Montoya at First

TALLADEGA, Ala. — It didn’t take Juan Pablo Montoya long to adapt to restrictor-plate racing. Now that he’s got enough horsepower, he could be in position to master the art at Talladega Superspeedway.

Montoya won the first pole of his NASCAR career on Saturday, taking the top starting spot at Talladega Superspeedway to put himself in position for his first win on an oval. Since leaving Formula One in late 2006, the Colombian’s only wins have been on road courses.

"Is it going to make you the favorite to win the race? No,” Montoya said. "But we always run good here. The goal is to win the race.”

Montoya posted a lap at 188.171 mph, then had to wait almost two hours to see if his time would hold. He returned to his motor home for a snack and surfed the Internet as car after car failed to knock him from the top.

"It takes forever here. It’s one of those places that I sat outside for a little bit and then inside. And then you just wait,” he said.

Greg Biffle almost knocked him off the pole, posting a speed of 188.141 to qualify second.

"That’s all she had,” Biffle said. "You think about what you can do different. I feel like I did everything I could to do to get everything I could out of the car.”

After his lap, Montoya figured teammate Martin Truex Jr. would be his toughest competition for the pole. But Truex’s lap at 187.971 mph was third.

Truex said Montoya, who finished second to Kyle Busch in this race a year ago, can contend for the win on Sunday. He made his stock car debut at Talladega in an ARCA race in 2006, and never seemed to have the beginner struggles that other drivers seem to suffer through while adjusting to the nuances of using the draft in restrictor-plate races.

Now he should be even better. The offseason merger between Chip Ganassi Racing and Dale Earnhardt Inc. gave Montoya a strong Chevrolet engine and he’s shown the field he has a good car.

"He’s had some great finishes, and I think he’s smart about the draft and he’s calmed down since the first few races when he may have tried too hard all day,” Truex said. "He’s smart. We worked together at Daytona, and he made all the decisions I would have made when he was in front of me.”

Truex won the pole for the season-opening Daytona 500, and Montoya’s run gives Earnhardt Ganassi Racing poles in both restrictor-plate races so far this season.

Michael McDowell and Eric McClure are the only drivers who failed to make the field.

After the qualifying session was finished, NASCAR announced that Robby Gordon and Reed Sorenson failed inspection. Both their cars missed the minimum height requirement mandated by NASCAR, and their times were disallowed.

by the associated press

Hornets Stings Denver

NEW ORLEANS — In a relieved New Orleans locker room, Chris Paul and James Posey chatted about all the hard fouls, all the flying bodies that more than anything defined the Hornets’ first win of this postseason.

"This is the fun part of the playoffs, all the contact, all the flagrant fouls,” Paul said. "You never want anyone to get hurt, but after it’s all said and done, you smile about it because that’s the nature of the sport.”

Playing a grueling 46 minutes and shaking off a hard foul committed against him, Paul had 32 points and 12 assists, helping New Orleans hold on for a 95-93 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday in Game 3 of their first-round series.

The Hornets cut Denver’s lead in the series to 2-1, with Game 4 on Monday night.

Posey, who sprained his right knee in the first quarter but returned before halftime, had 13 points and nine rebounds, none more important than his last, which came after Carmelo Anthony’s jumper for the lead bounced out with under 5 seconds left.

Posey also played the last 4:39 with five fouls.

"I wanted to finish out the game, just be smart about it,” Posey said. "The fouls I did commit, I felt were needed at the time — nothing easy, make them earn it at the free throw line.”

The game was loaded with hard fouls; there were 58 personal fouls called in all, 29 on each team. Two players on each team fouled out — David West and Tyson Chandler for New Orleans, and Nene and Kenyon Martin for Denver.

Chandler, Posey and Denver’s Chauncey Billups were called for flagrant fouls. J.R. Smith was called for a technical foul after he collided with Paul late in the third quarter, sending Paul crashing to the court during a fast break.

Breathing heavily and in pain, Paul seemed in no hurry to get up, but eventually made his way to the foul line and hit a pair of key free throws.

Paul’s only rest came early in the fourth quarter, with the Hornets leading by eight. He sat for only two minutes.

"I had in my mind that CP was going to play the whole 48,” said Hornets coach Byron Scott. "He came out and played like the best point guard in the world. He understood what was at stake.”

Scott also was called for technical foul when he argued with official Bennett Salvatore over the flagrant called on Posey, during which the Hornets forward grabbed Chris Andersen to stop him from scoring and Andersen fell.

"It was a terrible call,” Scott said. "Chauncey Billups’ (flagrant) foul on Rasual (Butler), if it would have been James Posey, they probably would have thrown him out of the game. Posey didn’t do anything. He tried to hold (Andersen) up on the foul. It was a good hard foul, but to get a flagrant on the foul, you have to almost throw the guy down as well. It was a terrible call.”

Billups gave Butler a bloody nose on his hard foul during a Hornets’ fast break, and Butler crashed to the floor and slid across the baseline.

Before the game, Scott had his son give Paul a note reminding the point guard that great players aren’t always great, just most of the time. Paul understood it as a message to forget about losses in the series’ first two games and rise to the occasion with the team desperate to win Game 3.

"He’s so good that he’ll always get something going,” Denver coach George Karl began, "but this was the first night where he kind of got everything.”

Paul shot 11-of-20 with two 3-pointers and was 8-of-9 from the free throw line. He also helped the Hornets slow down Billups, who’d surpassed 30 points in each of the first two games, but finished with 16 points in Game 3.

by the associated press

Bad News for derby

It’s Kentucky Derby time again, and Nick Zito is looking toward the winner’s circle as always. Not for himself, though. For the sport.

These are dark days for thoroughbred racing.

Hardly any of the news leading up to Saturday’s Run for the Roses has been good. And with no clear-cut favorite, the upcoming Triple Crown series has an unsettled feeling to it.

Zito can’t win this time because he has no starter in the field, but he hopes whoever does "goes into the winner’s circle and preaches the good of the sport.”

"I would like to see something nice happen — and something nice might happen,” he says.

Thoroughbred racing fans would probably like that, too, particularly since most of the sport’s recent headlines have been more heartwrenching than heartwarming:

→ Owner-breeder Ernie Paragallo was arrested and charged with cruelty to animals for neglecting 177 thoroughbreds on his farm in upstate New York.

→ Jeff Mullins, who trains early Derby favorite I Want Revenge, was fined and suspended for illegally injecting another of his horses in a security barn in New York.

→ The co-owners of two-time horse of the year Curlin were convicted of scamming millions of dollars from clients who won settlements in the fen-phen diet drug scandal. Each faces more than 100 years in prison.

→ Magna Entertainment Corp., the largest racetrack owner in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy in March.

It’s against this backdrop that the 135th Derby will be raced, with an expected field of 20 colts bucking to wear the roses at Churchill Downs.

Though the more than 30 prep races since January failed to produce an overwhelming favorite for the 1 1/4-mile Derby, there are a handful of standouts.

Bob Baffert, three-time Derby winner, will saddle Pioneerof the Nile, who is unbeaten in four starts under Baffert. The white-haired trainer is seeking his first trip to the Derby winner’s circle since 2002.

"You need a lot of luck and you have to be doing great that week,” he said. "You may have the best horse, but if he doesn’t break well or something happens, that’s what makes the Derby so intriguing.”

by the associated press

No Championship For the Texas Longhorns

The designation for a 2008 Big 12 championship, with an asterisk, is being taken down from the wall in Texas’ football meeting room. Initially reported Sunday after the Longhorns’ spring game, school officials said coach Mack Brown has ordered its removal.

But Brown’s assistant coaches will keep a combined $44,000 in bonus pay from the 2008 season, triggered by clauses in their contracts that called for the bonuses to be paid if the Longhorns won a Big 12 football championship.

In Tuesday’s editions of the Austin American-Statesman, school president William Powers, Jr. said it was “the right decision” to approve the bonus money for assistant coaches and support staff members — ranging from $3,000 to $5,000 per person — because the 12-1 team was denied the opportunity to play for a Big 12 title under league tiebreaking procedures rather than a lack of on-field success. Brown did not receive a bonus under the Big 12 championship clause in his contract.

Texas shared the South Division title with Oklahoma and Texas Tech. Under league tiebreakers, OU advanced and defeated Missouri, the North Division representative, to claim the 2008 title.

by http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/story/1304162.html

Texas Longhorns claim the Big 12 Football Championship

Trying to defuse a controversy over claiming a Big 12 championship they didn’t win, the Texas Longhorns removed “2008*” from a wall listing their Big 12 titles, the Austin American-Statesman reported Monday.

Texas spokesman John Bianco told the Statesman that Longhorns coach Mack Brown was unaware 2008 with an asterisk had been posted on a wall inside the Moncrief-Neuhaus training facility.

"Obviously there was a lot of discussion about the two teams playing for the Big 12 title being two teams we'd beaten," Bianco said Monday. "The kidding around became a misunderstanding as an instruction to post it on the wall (of the meeting room). It was clearly not the intent of Mack to post it."

Following Monday’s spring practice, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops was asked what he thought about Texas claiming the 2008 Big 12 championship on its wall with an asterisk.

“It doesn’t much matter to me at all, I don’t much care,” Stoops said. “I know there isn’t (an asterisk) on ours. And I know where the trophy is. I’m not worried about anyone else and what they’ve got.”

Last season, OU edged out Texas and Texas Tech for the South title in a tiebreaker determined by the BCS Standings, despite ardent protests from Brown and the Texas fan base.

The Longhorns claimed that because they defeated OU head-to-head, they deserved to go to the Big 12 title game — despite the fact they also lost to Texas Tech, which created the three-way tie among the one-loss Big 12 teams.

On the last week of the regular season, Texas fans even paid for a flyover in Stillwater before the Bedlam game to remind voters of Texas’ 45-35 win over OU in the Cotton Bowl.

Nevertheless, the Sooners ended up ranked higher than Texas and Texas Tech in the BCS and went on to beat Missouri in Kansas City, Mo., to win their third-consecutive Big 12 championship.

That victory, however, is still not being acknowledged by some in Austin, apparently.

Said one school official to the Statesman when asked about the asterisk, “We beat both (OU and North Division winner Missouri). I thought that (championship game in Kansas City) was for the runner-up spot.”

Moreover, even though OU officially won the Big 12, Texas president William Powers Jr. announced Monday his university would pay out $44,000 total to its assistant coaches in bonuses that are called for when the Longhorns win the Big 12 championship.

The team's two coordinators, strength coach and director of football operations will each receive $5,000. The others will each get a payment $3,000.

"I think this was the right decision," Powers told the Statesman. "A flip of a coin basically deprived them of the ability to earn that part of their compensation."

Brown, however, did not receive a South title or Big 12 championship bonus, which together would’ve totaled $150,000.

Red River football: Texas claims Big 12 championship with an *
By Jake Trotter
Published: April 5, 2009

Jets show they are Mile High about Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler

The last time the Jets surrendered a first-round draft pick in a straight-up move for a veteran player was 1998, when they gave the Patriots a first and a third-rounder to sign restricted free agent Curtis Martin. He was 25.

Jay Cutler is the same age and, from all indications, they're willing to pay a similar price for the disgruntled Broncos quarterback - and, perhaps, then some. Just how high they are willing to go remains unclear, but the organization spent Wednesday - Cutler's first full day on the trading block - formulating its strategy.

The Broncos appear to be taking a methodical approach to what could develop into one of the most memorable player auctions in recent league history. Wednesday, they received calls from teams - it's believed the Jets were one of them - but the Broncos didn't set a price, didn't set a deadline and made no mention of wanting a quarterback in return, according to a person with knowledge of the process.

"I'm sure anybody that is serious has gotten in touch with the Broncos by now," the person said. "They're fielding the calls to find out what interest there is....If you're serious about it, you're probably going to be in an auction - and you know how auctions go. Are you in or are you out?"

The Jets want in, but would they be willing to surrender two first-round picks for the strong-armed and strong-willed quarterback? People close to the situation believe the price could get that high. For the Jets, that would be the 17th pick in the upcoming draft and their 2010 first-rounder.

That would be a steep tag for a team that has an aging defensive line and needs another offensive playmaker, but the hierarchy sees this as a rare opportunity to acquire a franchise-caliber quarterback who still hasn't reached his prime.

How rare? You'd have to go back to 1994, when the Falcons paid the Colts a fortune for quarterback Jeff George, only 27 at the time. They traded first- and third-round picks in 1994 and a first-rounder in 1995 for the talented, but enigmatic George, who wound up imploding after only two productive seasons.

Officially, Cutler hit the market Tuesday night, when Broncos owner Pat Bowlen, citing irreconcilable differences, announced Denver's plans to trade Cutler, who is feuding with coach Josh McDaniels.

GM Mike Tannenbaum, who orchestrated last summer's Brett Favre blockbuster, is prepared to engage in a bidding war. After spending more than $200 million the last two offseasons on veteran acquisitions, with no proven quarterback to show for it, Tannenbaum sees this as an unexpected, but welcomed opportunity.

from BY Rich Cimini
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/jets/2009/04/01/2009-04-01_jets_show_they_are_mile_high_about_bronc.html

Shaquille O'neal stats

2008-09 Statistics
PPG 18.1 RPG 8.60 APG 1.7 EFF + 21.18 Born: Mar 6, 1972
Height: 7-1 / 2,16
Weight: 325 lbs. / 147,4 kg.
College: Louisiana State
Years Pro: 16


92-93 ORL 81 81 37.9 0.562 0.000 0.592 4.2 9.6 13.9 1.9 0.7 3.5 3.79 4.00 23.4
93-94 ORL 81 81 39.8 0.599 0.000 0.554 4.7 8.5 13.2 2.4 0.9 2.8 2.74 3.50 29.3
94-95 ORL 79 79 37.0 0.583 0.000 0.533 4.2 7.3 11.4 2.7 0.9 2.4 2.58 3.30 29.3
95-96 ORL 54 52 36.0 0.573 0.500 0.487 3.4 7.7 11.0 2.9 0.6 2.1 2.87 3.60 26.6
96-97 LAL 51 51 38.1 0.557 0.000 0.484 3.8 8.7 12.5 3.1 0.9 2.9 2.86 3.50 26.2
97-98 LAL 60 57 36.3 0.584 0.000 0.527 3.5 7.9 11.4 2.4 0.6 2.4 2.92 3.20 28.3
98-99 LAL 49 49 34.8 0.576 0.000 0.540 3.8 6.9 10.7 2.3 0.7 1.7 2.49 3.20 26.3
99-00 LAL 79 79 40.0 0.574 0.000 0.524 4.3 9.4 13.6 3.8 0.5 3.0 2.82 3.20 29.7
00-01 LAL 74 74 39.5 0.572 0.000 0.513 3.9 8.8 12.7 3.7 0.6 2.8 2.95 3.50 28.7
01-02 LAL 67 66 36.1 0.579 0.000 0.555 3.5 7.2 10.7 3.0 0.6 2.0 2.55 3.00 27.2
02-03 LAL 67 66 37.8 0.574 0.000 0.622 3.9 7.2 11.1 3.1 0.6 2.4 2.93 3.40 27.5
03-04 LAL 67 67 36.8 0.584 0.000 0.490 3.7 7.8 11.5 2.9 0.5 2.5 2.91 3.40 21.5
04-05 MIA 73 73 34.1 0.601 0.000 0.461 3.5 6.9 10.4 2.7 0.5 2.3 2.78 3.60 22.9
05-06 MIA 59 58 30.6 0.600 0.000 0.469 2.9 6.3 9.2 1.9 0.4 1.8 2.85 3.90 20.0
06-07 MIA 40 39 28.4 0.591 0.000 0.422 2.4 5.0 7.4 2.0 0.2 1.4 2.38 3.50 17.3
07-08 MIA 33 33 28.6 0.581 0.000 0.494 3.0 4.8 7.8 1.4 0.6 1.6 2.97 4.10 14.2
07-08 PHX 28 28 28.7 0.611 0.000 0.513 2.4 8.2 10.6 1.7 0.5 1.2 2.96 3.40 12.9
08-09 PHX 67 67 30.3 0.612 0.000 0.615 2.5 6.1 8.6 1.7 0.6 1.5 2.24 3.50 18.1
Career -- 1109 1100 35.8 0.582 0.048 0.528 3.7 7.6 11.3 2.6 0.6 2.3 2.82 3.50 24.8
All-Star -- 12 9 22.8 0.551 0.000 0.452 3.3 4.8 8.1 1.4 1.1 1.6 1.83 2.40 16.8
Career Season Totals
Year Team G GS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
92-93 ORL 81 81 3,071 733-1,304 0-2 427-721 342 780 1,122 152 60 286 307 321 1,893
93-94 ORL 81 81 3,224 953-1,591 0-2 471-850 384 688 1,072 195 76 231 222 281 2,377
94-95 ORL 79 79 2,923 930-1,594 0-5 455-854 328 573 901 214 73 192 204 258 2,315
95-96 ORL 54 52 1,946 592-1,033 1-2 249-511 182 414 596 155 34 115 155 193 1,434
96-97 LAL 51 51 1,941 552-991 0-4 232-479 195 445 640 159 46 147 146 180 1,336
97-98 LAL 60 57 2,175 670-1,147 0-0 359-681 208 473 681 142 39 144 175 193 1,699
98-99 LAL 49 49 1,705 510-885 0-1 269-498 187 338 525 114 36 82 122 155 1,289
99-00 LAL 79 79 3,163 956-1,665 0-1 432-824 336 742 1,078 299 36 239 223 255 2,344
00-01 LAL 74 74 2,924 813-1,422 0-2 499-972 291 649 940 277 47 204 218 256 2,125
01-02 LAL 67 66 2,422 712-1,229 0-1 398-717 235 480 715 200 41 137 171 199 1,822
02-03 LAL 67 66 2,535 695-1,211 0-0 451-725 259 483 742 206 38 159 196 229 1,841
03-04 LAL 67 67 2,464 554-948 0-0 331-676 246 523 769 196 34 166 195 225 1,439
04-05 MIA 73 73 2,492 658-1,095 0-0 353-765 253 507 760 200 36 171 203 262 1,669
05-06 MIA 59 58 1,806 480-800 0-0 221-471 172 369 541 113 23 104 168 230 1,181
06-07 MIA 40 39 1,135 283-479 0-0 124-294 97 200 297 79 8 55 95 139 690
07-08 MIA 33 33 945 191-329 0-0 88-178 99 159 258 45 19 54 98 134 470
07-08 PHX 28 28 803 140-229 0-0 82-160 67 229 296 48 13 34 83 94 362
08-09 PHX 67 67 2,029 468-765 0-1 280-455 170 407 577 114 37 97 150 234 1,216
Career -- 1109 1100 39,702 10,890-18,717 1-21 5,721-10,831 4,051 8,459 12,510 2,908 696 2,617 3,131 3,838 27,502
All-Star -- 12 9 274 87-158 0-2 28-62 39 58 97 17 13 19 22 29 202
Career Playoff Averages
Year Team G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
93-94 ORL 3 3 42.0 0.511 0.000 0.471 5.7 7.7 13.3 2.3 0.7 3.0 3.33 4.30 20.7
94-95 ORL 21 21 38.3 0.577 0.000 0.571 4.5 7.4 11.9 3.3 0.9 1.9 3.48 4.00 25.7
95-96 ORL 12 12 38.3 0.606 0.000 0.393 4.1 5.9 10.0 4.6 0.8 1.2 3.67 3.30 25.8
96-97 LAL 9 9 36.2 0.514 0.000 0.610 4.2 6.3 10.6 3.2 0.6 1.9 2.44 4.10 26.9
97-98 LAL 13 13 38.5 0.612 0.000 0.503 3.7 6.5 10.2 2.9 0.5 2.6 3.31 3.20 30.5
98-99 LAL 8 8 39.4 0.510 0.000 0.466 5.5 6.1 11.6 2.3 0.9 2.9 2.25 3.60 26.6
99-00 LAL 23 23 43.5 0.566 0.000 0.456 5.2 10.3 15.4 3.1 0.6 2.4 2.43 2.90 30.7
00-01 LAL 16 16 42.3 0.555 0.000 0.525 5.7 9.8 15.4 3.2 0.4 2.4 3.56 3.40 30.4
01-02 LAL 19 19 40.8 0.529 0.000 0.649 3.5 9.1 12.6 2.8 0.5 2.5 3.26 3.30 28.5
02-03 LAL 12 12 40.1 0.535 0.000 0.621 5.3 9.6 14.8 3.7 0.6 2.8 2.92 2.80 27.0
03-04 LAL 22 22 41.7 0.593 0.000 0.429 4.1 9.1 13.2 2.5 0.3 2.8 2.50 4.10 21.5
04-05 MIA 13 13 33.2 0.558 0.000 0.472 1.5 6.4 7.8 1.9 0.4 1.5 3.23 4.00 19.4
05-06 MIA 23 23 33.0 0.612 0.000 0.374 3.3 6.5 9.8 1.7 0.5 1.5 3.70 3.70 18.4
06-07 MIA 4 4 30.3 0.559 0.000 0.333 4.0 4.5 8.5 1.3 0.2 1.5 3.50 3.80 18.8
07-08 PHX 5 5 30.0 0.440 0.000 0.500 2.6 6.6 9.2 1.0 1.0 2.6 1.80 4.20 15.2
07-08 PHX 5 5 30.0 0.440 0.000 0.500 2.6 6.6 9.2 1.0 1.0 2.6 1.80 4.20 15.2
Career -- 203 203 38.6 0.564 0.000 0.501 4.2 7.9 12.1 2.8 0.6 2.2 3.08 3.60 25.2
Career Playoff Totals
Year Team G GS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
93-94 ORL 3 3 126 23-45 0-0 16-34 17 23 40 7 2 9 10 13 62
94-95 ORL 21 21 805 195-338 0-0 149-261 95 155 250 70 18 40 73 84 539
95-96 ORL 12 12 459 131-216 0-0 48-122 49 71 120 55 9 15 44 40 310
96-97 LAL 9 9 326 89-173 0-0 64-105 38 57 95 29 5 17 22 37 242
97-98 LAL 13 13 501 158-258 0-0 80-159 48 84 132 38 7 34 43 41 396
98-99 LAL 8 8 315 79-155 0-0 55-118 44 49 93 18 7 23 18 29 213
99-00 LAL 23 23 1,000 286-505 0-0 135-296 119 236 355 71 13 55 56 67 707
00-01 LAL 16 16 676 191-344 0-0 105-200 91 156 247 51 7 38 57 55 487
01-02 LAL 19 19 776 203-384 0-0 135-208 67 172 239 54 10 48 62 62 541
02-03 LAL 12 12 481 121-226 0-0 82-132 63 115 178 44 7 34 35 34 324
03-04 LAL 22 22 917 182-307 0-0 109-254 91 200 291 55 7 61 55 90 473
04-05 MIA 13 13 431 101-181 0-0 50-106 19 83 102 25 5 19 42 52 252
05-06 MIA 23 23 759 178-291 0-0 68-182 75 150 225 39 11 34 85 84 424
06-07 MIA 4 4 121 33-59 0-0 9-27 16 18 34 5 1 6 14 15 75
07-08 PHX 5 5 150 22-50 0-0 32-64 13 33 46 5 5 13 9 21 76
07-08 PHX 5 5 150 22-50 0-0 32-64 13 33 46 5 5 13 9 21 76
Career -- 203 203 7,843 1,992-3,532 0-0 1,137-2,268 845 1,602 2,447 566 114 446 625 724 5,121
Playoffs Ranks

Regular Season Ranks
Ranks #32 in the NBA in Points Per Game(18.1)
Ranks #14 in the NBA in Rebounds Per Game(8.6)
Ranks #1 in the NBA in Field-Goal Percentage(0.612)
Ranks #14 in the NBA in Blocks Per Game(1.45)
Ranks #36 in the NBA in Field Goals Made(468.0)
Ranks #32 in the NBA in Free Throws(280.0)
Ranks #13 in the NBA in Free Throw Attempts(455.0)
Ranks #25 in the NBA in Offensive Rebounds(170.0)
Ranks #19 in the NBA in Offensive Rebounds Per Game(2.5)
Ranks #22 in the NBA in Defensive Rebounds(407.0)
Ranks #15 in the NBA in Defensive Rebounds Per Game(6.1)
Ranks #20 in the NBA in Total Rebounds(577.0)
Ranks #16 in the NBA in Blocks(97.0)
Ranks #37 in the NBA in Points(1216.0)
Ranks #16 in the NBA in Double-doubles(27.0)
Ranks #10 in the NBA in Field Goals Per 48 Minutes(11.07)
Ranks #22 in the NBA in Free Throws Per 48 Minutes(6.62)
Ranks #6 in the NBA in Free Throw Attempts Per 48 Minutes(10.76)
Ranks #28 in the NBA in Offensive Rebounds Per 48 Minutes(4.0)
Ranks #16 in the NBA in Defensive Rebounds Per 48 Minutes(9.6)
Ranks #20 in the NBA in Rebounds Per 48 Minutes(13.6)
Ranks #19 in the NBA in Blocks Per 48 Minutes(2.29)
Ranks #14 in the NBA in Points Per 48 Minutes(28.8)
Ranks #41 in the NBA in Total Turnovers(150.0)
Ranks #19 in the NBA in Total Efficiency Points(1419.0)
Ranks #20 in the NBA in Efficiency Ranking(21.18)
Ranks #7 in the NBA in Efficiency Ranking Per 48 Minutes(33.57)
Ranks #33 in the NBA in Turnovers Per Game(2.24)
Ranks #30 in the NBA in Turnovers Per 48 Minutes(3.55)

Season Highs/Career Highs
Points 45 vs. Toronto 02/27/09 61 @ L.A. Clippers 03/06/00
Field Goals Made 20 vs. Toronto 02/27/09 24 @ L.A. Clippers 03/06/00
Field Goals Attempted 25 vs. Toronto 02/27/09 40 @ Washington 03/22/96
Three Point Field Goals Made None 1 vs. Milwaukee 02/16/96
Three Point Field Goals Attempted 1 @ Sacramento 03/29/09 1 21 Times
Free Throws Made 11 vs. New York 12/15/08 19 vs. Chicago 11/19/99
Free Throws Attempted 18 vs. New York 12/15/08 31 vs. Chicago 11/19/99
Offensive Rebounds 7 2 Times 14 3 Times
Defensive Rebounds 11 3 Times 25 vs. Milwaukee 03/21/04
Total Rebounds 17 vs. Portland 11/22/08 28 @ New Jersey 11/20/93
Assists 6 @ Sacramento 11/14/08 10 vs. Toronto 04/11/06
Steals 4 @ Utah 03/28/09 5 3 Times
Blocks 4 2 Times 15 @ New Jersey 11/20/93
Minutes Played 43 @ Sacramento 11/14/08 55 @ Utah 01/24/00


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