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Shaq: triple double in 28 minutes
Associated Press
Published April 12, 2006
MIAMI - Shaquille O'Neal had his second career triple double, Antoine Walker scored a season-high 32, and the Heat overcame Dwyane Wade's absence to beat Toronto 106-97 on Tuesday.
O'Neal finished with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, playing only 28 minutes because of foul trouble. Walker, who was shooting 30 percent and averaging eight points per game in April, shot 13-for-26 and added eight rebounds and five assists.
"I just kept making the good pass and my teammates were making me look good," O'Neal said.
Wade has had a flu-like virus for several days.
SPURS 104, SONICS 95: Tony Parker had 27 points and nine assists and host San Antonio increased its lead in the West to one game. San Antonio recorded a 60-win season for the third time and leads Dallas by a game for the best record in the West. The Spurs overcame Tim Duncan's 6-for-18 shooting. Brent Barry, starting for injured Manu Ginobili, scored 16, making 4 of 8 3-pointers.
BULLS 104, NETS 101: Ben Gordon scored 21 of his 36 in the fourth quarter, leading short-handed Chicago into a tie with Philadelphia for the East's final playoff spot. The Bulls and 76ers trail Milwaukee and Indiana by a game. Gordon, who shot 1-for-6 in the first half, banked in a 3-pointer from the wing that increased the host Bulls' lead to 90-84. and he had a three-point play with 1:22 left. Chicago's Andres Nocioni had a career-high 17 rebounds.
SUNS 123, KINGS 110: Raja Bell scored 25, Shawn Marion added 23 and visiting Phoenix rallied from a 17-point halftime deficit. Steve Nash had 13 points and 13 assists despite foul trouble for the Suns, who won with a 72-point second half, when Phoenix shot 71 percent. The Suns were the first to score at least 100 at Arco Arena in 16 games, and ended up with the third-most points scored against Sacramento this season.
GRIZZLIES 92, WOLVES 76: Pau Gasol had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Chucky Atkins added 17 points for host Memphis, which moved a half-game ahead of the idle Clippers for the fifth playoff spot in the West. Minnesota was without leading scorer and rebounder Kevin Garnett; Ricky Davis, second-leading scorer and team leader in assists, and Anthony Carter and Troy Hudson. That's an average of 54 points and almost 20 rebounds.
Yao to miss 4-6 months
HOUSTON - Rockets center Yao Ming will have surgery this weekend on his broken left foot and the injury could take four to six months to heal, general manager Carroll Dawson said.
Yao was injured Monday when he said Utah's Mehmet Okur accidentally kicked his foot. An MRI performed Tuesday showed a crack in the fifth metatarsal bone.
NETS: Forward Richard Jefferson was fined $5,000 by the league for kicking a ball into the stands.
ADIDAS, LEAGUE SIGN DEAL: Adidas signed an 11-year deal with the league, making the German athletic shoe company the official uniform and apparel provider.
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