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Antawn Jamison leads Wizards to victory
2007-03-03
Miami and Phoenix were both missing an All-Star, so their other key players stepped up to make sure it didn't matter. Washington finally had its stars in the lineup, and that was enough against the slumping Hawks. Muzi.com News 10037848-0 (muzi.com)Shaquille O'Neal had a season-high 31 points and 15 rebounds and the Heat earned their most impressive win since losing Dwyane Wade, edging Detroit 85-82 Friday night. Muzi.com News 10037848-1 (muzi.com) "Dwyane was our first option because of the things he could do, but he's not here now," O'Neal said in Miami. "So now it's back to me being the first option." Muzi.com News 10037848-2 (muzi.com) The Pistons rallied from a 50-28 deficit to take their first lead with 3:14 left. But O'Neal's dunk with 36 seconds to go put the Heat ahead to stay, 82-80. Muzi.com News 10037848-3 (muzi.com) At Washington, Antawn Jamison scored 22 points in his first game back from a knee injury and the Wizards snapped a four-game losing streak with a 93-92 win over Atlanta. Muzi.com News 10037848-4 (muzi.com) Washington also was bolstered by the return of Caron Butler, who had four points on 1-for-10 shooting. Butler also had eight rebounds, five assists and three steals. Muzi.com News 10037848-5 (muzi.com) "It was great having Caron and Antawn back," said Gilbert Arenas, who finished with 19 points. "You have two more options to go to so teams can't key on me." Muzi.com News 10037848-6 (muzi.com) At Phoenix, Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire scored 23 points apiece and the Suns easily overcame the absence of Shawn Marion to beat the Indiana Pacers for the second time in four days, 115-90. Muzi.com News 10037848-7 (muzi.com) In other games, it was Houston 108, Denver 97; Chicago 104, New Orleans 93; Utah 109, Minnesota 83; San Antonio 98, Orlando 74; Sacramento 116, the Los Angeles Lakers 108; Philadelphia 117, Memphis 112 in overtime; New York 106, Golden State 97; and Milwaukee 94, Toronto 81. Muzi.com News 10037848-8 (muzi.com) Heat 85, Pistons 82 Muzi.com News 10037848-9 (muzi.com) The Heat improved to 3-2 since Wade was sidelined with a dislocated left shoulder. By taking the rematch of last year's Eastern Conference finals, Miami also extended its season-high home winning streak to eight games, while ending Detroit's four-game winning streak. Muzi.com News 10037848-10 (muzi.com) O'Neal shot 12-for-16, went 7-for-14 at the line and had six assists. Muzi.com News 10037848-11 (muzi.com) "If he gets the ball enough, he's going to score," Detroit's Chauncey Billups said. "There's still nobody who can guard him. You have to send two or three guys after him." Muzi.com News 10037848-12 (muzi.com) Tayshaun Prince had 22 points for the Pistons. Muzi.com News 10037848-13 (muzi.com) Wizards 93, Hawks 92 Muzi.com News 10037848-14 (muzi.com) Josh Smith had 24 points and Marvin Williams added 21 for the Hawks, who have lost four in a row and five straight road games. Muzi.com News 10037848-15 (muzi.com) Jamison missed 12 games after spraining his left knee Jan. 30 against Detroit. Butler had missed the Wizards' previous three games with lower back spasms. Muzi.com News 10037848-16 (muzi.com) "I thought I was going to be a little bit more winded, but the last week or so, I've been doing a lot of things to keep my wind up," said Jamison, who shot 10-for-20 from the field in 39 minutes. Muzi.com News 10037848-17 (muzi.com) Suns 115, Pacers 90 Muzi.com News 10037848-18 (muzi.com) Phoenix, playing without Marion for the second straight game because of a bruised right hand, rebounded from its loss Wednesday night in Philadelphia to sweep the season series from Indiana for the second year in a row. Muzi.com News 10037848-19 (muzi.com) Danny Granger scored 20 for the Pacers, who matched their longest losing streak of the season at four games. Muzi.com News 10037848-20 (muzi.com) Rockets 108, Nuggets 97 Muzi.com News 10037848-21 (muzi.com) Denver's Dikembe Mutombo became the oldest player in NBA history to get more than 20 rebounds in a game, finishing with 22 at Denver. Mutombo will turn 41 in June. Muzi.com News 10037848-22 (muzi.com) Tracy McGrady scored 28 points for the Rockets. Muzi.com News 10037848-23 (muzi.com) Carmelo Anthony had 30 points and Allen Iverson added 19 for the Nuggets. Muzi.com News 10037848-24 (muzi.com) Bulls 104, Hornets 93 Muzi.com News 10037848-25 (muzi.com) Ben Gordon scored 27 points and Kirk Hinrich added 11 of his 22 in the fourth quarter to help the Bulls pull away. Muzi.com News 10037848-26 (muzi.com) Booed throughout in his first game at the United Center since last summer's trade to the Hornets, Tyson Chandler finished with 10 points and 13 rebounds -- his 11th straight double-double and 18th consecutive game with at least 10 rebounds. Muzi.com News 10037848-27 (muzi.com) Jazz 109, Timberwolves 83 Muzi.com News 10037848-28 (muzi.com) Deron Williams had 21 points and eight assists for the visiting Jazz. Gordon Giricek made four 3-pointers and finished with a season-high 20 points as Utah's subs outscored their counterparts 51-23. Muzi.com News 10037848-29 (muzi.com) Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 22 points. Muzi.com News 10037848-30 (muzi.com) Spurs 98, Magic 74 Muzi.com News 10037848-31 (muzi.com) Manu Ginobili made six 3-pointers and scored 31 points to help the Spurs extend their season-high winning streak to seven. Ginobili had 16 points and five 3s in the third quarter. Tim Duncan finished with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Muzi.com News 10037848-32 (muzi.com) Hedo Turkoglu led the visiting Magic with 22 points. Muzi.com News 10037848-33 (muzi.com) Kings 116, Lakers 108 Muzi.com News 10037848-34 (muzi.com) Mike Bibby scored 10 of his 33 points in the final 4:04 and Sacramento snapped the Lakers' three-game winning streak. Muzi.com News 10037848-35 (muzi.com) Ron Artest added 19 points and six assists in his return to Sacramento's lineup after sitting out Wednesday's victory against Charlotte with a sore left knee. Muzi.com News 10037848-36 (muzi.com) Kobe Bryant had 30 points and 10 assists, and Lamar Odom added 26 points, 13 rebounds and six assists for host Los Angeles. Muzi.com News 10037848-37 (muzi.com) 76ers 117, Grizzlies 112, OT Muzi.com News 10037848-38 (muzi.com) Andre Iguodala and Kyle Korver each scored 27 points and the 76ers tied a season high with their third straight victory. Muzi.com News 10037848-39 (muzi.com)
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