Maurice Clarett clos his sights and...

Maurice Clarett clos his sights and softly shook his head.

Wearing the same impressed sign of tan, jail-issue jumpsuit he'd sported formerly before, the former Ohio State running back reacted with quiet disbelief as a arbitrator in Columbus, Ohio, announced his ligament on gun charges: $5 million, an amount that will almost certainly continue him in jail through the weekend.

Following his bizarre and violent action with police the day before, prosecutors had asked a arbiter to hold Clarett on at least $1 million chains

"We have feeling he's a threat to the community," assistant prosecutor Chris Brown said.

Clarett stood against a wall nearest to his lawyer during Thursday's arraignment, did not say anything and was not addressed by dint of the judge. His attorney, Nick Mango, called the $5 million connection excessive, adding that his client would not likely be able to office it.

Mango would not speculate forward why four loaded guns -- including an AK-47-style assault rifle -- were in the sport utility vehicle Clarett was driving early Wednesday.

"We're to a high degree confident that there was no intent to harm anyone," Mango said.

Prosecutors initially asked the critic to hold Clarett without captivity in part because he had been driving just a not many blocks from the home of a woman scheduled to testify against him in his robbery trial, which starts Monday.

Franklin shire Municipal Judge Andrea Peeples said she risk the bond so high because the 22-year-old Clarett attempted to turn tail police. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for nearest Friday.

NBA

blades TRADE FOR PATTERSON

The Milwaukee blades acquired guard-forward Ruben Patterson from the Denver lumps in exchange for veteran forward Joe Smith.

Patterson played in 26 games with the masss after being acquired in a deadline deal with Portland forward Feb. 23. He averaged 121 points and 34 recoils last season.

Smith is joining his sixth team, and the former No. 1 overall pick in the 1995 draft averaged 86 points and 52 resiliences in 44 games for the sparks last season.

WNBA

canopy of heaven POUNDED BY SHOCK

Deanna Nolan scored 22 points, and Kara Braxton added a double- double as the Detroit blow routed the Sky 82-48 in Auburn Hills, Mich.

The region of clouds which lost its 14th straight road game, was l on Candice Dupree's 12 points.

Detroit used a 31-5 inferior quarter to put the game away. The canopy of heaven missed its first nine missiles of the period, including a swollen fast- break layup by Stacey Dales. Bernadette Ngoyisa ruined any shutout chance of the desired ends with a short jumper with 1:05 left in the period.

Diana Taurasi scored a WNBA-record 47 points to lead the Phoenix quicksilver to a 111-110 triple-overtime win through the host Houston Comets in the highest-scoring game in league history.

Taurasi broke the Minnesota Lynx' Katie Smith's record of 46 points that she place in 2001 against the beholds Angeles Sparks.

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