The Jazz are adding the 7-foot, 240-pound veteran as starter Mehmet Okur recovers from a ruptured Achilles' tendon. Okur was injured in Utah's playoff opener at Denver and may not be available for training camp and the preseason.
General manager Kevin O'Connor announced the deal Wednesday in a statement. Terms were not disclosed.
Elson has averaged 3.9 points and 3.8 rebounds in seven NBA seasons.
Golden State general manager Larry Riley says the team has been interested in adding the well-traveled Amundson for several weeks, and that he adds key depth to the Warriors' frontcourt. Amundson could provide a key rebounding presence inside that the team has lacked, too.
He averaged career-bests of 4.7 points and 4.4 rebounds in 14.8 minutes per game for the Suns last season. He appeared in 79 games as a key reserve. He also played in all 16 of Phoenix's postseason games in a run that ended in the Western Conference Finals, averaging 2.9 points and 3.5 rebounds in 12.1 minutes of action.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Unwanted by the NBA, Allen Iverson is considering playing in China.Gary Moore, Iverson's personal manager, said Iverson has not been contacted by any NBA team with training camps set to open in less than two weeks. Moore said there is "legitimate interest'' between Iverson and a team in China to work out a deal. Moore did not know the team's name and was vague on details.
"We're very astonished, to say the least, that not one team has contacted us with any interest,'' Moore said. "I just don't understand it.''
Iverson played three games for Memphis last season before he returned for a second stint with the Philadelphia 76ers. He averaged 13.9 points for the Sixers before he took a leave of absence in March because of family issues.
In his prime, Iverson boasted top-selling jerseys and sneakers and was a global superstar. His popularity never waned even as his production dipped - Iverson was voted an Eastern Conference All-Star starter last season. Iverson would be a drawing card overseas, and might see a familiar face in former NBA All-Star Stephon Marbury. Also discarded by the NBA, Marbury played last season for Shanxi Zhongyu in the Chinese Basketball Association.
Moore says a Chinese team first approached the 35-year-old Iverson last month.
Iverson is 17th on the NBA's career scoring list with 24,368 points over a 14-year career with Philadelphia, Denver, Detroit and Memphis. He won the MVP in 2001 when he led the Sixers to the finals.
Iverson's agent, Leon Rose, did not immediately return messages for comment on Monday.
Iverson was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1996 draft and spent his first 10 seasons in Philadelphia. He was a four-time scoring champion, averaged 26.7 points and never won a championship.
"What has Alan Iverson done to not warrant interest in him?'' Moore said.
He was hobbled by an arthritic left knee and constantly needed it drained last season. Iverson also famously clashed with his coaches, notably Larry Brown, but returned to Philadelphia humbled, reserved and more accepting of team play. He took a leave of absence in March because of family issues.
Moore said Iverson is healthy and works out in Atlanta prepping for a comeback.
"I don't think he's done,'' Moore said.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Unable to swing a trade, the Charlotte Bobcats waived center Erick Dampier on Tuesday, voiding one of the NBA's most unique contracts and avoiding the dreaded luxury tax. Dampier was in the last year of a seven-year, $73 million deal, but the $13 million for this season wasn't guaranteed because he failed to meet playing time requirements.
The Michael Jordan-owned Bobcats, desperate to get their payroll under the luxury tax threshold of $70.3 million, traded center Tyson Chandler to Dallas in July in a five-player trade that included Dampier's contract.
At first, Charlotte wasn't content in just waiving Dampier to clear cap room. Starting Monday, they could've packaged Dampier's contract in a multiplayer deal, possibly for a needed point guard. But the Bobcats found no takers in a deal that also would have kept Charlotte below the luxury tax.
Waiving Dampier leaves the Bobcats about $5 million shy of the luxury tax, a dollar-for-dollar tax Jordan has said the team wouldn't exceed.
"We explored several trade possibilities involving Erick, but ultimately we have been unable to find a viable option that we felt made our team better," general manager Rod Higgins said. "Out of respect to Erick, we have decided to release him at this time so he may pursue opportunities with other teams prior to training camp."
Once he clears waivers, the 35-year-old Dampier will be free to sign for any team for any salary. Miami, looking for help in the middle to round out its superstar lineup, could be a possibility.
It leaves the Bobcats with uncertainty at center and point guard. Chandler, who was acquired last year from New Orleans for Emeka Okafor, had an injury-plagued season with Charlotte and the Bobcats used Theo Ratliff as the starting center in the playoffs. Ratliff is gone, leaving Nazr Mohammed the likely starter going into training camp.
The Bobcats also lost starting point guard Raymond Felton to New York in free agency. D.J. Augustin, last season's backup, and newly signed Shaun Livingston will contend for the job unless Charlotte makes anther move.
Brazil (3-2) bounced back from a pair of narrow losses to earn a meeting with South American rival Argentina on Tuesday. Brazil coach Ruben Magnano guided the Argentines to the 2004 Olympic gold medal.
Leandro Barbosa added 17 points and Alex Garcia 15 for the Brazilians, who had lost by two the United States and by three to Slovenia in their last two outings. They took control by hitting 7-of-10 shots in the second quarter, ensuring they wouldn't have another one go to the wire.
Varejao, who missed the first three games while recovering from a sprained right ankle, started and played 24 minutes Thursday, providing the usual energy on the backboards that he gives the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Marko Popovic scored 15 points for Croatia (2-3), which will play Group A champion Serbia on Saturday.
New Zealand has won three straight games after losing its first two to clinch third place in Group D. They will face Russia on Monday.
Mika Vukona finnished with 15 points for New Zealand, which built a 39-25 halftime lead by hitting 8 of 17 3-point attempts.
Yannick Bokolo had 13 points and Nando de Colo added 10 for France, which finished fourth after losing its last two games and will face Turkey on Sunday.
ORLANDO (AP) -- The Orlando Magic have signed rookie forward Stanley Robinson.
The team made the announcement Monday.
Robinson was selected by Orlando with the 59th overall pick in this year's NBA draft. The former Connecticut forward averaged 5.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per game on the Magic's summer league team.
Robinson is the 14th player on the Magic's roster. The team did not disclose details of his contract.
Robinson played in 126 games at Connecticut. He averaged 14.5 points and 7.6 rebounds per game as a senior last season.
Stephen Curry
Wardell Stephen Curry II (pronounced /ˈstɛfɨn/) (born March 14, 1988 in Akron, Ohio) is a professional basketball player who currently plays for the Golden State Warriors in the National Basketball Association as point guard and shooting guard. He is listed as 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) and 185 lb (84 kg) and has size 14 (US) feet.[1]
He played college basketball for the Wildcats of Davidson College from 2006 to 2009. In 2008-09, he led the nation in scoring with 28.6 points per game and was a consensus first-team All-America selection by The Sporting News, Associated Press, National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).[2] Curry was twice named Southern Conference Player of the Year and to the John R. Wooden Award All-American team, set the all-time scoring record for Davidson and the Southern Conference, set school career records for three-pointers, free throws, 30-point games and 40-point games, set a single season NCAA record for three-pointers, and led Davidson to two straight NCAA tournament appearances.[2]
Curry is the son of former NBA player Dell Curry and former volleyball standout Sonya Curry. On April 23, 2009, Curry announced that he would leave Davidson after his junior year to enter the 2009 NBA Draft[3], and on June 25, 2009, he was selected 7th overall by the Golden State Warriors
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In the 2009 NBA Draft in June 2009, the Golden State Warriors selected Curry in the first round with the seventh overall pick. He signed a four-year, $12.7 million contract in July 2009.[36] Curry made his NBA regular season debut on October 28, 2009 in the Warriors' 2009-10 season opener against the Houston Rockets. Curry started the game and finished with 14 points, seven assists, four steals and two turnovers in 36 minutes of play.[37]
On Jan 23, 2010 Curry finished with a then career high 32 points in a game against the New Jersey Nets, as the Warriors looked to Curry to carry the team on his shoulders while Monta Ellis was out with injuries. On Feb 10, 2010 Curry got his first triple-double in his career with 36 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds, including 7-of-11 from 3-points range. On April 7th, 2010 Curry came close to a quadruple-double finishing with 27 points, 14 assists, 8 rebounds and 7 steals in Don Nelson's 1,333 win as an NBA head coach, as Nelson set a new NBA record for career coaching wins. Curry also had a rookie high of 5 30-point, 10-assist games, which was also the 3rd most in the league behind Lebron James and Dwyane Wade. He broke an NBA record for most threes made in a season by a rookie with 166 threes made on .437 accuracy. Due to Curry's dominant performance with the Warriors in his rookie season, he was a contender for the 2009-2010 NBA Rookie of the Year Award. On April 14th, 2010 Curry scored a new career high 42 points in the last game of the season in a win against the Portland Trail Blazers.
Curry finished second in the Rookie of the Year voting, behind Sacramento Kings guard Tyreke Evans, and was one of the three unanimous selections to the 2010 All-Rookie First Team, alongside Evans and Brandon Jennings of the Milwaukee Bucks.
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| Curry with the Warriors in November 2009 | |
| No. 30 Golden State Warriors | |
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| Point guard/Shooting guard | |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | March 14, 1988 |
| Place of birth | Akron, Ohio, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| High school | Charlotte Christian School (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Davidson College |
| NBA Draft | 2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7 |
| Selected by the Golden State Warriors | |
| Pro career | 2009–present |
| Career highlights and awards | |
SAN ANTONIO (NBA.com exclusive) -- After three games of the same-old, same-old Spurs playoff basketball, a collection of players not named Duncan, Parker and Ginobili filled their roles on Sunday. It was such a development, it appeared to even rattle the Mavericks for awhile.
Trailing by 15 late in the first half in Game 4, the Spurs unleashed the likes of George Hill, Richard Jefferson, Antonio McDyess and DeJuan Blair. That foursome went 9-for-11 from the floor in the third quarter and scored 22 of the team's 29 points while the Mavs failed to make a shot from the floor for the final 7:46.
The unlikely turn gave San Antonio a seven-point lead heading into the fourth quarter, and the Spurs had enough to check out with a 92-89 victory and push the Mavericks to the edge with a 3-1 lead in their Western Conference first-round playoff series.
Tim Duncan, playing on his 34th birthday, unwrapped a booby gift with 4 points on 1-for-9 shooting. But Hill made the best of his invite to the party with 11-for-16 shooting (5-for-6 on 3-pointers), 29 points, two steals and no turnovers.
"He played a great game tonight," Mavs center Brendan Haywood said. "You always tip your hat to someone who beats you, but I think tonight was more about what we didn't do as a team. We didn't have composure down the stretch."
It's a problem that plagued Dallas in both games in San Antonio, as the Mavericks blew a lead of nine in Game 3 and 15 this time at AT&T Center.
After Duncan's line on the box score, Manu Ginobili went 4-for-16 and Tony Parker finished 4-for-9. That's a combined 9-for-34 and not even 27 percent - so how did Dallas let this one get away?
"Well, when you get another guy (Hill) going 11-for-16, it could very easily happen," Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. "If you additionally get your ass kicked on five to seven loose balls, that certainly contributed to losing.
"We played hard, but there's a set of plays in the last couple of games where you've got to get down and dirty. We have to come up with balls that are 50-50 balls. That's where the game is being won and lost, in the trenches."
While Hill supercharged the third-quarter rally with 11 points, the Mavericks made one more shot in the quarter than there were flagrant fouls called in the game. Dallas went 4-for-17 in the third and looked totally unlike the group of players that was supposed to give Dirk Nowitzki his best shot at a championship.
Nowitzki and his fellow starters -- Shawn Marion, Erick Dampier, Caron Butler and Jason Kidd -- played all but nine of the available 60 minutes in the quarter, and they still could not stare down the Spurs role players.
It appeared to frustrate the Mavs to the point that Nowitzki was called for a technical foul in the third quarter when he shoved the rookie Blair. Three flagrant fouls were called after that, including a flagrant 2 when Eduardo Najera clotheslined Manu Ginobili just 47 seconds after he checked into the game for the first time early in the final quarter.
San Antonio, the seventh seed to the Mavs' No. 2 spot in the West, now have won consecutive games when failing to make a 3-pointer in Game 3 and then getting off nights from their three most proven players in Game 4.
"I don't know how improbable (those wins) are, but people win and lose in different ways," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said.
But they did play defense, particularly on Nowitzki. He had only one shot in that third quarter and finished with 10 for the game (17 points).
"It wasn't the defense," McDyess said. "He just wasn't taking (shots). It looked like he was a little reluctant because we were shifting on him a lot. I don't think he ever really knew when to take his shot. He had some open shots, but he wasn't taking them."
Shawn Marion was the boost for the Mavericks when they built that 15-point lead in the first half. He was 6-for-10 before halftime, but he made 1-of-3 in the second half.
| Dallas Mavericks (55-27) | |||||||||||||||||
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| pos | min | fgm-a | 3pm-a | ftm-a | +/- | off | def | tot | ast | pf | st | to | bs | ba | pts | ||
| S. Marion | F | 27:33 | 7-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
| D. Nowitzki | F | 43:13 | 4-10 | 0-1 | 9-9 | -2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| E. Dampier | C | 19:03 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -11 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C. Butler | F | 34:32 | 7-18 | 1-3 | 2-2 | -15 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| J. Kidd | G | 41:42 | 3-10 | 2-7 | 2-2 | +1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |
| J. Barea | 16:29 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 1-2 | -6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| J. Terry | 31:26 | 5-11 | 3-5 | 0-2 | +2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | ||
| B. Haywood | 25:15 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 4-6 | +9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||
| E. Najera | 00:47 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| R. Beaubois | 00:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| M. Carroll | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| D. Stevenson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 240 | 32-77 | 7-19 | 18-23 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 89 | |||
| 41.6% | 36.8% | 78.3% | team rebs: 6 | total to: 15 | |||||||||||||
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| pos | min | fgm-a | 3pm-a | ftm-a | +/- | off | def | tot | ast | pf | st | to | bs | ba | pts | ||
| R. Jefferson | F | 36:47 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 3-5 | +4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | |
| T. Duncan | F | 36:21 | 1-9 | 0-0 | 2-4 | +2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| A. McDyess | C-F | 35:20 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |
| M. Ginobili | G | 33:54 | 4-16 | 1-7 | 8-9 | -12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | |
| G. Hill | G | 44:37 | 11-16 | 5-6 | 2-2 | +9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | |
| M. Bonner | 08:21 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| T. Parker | 27:05 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 2-4 | +7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| K. Bogans | 05:56 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| D. Blair | 11:39 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | +1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| I. Mahinmi | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| R. Mason | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| G. Temple | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 240 | 34-75 | 6-17 | 18-28 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 92 | |||
| 45.3% | 35.3% | 64.3% | team rebs: 4 | total to: 12 | |||||||||||||
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Vince Carter scored 21 points while Jameer Nelson added 18 including a key basket late in the game to pick up a 99-90 win Monday. With the win, Orlando becomes the only team in the 2010 playoffs to earn a first-round sweep while the Bobcats failed to pick up a victory in the franchise's first-ever playoff appearance.
"That was a very difficult series," Stan Van Gundy said. "We struggled to score points and get shots. They had a great game plan in the series and both teams played extremely hard. I was proud of our intensity and resolve."
Nelson highlighted a 10-0 Orlando run with a three from the top of the key with 4:53 remaining, giving the Magic an 86-76 lead and effectively sapping all the remaining energy from both Time Warner Cable Arena and the Charlotte Bobcats season. The Orlando point guard finished with a series-best 23.8 ppg picking up some offensive slack from his Magic teammates.
Charlotte had cut the lead to a single point at 77-76, but the Magic again proved to be deadly from behind the arc. Mickael Pietrus drained threes on back-to-back possessions to squash the Bobcats momentum. Orlando sank a series-best 13 from behind the arc and made 45 over the four games in the series.
The Bobcats tried to make another run early in the fourth quarter but were stymied by an unusual set of fouls. Carter was fouled by Tyson Chandler. The Charlotte center was actually whistled for both a personal foul and a flagrant foul on the play. Carter made the two free throws, but the Magic was unable to capitalize allowing Charlotte to stay in the game.
The Magic took the lead for good in the final game of the series at the 9:09 mark of the third. Carter sank his first three of the series after missing his first 15. He finished the series 1-for-17 from the three-point line.
The Bobcats game plan all series was to frustrate and attack Dwight Howard. The Magic center became increasingly frustrated during the series and was limited to just 27 minutes and 9.8 points per game, and fouled out for the second straight game.
"If you had told me that (Dwight Howard) would have averaged well under 30 minutes for the series and gotten a sweep I would have said that there was no way that could have happened," Van Gundy quipped.
Orlando now has the opportunity to get some rest before hosting either Atlanta or Milwaukee in the second round while the Bobcats have a lot to learn from their first visit to the playoffs.
"They are a great team," Brown said. "They are really well coached and they aren't one dimensional. A lot of players really stepped up for them. They know how to play playoff basketball and we're still learning. We have a lot of guys that were in this for the first time. We have to have a group step up and play at a high level. Not just one or two guys each night. They never quit and we played hard."
One question that will remain for the Charlotte franchise is the status of Coach Brown. Rumors of his desire to take a front office job with either Philadelphia or the Los Angeles Clippers have persisted since before the All-Star break.
"I'm not coaching anywhere else but Charlotte," Brown reiterated. "Now am I going to go home and talk to my wife? I'm almost 70 and I've got two young kids. Am I going to talk to them and find out what I need to do and am I going to talk to Michael (Jordan)? Yeah, absolutely. But I'm not coaching anywhere unless it's for Michael Jordan if he wants me and I can work it out with my family."
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| pos | min | fgm-a | 3pm-a | ftm-a | +/- | off | def | tot | ast | pf | st | to | bs | ba | pts | ||
| M. Barnes | F | 27:37 | 3-10 | 3-7 | 5-6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| R. Lewis | F | 43:41 | 5-8 | 4-7 | 3-4 | +6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| D. Howard | C | 23:25 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2-7 | +15 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| V. Carter | G-F | 39:50 | 7-16 | 1-5 | 6-9 | +12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| J. Nelson | G | 36:23 | 4-12 | 2-6 | 8-10 | +14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| M. Gortat | 24:35 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| J. Williams | 11:37 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| M. Pietrus | 17:52 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 4-4 | +4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | ||
| J. Redick | 10:41 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | +2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| R. Anderson | 04:19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| B. Bass | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| A. Johnson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 240 | 28-67 | 13-33 | 30-42 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 99 | |||
| 41.8% | 39.4% | 71.4% | team rebs: 11 | total to: 7 | |||||||||||||
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| pos | min | fgm-a | 3pm-a | ftm-a | +/- | off | def | tot | ast | pf | st | to | bs | ba | pts | |
| G. Wallace | F | 42:32 | 6-12 | 2-5 | 3-6 | -8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| B. Diaw | F | 31:46 | 6-11 | 0-3 | 1-2 | -5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| T. Ratliff | C | 07:55 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Jackson | G-F | 38:42 | 2-11 | 0-3 | 4-5 | -8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| R. Felton | G | 29:18 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 3-5 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| N. Mohammed | 07:35 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-3 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| T. Thomas | 28:54 | 9-12 | 0-0 | 3-4 | -5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| D. Augustin | 18:44 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| L. Hughes | 13:51 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 1-3 | -2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| T. Chandler | 19:47 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| D. Brown | 00:01 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| S. Graham | 00:55 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 240 | 32-71 | 5-19 | 21-33 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 27 | 29 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 90 | ||
| 45.1% | 26.3% | 63.6% | team rebs: 17 | total to: 10 | ||||||||||||
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Tuesday, April 20
• New Orleans announced Jeff Bower is stepping down as coach but will remain as general manager.
Thursday, April 15
• L.A. Clippers fired interim coach Kim Hughes.
• Philadelphia fired coach Eddie Jordan.
Wednesday, April 14
• Sacramento exercised a team option on forward Carl Landry.
Tuesday, April 13
• Houston assigned forward Mike Harris to Rio Grande Valley (NBA D-League).
• Minnesota signed center Greg Stiemsma.
Monday, April 12
• Sacramento picked up the option on the contract of coach Paul Westphal through the 2011-12 season.
Sunday, April 11
• Denver signed guard Coby Karl and center Brian Butch.
Friday, April 9
• Chicago waived center Jerome James. Signed forward Rob Kurz for the remainder of the season.
• San Antonio signed guard Manu Ginobili to a three-year contract extension.
• Washington signed guard/forward Cartier Martin for the remainder of the season.
Thursday, April 8
• Oklahoma City assigned guard Kyle Weaver to Tulsa (NBA D-League).
Wednesday, April 7
• Oklahoma City assigned forward D.J. White to Tulsa (NBA D-League).
Tuesday, April 6
• Miami signed forward Shavlik Randolph.
Monday, April 5
• Phoenix signed center Dwayne Jones to a 10-day contract.
• New York waived guard Cuttino Mobley.
• Miami signed guard Kenny Hasbrouck for the remainder of the season.
Sunday, April 4
• Toronto signed free-agent forward Joey Dorsey for the remainder of the season.
Friday, April 2
• NBA fined Boston forward Kevin Garnett $25,000 for publicly criticizing game officials and for using inappropriate language during an interview after a March 31 game against Oklahoma City.
• Los Angeles signed guard Kobe Bryant to a three-year contract extension.
• New York signed center Earl Barron to a 10-day contract.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Orlando Magic forward Rashard Lewis will play against the Charlotte Bobcats in Game 3 of their playoff series despite a sore left ankle.
Coach Stan Van Gundy said before Saturday's game that Lewis was "not feeling great," but was well enough to play.
Lewis came down awkwardly on his ankle in Wednesday's win over the Bobcats. He had a wrap around his ankle after practicing on Friday.
Lewis entered the game shooting 13 of 23 from the field in helping Orlando take a 2-0 series lead.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Bucks general manager John Hammond took the time to look over the list of names for NBA executive of the year, including Hall of Famers such as Jerry West and Red Auerbach.
So he felt his name was a little out of place.
"I kind of think what's John Hammond from Zion, Illinois doing sitting here right now?" he said Saturday, with the award sitting just to his right, before the Bucks played the Atlanta Hawks in Game 3.
Hammond becomes the first Bucks executive to win the award, after Milwaukee finished the regular season with 12 more wins than last season and earned its first playoff berth since 2006.
Bucks owner and U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl hired Hammond, who had been Joe Dumars' assistant in Detroit, just over two years ago to rebuild the floundering franchise.
"It's just God's grace that I'm sitting here," the GM said. "I believe there's a lot of good, qualified people in this league that can have jobs like this and have opportunities like this. I was just chosen."
Hammond received 12 of 30 votes from a panel of fellow NBA executives. Oklahoma City's Sam Presti was second with nine votes and Cleveland's Danny Ferry took third with two votes in results the league announced Saturday.
Despite losing Michael Redd to a season-ending knee injury in January and season-ending injuries to Andrew Bogut earlier this month, the Bucks finished 46-36 to earn the sixth seed in the East and a first-round matchup with Atlanta.
"He made some good moves in midseason that changed the flow," Bogut said. "It wasn't just offseason. He was active in the trade window, he was active signing Jerry (Stackhouse). He made moves for a team that was supposed to finish last, and we're battling here in a playoff series."
Hammond's decision to select Brandon Jennings with the 10th overall pick of last year's draft paid off when the guard earned a starting spot in training camp and went on to average 15.5 points during his rookie season. Hammond believes Jennings should be the NBA's rookie of the year.
"I've said that for a while," Hammond said. "I don't know what better argument I can make but the fact that he's playing. He's playing tonight."
The Bucks have emphasized defense since Hammond hired Scott Skiles as the coach when he took over, going from allowing 103.9 ppg in 2007-08 (23rd) to 96.0 ppg in 2009-10 (seventh).
The GM also drafted defensive-minded forward Luc Mbah a Moute in 2008 and brought in veterans such as Carlos Delfino, John Salmons, Stackhouse and Kurt Thomas.
"You make the decisions, you hope they work. We've been fortunate this year a few of the things have worked," Hammond said. "It's about the fit, it's about the chemistry of this team. These guys like each other, they play well together and Scott's done a great job with them."
Charlotte's Rod Higgins, Dallas' Mark Cuban, Memphis' Chris Wallace, New Orleans' Jeff Bower, Portland's Kevin Pritchard, Sacramento's Geoff Petrie and Utah's Kevin O'Connor each received one vote.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Portland guard Brandon Roy unexpectedly returned from arthroscopic knee surgery to play in Game 4 of Trail Blazers' playoff series against the Phoenix Suns.
Roy had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee two days before the start of the playoffs. Although the team initially said he would not be available for the first round, his recovery time was put at one to two weeks.
The three-time All-Star leads the Blazers with 21.5 points per game.
Roy was greeted with a hearty ovation during pregame warmups. He did not start, but was suited up on the bench. He entered the game with 4:06 left in the first quarter and made a layup about a minute later to put Portland ahead 20-19.
The Blazers, trailing 2-1 in the series, put forward Dante Cunningham on the inactive list with a stomach virus.
MIAMI (AP) -- It's been a fantasy scenario thrown around the NBA for months: Dwyane Wade and LeBron James as teammates.
Intriguing?
Absolutely -- even to Wade.
Speaking after practice in Miami on Saturday, one day before the Heat try to extend their season by forcing a Game 5 of their Eastern Conference first-round series against Boston, Wade acknowledged that he's got reason to think he and James would work alongside one another.
"We play well together," Wade said.
Still, he stopped way short of saying the close friends have even talked about the notion of aligning this summer.
Both can become free agents on July 1, a date that looms large for superstars like Wade, James, Toronto's Chris Bosh and just about every team in the NBA.
"Myself, LeBron, Chris, certain guys are in the driver's seat to decide where they want to go," Wade said. "You're not thinking about it. You're not worried about it. But I'm sure they hear it a lot."
Bosh's season is already over. Wade's might end Sunday unless the Heat beat the Celtics, something they've done just once in the last 15 meetings between the teams. James -- almost certain to win his second straight MVP -- and the Cleveland Cavaliers would seem to be the favorites to win the NBA title, and he grew tired of the questions about the summer of 2010 long ago.
Wade gets asked about it all the time.
He has said repeatedly that his preference is to stay in Miami, and the Heat will be able to offer him more money than any other team, just as the Raptors will with Bosh and the Cavaliers with James.
But Wade also makes perfectly clear that he wants to Heat to use the salary cap space they'll have this summer and build the type of team that could contend for what would be his second NBA championship.
And Heat president Pat Riley wants that probably as badly, if not even more so, than Wade does.
"You have to have guys that have the personality that look at it in a bigger picture," Wade said. "You can't have two guys or three guys, whatever you call it, that [all] want it to be, 'This is my show.' You've got to want to share it and you've got to look at guys and say, 'Are these guys team players or individual players?'
"Myself and LeBron are team players. I think we've proven that. I don't think you can say that about everybody."
Wade's approach with the Heat is similar to the one James has with the Cavaliers. Both are obviously dynamic scorers, and both are among the league's best at setting up teammates for points as well -- and in turn, that softens defenses so teams can't constantly throw double-teams their way.
So would he share the spotlight with James, especially since both are used to being the absolute go-to guys on their respective teams?
Wade didn't hesitate.
"I don't have a problem sharing," Wade said. "That's what this summer's about: Sharing. I'm going into the summer with the thoughts that I want to share next year. And whomever those players are, they know that would be my mentality."
PORTLAND (NBA.com exclusive) -- Brandon Roy provided the emotional lift and some clutch plays in the end.
LaMarcus Aldridge came up big all game long.
And the Portland Trail Blazers are very much alive in their first-round playoff series with the Phoenix Suns.
Eight days after arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee, Roy came off the bench to help the Blazers to a 96-87 victory over the Suns, evening the best-of-seven series at 2-2.
Aldridge ? maligned for his ineffective play in the first three games ? responded with his best career playoff performance, collecting 31 points and 11 rebounds.
Roy's return energized the sellout Rose Garden crowd of 20,151 and his teammates, who were buoyed by the presence of their captain.
"Having Brandon back helps tremendously," Aldridge said. The Suns "can't do some of the things they did to us early (in the series) with Brandon out there."
The decision to bring Roy back so soon after his April 16 surgery was made "after a long, sleepless night," Portland coach Nate McMillan said.
It was initially announced the three-time All-Star would be out one to two weeks, and that he would definitely miss the Phoenix series. But Roy's knee felt good right away, and the timetable "just kept moving up," McMillan said. "We talked about if we could get the series to a sixth game, possibly. Then up to possibly (Game 5)."
After a light 2-on-2 workout with teammates on Friday, Roy was convinced he was healthy enough to play, "but Coach (McMillan) really didn't want me to play," Roy said. "He was thinking long-term."
After a series of text messages between coach and player Friday night, McMillan consulted owner Paul Allen and general manager Kevin Pritchard. After assurances from team doctor Don Roberts ? who performed the surgery ? that Roy wasn't risking further injury by playing, McMillan gave him the green light.
When Roy entered Saturday's game with 4:06 left and Portland ahead 18-17, the ensuing thunderous roar was deafening in the Garden.
"I got chills when he got up and the crowd saw he was going to the scorer's table," McMillan said. "I know our players fed off of that, the emotions and the energy in the building and having him back."
Aldridge noticed something else.
"As soon as he checked into the game, I got my first shot with nobody guarding me," the 6-11 forward said. "It was like, 'thank God he's back.' "
Aldridge missed that shot, but made 11 of 19 attempts ? along with 9-of-12 from the foul line ? on a variety of shots from 18 feet on in.
"It wasn't so much the post-up play as it was the face-up jump shots he made," Phoenix coach Alvin Gentry said. "With us trapping the screen-and-roll, he created separation and was able to catch and shoot. And on his postups, we fouled him. We can't have him shooting 12 free throws.
"He's not that type of post-up player. We have to do a better job defending him, and making him catch the ball a little bit out of his comfort zone."
Roy scored 10 points in 27 minutes on only 4-for-10 shooting. But he scored when it counted, knocking down a pair of big jump shots down the stretch to seal the win.
Amar'e Stoudemire led Phoenix with 26 points, but the performance of the other Sun stars were sub-par. Jason Richardson ? who burned Portland for 71 points as Phoenix routed the Blazers in Games 2 and 3 ? scored 15 points on 6-of-16 shooting. Steve Nash had 15 points and eight assists but also an uncharacteristic six turnovers. Grant Hill grabbed 12 rebounds but scored only nine points while making 3 of 10 shots.
Portland won the rebound battle 45-39, grabbing 12 off the offensive glass.
"That was the difference in the game," Gentry said.
The Blazers also beat the Suns at their own game, winning the fast-break points battle 16-4, along with second-chance points by a 17-5 margin.
"We finally got to playing basketball, scrapping," McMillan said. "We matched their intensity and challenged them. We were the aggressors.
"That's a really good team, and Nash is unbelievable as far as taking advantage of situations on the offensive end. They made plays, but we played with a lot of confidence. We didn't look tight. The execution and the defense were good. It was a 48-minute game for us."
Roy's return conjured memories of some iconic moments in NBA history, such as Willis Reed's Game 7 for the New York Knicks in the 1970 NBA Finals. On a local level, what came to mind was Kevin Duckworth's Game 7 for the Blazers in their 1990 Western Conference finals matchup with San Antonio.
Every two decades or so, it seems, something like that happens. It happened Saturday, and the Blazers took full advantage.
"You could see our guys were upbeat and like, 'Let's go, we have our main guy back,' " McMillan said. "Our guys were calm. We played the game we needed to play to win."
| Phoenix Suns (54-28) | |||||||||||||||||
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| pos | min | fgm-a | 3pm-a | ftm-a | +/- | off | def | tot | ast | pf | st | to | bs | ba | pts | ||
| G. Hill | F | 29:34 | 3-10 | 0-2 | 3-4 | -15 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| A. Stoudemire | F | 38:44 | 9-16 | 0-0 | 8-10 | -10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 26 | |
| J. Collins | C | 18:06 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| J. Richardson | G | 32:42 | 6-16 | 2-8 | 1-2 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| S. Nash | G | 38:31 | 6-11 | 1-3 | 2-3 | -9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | |
| C. Frye | 29:49 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | -10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| J. Dudley | 18:31 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | +6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| L. Amundson | 09:11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| L. Barbosa | 15:23 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| G. Dragic | 09:29 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. Clark | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| D. Jones | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 240 | 33-76 | 6-23 | 15-21 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 87 | |||
| 43.4% | 26.1% | 71.4% | team rebs: 11 | total to: 12 | |||||||||||||
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| pos | min | fgm-a | 3pm-a | ftm-a | +/- | off | def | tot | ast | pf | st | to | bs | ba | pts | ||
| N. Batum | F | 33:54 | 3-9 | 2-5 | 2-2 | +13 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| L. Aldridge | F | 41:51 | 11-19 | 0-0 | 9-12 | +13 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |
| M. Camby | F | 29:45 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| J. Bayless | G | 24:48 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 2-2 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
| A. Miller | G | 43:56 | 4-13 | 0-1 | 7-10 | +13 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| B. Roy | 26:38 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 1-2 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| M. Webster | 12:42 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| R. Fernandez | 08:35 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| J. Howard | 17:51 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| T. Diener | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| P. Mills | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| J. Pendergraph | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 240 | 35-79 | 5-14 | 21-28 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 96 | |||
| 44.3% | 35.7% | 75.0% | team rebs: 5 | total to: 7 | |||||||||||||
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With Nash on the bench during that game's waning moments back then, the Spurs took another step to their fourth NBA title.
Ginobili had enough time to come back from his broken nose, and it showed. After missing five minutes of the third quarter when he caught an inadvertent elbow from Dirk Nowitzki, Ginobili returned and scored 11 points in the fourth quarter and led San Antonio to a 94-90 victory over the Mavericks in Game 3. The Spurs lead 2-1 in the Western Conference playoff opening series.
Ginobili ended with 15 points, his lowest of the series, but he had a game-high seven assists and a first quarter with two steals and a block that aided in the Mavericks' 16-point opening quarter. Dallas also scored 16 points in the fourth quarter of Game 2.
"He took the game over," said Tim Duncan, who scored 25 points on 11-for-18 shooting in a grueling 43 ½ minutes.
Although the Spurs finished 0-for-7 from the 3-point line, they look more like the team that made that 2007 championship run with Tony Parker's 23 points joining Ginobili's and Duncan's efforts. Parker hit three-straight outside shots in the fourth quarter that gave the Spurs the lead for good.
"We are playing the best basketball of the year, so far," Duncan said. "We are playing our best at the right time."
But the Mavericks looked little like the team that was altered by the trade-deadline deal with Washington. There was Dirk Nowitzki's 35 points, Jason Terry came off the bench for 17 (including 4-for-8 from the 3-point line) and there was another bench boost from J.J. Barea -- he scored 14 and sparked Dallas' 17-0 run in the third quarter that gave the Mavs a 9-point lead.
But Caron Butler, who hit one of his three shots and turned the ball over three times in the first 15 minutes he played, sat the rest of the game and did not play after halftime. There was an occasion during the final moments that when the rest of the team was walking toward coach Rick Carlisle that Butler slowly shuffled over to place his feet on the tacky sheet near midcourt.
"Coach's decision," Carlisle said. "Just went with a group that was going good. That was it. (Barea) made good things happen."
But it was not enough to curtail the Spurs' overall aggression. Though they finished minus-26 from the 3-point line to Dallas, the Spurs got to the free-throw 20 times compared to 14 for Dallas. The Mavericks committed 16 turnovers, and the Spurs outscored the Mavs off mistakes 16-11.
The Mavericks led 81-80 after Nowitzki hit a 12-footer with three minutes left in the game. But Parker scored the Spurs' next six points -- all off jumpers from beyond 17 feet.
"We just gave up that lead too quick," Nowitzki said. "We had a couple of turnovers, a couple of bad plays."
Most bothersome to Nowitzki was the inability to consistently get a transition game going. The teams battled to a draw in fastbreak points, but San Antonio dominated in the paint (56-38) and on putbacks (14-6).
"We showed in the third quarter we need to speed the game up a little bit," Nowitzki said. "(Barea) was getting to the basket a couple of time. The halfcourt set really took our options away."
| Dallas Mavericks (55-27) | |||||||||||||||||
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| pos | min | fgm-a | 3pm-a | ftm-a | +/- | off | def | tot | ast | pf | st | to | bs | ba | pts | ||
| S. Marion | F | 16:34 | 3-9 | 0-1 | 1-1 | -17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| D. Nowitzki | F | 41:47 | 13-23 | 1-1 | 8-8 | -1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 35 | |
| E. Dampier | C | 26:58 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| C. Butler | F | 14:48 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| J. Kidd | G | 44:53 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 4-4 | -6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| J. Terry | 36:33 | 6-15 | 4-8 | 1-2 | +9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | ||
| R. Beaubois | 05:17 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| B. Haywood | 17:57 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| E. Najera | 03:24 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| J. Barea | 31:49 | 6-13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | +2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
| M. Carroll | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| D. Stevenson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 240 | 34-76 | 8-20 | 14-15 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 90 | |||
| 44.7% | 40.0% | 93.3% | team rebs: 8 | total to: 16 | |||||||||||||
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| pos | min | fgm-a | 3pm-a | ftm-a | +/- | off | def | tot | ast | pf | st | to | bs | ba | pts | ||
| R. Jefferson | F | 31:13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| T. Duncan | F | 43:30 | 11-18 | 0-0 | 3-6 | +7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 25 | |
| A. McDyess | C-F | 31:18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| M. Ginobili | G | 35:53 | 4-12 | 0-3 | 7-8 | +8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | |
| G. Hill | G | 44:35 | 6-16 | 0-3 | 5-5 | +2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | |
| T. Parker | 33:22 | 10-16 | 0-0 | 3-5 | -12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | ||
| M. Bonner | 14:40 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| D. Blair | 04:19 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| R. Mason | 01:10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| K. Bogans | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| I. Mahinmi | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| G. Temple | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 240 | 37-76 | 0-7 | 20-26 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 94 | |||
| 48.7% | 0.0% | 76.9% | team rebs: 8 | total to: 11 | |||||||||||||
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