D8 NFLNOTEBOOK


Manager: Sterger wants Favre investigation completed soon


ASSOCIATED PRESS A spokesman for the former


Jets game hostess who allegedly received inappropriate phone messages and photos from Brett Favre said they are concerned the quarterback will be retired before the NFL concludes its investiga- tion. The NFL said Tuesday it is continuing to work on a “com- plex” investigation that needs a great deal of “due diligence.” Jenn Sterger’s manager Phil


Reese says his client wants the investigation finished during the season because Favre has said he will retire at the end of this year, at which point he may no longer be susceptible to punishment from the league. Favre allegedly sent Sterger the


messages and photos when both worked for the New York Jets in 2008. The quarterback has not commented on the allegations. The Sports Business Journal


first reported Reese’s concerns. l UNION: The NFL Players As-


sociation postponedfiling a collu- sion case against the sport’s fran- chise owners under an agreement


with the league completed Tues- day. The league and the players’


union announced jointly they’d agreed to postpone this week’s deadline for the union to file a collusion case.The agreement en- ables the union to file the case later if it chooses, and the two sides vowed to continue negotiat- ing a potential extension of their collective bargaining agreement. A written statement issued


jointly by the league and union said: “The NFL and NFLPA have agreed to extend the deadline for the players to file a collusion claim. This agreement does not prevent the NFLPA from filing a collusion claim at a future date. We are continuing to work to- ward a newCBA that will be good for players, owners and fans.” The agreement between the


league and union represents a possible glimmer of hope that they are interested in making a concerted effort to solve their dif- ferences at the bargaining table. The union, according to sourc-


es, was making plans to file a collusion case early this week ac- cusing teams of conspiring im- properly to restrict players’ sala-


ries last offseason. —Mark Maske l COURTS: Pro football great


Lawrence Taylor says the rape indictment againsthimshould be dismissed because police did not have a warrant when they arrest- ed him. In a wide-ranging motion, Tay-


lor’s lawyer is seeking to at least suppress any statements Taylor made when he was arrested and to rule out any evidence taken from him. Taylor, 51, signedanautograph,


but he did not speak, on his way into the courthouse for a hearing before state Supreme Court Jus- tice William Kelly. Lawyers spent most of their time in a sidebar discussion with Kelly. Taylor’s next appearance will be Dec. 23. The former NFL MVP is ac-


cused of having sex with a 16- year-old prostitute in a suburban New York hotel room in May. He allegedly paid the Bronx runaway $300.He has pleaded not guilty to third-degree rape, patronizing a prostitute, sexual abuse and en- dangering a child. l 49ERS: Alex Smith is the starting quarterback yet again.


ROSS D. FRANKLIN/ASSOCIATED PRESS


San Francisco’s Alex Smith will start for the first time since suffering a shoulder injury on Oct. 24. Coach Mike Singletary made


the announcement on his regular KNBR radio show and the team later tweeted a reference to it.The movecomesaday after Singletary said he was contemplating the switch from Troy Smith back to the 2005 No. 1 overall draft pick following a 34-16 loss at Green Bay on Sunday. l BRONCOS: Eric Studesville


was introduced as the interim coach.


Studesville, a running backs coach in the NFL for the past


PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL STANDINGSANDBOXSCORES


EASTERNCONFERENCE SOUTHEAST W L PCT. GB L10 Orlando Atlanta Miami


Charlotte


xWashington ATLANTIC


Boston


New York Toronto


Philadelphia New Jersey


CENTRAL Chicago Indiana


Milwaukee Cleveland Detroit


15 6 .714 15 8 .652 14 8 .636 8 13 .381 6 13 .316


11/2


— 7-3 1 7-3 6-4


7 4-6 8 3-7


W L PCT. GB L10 16 4 .800 13 9 .591 8 13 .381 7 14 .333 6 16 .273


81/2 91/2


— 8-2 4 9-1 6-4 5-5


11 2-8


W L PCT. GB L10 11 8 .579 10 9 .526


7 13 .350 41/2 7 14 .333


7 15 .318 51/2


— 5-5 1 6-4 2-8


5 2-8 3-7


WESTERNCONFERENCE SOUTHWEST W L PCT. GB L10 San Antonio Dallas


New Orleans Houston Memphis


Denver


Oklahoma City xPortland Minnesota


PACIFIC


xL.A. Lakers xPhoenix


Golden State L.A. Clippers Sacramento


x-Lategame


MONDAY’SRESULTS Indiana 124, Toronto 100 Atlanta 80, Orlando 74 New York 121, Minnesota 114 Chicago 99, Oklahoma City 90 Miami 88, Milwaukee 78 Utah 94, Memphis 85 L.A. Clippers 98, Sacramento 91


TUESDAY’SRESULTS


Washington at L.A. Lakers, Late at Atlanta 116, New Jersey 101 at Charlotte 100, Denver 98 at Philadelphia 117, Cleveland 97 at Dallas 105, Golden State 100 at Houston 97, Detroit 83 Phoenix at Portland, Late


WEDNESDAY’SGAMES


Washington at Sacramento, 10 Denver at Boston, 7 Chicago at Cleveland, 7 Toronto at New York, 7:30 Indiana at Milwaukee, 8 Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 8 Detroit at New Orleans, 8 Golden State at San Antonio, 8:30 Memphis at Phoenix, 9 Miami at Utah, 9 L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 10:30


WIZARDS’NEXTTHREE


at Kings Today, 10 Comcast SportsNet


vs. Knicks Friday, 7 Comcast SportsNet


vs. Lakers Tuesday, 7 Comcast SportsNet


Radio:WJFK (106.7 FM)


WIZARDSLEADERS EnteringTuesday’sgame


GM


AVG MIN


FG PCT FT PCT


Blatche................ 19 34.7 .441 .813 Wall .................... 13 38.2 .409 .826 Arenas ................ 16 33.2 .385 .821 Young.................. 18 21.4 .480 .795 Hinrich ................ 19 34.7 .463 .829 McGee................. 19 28.0 .581 .618 Thornton............. 16 26.2 .434 .714 Jianlian ............... 10 21.1 .420 .700 Martin................. 16


9.1 .467 .706 Booker................. 16 10.7 .489 .615


AVG REB


AVG PTS


7.8 17.1 3.3 17.0 3.6 16.9 1.9 12.2 2.8 10.6 8.5 10.1 4.2 3.7 1.3 1.8


9.1 7.4 3.9 3.4


TEAM.................. 19 243.9 .448 .763 39.4 97.9 OPPONENTS....... 19 243.9 .482 .739 43.6 105.6


ROCKETS97,PISTONS83 Luis Scola had 35 points and 12


rebounds to lead Houston to a win over Detroit, ruining Tracy McGrady’s return to Houston. McGrady hit a three-pointer with


about eight minutes left to get the Pistons within one, but Houston scored the next seven points to stretch the lead to 85-77 with six minutes remaining. Scola made the last basket of that run and added six of Houston’s next eight points as the Rockets built a 93-79 lead. McGrady, who spent 5½ seasons


with the Rockets, finished with 11 points.


DETROIT ............................. 24 21 21 17 — 83 HOUSTON ........................... 29 25 21 22 — 97


DETROIT Prince


Maxiell Wallace Stuckey Hamilton McGrady Monroe Gordon Wilcox Daye


Bynum TOTALS


MIN


32:51 5-12 0-0 2-8 3 0 10 17:15 28:20


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 2-4 0-0 0-1 0 3


32:48 6-14 5-5 1-4 5 4 18 15:09 22:37 24:40


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


36:54 3-11 1-2 2-5 1 4 7:40


1-3 0-0 1-2 0 2


18:06 3:40


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


6 7


9 2


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


0 240 30-72 17-21 9-36 14 21 83


Percentages: FG .417, FT .810. 3-Point Goals: 6-17, .353 (Daye 2-2, Gordon 2-6, McGrady 1-1, Stuckey 1-4,Bynum 0-1, Prince 0-1, Hamilton 0-2). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 18 (22 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (Monroe 2, Maxiell, Prince). Turnovers: 18 (Stuckey 6, Gordon 4, McGrady 3, Prince 2, Hamilton, Monroe, Wallace). Steals: 7 (Monroe 2, Bynum, Hamilton, Maxiell, McGra- dy, Stuckey). Technical Fouls: Hamilton, 2, 0:36.4 second Ejections: Hamilton, 0:36 second.


HOUSTON Battier


Scola Hayes Lowry Martin Miller Lee


Budinger Hill


Taylor


Jeffries TOTALS


MIN 37:40


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 3-4 0-1 0-2 1 0


1-4 1-1 2-5 1 3


40:45 16-25 3-4 4-12 1 2 35 25:15


7 3


42:02 7-13 4-5 1-3 12 2 22 25:58 13:12 22:02 10:20 5:58 5:58


10:50


3-8 14-15 0-5 2 1 21 0-6 0-0 1-3 2 2 0-4 0-0 0-3 1 0 2-6 1-3 0-1 0 5 1-1 0-0 1-1 0 1 0-1 1-2 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0


0 0 6 2 1 0


240 33-72 24-31 9-35 20 16 97


Percentages: FG .458, FT .774. 3-Point Goals: 7-14, .500 (Lowry 4-6, Battier 1-1, Budinger 1-2, Martin 1-2, Lee 0-1, Miller 0-1, Taylor 0-1). Team Rebounds: 13. Team Turnovers: 16 (13 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Battier, Budinger, Hayes, Lee, Scola). Turnovers: 15 (Lowry 6, Martin 2, Miller 2, Scola 2, Hayes, Jeffries, Taylor). Steals: 10 (Lowry 6, Budinger 2, Battier, Martin). Technical Fouls: Miller, 5:54 second A: 14,798 (18,043). T: 2:13.


4 4


MAVERICKS105, WARRIORS100


Third-string center Ian Mahinmi


had 12 points and a career-high 10 rebounds and fourth-stringer Alexis Ajinci provided quality minutes to help Dallas win its 10th in a row. Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points,


Jason Terry had 20 and Caron Butler 19—but that’s expected. The surprise was the performance by the backup big men, both from France. They were forced into duty because


starter Tyson Chandlerwashomewith a stomach ailment and fill-in starter Brendan Haywood got in early foul trouble. Stephen Curry scored 21 points,


David Lee had 20, Monta Ellis 18 and DorrellWright 17 for theWarriors.


GOLDEN STATE .................. 26 22 24 28 — 100 DALLAS .............................. 27 23 21 34 — 105


GOLDEN STATE MIN DWright


Lee


Biedrins Curry Ellis


Williams


Amundson Gadzuric


Radmanovic TOTALS


FG FT O-T A PF PTS


44:37 7-16 0-0 1-11 4 3 17 40:20 9-22 2-6 7-8 7 2 20 31:49


4-5 0-0 2-11 1 5


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


8


41:33 8-16 2-2 1-6 4 2 21 42:42 7-17 2-5 1-2 7 2 18 11:45 16:55 5:05 5:14


0 4 6 6


240 42-90 6-13 13-44 24 20 100


Percentages: FG .467, FT .462. 3-Point Goals: 10-20, .500 (Curry 3-5, D.Wright 3-7, Ellis 2-3, Radmanovic 2-4, Williams 0-1). Team Rebounds: 10. Team Turnovers: 19 (22 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (Amundson 2, Biedrins, D.Wright). Turnovers: 19 (Curry 6, Ellis 6, Lee 3, D.Wright 2, Biedrins, Williams). Steals: 10 (Ellis 3, D.Wright 3, Curry 2, Gadzuric, Lee). Technical Fouls: Defensive three second, 5:58 third.


DALLAS Butler


Nowitzki Haywood Kidd


Stevenson Marion Terry


Mahinmi Barea Ajinca


TOTALS MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS


33:58 8-18 1-2 2-6 1 0 19 36:40 10-18 3-4 0-2 2 4 25 17:49 32:26 12:51 25:22


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


4 3 7 6


33:18 8-12 3-3 0-1 4 0 20 21:00 17:25 9:11


2-5 8-10 7-10 0 3 12 2-6 2-3 0-2 2 0 1-4 1-2 3-6 0 0


6 3


240 39-87 20-27 16-45 22 10 105


Percentages: FG .448, FT .741. 3-Point Goals: 7-20, .350 (Nowitzki 2-3, Butler 2-5, Stevenson 1-2, Terry 1-2, Kidd 1-5, Marion 0-1, Barea 0-2). Team Rebounds: 11. Team Turnovers: 16 (18 PTS). Blocked Shots: 10 (Nowitzki 4, Haywood 3, Ajinca 2, Mahinmi). Turnovers: 16 (Nowitzki 4, Barea 3, Haywood 3, Stevenson 2, Terry 2, Butler, Marion). Steals: 12 (Marion 3, Kidd 2, Mahinmi 2, Nowitzki 2, Ajinca, Barea, Terry). Technical Fouls: None. A: 19,593 (19,200). T: 2:12.


CLIPPERS98,KINGS91 Late Monday Los Angeles went on a wild ride in


the fourth quarter against Sacramen- to, letting a 16-point lead dissolve before rallying over the final 11/2


utes to win. “I would’ve rather stayed on the


kiddie ride,” Blake Griffin said. Thanks to Eric Gordon, the Clippers’


ride ended smoothly when he hit a go-ahead three-pointer with 47 sec- onds left to end a two-game skid.


SACRAMENTO ................... 20 24 19 28 — 91 L.A. CLIPPERS .................... 16 34 29 19 — 98


SACRAMENTO MIN Greene


Thompson Cousins Udrih Evans


Dalembert Landry Casspi Garcia Jeter


TOTALS


14:04 10:54


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


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


0 5


29:00 6-15 3-4 2-7 3 4 15 27:45 1-10 0-0 0-2 3 3 40:31 5-19 5-5 0-1 3 4 16 21:34 34:01


33:56 8-11 3-3 2-10 1 2 21 11:05 17:11


4-9 7-8 3-3 0 1 15 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 0


3-6 5-6 0-4 2 1 11 240:01 31-85 26-32 13-45 15 25 91


Percentages: FG .365, FT .813. 3-Point Goals: 3-16, .188 (Casspi 2-4, Evans 1-4, Jeter 0-1, Garcia 0-2, Greene 0-2, Udrih 0-3). Team Rebounds: 12. Team Turnovers: 13 (11 PTS). Blocked Shots: 7 (Dalembert 2, Landry 2, Cousins, Evans, Garcia). Turnovers: 12 (Dalembert 2, Jeter 2, Thompson 2, Udrih 2, Casspi, Cousins, Evans, Greene). Steals: 7 (Jeter 2, Casspi, Cousins, Evans, Greene, Udrih). Technical Fouls: None.


L.A. CLIPPERS Aminu


Griffin Jordan Bledsoe Gordon Gomes Davis


Collins Smith Butler


TOTALS MIN 17:47


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


1-1 2-4 4-7 0 4


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


32:32 5-12 3-4 5-11 7 2 13 25:22


27:41 4-12 5-6 0-3 3 2 15 36:20 10-17 7-7 1-5 2 1 29 29:18 7-12 2-2 1-9 1 3 17 20:19 17:35 10:07


22:59 4-12 0-0 0-1 1 1 240 36-81 19-23 12-43 23 24 98


3 4


4 4 0 9


Percentages: FG .444, FT .826. 3-Point Goals: 7-18, .389 (Gordon 2-3, Bledsoe 2-5, Aminu 1-2, Gomes 1-2, Butler 1-5, Davis 0-1). Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 14 (14 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Griffin 2, Jordan 2, Butler, Davis). Turnovers: 12 (Griffin 5, Aminu 2, Davis 2, Gomes, Gordon, Jordan). Steals: 5 (Gordon 2, Bledsoe, Gomes, Griffin). Technical Fouls: None. A: 14,964 (19,060). T: 2:35.


NBALEADERS EnteringTuesday’sgames SCORING AVERAGE


G FG


2 6


0 min-


17 3 .850 17 4 .810 13 7 .650 8 13 .381 8 14 .364


16 6 .727 13 7 .650 14 8 .636 9 11 .450


— 8-2 1/2


10-0 91/2


4 4-6 5-5


10 4-6


NORTHWEST W L PCT. GB L10 Utah


5 16 .238 101/2


— 8-2 2 8-2 2 6-4 6 3-7 2-8


W L PCT. GB L10 14 6 .700 11 9 .550 8 13 .381 5 17 .227 4 15 .211


61/2 91/2


— 6-4 3 5-5 1-9


10 4-6 1-9


BOBCATS100,NUGGETS98 Stephen Jackson scored 23 points


and Charlotte held off Denver to deny Nuggets Coach George Karl his 1,000 NBA win. Returning to North Carolina where


he played in college and going up against his longtime friend and fellow Tar Heel Larry Brown, Karl had hoped to become the seventh coach to win 1,000 games. TheNuggets nearly rallied from eight points down with 90 seconds left, but ChaunceyBillups missedatying jump- er in the corner as time expired. Billups scored 25 points and


Carmelo Anthony added 22 points and seven rebounds for Denver, which had won seven straight.


DENVER .............................. 16 31 29 22 — 98 CHARLOTTE ....................... 21 31 24 24 — 100


DENVER Anthony


Williams Nene


Billups Afflalo Smith


Harrington Forbes Lawson


TOTALS MIN


38:48 8-21 6-10 0-7 1 3 22 24:43 36:18


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


2


35:06 5-13 11-12 0-3 5 2 25 32:39 24:17 19:56 9:01


4-6 4-5 2-7 3 3 12 3-8 2-3 0-1 2 0


19:12


5-9 0-0 1-3 0 3 14 2-8 2-2 1-3 1 2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2-4 0-0 1-1 5 3


9 7


3 4


240 31-73 25-32 6-31 17 20 98


Percentages: FG .425, FT .781. 3-Point Goals: 11-27, .407 (Smith 4-6, Billups 4-8, Forbes 1-1, Harrington 1-4, Afflalo 1-5, Anthony 0-1, Lawson 0-2). Team Rebounds: 14. Team Turnovers: 16 (19 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Afflalo 3, Anthony, Billups). Turnovers: 15 (Anthony 4, Smith 4, Billups 3, Afflalo 2, Nene, Lawson). Steals: 11 (Billups 4, Harrington 2, Smith 2, Afflalo, Nene, Law- son). Technical Fouls: Billups, 4:40 second.


CHARLOTTE Wallace


Diaw


Mohammed Augustin Jackson KBrown McGuire Thomas


Livingston TOTALS


MIN


40:56 7-17 5-11 1-9 5 2 20 40:39 14:57


FG FT O-T A PF PTS 5-9 0-0 0-2 3 4 10


1-2 0-0 1-4 0 3


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


2


38:06 7-11 1-1 0-2 6 4 18 39:42 8-22 2-2 0-9 7 2 23 16:37 14:42 15:22 19:00


1 2


6-8 4-4 2-4 1 2 16 4-5 0-0 0-0 0 1


8 240:01 39-78 13-20 8-37 22 23 100


Percentages: FG .500, FT .650. 3-Point Goals: 9-20, .450 (Jackson 5-11, Augustin 3-6, Wallace 1-2, Diaw 0-1). Team Rebounds: 13. Team Turnovers: 18 (28 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Augustin, K.Brown, Diaw, Jackson, Mohammed). Turnovers: 18 (Diaw 3, Jackson 3, Livings- ton 3, Augustin 2, Thomas 2, Wallace 2, K.Brown, McGuire, Mohammed). Steals: 8 (Diaw 3, Jackson 2, Wallace 2, McGuire). Technical Fouls: K.Brown, 6:23 first A: 15,737 (19,077). T: 2:12.


HAWKS116,NETS101 JoshSmithscoredaseason-high34


points and streaking Atlanta beat New Jersey. Smith, accurate with his out- sidejumperandinsidegame,made14 of 16 shots fromthe field.When it was over, he blew kisses to the crowd. The Hawks are 4-1 since losing top scorer Joe Johnson for four to six weeks to a right elbowinjury. Brook Lopez ledNewJerseywith 24


points. The Nets have lost eight con- secutive road games. C Jason Collins made his second


straight start, giving the Hawks a big lineup.


NEWJERSEY ...................... 26 21 24 30 — 101 ATLANTA ............................ 27 33 23 33 — 116


NEWJERSEY Outlaw


Humphries Lopez Harris


Morrow Favors James Farmar Petro Ross Uzoh


TOTALS MIN


17:13 24:01


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


3-7 2-2 4-7 5 3


3 8


34:05 8-16 8-11 2-5 0 3 24 37:07 35:01 23:59 19:23


2-8 13-16 0-0 13 3 18 4-9 0-0 1-4 3 3 10 1-2 2-4 1-5 0 3


4


26:49 5-10 3-4 0-2 3 0 16 13:55 8:06 0:21


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


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


4 4 0


240 33-71 28-37 10-34 25 24 101


Percentages: FG .465, FT .757. 3-Point Goals: 7-16, .438 (Farmar 3-7,Morrow 2-5, Harris 1-1, Outlaw 1-2, James 0-1). Team Rebounds: 10. Team Turnovers: 13 (23 PTS). Blocked Shots: 1 (Favors). Turnovers: 12 (Harris 5, Farmar 2, James 2, Lopez 2, Petro). Steals: 7 (Harris 3, Farmar, James, Lopez, Ross). Technical Fouls: Defensive three second, 7:15 second.


ATLANTA JosSmith


Horford Collins Bibby


MWilliams Pachulia


JaCrawford Evans Powell Wilkins Teague Thomas


TOTALS MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS


37:58 14-16 4-7 0-3 7 1 34 35:37 10-18 4-5 3-10 6 5 24 19:25 26:29 24:26 13:46


1-1 1-2 1-4 2 6


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


3 7


36:31 11-17 2-3 0-2 6 1 26 12:47 15:03 10:02 4:46 3:10


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


2 0


2 4 0 3


240 47-78 16-28 10-39 34 25 116


Percentages: FG .603, FT .571. 3-Point Goals: 6-16, .375 (Jos.Smith 2-2, Bibby 2-4, Ja.Crawford 2-4, Evans 0-1, Teague 0-1, Wilkins 0-2, M.Williams 0-2). Team Re- bounds: 7.TeamTurnovers: 11 (17PTS).BlockedShots: 2 (Jos.Smith 2). Turnovers: 11 (Ja.Crawford 3, Bibby 2, Powell 2, Collins, Evans, Horford, Jos.Smith). Steals: 8 (Ja.Crawford 3, Powell 2, Pachulia, Jos.Smith,Wilkins). Technical Fouls:None. A: 14,273 (18,729). T: 2:21.


76ERS117,CAVALIERS97 Thaddeus Young had a season-high


26points and Philadelphia beat strug- gling Cleveland. Lou Williams scored 13 of his 19


points in the fourth quarter for Phila- delphia, which had its highest scoring output of the season. Meantime, Cleveland has lost five consecutive games by an average of 22.2 points. Young made 11 of 12 shots from the


field as the Sixers bettered their previ- ous high set in a 123-116 loss to the Cavaliers on Nov. 3. He scored 17 of Philadelphia’s 66 first-half points. Cleveland has dropped nine of 11


overall, surrendering at least 100 points in each of those losses.


CLEVELAND ....................... 26 28 20 23 — 97 PHILADELPHIA .................. 35 31 23 28 — 117


CLEVELAND Graham


Hickson Varejao


MWilliams Parker


Jamison Gibson


Sessions JWilliams Hollins Powe Moon


TOTALS MIN 20:12


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


31:53 7-16 0-0 0-2 7 3 15 30:40


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


21:01 4-10 0-0 1-6 2 1 10 27:17 6-10 0-0 0-0 3 2 16 16:07 14:49 8:39 9:56 3:02


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


240 39-78 12-17 5-29 22 22 97


Percentages: FG .500, FT .706. 3-Point Goals: 7-17, .412 (Gibson 4-6, Jamison 2-3, M.Williams 1-6, Parker 0-1, J.Williams 0-1). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 12 (16 PTS). Blocked Shots: 3 (Varejao 2, Hickson). Turnovers: 11 (Parker 3, M.Williams 3, Hickson 2, Sessions 2, J.Williams). Steals: 5 (Varejao 2, Hickson, Parker, M.Williams). Technical Fouls: None.


PHILADELPHIA MIN Iguodala


Brand Hawes Holiday Meeks Young


LWilliams Nocioni Turner


TOTALS FG FT O-T A PF PTS


36:13 3-12 7-8 1-6 7 1 13 30:27 6-10 0-2 3-5 0 2 12 31:45


4-6 1-2 1-12 1 2 10


40:24 5-14 6-6 2-5 7 3 16 29:55 6-13 0-0 0-1 1 0 16 28:18 11-12 3-3 2-11 0 1 26 20:39 5-10 8-9 0-1 4 2 19 7:42


14:37


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


26:59 6-12 6-8 1-4 0 2 18 29:25


8 4 5


2 2 6 0


JONATHAN NEWTON/THE WASHINGTON POST


JoshHoward (55) has not played since tearing hisACL in a game Feb. 22 against Chicago.He has been cautious about his return.


Wizards Insider Excerpts from washingtonpost.com/wizardsinsider


3 2


240 42-81 25-30 9-44 22 14 117


Percentages: FG .519, FT .833. 3-Point Goals: 8-23, .348 (Meeks 4-9, Hawes 1-1, Nocioni 1-1, Young 1-1, L.Wil- liams 1-3, Holiday 0-4, Iguodala 0-4). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 7 (13 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Hawes 3, Brand, Iguodala). Turnovers: 7 (Meeks 3, Holiday 2, Iguodala, Turner). Steals: 9 (Iguodala 2, Young 2, Brand, Hawes, Holiday, Nocioni, L.Williams). Technical Fouls: None. A: 10,662 (20,318). T: 2:02.


Howard closer to season debut Josh Howard ismoving


closer tomaking his long- awaited season debut after spending the past fewmonths rehabilitating fromleft knee surgery. Howard has been cautious about his return— and had a slight setback a few weeks ago—but he said Tuesday that he likely would be back on the court at a home game in the next two weeks. “It’s about to be that time,”


Howard said at theWizards’ shootaround at the UCLA student activity center. “It’s probably going to be one of those home games coming up.” Howard still wouldn’t offer


a specific timetable.When asked if he would be back for either the Lakers on Dec. 14 or Miami on Dec. 18, Howard said, “I can honestly say I don’t know, but I hope that next week [is when it happens]. Charlotte [Dec. 20] or Chicago [Dec. 22]might be better for me.” Coach Flip Saunders joked


recently that Howard looks like he could play now, given how he has been participating in five-on-five drills, without any limitations, in practice the past few weeks. After practice onMonday,


Howard played in some two- on-two full-court drills with Hilton Armstrong, Hamady Ndiaye and Kevin Seraphin. Hemoved effortlessly up and down the court and had no problems cutting or sprinting up and down. Afterward, Howard, “I can run now.” “I think Josh is getting


FT PTS. AVG.


Durant, OKC ...................... 18 157 155 494 27.4 Bryant, L.A.L. .................... 20 180 142 529 26.5 Stoudemire, NYK .............. 22 206 139 556 25.3


closer and closer,” Saunders said. “The thing we have to look at with Josh, since we don’t have a lot of practice time, do we want to activate himat some point and know that the games are going to be his practice. Hemight play only 10 or 12minutes, but gradually use that as his rehabilitation.” Could it be next week?


“Could be,” Saunders said.


“I don’t know. I think we’ll evaluate after we get a couple of good workouts in. we’ll evaluate when he gets back.” Howard tore the ACL in his


left knee Feb. 22 in a win against Chicago and had surgery a few weeks later. He has been rehabbing with the Wizards’ training staff ever since, but now feels that it’s time to actually put on a uniform. “It’s probably going to start


up slow. It’s not going to be like I’mout there the whole game,” Howard said. “It’s going to be some soreness but nothing that’s limitingme. I’m able to fight through it, keep practicing. I’mbasically using my games as practice and workingmy way into it. Just how I’ve been feeling, continue to domy treatment. I hadmy down period. A real bad case of tendonitis, that come along with the injury. I had to treat that. Now I’mback on the right path. “It’s going to be some


soreness but nothing that’s limitingme. I’mable to fight through it, keep practicing.” Howard said he already


knows how he can best help theWizards as he eases his way back. “Mentally, I can go out


there and start it on the defensive end with us. I know I’ve always been able to lead by example with that. So I think that will be a big help with this team. Just keep working onmy offense until it comes. I already know that’s going to come. But I think defense is the key andme coming back helps that out a lot.” After being away from


basketball for nearly eight months, Howard said, “I’m going to be excited. It’s a good feeling to know that I’m actually going to be able to come back and play, be almost 100 percent healthy. Just go out there and have fun. It’s been a long time coming.” —Michael Lee


decade, said some things, but not everything, will change. Studesville replaces Josh Mc-


Daniels, who was fired amid the team’sworst slide in four decades. l JETS: Keith Fitzhugh chose


operating trains over a shot at a Super Bowl. The free-agent safety turned


down an offer to joinNewYork to remain a conductor with Norfolk Southern Railroad and stay on track financially while helping support his parents in Atlanta. “I’ve gotsomethingnowwhere


I know every two weeks I’m get- ting a paycheck,” Fitzhugh said. “That’s what helps out the most rightnow. Idon’tknockthe Jetsat all. I highly appreciate them.” The 24-year-old Fitzhugh, who


had stints in camp with the Jets the past two years, was contacted by the team but declined New York’s offer to return. l CARDINALS: Quarterback


Max Hall was placed on on in- jured reserve and former Red- skins third-stringer Richard Bar- tel was added to the roster.


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