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THE SUN WEDNESDAY 02.20.2008 Times p.m. unless otherwise noted Kidd trade official Point guard leaves Nets, returns to Mavericks in 8-player swap Chicago 13 8 .619 1)2 New Jersey 10 10 .500 4 Monterrey 9 11 .450 5 Philadelphia 10 13 .435 5y2 California 8 11 .421 5y2 Orlando 3 19 .136 12 TOMORROW'S GAMES California at New Jersey 11 a.m. Orlando at Monterrey 8:35 Anaheim 33 23 7 73 156 157 San Jose 31 20 8 70 154 146 Phoenix 31 26 4 66 169168 Los Angeles 25 34 3 53 176 205 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Boston 3 Carolina 2, SO Montreal 6 NY. Rangers 5, SO Ottawa 3 Philadelphia 2, SO Pittsburgh 3 Florida 2 Toronto 3 Columbus 1 St.

Louis 5 Chicago 1 Nashville 5 Edmonton 4 Vancouver 3 Minnesota 2, 0T Calgary 4 Phoenix 1 TODAY'S GAMES Tampa Bay at Buffalo 7 San Jose at New Jersey 7 NY. Islanders at Washington 7 Minnesota at Chicago 8:30 Calgary at Dallas 8:30 Colorado at Anaheim 10 MONDAY'S RESULTS NewJersey5 Carolinal NY. Islanders 3 San Jose 2 Detroit 4 Colorado 0 Phoenix 4 Los Angeles 0 EASTERN ATLANTIC LOTPts GF GA New Jersey 34 21 5 73 161 143 Pittsburgh 34 21 5 73 177 161 NY. Rangers 3 0 25 7 68 157 155 Philadelphia 3 0 25 5 66 186 174 NY. Islanders 28 25 7 63 150 174 NORTHEAST Ottawa 35 20 5 75 204 177 Montreal 33 19 9 75 192 172 Boston 3 0 23 6 66 155 160 Buffalo 28 23 8 64 173 166 Toronto 25 27 9 59 168 194 SOUTHEAST Carolina 30 28 4 65 183 191 Atlanta 29 28 4 62 165 195 Washington 28 26 6 62 171 185 Florida 27 29 6 60 169 178 Tampa Bay 25 28 6 56 171 193 WESTERN CENTRAL LOTPts GF GA Detroit 42 15 5 89 199 136 Nashville 3 2 24 6 71 181 172 St.

Louis 28 22 9 65 157 164 Columbus 27 25 9 63 150 164 Chicago 27 26 6 60 166 169 NORTHWEST Minnesota 34 21 5 73 169 163 Calgary 30 22 8 68 174175 Vancouver 29 22 8 66 156 152 Colorado 30 25 5 65 165 166 Edmonton 27 28 5 59 162 179 PACIFIC Dallas 37 21 5 79 183 155 MEN'S BASKETBALL ACC Conference Overall School Pet. Pet. Duke 10 1 .909 22 2 .917 N.Carolina 9 2 .818 24 2 .923 Maryland 7 4 .636 17 9 .654 Clemson 7 5 .583 19 7 .731 Wake Forest 6 5 .545 16 8 .667 Virginia Tech 5 6 .455 14 11 .560 Miami 4 6 .400 17 7 .708 Georgia Tech 4 6 .400 11 13 .458 N.C. State 4 7 .364 15 10 .600 Boston Col. 4 7 .364 13 11 .542 Florida State 4 8 .333 15 12 .556 Virginia 2 9 .182 12 12 .500 YESTERDAY'S RESULT Florida State 64 Clemson 55 TODAY'S GAMES North Carolina at N.C.

State 7 Virginia Tech at Maryland 9 Duke at Miami 9 TOMORROW'S GAME Virginia at Georgia Tech 7 Jason Kidd is a member of the Dallas Mavericks. Again. Finally. The long-discussed, once-scuttled and ultimately reconfigured deal to bring Kidd from the New Jersey Nets back to the team that drafted him was finalized yesterday. He was reintroduced in Dallas 14 years after the Mavericks made him the No.

2 overall pick. "There's no bigger reward than to have that championship trophy in your hand," said Kidd, who lost in the NBA Finals twice with the Nets. "That's why I'm here." The eight-player deal, in the making since before the All-Star break, sends Kidd, forward Malik Allen and guard An-toine Wright to Dallas. The primary piece headed to New Jersey is point guard Devin Harris. The others are center DeSagana Diop, swing-man Maurice Ager, forward Trenton Hassell and retired forward Keith Van Horn.

The GB MISL Milwaukee Detroit Blast 15 13 13 Pet. .682 .650 .619 Nets also receive two first-round draft picks and $3 million. Van Horn and Hassell replace Jerry Stackhouse and Devean George in an original trade proposal. Stackhouse's presence in the deal was muddled by plans to get him back to Dallas, and George used his veto power to block his involvement. Kidd is averaging 11.3 points, 10.4 assists and 8.1 rebounds this sea son.

Harris, in his fourth season, is averaging 14.4 points and 5.3 assists. The Mavericks also announced that they waived forward Nick Fazekas. suns -nuggets Phoenix and Denver will play the first outdoor game in modern NBA history during the 2008-09 preseason. The exhibition game Oct. ll at the Indian Wells (Calif.) Tennis Garden will be televised by TNT.

Aaron: Game will 'survive9 He's no longer the home run king, but he's still the Hammer. Hank Aaron hobbled into the Atlanta Braves' spring training camp yesterday in Kissimmee, Fla. he needs knee-replacement surgery Yankees Andy Pettitte played catch on the outfield grass in Tampa, and fans yelled encouragement from the stands. This was a lot better than testifying and apologizing. After admitting he used human growth hormone in 2002 and 2004, and Krzyzewski's remarks irk R.

Williams after testifying that Clemens told him nearly a decade ago that he had used hGH, the pitcher was relieved to get back to baseball. "The guys have just been so supportive," he with no opinion on wheth-e Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens deserve to be in the Hall of Fame but saying he's confident baseball is on CARDINALS Agreed to terms with Ron Villone on minor league contract. MARINERS Agreed to terms with OF Bubba Crosby on minor league contract. TIGERS Agreed to terms with Joel Zumaya on one-year contract. club.

Perez, 30, went 8-11 with a 5-57 ERA in 26 starts for Kansas City last season. rangers Texas and second baseman Ian Kinsler agreed on a five-year, $22 million contract with a club option valued at $10 million for the 2013 season. Kinsler hit .263 last season with 20 home runs and 23 steals. mariners Longtime team broadcaster Dave Nie-haus is going into the Hall of Fame. Niehaus was chosen as the 2008 winner of the Ford C.

Frick Award for broadcast excellence. He will be honored during the Hall of Fame induction ceremony July 27 in Coopers-town, N.Y. astros Houston defeated former All-Star Mark Loretta in salary arbitration, improving teams to 5-0 against players this year. Loretta, an infielder, will be paid $2.75 million rather than the $4.9 million he requested. Right fielder Hunter Pence crashed through a sliding glass door at his spring training home, leaving him with cuts that will sideline him for a week.

North Carolina men's basketball coach Roy Williams apparently doesn't think too highly of Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's views on injury reports. Williams took exception to a comment made by Krzyzewski on Sunday that the Blue Devils don't discuss injuries, "unlike other schools." It was enough that Williams, in a comment on his weekly radio show Monday, told an unspecified person to "coach their own darned team, I'll coach my team." OBITUARY Bob Howsam, a co-founder of the Denver Broncos who ference championships by winning their competitions this past weekend. WNBA Indiana acquired All-Star forward Katie Douglas from Connecticut for forward Tami-ka Whitmore, the 12th pick in the 2008 draft and the rights to guard Jessica Foley. Also, the Sun signed guard Lindsay Whalen to a three-year contract. Seattle acquired All-Star forward Swin Cash from Detroit for the fourth pick in this year's draft.

NHL Michael Ryder and Alex Kovalev each scored twice to help the host Montreal Canadiens stage the biggest comeback in their storied history, rallying from five goals down to beat the New York Rangers, 6-5, in a shootout. also was credited with building the Cincinnati Reds' "Big Red Machine" in the 1970s, died yesterday in Sun City, Ariz. He was 89. auto racing A possible unification of America's two open-wheel series the Champ Car World Series and Indy Racing League is still on track, with both sides saying progress is being made. Jerry Karl, who started six times in the Indianapolis 500, died Saturday from injuries he suffered in a car accident in Baltimore, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway said.

He was 66. SWIMMING AND DIVING The UMBC men's and women's teams became the first in the history of the America East to capture back-to-back con said. RED SOX David Ortiz took swings in the batting cage after reporting to spring training in Fort Myers, and said he is nearly fully recovered from knee surgery he had after Boston won the World Series. "I feel good, getting almost loo percent," he said. nationals Lefthander Odalis Perez agreed to a non-guaranteed minor league contract that will pay him $850, ooo if he makes the major league the way to recovering from the Steroids Era.

"I think baseball is trying to clean up its act," Aaron said. "It's unfortunate for baseball, but baseball has been through some tough times. It went through the White Sox scandal and survived. It went through a lot of things and survived. It's going to survive this, too.".