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Californfan SPORTS 4BFRIDAY, April 5, 2002 PRO GOLF PRO BASKETBALL Leaderboard Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Miller misses last shot 10). Total fouls Cleveland 22, Orlando 20. Technicals Cleveland Defensive Three Second 2, Orlando Defensive Three Second, Orlando coach Rivers. A 1 5,0 1 7 1 Mavs 115, Clippers 90 L.A. CLIPPERS (90) Brand 4-8 5 6 13, Maggette 5 12 5616, Rooks 1 4 0 0 2, Mclnnis 6-1 4 2 2 1 7, Piatkowski 2 9 0 04, Olowokandi 8 14 3 8 19, Boykins 3-5 0-0 6, Pichardson 2-8 0 0 4, Miles 3-3 3 4 9, Jamison 0 1 0 0 0, Overton 0 1 0 0 0, Fowlkes 0 0 0-0 0.

Totals 34-79 18 26 90. Mickelson controlling BellSouth Gannett News Service DULUTH, Ga. Phil Mickelson has Georgia on his mind again. He can't really explain it, but when he plays in Georgia, especially in metropolitan Atlanta, he Pet CB New Jersey 48 27 .640 Boston 43 32 .573 5 Orlando 41 33 .554 6i Philadelphia 39 35 .527 8V, Washington 34 41 453 14 Miami 32 42 .432 15'! New York 28 46 .378 19', Central Division Pet GB Detroit 45 30 .600 Charlotte 39 35 .527 5'j Milwaukee 39 35 .527 5V, Indiana 36 38 .486 8'j Toronto 36 3B ,486 8'i Atlanta 31 44 .413 14 Cleveland 26 49 .347 19 Chicago 17 57 .230 27'i WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division Pet GB Dallas 52 22 .703 San Antonio 51 24 .680 't Minnesota 46 29 .613 6V, Utah 42 33 ,560 10V, Houston 27 47 ,365 25 Denver 24 50 .324 28 Memphis 19 55 ,257 33 Pacific Division Pet GB Sacramento 55 19 ,743 LA Lakers 53 22 707 Portland 45 30 .600 10', Seattle 43 33 .566 13 LA Clippers 37 3V .487 19 Phoenix 34 41 .453 Golden State 19 55 .257 36 DALLAS (115) Finley 10-19 0-1 20, NowiUki 9-14 5-5 25, LaFrenti 3-1 0 2-4 9, Nash 5-8 1 1 1 1 Van Exel 5-1 2 0 0 1 2, Buckner 6 7 1 2 1 3, Eschmeyer 2-4 0 0 4, Griffin 4 7 1-1 9, Najera 3 5 0-0 6, Bradley 0-2 0-0 0, AJohnson 2-5 0 0 4, Wang 1 2 0-0 2. Totals 50-95 10-14 115.

L.A. Clippers 27 16 25 22 90 Dallas 21 23 34 37-115 3 Point Goals-LA. Clippers 4-18 (Mclnnis 3-6, Maggette 1-5, Overton 0-1, Richardson 0-2, Piatkowski 0 4), Dallas 5 14 (Van Exel 2-2, Nowitzki 2-3, LaFrentz 1 3, Nash 0-1 Griffin 0-1 Finley 0-4). Fouled out None. Rebounds L.A.

Clippers 49 (Brand 9), Dallas 53 (Eschmeyer 10). Assists Clippers 15 (Olowokandi, Brand, Richardson 24 (Nash fouls L.A. Clippers 14, Dallas 21. Technicals L.A. Clippers Defensive Three Second, LA.

Clippers coach Gentry. A Spurs 102, Rockets 78 SAN ANTONIO (102) Bowen 5-8 0 0 12, Duncan 8-14 6 6 22, Robinson 5-7 5-7 1 5, Parker 6-1 0 1 -2 1 3, S.Smith 5-9 2 2 1 3, Rose 3-9 3-4 9, Hart 2-40-0 4, Daniels 3 5 0-0 7, Ferry 12 1-1 4, Parks 0 0 0-0 0, C.Smith 1-4 1-2 3, Bryant 0-0 0-0 O.Totals 39-72 19-24 102. HOUSTON (78) Langhi 2-3 0 0 4-10 0 0 12 0- 0 2, Francis 5 18 5 916, Mobley 9-2 1 2 2 24, Collier 5-7 2 2 1 1 7 0 0 3, Morris 120-0 2, Norris 1 3 0-0 2, Willis 2-3 12 5, T.Brown 0-1 0 0 0, Torres 0 00 00. Totals 31 77 10-15 78. San Antonio 28 27 21 26102 Houston 25 20 20 13 78 3-Point Goals San Antonio 5-8 (Bowen 2-2, Ferry 11, Daniels I S.Smith 12, Parker 0 2), Houston 6-1 5 (Mobley 4 7, Francis 1 2, Griffin 1-5, Norris 0-1).

Fouled out None. Rebounds San Antonio 52 (Rose 14), Houston 37 (Francis 8). Assists San Antonio 21 (Parker 7), Houston 12 (Norris 4). Total fouls San Antonio 10, Houston 17.Technicals -Francis. A Nuggets 88, Wild 87 MINNESOTA (87) Garnett 9 18 3 4 21, Mitchell 11 0-0 2, Nles-terovic 4 1 0 1 -2 9, Billups 2 1 0 8 9 1 3, Szczerbiak 7 13 0-0 16, Smith 0 0 0 0 0, Peeler 5 11 0 0 14, Trent 2-7 2-2 6.

Pack 2-5 2 2 6, Lopez 0 1 0 0 0. Totals 32-76 16 1987. DENVER (88) Cheaney 4-9 0-0 8, Bowen 2-3 0-0 4, Howard 7-15 6 8 20, McCloud 1 8 5-5 8, Posey 3-7 2-2 10, Bateer 4-7 0-2 8, Lenard 6-15 0 0 1 5, Satterfield 2 6 2-2 6, Harvey 3-4 3 7 9, Anderson 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 32-74 18-26 88. Minnesota 27 20 17 23 87 Denver 21 25 17 25 88 3 Point Goals Minnesota 7-12 (Peeler 4 8, Szczerbiak 2-3, Billups 1-1), Denver 6-14 (Lenard 3 6, Posey 2 3, McCloud 13, Satterfield 0 2).

Davis Love III -30 72 LeeWestwood 37 35 72 MikeSposa 39-33 72 Stephen Gangluff 35-37 72 Andrew Magee 35-37 72 JoseCoceres 37-36 731 Fred Couples 38-35 731 Jim Carter 35-38 731 Michael Clark II 38 35 731 John Hiegger 35-38 731 Neal Lancaster 37-36 731 PaulGow 37-36 731 Harrison Fraar 38-35 731 TimPetrovic 36-37 731 Eduardo Herrera 37 36 731 Jonathan Byrd 36-37 731 Brenden Pappas 39-34 731 Jonathan Kaye 37-36 731 Robin Freeman 36-37 731 Doug Barron 34-39 731 Robert Allenby 41-32 731 Briny Baird 37-36 731 Paul Claxton 37-36 731 Luke Donald 35-38 731 Bob May 38-36 742 Brett Ouigley 35-39 742 Brandt Jobe 39-35 742 Pal Perez 40-34 742 Billy Mayfair 37-37 742 Robert Damron 37-37 742 Jeff Gallagher 36 38 742 David Sutherland 39-35 742 Danny Ellis 38-36 742 Per Uliik Johansson 37-37 742 Tommy Armour ill 36-38 742 Chris Smith 36-38 742 Franklin Langham 38-36 742 Jeff Julian 39-35 742 Gary Nitklaus 37-37 742 BradLardon 39-35 742 Kenneth Staton 36-38 742 BooWeekley 38 36 742 JeffBrehaut 40-34 742 BryceMolder 37 37 742 Woody Austin 37 38 753 J.P.Hayes 37-38 753 TomStherrer 38-37 753 Tommy Biershenk 37-38 75 i BobHeintz 34 41 753 Michael Muehr 39-37 764 Mike Gill 38 38 764 Nolan Henke 37 39 764 DanForsman 39-37 764 Jason Hill 36 40 764 Scott Dunlap 41-36 775 Michael Long 41 36 775 DonnPerno 40-37 775 Pete Jordan 39-39 786 Portuguese Open First Round Carl Petterson, Sweden 34-32 66 Bradley Dredge, Wales 35-35 70 David Gilford, England 33-37 70 Mikkollonen, Finland 37 33 70 Gary Evans, England "35-35 70 Stephen Dodd, Wales 34-37 71 Andrew Sherborne, England 38-33 71 Mattias Eliasson, Sweden 36-36 72 Heniik Nystrom. Sweden 35-37 72 Alastair Forsyth, Scotland 35-37 72 Van Phillips, England 37-35 72 MicheleReale, Italy 38-34 72 Greg Owen, England 35-37 72 Joakim Haeggman, Sweden 36-37 73 Gary Clark, England 36 37 73 Brian Davis, England 37-36 73 Thomas Levet, France 36-37 73 Nicolas Kalgouline, France 36-37 73 Miguel Angel Martin, Spain 37-36 73 Also JeevMilkha Singh, India 40 35 75 Wayne Riley, Australia 37 38 75 Costantino Rocca, Italy 36-39 75 Sam Torrance, Scotland 39 36 75 Ian Poulter, England 38-39 77 BellSouth Classic First Round Steve Elkington 31 -33 64 -8 Phil Mickelson 33-32 65 -7 Dudley Hart 33-33 66 -6 Thomas Bjorn 32-34 66 -6 Frank Nobilo 35-31 66 -6 lanLeggatt 32 34 66 -6 Jesper Parnevik 33 33 66 John Kolllns 32 34 66 -6 BobTway 35 32 67 5 MikeWeir 33 34 67 5 Scott McCarron 35-32 67 5 Peter Lonard 34 33 67 5 Craig Parry 34-34 68 -4 J.J. Henry 34 34 68 -4 David Toms 34-34 68 4 Steve Flesch 35-33 68 -4 Edward Fryatt 34-34 68 4 Stuart Appleby 35-33 68 4 Kent Jones 36 32 68 -4 Glen Day 36-32 68 4 Shaun Micheel 34-34 68 -4 JeffSluman 35 33 68 4 Relief Goosen 34 34 68 4 Zach Johnson 35-33 68-4 Bob Burns 32-37 69 3 Rory Sabbatini 37 32 69 3 Vijay Singh 36 33 69 -3 MattKuchar 34 35 69 3 Colin Montgomerie 36-33 69 3 Chris DiMarco 35-34 69 3 GlenHnatiuk 34 35 69 -3 Adam Scott 35-34 69 3 Padraig Harrington 34 35 69 3 Hidemichi Tanaka 37 32 69 3 Michael Allen 32-38 70 2 Grant Waite 35 35 70 2 JayWilliamson 34 36 70 2 Bart Bryant 37 33 70 2 Ben Crane 37 33 70 2 Tim Clark 38 32 70 2 Brett Wetterich 33 37 70 2 Paul Stankowski 35-35 70 2 JoeySindelar 36 34 70 2 Rich Beem 34 36 70 2 KJ.Choi 35-35 70 2 Peter Jacobsen 37 33 70 2 Jeff Gove 35 35 70 2 Brian Bateman 37 33 70 2 Jess Daley 36-34 70 -2 Jay Don Blake 34 37 71 1 Jerry Smith 35 36 71 1 Lee Porter 35-36 71 1 Chad Campbell 35 36 71 I Miguel A. Jimenez 36-35 71 1 LeeJanzen 34 37 71 1 Notah Begay III 35 36 71 1 StewartCink 37 34 71 1 Rod Pampling 37 34 71 -1 Skip Kendall 34-37 71 -1 Walter Staples 35 36 71 1 Matt Peterson 36-35 71 I Brian Watts 37 34 71 1 Richard Zokol 35 36 71 1 Heath Slocum 37 34 71 1 PhilTataurangi 34 37 71 1 Charles Howell III 34-37 71 -1 Pat Bales 36-35 71 -1 Dennis Paulson 33-38 71 1 John Huston 36 35 71 1 Billy Andrade 36 35 71 1 Frank Lickliter II 35 36 71 1 TedTryba 38-33 71-1 DeanePappas 36 35 71-1 Bo Van Pelt 37 34 71 1 Craig Stevens 35-36 71-1 David Frost 36-36 72 SteveJones 37 35 72 Hal Sutton 37 35 72 Kenny Perry 36 36 72 Steve Allan 35 37 72 F. Patrick Sheehan 38 34 72 Blaine McCallister 37 35 72 Carl Paulson 37 35 72 Esteban Toledo 37 35 72 Brad Faxon 37 35 72 plays well.

This weekend he's in contention at the BellSouth Classic, the final tuneup before the world's best golfers gather in Augusta, to play in The Masters, beginning Thursday. Mickelson shot 7-under-par 65 at the TPC at Sugarloaf, one stroke off the lead of Steve Elk-ington, who birdied six of the first eight holes Thursday and finished at 64. "I've played well in this city," said Mickelson, who won the BellSouth two years ago and finished second to David Toms in the PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club last August. "Atlanta has always been good to me, going back to my days in junior golf. I don't know why.

There's no reason in particular." Mickelson is a native of Southern California and played college golf in Arizona, so the rolling hills of Georgia don't rekindle memories of his youth. Still, he plays extremely well here, although he's still searching for a victory in The Masters. He has finished sixth, seventh and third in the last three Masters. Last year he shared the lead twice on the front nine of the final round, but he ended up third behind Tiger Woods and David Duval. As part of his preparation for The Masters this week, he spent Wednesday afternoon in Athens, at the University of Georgia, practicing his short game on the school's golf course.

He said the practice area there is similar to Augusta National. "It's difficult to find an area with greens like those at Augusta," Mickelson said. "The University of Georgia is one of those places. It's in a quaint, enjoyable town. I have friends there, so it's a fun place for me." Elkington, who has 10 wins on the PGA Tour, warned that one shouldn't place too much emphasis on what happens here this weekend if the goal is to pre The Associated Press ATLANTA Reggie Miller missed a fadeaway 3-pointer at the buzzer as the Atlanta Hawks beat Indiana 95-94 Tuesday night, sending the Pacers to their firth loss in six games.

Indiana, which never led, fell into a tie with Toronto for the eighth and final Eastern Conference playoff spot. The Raptors, 2- 0 against Indiana this season, play the Pacers on Sunday at Toronto and again Wednesday in Indianapolis. Magic 105, Cavaliers 101 ORLANDO, Fla. Darrell Armstrong scored 11 of his 18 points in the final six minutes and Tracy McGrady had 35 points and 14 rebounds. Pat Garrity added 14 points and a career-high 11 rebounds for Orlando, which cut its magic number for clinching a playoff berth to four.

Spurs 102, Rockets 78 HOUSTON Tim Duncan had 22 points and 11 rebounds for his NBA-leading 61st double-double of the season as San Antonio completed a sweep of the four-game season series. David Robinson added 15 points, seven rebounds and three blocked shots for the Spurs, who remained 1 12 games behind Dallas in the Midwest Division. Mavs 11 5, Clippers 90 DALLAS Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points, including a 3-pointer that started a 15-2 fourth-quarter spurt. The Mavericks started slowly, then took their first lead just before halftime on a scooping layup by Steve Nash. They led for all but 13 seconds the rest of the way, with Nowitzki scoring 11 points in the gamebreaking third quarter when Dallas hit 65 percent of its shots.

Nuggets 88, Wolves 87 DENVER Voshon Lenard scored 15 points and hit a leaner with 11.2 seconds left as the Nuggets ended the Timber-wolves' four-game winning streak. Minnesota took an 87-83 lead after Anthony Peeler hit a pair of 3-pointers from the corner. Denver's George McCloud followed with three free throws with 34 seconds left after he was fouled on a 3-point attempt. Blazers 88, Knicks 80 PORTLAND, Ore. Rasheed Wallace scored 25 points and Dale Davis had a season-high 18 rebounds as the Trail Blazers eliminated the Knicks.

clinched playoff spot Thursday's results Atlanta 95, Indiana 94 Orlando 105, Cleveland 101 San Antonio 102, Houston 78 Denver 88, Minnesota 87 Dallas 1 1 5, LA. Clippers 90 Portland 88, New York 80 Today's games Phoenix at Indiana, 7 p.m. Detroit at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. LA. Lakers at Boston, 7:30 p.m Milwaukee at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Orlando at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m. Houston at Memphis, 8 p.m. Toronto at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Sacramento at Utah, 9 p.m.

New York at Seattle, 10 p.m. Denver at Golden State, 10:30 p.m Hawks 95, Pacers 94 INDIANA (94 Artest 2 8 2 2 7, O'Neal 5 1 5 1 2 1 3 22, B.Miller 7 10 5 5 1-7 0-0 2, R.Miller 7-15 2 2 19, Bender 1 74 1 2 4 6 6, Foster 0-1 1-2 1, Croshere4-8 2 2 12. Totals 28-73 32-36 94. ATLANTA 1951 Johnson 5 112 3 14, Abdur Rahim 6-14 4-9 16, Mohammed 8 11 2 3 18, Terry 6-13 2-2 17, New ble 2 3 3 4 7, Henderson 0 20-0 0, Kukoc 5-1 2 3-3 15, Vaughn 2-5 1 11 0 02. Totals 35-72 17-26 95.

Indiana 21 20 27 26 94 Atlanta 26 23 22 24 95 3 Point GoalsIndiana 6 24 (R.Miller 3 9, Croshere 2 5, Artest 1 4, Bender 0-2, Tinsley 0-4), Atlanta 8-17 (Terry 3 5, Kukoc 2 5, Johnson 2-5, Vaughn 11, Abdur-Rahim 0 1). fouled out None. Rebounds Indiana 49 (O'Neal 14), Atlanta 46 (Newble 9). Assists-Indiana 18 (Ollie 5), Atlanta 19 (Terry 8). Total fouls Indiana 21, Atlanta 26.

Technicals Indiana Defensive Three Second. A Magic 105, Cavs 101 CLEVELAND (101) Murray 5 14 2-4 14, T.Hill 2-6 2-4 6, llgauskas 9-16 3 3 21, Person 7-11 I I 15. A.MiHer 4-132-3 10, Jones 3 5 2-4 8, Mihm 2-3 0 0 4, Davis 6-9 9-10 21, Stith 0-2 2-2 38 79 23-31 101. ORLANDO (105) M.Miller 1 3 0 0 3, Garrity 4 134 4 14, Grant 0-5 12 1, McGrady 14-32 6 9 35, Armstrong 6-15 3 4 18, Ewing 4-62-2 10, Hudson 1 5 3-5 6, Williams 3-4 0-0 6, Jackson 3 4 0-2 8, DeClercq 2 5 0-0 4. Totals 38-92 19 28 105.

Cleveland 22 30 25 24101 Orlando 22 24 23 36105 3 Point Goals Cleveland 2 ll (Murray 2 6, A.Miller 0-1, Jones 0-1, Stith 0 1, Person 0-2), Orlando 10-24 (Armstrong 3-8, Jackson 2-3, Garrity 2-7, McGrady 1-2, Hudson 1-2, M.Miller 1-2). Fouled out T.Hill. Rebounds Cleveland 54 (T.Hill 11). Orlando 58 (McGrady 14). Assists Cleveland 26 (A.Miller 1 5), Orlando 25 (Armstrong Fouled out Nesterovic.

Rebounds Minnesota 50 (Garnett 18), Denver 47 (Howard 14). Assists Minnesota 22 (Garnett 7), Denver 26 (McCloud, Posey 6). Total fouls Minnesota 22, Denver 23. Technicals Minnesota Defensive Three Second 2, Denver Defensive Three Second, Flagrant fouls Trent. A 1 5,509 1 Blazers 88, Knicks 80 NEW YORK (80) Houston 3-1 1 0-0 8, Weatherspoon 9-16 2-4 20, Thomas 6-16 3-4 15, Sprewell 4-14 0-0 8, Jackson 5-8 4-7 15, Ward 1-3 2-2 4, S.Anderson 3-8 2-2 8, Eisley 0-1 0-0 0, Knight 1-3 0-0 2.Totals 32 80 1 3 19 80.

PORTLAND (88) Pippen 3-5 0 0 6, Wallace 1 1-19 2-7 25, Davis 2 7 3-4 7, Wells 3-1 2 1 0-1 2 1 6, Stoudamire 4-12 2-2 12, Kemp 0 3 0-0 0, D.Anderson 5-15 5-6 16, Pat terson 2 6 2 2 6, Kerr 0 0 0 0 O.Totals 30-79 24 33 88. New York 15 17 26 22 80 Portland 24 20 29 15 88 3-Point Goals New York 3 18 (Houston 2 7, Jackson 1 -1 0-1 S.Anderson 0-4, Sprewell 0 5), Portland 4-18 (Stoudamire 2 5, Wallace 14, D.Anderson 1-6, Pippen 0 1, Wells 0-2). Fouled out None. Rebounds New York 56 (Weather-spoon 20), Portland 56 (Davis 1 8), Assists New York 22 (Jackson 10), Portland 21 (Pippen 7), Total fouls New York 21, Portland 13. Technicals Sprewell 2, Wells.

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