LIVING THE DREAMThe Central Division-leading Pacers won their fourth
straight and have a half-game lead for the second-best record in the
Eastern Conference.Singleton and Trevor Booker made their 10th and ninth
starts of the season, respectively.The Indiana Pacers made sure a fresh
shave will wait for a number of Dallas Mavericks after running away
with a 103-78 road victory Thursday night at American Airlines
Center.Los Angeles 36-35 is enduring its longest skid since a four-game
slide Jan."They just jumped out on us," Sixers forward Thaddeus Young
said.
Wall, who added eight assists and seven rebounds, shot 13 of
22 from the field and made a career-high 19 free throws on 24
attempts.Hemsky finally put it away for good with an end to end rush.His
absence didnt hurt the Lakers in the last meeting, winning 113-102 on
March 17 as Antawn Jamison made five 3-pointers and scored a game-high
27.""
The Avs Semyon Varlamov made 33 saves in that contest, but
its uncertain if hell get a chance to end his three-start losing streak
Saturday.Carter and Nowitzki combined for 20 points in the opening half
as Dallas shot 55.Nowitzki hit two more free throws for a 105-100
lead.Hall had seen a 1992 TV movie about Loyola Marymount star Hank
Gathers, who collapsed during a game and later died.Their latest rash of
injuries may have put those postseason Insanity Workout hopes in jeopardy.
Halls
dreadlocks violated Marshalls rule about his players being neatly
groomed, but the coach made a fateful exception."Knock on wood,
hopefully, it continues," Richards said.Darren Collison made the final
four free throws to keep the Clippers at bay.The things I was doing so
good was minimizing my mistakes and maximizing my rounds.Sacramento city
officials reached a preliminary agreement Saturday with the investment
group for a new $447 million downtown arena.
You cant necessarily
gauge them against other teams, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Monday
night, after Miami topped Orlando 108-94.To help make up for the absence
of Noah, who has missed the past three games, Boozer has posted four
straight double-doubles.Weve fought an uphill battle all season long,
said Nowitzki, who also led Dallas with nine rebounds."Indiana also
leads in field-goal percentage defense at 41.So to go to the Elite
Eight, were one game from it.Phoenix scored just four points in the last
five minutes of the second quarter, and the Kings led 64-50 at
intermission.
This is also the 20th trip to the round of 16 for
both coaches at their respective schools.Granger has missed all but five
games this season because of a left knee injury.11 FedEx Toyota Camry
"while Hamlin recovers from an L1 compression fracture," MWR issued a
release saying that Martin would return to Waltrips No.Daniels stole an
inbound pass from Bryant under the Lakers basket and passed to Sanders,
who dunked to give Milwaukee a 70-69 lead with 4:23 left in the
third.The plan was opposed by several groups and speakers, some of whom
asked the council to take more time to study whether the deal is good
for the city.When this latest round of football-driven Scrabble is done,
well have Syracuse playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference instead of
the Big East ditto for Pittsburgh and Notre Dame, well have Maryland
playing in the Big Ten instead of the ACC, and well have once-mighty
UConn playing in some new league with a bunch of Southeastern and
Southwestern schools that used to comprise Conference USA.
