1.0 1.6 0.6

7.2

Pts.

22.6

1.8 13.3 1.4

12.7

1.2 11.2 3.7

10.3

3.3 10.1 0.8 0.6 2.7 0.2 0.6 2.8 0.2 0.8 1.0

8.2 7.6 6.9 4.6 4.6 4.5 1.8 1.3 1.0

74 41.7 18.5 95.8 74 42.7 21.9 100.9

W L Pct. GB

54 21 .720 — 50 26 .658 4A 50 26 .658 4A 50 26 .658 4A 49 27 .645 5A

6. Okla. City (NW) 46 28 .622 7A x7. San Antonio (SW) 45 29 .608 8A 8. yPortland (NW) 46 30 .605 8A Memphis (SW) Houston (SW)

New Orleans (SW) L.A. Clippers (P) Sacramento (P)

x-Late Game;

y-clinched playoff spot; z-clinched division Top 8 teams in conference—denoted by line— make playoffs.

Friday’s Results

Chicago 95 ..................................... at Washington 87 at Charlotte 87............................Milwaukee 86 (OT) Miami 105 ..................................... at Indiana 96 (OT) Houston 119 ................................ at Boston 114 (OT) at Memphis 107 ................................ New Orleans 96 Phoenix 109 ............................................ at Detroit 94 at Cleveland 93 ...........................................Atlanta 85 Orlando at San Antonio ...................................... Late New York at Golden State .................................. Late Utah at L.A. Lakers ............................................... Late

Saturday’s Games

Toronto at Philadelphia ............................................ 1 Detroit at Atlanta ....................................................... 7 New Orleans at New Jersey ................................ 7:30 Charlotte at Chicago ................................................. 8 Miami at Minnesota .................................................. 8 Oklahoma City at Dallas ...................................... 8:30 Phoenix at Milwaukee ......................................... 8:30 L.A. Clippers at Denver ............................................. 9 Portland at Sacramento ......................................... 10

Sunday’s Games

New Jersey at Washington ...................................... 6 Cleveland at Boston .................................................. 1 San Antonio at L.A. Lakers .................................. 3:30 Houston at Indiana .................................................... 6 Golden State at Toronto ........................................... 6 Memphis at Orlando .................................................. 6 Minnesota at Oklahoma City ................................... 7 New York at L.A. Clippers ................................... 9:30

Wizards’ next three

vs. New Jersey

Sunday, 6

(Comcast SportsNet)

vs. Golden State

Tuesday, 7 (Comcast SportsNet)

at Orlando

Wednesday, 7 (Comcast SportsNet)

10 65 .133 49A

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SCOREBOARD

S

D5

BOBCATS 87, BUCKS 86 (OT)

Stephen Jackson scored 32 points and hit the go-ahead three-pointer with a minute left in overtime to lead Charlotte past Milwaukee and further crowd the Eastern Conference playoff race.

John Salmons had 28 points for the Bucks and sent the game in to over- time with a last-second three-pointer. Charlotte survived Coach Larry

Brown’s ejection to win for the 12th time in 16 games and moved within a game of fifth-place Milwaukee.

SCORING

Milwaukee Charlotte

19 26 20 15 6 — 86 17 27 21 15 7 — 87

Milwaukee Min FG FT O-T A PF Pts.

Delfino 40:57 5-14 2-2 1-4 2 1 14 Mbah a Moute 30:56

1-2 2-2 1-4 2 3 4

Bogut 41:48 8-16 3-6 5-12 0 5 19 Jennings 38:06 3-12 0-0 3-4 5 2 6 Salmons 46:47 12-22 2-2 2-5 5 4 28 Stackhouse 12:50 1-3 0-1 0-1 0 1 3 Ilyasova 18:47 3-7 0-0 3-7 0 3 7 Ridnour 18:07 2-7 1-2 0-1 3 0 5 KThomas 11:12 0-2 0-0 0-4 0 1 0 Bell 5:31 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0

Totals 265:01 35-85 10-15 15-42 17 22 86

39 36 .520 15 38 37 .507 16 35 42 .455 20 27 48 .360 27 24 52 .316 30A

xGolden State (P) 21 53 .284 32A Minnesota (NW)

15 60 .200 39

Percentages: FG .412, FT .667. 3-Point Goals: 6-21, .286 (Salmons 2-4, Delfino 2-8, Stackhouse 1-2, Ilyaso- va 1-3, Jennings 0-2, Ridnour 0-2). Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 17 (17 PTS). Blocked Shots: 10 (Bogut 7, Delfino, Mbah a Moute, Salmons). Turnovers: 16 (Jennings 4, Delfino 3, Salmons 3, Bogut 2, Stack- house 2, Mbah a Moute, Ridnour). Steals: 8 (Mbah a Moute 2, Salmons 2, Bogut, Delfino, Jennings, Stackhouse). Technical Fouls: None.

Charlotte Min FG FT O-T A PF Pts.

Wallace 44:45 2-6 1-2 4-11 3 3 5 Diaw 43:39 3-6 0-0 4-9 3 2 6 Ratliff 26:31 2-4 1-2 3-9 1 6 5 Felton 39:46 4-15 4-4 0-2 6 1 12 SJackson 41:14 11-28 6-7 1-5 1 1 32 Chandler 22:54 2-3 3-4 3-6 0 2 7 Augustin 16:49 3-7 0-2 1-2 2 0 8 Hughes 16:19 0-7 3-4 0-2 0 0 3 TThomas 3:26 0-0 2-2 0-1 1 0 2 Graham 9:37 3-4 0-0 0-1 0 1 7

Totals 265 30-80 20-27 16-48 17 16 87

Percentages: FG .375, FT .741. 3-Point Goals: 7-17, .412 (S.Jackson 4-6, Augustin 2-4, Graham 1-2, Hughes 0-2, Felton 0-3). Team Rebounds: 13. Team Turnovers: 18 (16 PTS). Blocked Shots: 12 (Diaw 4, S.Jackson 3, Felton 2, Wallace 2, Ratliff). Turnovers: 17 (S.Jack- son 6, Wallace 4, Felton 3, Ratliff 2, Diaw, Gra- ham). Steals: 4 (Chandler, Felton, Hughes, S.Jack- son). Technical Fouls: Coach Brown, 9:58 second Ejections: Coach Brown, 9:55 second.

A: 18,118 (19,077). T: 2:26.

Thursday’s Late Game

MAGIC 97, MAVERICKS 82

Dwight Howard tallied 17 points, 20

rebounds and 5 blocks, while his Or- lando teammates converted 14 of 24 three-pointers in the team’s 14th win in its past 16 games. Dirk Nowitzki scored 24 points for Dallas, which saw its three-game win- ning streak come to an end. Jason Terry and J.J. Barea each add- ed 16 points in the loss.

SCORING

Orlando Dallas

18 25 29 25 — 97 16202026 — 82

Orlando Min FG FT O-T A PF Pts.

Barnes 24:17 2-4 0-0 0-1 0 3 6 Lewis 31:09 2-6 0-0 0-3 1 5 6 Howard 42:38 6-11 5-8 4-20 1 0 17 Nelson 35:33 6-14 0-0 0-3 7 2 14 Carter 38:01 8-17 2-4 1-7 2 2 19 Williams 12:27 0-1 0-0 0-1 2 0 0 Pietrus 18:26 7-8 4-6 0-3 0 1 24 Redick 16:46 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 2 3 Anderson 3:38 0-1 0-0 1-1 0 0 0 Gortat 5:22 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 Bass 11:43 3-5 2-3 0-2 0 2 8

Totals 240 35-72 13-21 7-43 15 17 97

Percentages: FG .486, FT .619. 3-Point Goals: 14-24, .583 (Pietrus 6-6, Barnes 2-4, Lewis 2-4, Nelson 2-5, Carter 1-2, Redick 1-2, Williams 0-1). Team Re-

bounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 14 (12 PTS). Blocked Shots:

6 (Howard 5, Pietrus). Turnovers: 13 (Nelson 6, Howard 3, Carter 2, Lewis, Pietrus). Steals: 5 (Nel- son 2, Barnes, Gortat, Howard). Technical Fouls: None.

Dallas Min FG FT O-T A PF Pts.

Marion 29:28 2-9 0-0 2-7 1 0 4 Nowitzki 35:57 9-22 6-6 0-6 0 3 24 Haywood 21:46 3-7 0-0 4-7 0 4 6 Kidd 35:18 2-8 2-2 0-5 2 1 7 Butler 29:24 0-4 3-4 1-3 2 2 3 Terry 33:14 6-16 3-3 0-1 1 1 16 Dampier 26:14 2-3 0-0 3-11 0 5 4 Beaubois 11:15 0-3 2-2 0-1 0 0 2 Barea 17:24 7-9 0-0 0-1 1 1 16

Totals 240 31-81 16-17 10-42 7 17 82

Percentages: FG .383, FT .941. 3-Point Goals: 4-14, .286 (Barea 2-2, Kidd 1-5, Terry 1-5, Beaubois 0-1, No- witzki 0-1). Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 10 (6 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2 (Haywood, Nowitzki). Turn- overs: 10 (Butler 3, Barea 2, Beaubois 2, Dampier, Haywood, Kidd). Steals: 9 (Barea 2, Butler 2, Hay- wood 2, Dampier, Kidd, Nowitzki). Technical Fouls: None.

A: 19,965 (19,200). T: 2:20.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Men’s NCAA Tournament

FINAL FOUR — In Indianapolis National Semifinals Saturday’s Games

Michigan State (28-8) vs. Butler (32-4), 6:07 West Virginia (31-6) vs. Duke (33-5), 40 min. foll.

National Championship Monday’s Game

Semifinal winners, TBA

GOLF

Bryce Molder .........................................69 66 — 135 -9 Cameron Percy .....................................67 69 — 136 -8 Alex Prugh .............................................70 66 — 136 -8 Joe Ogilvie ..............................................70 67 — 137 -7 Lee Westwood ......................................69 68 — 137 -7 Anthony Kim ..........................................68 69 — 137 -7 Kevin Stadler .........................................67 70 — 137 -7 Vaughn Taylor .......................................68 70 — 138 -6 James Driscoll .......................................68 70 — 138 -6 Padraig Harrington ..............................69 69 — 138 -6 Omar Uresti ...........................................69 69 — 138 -6 Graham DeLaet .....................................71 67 — 138 -6 Adam Scott ............................................69 70 — 139 -5 Jeff Maggert ..........................................70 69 — 139 -5 Bubba Watson .......................................73 67 — 140 -4 Martin Laird ...........................................70 70 — 140 -4 Lucas Glover ..........................................73 68 — 141 -3 Woody Austin ........................................70 71 — 141 -3 Kevin Sutherland ..................................68 73 — 141 -3 Matt Kuchar ...........................................69 72 — 141 -3 Steve Marino .........................................70 71 — 141 -3 Roland Thatcher ...................................70 71 — 141 -3 Chad Campbell .....................................70 72 — 142 -2 D.A. Points ..............................................71 71 — 142 -2 Paul Goydos ...........................................72 70 — 142 -2 Jason Bohn .............................................70 72 — 142 -2 Justin Rose .............................................70 72 — 142 -2 Stuart Appleby ......................................70 72 — 142 -2 Michael Connell ....................................71 71 — 142 -2 Josh Teater ............................................73 69 — 142 -2

PGA Tour Shell Houston Open

At Redstone Golf Club, In Humble, Texas Purse: $5.8 million; Yardage: 7,457; Par: 72 (36-36) Second Round Leaders

Song-Hee Kim .......................................69 68 — 137 -7 Cristie Kerr ............................................71 67 — 138 -6 Karen Stupples .....................................69 69 — 138 -6 Lorena Ochoa ........................................68 70 — 138 -6 Stacy Lewis ............................................71 68 — 139 -5 Karrie Webb ..........................................69 70 — 139 -5 Yani Tseng .............................................69 71 — 140 -4 Suzann Pettersen .................................67 73 — 140 -4 Sakura Yokomine .................................70 71 — 141 -3 Sandra Gal .............................................72 70 — 142 -2 Michelle Wie ..........................................71 71 — 142 -2 x-Jennifer Song .....................................71 71 — 142 -2 Katherine Hull .......................................72 71 — 143 -1 Brittany Lang .........................................72 71 — 143 -1 Morgan Pressel .....................................71 72 — 143 -1 Sophie Gustafson .................................70 73 — 143 -1 Karine Icher ...........................................70 73 — 143 -1 Vicky Hurst ............................................69 74 — 143 -1

LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship

At Mission Hills, In Rancho Mirage, Calif. Purse: $2 million; Yardage: 6,702; Par 72 (36-36) Second Round Leaders

Women’s NCAA Tournament

FINAL FOUR — In San Antonio National Semifinals Sunday’s Games

Stanford (35-1) vs. Oklahoma (27-10), 7 Connecticut (37-0) vs. Baylor (27-9), 9:30

National Championship Tuesday’s Game

Semifinal winners, 8:30

Women’s NIT

Championship Saturday’s Game

Miami (22-13) vs. California (23-13), 2

HOCKEY

NCAA Division I Tournament

FROZEN FOUR at Ford Field; In Detroit Semifinals

Thursday, April 8

RIT (28-11-1) vs. Wisconsin (27-10-4), 5 Mia.(Ohio) (29-7-7) vs. Boston Coll. (27-10-3), 8:30

TENNIS

Sony Ericsson Open

At Crandon Park; In Key Biscayne, Fla. Purse: Men, $4.5 million; Women, $4.5 million Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles— Men— Semifinals

A. Roddick (6), USA, def. R. Nadal (4), Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; T. Berdych (16), Czech Republic, def. R. Soderling (5), Sweden, 6-2, 6-2;

Doubles — Men— Semifinals

M. Bhupathi, India, and M. Mirnyi (4), Belarus, def. M. Fyrstenberg and M. Matkowski (8), Po- land, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4.

Doubles — Women— Semifinals

N. Petrova, Russia, and S. Stosur (3), Australia, def. C. Yung-jan, Taiwan, and Z. Jie, China, 6-1, 7-5; L. Raymond, USA, and R. Stubbs (4), Australia, def. G. Dulko, Argentina, and F. Pennetta, Italy, 6-4, 6-4.

RESULTS

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Maryland 6, North Carolina 4 (10 inn.) Virginia Tech 10, Florida St. 5 Notre Dame 12, Georgetown 8 George Washington 12, St. Bonaventure 5 George Mason 12, UNCW 1

WOMEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE

North Carolina19, Virginia Tech 3

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

Georgetown 7, Syracuse 6 Virginia 5, North Carolina 4

MEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS

Georgia Tech 7, Maryland 0 Virginia 4, North Carolina 3

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BASEBALL

MLB Spring Training

Friday’s Results

N.Y. Yankees 6...........................................Baltimore 6 Boston 7..................................................Washington 2 Tampa Bay 4...............................................N.Y. Mets 2 St. Louis 8..................................................Minnesota 4 Philadelphia 5 ..........................................Pittsburgh 3 Seattle vs Colorado in Albuquerque, N.M........Late Chi. White Sox 7.............................................Atlanta 2 Toronto in Houston ...............................................Late Kansas City in Texas.............................................Late Detroit in Milwaukee ............................................Late Chi. Cubs in Arizona..............................................Late L.A. Dodgers in L.A. Angels..................................Late Cincinnati vs Cleveland in Goodyear, Ariz.......Late Oakland in San Francisco ....................................Late

Saturday’s Games

Boston vs Washington in Viera, Fla. ........................4 Chi. White Sox in Atlanta ...........................................1 Pittsburgh vs Philadelphia in Clearwater, Fla.......1 N.Y. Mets vs Baltimore in Sarasota, Fla..................1 Kansas City vs Texas in Frisco, Texas.....................2 Toronto in Houston .....................................................2 Colorado vs Seattle in Albuquerque, N.M..............2 Detroit in Milwaukee.............................................2:10 St. Louis in Minnesota...........................................2:10 Cleveland vs Cincinnati in Goodyear, Ariz.............4 San Francisco in Oakland ..........................................4 L.A. Angels in L.A. Dodgers ..................................4:10 Chi. Cubs in Arizona...............................................4:10

Red Sox 7, Nationals 2

Washington ab r h bi Boston ab r h bi

Morgan dh 3 0 0 0 Ellsbury lf 3 0 0 0 Mxwll ph-dh-rf1 0 0 0 Bermudz pr-lf 2 1 1 0 W.Harris rf-2b 3 1 1 0 Pedroia 2b 2 0 0 0 M.Martinez 2b 0 0 0 0 Hall 2b

Guzman 2b-rf 2 0 0 1 V.Martinez c 1 0 0 0 Morse 1b 3 0 1 0 Varitek c

3 1 1 1 2 0 1 3

C.Marrero 1b 1 0 0 0 Youkilis 1b 3 0 1 0 Bernadina lf 4 0 1 1 Jimenez ph-1b1 0 0 0 Gonzalez 3b-ss4 0 1 0 D.Ortiz dh 3 1 1 0 Nieves c

J.Solano c 1 0 0 0 Beltre 3b

3 0 0 0 Frandsn ph-dh1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0

Bruntlett ss 2 0 0 0 Hulett 3b 2 1 1 0 Fox pr-3b 1 1 0 0 J.Drew rf

2 0 0 0

Taveras cf 3 0 1 0 McDonald rf 2 1 1 0 M.Cameron cf 2 0 1 1 Reddick cf 1 1 1 0 Scutaro ss 2 0 1 0 A.Sanchez pr-ss

2

Totals

Washington Boston

SF: C.Guzman. Washington

Olsen

MacDougal (L,0-2) R.Martin English

Boston

R.Ramirez D.Bard

Papelbon

31 2 5 2 Totals 36 7 12 6

100 000 010 — 2 010 006 00x — 7

E: Beltre (2). LOB: Washington 6, Boston 7. 2B: W.Harris (4), Morse (4), Varitek (3), D.Ortiz (3).

IP H R ER BB SO

551117 C 56610 1B 10001 110001

IP H R ER BB SO

C.Buchholz (W,2-1) 621111 Okajima

C 10000 C 11111 C 00001 110001

HBP: by D.Bard (M.Martinez). WP: MacDougal 2. Umpires: Home, Brad Myers; First, Brian O’Nora; Third, David Soucy. A: 7,387 (7,576).

HIGH SCHOOLS

BASEBALL

Bell 15, Anacostia 3 Cardozo 12, Ballou 3

McKinley 17, Theodore Roosevelt 0 Hayfield 3, West Potomac 1 Landstown 15, Lee 4 Lee 8, Norview 0

Flint Hill 9, Sidwell Friends 1 H.D. Woodson 11, Carroll 3

GIRLS’ LACROSSE

Potomac School 12, Flint Hill 7

HEAT 105, PACERS 96 (OT)

Dwyane Wade exploded for 43 points, eight of which came in over- time, and Miami rallied for a win over Indiana and the team’s seventh con- secutive victory. Wade hit consecutive three-point- ers to give the Heat a 101-93 lead with 1:17 left in overtime. His effort was just one shy of his season high on Jan. 6, at home against Boston.

Michael Beasley added 12 points,

Dorell Wright 11 and Mario Chalmers 10 for Miami. Troy Murphy had 29 points and 15

rebounds, and Danny Granger scored 25 points for the Pacers.

SCORING

Miami Indiana

2316311916 — 105 22271822 7 — 96

Miami Min FG FT O-T A PF Pts.

Richardson 25:03 3-7 0-0 1-2 0 3 7 Beasley 29:52 6-17 0-2 3-7 2 4 12 Anthony 39:32 3-4 2-2 2-8 0 1 8 Arroyo 26:42 2-9 1-1 0-4 1 1 5 Wade 44:01 14-22 13-17 2-9 6 1 43 Haslem 34:04 2-7 5-6 3-11 0 3 9 Chalmers 35:17 4-11 0-1 0-4 3 4 10 Wright 28:00 4-7 1-1 1-7 0 3 11 Magloire 2:30 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

Totals 265:01 38-84 22-30 12-52 12 20 105

Percentages: FG .452, FT .733. 3-Point Goals: 7-21, .333 (Wade 2-3, Wright 2-4, Chalmers 2-8, Richardson 1-4, Arroyo 0-1, Beasley 0-1). Team Rebounds: 13. Team Turnovers: 15 (16 PTS). Blocked Shots: 8 (Wade 3, Beasley 2, Anthony, Chalmers, Wright). Turn- overs: 12 (Wade 5, Wright 3, Beasley 2, Chalmers, Haslem). Steals: 8 (Chalmers 3, Wade 3, Anthony, Beasley). Technical Fouls: None.

Indiana Min FG FT O-T A PF Pts.

Granger 47:21 6-22 12-14 1-3 3 1 25 Murphy 46:11 12-17 2-3 4-15 2 3 29 Hibbert 19:25 1-8 1-2 2-4 1 6 3 Watson 40:15 2-5 1-2 0-3 5 3 6 Rush 46:24 3-9 2-2 0-4 4 3 10 McRoberts 10:01 0-1 0-0 0-2 1 2 0 Dunleavy 18:31 2-6 0-0 0-2 1 1 6 SJones 10:50 1-4 2-2 1-1 0 3 4 Price 26:02 4-10 4-4 0-4 1 0 13

Totals 265 31-82 24-29 8-38 18 22 96

Percentages: FG .378, FT .828. 3-Point Goals: 10-27, .370 (Murphy 3-6, Rush 2-2, Dunleavy 2-4, Watson 1-2, Price 1-5, Granger 1-8). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 12 (14 PTS). Blocked Shots: 3 (Rush 2, Hib- bert). Turnovers: 12 (Granger 5, Rush 2, Dunleavy, Hibbert, Murphy, Price, Watson). Steals: 5 (Wat- son 2, Dunleavy, Granger, Murphy). Technical Fouls: Coach O’Brien, 4:29 third.

A: 16,787 (18,165). T: 2:33.

Thursday’s Late Game

NUGGETS 109,

TRAIL BLAZERS 92

Carmelo Anthony scored 13 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, help- ing Denver rebound from a tough week to beat Portland.

Nene added 22 points for the Nug- gets, who won for only the second time in a seven-game stretch.

SCORING

Portland Denver

24 31 21 16 — 92 27293122 — 109

Portland Min FG FT O-T A PF Pts.

Batum 20:28 0-4 0-0 2-3 1 2 0 Aldridge 36:03 7-15 2-3 2-7 3 4 16 Camby 32:32 6-7 0-0 2-8 2 5 12 Miller 32:58 8-18 8-12 1-3 1 3 24 Roy 36:31 3-13 7-7 1-3 3 3 14 Fernandez 17:35 1-8 0-0 0-2 2 1 3 Howard 23:55 1-3 2-2 2-5 3 2 4 Webster 27:32 6-9 3-4 1-4 0 6 17 Bayless 7:11 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 Diener 1:45 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Pendergraph 1:45 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 Cunningham 1:45 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2

Totals 240 33-80 22-28 11-36 18 27 92

Percentages: FG .413, FT .786. 3-Point Goals: 4-9, .444 (Webster 2-3, Roy 1-1, Fernandez 1-4, Batum 0-1). Team Rebounds: 11. Team Turnovers: 12 (18 PTS). Blocked Shots: 7 (Aldridge 4, Camby 2, Webster). Turnovers: 11 (Batum 2, Bayless 2, Miller 2, Roy 2, Aldridge, Howard, Webster). Steals: 4 (Aldridge 2, Camby, Webster). Technical Fouls: Miller, 4:48 first.

Denver Min FG FT O-T A PF Pts.

Anthony 32:05 10-21 5-5 2-5 2 4 25 Nene 33:56 9-14 4-6 2-5 5 2 22 Petro 22:24 3-6 0-0 0-2 0 4 6 Billups 32:26 6-13 7-8 1-4 6 2 21 Afflalo 21:04 4-6 0-0 1-5 3 3 9 Smith 31:24 6-16 1-1 0-4 3 4 15 Andersen 22:40 0-1 5-6 2-6 0 2 5 Carter 16:44 0-0 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 Lawson 7:44 1-2 0-0 0-2 1 1 2 Graham 4:56 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 4 Allen 14:37 0-2 0-0 1-3 0 1 0

Totals 240 41-83 22-26 9-36 24 24 109

Percentages: FG .494, FT .846. 3-Point Goals: 5-22, .227 (Billups 2-8, Smith 2-10, Afflalo 1-2, Anthony 0-2). Team Rebounds: 16. Team Turnovers: 11 (7 PTS). Blocked Shots: 8 (Andersen 4, Nene 3, Billups). Turn- overs: 11 (Anthony 9, Billups, Petro). Steals: 7 (Bil- lups 2, Smith 2, Anthony, Nene, Lawson). Technical Fouls: Defensive three second, 3:45 second

A: 19,155 (19,155). T: 2:34.

LEADERS

Entering Friday’s Games

SCORING AVERAGE

Player,Team .................... G FG FT Pts. Avg.

James, CLE .................... 73 738 566 2170 29.7 Durant, OKC .................. 74 709 669 2195 29.7 Anthony, DEN ............... 63 633 477 1795 28.5 Bryant, L.A.L. ................ 70 695 419 1903 27.2 Wade, MIA ..................... 71 653 486 1860 26.2 Ellis, GOL ........................ 61 603 280 1556 25.5 Nowitzki, DAL ............... 75 661 487 1852 24.7 Granger, IND ................. 55 437 311 1328 24.1 Bosh, TOR ...................... 67 580 438 1606 24.0 Stoudemire, PHX ......... 75 629 452 1711 22.8

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE

Player,Team ................................ FG FGA Pct.

Howard, ORL .............................. 467 770 Perkins, BOS .............................. 291 483 Hilario, DEN ................................ 402 676 Gasol, MEM ................................ 378 651 Bynum, L.A.L. ............................. 392 688 Boozer, UTA ............................... 580 1032 Horford, ATL .............................. 431 767 Stoudemire, PHX ...................... 629 1136

THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE

Player,Team .............................. 3FG 3FGA Pct.

Korver, UTA .................................. 55 99 Gibson, CLE .................................. 71 148 Miller, WAS .................................. 65 144 Dudley, PHX ............................... 107 239 Morrow, GOL ............................. 124 277 Frye, PHX .................................... 158 361 Curry, GOL .................................. 141 327 Afflalo, DEN ................................ 100 232 Nash, PHX ................................... 117 277

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE

Player,Team ................................. FT FTA Pct.

Nash, PHX ................................... 194 208 Billups, DEN ................................ 433 475 Nowitzki, DAL ............................ 487 537 R. Allen, BOS .............................. 202 223 M. Williams, CLE ....................... 156 174 Durant, OKC ............................... 669 748 Foye, WAS .................................. 129 145

REBOUNDS PER GAME

Player,Team .................... G Off. Def. Tot. Avg.

Howard, ORL ................. 75 266 740 1006 13.4 Randolph, MEM ............ 73 304 559 863 11.8 Lee, NYK ......................... 73 204 656 860 11.8 Camby, POR .................. 69 234 565 799 11.6 Boozer, UTA .................. 73 165 651 816 11.2 Bosh, TOR ...................... 67 195 538 733 10.9 Wallace, CHA ................ 69 138 582 720 10.4 Bogut, MIL ..................... 67 203 483 686 10.2 Murphy, IND .................. 65 107 558 665 10.2 Duncan, SAN ................. 71 208 518 726 10.2 Horford, ATL ................. 74 212 504 716 9.7 Odom, L.A.L. .................. 75 164 557 721 9.6 Haywood, DAL .............. 71 265 415 680 9.6 Dalembert, PHL ............ 75 221 489 710 9.5 Jefferson, MIN .............. 71 175 495 670 9.4 Gasol, MEM ................... 69 208 432 640 9.3 Kaman, L.A.C. ............... 69 169 470 639 9.3 Okafor, NOR .................. 76 235 463 698 9.2 Stoudemire, PHX ......... 75 205 462 667 8.9

.933 .912 .907 .906 .897 .894 .890

.556 .480 .451 .448 .448 .438 .431 .431 .422

.606 .602 .595 .581 .570 .562 .562 .554

GRIZZLIES 107, HORNETS 96

O.J. Mayo scored 27 points, Rudy Gay added 20 and Memphis beat New Orleans. The Grizzlies built an early lead and held on to stay mathematically in the playoff hunt by the slimmest of mar- gins. Another loss will end the Griz- zlies’ hopes. Sam Young finished with 19 points and seven rebounds off the Memphis bench. Mike Conley had 15 points. Marcus Thornton led the Hornets with 19 points, while Chris Paul had 16 points and eight assists. Darren Collison scored 15 and David West 13.

SCORING

New Orleans Memphis

20 26 25 25 — 96 25 36 25 21 — 107

New Orleans Min FG FT O-T A PF Pts.

Peterson 24:49 2-6 1-1 0-1 0 2 6 West 28:36 6-13 1-1 1-9 2 3 13 Okafor 21:11 3-7 1-2 3-6 0 1 7 Paul 36:23 8-14 0-3 0-1 8 2 16 Thornton 37:46 8-21 2-2 2-5 0 3 19 Collison 27:13 7-14 0-0 0-2 3 0 15 Gray 17:15 2-4 4-4 3-5 2 3 8 Wright 8:42 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 Posey 20:48 2-5 0-0 0-3 0 4 6 Songaila 17:17 2-7 0-0 2-8 1 4 4

Totals 240 41-93 9-13 11-41 17 23 96

Percentages: FG .441, FT .692. 3-Point Goals: 5-20, .250 (Posey 2-5, Peterson 1-2, Collison 1-3, Thornton 1-9, Paul 0-1). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 11 (13 PTS). Blocked Shots: 7 (Gray 2, Okafor 2, West 2, Peterson). Turnovers: 11 (Paul 3, Collison, Okafor, Peterson, Posey, Songaila, Thornton, West, Wright). Steals: 7 (Collison 3, Okafor, Paul, Peter- son, West). Technical Fouls: None.

Memphis Min FG FT O-T A PF Pts.

Gay 35:31 7-19 6-6 2-9 2 0 20 Randolph 22:22 3-9 0-1 1-6 0 3 6 Thabeet 27:29 0-2 3-4 4-11 1 1 3 Conley 31:07 6-14 3-6 1-6 3 4 15 Mayo 40:54 9-18 4-5 2-5 2 1 27 Arthur 22:37 4-10 0-0 1-5 1 4 8 Haddadi 15:18 1-3 1-2 2-4 0 3 3 Williams 18:24 2-3 0-0 0-1 5 1 4 Young 20:54 7-8 5-6 3-7 1 0 19 Carroll 5:24 1-4 0-0 1-2 0 0 2

Totals 240 40-90 22-30 17-56 15 17 107

Percentages: FG .444, FT .733. 3-Point Goals: 5-13, .385 (Mayo 5-10, Arthur 0-1, Conley 0-1, Gay 0-1). Team Rebounds: 12. Team Turnovers: 14 (15 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Haddadi 2, Arthur, Gay, Thabeet). Turn- overs: 13 (Conley 3, Arthur 2, Gay 2, Mayo 2, Tha- beet 2, Haddadi, Williams). Steals: 8 (Williams 2, Arthur, Carroll, Gay, Mayo, Thabeet, Young). Tech-

nical Fouls: None.

A: 15,043 (18,119). T: 2:09.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

Eastern Conference W L T Pts GF GA

Kansas City ................ 1 0 0 3 4 0 Columbus ................... 1 0 0 3 2 0 New York .................... 1 0 0 3 1 0 Chicago ....................... 0 1 0 0 0 1 New England .............. 0 1 0 0 0 1 Philadelphia ............... 0 1 0 0 0 2 Toronto FC .................. 0 1 0 0 0 2 D.C. ............................... 0 1 0 0 0 4

Western Conference W L T Pts GF GA

Los Angeles ................ 2 0 0 6 3 0 Houston ....................... 1 0 1 4 3 2 Real Salt Lake ............ 1 1 0 3 4 2 Seattle ......................... 1 0 0 3 2 0 Colorado ..................... 1 0 0 3 1 0 Dallas ........................... 0 0 1 1 1 1 San Jose ...................... 0 1 0 0 0 3 Chivas USA ................. 0 2 0 0 0 3

Saturday’s Games

New England at D.C. United ................................ 7:30 Chicago at Colorado................................................... 4 New York at Seattle FC ...................................... 11:30

TRANSACTIONS

Major League Baseball

Boston Red Sox—Optioned 2B Tug Hulett to Paw- tucket (IL). Cleveland Indians—Purchased the contract of RHP Jamey Wright from Columbus (IL). Reas- signed RHP Saul Rivera, C-1B Chris Gimenez, INF Brian Buscher, INF Luis Rodriguez and INF Niuman Romero to their minor league camp. Texas Rangers—Agreed to terms with RHP Scott Feldman on a three-year contract. Traded RHP Luis Mendoza to Kansas City for cash consider- ations. Los Angeles Dodgers—Reassigned RHP Josh Tow- ers to their minor league camp. Philadelphia Phillies—Placed RHP Brad Lidge and LHP J.C. Romero on the 15-day DL. Pittsburgh Pirates—Traded RHP Virgil Vasquez to Tampa Bay for a player to be named.

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