Spurs 12 game winning streak against Minnesota

NBA regular season continues, the San Antonio Spurs 133-111 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves, helping the Spurs win at least seven remain in the position of the western front, while the Spurs victory is achieved on the Minnesota 12-game winning streak, while the Timberwolves suffered regular season six-game losing streak.

San Antonio Spurs Tim Duncan had 16 points 6 rebounds, Ginobili 8 points, Tony Parker 12 points and seven assists, Bonner 13 points, Richard Jefferson 11 points, Maxi Mi 14 points, Mason 13 points and Keith Bogans 17 points, sea Wriston 14.

Timberwolves Al Jefferson 13 points and 6 rebounds, Gomes 12 points, 11 points Brewer, Ellington 13 points, Sasha Pavlovic 16 points, Lok Fu 11.

Opening Houyi Er - Jefferson storm chopped up inside 5 minutes, Brewer has even been cast with a penalty 4 minutes, the Wolves 9-7 lead. Manu Ginobili, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker albeit meritorious deeds, but Gomez, Milicic and Brewer has a continuous impact of insider succeeded, Minnesota will be widened to 7 points. Stormed through the opening in Minnesota, the Spurs found the first section of the last paragraph of feeling gradually stepped up inside the defensive, so Minnesota birth in the first section 5 and a half minutes accounted for only 4 points, while Jefferson, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Mason, Blair and other multi-flowering, the first section of the end of the 7 points overtake the Spurs 33-26.

Second section contest, the Wolves came from behind to strive catching up, Ellington, Lok Fu, contact Jefferson hit, Section 3 and a half minutes to play catch up with the 37 level. After the Spurs began to cheer, Bonner, Mason hit third, Duncan, Parker and Hill inside and outside the bloom, re-live the ground control the situation, to be opened quickly and bad points. With the two last-minute pointers Bonner, and Mason the basket, the Spurs 69-47 halftime lead of 22 points.

Distal contest, opening Sessions, Pavlovic consecutive cut points, the Wolves will be narrowed to 22 points difference. But the Spurs moratorium, immediately after the situation under control, Bogans, Mason with two thirds, Timbert, Hailisidun successive hit, game 7 minutes left, the Spurs leading by 30 points 118-88 more, the outcome has no suspense, the final 133-111 victory over the Spurs Timberwolves.

Martin out of state because of illness ,Scola said:key 3 points

Today, the Houston Rockets to American Airlines Center Arena in Phoenix, the challenges are the top four rankings for the West play hard and play the Suns. Both sides neat, in addition to all external appearance Battier; helpless Martin blacksmith just like sleepwalking the whole field, though Scola and the small cloth feel odd good, the last one led by the visiting team overtake the score! But with the home team the last 3 minutes to vote in four consecutive three-pointers, the final 106-116 loss to the Rockets to the sun, the end of three straight, while the other side this season were swept 0-4. The campaign over, the Rockets 41 wins overall record of 39 held, continue to rank ninth west, the sun bear behind in 28 of 52 wins fourth west.

Ill effects of this game injury just 2 of 12 shots in Martin after the game said: "The illness does affect my status, I would like to play in the game to their own state, but things were not as I will be, unfortunately, I eventually lost the game. "Martin whispered.

Martin will be trading under a first return to Sacramento after the home, Martin said: "When you stand on the court with any feelings you certainly can not let themselves be too emotional, after all, you are a professional player, but able to return to their season to be home by 5 to play, fans feel warm and welcome, this is a very wonderful thing, and I will be grateful to them. "

Scola said, "We played well the whole game, but we committed some mistakes, they hit a key two-thirds and won the game, we know we have to get better, in fact, we Vista Demaire This has been done well, but we can not control other good players, they hit shots in the final. "

Scola said, "We played well the whole game, but we committed some mistakes, they hit a key two-thirds and won the game, we know we have to get better, in fact, we Vista Demaire This has been done well, but we can not control other good players, they hit shots in the final. "

4-7 Ariza added 11 points with disappointment after the match, said: "They controlled the game, they play their own levels, we start to hit a shot, we get self-confidence up, but we too will focus on Vista Demaire, this opportunity to let their striker to hit the outside shooting presence, in short, this is a manifestation of their ability. "Ariza no choice but to sigh with powerful opponents, but also lamented the inability of his team.

Raptors defeat ,Weems Do not give up

Before the game, the Raptors and Bulls record of 38 wins with 41, tied for the eastern negative eighth. Who won the race, competitors will and opened a gap between wins. Two games left in the regular season, the case, this advantage is no doubt a great help to get playoff tickets. Therefore, the two teams, this is absolutely a life and death battle.

Sony Weems and Andrea - Andrea Bargnani scored 18 points, respectively, over the camp Raptors injury 88-104 loss to the Bulls at home, lost the battle of life and death, also increased their losing streak screening to 5 games. Although Guido  Turkoglu grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds, while sending nine assists, but the performance of sluggish offensive end, the audience gains of 12 shots 6 points 2.

"Obviously, we played better than the other," Raptors coach Jason - Triano said. "They shot the performance much better than we."

Losing the war of life and death, Toronto's playoff hopes even more remote, but Weems did not intend to give up.

"We want to gamble it," Weems said. "We still have a chance. If within the team who intend to so give it up, then he should not play."

Raptors against the Pistons tomorrow, Wednesday back to the end of the regular season home game against the Knicks.

5 times in the past two encounters, the Raptors all win. Raptors 25 vote in the third quarter was only 6 hits.

Suns Use 3-Point Barrage to Beat Rockets 116-106

The Phoenix Suns were 3 1/2 minutes away from what would have been a brutal loss. Then, as has happened so often, the 3-pointers started falling.

Amare Stoudemire had 35 points and 13 rebounds and the Suns made four 3s in a row to pull away for a 116-106 victory over the Houston Rockets on Sunday night.

Against the Suns, Rockets coach Rick Adelman said, ''You're rolling the dice.''

''If you try to take away the 3s, then you've got Stoudemire rolling down the middle and we don't have anybody to stop him,'' he said. ''And they didn't make them until the last 3 minutes.''

Channing Frye made two of the 3s and Steve Nash and Jason Richardson had one apiece in a 14-0 run after the Rockets took a 102-100 lead with 3:23 left.

''They had a hard time on the screen and roll,'' Stoudemire said. ''When I rolled to the basket, they were sucking in and Steve was doing a great job of finding open guys.''

The victory moved Phoenix into a tie with Utah and Denver for the third playoff spot in the West, a half-game behind No. 2 Dallas, with two to play. The Suns' final two games are at home against Denver on Tuesday and at Utah on Wednesday.

Nash had 23 points and 11 assists for the Suns, winners of 12 of their last 14.

Luis Scola scored 20 of his 30 points in the second half for the Rockets, who rallied from a 14-point third-quarter deficit. Aaron Brooks added 22 points, including 6 of 9 3-pointers, and Chase Budinger had 19 for Houston.

''You can just look look at the West and see -- that team is a quality team and they're not going to make the playoffs,'' Suns coach Alvin Gentry said about the Rockets. ''They're a real quality team. They're hard to play. Every game we've played them this year it's been like a roller coaster.''

And the Suns won all four.

Nash limped off after taking a shot to the leg with 23 seconds to go, drawing a technical foul as he left the court. He said he was not hurt.

''It's not even worth talking about,'' he said.

The Rockets led 102-100 after Scola's two free throws. Scola drew a foul for bumping Nash during Phoenix's trademark pick-and-roll play on the next possession. The Suns took the ball out of bounds, Scola backed off a bit, and Nash made the 3, his third in three tries, to put Phoenix ahead for good.

Thunder beat Suns rosing to sixth place

Thunder (49-30) had an advantage over San Antonio and Portland, sixth in the West. Kevin  Durant scored 35 points and nine rebounds, Jeff  Green 15 points, Russell  Westbrook 8 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds per game.

Sun (52-28) competing with the elite in the second. Amare  Amare Stoudemire scored 24 points and 15 rebounds.Steve Nash 11 points and 12 assists, and Jason - Richardson 12 points.

Teams want to improve their ranking, no one was willing to give up. The sun behind the first half 57-58, but they suddenly lost feeling in section III, single only 12 points, Thunder in this section after the lead to 79-69.

The sun began to fight back. Race 29.4 seconds, the Nash hit two free throws to tie it into the Sun 88-91.

After Green hit two free throws, Nash again breaking to the basket, but was Westbrook's cap. Sun had to foul, Durant hit two free throws. Although Stoudemire hit a ball since then, but has not comeback.

Wizards Past Celtics 106-96 through no playoffs

Wizards (25-54) has missed the playoffs though, but it can also be kind of comfort to beat strong teams. Andre  Blatche scored 31 points and 11 rebounds, Shawn  Livingston 25 points 7 assists, and Nick Young 19 points.

Celtics (49-30) in the playoffs came around half doubtful. Rajon - Long got 17 points more than 12 assists and six rebounds, Ray  Allen and Kendrick  Perkins 10 points each.Kevin Garnett and Paul  Pierce failed to double, respectively, got 8 points and 9 points.

Wizards lose, the opening after the massive attack. They wave a wave of attacks 10-0 end of this section to 30-17 advantage.

Celtics unable to find sense in this Section, the section that they only had 14 points, the Wizards made the once 24 point lead 50-26. Halftime, the Wizards lead to 52-31.

 

Celtic in the last section to find sense in this section,and  scored 42 points, but far behind, can not comeback.

Bulls win Cavaliers lost to the Nets ,playoff cast a pale sad

April 10, the Chicago Bulls 116-127 loss to the New Jersey Nets. At present the team's record is 38 wins 41 negative, and the Toronto Raptors flat. Competition in the final two teams will continue a playoff spot.

Unstable state of the bull we all know, the recent back to back as if this is a microcosm of the whole year.They won the first League leader, turned the vice squad lost to Union. Knight was put on ice for LeBron James good, but the Bulls this season even be subject to the Nets double play, it is difficult to imagine how such a team preparing for the playoffs.

Schedule arrangement is not on their side. Bulls and Raptors this season only three encounters, the first two to win back all Maple Leaf Regiment. This also means that the case of a tie in the record, the Bulls are out of an ironclad. Both teams will have a direct dialogue with the day after tomorrow, if the Bulls lose the game, to experience the playoff hopes afraid I can only wait for five years. The team's two remaining rivals, the Boston Celtics and Atlanta Hawks are still in the third stage of competition is unlikely to face the frozen main; ending war in the Charlotte Bobcats will be a vague possibility lock the seventh position, Therefore, the task is to ensure that the Bulls will stay until the last moment of suspense.

Say luck, God has been very favor the Bulls had. Recently Chris Bosh - and Heaton Turkoglu had suffered facial injuries, including Bosh Toronto Raptors regular season on the strength of claims great impact. Harding Park is just bull, the Raptors were the two remaining rivals the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks, which is seeding the two teams, even with a Canzhen response may also be won.

Bulls to the playoffs can make a difference? Last year's magic performance is not as observation of their sample. In fact, if "the first year, the Celtics hit the second year, hitting Knight" as the line, then against the Atlanta Hawks could be used as their reference. Hawks in the 2007-08 season with the green jersey as the military hard-fought seven games, the next year still are knights kill four in straight sets. Guards hit middle and lower ranks have experience in particular before yesterday's loss to Chicago, Cleveland against winning teams is less negative and more 30 game winning streak, the NBA's history can be discharged to third.

Bulls season a lot of problems, the situation is actually smaller than last year, the players staged Shijizhizhan time. Joe King  NOAA today, only two-plus when playing 36 minutes. Taking into account Taki  Gibson's malaise, NOAA is puzzling to play so little, at least explain his plantar fasciitis may not be all good. Was to provide backcourt scoring two explosive Titans, the  Gordon and  John Salmons is not the same team now, this vacancy is definitely not the Ruhr  Deng's back, and signed Philip  Murray, Jieni Luo Pargo can fill the role of such Ersan Liu.