MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2010


KLMNO PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL STANDINGSANDBOXSCORES


EASTERNCONFERENCE ATLANTIC W


Boston


New York Toronto


New Jersey


Orlando Atlanta Miami


16 12 8


Philadelphia 6 6


SOUTHEAST W 15 13 13 7 6


Charlotte Washington


CENTRAL W 10 9 7 7 7


Chicago Indiana


Milwaukee Cleveland Detroit


L 4 9


12 14 15


L 5 8 8


13 13


L 8 9


12 13 14


PCT GB .800 — .571 .400 .300


41/2 8


10


.286 101/2 PCT GB


.750 — .619 .619 .350 .316


1


21/2 21/2 8


81/2


PCT GB .556 — .500 .368 .350 .333


31/2 4


41/2


WESTERNCONFERENCE SOUTHWEST W L


San Antonio Dallas


New Orleans Memphis Houston


Utah Denver


17 16 13 8 7


3 4 7


13 13


NORTHWEST W L 15 13 14 8 5


Okla. City xPortland Minnesota


PACIFIC


L.A. Lakers Phoenix


Golden State Sacramento


W L 14 11 8 4


xL.A. Clippers 4 x-Late game


6 9


12 14 16


6 6 7


11 15


CELTICS100,NETS75 Boston was going through its final


warmups prior to facing New Jersey when all-star G Rajon Rondo walked over to Coach Doc Rivers to give him the bad news. “It was literally about two seconds


before the game was going to start,” Rivers said of when he learned that Rondo couldn’t play through ham- string and foot injuries. Rivers turned to backup point guard


Nate Robinson and told him he was starting. “I just go about things thesameway,” said Robinson, who scored a game- high 21 points and dished off for six assists in the Celtics’ rout, the team’s seventh straight win.


BOSTON ............................. 27 30 23 20 — 100 NEWJERSEY ...................... 25 12 16 22 — 75


PCT GB .850 — .800 .650 .381 .350


1 4


91/2 10


PCT GB .714 — .684 .667 .421 .250


1 1 6


91/2


PCT GB .700 — .550 .400 .222 .200


3 6 9


10 SATURDAY'SGAMES


at Miami 89, Atlanta 77 at Philadelphia 109, Charlotte 91 at Chicago 119, Houston 116, OT at Minnesota 129, Cleveland 95 at Milwaukee 96, Orlando 85 Dallas 105, at Sacramento 103


SUNDAY'SRESULTS


at Phoenix 125,Washington 108 Boston 100, at New Jersey 75 New York 116, at Toronto 99 at Detroit 102, Cleveland 92 at Oklahoma City 114, Golden State 109 at San Antonio 109, New Orleans 84 at Denver 108, Memphis 107 L.A. Clippers at Portland, Late


MONDAY'SGAMES


Toronto at Indiana, 7 Atlanta at Orlando, 7 Minnesota at New York, 7:30 Oklahoma City at Chicago, 8 Miami at Milwaukee, 8 Memphis at Utah, 9 Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, 10:30


TUESDAY'SGAMES


New Jersey at Atlanta, 7 Denver at Charlotte, 7 Cleveland at Philadelphia, 7 Golden State at Dallas, 8:30 Detroit at Houston, 8:30 Phoenix at Portland, 10 Washington at L.A. Lakers, 10:30


BOSTON Pierce


Garnett SO'Neal Robinson Allen Davis Erden


Daniels Wafer


Bradley


Harangody TOTALS


MIN


23:52 26:35 11:50


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 2-7 4-6 0-0 4 0


5-8 3-4 1-14 4 1 13 1-2 1-1 1-4 0 0


8 3


31:08 8-12 2-2 0-6 6 2 21 25:47


29:41 7-13 2-2 1-9 2 3 16 18:47 30:22 18:08 14:43 9:07


6-8 1-2 1-5 4 0 13 1-4 2-6 1-6 1 3


4-9 2-2 1-1 1 1 10 3-5 2-2 0-1 0 2 2-7 0-2 1-1 2 5 0-2 0-0 1-2 0 2


4 8


4 0


240 39-77 19-29 8-49 24 19 100


Percentages: FG .506, FT .655. 3-Point Goals: 3-15, .200 (Robinson 3-6, Allen 0-1, Bradley 0-1, Daniels 0-1, Harangody 0-1, Wafer 0-1, Pierce 0-4). Team Rebounds: 11. Team Turnovers: 14 (17 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (Daniels, Erden, Garnett, Wafer). Turnovers: 13 (Erden 3, Allen 2, Bradley 2, Robinson 2, Davis, Garnett, Pierce, Wafer). Steals: 8 (Daniels 2, Allen, Davis, Garnett, Harangody, Robinson, Wafer). Technical Fouls: Defen- sive three second, 3:58 first.


NEWJERSEY Outlaw


Humphries Lopez Harris


Morrow Farmar Favors James Petro


Murphy Ross


Graham TOTALS


MIN


19:49 13:01 21:11 24:03 21:47


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 0-7 2-2 0-1 2 1


2-4 0-0 1-2 0 0 2-6 1-2 2-6 2 1 3-8 1-1 0-2 3 3


25:54 2-10 2-3 1-4 3 1 22:53 11:31 12:43 12:27


2-5 3-4 0-3 1 1 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 0-3 4-6 0-1 0 0


2 4 5 7


27:17 6-10 0-0 1-4 2 2 16 27:24


4-7 1-1 0-1 1 5 10 4-6 2-5 0-2 0 5 10 2-4 0-0 0-9 1 5


6 4 7 0 4


240 27-72 16-24 5-36 16 24 75


Percentages: FG .375, FT .667. 3-Point Goals: 5-15, .333 (Farmar 4-5, Morrow 1-1, Graham 0-1, Harris 0-1, Ross 0-1, Murphy 0-2, Outlaw 0-4). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 19 (17 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Favors, James, Lopez, Petro, Ross). Turnovers: 18 (Farmar 4, Favors 4, Harris 4, James 3, Graham, Lopez, Morrow). Steals: 8 (Farmar 3, Favors, Harris, James, Lopez, Outlaw). Technical Fouls: None. A: 16,196 (18,500). T: 2:11.


KNICKS116,RAPTORS99 Amare Stoudemire and New York


have come a long way since a season- opening victory over Toronto. Stou- demire had 31 points and a season- high 16 rebounds, Wilson Chandler scored 21 and the Knicks beat the Raptors, extending their road winning streak to seven games. “It shows you how much we’ve improved since October,” Stoudemire said. “We’re still on the way to getting better. We’re going to continue to work, going to continue to watch film, we’re going to stay hungry and see how good we can be.”


NEWYORK ......................... 33 27 22 34 — 116 TORONTO ........................... 18 32 25 24 — 99


NEWYORK Chandler


Gallinari


Stoudemire Felton Fields


Douglas Mozgov Williams


TOTALS WIZARDS’NEXTTHREE


at Lakers Tomorrow, 10:30 Comcast SportsNet


at Kings Wednesday, 10 Comcast SportsNet


vs. Knicks Friday, 7 Comcast SportsNet


Radio:WJFK (106.7 FM) MIN


34:13 8-14 2-2 1-3 1 3 21 39:58


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 2-7 0-0 0-4 5 1


2-7 1-2 0-2 1 2 1-2 4-5 1-2 0 2


6


37:56 12-24 7-7 5-16 2 3 31 37:45 8-18 1-1 1-2 8 1 18 35:53 5-10 3-4 3-10 3 0 15 23:03 10:04 21:08


5 6


5-6 0-0 2-3 2 1 14 240 43-88 18-21 13-42 22 13 116


Percentages: FG .489, FT .857. 3-Point Goals: 12-27, .444 (Williams 4-4, Chandler 3-7, Fields 2-2, Gallinari 2-6, Felton 1-6, Douglas 0-2). Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 12 (17 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2 (Douglas, Stoudemire). Turnovers: 11 (Felton 3, Fields 2, Stou- demire 2, Chandler, Douglas, Mozgov, Williams). Steals: 10 (Fields 3, Douglas 2, Felton 2, Gallinari, Stoudemire, Williams). Technical Fouls: Stoudemire, 1:53 second.


TORONTO Weems


Johnson Bargnani Calderon DeRozan Davis


Barbosa Kleiza


Bayless Wright Dorsey


TOTALS MIN 23:37


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 2-8 0-0 1-3 3 2


4


38:48 10-14 2-4 8-16 0 2 22 32:43 8-19 0-0 1-7 2 3 16 29:02 36:06 16:32 23:11 9:58


5-8 1-2 1-1 6 4 13 4-8 4-6 0-0 2 2 12 2-3 2-6 2-8 0 2 1-9 0-0 0-2 2 0 0-2 0-0 3-3 0 1


6 3 0


26:57 8-16 2-4 1-7 6 3 23 1:33 1:33


0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0


0 0


240 40-87 11-22 17-47 22 19 99


Percentages: FG .460, FT .500. 3-Point Goals: 8-19, .421 (Bayless 5-7, Calderon 2-3, Barbosa 1-5, Bargnani 0-4). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 17 (15 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2 (Johnson 2). Turnovers: 15 (Bargnani 3, Weems 3, Bayless 2, Calderon 2, Kleiza 2, Davis, DeRozan, Johnson). Steals: 8 (Johnson 3, DeRozan 2, Bargnani, Davis, Kleiza). Technical Fouls: Defensive three second, 8:59 third. A: 16,891 (19,800). T: 2:09.


MAVERICKS105,KINGS103 Late Saturday Long an offensive team that often


regarded defense as an afterthought, Dallas has definitely altered that phi- losophy this season. TheMavericks are statistical leaders


in several defensive categories, and showedwhy in their latest victory. Dirk Nowitzki scored25points, Jason Terry had 23 and Dallas rallied for its ninth straight win. TheMavericks outscoredSacramen-


to 15-4 in the final 5-plus minutes to improve to 8-1 on the road and 16-4 overall. It was their seventh straight victory against Sacramento.


DALLAS .............................. 28 26 26 25 — 105 SACRAMENTO ................... 37 18 25 23 — 103


DALLAS Butler


Nowitzki Chandler Kidd


Stevenson Marion Terry


Haywood Barea


TOTALS MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS


26:08 4-10 5-6 0-5 1 3 13 36:30 11-15 3-3 0-5 5 2 25 24:30


32:33 2-10 3-3 0-5 5 2 13:11 26:43


2-5 0-0 0-0 1 0 2-6 0-0 2-8 1 2


4-5 1-2 1-2 0 3 3-6 1-3 0-3 6 3


3-5 4-5 2-7 1 3 10 8 6 4


31:45 7-14 7-7 1-1 3 2 23 23:30 25:10


9 7


240 38-76 24-29 6-36 23 20 105


Percentages: FG .500, FT .828. 3-Point Goals: 5-17, .294 (Stevenson 2-4, Terry 2-5, Kidd 1-8). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 11 (12 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Hay- wood 3, Chandler, Marion, Nowitzki). Turnovers: 11 (Nowitzki 3, Butler 2, Kidd 2, Barea, Marion, Stevenson, Terry). Steals: 4 (Barea, Butler, Chandler, Terry). Techni- cal Fouls: None.


SACRAMENTO MIN Greene


Thompson Cousins Udrih Evans Landry


Dalembert Jeter


Casspi Garcia


TOTALS


26:15 8-15 0-0 0-1 1 1 19 19:58


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 1-5 2-2 2-5 0 2


13:13 14:34


1-6 2-2 0-0 0 5 2-3 1-2 1-4 2 3 0-2 0-0 0-0 4 0 2-2 0-0 0-5 0 0 3-5 0-0 0-3 1 4


4


31:23 6-14 5-7 1-11 2 4 17 39:18 6-11 2-3 0-3 6 6 16 40:58 11-20 0-0 2-5 8 2 25 28:02 16:37 9:42


4 5 0 5 8


240 40-83 12-16 6-37 24 27 103


Percentages: FG .482, FT .750. 3-Point Goals: 11-19, .579 (Evans 3-5, Greene 3-6, Garcia 2-2, Udrih 2-4, Casspi 1-1, Jeter 0-1). Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 11 (8 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (Thompson 2, Cousins, Landry). Turnovers: 11 (Evans 3, Landry 3, Dalembert 2, Garcia, Greene, Udrih). Steals: 5 (Dalembert, Evans, Greene, Landry, Udrih). Technical Fouls: None. A: 12,900 (17,317). T: 2:18.


WASHINGTONPOST.C OM/WIZARDSINSIDE R


PISTONS102,CAVS92 Richard Hamilton scored 27 points


and Rodney Stuckey added 24 points and 11 assists to help Detroit beat Cleveland before one of the smallest crowds in Palace history as snow fell outside. Tayshaun Prince added 20 points for


the Pistons. Antwan Jamison led the Cavaliers with 22. Cleveland took a 24-19 lead after


one quarter before stumbling in the second quarter and falling behind, 51-46, at the half. Detroit turned several turnovers into an 11-0 run and led 78-67 going into the fourth. The Cavaliers, who have lost a


season-worst four in a row, never got the margin back to single digits in the fourth quarter.


CLEVELAND ....................... 24 22 21 25 — 92 DETROIT ............................. 19 32 27 24 — 102


CLEVELAND Graham


Hickson Varejao


MWilliams Parker


JWilliams Jamison Gibson Hollins


Sessions TOTALS


MIN


18:04 16:25 34:48


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 4-8 0-0 1-3 1 3


3-5 1-4 0-2 3 4 1-6 1-2 1-2 2 1


1-3 0-0 1-2 1 3 0-4 2-2 0-2 3 0


8 7


34:21 5-14 4-4 0-4 10 3 14 28:20 23:04


5-7 1-2 6-14 1 1 11 4-7 0-0 0-3 2 1 11


3


31:35 8-17 5-6 3-6 1 4 22 26:33 4-13 2-2 0-0 1 4 12 13:12 13:40


2 2


240:02 35-84 16-22 12-38 25 24 92


Percentages: FG .417, FT .727. 3-Point Goals: 6-20, .300 (Parker 3-5, Gibson 2-6, Jamison 1-5, J.Williams 0-2, M.Williams 0-2). Team Rebounds: 15. Team Turnovers: 15 (16 PTS). Blocked Shots: 3 (Varejao 2, Graham). Turnovers: 13 (Hickson 5, M.Williams 2, Graham, Hol- lins, Jamison, Parker, Sessions, Varejao). Steals: 8 (Sessions 3, J.Williams 3, Gibson, Jamison). Technical Fouls: None.


DETROIT Prince


Maxiell Wallace Stuckey Hamilton Gordon


McGrady Monroe


Villanueva Daye


TOTALS MIN


30:27 7-14 5-5 2-4 1 0 20 12:00 24:11


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 0-1 0-0 2-4 1 0


1-3 0-0 5-9 5 2


0-1 0-0 0-3 1 1 4-7 0-2 2-7 1 4 3-9 1-2 0-1 0 3 0-1 0-0 1-1 0 1


0 2


40:39 8-14 8-9 1-6 11 4 24 35:17 10-17 3-3 1-3 2 1 27 30:45 5-14 0-0 0-6 1 3 12 18:15 23:44 22:42 2:01


0 8 9 0


240:01 38-81 17-21 14-44 23 19 102


Percentages: FG .469, FT .810. 3-Point Goals: 9-20, .450 (Hamilton 4-6, Villanueva 2-5, Gordon 2-6, Prince 1-3). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 17 (20 PTS). Blocked Shots: 7 (Wallace 3, Maxiell, McGrady, Monroe, Prince). Turnovers: 15 (Hamilton 3, Stuckey 3, Gordon 2, Monroe 2, Prince 2, Daye, McGrady, Villanueva). Steals: 6 (Gordon 3, Monroe, Stuckey, Wallace). Technical Fouls: None. A: 13,081 (22,076). T: 2:18.


SUNS125,WIZARDS108


WASHINGTON ................... 31 30 17 30 — 108 PHOENIX ............................ 28 36 31 30 — 125 WASHINGTON Gee


MIN 16:49


Blatche McGee Wall


Hinrich


Thornton Yi


Arenas Young


Armstrong Booker Martin


TOTALS


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 3-6 2-2 2-3 0 1


42:38 4-12 3-4 0-2 12 4 12 19:36 7:44


33:41 10-13 4-4 1-3 0 2 24 17:50


1-4 0-0 2-6 0 3 1-3 0-0 0-5 2 4


2-3 0-0 0-0 0 1


13:13 2:11


0-1 0-0 0-1 0 3 4-6 1-1 1-2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0


8 2 2


4


26:13 6-14 0-0 4-9 1 3 13 31:40 6-13 0-1 0-1 6 2 14 23:22 8-14 2-3 2-4 1 4 20 5:03


0 9 0


240 45-89 12-15 12-37 23 29 108


Percentages: FG .506, FT .800. 3-Point Goals: 6-18, .333 (Young 2-5, Arenas 2-6, Wall 1-2, Yi 1-3, Gee 0-2). Team Rebounds: 3. Team Turnovers: 16 (22 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (Arenas, Thornton, Wall, Young). Turnovers: 15 (Blatche 4, Wall 4, Yi 2, Booker, Gee, Martin, McGee, Young). Steals: 7 (Wall 3, Arenas, Armstrong, Booker, Yi). Technical Fouls: Blatche, 3:28 fourth.


PHOENIX Hill


Frye


Barron Nash


Richardson Dudley Warrick Turkoglu Dragic


Childress Siler Clark


TOTALS MIN


22:58 5-10 1-2 0-4 1 0 11 26:13 16:31 30:08


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 2-8 2-2 1-5 1 2


3-9 1-1 6-8 0 1


7 7


30:57 7-13 3-4 1-3 1 1 21 25:02


28:47 10-13 6-10 1-6 2 2 26 19:05 17:52 17:03 2:42 2:42


8-8 3-3 1-3 17 0 20 2-5 4-5 0-3 1 0 2-4 2-2 2-4 3 3


9 7


3-6 0-0 0-3 4 2 3-3 0-4 0-1 0 2 1-1 1-2 2-3 0 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0


6 6 3 2


240 47-81 23-35 14-43 30 14 125


Percentages: FG .580, FT .657. 3-Point Goals: 8-21, .381 (Richardson 4-8, Nash 1-1, Turkoglu 1-1, Dudley 1-3, Frye 1-6, Dragic 0-2). Team Rebounds: 10. Team Turn- overs: 15 (16 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2 (Frye, Turkoglu). Turnovers: 14 (Dragic 3, Dudley 2, Nash 2, Richardson 2, Barron, Childress, Clark, Turkoglu, Warrick). Steals: 8 (Richardson 3, Childress 2, Turkoglu 2, Hill). Technical Fouls: None. A: 17,430 (18,422). T: 2:13.


NUGGETS108, GRIZZLIES107


George Karl earned his 999th NBA


win the hard way. Denver overcame a third-quarter meltdown that included a technical on Carmelo Anthony for arguing a call and held off Memphis.


MEMPHIS ........................... 16 31 30 30 — 107 DENVER .............................. 33 29 14 32 — 108


MEMPHIS Gay


Randolph Gasol


Conley Henry


Thabeet Mayo


Vasquez Arthur Young Allen


TOTALS MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS


40:08 8-17 6-9 0-4 3 3 24 38:02 8-21 2-3 5-12 1 4 18 25:24


5-6 0-0 1-6 3 5 10


40:54 8-12 1-2 1-5 9 3 19 27:29 8-12 0-0 0-2 3 3 17 8:10


15:38 7:06


15:20 16:41 5:08


0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1-4 0-0 0-3 1 3 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 4-6 0-0 1-2 0 4 1-5 2-2 0-3 2 1 1-1 0-1 0-0 0 2


0 3 2 8 4 2


240 45-86 11-17 8-37 23 29 107


Percentages: FG .523, FT .647. 3-Point Goals: 6-15, .400 (Conley 2-2, Gay 2-6, Henry 1-2, Mayo 1-2, Randolph 0-1, Vasquez 0-1, Young 0-1). Team Rebounds: 11. Team Turnovers: 17 (14 PTS). Blocked Shots: 9 (Gay 5, Gasol 2, Thabeet 2). Turnovers: 17 (Randolph 6, Arthur 2, Conley 2,Mayo2, Gasol, Gay, Thabeet, Vasquez, Young). Steals: 7 (Young 4, Gay 2, Arthur). Technical Fouls: Defensive three second, 7:29 first.


DENVER Anthony


Williams Nene


Billups Afflalo


Harrington Smith Ely


Forbes Lawson


TOTALS MIN


30:20 4-20 5-8 3-6 3 2 13 23:13


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 4-8 1-2 4-9 0 1


9


37:17 10-13 7-8 4-11 6 1 27 33:19


34:46 10-14 2-4 0-2 2 0 25 27:15 19:09 7:33


2-6 6-6 0-0 4 3 11 3-9 0-0 1-5 1 4


10:01 17:07


1-8 3-3 0-3 1 2 1-2 0-0 1-1 0 2 4-4 0-0 1-1 0 2 0-2 1-2 0-4 6 2


7 5 2 8 1


240 39-86 25-33 14-42 23 19 108


Percentages: FG .453, FT .758. 3-Point Goals: 5-20, .250 (Afflalo 3-5, Billups 1-4, Harrington 1-5, Lawson 0-1, Smith 0-2, Anthony 0-3). Team Rebounds: 12. Team Turnovers:14(13 PTS). Blocked Shots:5(Afflalo 2,Nene 2, Williams). Turnovers: 14 (Billups 4, Harrington 3, Anthony 2, Smith 2, Nene, Lawson, Williams). Steals: 9 (Billups 3, Nene 2, Afflalo, Ely, Smith, Williams). Technical Fouls: Defensive three second, 4:02 first A: 15,017 (19,155). T: 2:20.


SPURS109,HORNETS84 Tony Parker scored 19 points and


San Antonio beat New Orleans for the second time in a week, never trailing and leading by 38 in the most-lopsid- ed game for the Hornets this season.


NEWORLEANS .................. 23 18 18 25 — 84 SAN ANTONIO ................... 34 34 22 19 — 109


NEWORLEANS MIN Ariza


West


Okafor Paul


Belinelli Green Smith


Pondexter Andersen Jack


Thornton Gray


TOTALS FG FT O-T A PF PTS


31:36 6-12 0-0 0-4 1 3 13 29:35 6-11 1-2 1-5 3 4 13 22:46


32:06 5-13 4-5 0-5 8 2 16 20:34 19:43 22:43 22:02 3:12


1-3 3-4 1-3 0 3 0-6 2-3 0-2 2 0


5-5 0-0 0-0 1 2 10 1-5 0-0 2-5 1 0


15:54 7:49


12:00


4-7 2-2 0-0 0 2 10 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1-3 2-2 0-2 5 2 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 4-5 1-1 3-4 1 4


5 2 2 0


4 0 9


240 33-75 15-19 7-30 22 23 84


Percentages: FG .440, FT .789. 3-Point Goals: 3-8, .375 (Paul 2-4, Ariza 1-3, Thornton 0-1). Team Rebounds: 7. TeamTurnovers: 15 (20 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2 (West 2). Turnovers: 15 (Paul 4, Ariza 2, Gray 2, Green 2, Jack 2, Smith, Thornton, West). Steals: 8 (Paul 2, Smith 2, Belinelli, Gray, Okafor, West). Technical Fouls: , .


SAN ANTONIO Jefferson


Duncan Blair


Parker Ginobili Hill


Neal Bonner


McDyess Splitter Quinn Udoka


TOTALS MIN


25:53 5-12 0-0 1-4 1 1 13 18:42 28:47


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 4-7 3-4 2-9 3 2 11


26:46 7-10 5-7 1-3 6 3 19 22:11 14:26 33:15 15:44 9:02


5-7 0-0 2-8 0 2 10 2-5 2-2 0-2 5 0


8


17:38 15:36 12:00


4-4 3-3 0-0 3 3 11 4-9 1-1 0-5 5 1 11 5-6 0-0 0-2 2 0 14 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 2 2-4 1-4 1-2 0 2 2-5 0-0 0-0 2 0 1-1 1-2 0-2 2 1


0 5 4 3


240 41-70 16-23 7-38 29 17 109


Percentages: FG .586, FT .696. 3-Point Goals: 11-22, .500 (Bonner 4-5, Jefferson 3-7, Ginobili 2-4, Neal 2-4, Quinn 0-2). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 17 (21 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (Duncan 2, Blair, McDyess). Turnovers: 16 (Parker 4, Blair 3, Neal 3, Duncan, Ginobili, Hill, Jefferson, McDyess, Splitter). Steals: 10 (Ginobili 2, Parker 2, Blair, Bonner, McDyess, Neal, Splitter, Udoka). A: 17,571 (18,797). T: 2:03.


THUNDER114, WARRIORS109


Kevin Durant scored 28 points in


his first game back from the knee injury and Russell Westbrook added 19 points and 13 assists, but Oklaho- ma City nearly squandered a 21-point lead in the fourth quarter.


GOLDEN STATE .................. 17 25 28 39 — 109 OKLAHOMA CITY ............... 32 22 36 24 — 114


GOLDEN STATE MIN DWright


Lee


Biedrins Curry Ellis


Williams Gadzuric Bell Lin


Adrien TOTALS


48:00 5-17 1-2 4-11 2 3 12 30:21 4-12 0-0 5-9 5 4 23:18


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 8


2-4 0-0 2-6 3 5 10:51


0-1 0-0 0-1 0 1 0-2 0-0 0-1 0 0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 0 2-5 1-1 4-6 2 3


4


45:51 14-20 7-7 0-1 6 5 39 38:34 11-21 6-7 1-5 0 5 29 23:01 4-11 2-2 2-4 2 1 11 4:39 6:51 8:34


0 0 1 5


240 42-93 18-21 18-44 20 27 109


Percentages: FG .452, FT .857. 3-Point Goals: 7-20, .350 (Curry 4-7, Ellis 1-4, Williams 1-4, D.Wright 1-5). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 17 (24 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (D.Wright 2, Biedrins, Curry, Lin). Turnovers: 16 (Curry 5, Ellis 3, Williams 2, D.Wright 2, Adrien, Biedrins, Gadzuric, Lee). Steals: 6 (Curry 2, Ellis 2, Biedrins, Williams). Technical Fouls: None.


OKLAHOMA CITY


Durant Green Krstic


Westbrook Sefolosha Ibaka


Harden Maynor Ivey


TOTALS MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS


37:56 8-16 11-12 2-7 3 2 28 41:37 6-15 5-5 4-8 1 3 17 20:08


37:57 4-16 11-13 3-7 13 3 19 35:31


3-9 3-3 4-4 0 1 3-8 0-0 1-7 3 0


9 6


25:39 8-10 3-3 2-8 1 6 19 24:30 10:03 6:39


3-6 4-4 1-2 1 3 12 1-4 0-0 1-2 2 3 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 0


2 2


240 37-85 37-40 18-47 25 21 114


Percentages: FG .435, FT .925. 3-Point Goals: 3-12, .250 (Harden 2-3, Durant 1-3, Sefolosha 0-1, Westbrook 0-1, Green 0-4). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 16 (11 PTS). Blocked Shots: 7 (Ibaka 3, Durant 2, Krstic, Westbrook). Turnovers: 16 (Westbrook 5, Durant 2, Ibaka 2, Krstic 2, Maynor 2, Green, Harden, Sefolosha). Steals: 10 (Green 4, Harden 2, Sefolosha 2, Westbrook 2). Technical Fouls: None. A: 18,203 (18,203). T: 2:27.


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phoenix—Whenhewasa rising senior at Word of God Christian Academy in Raleigh, N.C., John Wall was invited to attend the Steve Nash Skills Academy in New Jersey. Wall met with Nash, spoke him a little, and has contin- ued to study what the two-time league’s most valuable player does to be so successful. In his first professional match-


up against Nash,Wall got lessons in abundance on how to efficient- ly run an offense and keep an opposing defense at your mercy. Nash ran a full clinic on Sunday, as he took advantage of theWash- ington Wizards’ inability to de- fend pick-and-rolls by throwing lob after lob to his slam-dunking teammates. And when the Wiz- ards failed to play him honest, he calmly hit open jumpers. Wall finished with his fifth double-double of the season with 12 points and 12 assists, but after doing most of his damage in the first three quarters, Nash fin- ished 20 points and 17 assists—to hand the Wizards their 10th con- secutive road loss to start the season, 125-108. Their past four road losses have all been by dou- ble digits. Andray Blatche had 24 points


to lead the Wizards,whohave lost four consecutive games in Phoe- nix, with their last win coming on Dec. 22, 2006, when Gilbert Are- nas scored 54 points in an over- time victory. Arenas came off the bench for the second game in a row, with Coach Flip Saunders going with a starting back court


RALPH FRESO/ASSOCIATED PRESS Gilbert Arenas finished with 14 points coming off a Wizards bench that scored 60 points against the Suns.


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Nash doles out 8 assists in decisive period as Wizards fall, 125-108


of Kirk Hinrich and Wall, with Alonzo Gee playing small for- ward. Saunders said he would have to “wait and see” if would make any changes, but added, “I don’t look at guys who start games. I look at guys who finish games. Who starts really doesn’t matter.” Arenas scored 14 points to help


a Wizards bench that scored 60 points. For the first time in nearly three weeks, the Wizards had their full complement of players (aside from the still-rehabbing Josh Howard), as Nick Young returned after missing one game because of a bruised right thigh he injured inWednesday’s loss in Toronto.Andduring the first half, they looked like a competent group, as they shot 54.2 percent and trailed by just three points at the break. Nash took control of the game


in the third period, handing out eight assists, as the Suns out- scored the Wizards 31-17. The Suns beat the Wizards by using the same play: a player curling around on a back screen with Nash tossing the ball toward the rim. After Nash found Channing Frye for a dunk, Wall responded by tossing a lob to Gee. The Suns then went on a 12-2 run, with Nash and Jason Richardson (21 points) hitting three-pointers. They led, 95-78, entering the fourth quarter. The Wizards trailed by 21


points in the fourth quarter, and Suns Coach Alvin Gentry seemed content with letting his starters sit for the rest of the night. But he had to change those plans as the Wizards — with a lineup that featured Arenas, Wall, Blatche, Young and Trevor Booker — got within 107-95 with 5 minutes 13 seconds remaining as Arenas found Blatche for a six-foot jump shot.Nash quickly restored order,


handing out three assists, and sat for the final 2:42 after the Suns pushed the lead back to 18. The Wizards started out by utilizing their one decided advan- tage, by letting Blatche go to work on the Suns’ smallish front line. Blatche scored 10 of the Wizards’ first 14 points, as he drove around Earl Barron and coolly took pass- es from Wall and hit jumpers. Blatche helped start an 11-0 run that gave the Wizards a 23-14 lead in the first period with two free throws, then Wall found Yi Jian- lian open inside for a dunk and later hit a three-pointer. Yi, playing his second game


since returning from a hyperex- tended right knee suffered in Chicago on Nov. 13, played with the same fervor he showed early in the preseason as he helped the Wizards take a 26-16 lead when he knocked down a three-pointer late in the first quarter. Yi matched his season high with 13 points. Young made 5 of 6 shots and


scored 12 of his 20 in the first half. He recovered an offensive re- bound, then drove around and got fouled while making a base- line hook shot to give the Wizards 53-50 lead. He then hit another pullup jumper to put the Wizards ahead, 57-54, nodding his head as he backpedaled. The Suns responded with a


10-2 run, with Nash tying the game at 57, then feeding Hakim Warrick for two baskets.Warrick gave the Suns a 64-59 lead when he caught a pass from Nash, slashed to the basket and rammed the ball over Yi. But while the Suns and their fans celebrated the emphatic slam, Wall responded with a long bank shot as time expired. Warrick finished with a game-high 26 points off the bench. leem@washpost.com


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