SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2010
KLMNO PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL NBASTANDINGSANDBOXSCORES
EASTERNCONFERENCE SOUTHEAST W L PCT. GB L10 Orlando Atlanta xMiami
12 4 .750
xCharlotte Washington
ATLANTIC Boston
New York Toronto
New Jersey Philadelphia
CENTRAL xChicago Indiana
Cleveland Detroit
xMilwaukee
10 7 .588 21/2 9 7 .563 6 10 .375 5 10 .333
61/2
8 9 .471 41/2 6 10 .375 5 11 .313 4 13 .235
81/2
W L PCT. GB L10 12 4 .750
— 7-3 5-5
6 5-5 7 3-7 2-8
W L PCT. GB L10 8 6 .571 7 7 .500 7 9 .438 6 10 .375
5 10 .333 31/2
WESTERNCONFERENCE SOUTHWEST W L PCT. GB L10 San Antonio New Orleans xDallas
Memphis Houston
Oklahoma City Denver
Portland
Minnesota PACIFIC
L.A. Lakers Phoenix
Golden State xSacramento L.A. Clippers
x-Lategame
FRIDAY’SRESULTS Charlotte 99, Houston 89 Orlando 111, Cleveland 100 Boston 110, Toronto 101 Detroit 103, Milwaukee 89 Miami 99, Philadelphia 90 Oklahoma City 110, Indiana 106 (OT) Dallas 103, San Antonio 94 Denver 98, Chicago 97 Phoenix 116, L.A. Clippers 108 Utah 102, L.A. Lakers 96 Memphis 116, Golden State 111 New Orleans 97, Portland 78
SATURDAY’SRESULTS
Orlando 100, atWashington 99 Atlanta 99, New York 90 at Cleveland 92, Memphis 86 at Philadelphia 102, New Jersey 86 Golden State 104, at Minnesota 94 Miami at Dallas, Late Charlotte at Milwaukee, Late Chicago at Sacramento, Late
SUNDAY’SGAMES
Atlanta at Toronto, 1 New York at Detroit, 1:30 San Antonio at New Orleans, 3 Utah at L.A. Clippers, 3:30 Oklahoma City at Houston, 7 Portland at New Jersey, 7 Phoenix at Denver, 8 Indiana at L.A. Lakers, 9:30
MONDAY’SGAMES
Washington at Miami, 7:30 New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 8 Houston at Dallas, 8:30 Milwaukee at Utah, 9
MAGIC100,WIZARDS99
ORLANDO ........................... 30 25 19 26 — 100 WASHINGTON ................... 20 23 29 27 — 99 ORLANDO Lewis
MIN
Richardson DHoward Nelson Redick Duhon Bass
Gortat Pietrus
Williams TOTALS
30:50 3-11 2-2 1-2 3 1 32:21 6-12 4-4 2-6 2 5 20 41:22 12-19 8-14 4-11 1 2 32 31:08 5-13 0-0 1-3 4 3 11 25:25 18:13 17:10 6:38
FG FT O-T A PF PTS 9
29:19 7:34
2-3 3-3 0-2 3 4 2-4 0-0 0-1 3 2 2-5 3-4 1-2 0 0 1-4 0-0 1-2 1 1 1-4 0-0 0-7 1 3 2-3 0-0 0-2 1 0
8 4 7 2 3 4
240 36-78 20-27 10-38 19 21 100
Percentages: FG .462, FT .741. 3-Point Goals: 8-21, .381 (Richardson 4-7, Redick 1-1, Nelson 1-3, Pietrus 1-4, Lewis 1-5, Williams 0-1). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 13 (24 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (D.Howard 2, Gortat, Lewis). Turnovers: 13 (D.Howard 3, Duhon 2, Lewis 2, Nelson 2, Pietrus 2, Bass, Richardson). Steals: 5 (Pietrus 2, Duhon, Redick, Williams). Technical Fouls: D.Howard, 10:53 fourth.
WASHINGTON Gee
Blatche McGee Hinrich Arenas
Armstrong Seraphin Young Martin Booker
TOTALS MIN 30:02
FG FT O-T A PF PTS 3-5 2-4 5-7 2 0
4-6 1-4 3-7 1 5
1-2 0-0 1-5 0 4 2-3 0-0 1-1 0 3
1-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 1-1 0-0 1-3 0 1
37:30 4-11 2-2 3-13 4 4 10 26:11
8 9
34:00 3-12 1-1 1-3 4 3 36:31 9-23 12-14 0-5 5 4 31 11:58 9:51
9 2
32:18 8-15 2-2 0-1 2 1 21 11:09 10:30
4 3
2 240 36-80 20-27 16-47 18 25 99
Percentages: FG .450, FT .741. 3-Point Goals: 7-16, .438 (Young 3-4, Hinrich 2-4, Martin 1-2, Arenas 1-6). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 13 (21 PTS). Blocked Shots: 7 (Blatche 2, McGee 2, Arenas, Armstrong, Seraphin). Turnovers: 12 (Arenas 2, Blatche 2, Gee 2, Young 2, Booker, Hinrich, McGee, Seraphin). Steals: 10 (Gee 4, Blatche 2, Armstrong, Hinrich, McGee, Young). Technical Fouls: Coach Saunders, 0:34.8 first. A: 16,435 (20,173). T: 2:24.
13 2 .867 12 3 .800 11 4 .733 7 10 .412 4 11 .267
12 5 .706 11 5 .688 9 6 .600 8 7 .533 4 13 .235
NORTHWEST W L PCT. GB L10 Utah
— 8-2 1/2
8-2
2 6-4 3 4-6 8 3-7
W L PCT. GB L10 13 3 .813 8 8 .500
8 9 .471 51/2 4 10 .286
3 14 .176 101/2
— 7-3 5 5-5 3-7
8 1-9 2-8
— 6-4 1 5-5 2 4-6 3 5-5 4-6
— 9-1 1 7-3 2 8-2 7 4-6 9 4-6
— 7-3 4-6
3 5-5 6 5-5 4-6
HAWKS99,KNICKS90 Jamal Crawfordscoredagame-high
21 points off the bench, and Atlanta held off New York to snap the Knicks’ five-game winning streak. The former New York G was helped
out by 17 points and nine rebounds from Al Horford, and 14 points from Mike Bibby. Josh Smith and Marvin Williams had 13 each for the Hawks, who have won two straight after a three-game slide. Atlanta Coach Larry Drewhad called
out his team’s effort during their skid. The Hawks trailed by 18 at the half
and closed within four points in the fourth quarter on a driving layup by Wilson Chandlerandafree throw after the score.
ATLANTA ........................... 32 24 19 24 — 99 NEWYORK ......................... 22 16 28 24 — 90
ATLANTA Smith
MWilliams Horford Bibby
Johnson
JaCrawford Evans
Pachulia Collins Powell
TOTALS MIN
22:32 29:06
FG FT O-T A PF PTS 5-9 2-2 1-6 3 5 13
41:38 7-14 3-4 3-9 3 4 17 35:58
5-7 3-3 3-8 2 0 13 5-9 0-0 0-3 4 4 14
39:19 3-15 1-2 1-10 7 0 27:00 8-18 2-3 0-0 3 0 21 25:24 9:58 5:58 3:09
7
4-9 0-0 1-2 0 0 10 1-5 0-0 2-3 0 1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 1-2 0-0 0-2 0 2
2 0 2
240:02 39-89 11-14 11-44 22 16 99
Percentages: FG .438, FT .786. 3-Point Goals: 10-26, .385 (Bibby 4-5,
Ja.Crawford 3-8, Evans 2-6, Smith 1-1, Johnson 0-6). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 6 (5 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2 (Horford, Smith). Turnovers: 6 (Smith 3, Bibby, Horford, M.Williams). Steals: 6 (
Ja.Crawford 2, Horford 2, Smith 2). Technical Fouls: None.
NEWYORK Gallinari
Stoudemire Turiaf Felton Fields
Chandler Douglas Walker Mozgov Rautins
Randolph TOTALS
MIN 23:05
FG FT O-T A PF PTS 2-6 0-0 0-3 1 0
1-2 0-0 1-1 0 2
0-5 2-2 0-3 2 1 2-4 0-0 1-2 1 0 2-3 1-2 2-6 0 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0
37:09 7-15 10-12 1-10 3 4 24 10:00
4 2
37:27 8-16 0-0 1-2 4 0 18 36:42 6-10 2-2 2-11 0 2 15 36:28 7-13 1-1 0-6 2 2 15 27:32 13:48 14:07 1:52 1:52
2 5 5 0 0
240:02 35-74 16-19 8-44 15 15 90
Percentages: FG .473, FT .842. 3-Point Goals: 4-15, .267 (Felton 2-3, Walker 1-1, Fields 1-3, Chandler 0-2, Gallinari 0-2, Douglas 0-4). Team Rebounds: 2. Team Turnovers: 12 (13 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (Mozgov 3, Stoudemire). Turnovers: 11 (Stoudemire 4, Felton 3, Chandler, Fields, Turiaf, Walker). Steals: 3 (Felton 2, Stoudemire). Technical Fouls: None. A: 19,763 (19,763). T: 2:03.
CAVALIERS92, GRIZZLIES86
Mo Williams scored 25 points, J.J.
Hickson added 16, and Cleveland snapped out of a fourth-quarter offen- sive funk just in time to beatMemphis. Williams hit a 10-foot floater with 6.5 seconds left, added a season-high 12 assists and made four three-pointers for the Cavaliers, who missed their first 13 shots in the fourth but re- grouped and won their seventh straight at home over the Grizzlies. It was the second straight strong performance at home for Williams, who beat Milwaukee with a game-win- ning shot at the horn onWednesday. Rudy Gay scored 17 points for the Grizzlies, who had won three in a row.
MEMPHIS ........................... 32 19 16 19 — 86 CLEVELAND ....................... 22 23 30 17 — 92 MEMPHIS Gay
MIN
Randolph Gasol
Conley Henry Arthur Mayo
Vasquez Young Allen
TOTALS FG FT O-T A PF PTS
36:55 7-14 2-3 0-5 6 1 17 31:44 6-16 0-0 3-11 1 1 13 37:23 30:52 22:15 20:47
2-8 0-0 2-6 2 2
3-9 4-6 0-1 5 1 11 4-9 0-0 1-2 0 1 2-5 0-0 0-7 0 3
4 9
25:45 6-12 0-0 0-3 1 3 13 17:15 11:24 5:41
4-6 0-0 0-3 3 2 2-5 2-2 0-1 2 3 0-1 0-0 1-3 1 1
4 9
6 0
240:01 36-85 8-11 7-42 21 18 86
Percentages: FG .424, FT .727. 3-Point Goals: 6-14, .429 (Henry 1-1, Gay 1-2, Randolph 1-2, Vasquez 1-2, Conley 1-3, Mayo 1-3, Young 0-1). Team Rebounds: 11. Team Turnovers: 15 (16 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Gasol 3, Arthur, Henry, Randolph). Turnovers: 15 (Gasol 4, Randolph 4, Gay 3, Vasquez 2, Conley, Henry). Steals: 7 (Conley 2, Gay 2, Arthur, Gasol, Randolph). Technical Fouls: None.
CLEVELAND Graham
Hickson Varejao
MWilliams Parker Hollins
Jamison Moon
Gibson
Sessions TOTALS
MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS
29:26 5-10 0-0 1-3 1 1 12 23:48 6-11 4-5 2-5 1 1 16 30:36
35:13 10-21 1-2 1-5 12 3 25 27:55 17:25
1-3 1-2 1-11 1 5 2-4 0-0 0-3 2 1
23:43 2-10 3-4 1-7 2 1 18:34 20:35 12:47
3-4 2-5 3-5 0 1 2-7 0-0 1-4 1 1
2-9 2-2 1-3 0 0 2-4 1-2 0-0 1 0
3 5
8 8 4 6 5
240:02 35-83 14-22 11-46 21 14 92
Percentages: FG .422, FT .636. 3-Point Goals: 8-23, .348 (M.Williams 4-6, Graham 2-4, Parker 1-2, Jamison 1-4, Gibson 0-3, Moon 0-4). Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 14 (12 PTS). Blocked Shots: 9 (Jamison 2, Parker 2, Varejao 2, Graham, Hickson, M.Williams). Turnovers: 14 (Hickson 4, M.Williams 4, Gibson 2, Hollins 2, Graham, Jamison). Steals: 8 (Varejao 2, M.Williams 2, Graham, Hickson, Moon, Parker). Techni- cal Fouls: None. A: 20,562 (20,562). T: 2:11.
“We have to be active participants right now in our own rescue.” —Miami Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra
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“We have to lead these guys.We have to become more in tune with each other,”Heat star Dwyane Wade, right, said of adjusting to playing alongside three-timeMVPLeBron James, middle.
76ERS102,NETS86 Jrue Holiday had 20 points and 13
assists and Thaddeus Young sparked a fourth-quarter spurt as Philadelphia snapped a three-game losing streak. Andre Iguodala scored 16 points and
Lou Williams added 15 for the Sixers, who returned to Philadelphia after losing three straight on the road, including a 99-90 loss to the Miami Heat on Friday night. Saturday’s win was their second in 10 games. Brook Lopez led New Jersey with 25 points, Devin Harrisadded19andKris Humphries pulled in 15 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the Nets from losing their fifth straightgameon the road.
NEWJERSEY ...................... 24 24 18 20 — 86 PHILADELPHIA .................. 27 19 20 36 — 102
NEWJERSEY Outlaw
Humphries Lopez Harris
Morrow James Farmar Favors Petro Uzoh
TOTALS MIN 27:15
FG FT O-T A PF PTS 2-9 0-0 0-1 1 2
3-8 0-1 0-3 4 1 3-7 0-0 3-7 1 0 1-6 3-3 0-1 3 2 1-1 0-0 0-2 0 3 3-6 0-0 0-1 0 4 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 0
31:41 3-10 1-2 4-15 1 2 35:32 8-16 9-10 4-6 1 3 25 37:05 7-16 4-4 0-3 6 1 19 34:23 22:15 22:58 14:31 12:28 1:53
4 7
8 6 5 2 6 4
240:01 33-81 17-20 11-39 18 18 86
Percentages: FG .407, FT .850. 3-Point Goals: 3-9, .333 (Morrow 2-3, Harris 1-3, Outlaw 0-1, Farmar 0-2). Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 6 (5 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Lopez 2, Humphries, Morrow, Petro). Turnovers: 6 (Lopez 2, Favors, Harris, Humphries, Outlaw). Steals: 3 (Harris 2, Farmar). Technical Fouls: None.
PHILADELPHIA MIN Iguodala
Brand Hawes Holiday Turner
Speights Meeks
LWilliams Young
Nocioni Battie
TOTALS FG FT O-T A PF PTS
41:48 7-14 0-1 2-7 4 0 16 29:41 6-11 2-2 3-10 0 2 14 15:05
37:27 9-16 2-4 2-4 13 3 20 23:27 13:03 12:12 21:12 24:09 6:12
1-5 0-2 2-5 3 3 2-8 0-0 0-3 1 1
2-5 1-2 1-4 1 2 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0
15:45
2 4
5 2
5-9 3-3 0-0 5 1 15 5-7 3-4 0-4 0 2 13 1-2 0-0 0-2 0 1 4-4 0-0 0-6 2 0
2 9
240:01 43-84 11-18 10-45 29 15 102
Percentages: FG .512, FT .611. 3-Point Goals: 5-13, .385 (Iguodala 2-3, L.Williams 2-4, Battie 1-1, Nocioni 0-1, Holiday 0-2, Meeks 0-2). Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 5 (4 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Brand 3, Battie, Hawes). Turnovers: 5 (Young 2, Brand, Holiday, Iguoda- la). Steals: 4 (Holiday 3, Young). Technical Fouls: Defensive three second, 0:29 first A: 14,150 (20,318). T: 2:08.
WARRIORS104, T-WOLVES94
Dorell Wright scored a career-high
30 points and set a franchise record with nine three-pointers to lead Gold- en State to a victory over Minnesota, snapping the Warriors’ five-game los- ing streak. Monta Ellis had 26 points and 10
assists and David Lee returned from an eight-game absence for the War- riors,whowonfor just the second time since Lee went down with a staph infection in his left elbow on Nov. 10. Kevin Love had 21 points and 22
rebounds for the Timberwolves, his fourth 20-20 game of the season.
GOLDEN STATE .................. 28 20 36 20 — 104 MINNESOTA ...................... 26 25 17 26 — 94
GOLDEN STATE MIN DWright
Lee
Biedrins Curry Ellis
Williams Adrien Bell
Carney
Gadzuric TOTALS
FG FT O-T A PF PTS
44:38 10-15 1-2 0-1 2 1 30 42:36 5-15 0-0 2-6 4 2 10 24:20
1-6 0-0 2-12 1 6 17:38
3-4 0-0 0-2 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 4-6 0-0 0-2 2 2
2
27:33 6-10 6-7 0-3 7 5 20 48:00 10-20 5-8 2-4 10 3 26 15:25 6:02 6:59 6:49
6 0 2 0 8
240 40-79 12-17 6-32 26 23 104
Percentages: FG .506, FT .706. 3-Point Goals: 12-18, .667 (D.Wright 9-12, Curry 2-3, Ellis 1-2, Carney 0-1). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 11 (11 PTS). Blocked Shots: 3 (Gadzuric, Lee, D.Wright). Turnovers: 10 (Ellis 3, Biedrins 2, Lee 2, Curry, Williams, D.Wright). Steals: 16 (Ellis 7, Curry 3, Lee 3, Bell, Williams, D.Wright). Technical Fouls: Coach Smart, 8:31 fourth.
MINNESOTA Beasley
Love Milicic
Ridnour Johnson Ellington Tolliver Brewer Telfair Koufos
TOTALS MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS
34:43 11-25 5-7 6-9 3 3 28 42:02 6-16 9-9 5-22 1 1 21 29:35 4-10 1-2 4-7 3 2 36:33 5-10 4-4 1-3 6 1 16 21:25 14:02 20:45 27:34 11:27 1:54
2-6 1-1 1-4 0 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 2-4 3-6 2-4 1 2 0-4 0-0 2-4 1 2 1-4 2-2 2-2 2 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0
9 5
3 8 0 4 0
240 32-81 25-31 23-55 19 15 94
Percentages: FG .395, FT .806. 3-Point Goals: 5-18, .278 (Ridnour 2-4, Ellington 1-1, Beasley 1-2, Tolliver 1-2, Telfair 0-1, Brewer 0-2, Johnson 0-3, Love 0-3). Team Rebounds: 4. Team Turnovers: 22 (32 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Milicic 3, Beasley, Johnson, Love). Turnovers: 21 (Ridnour 5, Beasley 3, Brewer 3, Milicic 3, Ellington 2, Johnson 2, Koufos, Telfair, Tolliver). Steals: 4 (Johnson, Ridnour, Telfair, Tolliver). Technical Fouls: None. A: 14,440 (19,356). T: 2:17.
THUNDER110, PACERS106 (OT)
Late Friday Russell Westbrook scored 43
points and Kevin Durant made clutch shots late inOklahomaCity’s overtime victory over Indiana. Westbrook was 13 for 24 from the
NBALEADERS EnteringSaturday’sgames SCORING AVERAGE
G FG
field and made 17 of 18 free throws, and the Thunder overcame a 14-point second-half deficit to win its fifth consecutive road game. Durantadded25points withastrong finish.
FT PTS. AVG.
Durant, OKC ...................... 14 128 116 393 28.1 Nowitzki, DAL ................... 15 146 Rose, CHI .......................... 13 134
91 395 26.3 57 342 26.3
Bryant, L.A.L. .................... 16 138 111 410 25.6 Anthony, DEN ................... 15 134 Ellis, GOL .......................... 16 151
98 378 25.2 73 398 24.9
Gordon, L.A.C. ................... 15 121 109 367 24.5 Westbrook, OKC ............... 16 119 139 381 23.8 James, MIA ....................... 16 122 114 374 23.4
FG PERCENTAGE
Gasol,MEM ..................................... 68 Horford, ATL ................................. 110 Biedrins, GOL .................................. 61 Hilario, DEN ..................................... 57 Howard, ORL ................................. 113
3-POINT PERCENTAGE
Arroyo, MIA ..................................... 13 Bonner, SAN .................................... 21 Stevenson, DAL .............................. 16 Daye, DET ........................................ 16 Fisher, L.A.L. ................................... 17
FT PERCENTAGE
Redick, ORL ..................................... 23 Durant, OKC .................................. 116 Gallinari, NYK .................................. 97
REBOUNDS PER GAME
Love, MIN .......................... 16 Noah, CHI .......................... 14 Evans, TOR ........................ 15 Howard, ORL ..................... 15 Blatche,WAS ................... 14
ASSISTS PER GAME
FG FGA PCT. 110
179 101 95
190
3FG 3FGA 20
36 31 31 33
FT FTA 24
125 105
.618 .615 .604 .600 .595
PCT. .650
.583 .516 .516 .515
PCT. .958
.928 .924
G OFF. DEF. TOT. AVG. 77 155 232 14.5
64 126 190 13.6 65 117 182 12.1 40 140 180 12.0 37
71 108 7.7
Rondo, BOS ..................................... 13 Paul, NOR ........................................ 15 Williams, UTA ................................. 17 Nash, PHX ....................................... 14 Kidd, DAL ........................................ 15 Wall,WAS ....................................... 10
STEALS PER GAME BLOCKS PER GAME
Paul, NOR ........................................ 15 Wall,WAS ....................................... 10
Milicic, MIN ..................................... 16 McGee,WAS ................................... 14
G AST. AVG. 185
154 169 133 139 91
28 39
14.2 10.3 9.9 9.5 9.3 9.1
G STL. AVG. 45
3.00 2.80
G BLK. AVG. 47
2.94 2.79
Down 64-50 early in the third
quarter, the Thunder fought back with an 11-0 run. Durant’s three-point play tied it at 96
with 45 seconds remaining in regula- tion.
OKLAHOMA CITY .......... 23 21 27 25 14 — 110 INDIANA ........................ 20 32 24 20 10 — 106
OKLAHOMA CITY
Durant Green Ibaka
Westbrook Sefolosha NCollison Harden White
Maynor Mullens Ivey
TOTALS MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS
44:57 9-26 6-7 1-8 1 1 25 46:53 4-16 6-8 5-14 4 6 15 17:06
3-4 0-0 1-1 0 2
30:03 12:01 11:10 5:03 0:08
6
41:50 13-24 17-18 2-8 8 0 43 46:24 9:25
4-6 4-4 3-10 1 5 13 0-3 0-0 2-2 0 4 1-5 3-4 1-6 0 5 1-4 0-0 1-4 0 0 0-2 0-0 0-4 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
0 6 2 0 0 0
265 35-90 36-41 16-57 14 26 110
Percentages: FG .389, FT .878. 3-Point Goals: 4-19, .211 (Sefolosha 1-2, Harden 1-3, Green 1-5, Durant 1-8, Westbrook 0-1). Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 12 (14 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (White 2,
N.Collison, Durant, Ibaka, Westbrook). Turnovers: 12 (Durant 3, Westbrook 3, Green 2, Harden 2, Ibaka, Mullens). Steals: 7 (West- brook 3, Durant 2, Harden, White). Technical Fouls: None.
INDIANA Granger
McRoberts Hibbert
DCollison Dunleavy Ford Rush
Posey
SJones TOTALS
MIN
44:07 11-24 6-7 2-4 2 5 30 24:19
FG FT O-T A PF PTS 5-9 2-3 1-8 2 2 13
36:57 9-21 1-2 4-10 2 3 19 25:09 5-11 0-1 0-3 5 6 10 32:53 27:51 29:05 28:59 15:41
4-8 2-3 1-10 4 1 12 1-6 0-0 0-0 2 3 1-4 5-6 2-5 4 2 3-6 0-0 0-7 1 4 1-2 2-2 1-2 0 2
2 7 9 4
265:01 40-91 18-24 11-49 22 28 106
Percentages: FG .440, FT .750. 3-Point Goals: 8-23, .348 (Posey 3-6, Dunleavy 2-4, Granger 2-9, McRoberts 1-3, Ford 0-1). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 16 (12 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (McRoberts 2, Granger, Hibbert, Posey). Turnovers: 14 (Granger 7, Dunleavy 2, Ford 2, Hibbert 2,
D.Collison). Steals: 6 (Granger 2, Ford, Hibbert, McRoberts, Posey). Technical Fouls: None. A: 17,155 (18,165). T: 2:45.
SUNS116,CLIPPERS108 Late Friday
JasonRichardson scored 29 points,
reserve Hakim Warrick had a season- high 25 and Phoenix kept Los Angeles winless on the road (0-8). The victory was the Suns’ ninth in a
row over the Clippers and extended their home winning streak against Los Angeles to seven. No visiting Pacific Division team other than the Lakers has left US Airways Center with a win since April 17, 2007 — a total of 27 games. Steve Nash added 16 points and 10
assists forPhoenix, andChanning Frye scored 16points. Eric Gordon topped Los Angeles with
32 points, Ryan Gomes had a season- high 20, and Blake Griffin had 20 points and 14rebounds.
L.A. CLIPPERS ..................... 21 30 30 27 — 108 PHOENIX ............................. 42 25 31 18 — 116
L.A. CLIPPERS MIN Aminu
Griffin Jordan Bledsoe Gordon Foye
Smith Gomes Cook
Butler
Warren TOTALS
23:20
FG FT O-T A PF PTS 1-7 0-0 0-2 1 1
37:28 9-17 2-4 1-14 1 2 20 15:13 10:41
1-1 0-0 0-2 1 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2
13:13
0-0 2-2 0-0 0 0 2-4 0-0 0-2 3 2
3 2
38:52 11-23 8-10 2-3 6 5 32 4:42
2 2
4
31:12 8-13 1-2 1-4 2 4 20 27:19 20:58 17:02
6-9 0-1 3-10 1 6 16 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 0 2-5 0-0 0-1 3 4
2 5
240 42-83 13-19 7-39 20 28 108
Percentages: FG .506, FT .684. 3-Point Goals: 11-24, .458 (Cook4-5,Gomes3-4,Gordon2-8,Aminu1-3,Warren1-3, Butler 0-1). TeamRebounds: 11. TeamTurnovers: 16 (21 PTS).BlockedShots: 7 (Griffin 2,Aminu,Bledsoe,Butler, Cook, Jordan). Turnovers: 16 (Gordon 4, Griffin 3, Aminu 2, Warren 2, Bledsoe, Butler, Gomes, Jordan, Smith). Steals: 3 (Gordon 2,Warren). Technical Fouls: Defensive three second, 4:03 third.
PHOENIX Hill
Turkoglu Frye Nash
Richardson Warrick Dudley Dragic
Childress Barron
TOTALS MIN
26:21 15:18
FG FT O-T A PF PTS 4-6 4-5 1-5 5 1 12
0-3 0-0 1-1 2 4 0
36:19 6-11 0-0 1-5 1 5 16 28:58 4-12 7-8 0-5 10 0 16 32:55 12-19 0-2 1-6 1 1 29 36:50 6-13 13-14 1-6 0 3 25 22:23
18:19 4-12 0-2 3-5 4 3 15:24 7:14
3-5 2-2 0-1 0 1 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 0
0-1 0-0 0-1 0 1
9 9 0 0
240:01 39-82 26-33 9-37 26 19 116
Percentages: FG .476, FT .788. 3-Point Goals: 12-25, .480 (Richardson 5-8, Frye 4-6, Dudley 1-2, Nash 1-3, Dragic 1-5,Hill 0-1). TeamRebounds: 10. TeamTurnovers: 8 (13 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (Frye 4). Turnovers: 6 (Dragic 2, Frye 2, Nash 2). Steals: 9 (Dudley 2, Frye 2, Hill 2, Nash, Richardson,Warrick). Technical Fouls:None. A: 17,486 (18,422). T: 2:21.
I a little luster early on Hovering close to .500,much-hyped super teamsays it’s not time to panic — yet
BY AMY SHIPLEY IN MIAMI
t’s no time for panicked team meetings,MiamiHeatCoach Erik Spoelstra said Friday
morning, but he admitted a sense of urgency would be nice. Nearly a month into an NBA seasonmany expectedwould be the Heat’s playground, the Heat has been booed on its home court, defeated routinely and resoundingly, and picked apart nationwide. Which might explain why a
handful of Miami players, in- cluding team captain Dwyane Wade, dutifully showed up to American Airlines Arena on Thursday for an informal shoot- around despite getting the day off for Thanksgiving. Wade declined to name the
players who attended but said their voluntary participation provided a welcome mental counter to what had been a demoralizing three-game losing streak, which ended Friday night with a 99-90 win over Philadelphia. The last thing the Heat needs, Wade said, is to panic. “You start to panic and you
start tensing up too much and not playing the game freely,” Wade said. “No question you get hum-
bled. We never would have pre- dicted we’d be 8-7.” Miami’s frustration has been
palpable. After signaling for a timeout during Miami’s 16- point home loss to the Indiana Pacers onMonday,Wade hurled a baseball pass across the court in disgust that struck a sur- prised fan in the front row. Late in that game, three-time MVP LeBron James glared at the scoreboard with his hands on his hips. Meantime, an increasingly
anxious Spoelstra has sum- moned a host of phrases no one imagined would ever apply to his talent-rich Heat squad. He said early in the week he didn’t want to overreact, that it was time to put “the pieces back together.” “We have to be active partici-
pants right now,” he said, “in our own rescue.” The Heat, which hosts the
Wizards on Monday, has been alternately soaring and sinking, but doing far more of the latter than anyone expected when Heat President Pat Riley assem- bled what was figured to be the Team of the Decade this past summer, luring free agents James and forward Chris Bosh to join Wade in South Beach. Former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy predicted the Heat wouldn’t lose two in a row all year, yet Miami achieved that twice in the season’s first month, and players admit they
still haven’t gotten comfortable with each other. Los Angeles Lakers Coach
Phil Jackson speculated that Spoelstra’s job could soon be in jeopardy. TheMiami Herald de- clared the squad “A RoyalMess” in a headline this week. “It’s very challenging when
you have nine new guys, guys trying to learn a system and guys trying to get acquainted on the basketball court,” James said. “We haven’t really had our full team yet. . . . It’s been a struggle, because youwant to be in full-go.” Indeed, some ofMiami’s diffi-
culties can be attributed to a host of injuries, major and nag- ging, that have kept key pieces of the 2010-11 squad off the floor at various times — the latest being the loss last week of Udo- nis Haslem, Miami’s leading re- bounder, to an ankle injury. Even so, it’s difficult to square a squad as talented as Miami’s with the enormity of recent struggles. Miami has lost twice to the
Boston Celtics. It blew a 22- point lead in an overtime loss to the Utah Jazz. Even after Mon- day’s wake-up call defeat, the Heat could notmuster a resusci- tating victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday, falling by nine on the road. Entering Fri- day’s game, James was leading the league not in scoring, but turnovers (4.1 per game). “I don’t think we anticipated
anything like that, but we’re here,” Bosh said. “We’re just going to have to deal with it. When we all came into this situation, we knew the fact it wasn’t going to be an easy road. . . . Anger right now isn’t going to do anything. We just got to get it done.” Teams have exploited the fact
that Miami’s offense lacks a dominant low-post presence and rebounder. Wade and James said the greatest chal- lenge, however, has been turn- ing their inclinationto share the ball and be unselfish — which both believe is healthy and criti- cal for team success — into a productive and game-dictated instinct. Wade admitted that on occa-
sion, instead of responding to the actioninfront of him, he has gotten bogged down worrying about whether Bosh and James have gotten enough shots. That’s helped create what he
described as a communication “disconnect” between him and James and everybody else. Both agreed on this point: They ha- ven’t enjoyed this bumpy ride one bit. “You want to see guys have
fun playing together,” Wade said. “I don’t think you’ve seen that yet. . . . I think us two is having the biggest adjustment. . . . We have to lead these guys.
We have to becomemore in tune with each other.” They’ve tried. The two have
attended news conferences jointly and sat together on the bench. They’ve deferred to one another and gone out socially. They dined out together after the Indiana game, figuring a good meal would help them get past the night’s miserable per- formance more effectively than dwelling on it with hours in the filmroom. In fact, James said, the Heat
needs less analysis and more spontaneity. “You gotta have fun while
you’re doing it,” James said ear- lier this week. “We’re not doing that right now.We’re not having fun at all. . . . We’re playing passive. Then when we take a shot it almost looks out of rhythm.” Spoelstra tried to reduce his
players’mental burden by grad- ually adding pieces of the play- book instead of foisting the entire thing on his players at the start of the season. And in the hard-nosed tradition of his mentor Riley, Spoelstra has em- phasized play at the defensive end of the
court.Anunfortunate by-product, perhaps, has been an offense that lacks the fluidity and effective ballmovement of a more extensively rehearsed squad. “We’re just running basic sets
right now,” center Zydrunas Il- gauskas said. Spoelstra “is try- ing not to be overbearing be- cause there are a lot of new players learning the system. Lit- tle by little, he’s putting inmore plays.” Spoelstra, meantime, said he
refused to let speculation about his job security present a dis- traction. He said he talked with Riley on Thursday and it was “business as usual.” “I came in with a clear head,”
Spoelstra said. “I told the team that. I disciplinedmyself yester- day just to get away fromevery- thing.” Yet the frequent lineup
changes have increased the headaches. Haslem underwent ankle surgery Tuesday and is expected tomissmonths. Shoot- ing specialist Mike Miller isn’t expected back before January because of a right thumb injury suffered during training camp. Wade missed much of the pre- seasonwith strained hamstring, then missed a game last week- end with a wrist sprain. Bosh’s back is sore. “We feel likewe bolstered our
depth this summer, really at every single position,” Spoelstra said. “And nowit’s being tested.” Thus far, the test has been a
killer. “We’re getting to know each
other,” he said, “under adverse circumstances.”
shipleya@washpost.com
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