THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2010


KLMNO PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL


Young helps on both ends as Wizards subdue Pacers


wizards from D1


from starter Nick Young and re- serve Cartier Martin to ensure there would not be a repeat of Washington’s swoon on Monday when it blew a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter and lost to Houston, 100-93. Young finished with a game-


high 25 points against the Pacers, and although he needed 26 shots to reach that total, he was in the fray defensively when it counted most. Elevated to starting point guard whenWashington recently dealt Gilbert Arenas to Orlando for Rashard Lewis, Young drew a pair of charges in the fourth quarter and had a steal he fol- lowed with his final three-pointer for a 100-84 lead with 2 minutes 30 seconds to play. That basket all but sealed the outcome and thus ended Wash- ington’s three-game losing streak. The Wizards won for just the second time in 12 games and for the third time overall this month after committing a season-low eight turnovers, forcing 17 and outrebounding the Pacers by 54- 47, including 21-13 offensively. Young added nine rebounds,


three assists and three steals in nearly 43 minutes.Martin, mean- time, played just 13 minutes but scored 11 points on 4-of-6 shoot- ing highlighted by a 3-of-3 perfor- mance from three-point range.


Wizards looking to move Blatche


Team thinks trading talented player may be best for organization


BY MICHAEL LEE The Wizards have already


made one huge trade this sea- son, sending former face of the franchise Gilbert Arenas to Or- lando in exchange for Rashard Lewis. But they might not be done dealing. According to two Western Conference executives, the Wiz- ards are gauging interest in Andray Blatche to determine if trading the skilled 6-foot-11 for- ward is best for the organiza- tion moving forward. Blatche leads the Wizards in scoring (16.8 points) and is second in rebounding (7.9). The trade deadline is Feb. 24. Blatche was involved in an


altercation last week with teammate JaVale McGee out- side of a Washington club. Blatche and McGee both re- ceived one-game suspensions and later apologized for the incident. The executives saidMcGee is


“not yet” on the market.McGee, a third-year center who partici- pated in Team USA tryouts last summer, is averaging career highs of 9 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.5 blocks. But he is still playing on his rookie contract, which pays him $1.6 million this season and would limit what he could bring back in return. “JaVale seems very not avail-


able,” one of the executives said. Blatche signed a three-year


extension before training camp that will pay him $28 million between now and the 2014-15 season. He broke his foot last summer and arrived in camp carrying some extra weight be- cause of his limited mobility while rehabbing. After returning from his sus-


pension on Monday to score 17 points with 14 rebounds against Houston, Blatche said, “I feel I let my team down by getting suspended. It killed me. That’s why I’mgoing to domy best not to let that happen again.” Blatche has been suspended


twice this calendar year.He was suspended for one game last season after getting belligerent with the coaches and trainers during and after a game. He also got into a dispute with Coach Flip Saunders last March, when he failed to re-en- ter a game. The 6-10 Lewis played power


forward in Orlando and is cur- rently starting at small forward for the Wizards (7-22),whohave lost three games in a row. leem@washpost.com


The seldom-used guard scored eight points in the fourth quarter, which the Wizards opened with an 11-3 run, sinking two three- pointers and adding a steal that led to reserve rookie forward Trevor Booker’s only basket of the game. Martin played for the first time


since Dec. 20, when he had three points in eight minutes in a 108- 75 victory against Charlotte. He was a DNP-Coach’s Decision in the Wizards’ last three games. “Just confident inmyself,”Mar-


tin said. “Even though I haven’t played in a while, minutes have been kind of limited, just stay confident in myself. When I get out there, I know what I’m sup- posed to do, go out there and shoot the ball.” Blatche added 22 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, and start- ing center JaValeMcGee chipped in with 16 points, 10 rebounds and 4 blocks. McGee also locked down Indiana center Roy Hib- bert, limiting the former George- town standout to five points and four rebounds with five fouls in 15 minutes. About the only bit of bad news


thatcameout of the win was a left thigh contusion to Kirk Hinrich that forced him from the game after 12 minutes and no points. ThenwhenWall, playing his third game since coming back into the lineup while nursing a bone


WIZARDS104,PACERS90


INDIANA ............................. 19 25 23 23 — 90 WASHINGTON ................... 19 25 28 32 — 104 INDIANA Granger


MIN


McRoberts Hibbert Collison Dunleavy


Hansbrough Rush


SJones Ford


Posey


George Price


TOTALS


33:09 7-18 0-3 2-9 3 3 15 27:16 15:09


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 5-9 3-4 3-8 2 2 13


2-4 1-2 2-4 1 5


2-9 3-4 5-7 0 2 3-5 0-0 0-4 0 2 1-5 0-0 1-3 1 2 4-8 0-0 0-1 3 2 0-3 0-0 0-1 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0


32:05 4-12 1-1 0-4 5 2 32:16 6-10 4-4 0-6 2 3 20 21:26 29:04 19:02 13:32 12:15 2:23 2:23


5 9


7 8 2 8 0 0 3


240 35-85 12-18 13-47 17 26 90


Percentages: FG .412, FT .667. 3-Point Goals: 8-21, .381 (Dunleavy 4-7, Rush 2-2, Price 1-2, Granger 1-4, McRob- erts 0-3, Posey 0-3). Team Rebounds: 10. Team Turn- overs: 17 (23 PTS). Blocked Shots: 7 (Granger 2, Hibbert 2, S.Jones 2, McRoberts). Turnovers: 17 (Collison 3, Dunleavy 3, S.Jones 3, Ford 2, Granger 2, Rush 2, George, McRoberts). Steals: 6 (Granger 2, Dunleavy, George, S.Jones, McRoberts). Technical Fouls: None.


WASHINGTON Lewis


Blatche McGee Hinrich Young


Armstrong Howard Wall


Martin Booker


TOTALS MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS


33:12 4-10 0-0 1-6 3 3 10 38:49 9-23 4-6 5-11 4 2 22 21:39 12:06


4-7 8-10 6-10 0 2 16 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0


42:57 10-26 2-2 2-9 3 0 25 11:12 24:16


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


0 4


4


34:53 4-12 1-1 2-7 12 1 10 13:28 7:28


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


2 240 39-98 17-24 21-54 24 14 104


Percentages: FG .398, FT .708. 3-Point Goals: 9-21, .429 (Martin 3-3, Young 3-9, Lewis 2-4, Wall 1-1, Armstrong 0-1, Howard 0-3). Team Rebounds: 11. Team Turnovers: 9 (12 PTS). Blocked Shots: 11 (McGee 4, Blatche 2, Howard 2, Armstrong, Booker, Lewis). Turnovers: 8 (Wall 2, Armstrong, Blatche, Hinrich, Howard, Lewis, Young). Steals: 9 (Howard 3, Young 3, Blatche, Martin, Wall). Technical Fouls: Howard, 6:38 second A: 16,108 (20,173). T: 2:08.


bruise in his right knee, left brief- ly in the fourth quarter with cramps, Wittman had to turn to JoshHoward to play the point. Fortunately for the Wizards,


Wall re-entered the game after receiving treatment and finished


STANDINGSANDBOXSCORES


EASTERNCONFERENCE SOUTHEAST W L PCT. GB L10 Miami


Orlando Atlanta


Charlotte


Washington ATLANTIC


Boston New York


xPhiladelphia Toronto


New Jersey CENTRAL


Chicago Indiana


Milwaukee Detroit


Cleveland


25 9 .735 — 9-1 20 12 .625 21 13 .618 11 19 .367 8 22 .267


4 5-5 4 6-4 12 4-6 15 2-8


W L PCT. GB L10 24 6 .800 — 8-2 18 13 .581 61/2 12 19 .387 121/2 11 20 .355 131/2 9 23 .281


16 3-7


W L PCT. GB L10 20 10 .667 — 8-2 13 17 .433 12 18 .400 11 21 .344 8 24 .250


WESTERNCONFERENCE SOUTHWEST W L PCT. GB L10 San Antonio Dallas


New Orleans Houston


xMemphis


27 4 .871 — 9-1 24 6 .800 21/2 18 14 .563 91/2 15 16 .484 14 17 .452


NORTHWEST W L PCT. GB L10 xUtah


Portland


Minnesota PACIFIC


L.A. Lakers xPhoenix


Golden State xL.A. Clippers xSacramento


x-Lategame TUESDAY’SRESULTS


Orlando 110, Cleveland 95 Boston 95, Indiana 83 Miami 106, New York 98 Chicago 90, Milwaukee 77 Toronto 84, Dallas 76 San Antonio 97, L.A. Lakers 82 Denver 95, Portland 77


WEDNESDAY’SRESULTS


Washington 104, Indiana 90 Atlanta 103, Golden State 93 Charlotte 101, Cleveland 92 Detroit 104, Boston 92 Denver 119, Minnesota 113 L.A. Lakers 103, New Orleans 88 Oklahoma City 114, New Jersey 93 Miami 125, Houston 119 Philadelphia at Phoenix, Late Memphis at Sacramento, Late Utah at L.A. Clippers, Late


THURSDAY’SGAMES


New York at Orlando, 7 San Antonio at Dallas, 9:30 Utah at Portland, 10


FRIDAY’SGAMES


Washington at Indiana, 3 New Jersey at Chicago, 3 New Orleans at Boston, 3 Golden State at Charlotte, 3 Toronto at Houston, 7 Atlanta at Oklahoma City, 8 Detroit at Phoenix, 9 Philadelphia at L.A. Lakers, 10:30


16 16 .500 51/2 8 25 .242


13 16 .448


3 5-5 5-5


7 3-7 8 5-5 10 4-6 13 1-9


6-4 5-5 3-7


PISTONS104,CELTICS92 Kevin Garnett left in the first quar-


ter withaleg injury,andBoston looked ragged without him, losing for only the second time in 17 games. Garnett hurt himself on a dunk late


in the first quarter, and although X-rays revealed no fracture in his right leg, he didn’t return. Boston also was without point


guard Rajon Rondo, who missed his sixth straight game with a sprained left ankle. Tracy McGrady scored 21 points for


Detroit, which led 45-37 at halftime and pushed the margin to 16 in the third quarter.


BOSTON ............................. 21 16 25 30 — 92 DETROIT ............................. 27 18 29 30 — 104


BOSTON Pierce


8-2 4-6


12 7-3 13 6-4


Oklahoma City 22 11 .667 — 7-3 Denver


14 2-8


W L PCT. GB L10 22 10 .688 — 6-4 71/2


12 19 .387 91/2 10 22 .313 5 23 .179


3-7 4-6


12 5-5 15 1-9


21 10 .677 — 6-4 18 13 .581


Garnett SO'Neal Robinson Allen Davis


JO'Neal Daniels Bradley Wafer


Harangody TOTALS


MIN


16:24 29:56 35:32


39:23 11-16 8-8 1-5 8 4 33 9:29


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


2-5 1-2 0-1 0 0 3-7 0-0 0-1 1 1


15:10 5:27


3-7 2-2 1-3 3 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1-2 1-1 0-0 1 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0


2 5 8


36:46 6-15 0-0 1-4 0 3 12 22:55 23:34 5:24


4-8 3-3 2-7 4 3 12 2-2 3-3 0-6 1 0


7 8 0 3 2


240 34-66 18-19 5-28 18 17 92


Percentages: FG .515, FT .947. 3-Point Goals: 6-15, .400 (Pierce 3-4, Robinson 2-5, Allen 1-3, Daniels 0-1, Davis 0-1, Wafer 0-1). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 21 (25 PTS). Blocked Shots: 3 (Allen, S.O’Neal, Wafer). Turnovers: 21 (Allen 6, Pierce 5, Garnett 2, J.O’Neal 2, S.O’Neal 2, Robinson 2, Bradley, Davis). Steals: 9 (Pierce 4, Daniels, Davis, J.O’Neal, Robinson, Wafer). Technical Fouls: Defensive three second, 9:24 fourth


DETROIT Prince


Villanueva Wallace McGrady Gordon Wilcox


Hamilton Bynum Daye


Monroe TOTALS


MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS


35:43 6-14 5-6 0-4 2 0 18 27:55 5-10 0-0 0-5 2 5 14 26:20


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


30:28 7-11 6-6 0-4 8 3 21 33:34 27:13 26:09 11:50 11:46 9:02


5-8 0-0 1-1 2 3 12 4-4 2-2 1-8 1 4 10 3-8 3-4 0-2 6 1 1-2 0-0 0-1 3 0


9 2


5-7 0-2 0-0 0 0 12 2-3 0-1 0-0 0 0


4 240 39-70 16-21 5-29 27 18 104


Percentages: FG .557, FT .762. 3-Point Goals: 10-15, .667 (Villanueva 4-6, Daye 2-3, Gordon 2-3, McGrady 1-1, Prince 1-1, Hamilton 0-1). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 15 (17 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (Wallace 2, Villanueva, Wilcox). Turnovers: 14 (Bynum 2, Gordon 2, Hamilton 2, McGrady 2, Villanueva 2, Daye, Prince, Wallace, Wilcox). Steals: 11 (McGrady 3, Wilcox 3, Wallace 2, Daye, Hamilton, Monroe). Technical Fouls: Wilcox, 8:27 first A: 22,076 (22,076). T: 2:17.


BOBCATS101, CAVALIERS92


Stephen Jackson scored 38 points,


D.J. Augustin added 28 and Charlotte moved to 2-0 under interim coach Paul Silas. The Bobcats nearly squan- dered a 19-point third-quarter lead as the Cavaliers got within 94-90 on Antawn Jamison’s three-point play with 1:59 left. But Jackson’s three on the next possession put it away. The slumping Cavaliers played


without top scorer Mo Williams (hip) then lost Daniel Gibson (thigh) in the third quarter. Cleveland lost for the 15th time in 16 games. Out of the league until last week,


Silas’s uptempo play has gotten the Bobcats out of their funk as they enjoy an easy stretch in the schedule.


CLEVELAND ....................... 20 24 23 25 — 92 CHARLOTTE ....................... 33 24 24 20 — 101


CLEVELAND Parker


Jamison Varejao Gibson Harris


Sessions Gee


Hickson TOTALS


WIZARDS’NEXTTHREE


vs. Pacers Tomorrow, 3 Comcast SportsNet


vs. Hornets Saturday, 7 Comcast SportsNet


at 76ers Wednesday, 7 Comcast SportsNet


Radio:WJFK (106.7 FM) MIN


38:33 4-13 0-0 1-3 6 2 38:04 8-16 2-3 0-3 1 3 18 34:59


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 9


22:54 3-11 4-4 0-0 1 0 11 24:49


31:04 6-13 10-11 2-5 4 4 22 26:53 22:44


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


9 8 3


4-9 4-6 2-6 2 2 12 240 32-79 24-29 11-38 17 23 92


Percentages: FG .405, FT .828. 3-Point Goals: 4-22, .182 (Gee 1-2, Harris 1-3, Gibson 1-4, Parker 1-8, Jamison 0-5). Team Rebounds: 15. Team Turnovers: 14 (19 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Varejao 5, Gee). Turnovers: 14 (Varejao 4, Gee 2, Gibson 2, Hickson 2, Jamison 2, Harris, Sessions). Steals: 6 (Gee 2, Harris 2, Hickson, Parker). Technical Fouls: Varejao, 6:00 fourth.


CHARLOTTE Wallace


Diaw


Mohammed Augustin Jackson Diop


Livingston Henderson DBrown Carroll


McGuire TOTALS


MIN


43:29 4-11 1-2 5-10 2 4 38:49 20:32


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


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


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 9


7 8


37:48 10-14 3-3 1-4 6 1 28 40:28 11-24 13-15 0-6 4 1 38 21:55 12:12 3:46 5:32 8:26 7:03


1 3 2 0 1 4


240 34-76 24-34 14-41 20 22 101


Percentages: FG .447, FT .706. 3-Point Goals: 9-19, .474 (Augustin 5-6, Jackson 3-7, Diaw 1-3, Wallace 0-3). Team Rebounds: 10. Team Turnovers: 12 (17 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (Diop 2, Mohammed, Wallace). Turn- overs: 11 (Diaw 2, Jackson 2, Mohammed 2, Wallace 2, Augustin, D.Brown, Diop). Steals: 7 (Jackson 2, D.Brown, Diaw, Diop, Livingston, Wallace). Technical Fouls: None. Flagrant Fouls: Mohammed, 4:39 fourth. A: 15,287 (19,077). T: 2:18.


HAWKS103,WARRIORS93 Josh Smith had 22 points and 10


rebounds, Al Horford had 21 points and 15 rebounds and Atlanta defeat- ed Golden State. Dorell Wright scored a career-high


32 points for Golden State, which missed a chance for its first four-game winning streak since 2008. TheWarriors, who have lost 11 of 13


on the road, play their next four away from Oakland. Horford’s 18th double-double of the season helped Atlanta drop Golden State to 1-13 when scoring 100 points or fewer. Joe Johnson had 16 points to pass


Lenny Wilkens for 10th place on the Hawks’ franchise scoring list.


GOLDEN STATE .................. 27 20 22 24 — 93 ATLANTA ........................... 29 23 26 25 — 103


GOLDEN STATE MIN DWright


Amundson Lee


Curry Ellis


Radmanovic RWilliams Udoh


BWright TOTALS


48:00 13-21 2-2 1-11 0 1 32 22:17


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 5-7 0-3 2-7 0 1 10


38:46 5-12 4-5 4-8 3 1 14 28:58 4-13 1-1 1-5 12 2 43:07 4-13 2-2 0-1 4 3 12 22:07


27:31 4-10 0-0 0-2 3 1 5:38 3:36


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


1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 240 37-83 11-15 10-43 22 13 93


Percentages: FG .446, FT .733. 3-Point Goals: 8-24, .333 (D.Wright 4-9, Ellis 2-4, Radmanovic 1-4, R.Williams 1-4, Curry 0-3). Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 18 (20 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2 (Ellis 2). Turnovers: 15 (Curry 3, Lee 3, D.Wright 3, Ellis 2, Radmanovic 2, Amundson, R.Williams). Steals: 8 (Radmanovic 3, D.Wright 2, Amundson, Ellis, Lee). Technical Fouls: Defensive three second, 6:50 first.


ATLANTA MWilliams


Smith


Horford Bibby


Johnson


JaCrawford Pachulia Evans


Teague TOTALS


MIN 27:05


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 3-7 0-0 0-3 3 2


6


42:00 10-18 1-4 2-10 5 0 22 37:50 10-14 1-1 5-15 4 1 21 27:23 6-12 0-0 0-2 3 5 15 36:46 6-14 2-3 1-3 8 1 16 32:17 2-10 0-0 0-1 6 1 19:04 14:52 2:43


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


9 3


9 2 2


THUNDER114,NETS93 Kevin Durant scored 27 points be-


fore taking the fourth quarter off as Oklahoma City rolled past error-prone NewJersey at home.


The Thunder forced a season-high


23turnoversandbouncedbackfroma loss in what has become trademark fashion. Oklahoma City is 10-1 after a loss,meaningtheyhaven’thadalosing streak longer than two games.


RussellWestbrook had 17 points as all 12players scoredforOklahomaCity


NEWJERSEY ...................... 24 22 24 23 — 93 OKLAHOMACITY ................ 24 33 31 26 — 114 NEWJERSEY Outlaw


MIN


Humphries Lopez Harris


Graham Favors Vujacic Farmar Murphy Ross Petro Uzoh


TOTALS


30:53 20:59


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 4-9 4-4 0-3 1 3 12


1-3 2-2 0-7 1 2


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


4


30:33 9-16 1-2 2-6 1 3 19 29:06 7-13 5-5 0-1 3 3 19 26:22 22:42 19:20 16:35 13:41 11:16 7:40


4 8


10:55


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


2 6 2 0 6


240:02 34-71 23-27 7-35 14 24 93


Percentages: FG .479, FT .852. 3-Point Goals: 2-7, .286 (Vujacic 2-3, Farmar 0-1,Murphy 0-1, Outlaw0-2). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 23 (23 PTS). Blocked Shots: 7 (Lopez 4, Graham, Humphries, Outlaw). Turn- overs: 23 (Lopez 5, Farmar 3, Favors 3,Outlaw3,Harris 2, Murphy 2, Graham, Humphries, Petro, Uzoh, Vujacic). Steals: 9 (Lopez 2, Vujacic 2, Favors, Graham, Harris, Outlaw, Petro). Technical Fouls:Vujacic, 9:54 fourth.


OKLAHOMA CITY


Durant Green Krstic


Westbrook Sefolosha Harden Ibaka


5 7


0 240 44-86 7-12 10-44 31 14 103


Percentages: FG .512, FT .583. 3-Point Goals: 8-19, .421 (Bibby 3-8, Johnson 2-5, Evans 1-1, Smith 1-1, Ja.Craw- ford 1-3, M.Williams 0-1). Team Rebounds: 4. Team Turnovers: 13 (15 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (Horford 2, Smith 2). Turnovers: 12 (Bibby 3, Horford 3, Johnson 2, Smith 2, Ja.Crawford, M.Williams). Steals: 8 (Ja.Craw- ford 2, Horford 2, Smith 2, Bibby, Pachulia). Technical Fouls: None. A: 15,925 (18,729). T: 2:01.


LAKERS103,HORNETS88 Lamar Odom responded to his first


time out of the starting lineup this season by scoring 24 points, and Los Angeles convincingly ended a three- game losing streak with a victory over New Orleans. Kobe Bryant added 20 points, while


Andrew Bynum, who started for Odum, scored 18 points. Pau Gasol added 11 points and 12 rebounds as the Lakers snapped out a funk in which they lost by 15 or more points in their previous three games. Chris Paul had 20 points and Marco Belinelli scored 15 for the Hornets, who lost their second straight.


L.A. LAKERS ....................... 26 33 24 20 — 103 NEWORLEANS .................. 23 18 19 28 — 88


L.A. LAKERS Artest


Bynum Gasol Fisher Bryant Odom


Barnes Blake Brown


Caracter TOTALS


MIN 27:31


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 2-4 2-2 1-5 3 1


6


30:09 8-12 2-2 1-6 0 2 18 34:44 30:40


3-5 5-6 4-12 5 3 11 4-6 0-0 0-2 8 2


27:54 8-14 4-7 0-3 4 5 20 30:33 10-15 3-3 3-5 2 2 24 19:48 17:20 20:06 1:15


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


9


5 4 6 0


240 41-70 16-20 10-44 25 23 103


Percentages: FG .586, FT .800. 3-Point Goals: 5-17, .294 (Brown 2-3, Fisher 1-2, Barnes 1-3, Odom 1-3, Artest 0-1, Blake 0-2, Bryant 0-3). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 21 (20 PTS). Blocked Shots: 3 (Barnes, Bynum, Gasol). Turnovers: 20 (Bryant 7, Bynum 3, Blake 2, Brown 2, Fisher 2, Gasol 2, Barnes, Odom). Steals: 7 (Fisher 3, Bryant 2, Barnes, Blake). Technical Fouls: Barnes, 2, 0:43.2 fourth. Ejections: Barnes, 0:43 fourth.


NEWORLEANS MIN Ariza


West


Okafor Paul


Belinelli Thornton JaSmith


Pondexter Mbenga Jack


Andersen TOTALS


24:02 27:44 28:06


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


4-9 0-0 1-4 2 1


4 8


5-8 0-0 2-7 1 4 10


34:08 8-14 3-3 1-3 7 2 20 32:38 4-16 6-7 0-1 0 3 15 16:48 2-11 1-2 0-0 0 1 20:45 24:21 12:55 13:55 4:39


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


4-6 3-5 0-2 1 1 12 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2


240:01 33-79 18-22 6-24 18 26 88


Percentages: FG .418, FT .818. 3-Point Goals: 4-16, .250 (Jack 1-1, Paul 1-2, Pondexter 1-2, Belinelli 1-6, Ariza 0-1, Thornton 0-4). Team Rebounds: 10. Team Turn- overs: 15 (13 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (Andersen, Mbenga, Okafor, Pondexter). Turnovers: 14 (Ariza 4, Paul 3, Ja.Smith 2, Mbenga, Okafor, Pondexter, Thornton, West). Steals: 8 (Paul 3, Ariza 2, Belinelli, Jack, Ja.Smith). Technical Fouls: Pondexter, 0:43.2 fourth. A: 18,018 (17,188). T: 2:15.


5 5 7 2


0


Collison Maynor Ivey


White


Mullens TOTALS


MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS


30:19 11-19 2-4 0-2 2 1 27 33:36 21:27


4-8 0-1 0-3 5 3 9


28:31 6-13 5-5 0-4 7 2 17 23:18


30:23 5-11 0-0 1-1 4 2 11 14:45 20:09 19:29 7:05 5:29 5:29


5-6 0-0 0-2 1 2 10 2-4 0-0 3-8 3 2 4-7 1-2 2-3 0 4


4-6 2-3 1-7 1 1 10 0-1 6-8 0-0 7 1 2-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 2-3 1-2 0-0 0 2 0-2 1-2 1-3 0 0


4 9 6


5 5 1


240 45-82 18-27 8-34 31 21 114


Percentages: FG .549, FT .667. 3-Point Goals: 6-18, .333 (Durant 3-7, Ivey 1-1, Green 1-4, Harden 1-4, Sefolosha 0-2). Team Rebounds: 10. Team Turnovers: 15 (14 PTS). BlockedShots: 4 (Harden, Ibaka,Maynor,Mullens).Turn- overs: 15 (Durant 3,Maynor 3, Sefolosha 3,Westbrook 3, Ibaka 2, Green). Steals: 10 (Westbrook 3, Sefolosha 2, Collison, Durant, Green, Harden, Maynor). Technical Fouls:Harden, 9:54 fourth. A: 18,203 (18,203). T: 2:16.


NUGGETS119, T-WOLVES113


Chauncey Billups scored 15 of his


36 points in the fourth quarter, hitting three huge three-pointers to keep Minnesota at bay and lift short-hand- ed Denver. Michael Beasley scored 33 and


Kevin Love had 26 points and 14 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who missed a chance for their first three- gamewinning streaksinceFebruary of last season. The Nuggets were playing without


star Carmelo Anthony for the fifth straight game and were missing start- ers Kenyon Martin, Nene and top reserve Al Harrington with injuries.


DENVER .............................. 23 30 29 37 — 119 MINNESOTA ...................... 30 29 24 30 — 113


DENVER Smith


Williams Ely


Billups Afflalo Forbes


Andersen Balkman Lawson


TOTALS MIN


30:38 4-16 4-6 1-3 5 1 12 19:39 4-10 0-1 1-3 2 4 20:05


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


37:11 9-14 12-13 0-2 5 2 36 38:08 6-12 3-4 1-6 4 1 17 12:47 29:44 18:35


3-6 5-8 2-7 0 1 11 4-5 2-2 1-1 1 5 10


33:13 7-15 5-7 1-5 5 3 19 240 39-85 33-43 13-34 25 21 119


Percentages: FG .459, FT .767. 3-Point Goals: 8-22, .364 (Billups 6-6, Afflalo 2-6, Forbes 0-2, Lawson 0-3, Smith 0-5). Team Rebounds: 18. Team Turnovers: 13 (9 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (Andersen 2, Afflalo, Balkman). Turn- overs: 12 (Billups 5, Williams 3, Andersen 2, Afflalo, Lawson). Steals: 13 (Williams 4, Billups 3, Smith 3, Afflalo, Andersen, Lawson). Technical Fouls: Coach Karl, 11:37 second.


MINNESOTA Beasley


Love Milicic


Ridnour Johnson Pekovic Brewer Flynn


Webster Koufos


Ellington TOTALS


MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS


38:31 12-20 7-8 0-5 4 4 33 39:28 9-19 8-8 6-14 5 5 26 14:04


1-2 0-0 1-3 1 2


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


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


36:30 8-10 3-3 0-4 8 5 20 30:54 4-11 0-0 0-1 5 3 10 19:38 19:25 11:30


24:08 6-11 3-4 0-3 1 4 17 2:49 3:03


2


4 0 0


1 0


240 42-86 22-25 13-42 29 26 113


Percentages: FG .488, FT .880. 3-Point Goals: 7-17, .412 (Beasley 2-2, Webster 2-5, Johnson 2-6, Ridnour 1-1, Ellington 0-1, Flynn 0-1, Love 0-1). Team Rebounds: 9. TeamTurnovers:19 (22 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Milicic 3, Pekovic 3). Turnovers: 19 (Ridnour 4, Webster 3, Flynn 2, Johnson 2, Love 2, Milicic 2, Pekovic 2, Beasley, Brewer). Steals: 6 (Johnson 2, Ridnour 2, Beasley, Flynn). Technical Fouls: None. A: 17,093 (19,356). T: 2:24.


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 8


4 2 SPURS97,LAKERS82


Late Tuesday Tony Parker scored 23 points and


San Antonio, backing up its NBA-best record against the defending champi- ons, beat Kobe Bryant and reeling Los Angeles. DeJuan Blair had 17 points and 15


rebounds, leading an unlikely Spurs cast thathandedtheLakers their third straight loss while Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili muddled through a dreadful game. Bryant finished with 21 points on


8-of-27 shooting. He missed 13 in a row at one point, and might be fuming again after railing on his team follow- ing a Christmas Day loss to Miami. The Spurs improved to 27-4, among


the best starts in NBA history. The Lakers dropped to 21-10, marking the first time since 2007 they’ve reached 10 losses this early.


L.A. LAKERS ....................... 18 26 18 20 — 82 SAN ANTONIO ................... 27 15 29 26 — 97


L.A. LAKERS Odom


Artest Gasol Fisher Bryant Bynum Blake Brown Barnes


Caracter TOTALS


MIN


37:11 27:03 34:24 24:47


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 3-9 2-2 3-8 1 2


4-9 0-0 0-1 0 3 10 3-8 3-3 1-9 5 1 1-4 0-0 0-4 3 4


30:54 8-27 2-2 1-5 1 2 21 21:52 23:13


4-4 2-8 2-7 1 1 10 1-5 0-0 0-2 2 3


20:47 1-11 2-2 4-11 2 1 17:16 2:33


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


240 29-82 16-22 12-51 15 19 82


Percentages: FG .354, FT .727. 3-Point Goals: 8-23, .348 (Bryant 3-7, Artest 2-5, Barnes 1-1, Odom 1-2, Brown 1-5, Fisher 0-1, Blake 0-2). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 16 (12 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Gasol 3, Barnes, Bynum, Odom). Turnovers: 16 (Bryant 5, Fisher 3, Brown 2, Gasol 2, Barnes, Blake, Bynum, Odom). Steals: 5 (Artest 2, Fisher 2, Bryant). Technical Fouls: Bryant, 4:49 second


SAN ANTONIO Jefferson


Duncan Blair


Parker Ginobili Bonner Hill


Splitter Neal


Udoka Quinn


TOTALS MIN


28:56 6-14 1-2 1-7 2 2 15 29:28


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


3-4 0-0 0-5 2 1


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


32:05 8-14 1-2 6-15 0 5 17 34:01 10-18 3-4 1-2 3 0 23 31:35 3-12 1-2 2-4 6 3 26:14 27:09 7:21


2-5 6-7 1-9 3 3 10 0-2 2-4 0-1 1 4


17:47 3-10 0-0 0-2 1 4 3:15 2:09


240 37-87 14-21 12-50 20 23 97


Percentages: FG .425, FT .667. 3-Point Goals: 9-32, .281 (Neal 3-9, Bonner 2-3, Ginobili 2-7, Jefferson 2-8, Duncan 0-1, Hill 0-2, Parker 0-2). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 9 (12 PTS). Blocked Shots: 8 (Hill 4, Blair, Ginobili, Jefferson, Splitter). Turnovers: 9 (Ginobi- li 4, Blair 2, Bonner, Duncan, Neal). Steals: 9 (Ginobili 3, Blair 2, Hill 2, Parker 2). Technical Fouls: Hill, 4:49 second. A: 18,581 (18,797). T: 2:08.


NUGGETS95,BLAZERS77


Late Tuesday Chauncey Billups scored 18 points


as short-handed Denver snapped a season-high three-game losing streak by beating Portland. J.R. SmithandNeneadded17 points apiece for the Nuggets, who were without F Carmelo Anthony for a fourth consecutivegamefollowing the death of his sister.


PORTLAND ......................... 21 20 17 19 — 77 DENVER .............................. 25 23 30 17 — 95


PORTLAND Batum


Cunningham Aldridge Miller


Matthews Marks


Fernandez Mills


Johnson Babbitt


TOTALS MIN


37:23 6-11 1-2 1-5 2 2 14 34:57


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 3-9 0-0 0-1 1 3


1-8 3-3 0-1 1 2 2-3 0-0 1-3 1 3


36:50 9-17 0-0 6-13 4 3 18 24:38 4-11 1-1 1-3 5 0 31:50 18:36 20:11 16:45 12:00 6:50


3-7 2-2 1-4 1 2 11 1-4 0-0 0-2 2 2 2-7 0-0 1-3 0 3 1-3 0-0 0-3 0 0


240 32-80 7-8 11-38 17 20 77


Percentages: FG .400, FT .875. 3-Point Goals: 6-13, .462 (Fernandez 3-4, Marks 1-1, Matthews 1-2, Batum 1-4, Mills 0-2). Team Rebounds: 3. Team Turnovers: 18 (22 PTS). Blocked Shots: 10 (Aldridge 7, Batum, Fernandez, Mills). Turnovers: 14 (Miller 3, Babbitt 2, Batum 2, Johnson 2, Marks 2, Aldridge, Matthews, Mills). Steals: 9 (Aldridge 3, Batum 2, Cunningham, Matthews, Miller, Mills). Technical Fouls: None.


DENVER Smith


Martin Nene


Billups Afflalo


Andersen Lawson Forbes


SWilliams Ely


Balkman TOTALS


MIN


36:57 6-15 2-4 0-2 3 1 17 16:19 26:35


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 5-5 0-0 0-3 3 1 10


6-7 5-6 1-7 1 2 17


30:00 7-11 2-2 0-4 9 2 18 39:37 5-12 4-4 1-4 2 3 15 25:53 21:58


2-5 4-4 4-12 1 2 1-7 0-0 0-1 1 1


21:41 2-10 4-6 0-3 2 1 10:37 6:07 4:17


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


8 2 8 0 0 0


240:01 34-75 21-26 10-45 22 15 95


Percentages: FG .453, FT .808. 3-Point Goals: 6-16, .375 (Smith 3-6, Billups 2-3, Afflalo 1-4, Lawson 0-1, Forbes 0-2). Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 15 (8 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Andersen 2, Billups, Nene, Lawson, Martin). Turnovers: 15 (Lawson 3, Afflalo 2, Billups 2, Forbes 2, Andersen, Ely, Nene, Martin, Smith, S.Wil- liams). Steals: 6 (Afflalo 3, Nene, Lawson, Smith). Technical Fouls: Defensive three second, 6:49 first A: 17,388 (19,155). T: 2:07.


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6 5


2 4 2


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9 8


2 9 2 0


9 9


2


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JONATHAN NEWTON/THE WASHINGTON POST JoshHoward gives Nick Young a pat on the head after Young scored two of his 25 points for the Wizards.


with 10 points, 12 assists and 7 rebounds with just two turnovers in nearly 35 minutes. Wall had played 19 and 27 minutes in the twogames beforeWednesday, but Hinrich’s unavailability necessi- tated more court time for the No. 1 overall pick. Wall was among the steadying influences during the final por-


tion of the fourth quarter after Indiana had trimmed the deficit to eight with 4:10 to play. From there, the Wizards countered with eight straight and never led by fewer than 12 the rest of the way. “I’m really happy for them,”


Wittman said of his players, “be- cause it’s tough when you lose


games likewedid inHouston and like we have toward the end of games. You lose confidence, and that’s all it is. Closing things out isn’t about X’s and O’s. It’s about confidence in yourself and a be- lief in your teammate that we’re going to get the job done, and they did.”


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