LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)
-- Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro will face several familiar rivals in the Preakness on May 20, including beaten favorite Sweetnorthernsaint. Brother Derek, who finished in a dead heat for fourth with Jazil, also will give it another go, along with Lawyer Ron, who was 12th. Sweetnorthernsaint was seventh as the 5-1 favorite. Jazil, trained by Kiaran McLaughlin, is possible for the 1 3/16-mile race at Pimlico. New horses expected for the second leg of the Triple Crown include Gotham winner Like Now, Withers winner Bernardini and Simon Pure, who finished fourth in the Arkansas Derby for trainer D. Wayne Lukas. Trainer Bob Baffert said he'd wait a few days before deciding whether to send any of his three Derby starters, Point Determined (ninth), Sinister Minister (16th) and Bob and John (17th). As the field for the Preakness takes shape, Barbaro was being vanned to his home base at Fair Hill, Md., about 60 miles from Pimlico. Barbaro came out of the race in great shape, trainer Michael Matz said Sunday. "It was a tremendous race for him," Matz said. "He trained well for the race and we're glad he didn't disappoint us." Derby runner-up Bluegrass Cat was unlikely for the Preakness, trainer Todd Pletcher said. He added that his last-place finisher, Keyed Entry, most likely would make his next start in the Riva Ridge on the Belmont Stakes undercard. Steppenwolfer, who finished third, will be pointed to the Belmont, trainer Dan Peitz said. The Derby winner has gone on to win the Preakness six times in the last nine years. A win by Barbaro would set the stage for a seventh Triple Crown try in the last 10 years in the Belmont Stakes on June 10. The last non-Derby starter to win the Preakness was Red Bullet in 2000. The Preakness is limited to 14 starters.

IRVING, Texas (AP)
-- Bill Parcells says he's finished talking about Terrell Owens -- until the Dallas Cowboys get to training camp in July.
"I answered 35 questions on him the other day," Parcells said Sunday. "That will be the last on him until we get on the field at practice in training camp. You won't hear anything else from me on that subject. Go to the tape."
It's not a short tape.
Parcells spent the first half of a 50-minute media session at the start of a rookie minicamp Friday answering questions strictly about Owens. That was the coach's first news conference since after the Cowboys' last game New Year's Day, and first public comments since the receiver signed March 18.
When the minicamp camp ended Sunday, Parcells wasn't in the mood to answer any more.
The Cowboys report to training camp in Oxnard, Calif., in late July.
Before then, Owens is expected to attend a minicamp for veterans June 2-4 at the Valley Ranch facility. When asked if he would talk about Owens then, Parcells indicated he wouldn't.
But the coach had also said he was only going to speak for 10 minutes Sunday. He went nearly twice that long, the question about Owens not coming until he was already getting up to leave.
Before then, Parcells said he felt recharged and energetic. And he discounted the idea that he was trying to convince himself of that.
"This is the time of year you need to feel like that. I got excited for the draft," Parcells said. "It's going to happen to you, you're not going to have the energy to do what you're supposed to do, and that's when you're going to hang it up. When that day comes, I'm hanging it up.
"I'm not in a position where I have to work for a living if I don't want to. So, fortunately, God was good to me in that regard."
Parcells has a 25-24 record in three years with the Cowboys, including a playoff loss his first season. Dallas dropped to 6-10 in 2004, then went 9-7 and missed the playoffs last season.
"This is probably the toughest job I have ever had," he said. "There's still a couple of things that concern me a great deal, but personnel-wise, I know we're getting closer to where we're going to be able to be competitive."
Parcells is 163-123-1 over an 18-year career, ninth on the career win list. He won two Super Bowls with the New York Giants, the last after the 1990 season.
The 64-year-old Parcells had a year left on his original four-year, $17 million contract with Dallas when he agreed on a new contract through the 2007 season. The new deal came in January, less than a week after the season ended.
"He's very disappointed and thought we had a chance to have a better year last year," owner Jerry Jones said Sunday. "There's a resolve. You don't have to worry about him. ... I think his battery is charged right now."
Notes: Parcells said he plans to take more than three quarterbacks to training camp in July, in part to make sure veteran starter Drew Bledsoe won't have to throw as many passes. Bledsoe, Drew Henson and Tony Romo were the only QBs in camp last summer. ... Henson strained his knee during an NFL Europe game over the weekend. Jones said it's a "day-to-day" injury, and nothing serious.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Billy Wagner has come out firing more than fastballs at his former team.
Wagner closes for the Mets now instead of Philadelphia, but the opinionated lefty has thrown some gas on the rivalry between the two best teams in the NL East.
Wagner told The Philadelphia Inquirer for Sunday's editions that he was not well-liked in the Phillies clubhouse, his former teammates were waiting to see him fail and left fielder Pat Burrell called him a "rat" during a midseason team meeting last year.
The division-leading Mets open a three-game series Tuesday at second-place Philadelphia. The Phillies wrapped a three-game series Sunday with San Francisco and the Barry Bonds circus.
"Now it goes from Bonds to Wagner," Phillies starter Brett Myers said in mock indignation.
Forget the heckling Bonds received. The Phillies fans will surely stuff the fence over the visitor's bullpen where Wagner will sit within earshot of the nonstop abuse.
"Bring on Billy Boy," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said, laughing.
Wagner saved 59 games in two seasons with the Phillies before signing a free-agent deal with New York, but sometimes made as much noise with his mouth as he did with his 100 mph fastball. Last July, Wagner said the Phillies "ain't got a chance" of making the playoffs and criticized his teammates for not having enough intensity, saying they quit when they got behind.
That led to a team meeting where Wagner told the Inquirer he felt it was "24 against one," and added that Burrell called him a "rat" during the meeting.
Also, Wagner said he didn't believe the Phillies supported him and felt that he deserved to fail, especially in a late-season loss to Houston where he gave up a ninth-inning, three-run homer to Craig Biggio in an 8-6 loss.
The Phillies finished just one game behind National League wild-card winner Houston.
"That wasn't a good comment," Phillies pitcher Cory Lidle said before Sunday's game. "I don't know what was going on in his mind when he said that. That wasn't the case. We needed him to pitch well down the stretch if we wanted to make the playoffs."
Lidle said Wagner's description of the team meeting was "completely false" and he never heard anyone call the reliever a rat.
Manuel understood why the Phillies would be upset with the comments because he took them to the media.
"A lot of that should have stayed in the locker room among the players," Manuel said.
Manuel, though, believed the quotes would add to the hype of the important early series. So does Manuel think Wagner would be booed now that the former fan favorite is on the other side?
"There may be a good chance," he said, smiling.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP)
-- Ville Nieminen started it with one zealous check after another. The rest of the San Jose Sharks followed, and the crowd roared to a crescendo with every white jersey falling to the ice.
Everybody knew the Sharks had speed. In their series-opening win over Edmonton, Team Teal showed plenty of bite as well.
Captain Patrick Marleau scored his eighth goal of the postseason and added an assist on Christian Ehrhoff's go-ahead goal, leading the hard-hitting Sharks to a 2-1 victory over the Oilers on Sunday night in Game 1 of the second-round series.
Marleau's latest offensive gem was an afterthought when the Sharks showed off their aggressive side in the final two periods. San Jose's forechecking did much of the work in holding the Oilers to two shots in the one-sided second period -- and the pesky Nieminen played an inspired game that included several big checks.
"I like whatever brings the meat loaf to the table," he said with a grin when asked if he preferred hitting to scoring. "We noticed earlier in the playoffs that teams who had a little layoff looked flat, so the first thing in our minds was getting our legs moving. It was one of those games where you could do some hitting."
Rookie Milan Michalek had two assists and Vesa Toskala stopped 15 shots in his fifth consecutive victory for the Sharks, who took control of the series opener with a one-sided second period featuring Ehrhoff's first career playoff goal.
San Jose then hung on against another late-game surge by the eighth-seeded Oilers, who thrived on the road and in tight games in their first-round upset of Detroit, capped by their four-goal third period in the clincher.
"They made it difficult the last couple of minutes," Sharks coach Ron Wilson said. "We managed to weather the storm, and I'm happy with our effort. ... We just wanted to establish a forecheck. [Hitting] got contagious, the way our crowd was responding to every hit, and we just built off that."
The clubs won't have much time to dwell on this one: They're back in action for Game 2 on Monday night in the best-of-seven series. Game 3 is in Edmonton on Wednesday night.
Dwayne Roloson made 28 saves for the Oilers, who went scoreless in the final 57:27 after Jaroslav Spacek's early power-play goal. Edmonton twice grazed the post behind Toskala, but was held to fewer than two goals for the first time in the postseason.
"We were standing still at the blue line a lot," Edmonton coach Craig MacTavish said. "I don't know whether it was tough for our team to change the mentality [from the first round]. I was really happy with our start, but they took it to us physically in the second period."
San Jose knocked off the fourth-seeded Nashville Predators in the first round, while the Oilers upset the Presidents' Trophy-winning Red Wings. With four upsets in the Western Conference's topsy-turvy playoff openers, the Sharks were handed home ice for the second round and the conference finals, if they can repeat their 2004 appearance.
These clubs were evenly matched in the regular season, with their young rosters and speed-based styles making for entertaining hockey. The opener was just such a game -- but the Sharks' 30-16 shot advantage and aggressive play turned it into San Jose's 13th victory in its last 15 games.
But Spacek scored a power-play goal just 21/2 minutes in, and Edmonton's team speed quickly caught the Sharks' attention. San Jose tied it 5 minutes later on a blast from the slot by Marleau, who had a hat trick while scoring seven goals in the five-game first round.
Marleau also reclaimed the playoff goal lead from Ottawa's Martin Havlat.
The Sharks completely dominated the second period, holding Edmonton without a shot in the first 11:52 while keeping the puck in the Oilers' end for minutes at a time.
"You could tell in the second period, we're on our heels," center Michael Peca said. "We didn't really accomplish much. We weren't aggressive in our game. They forecheck so much."
Ehrhoff scored his first career playoff goal on a needle-threading shot from the boards at the blue line, somehow finding the net's top corner off a pass from Marleau.
The Oilers failed to get a shot in the first 6 minutes of the third period, then couldn't score on a power play when Joe Thornton was sent off for tripping Roloson. Edmonton pulled Roloson for the final 90 seconds, but got just one good chance.
Notes: The sellout crowd at the Shark Tank booed D Chris Pronger every time he touched the puck, a tradition since Pronger's days with the St. Louis Blues. ... Edmonton LW Todd Harvey, who played for the Sharks from 1999-04, was a scratch. San Jose briefly sent Harvey to the minors in late 2003, then didn't attempt to re-sign him in the offseason. ... Roloson's mask came flying off when he stopped a shot by Scott Thornton in the third period. Roloson made his Edmonton debut at the Shark Tank back on March 9, st

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)
-- Ilya Bryzgalov wasn't terribly impressed that he tied an NHL rookie record set in 1945.
"It's not a big deal for me. It's fun because we won the game," the Anaheim goalie said Sunday after he blanked Colorado in a 3-0 Mighty Ducks' victory for his third consecutive shutout of the playoffs.
The victory gave Anaheim a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinal that resumes in Colorado on Tuesday night.
Bryzgalov, who made 22 saves in the win, matched the record by Toronto's Frank McCool, who had three postseason shutouts in a row as a rookie against Detroit in 1945.
Bryzgalov supplanted 2003 playoffs MVP Jean-Sebastien Giguere as the Ducks' No. 1 goalie during the opening round against Calgary. The 25-year-old Russian shut out the Flames in Game 7, then blanked the Avalanche in Anaheim's series-opening 5-0 win.
"I don't even think he realizes," Anaheim's Teemu Selanne said of Bryzgalov's impressive string. "He's just a guy who goes out there and has fun and doesn't take any pressure or anything."
Selanne grinned and added, "So don't tell him."
Bryzgalov hasn't allowed a goal in 229 minutes, 42 seconds, longest ever by an NHL rookie in the postseason, and fourth longest for any goalie. George Hainsworth tops the list with a stretch of 270:08 in 1930. Giguere is sixth on the list with 217:54 scoreless minutes in 2003.
Bryzgalov has said reading philosophers such as Socrates and Plato has helped him put things in perspective, and that he feels no pressure in goal because hockey is, after all, a game.
"I concentrate for a game and help my team win the game," he said. "I always feel confident. Right now I feel confident because our team is playing well and they're giving me confidence."
Ryan Getzlaf opened the scoring in the first period, and Ruslan Salei and Joffrey Lupul added goals in the second.
The 6-foot-3, 208-pound Bryzgalov's play impressed Colorado's Ian Laperriere.
"He's a big kid. He made unbelievable saves when he had to, but if you put more quality shots on the net and more traffic, you'll have more chance to score," Laperriere said.
Dominating the second game almost as handily as they did the first, the Ducks outshot the Avalanche 35-22, and Colorado had only 10 shots until the final period.
"We had our best chances in the third period," Colorado coach Joel Quenneville said. "We didn't generate a whole lot in the first two. We still need the puck more and more people getting in there, and we're having a hard time finding it right now."
He hopes returning home will change the momentum.
"It's exciting to get back and play in front of our fans on home ice. We've played well there all year," Quenneville said. "We've just got to get back there and grab the next game."
Bryzgalov took over for the Ducks when Giguere missed the first game of the opening playoffs with a lower body injury, then Giguere returned and was inconsistent, so the Russian got the job.
Although the Ducks' defense kept the pressure off the goalie most of the game, he made several fines saves, including reaching behind him to snare the puck on a close-range shot by Alex Tanguay.
Among his other saves was blocking Joe Sakic's shot from the slot on an Avalanche power play -- Colorado's first shot -- 12:55 into the game. Sakic got off another shot near the crease at 18:40 of the second period, but Bryzgalov turned that aside as well.
Colorado goalie Jose Theodore was considerably busier, making 32 saves.
Lupul made it 3-0 at 12:24 of the period after Salei had scored at 4:41. Salei got his second goal of the postseason on a slap shot from just inside the left point.
The Ducks expected the Avalanche to come out strongly early in the second game being outshot 14-4 in the first period of the lopsided loss in the opener. It didn't happen.
Colorado didn't get off a shot for the first 7:05, had only three in the first 15 minutes and was outshot 11-6 in the first period.
Finally, on a power play that began at 14:08 of the first period, the Avalanche managed two shots -- but so did the short-handed Ducks.
Notes: The Ducks have scored 13 straight goals dating to Game 6 against Calgary. ... For the second game in a row, the Ducks skated and hit with much more energy than the Avalanche. Anaheim had just one day off between Game 7 against Calgary and Friday's second-round opener against Colorado. The Avalanche had been off since wrapping up their series against Dallas in Game 5 on Sunday. ... Anaheim RW Corey Perry missed his second game in a row because of a knee injury. ... Giguere had three consecutive shutouts and a total of six in the 2003 playoffs, when the Ducks lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals to New Jersey.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- Detroit center Ben Wallace won the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year award for the fourth time in five years, a person within the Pistons organization told The Associated Press on Sunday.
The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the award has not been announced, said Wallace will be presented with the award Tuesday night before Game 2 of the second-round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
"Is that for sure? Don't get me excited over nothing now," Wallace said after Detroit beat the Cavs 113-86 in the series opener. "That means a lot. That's my pride and joy."
The Pistons said after the game that they would have a news conference Monday for an important announcement.
Wallace joins Dikembe Mutombo as the only four-time Defensive Player of the Year in league history. The muscular 6-foot-9, 240-pounder also won the award last year in 2003 and 2002.
Detroit won an NBA-high and franchise-record 64 games during the regular season, helped by the work Wallace did while being honored as an All-Star for the fourth straight year.
Wallace ranked fourth in the NBA in rebounding (11.3), ninth in blocks (2.2) and 10th in steals (1.78) -- the only player among the top 10 in all three categories -- and led one of the NBA's top teams at the defensive end of the court.
He became the fifth player in league history to have 100 blocks and 100 steals in six straight seasons, a list that includes Hakeem Olajuwon, Julius Erving, Sam Lacey and David Robinson.
Wallace scored 7.3 points a game this season, and has not averaged double digits in any of his 10 years in the league.
Despite his lack of scoring, he is a key reason the Pistons have become one of the NBA's best teams in recent years. And Wallace -- with his trademark Afro or cornrows -- is clearly a sports celebrity in Detroit. His popularity is rivaled only by that of Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman, who might retire this offseason.
Detroit acquired Wallace from Orlando along with Chucky Atkins in a sign-and-trade deal for Grant Hill before the 2000-01 season. The building block for the Pistons' turnaround helped them advance in the playoffs in 2002 -- for the first time since 1991 -- to the conference finals in 2003, win a title in 2004 and get to the finals last year.

PHOENIX (AP) -- That mop-haired Canadian did it again, running away with his second consecutive NBA Most Valuable Player award.
Steve Nash -- the maestro of the fast, frenetic Phoenix Suns -- beat runner-up LeBron James of Cleveland by a comfortable margin in results announced Sunday.
He is the ninth player to win consecutive MVP trophies and joins Magic Johnson as the only point guards to win the award more than once.
"I have to pinch myself," Nash said. "I can't believe that I'm standing here today. I couldn't believe it last year, and to do it again is even more difficult to understand -- but I'm not going to give it back."
The Suns playmaker received 57 first-place votes and 924 points overall from a panel of 125 sports writers and broadcasters in the United States and Canada.
James had 16 first-place votes and 688 points overall. But at 21, though, James knows he will have many more opportunities.
"It would have been nice of course to put another trophy in my house, in my showcase," he said from Auburn Hills, Mich., before the Cavaliers played the Detroit Pistons. "But it's something I'm going to keep working hard for. I can't dwell on not being named MVP."
Nash's close friend Dirk Nowitzki of Dallas was third with 14 first-place ballots and 544 overall. Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers had the second-most votes for first place (22), but was fourth overall with 483 points.
"Steve is not just a great player," Suns chairman Jerry Colangelo. "He's one of the few players who I believe have ever played who makes everyone better around him. There are very few players who have the ability to directly control the flow of the game, and he does it as well as anyone ever has."
The 32-year-old Nash is the 11th player to win the MVP award more than once.
"Steve's a leader," Suns owner Robert Sarver said. "He's the face of our team, he's the face of the organization. He's a role model for a lot of people, including me, who look up to him for his ability to constantly motivate the people around him with positive encouragement, even in the face of adversity and when things aren't going well."
Nash praised his teammates and coaching staff for "a perfect environment for me to succeed and for our team to succeed, and for me to stand here today."
Last season, he directed the Suns to an NBA-best 62 victories. This year, the Suns lost Amare Stoudemire to injury and traded Joe Johnson and Quentin Richardson. Yet they still won 54 games and a second straight Pacific Division title.
This season, Nash had career highs in scoring (18.8 points), rebounding (4.2), field goal percentage (.512) and free throw percentage (a league-leading .921). He led the league in assists at 10.5 a game and finished sixth in 3-point percentage at 43.9.
"There was no way he had a better year than last year," Suns coach Mike D'Antoni said. "He just had another phenomenal year."
Others who have won consecutive MVP awards are: Tim Duncan, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Moses Malone, Kareem-Abdul Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell. Karl Malone and Bob Pettit also won it twice, but not in consecutive years.
Not bad company for someone out of Victoria, British Columbia, who wasn't expected to succeed in college basketball, let alone become an NBA star.
"I guess part of me just tries to find the comedy in it," Nash said with his usual self-effacing humor. "It's thrilling and it's comedic and it's unbelievable. I just feel extremely honored to be recognized. I just love playing and I love working at it, trying to get better and challenging myself. I'm really lucky to have a place to do that in my life. I've come a long way, and I've enjoyed it."
Sarver remembered how he had just agreed to buy the team in July 2004 when a caravan of Suns officials and players flew to Dallas to persuade the free agent Nash to leave the Mavericks.
"Jerry made sure he didn't leave the house without Steve saying he was going to be a Phoenix Sun," Sarver recalled.
Nash agreed to a five-year, $65 million contract, and Mavericks owner Mark Cuban didn't match it. Since then, the Suns have won 116 regular-season games and are in the second round of the playoffs after making it to the Western Conference finals a year ago.
"It's surreal," Nash said. "I feel silly being up here because I really can't put it into words, no matter how hard I try."

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Avery Johnson should've known better than to underestimate Tim Duncan. Especially in the playoffs.
In the opener of a second-round series against the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday, Johnson took the calculated risk of letting his former teammate go against his centers with only limited help.
Duncan, a three-time Finals MVP who teamed with Johnson for the Spurs' 1999 championship, made the strategy backfire by scoring 20 of his 31 points in the first half, giving his worn-out teammates the lift they needed to pull out an 87-85 victory Sunday.
"Timmy was awesome," teammate Tony Parker said. "When he plays like that, it makes it easy for everybody."
The Spurs were playing just 36 hours after closing out their first-round series in Sacramento, while the Mavs had been off since Monday.
Both teams, however, had been bracing for this meeting most of the season because of a flaw in the NBA's seeding system that forced them to meet in the second round, regardless of the fact they both hit 60 wins.
Neither team needed much time to prepare for the other, anyway, considering all the ties between them -- from Johnson's time in San Antonio and his close relationship with Spurs coach Gregg Popovich to San Antonio reserve Michael Finley having spent the last nine years on the Mavericks.
But at game's end, when the difference should've benefited Dallas the most, it was San Antonio that persevered -- thanks mostly to Bruce Bowen.
Bowen hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:15 left that ended up being the winner. His biggest contribution, though, was pestering Dirk Nowitzki into a forgettable game with what Johnson called "bear-hug defense."
Nowitzki was 8-of-20 for 20 points after averaging 31.3 in the first round. It was a bit of redemption for Bowen after not living up to his first-team All-Defense reputation against Sacramento's Bonzi Wells in the first round.
"You don't want people talking bad about you," Bowen said. "You get a little upset and your pride gets hurt a little bit."
Bowen came up big on the game's final possession, which began with 13.9 seconds left.
Nowitzki got the ball on the right side, but Bowen was all over him. When Nowitzki tried going right, Duncan headed his way. So Nowitzki threw a crosscourt pass to Jerry Stackhouse.
Manu Ginobili nearly intercepted it, but Stackhouse recovered. He could've driven for a tying shot, but instead stepped back into the left corner and put up a well-covered 3 that came up way short.
"Somehow, if I had a little more on it, then maybe we'd have a different feeling right now," said Stackhouse, who led Dallas with 24 points. "We came in here with the right attitude, right energy, but we let them take the game."
Johnson worried that the long layoff might get some of his players to lose their focus. Perhaps all the down time got him to overthink his strategy against Duncan -- one that's likely to change in Game 2 on Tuesday night.
Duncan hasn't been his Big Fundamental self lately. His scoring was down this season and again in the first round. He's also been slowed by a foot injury.
Parker said he wasn't surprised that Dallas didn't aggressively double-team Duncan.
"A lot of people have been doing that lately because they thought he can't score any more," Parker said. "That's a big mistake."
DeSagana Diop was the first to go at Duncan alone. He got two fouls, then was replaced by Erick Dampier. He got two fouls, then was replaced by D.J. Mbenga. Yes, he also got two fouls -- all before the first quarter ended.
Despite the barrage, Duncan was only 3-of-5 for 10 points. Then he scored 10 of San Antonio's first 12 in the second quarter, giving him 20 of their first 38 points.
"He was pretty aggressive," Johnson said.
Most importantly, Duncan's start made the Spurs tied in a game they otherwise might've already gotten away from them. He was the only player who didn't seem bothered by the quick turnaround, or the noon start.
Duncan said he felt good even though he woke up at 6 a.m.
"Not by design," he added. Considering how he played, he joked that "that might be the routine" from now on.
Duncan made 12 of 24 shots, grabbed 13 rebounds and tied Parker for the team's assist lead with four. Parker scored 19 and Ginobili added 15.
Nowitzki was only 1-of-4 in the fourth quarter. He scored only two points in the final period and Dallas scored only 13. The Mavericks missed their final six shots.
"There wasn't any rust," said Nowitzki, who put himself through two workouts a day to remain sharp. "We played well enough to win the game, but didn't."
Dallas' Josh Howard scored 17, but only four in the second half. Jason Terry had 14. Nowitzki had 14 rebounds and Dampier had 10.
Dallas was hurt by nine missed free throws. The Mavs missed only 16 in four games against the Grizzlies.
Notes: Nowitzki finished third in MVP voting for the second

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- When LeBron James had the ball, he saw Detroit Pistons defenders to his left, to his right, and straight ahead.
The Pistons also had James seeing triple at the other end of the court.
Detroit made 10 3-pointers in the first half -- one shy of an NBA playoff record -- to open up a 21-point lead at halftime before cruising to a 113-86 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday in Game 1 of their second-round series.
The Pistons finished with a franchise playoff-record 15 3-pointers, on 22 attempts, and missed only one of their 11 attempts beyond the arc before halftime.
"They're going to sweep the rest of the playoffs if they shoot like that and win the NBA championship," James said. "We shot 50 percent and had only six turnovers in the first half and were down 22. It's hard to explain that."
James scored all of his 22 points in the first half, but the 21-year-old star had to work for each one. Triple-teamed at times, James was forced to take difficult shots or defer to teammates who didn't respond by making shots of their own.
"The team has to be in a zone situation behind me," said Tayshaun Prince, who led Detroit's "LeBron Rules" defense.
James didn't play in the fourth quarter after he was held scoreless in the third while the Pistons built a 30-point lead.
Prince made James work on defense, too, scoring 24 points and tying his playoff record.
The two-time defending Eastern Conference champions turned the game into a rout with a franchise playoff-record 43 points in the second quarter against a team in the second round for the first time since 1993.
The Pistons had four double-figure scorers in the first half alone, including reserves Antonio McDyess and Lindsey Hunter. Both had 12 at halftime -- outscoring every Cavs player not named James in the first half.
Richard Hamilton scored 20, Chauncey Billups had 14 points and 10 assists, and Rasheed Wallace added 10 points and seven rebounds.
Ben Wallace, the NBA Defensive Player of the Year according to an Associated Press source, had 11 rebounds and four blocks for the Pistons.
Cleveland's Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 14 points after a poor series against Washington in the first round. The Cavs, who didn't have a third double-digit scorer until the fourth quarter, got 11 points from Anderson Varejao.
The Cavs played about 40 hours after their Game 6 win at Washington in overtime, flying home and then to suburban Detroit. Meanwhile, the Pistons had a day off and two days of practices after eliminating Milwaukee in five games.
"It was up to us to jump out early after the first round they had," Prince said. "I think they had some tired legs."
The Cavs began the game with some fight, leading 12-7 and being tied late in the first quarter. Detroit went on a 10-0 run over the last 1:57 of the first quarter -- helped by James' two turnovers -- to take a 26-16 lead.
Cleveland was still hanging around, by NBA standards, trailing by 14 until the Pistons closed another quarter in dominating fashion. Hunter made three 3-pointers in just under a minute and McDyess closed the 11-4 run to put the Pistons ahead 69-48 at halftime.
"This team already has a lot of confidence," Cleveland coach Mike Brown said. "When they go on runs like that at the end of quarters, they tend to pounce on you."
Detroit went up 32 in the third quarter and emptied its bench midway through the fourth with a 37-point lead.
"Thank goodness the outcome of the series doesn't have anything to do with point differential," Brown said.
The Pistons will host Game 2 on Tuesday night in the best-of-seven series.
Notes: Ben Wallace won the defensive award for the fourth time in five years, a person within the Pistons organization told the AP before the game started. The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the award has not been announced, said Wallace will be presented with the award Tuesday night. ... James played his first second-round game in the same place he made his pro debut on October, 7, 2003, in an exhibition game against the Pistons. ... Detroit's previous playoff record was 12 3-pointers, a total reached twice in 2002 against Boston. ... Four teams have made 11 3-pointers in one half of a playoff game. ... James finished second to Phoenix's Steve Nash in the MVP voting and Billups was fifth. ... Kid Rock sat courtside, sporting a black Pistons jersey, shorts and white socks pulled up to his knees.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Carlos Oliveras has a home run ball specially marked to assure authenticity.
It just doesn't have Barry Bonds' autograph as the slugger refused to sign the ball.
The 25-year-old Air Force serviceman bought his lucky ticket because he wanted to see Bonds chase Babe Ruth on the career home run list. Oliveras had little idea he'd be the one being chased -- by fans, by media -- after snagging career home run No. 713.
When the San Francisco Giants' slugger hit a mammoth shot in the sixth inning off Philadelphia right-hander Jon Lieber to put him one behind the Babe on Sunday night, the ball bounced around Section 202 and into Oliveras' hands.
"I never thought I was going to be lucky like that," Oliveras said.
This was the first game of the three-game series Oliveras and a friend attended. He bought the ticket two days ago because he's a Bonds fans and wanted to see a slice of history. Then he was part of it.
"Everybody was looking on the floor," Oliveras said. "The ball bounced to me. I grabbed the ball and I stuck it between my legs. Everyone was still looking around."
Oliveras, a native of Puerto Rico, said no one immediately tried to snag the ball because he had it hidden. When the media and Phillies security discovered he caught the ball, other Phillies fans -- many who spent the series jeering the sullen slugger -- started yelling for him to throw the ball back.
"It made me nervous," he said.
Oliveras, an Airman 1st Class who lives on McGuire Air Force Base in Fort Dix, N.J., paid $20 for his seat in Section 202, Row 7, Seat 24.
He said he is a Bonds fan and would probably keep the ball. He hoped it would have Bonds' signature.
Bonds said no when he was asked at his news conference if he would sign the ball if a fan wanted an autograph. Moments later, when an official asked if there were any more questions, Oliveras piped up:
"Will you sign my ball?"
Bonds smirked and said nothing.
After his news conference, Bonds shook Oliveras' hand and took a picture with him.
"I'm happy because I got a picture and he shook my hand," he said.
There was one signature needed though. Oliveras had to sign a waiver for Bonds' reality show.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Barry Bonds closed in on the Babe with a Ruthian clout.
Now the San Francisco slugger is headed home with history on deck.
Bonds hit his 713th homer Sunday night, moving within one of tying Babe Ruth for second place on baseball's career list.
"It's overwhelming," Bonds said. "It's a little bit larger than a single-season home run record. It's big. It's really, really big."
The San Francisco slugger hit a mammoth shot in the sixth inning off Jon Lieber, sending a 2-1 sinker off the facade of the right-field upper deck during the Giants' 9-5 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.
"They tell me that's the way the Babe used to hit them," Giants manager Felipe Alou said.
Bonds' fifth homer of the season was estimated at 450 feet, one of the longest ever at Philadelphia's hitter-friendly park. He needs 42 to tie Hank Aaron for the major league record.
"He about tore that golden arches sign down," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "I'm glad he's leaving town. He's starting to get hot now. It was just a matter of time, you can see he's getting his swing down. He'll hit a few more."
As Bonds took his slow trot around the bases, some of the Phillies fans -- who had been needling Bonds with boos and derisive chants throughout the series -- stood up, cheered and clicked photos.
He struck out swinging in his next at-bat against reliever Aaron Fultz in the eighth, sending many fans toward the exits. Bonds came out of the game before the bottom half.
The solo homer cut the Phillies' lead to 5-3, but they soon broke it open and pushed their winning streak to eight games for the first time in 15 years. The last time Philadelphia won eight in a row was a 13-game run in 1991.
The Giants were headed back to San Francisco to begin a homestand, but Bonds is not expected to play Monday night.
Bonds had been held in check since arriving here on Friday. He went 3-for-9 in Philadelphia's three-game sweep with a pair of singles, and had gone 11 at-bats since his previous home run Tuesday against San Diego.
Carlos Oliveras caught Bonds' home run ball, specially marked to ensure authenticity. The 25-year-old Oliveras, an Airman 1st Class who lives on McGuire Air Force Base in Fort Dix, N.J., paid $20 for his seat in Section 202, Row 7.
He said he is a Bonds fan and would probably keep the ball.
"I never thought I was going to be lucky like that," Oliveras said.
After his news conference, Bonds shook Oliveras' hand and took a picture with him.
With his mother cheering from behind San Francisco's dugout, Bonds pumped his fist as he finished circling the bases and returned to the bench, perhaps trying to inspire a slumping Giants team that has lost four straight, seven of eight and nine of 12.
"I'm just happy I didn't waste my mom's trip," said Bonds, adding that a long conversation with her helped him get his head "back on straight."
Bonds set the single-season mark with 73 homers in 2001. Ruth's career total of 714 is also one of the most hallowed numbers in a sport ruled by them. The Sultan of Swat hit his last long ball in 1935 and held the major league record until Aaron broke it on April 8, 1974.
"Babe Ruth is a great, great baseball player," Bonds said. "He started all of this. He was in a league of his own."
Ruth's total is the record for left-handed hitters, and Bonds has said he's more interested in owning that mark than catching Aaron.
"I'm just going to keep on playing," Bonds said.
Commissioner Bud Selig has said baseball won't do anything special to celebrate Bonds passing Ruth because it would only put the Giants' star in second place.
Maybe it also has something to do with allegations of steroid use by Bonds and baseball's probe into whether he took performance-enhancing drugs.
The seven-time NL MVP has long denied ever knowingly taking steroids, though the new book "Game of Shadows" reveals his alleged extensive doping regimen the authors say began after the 1998 season when Bonds saw the attention Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa generated in their race for the single-season homers record.
Bonds' personal trainer, Greg Anderson, pleaded guilty to his role in a steroid distribution ring, and a federal grand jury is looking into whether Bonds perjured himself when he testified to the separate grand jury that indicted Anderson and three others in the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative scandal.
After the game, Bonds declined to answer any questions about steroids or the investigation.
Perhaps no pursuit of second place has ever garnered as much attention as Bonds closing in on Ruth. The Phillies said they received about 200 requests for media credentials this weekend, about 125-150 more than for a typical game.
The Giants do plan a celebration when Bonds catches Ruth. The team was set to take an overnight, cross-country flight and face Houston ace Roy Oswalt at home Monday night to make up a