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The Lakers sit alone atop the Western Conference after downing the Spurs rather easily on Sunday afternoon. L.A. has a half-game lead over New Orleans and with just a few days remaining in the regular season. Read about the Lakers rise and more in the RealGM Daily Rundown for April 13th?s games!
The Detroit Pistons got great bench play in a win against the visiting Toronto Raptors on Sunday night. Chauncey Billups posted 14 points and 4 assists and Rodney Stuckey added 18 points off the bench for the Pistons, who outrebounded Toronto by eleven and shot 48% from the field. Chris Bosh led with 30 points and 10 rebounds and T.J. Ford contributed 10 points and 8 assists for the Raptors, who turned the ball over just eleven times but struggled (43%) from the field in Detroit. Toronto lost out on an opportunity to leapfrog Philadelphia for sixth place in the Eastern Conference.
Game FIC Scores
Chris Bosh, TOR ? 19.4
Richard Hamilton, DET ? 12.0
T.J. Ford, TOR ? 11.0
Jason Maxiell, DET ? 10.3
The Los Angeles Lakers used a 21-point second half advantage to knock off the San Antonio Spurs and take hold of the top seed in the Western Conference last night. Kobe Bryant had 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists and Lamar Odom posted 17 points and 14 boards for the Lakers, who made half of their field goal attempts and outrebounded San Antonio by fifteen. Tony Parker starred with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists and Tim Duncan tallied 16 points and 12 boards in the loss for the Spurs, who committed just eight turnovers but hit only 41% of their shots. L.A. has a half-game lead over New Orleans (idle Sunday) for the first overall seed in the West.
Game FIC Scores
Lamar Odom, LAL ? 19.1
Pau Gasol, LAL ? 16.0
Tony Parker, SAS ? 14.3
Kobe Bryant, LAL ? 13.8
The Cleveland Cavaliers used a strong fourth quarter to come-from-behind and down the Miami Heat on Sunday night. LeBron James posted 13 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists and Zydrunas Ilgauskas added 14 points and 14 boards for the Cavaliers, who hit only 37% of their shots but outrebounded Miami by twenty off the glass. Ricky Davis led with 17 points and 7 assists and Earl Barron contributed 13 points and 8 rebounds off the bench for the Heat, who took decent care of the basketball and went 8-for-16 from behind the three-point line. A win in either of their final two games, or a loss by the Wizards, would lock up the fourth seed for Cleveland.
Game FIC Scores
LeBron James, CLE ? 15.6
Ricky Davis, MIA ? 13.0
Delonte West, CLE ? 11.5
Chris Quinn, MIA ? 7.5
Hedo Turkoglu led the Orlando Magic to a twenty-point win over the lottery-bound Chicago Bulls on Sunday night. Turkoglu posted 24 points and 7 assists and Rashard Lewis tallied 18 points and 7 rebounds for the Magic, who shot 49% on the night and outrebounded Chicago by six. Andres Nocioni had 22 points and 4 rebounds off the bench and Luol Deng notched 19 points and 7 boards for the Bulls, who turned the ball over nineteen times and converted just 40% of their field goal attempts. The Magic have been locked into the East?s third seed for more than a week.
Game FIC Scores
Hedo Turkoglu, ORL ? 18.8
Rashard Lewis, ORL ? 16.5
Luol Deng, CHI ? 13.0
Joakim Noah, CHI ? 9.0
The Denver Nuggets jumped out in front of the Houston Rockets early and never looked back last night. Allen Iverson had 33 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists and J.R. Smith added 23 points off the bench for the Nuggets, who scored 19 points off turnovers and hit 48% of their shot attempts. Tracy McGrady notched 16 points and 7 assists and Steve Novak contributed 15 points and 5 rebounds off the bench for the Rockets, who outrebounded Denver by seven but shot just 34% on the night. The victory gave the Nuggets a half-game lead over the Warriors for the eighth seed, while it put a serious damper on Houston?s chances of grabbing the top overall seed in the West.
Game FIC Scores
Allen Iverson, DEN ? 27.1
Anthony Cater, DEN ? 17.1
Luther Head, HOU ? 12.9
Steve Novak, HOU ? 10.8
The Seattle Supersonics did not disappoint against the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night in what could have been their final game in the Emerald City. Earl Watson had 21 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds and Nick Collison tallied 18 points and 11 boards for the Sonics, who turned the ball over just six times and went 27-for-34 from the foul line. Dirk Nowitzki posted 32 points and 9 rebounds and Josh Howard added 16 points and 7 boards for the Mavericks, who shot just 40% from the field and attempted just nineteen shots from the charity stripe in the loss. The fans of Seattle even provided the team with a nice showing in their home finale.
Game FIC Scores
Earl Watson, SEA ? 23.3
Dirk Nowitzki, DAL ? 19.9
Nick Collison, SEA ? 15.9
Jason Terry, DAL ? 14.3
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