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DETROIT (108) AT BOSTON (83)
DETROIT
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
LONG F 20 0-3 2-2 2 3 5 0 0 2 1 2
THORPE F 24 5-14 3-4 2 2 4 0 4 0 2 13
MILLS C 23 4-8 0-0 1 3 4 0 1 0 1 9
DUMARS G 26 4-6 3-3 0 4 4 9 1 0 3 12
HILL G 30 8-11 6-7 0 5 5 3 1 2 1 23
HUNTER 31 7-11 6-7 0 2 2 5 2 4 2 22
RATLIFF 19 2-5 0-0 2 3 5 1 1 0 0 4
AUGMON 19 1-2 2-2 1 4 5 1 2 1 1 4
REID 20 3-8 0-0 2 0 2 0 4 2 3 6
CURRY 13 2-4 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6
SMITH 10 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 5
MAHORN 5 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2
TOTALS 240 39-76 24-27 10 27 37 24 20 12 14 108
(.513) (.889) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 16(13 PTS)
BOSTON
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
WALKER F 36 8-19 2-3 3 6 9 5 3 2 4 18
WILLIAMS F 18 2-4 0-0 2 2 4 1 5 0 1 4
CONLON C 26 4-6 3-4 4 4 8 0 0 0 2 11
WESLEY G 36 2-7 2-2 0 1 1 9 2 3 5 6
FOX G 33 5-13 2-2 4 3 7 1 3 2 2 12
BRICKOWSKI 20 1-6 2-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 4
BARROS 25 1-7 4-4 0 2 2 5 2 0 2 6
DAY 24 5-9 3-5 5 2 7 1 2 1 2 14
DRIGGERS 13 2-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 4
SZABO 9 1-2 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4
ELLISON DNP - COACH'S DECISION
RADJA DNP - BROKEN FINGER
TOTALS 240 31-77 20-24 18 23 41 22 21 9 21 83
(.403) (.833) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 22(26 PTS)
DETROIT 26 25 30 27 - 108
BOSTON 23 16 17 27 - 83
BLOCKED SHOTS: DETROIT - THORPE 2, HILL, RATLIFF, AUGMON. BOSTON -
CONLON, SZABO.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: DETROIT 6-16 (.375), MILLS 1-5, DUMARS 1-3, HILL 1-1,
HUNTER 2-5, CURRY 0-1, SMITH 1-1. BOSTON 1-11 (.091), WALKER 0-2, WESLEY
0-1, BRICKOWSKI 0-1, BARROS 0-5, DAY 1-1, DRIGGERS 0-1.
TECHNICALS: BOSTON - ILLEGAL DEFENSE 2.
OFFICIALS: RON GARRETSON, JOE DEROSA, KEVIN FEHR.
A - 14,291. T - 2:02.
DETROIT (108) AT BOSTON (83)
Grant Hill scored 23 points and Lindsey Hunter added 22 as the
Detroit Pistons remained undefeated on the road with a 108-83
victory over the Boston Celtics, their fifth straight win
overall.
The Pistons stopped a five-game losing streak at Boston and
improved to 5-0 on the road. Detroit (9-1) is off to its best
start since beginning the 1970-71 season with a 12-1 record and
has not allowed an opponent to score more than 98 points.
"I feel we're really playing well now," Hill said. "I take
pride in defense, it all starts with defense. We're focused on
the road and it shows."
Rookie Antoine Walker had 18 points and a season-high nine
rebounds and Todd Day added 14 for the Celtics, who had won
eight of the last 11 meetings with the Pistons. Boston, which
played without leading scorer and rebounder Dino Radja, has lost
three straight and five of its last six.
"It was not a fun game for us tonight but you need to give
Detroit credit," Boston coach M.L. Carr said. "If you look at
the ballgame down the stretch we didn't play with fire we
needed. We needed a gallant effort but we are not going to be
discouraged."
Otis Thorpe scored 13 points and Joe Dumars added 12 and nine
assists for the Pistons, who shot 24-for-27 from the line.
"I'm glad we got a win," Detroit coach Doug Collins said.
"Boston is always a rough city. Our guys came right off the bat
and kept it rolling. We didn't look back. The guys we needed
to play well did play well and more importantly, they did it
together. Joe, Grant, Theo (Ratliff) and Otis all did a
tremendous job. They were shorthanded and we took advantage."
Hill made a three-pointer as time ran out in the first quarter
to give the Pistons the lead for good, 26-23. Hunter made a
20-footer to start a 14-3 run and Hill's free throw closed it to
give Detroit a 49-32 advantage with 1:44 left in the second
quarter. Hill had 14 and Hunter added nine as the Pistons took
a 51-39 lead at halftime.
Rick Fox, who scored 12 points, had a tip-in to pull Boston
within 57-45 with 8:19 left in the third quarter. But Dumars
answered with a 15-footer to make it 57-45 and the Celtics never
came any closer.
Kenny Smith sank a three-pointer to complete a 26-9 burst and
give the Pistons an 81-54 advantage with 40 seconds to go in the
period.
The Pistons took their biggest lead of the game, 92-61, on
Ratliff's 17-footer with 9:49 left.
Boston, which was held under 90 points for just the second time
this season, shot only 1-for-11 from three-point range.
"I know what this team is going through," Dumars said about the
Celtics. "I went through it a couple of years ago myself. It's
never going to be a one-man show, the team has to be balanced
and with me, Grant, and Lindsey at guard, it is."
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INDIANA (103) AT PHILADELPHIA (92)
INDIANA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MCKEY F 17 3-7 2-3 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 8
D DAVIS F 28 7-9 0-0 5 4 9 1 3 0 0 14
DAMPIER C 41 6-9 3-4 2 8 10 1 3 1 1 15
MILLER G 37 8-19 3-5 0 4 4 6 2 1 4 22
BEST G 32 7-15 1-2 0 3 3 8 2 2 1 18
ASKEW 22 2-4 3-4 0 5 5 2 6 1 0 8
ROSE 9 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2
A DAVIS 18 0-1 2-2 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 2
ALLEN 18 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 4 3 4 2 2
FERRELL 16 5-7 2-3 0 1 1 0 5 0 1 12
SCOTT 1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
HOIBERG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 240 40-76 16-23 11 26 37 24 29 9 15 103
(.526) (.696) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 15(18 PTS)
PHILADELPHIA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
WEATHERSPOON F 35 3-6 8-10 2 5 7 2 2 1 4 14
COLEMAN F 41 7-12 5-6 6 6 12 5 5 0 8 21
WILLIAMS C 32 1-5 0-0 3 7 10 0 3 0 2 2
STACKHOUSE G 40 5-20 5-9 3 3 6 6 3 1 2 18
WALTERS G 41 8-17 0-0 1 2 3 6 3 3 3 21
HARRIS 16 3-7 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8
CAGE 13 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0
DAVIS 20 3-5 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8
BRADTKE 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
HENDRICKSON 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IVERSON DNP - LEFT SHOULDER
MACLEAN DNP - TENDINITIS RIGHT KNEE
TOTALS 240 30-72 18-25 15 25 40 20 19 5 22 92
(.417) (.720) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 22(19 PTS)
INDIANA 26 21 28 28 - 103
PHILADELPHIA 29 18 22 23 - 92
BLOCKED SHOTS: INDIANA - DAMPIER 4, A DAVIS 2. PHILADELPHIA -
WEATHERSPOON 2, COLEMAN 2.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: INDIANA 7-17 (.412), MCKEY 0-2, MILLER 3-8, BEST 3-5,
ASKEW 1-1, ROSE 0-1. PHILADELPHIA 14-35 (.400), COLEMAN 2-4, STACKHOUSE
3-12, WALTERS 5-11, HARRIS 2-4, DAVIS 2-4.
TECHNICALS: INDIANA - ILLEGAL DEFENSE, PHILADELPHIA - ILLEGAL DEFENSE.
OFFICIALS: STEVE JAVIE, TONY BROTHERS, LUIS GRILLO.
A - 11,831. T - 2:06.
INDIANA (103) AT PHILADELPHIA (92)
Reggie Miller scored 22 points and Travis Best added 18 as the
Indiana Pacers pulled away in the second half for a 103-92
victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.
Rookie Erick Dampier had a season-high 15 points and 10 rebounds
for Indiana, which had lost four of their last five games. The
Pacers, who are still without center Rik Smits, won their second
straight road game.
"We did a better job on the boards," Indiana coach Larry Brown
said. "We did a better job of getting to their shooters
defensively. We defended much better in the fourth quarter and
we rebounded much better. We were able to get some easy shots.
I felt we defended well for the game."
Derrick Coleman and Rex Walters scored 21 points apiece for the
76ers, who were held to 45 points in the second half. Walters
has scored 44 points in two games in place of rookie guard Allan
Iverson, who is sidelined with a separated shoulder.
Philadelphia set team records for three-pointers made (14) and
attempted (35). The 76ers made 13 three-pointers at Dallas on
February 27th, 1996 and attempted 31 against Charlotte on
January 27th, 1996. The 76ers were 8-of-15 in the first half
but 4-of-13 in the fourth quarter.
"In the first two quarters, we were knocking 'em down," Walters
said. "We were shooting a very high percentage of threes. Then
in the fourth quarter, maybe it was just (tired) legs."
Miller scored seven points in the third quarter, when Indiana
took the lead for good. A layup by Walters pulled Philadelphia
within 66-65, but in the final minute of the period, Best made a
driving layup and Dampier made a free throw after stealing a bad
pass from Coleman, giving the Pacers a 75-69 lead.
"Just because we're 2-6, it doesn't mean we haven't been
confident in the way we've been playing," Best said. "Nobody's
hung their heads. We've been playing well. That's the key.
We've played well the last three or four games and any time you
do that, you're not going to hang your head."
Walters opened the fourth quarter with a three-pointer, but a
jumper by Dampier and a layup by Dale Davis gave the Pacers a
79-72 lead with 10:20 remaining.
The 76ers cut it to four points, but Indiana scored eight of the
next 10 points to take control. Reserve Duane Ferrell had a
free throw and a basket before Coleman dunked. But Davis made a
jumper, Miller sank a foul shot and Dampier added a dunk for an
89-79 advantage with 7:01 left. Philadelphia got no closer than
eight points thereafter.
"Our big kid was great," Brown said of Dampier. "He was making
amazing progress in camp, then he has hernia surgery before the
year. So this was his first real opportunity, and I thought he
was tremendous."
"Missing the three-pointers didn't kill us," Walters said. "More
importantly, the turnovers and the second shots that we allowed
them in the fourth quarter hurt us. We have to value the
basketball a little more. You can't have turovers or second
shots."
Davis had 14 points and nine rebounds and Ferrell added 12
points for Indiana, which shot 53 percent (40-of-76) from the
field.
"We've been struggling to score as of late," Miller said. "Guys
are looking to step it up offensively. When guys are
double-teaming me, they have to understand that when I kick it
out to them, they have to shoot the basketball."
Jerry Stackhouse scored 18 points and Clarence Weatherspoon
added 14 for the Sixers. Coleman grabbed 12 rebounds and Scott
Williams pulled down 10.
Miller scored 13 points and Dampier eight in the first half,
which ended in a 47-47 tie. Weatherspoon and Stackhouse scored
nine apiece for the Sixers.
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LA CLIPPERS (93) AT SAN ANTONIO (81)
LA CLIPPERS
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
VAUGHT F 35 8-9 4-5 4 4 8 0 1 0 1 20
ROGERS F 25 4-10 2-2 2 1 3 3 4 0 2 10
DUCKWORTH C 21 4-10 0-0 3 3 6 0 3 2 1 8
SEALY G 33 2-10 2-2 0 4 4 3 3 0 3 7
RICHARDSON G 25 2-6 0-2 1 3 4 3 0 0 2 5
OUTLAW 21 1-4 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 2
ROBERTS 18 4-8 4-8 2 5 7 2 2 0 1 12
DEHERE 21 3-5 0-0 0 2 2 7 2 1 1 7
MURRAY 20 2-5 2-2 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 7
PIATKOWSKI 15 3-4 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9
WRIGHT 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
D MARTIN 2 1-1 4-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
TOTALS 240 34-73 19-26 12 26 38 20 19 6 15 93
(.466) (.731) TEAM REBS: 12 TOTAL TO: 16(21 PTS)
SAN ANTONIO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ELLIOTT F 40 3-14 2-2 1 3 4 2 2 1 1 8
D WILKINS F 36 7-18 10-10 6 3 9 0 5 2 3 24
W PERDUE C 40 4-9 5-8 7 7 14 1 5 0 2 13
DEL NEGRO G 24 4-6 3-3 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 12
JOHNSON G 37 1-7 1-2 0 3 3 11 1 3 4 3
MAXWELL 25 5-12 1-2 0 2 2 0 2 3 1 13
HERRERA 25 4-6 0-0 1 2 3 0 5 0 1 8
ANDERSON 6 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0
ALEXANDER 6 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
KEMPTON 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SMITH DNP - INJURED RIGHT KNEE
M WILLIAMS DNP - INJURED RIGHT FOOT
TOTALS 240 28-75 22-27 17 22 39 17 24 10 15 81
(.373) (.815) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 15(13 PTS)
LA CLIPPERS 22 26 22 23 - 93
SAN ANTONIO 20 17 24 20 - 81
BLOCKED SHOTS: LA CLIPPERS - DUCKWORTH 2, OUTLAW, ROBERTS, MURRAY. SAN
ANTONIO - ELLIOTT, D WILKINS, ANDERSON.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: LA CLIPPERS 6-18 (.333), ROGERS 0-2, SEALY 1-3,
RICHARDSON 1-4, DEHERE 1-3, MURRAY 1-3, PIATKOWSKI 2-3. SAN ANTONIO 3-18
(.167), ELLIOTT 0-5, D WILKINS 0-4, DEL NEGRO 1-1, MAXWELL 2-6, ALEXANDER
0-2.
TECHNICALS: LA CLIPPERS - ROGERS, SAN ANTONIO - ILLEGAL DEFENSE.
OFFICIALS: JESS KERSEY, RON OLESIAK, SCOTT FOSTER.
A - 13,386. T - 2:11.
LA CLIPPERS (93) AT SAN ANTONIO (81)
Loy Vaught had 20 points and eight rebounds to lead the Los
Angeles Clippers to a 93-81 victory over the injury-riddled
Spurs for their first win in San Antonio in over seven years.
Stanley Roberts added 12 points for the Clippers, who stopped a
12-game losing streak at San Antonio, winning there for the
first time since a 115-103 victory on March 13th, 1989.
"We really played good defense tonight," said Clippers guard
Malik Sealy. "This is a game where you have ups and downs. We
were fortunate to maintain the lead throughout."
Dominique Wilkins scored 24 points for the Spurs, who have lost
three straight and six of their last seven. Vernon Maxwell and
Will Perdue each added 13 points for the Spurs, who again were
without starting center David Robinson and starting forward
Charles Smith.
Robinson, who averaged 25 points and 12.2 rebounds last season,
has a lower back strain and may return next week. Smith missed
his sixth straight game with chronic synovitis in his right
knee.
Sean Elliott made a layup to give the Spurs a 17-16 edge with
1:52 left in the first quarter. But Vaught answered with a
15-footer to give the Clippers the lead for good 21 seconds
later.
Terry Dehere made a three-pointer to close an 8-0 spurt and give
the Clippers a 30-20 advantage with 9:01 left in the second
quarter. Vaught had eight points and Stanley Roberts added
seven as Los Angeles took a 48-37 lead at halftime.
Roberts also grabbed seven rebounds in 18 minutes off the bench
and starting center Kevin Duckworth had eight points and six
rebounds.
"Any win is a great win," Duckworth said. "Tonight we played a
scrappy game to get a 'W.' In this league any team can beat any
other team on any given night. In the second and third quarters
we played great defense. We had a couple of key steals, played
hard and hit our free throws to put the game away. We had fun
and just played basketball."
Rodney Rogers, who scored 10 points, had a dunk to give the
Clippers their biggest lead at 56-42 with 8:19 left in the third
quarter.
Maxwell made a three-pointer and a layup to end a 7-0 run and
pull the Spurs within 85-81 with 2:07 left in the fourth
quarter. But Los Angeles reserve guard Darrick Martin entered
the game and made a layup and four free throws as the Clippers
scored the final eight points.
"We're getting our butts beat," Maxwell said. "We need to find
a way to be positive to and play 40 minutes of ball. We also
need to look for ways to help our confidenc. We had a poor
effort tonight. When I hit the three, the game was basically
over. The first 45 minutes of the game was where the problem
was. It seems everything goes against us."
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MIAMI (94) AT VANCOUVER (75)
MIAMI
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MAJERLE F 46 6-14 0-0 4 5 9 6 2 1 2 16
BROWN F 36 1-8 2-2 3 5 8 1 2 2 2 4
MOURNING C 21 6-11 2-4 4 5 9 0 4 1 5 14
DANILOVIC G 23 1-5 0-0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 3
HARDAWAY G 33 7-11 0-2 0 3 3 7 2 1 4 19
AUSTIN 30 6-12 5-8 1 8 9 3 3 0 2 17
ASKINS 22 3-7 4-4 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 10
GRANT 15 1-4 2-2 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 5
PINCKNEY 5 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2
STRICKLAND 5 1-3 0-0 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 2
LENARD 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
SCOTT 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 240 33-78 17-24 18 30 48 23 19 8 17 94
(.423) (.708) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 19(22 PTS)
VANCOUVER
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
B EDWARDS F 35 5-8 0-0 1 3 4 1 2 1 4 11
ROGERS F 30 4-9 2-2 1 5 6 0 5 0 2 10
REEVES C 39 7-14 2-3 2 8 10 2 4 0 1 16
MOTEN G 35 1-9 5-6 1 3 4 6 2 2 7 7
ANTHONY G 33 3-8 5-5 0 3 3 7 2 5 2 14
MAYBERRY 15 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2
MOBLEY 12 1-1 2-4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4
PEELER 13 3-6 0-0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 7
LYNCH 10 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2
ABDUR-RAHIM 18 0-5 2-2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 2
CHILCUTT DNP - COACH'S DECISION
MANNING DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 25-62 20-24 5 26 31 20 22 8 22 75
(.403) (.833) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 22(27 PTS)
MIAMI 19 32 24 19 - 94
VANCOUVER 25 20 18 12 - 75
BLOCKED SHOTS: MIAMI - BROWN 5, MOURNING 3, MAJERLE, ASKINS. VANCOUVER -
ROGERS 3, REEVES 2, B EDWARDS.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: MIAMI 11-23 (.478), MAJERLE 4-9, DANILOVIC 1-3,
HARDAWAY 5-7, ASKINS 0-2, GRANT 1-1, SCOTT 0-1. VANCOUVER 5-15 (.333), B
EDWARDS 1-1, MOTEN 0-3, ANTHONY 3-6, MAYBERRY 0-1, PEELER 1-4.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: TOMMIE WOOD, MARK WUNDERLICH, ED T RUSH.
A - 15,054. T - 2:06.
MIAMI (94) AT VANCOUVER (75)
Tim Hardaway scored 19 points and Isaac Austin added 17 and nine
rebounds off the bench to lead the Miami Heat to a 94-75 victory
over the Vancouver Grizzlies.
Dan Majerle added 16 points and a season-high nine rebounds for
Miami, which has opened its six-game road trip with consecutive
victories following a three-game losing streak.
"Everybody played well tonight," Majerle said. "We did what we
had to do. We know if we play well we can beat these guys and
after a slow start we did a good job, especially on the boards."
Bryant Reeves had 16 points and 10 rebounds and Greg Anthony
added 14 points for the Grizzlies, who have lost four straight
games. The Grizzlies have lost two of three meetings all-time
against the Heat.
"They have a physical and mental toughness we just don't have,"
said Vancouver coach Brian Winters. "Even on a second night of
back-to-back games they had it. When they shoot like that and
you get outrebounded like we did you don't have a chance."
Keith Askins, who had 10 points off the bench, made a pair of
free throws to pull the Heat within 31-30 with 7:50 left in the
second quarter. Roy Rogers was called for goaltending on a
Austin's layup and Miami took the lead for good, 32-31, with
7:27 to play in the second.
Hardaway made a three-pointer to close a 17-4 spurt and give the
Heat a 43-33 lead with 3:14 left in the second. Hardaway had 12
points and Alonzo Mourning scored 10 of his 14 as the Grizzlies
built a 51-45 halftime lead. Majerle grabbed seven boards as
the Heat outrebounded the Grizzlies 14-4 in the second quarter.
Mourning had nine rebounds and three blocked shots in just 21
minutes.
"When you have to leave the game early it's great to come off
the bench and step up like that," Mourning said. "That will
certainly be one of the keys for us through the rest of the
season."
Miami increased its lead to 75-63 at the end of the third
quarter. Voshon Lenard's jumper gave the Heat their biggest
lead of the game, 94-71, with 1:45 remaining. Miami
outrebounded Vancouver 48-31.
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NEW YORK (86) AT CHARLOTTE (93)
NEW YORK
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
OAKLEY F 37 2-8 5-6 4 11 15 2 4 1 2 9
JOHNSON F 27 4-5 1-3 2 1 3 1 4 0 1 9
EWING C 39 4-11 10-13 1 8 9 0 4 0 5 18
WARD G 30 3-7 2-2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 9
HOUSTON G 32 7-16 0-0 0 1 1 3 5 0 4 16
WALLACE 17 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 0
CHILDS 18 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 3 0 3 3
B WILLIAMS 14 4-5 0-0 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 8
STARKS 26 5-11 3-3 0 3 3 3 2 1 1 14
BROOKS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
MCCARTY DNP - COACH'S DECISION
H WILLIAMS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 30-68 21-27 8 29 37 14 31 4 20 86
(.441) (.778) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 23(29 PTS)
CHARLOTTE
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
GEIGER F 20 3-8 2-2 0 3 3 1 5 1 0 8
MASON F 39 6-11 8-12 0 5 5 4 4 2 4 20
DIVAC C 33 9-19 4-5 4 9 13 1 5 0 1 23
CURRY G 37 4-9 2-2 0 1 1 1 3 3 1 10
BOGUES G 33 2-6 2-2 0 3 3 10 1 3 4 6
RICE 33 5-12 0-0 0 0 0 5 2 0 2 11
ZIDEK 6 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
BURRELL 5 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
GOLDWIRE 15 3-6 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8
ROSE 13 1-2 5-8 4 2 6 2 4 2 1 7
DELK 6 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
SMITH DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 33-75 23-31 8 27 35 25 26 11 17 93
(.440) (.742) TEAM REBS: 12 TOTAL TO: 17(16 PTS)
NEW YORK 23 28 19 16 - 86
CHARLOTTE 23 22 23 25 - 93
BLOCKED SHOTS: NEW YORK - WALLACE 2, EWING 2, B WILLIAMS. CHARLOTTE -
GEIGER, MASON, DIVAC, ROSE.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: NEW YORK 5-13 (.385), WARD 1-4, HOUSTON 2-6, CHILDS
1-1, STARKS 1-2. CHARLOTTE 4-10 (.400), GEIGER 0-1, DIVAC 1-1, CURRY 0-1,
RICE 1-3, GOLDWIRE 2-4.
TECHNICALS: NEW YORK - STARKS, CHARLOTTE - MASON, DIVAC.
OFFICIALS: LUIS GRILLO, BENNETT SALVATORE, DON VADEN.
A - 24,042. T - 2:31.
NEW YORK (86) AT CHARLOTTE (93)
Vlade Divac scored 11 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter as
the Charlotte Hornets took advantage of sloppy play down the
stretch by the New York Knicks for a 93-86 victory.
Ex-Knick Anthony Mason added 20 points for Charlotte, which
snapped a four-game losing streak and avenged a 113-86 loss at
New York on November 3rd. The Hornets also snapped a two-game
home losing streak.
Patrick Ewing scored 18 points and Allan Houston added 16 for
New York, which lost its first road game of the season and had a
three-game winning streak halted. The Knicks were trying for
their first 6-0 road start since the 1969-70 season, when they
won the NBA title.
Larry Johnson, who was dealt to New York in exchange for Mason
and Brad Lohaus, had only nine points and three rebounds in 27
minutes in his return to Charlotte.
"I thought we would play well," said Johnson about his
homecoming. "In the third and fourth quarter, the crowd got
into it and we couldn't get it together. It was frustrating
to lose, but we've got another game coming up quick so we've
got to put it back together."
New York trailed 88-86 when Ewing made the first of two free
throws with 44 seconds left. Mason also made one of two free
throws with 29 seconds to play and the Knicks had a chance to
tie. After a timeout, a pass was mishandled by Ewing and
fumbled by Charles Oakley. Dell Curry grabbed the loose ball
and hit two free throws to make it 91-86 with 21 seconds left.
Divac added two free throws with 13 seconds to play to cap the
scoring. New York committed seven of its 23 turnovers in the
final four minutes.
"We didn't execute," said Ewing. "We let it slip away and slip
away. We made too many mistakes to be able to win the game."
"Turnovers came back to haunt us, and it keeps happening," said
Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy. "It's the same old story, and has
become a habit with the front and backcourt. We're just not
doing a good job with the ball."
Ewing gave New York its largest lead of the fourth quarter when
he made two free throws for a 74-70 advantage with 10:46 to
play. But the Hornets responded with a 12-5 run. Glen Rice and
Divac had two baskets each and Anthony Goldwire drilled a
three-pointer to give Charlotte an 85-81 lead with 5:03 left.
Ewing and Mason each made one free throw before Divac scored in
the low post to give Charlotte an 88-82 bulge with 2:38 to go.
Starks had a steal and dished to Oakley, who made a layup.
Oakley then hit one of two free throws with 1:14 left to draw
the Knicks within three.
Rice had 11 points off the bench and Curry finished with 10 for
Charlotte, which shot 44 percent (33-of-75) from the field.
Muggsy Bogues had 10 assists and three steals for the Hornets,
who scored 29 points off 23 New York turnovers.
"When you have fun, you always play good basketball," said
Divac, who shot 9-of-19 from the field. "When you have
pressure, you have more turnovers."
"Everybody's very happy in the locker room," said Charlotte
coach Dave Cowens. "We needed a win bad. Our defense efforts
were showing up. I was very happy for Mason. He showed New
York a win."
Oakley had 15 rebounds and Starks had 14 off the bench for New
York, which were outscored in the paint, 42-26. The Knicks had
only 35 points in the second half, 16 in the fourth quarter.
nba.1632nba.news,
SEATTLE (115) AT WASHINGTON (110) - FINAL IN 2ND OT
SEATTLE
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
KEMP F 50 12-23 10-16 1 11 12 2 5 3 5 34
D SCHREMPF F 50 8-18 6-6 2 13 15 4 3 0 2 23
MCILVAINE C 23 0-1 0-0 1 7 8 0 3 2 2 0
HAWKINS G 39 2-10 0-0 2 2 4 4 3 1 4 5
PAYTON G 52 13-22 1-3 2 1 3 7 4 2 3 31
STEWART 21 0-0 6-6 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 6
EHLO 18 0-4 0-0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0
PERKINS 28 4-10 4-4 1 3 4 1 3 3 1 14
SNOW 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0
WINGATE 3 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
GRAHAM DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 290 39-89 29-37 11 38 49 22 28 12 21 115
(.438) (.784) TEAM REBS: 14 TOTAL TO: 22(28 PTS)
WASHINGTON
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
GRANT F 26 2-5 0-0 1 5 6 0 4 2 3 4
HOWARD F 51 4-14 7-8 6 7 13 8 6 1 3 15
WEBBER C 56 15-24 3-6 5 8 13 5 5 1 2 34
CHEANEY G 22 0-6 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0
STRICKLAND G 46 7-18 1-2 5 6 11 9 1 0 7 15
JACKSON 19 4-10 0-0 2 1 3 0 3 0 1 11
MURRAY 36 5-16 2-2 2 4 6 1 6 2 1 16
WHITNEY 29 4-13 4-7 1 3 4 0 1 1 2 15
WALLACE 5 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
FISH DNP - COACH'S DECISION
AMAYA DNP - COACH'S DECISION
MURESAN DNP - FLU
TOTALS 290 41-106 17-25 23 35 58 24 29 7 20 110
(.387) (.680) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 20(19 PTS)
SEATTLE 23 28 24 22 10 8 - 115
WASHINGTON 28 20 19 30 10 3 - 110
BLOCKED SHOTS: SEATTLE - KEMP 3, PERKINS, HAWKINS, MCILVAINE, D SCHREMPF.
WASHINGTON - WEBBER 7, GRANT 2, MURRAY 2, STRICKLAND, JACKSON.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: SEATTLE 8-21 (.381), D SCHREMPF 1-2, HAWKINS 1-6,
PAYTON 4-6, EHLO 0-2, PERKINS 2-5. WASHINGTON 11-30 (.367), GRANT 0-1,
WEBBER 1-1, STRICKLAND 0-1, JACKSON 3-6, MURRAY 4-12, WHITNEY 3-9.
TECHNICALS: SEATTLE - PAYTON, ILLEGAL DEFENSE, WASHINGTON - WHITNEY.
OFFICIALS: SEAN CORBIN, DAN CRAWFORD, TED BERNHARDT.
A - 18,756. T - 2:46.
SEATTLE (115) AT WASHINGTON (110) - FINAL IN 2ND OT
Gary Payton scored four of his season-high 31 points in the
second overtime and Shawn Kemp added a season-high 34 points as
the Seattle SuperSonics outlasted the Washington Bullets,
115-110, for their ninth straight victory.
Detlef Schrempf hit a baseline jumper 19 seconds into the second
overtime to give Seattle a 109-107 lead, and after pair of
misses by Washington, Payton made a turnaround jumper in the
lane, making it 111-107 with 2:56 left.
Washington's Tracy Murray missed a three-pointer and Juwan
Howard also missed a shot before Payton's driving layup with
2:03 to play gave the Sonics a 113-107 advantage. Chris Whitney
missed a three-pointer and Hersey Hawkins made a key steal on
Howard's pass during a 2-on-1 break.
"We never gave up and we kept fighting," Howard said. "We ran
out of steam in the end. We couldn't hit the shot."
Sam Perkins made two free throws with 7.8 seconds left to seal
Seattle's 10th victory in 12 games this season.
"We were very tired, we fought hard and we hung on," Seattle
coach George Karl said. "We had just enough to figure it out.
It wasn't very pretty, but it's a road win. I'm just glad we're
playing winning basketball, because we're not playing good
basketball."
Detlef Schrempf had 23 points and 15 rebounds for Seattle, which
has won 14 of the last 15 meetings with the Bullets.
"They had a lot of confidence, they kept making the
three-pointer and that made the game difficult," Kemp said.
"They made us beat them, we used our heads and played a simple
game in the end. We made some smart decisions down the stretch,
but we're still not playing well."
Chris Webber poured in a season-high 34 points on 15-of-24 from
the field and added 13 rebounds, five assists and seven blocks
for the Bullets, who have alternated wins and losses in their
last five contests.
"The best aspect of this game is that we saw a a lot of heart on
the court," Bullets coach Jim Lynam said. "We can play much
better than the three quarters though, our defense stuck
together in the second half, which gave us the confidence to
come back. We were just very tired at the end. Webber's
numbers are unbelievable, especially his seven blocks."
The Bullets trailed 92-76 with 5:18 remaining in regulation
before storming back with a 21-5 run to tie it, 97-97, and force
the extra session. Whitney made a pair of three-pointers and
had seven points and Webber added seven during the run.
Webber kept the Bullets going in the first overtime, scoring all
10 points. Kemp's layup with 57 seconds left in the first
overtime gave Seattle a 107-105 edge, but Webber dunked to tie
for the Bullets.
"I though I played a good game, but we came up short in the
end," Webber said. "They are a great team. Kemp was a player I
looked up to in college. He showed what he can do against us
tonight."
The Sonics had a chance to win with two seconds to go, but
Webber blocked Kemp's shot from the foul line.
Washington's Rod Strickland just missed a triple-double with 15
points, 11 rebounds and nine assists. Howard added 15 points
and 13 rebounds for the Bullets, who shot 39 percent (38-of-106)
from the field.
Washington played without center Gheorghe Muresan, who was
suffering from the flu.
nba.1633nba.news,
UTAH (113) AT LA LAKERS (97)
UTAH
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MALONE F 35 14-21 9-11 0 6 6 6 3 2 3 37
RUSSELL F 38 4-6 0-1 1 5 6 1 4 3 2 10
OSTERTAG C 29 5-7 0-0 0 9 9 1 6 0 0 10
HORNACEK G 31 4-9 4-4 0 4 4 5 2 0 1 12
STOCKTON G 37 5-8 5-5 0 2 2 13 5 3 2 16
EISLEY 11 1-1 7-8 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 9
FOSTER 7 1-4 3-4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5
CARR 20 4-7 0-0 1 3 4 3 2 1 2 8
MORRIS 9 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2
ANDERSON 17 1-4 2-3 2 5 7 2 2 0 0 4
KEEFE 5 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
WATSON 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 240 40-72 30-36 7 35 42 35 28 11 13 113
(.556) (.833) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 15(12 PTS)
LA LAKERS
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
CAMPBELL F 31 2-6 0-0 3 3 6 0 3 0 0 4
JONES F 41 7-19 0-0 1 4 5 3 1 2 4 16
ONEAL C 41 11-22 4-10 8 7 15 2 4 1 4 26
SCOTT G 16 1-8 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3
VAN EXEL G 36 6-13 6-8 0 1 1 11 2 0 2 20
KERSEY 15 2-5 5-6 2 1 3 0 5 1 0 9
FISHER 12 0-3 1-2 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 1
BRYANT 21 4-5 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 11
ROOKS 8 1-1 0-1 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 2
BLOUNT 11 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0
ROBINSON 5 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
KNIGHT 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 240 36-84 16-27 16 23 39 21 26 4 15 97
(.429) (.593) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 15(11 PTS)
UTAH 22 24 34 33 - 113
LA LAKERS 27 21 21 28 - 97
BLOCKED SHOTS: UTAH - OSTERTAG 3, CARR 2. LA LAKERS - ONEAL 4, BRYANT.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: UTAH 3-12 (.250), MALONE 0-1, RUSSELL 2-3, HORNACEK
0-3, STOCKTON 1-3, MORRIS 0-2. LA LAKERS 9-22 (.409), JONES 2-6, SCOTT
1-4, VAN EXEL 2-5, KERSEY 0-1, FISHER 0-2, BRYANT 3-3, ROBINSON 1-1.
TECHNICALS: UTAH - ILLEGAL DEFENSE, LA LAKERS - ILLEGAL DEFENSE 2, KERSEY.
OFFICIALS: JOE FORTE, MIKE SMITH, NOLAN FINE.
A - 16,122. T - 2:25.
UTAH (113) AT LA LAKERS (97)
Karl Malone scored a season-high 37 points, including 20 in the
third quarter, and John Stockton added 16 and 13 assists as the
Utah Jazz extended their winning streak to four games with a
113-97 defeat of the Los Angeles Lakers.
Malone made 8-of-8 shots from the field in the third period but
had just two points in a pivotal 15-4, third quarter run that
blew open a tied game. Malone was 10-of-10 overall in the
second half.
"Truly, it was an ugly first half," Malone said. "Neither team
seemed like they wanted to play. All of a sudden, we came out
in the second half and started to execute. It's kind of amazing
what a team can do when they play cohesively. These guys were
playing some good basketball before this. Then we came in and
showed them we can go with them."
Shaquille O'Neal led Los Angeles with 26 points and 13 rebounds
and Nick Van Exel added 20 points and 11 rebounds. The loss was
the first of the season for the Lakers at home and snapped their
three-game winning streak overall.
"Utah played a tremendous game," Lakers coach Del Harris said.
"Karl Malone seems never to run down. For us to have won
tonight, we would've had to play our best game of the year."
"I'm not going to make excuses. It's a long season. We played
well in the first half and then we came out kind of flat. They
hit a lot of shots in the second half."
The Lakers retired the number 25 of Hall of Famer Gail Goodrich
during halftime ceremonies. Among the luminaries who intended
the ceremony were Wilt Chamberlain, John Wooden, Walt Hazzard
and James Worthy.
O'Neal had 14 points in the first quarter as the Lakers raced to
a 27-22 lead. The Jazz used an 11-7 run midway through the
second quarter to take a 38-37 lead with a 5:43 to play.
"I thought he (O'Neal) was going to get 90 points the way he
started," said Jazz coach Jerry Sloan. "We started doubling Shaq
and that helped a little bit."
The game stayed tight and the Lakers knotted the score at 58
with 6:12 to play in the third. The Jazz then went on a 15-4
run, capped by a pair of free throws by Howard Eisley with 2:48
remaining. Jeff Hornacek added four free throws during the
stretch, which also included a laup by Greg Ostertag.
"It's a time that you make sure that everyone is aware that he's
(Malone) hot," said Stockton. "One guy doesn't win a game for
you, but when one player is hot, that opens things up for
everyone else."
The Lakers were unable to overcome the spurt and failed to shut
down the Jazz offense over the final 12 minutes.
nba.1634nba.news,
Olajuwon in hospital after irregular heartbeat
HOUSTON -- Houston center Hakeem Olajuwon remained in a hospital
Wednesday after being taken there with an irregular heartbeat during
the Rockets' 122-93 victory over Minnesota on Tuesday night. He will
be out of action five to seven days.
Olajuwon will remain in the hospital until Thursday. In a written
release, team spokesman Tim Frank said Olajuwon, "Underwent an
elective cardioversion early this morning. He responded well and his
heartbeat went back to normal cardiac rhythm."
Frank said Olajuwon will probably undergo an exercise stress test and
is expected to be out of action for five to seven days.
Olajuwon walked out of The Summit without help Tuesday night, and
the Rockets issued a statement saying Olajuwon's condition was not
believed serious.
Olajuwon, 33, scored 10 points in the first half, helping the Rockets
to a 71-48 lead. But he did not play in the second half and was taken
to Methodist Hospital during the third quarter.
He experienced an irregular heartbeat during the 1991-92 season, but
it returned to normal with the help of medication.
According to team spokesman Tim Frank, Olajuwon entered the locker
room at halftime and had a glass of water. As soon as he drank it, his
heart started feeling strange. He was examined by team doctors and
said he felt better, although his heart rate still had not returned to
normal.
Doctors suggested he undergo tests and Olajuwon was taken to the
hospital, where he underwent an EKG and further tests. A hospital
spokeswoman said Olajuwon cannot be discharged until his heart rate
returns to normal, which could be as early as Wednesday.
"He has atrial fibrillation, which is a type of arrhythmia," Frank
said Tuesday night. " (Former Rocket) Vernon Maxwell had this in 1993
and Hakeem had it at the beginning of the 1991 season. It is not
uncommon among athletes. They are going to treat it with medication
after they complete the test. As soon as his heartbeat returns to
normal, he'll be back on the floor."
Early in the 1991-92 season, Olajuwon had clotting problems and was
treated with blood thinners. He also wore an elastic sleeve on his leg
to improve circulation.
The Rockets host winless Phoenix on Thursday.
Olajuwon is an 11-time All-Star who won the Most Valuable Player award
in 1994 and led the Rockets to NBA championships in 1994 and 1995.
nba.1635nba.news,
Warriors G Coles out with broken right wrist
Golden State Warriors reserve point guard Bimbo Coles was placed on
the injured list today with a broken right wrist he suffered Tuesday
night.
Coles had nine points and four assists in 20 minutes before he was
hurt in the second half of a 112-109 home loss to the Los Angeles
Lakers. He will wear a cast for two weeks before being re-evaluated.
The 28-year-old Coles is averaging 5.2 points and 2.1 assists in 10
games this season. He was acquired in a trade with Miami last season
after spending five-plus seasons with the Heat. He entered the season
with career averages of 9.0 points and 4.4 assists.
The loss of Coles doesn't leave the Warriors short-handed. The club
has Mark Price as its starting point guard and reserve B.J. Armstrong
can also play the point.
To replace Coles on the roster, Golden State activated forward Lou Roe
from the injured list. Roe played his rookie season with the Detroit
Pistons before he was signed by the Warriors as a free agent during
the off-season. He had been sidelined with a strained right hamstring.
nba.1636nba.news,
Calipari, Nets owners argue contract clause
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (Nov 20, 1996 - 17:24 EST) -- Five days after
his first win as an NBA coach, New Jersey Nets coach John Calipari had
to think about what would happen if he were fired.
The former Massachusetts coach, who signed a five-year, $15 million
contract to become Nets coach and executive vice president, met with
team owners Tuesday to discuss a contract clause that would dictate
how much money Calipari would receive if he got fired.
The so-called offset clause, which was not in the original agreement,
says Calipari will receive the full balance of $15 million if he were
fired by the Nets, but would allow the team to deduct what Calipari
might earn in another coaching job.
Nets president Michael Rowe said the offset clause is standard in pro
basketball. Calipari said he doesn't understand why they are even
discussing the clause.
"If they want to fire me, they want to recoup some of their money if I
get another job," Calipari said. "That's what an offset is, it's about
being fired. And I'm like, why are we talking about this."
Rowe said if the Nets let Calipari go and he gets another job, he
could be receiving two checks at once, which would not be fair to the
Nets or to the ticket buyers. Rowe said he hopes they can resolve the
issue soon.
But Calipari said there is nothing to be resolved.
"I have an agreement and there's no offset in it," Calipari said.
Calipari denied speculation that he might be in line for the UCLA job,
where Jim Harrick was fired last week.
"I have a five-year deal," Calipari said, "and I have every
expectation to be here hopefully longer than that."
The Nets are 1-5 this season. Their lone win was a 105-99 victory over
the against the Denver Nuggets on Saturday.
nba.1637nba.news,
The flu makes its rounds
TORONTO (Nov 20, 1996 - 05:24 EST) -- Just as Detlef Schrempf started
to get over the flu, Craig Ehlo caught it.
Schrempf, who missed the Seattle SuperSonics' victory Sunday over
Vancouver with the stomach flu, returned to the starting lineup
Tuesday at Toronto and scored 17 points and had four rebounds in 34
minutes.
But he said he still doesn't feel 100 percent.
"I still feel weak," Schrempf said. "(Monday) night was the first meal
I'd had in two days. I didn't feel real good today, but I thought I'd
give it a try and see how it feels and it felt good enough."
But Ehlo missed the game after apparently contracting something
similar Tuesday morning. He missed the team's morning shootaround,
then stayed at the hotel for the game.
His status for the game Wednesday night at Washington is uncertain.
Schrempf, however, said Ehlo didn't appear to be as sick.
"At least he's not throwing up," Schrempf said.
Sonics coach George Karl said such sicknesses are why it's important
to have not only a talented bench, but a bench that understands the
nature of the 82-game NBA season.
"Injuries and sickness are going to happen," Karl said. "Our bench is
very ego-cooperative, if that's the correct term. They practice hard,
they want to play, they understand when they don't play why they don't
play.
"There is a good bond on the bench in that they have a lot of respect
for the players ahead of them, but they also enjoy the challenge to
play minutes."
SONICS FIGURED OUT?: Karl took a bit of umbrage to remarks attributed
to Vancouver guard Greg Anthony after the game Sunday in Seattle that
the Grizzlies and other NBA teams had figured out the Sonics' defense.
"Figure us out?" Karl asked with a smirk. "How many turnovers did they
have? How many points did they score?"
For the record, the Grizzlies lost the game, 91-81, and committed 26
turnovers as Seattle had a season-high 17 steals.
"(Teams) have said that before," Karl said. "Two years ago people said
if you have the time to prepare, you can figure it out. But I think
what you are seeing is our defense with a few more teams, so instead
of us being the exception playing pressure defense and rotating
defense and changing defenses, you are seeing six or seven teams in
the league doing what we do, which makes it easier to teach and
coach."
BIG MAC RETURNS: The game Wednesday night at Washington will be the
first for Sonics center Jim McIlvaine against his former Bullets
teammates. McIlvaine played in Washington his first two years before
signing with the Sonics as a free agent over the summer.
He remains close to several Bullets players and to coach Jim Lynam.
"It'll be nice to get back and see some of the guys and coaches,"
McIlvaine said. "I'm looking forward to playing them and seeing if we
can keep our winning streak rolling."
NOTES: Shawn Kemp fell two rebounds shy of having the fourth 20-point,
20-rebound game of his career. ... Doug Christie fell three points shy
of his career high, but somehow had only one assist despite playing
point guard for the majority of the 41 minutes he was in the game. ...
Newly signed Antonio Harvey saw his first action with the Sonics in
the first half, scoring four points in four minutes. ... The 12 points
Toronto scored in the second quarter was the fewest allowed by Seattle
in a quarter this season. ... The Sonics are 4-0 when playing the
second game in two nights, and were 17-5 in such situations last year.
nba.1638nba.news,
Raptors try to lose 'second-half' reputation
TORONTO (Nov 20, 1996 - 17:24 EST) -- Coach Darrell Walker heads to
the Toronto Raptors' bench each game never knowing what he's about to
see.
Will it be the team that beat the Los Angeles Lakers? Or the one that
shot 23 percent in a half against the Seattle SuperSonics? How about a
running, pressing, trapping, emotional bunch? Or a listless, lifeless,
unenthusiastic group just going through the motions?
"You never know who's going to show up," an agitated Walker said after
the latest look at the team's dual personalities in a 106-98 loss to
the SuperSonics Tuesday night.
The Raptors made only 3 of 23 shots in the second quarter of the
Seattle game and that wasn't the worst of it. From the opening tip,
the team looked as if it didn't care -- mystified on offense,
disinterested on defense and playing about as well as an average CBA
team.
The third-quarter -- after some well-chosen halftime words from Walker
-- was different. Doug Christie set a franchise record with 20 points
that quarter and the Raptors whittled a 25-point deficit to 10 while
playing with some spark.
Toronto's biggest problem has been terrible starts. Despite some
inspired play from Damon Stoudamire, rookie Marcus Camby and, at
times, Christie and Walt Williams, the Raptors are just not good
enough to come from behind every game.
While every game includes a Toronto run that makes things interesting,
it usually sets them up for another of the tough losses that have been
the team's trademark. They're known for playing tough against good
teams, which keeps fans interested, and they're good enough to beat
marginal teams.
"The majority of our games this year we've come out flat and I don't
know why," forward Carlos Rogers said. "(General manager) Isiah
(Thomas) said we're afraid to win. When we get way down, we come back,
but that's because we've got nothing to lose except losing by more.
"Until we get to the point where we can come out strong, they'll be
calling us the Second-half Raptors."
The inconsistency wears on Walker, whose sideline gyrations often are
an attempt to provide energy by osmosis. Watching players loaf rankles
him terribly.
"I was not going to be a cheerleader for a group like that," he said
after a subdued first-half Tuesday. "If you don't have enough pride to
get out there and go after it ... I just don't know."
nba.1639nba.news,
Commission approves proposed new Hawks arena
ATLANTA (Nov 20, 1996 - 19:24 EST) -- A new downtown sports arena for
the Atlanta Hawks and a possible NHL expansion team was approved by a
6-1 vote Wednesday of Fulton County commissioners.
"There's no question that this major economic development will be a
benefit to downtown Atlanta," said Commissioner Gordon Joyner.
The arena will be built at a cost estimated at $210 million by Turner
Broadcasting System Inc., which owns the Hawks and is applying for a
hockey franchise.
The Atlanta City Council and Atlanta-Fulton County Recreation
Authority also have approved the plan.
Commission chairman Mitch Skandalakis, while going along with the
plan, criticized a key financial provision.
Skandalakis said all of the proceeds from a 3 percent car-rental tax
approved by the Legislature should go toward paying for more than $60
million in improvements around the arena.
As written, the deal allows the city of Atlanta to use excess revenue
for other purposes, such as to promote industry, trade, commerce and
tourism. That could amount to more than $500,000 a year.
"I think it's dishonest," Skandalakis said at a news conference
Tuesday, adding that the money could go into a "city sinkhole."
Steven Labovitz, Atlanta's chief negotiator on the arena deal,
defended the car-rental agreement, saying it conforms with the law
authorizing the tax. Labovitz said there should be plenty of money to
pay for the repair of the public improvements around the arena.
TBS will pay $300,000 annually into a capital repair fund for
improvements such as parking, walkways and plazas.
nba.1640nba.news,
Olajuwon's heartbeat returns to normal
HOUSTON (Nov 20, 1996 - 19:24 EST) -- Although Hakeem Olajuwon's
heartbeat was back to normal Wednesday, the Houston Rockets' center
remained hospitalized as doctors performed further tests.
Olajuwon developed an irregular heartbeat after drinking a glass of
cold water at halftime Tuesday night.
He was given medication to try to stabilize his heart, but when that
was not successful, doctors used a defibrillator Wednesday to shock
his heart back to normal, said Dr. Bruce Moseley, a team physician.
Moseley said Olajuwon, 33, could be released from The Methodist
Hospital within the next day or so, depending on test results.
Team officials expected Olajuwon to be sidelined for five to seven
days.
The abnormal rhythm, or arrhythmia, appears similar to the irregular
heartbeat he had in 1991, Moseley said.
"It resolved and he did well, and we hope it's going to do the same
thing this time," Moseley said.
Doctors were optimistic further tests would show no problems. They do
not believe the reoccurrence stems from any degeneration or
abnormality of the heart.
"Barring unusual findings in further tests, we hope and expect that
this will resolve and that he will go on and do very well," Moseley
said.
Moseley described the superstar center in "reasonably good" spirits
Wednesday.
"He was feeling a whole lot better now that his rhythm was back to
normal," said Moseley, describing the irregularity as a "disconcerting
feeling."
Moseley said it was not known when Olajuwon would return to the court,
but that doctors would have a better idea Thursday.
"We don't want him to feel like we're rushing him back," Moseley said.
"We're going to take all the usual precautions, if anything, err on
the side of being conservative because this isn't anything to fool
around with."
He also said that doctors could not rule out that it might not occur
again. He said it's not really known why such arrhythmia occurs, and
that there is no medicine to control the heartbeat.
"Generally once it goes back to normal rhythm, it's back," said
Moseley, who at times reminded reporters that he is an orthopedic
surgeon and that heart specialists were treating Olajuwon. "Generally,
you can just get back and going again. But the main thing is you do it
gradually."
At one point as Moseley discussed Olajuwon's condition after the
Rockets' practice, Charles Barkley played at reporter, taking a
microphone to question the doctor.
Barkley jokingly wondered if Olajuwon's problem had anything to do
with "Shaqitis," because the Rockets would soon face the Los Angeles
Lakers and Shaquille O'Neal.
"Is there something you could give him for that?" Barkley asked.
"Ain't there some type of pill for Shaqitis?"
Olajuwon had scored 10 points and five rebounds before halftime in the
Rockets' 122-93 victory Tuesday over the Timberwolves.
His past medical conditions have included anemia at the end of the
1994-95 championship season, as well as hospitalization for a blood
clot in his left leg before the 1990-91 season. The clot was dissolved
by blood thinners.
nba.1641nba.news,
To Fitch, losses are relative
LOS ANGELES -- He has coached more games than anyone in NBA history.
He's fourth on the all-time victory list and a two-time coach of the
year. He currently coaches one of the most unsuccessful franchises in
NBA history in the Los Angeles Clippers.
But Bill Fitch's legacy is his ability to resuscitate, rehabilitate
and rejuvenate teams in critical condition.
Last season, he became the league's all-time losingest coach, passing
Dick Motta (965). With one more loss, he'll achieve another dubious
distinction -- 1,000 career losses.
"He gets a kick out of looking at something when everybody else is
throwing their hands up and discarding it," said Clippers forward Loy
Vaught. "And he likes to come in and say 'Well, I'm the one guy that
can do it.'"
There are other theories behind Fitch's reasoning.
"I think he likes being the underdog," said Suns coach Danny Ainge,
who played under Fitch with the Celtics.
"I think people see him as a survivor," said Bulls coach Phil Jackson.
"He's a guy that comes in and puts vitality into an organization."
Despite the high praise from his peers, Fitch isn't too proud of being
the NBA's all-time losingest coach.
"I try to keep that a secret," Fitch said.
With a record like his, though, the secret is out. But even the NBA's
winningest coach respects Fitch more for his victories than the
defeats.
"People say that he's lost a lot of games, but he's coached a lot of
games," said Hawks coach Lenny Wilkens. "He's won with talent that a
lot of other guys wouldn't take."
Sure, Fitch has coached Larry Bird, but he's also had Matt Fish. He
helped shape Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon, but more often he has s
lived the nightmare.
The long and losing road
His NBA career began in Cleveland with perhaps the worst expansion
team in history. The Cavaliers won just 15 games in 1970, for a .183
winning percentage.
"That was dark," Fitch recalled. "When you lose 15 out of 16 and then
go into a slump, that's dark."
However, five seasons later, Fitch led the Cavs to a division title.
In 1979, he inherited a Celtics team that had won a total of 61 games
the previous two years. The Celts won that many in Fitch's first
season. One year later they won the NBA title. Granted, Fitch's
arrival in Boston also coincided with Bird's rookie season.
Houston won only 14 games the year before hiring Fitch. In his third
season (and Olajuwon's second) the Rockets were in the NBA Finals.
The Davenport, Iowa, native's next stop landed him in New Jersey. In
his third season there, he led the Nets to their first playoff
appearance in five years.
Then, after a two-year absence from the league, he retired his fishing
line for the Clippers job -- one that many of his peers would have
likely thrown back.
Fitch explained why he keeps coming back: "Someone has to do it."
As easy as Fitch makes it sound, that's not something everybody else
could handle or even understand.
"He understood that he's going to be on the losing end of things for a
few years," said Jackson, who played for Fitch at the University of
North Dakota. "He understood what it was like to lose. He can live
with it. That's the tough thing about this game. I don't think I could
live with losing."
"I can't comprehend the 1,000 losses," Ainge said. "I can't comprehend
that at all. First of all, I think in today's age you'd be fired eight
times before you got 1,000 losses."
Dealing with losing
There were times in Cleveland when Fitch thought his team would never
get in the win column.
"There was a time in Cleveland when we were zip and 15, I was
beginning to think, 'Has anybody ever gone through this league 0-82?'"
he said.
Fitch is the only coach in league history to lose 15 or more
consecutive games with two different teams. He lost 15 straight with
the Cavaliers in 1970 and his first 16 with the Clippers in 1994.
Fortunately or unfortunately for Fitch, there were nearly 900 losses
in-between. That could explain why he doesn't agonize about even the
toughest defeats now, the way he did as a young coach.
"Coming in, I can remember that first year in Cleveland," Fitch
recalled. "You could find a room to go and cry or go lay down in the
closet. You had to stay away from all sharp objects and ropes and the
curb because you could hang yourself. It really gets frustrating."
"He doesn't really get out of control, but you can see a lot of fury
in his eyes and sometimes he'll grab his hair," Vaught said. "You can
tell he's upset, but he doesn't just flat-out lose it."
Just because he can handle losing better now, that doesn't mean he
likes it. It also doesn't mean the losses don't still upset him.
"I played for Bill for two years and I saw how tough losses were for
him," Wilkens said.
"The guy has lost 1,000 games in the NBA," said Jackson. "He must know
somewhat of how to take it, absorb it, relate to it and then direct a
team from that position."
Fitch takes no pride in being the first to lose 1,000 games. But he
still seems to get a kick out of taking his Davids and whipping your
Goliaths. That's a marketable skill in just about any era.
"My definition of a special coach is one who's still employed," said
Fitch. "It's tough to do when you're losing all the time.
"I'm still doing what I like to do," Fitch said.
But this year he's doing something new -- he's winning. Through the
first two weeks of this season, Fitch has the woeful Clippers in the
thick of a potential playoff run. If he can somehow get this team to
the postseason, his reputation as a resuscitator might overshadow his
record for losing.
nba.1642nba.news,
Maloney: Unlikely hero for Rockets
When Brent Price broke his arm during the preseason, he also broke the
Houston Rockets' hearts. He certainly isn't the Rockets' best or most
valuable player, but his performance was arguably the most critical
toward their success this season.
After obtaining Charles Barkley to join Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde
Drexler, the Rockets felt they had the stars necessary to make a
potential run at an NBA title, if Price could handle the point. With
Price out for at least the season's first three months, Houston seemed
doomed for a poor start. However, they jumped out to the West
Conference's best record at 9-1, thanks largely to the most unlikely
of sources -- Matt Maloney.
The 6-foot-3 guard's game might not receive much recognition,
especially on a team with three superstars. But he's started every
game, leads the team in three-pointers made and ranks second in
assists.
"There's a toughness," said Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich. "He won't
back down from anybody and he's solid."
From Ivy League to CBA to NBA, Maloney has shown he has the stuff hoop
dreams are made of. Last season, after averaging 12.1 ppg and 5.5 apg,
and hitting over 40 percent of his three-point attempts, he was named
to the CBA's All-Rookie second team. Maloney has gone from obscurity
in Grand Rapids to starting guard in Houston.
And for a 24-year-old, the former Ivy League player of the year has
shown enough poise in the early going to earn the respect of his
veteran teammates.
"He may be a quiet and unassuming kid off the court, but you can tell
that if you get a basketball in his hand, he shows confidence," said
Rockets forward Charles Barkley.
Swingman Mario Elie added: "He's so calm for a kid. I mean for
starting on one of the best teams, he's so calm and casual like it's
not really phasing him."
For any former CBA player, getting a shot in the NBA is an
opportunity. For Matt Maloney, starting next to three future Hall of
Famers, especially Barkley -- whom he knew as a youngster when Barkley
was with the Sixers -- is a dream.
"It's something that I never thought I'd do when I was little,"
Maloney said. "But as I grew up, and he stayed in the league and
didn't retire, I think my chances grew. And I'm fortunate to be on
this team now. Hopefully I can be a part of a team that won a
championship with him."
No preparation for tragedy
Preparation has always served Maloney well. From his collegiate days
marshaling the Penn Quaker offense, to his CBA perseverance, to his
NBA experience, Matt Maloney has always been prepared for what's
challenged him on the basketball floor.
But nothing could have prepared him for what happened off of it on May
3, 1996.
"It was something that I would never want to go through again," he
said. "It came up so sudden that I had no time to prepare for it."
That was the day his father Jim, an assistant coach for John Chaney at
Temple University, died. He was driving his car just outside of
Philadelphia when he suffered a fatal heart attack -- exactly one week
before Matt was to try out with the Rockets.
"Once I heard the news, I broke down," Maloney said. "I pretty much
had no control over myself for awhile and pretty much denied it and
wished that it had not happened."
But it did happen. And Maloney did attend his tryout. And despite the
tragedy, he performed well enough to make the team.
"That was a very, very tough deal for him to be even thinking of
basketball," Tomjanovich said.
"This was something he'd want me to do and do wholeheartedly," Maloney
said. "I pretty much went out and just said I want to make him proud."
Jim Maloney's dream was to be there when his son finally fulfilled a
dream of an NBA career. Spiritually, he is.
"It was something we wanted to accomplish," Maloney said. "And the
fact that he's not here to see it is kind of discouraging. But I
believe he's up there watching.
"I just want to carry on really his legacy, and if I can do it on and
off the court the way he's done it throughout his life, then I'll be
very pleased."
nba.1643seki,
Ako niste gledali sinoc Nikse protiv Hornetsa, veceras obavezno
pogledajte i obratite paznju na bradatog momka u belom dresu sa brojem
12. Taj momak je od cuvenog centra Patrika Juinga pravio majmuna (koji
uzgred, budi receno, i lici na majmuna). Radio je sta je hteo,
poentirao kad je bilo najpotrebnije i bio zasluzeno proglasen za
igraca utakmice.
Bravo, care, samo tako nastavi.
Ognjen
nba.1645superhik,
NBA.com SPECIAL DELIVERY - SPECIAL EDITION
~ November 20, 1996 ~
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Greetings from NBA.com! This mid-week edition of Special Delivery is
to alert you that the Doctor is in - Dr. J., that is - and ready to
answer your questions in a live chat tomorrow.
In both the ABA and the NBA, Julius "Dr. J." Erving set a high
standard with his mid-air spins, high-flying acrobatics and powerful
slam dunks. After winning two ABA championships and three ABA Most
Valuable Player awards as a member of the New York Nets, Erving
played for NBA's Philadelphia 76ers for 11 seasons, during which he
earned 11 All-Star appearances and was twice named the game's MVP.
In addition, Erving was a five-time All-NBA First Team selection,
two-time All-Second Team selection and finished his professional
career with over 30,000 combined ABA/NBA points. In 1983, Erving
brought Philadelphia its first NBA championship in 16 seasons, as the
Sixers defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in a four game sweep.
Dalje (Da/Ne/Bez pauze/Sledeća)?
One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History and the spokesman for
the NBA at 50 campaign, Erving will answer fan questions in a live
chat on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. ET.
Find the chat from the home page: http://www.nba.com
Also on Thursday, test your knowledge of NBA players past and present
as the NBA at 50 "Guess the Greats" trivia game begins. The better
you do, the better your chances are of winning cool NBA at 50 prizes.
Brush up on your NBA history and get ready to play!
nba.1646vitez.koja,
-> #1643, seki#=> Ako niste gledali sinoc Nikse protiv Hornetsa, veceras obavezno
#=> pogledajte i obratite paznju na bradatog momka u belom dresu sa
#=> brojem 12.
Ako možete pogledajte samo 3. i 4. četvrtinu :)
sk
nba.1647vpoznanovic,
Thursday, November 21
Atlanta at Milwaukee 73:65
Charlotte at Indiana 90:87
Chicago at Denver 110:92
Cleveland at Toronto 89:81
Golden State at Utah 104:109
L.A. Clippers at Dallas 94:105
Minnesota at Orlando 86:90
New Jersey at Detroit 88:96
Phoenix at Houston 105:115
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ATLANTA 21 15 24 13 73
MILWAUKEE 15 14 21 15 65 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: ATL - CHRISTIAN LAETTNER 21, DIKEMBE MUTOMBO 17, ELDRIDGE
RECASNER 13
MIL - ARMON GILLIAM 13, RAY ALLEN 13, SHERMAN DOUGLAS 13
HIGH REBOUND: ATL - CHRISTIAN LAETTNER 12, DIKEMBE MUTOMBO 11
MIL - ARMON GILLIAM 11, TWO PLAYERS WITH 7
HIGH ASSISTS: ATL - ELDRIDGE RECASNER 4, CHRISTIAN LAETTNER 3
MIL - GLENN ROBINSON 4, SHERMAN DOUGLAS 4
ATT: 14,698
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CHARLOTTE 29 24 21 16 90
INDIANA 15 25 28 19 87 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: CHA - DELL CURRY 25, ANTHONY MASON 20, GLEN RICE 20
IND - DUANE FERRELL 16, TRAVIS BEST 15, REGGIE MILLER 12
HIGH REBOUND: CHA - VLADE DIVAC 15, ANTHONY MASON 9
IND - ANTONIO DAVIS 9, DALE DAVIS 9
HIGH ASSISTS: CHA - ANTHONY MASON 6, VLADE DIVAC 4
IND - REGGIE MILLER 7, TRAVIS BEST 5
ATT: 13,853
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CHICAGO 27 25 29 29 110
DENVER 24 21 19 28 92 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: CHI - MICHAEL JORDAN 31, SCOTTIE PIPPEN 16, TONI KUKOC 12
DEN - BRYANT STITH 20, ANTONIO MCDYESS 16, DALE ELLIS 12
HIGH REBOUND: CHI - THREE PLAYERS WITH 7
DEN - ANTONIO MCDYESS 11, TOM HAMMONDS 10
HIGH ASSISTS: CHI - DENNIS RODMAN 5, SCOTTIE PIPPEN 5
DEN - MARK JACKSON 8, ERIC MURDOCK 6
ATT: 17,171
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEVELAND 29 19 16 25 89
TORONTO 15 20 23 23 81 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: CLE - CHRIS MILLS 21, BOBBY PHILLS 19, DANNY FERRY 12
TOR - DAMON STOUDAMIRE 24, MARCUS CAMBY 19, DOUG CHRISTIE
17
HIGH REBOUND: CLE - DANNY FERRY 7, TYRONE HILL 7
TOR - ACIE EARL 8, POPEYE JONES 6
HIGH ASSISTS: CLE - CHRIS MILLS 5, BOBBY PHILLS 5
TOR - DAMON STOUDAMIRE 6, WALT WILLIAMS 5
ATT: 16,835
NBA FINAL IN OT 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- --- -----
GOLDEN STATE 22 27 29 18 8 104
UTAH 24 34 22 16 13 109 FINAL IN 1ST OT
HIGH SCORERS: GSW - LATRELL SPREWELL 32, JOE SMITH 18, MARK PRICE 17
UTH - KARL MALONE 33, JEFF HORNACEK 30, JOHN STOCKTON 12
HIGH REBOUND: GSW - JOE SMITH 14, TWO PLAYERS WITH 7
UTH - KARL MALONE 13, GREG OSTERTAG 9
HIGH ASSISTS: GSW - LATRELL SPREWELL 5, TWO PLAYERS WITH 3
UTH - JOHN STOCKTON 15, KARL MALONE 5
ATT: 18,889
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
LA CLIPPERS 25 25 17 27 94
DALLAS 23 34 26 22 105 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: LAC - MALIK SEALY 15, RODNEY ROGERS 14, LAMOND MURRAY 14
DAL - CHRIS GATLING 27, JIM JACKSON 23, TWO PLAYERS WITH 12
HIGH REBOUND: LAC - LOY VAUGHT 11, RODNEY ROGERS 7
DAL - CHRIS GATLING 9, OLIVER MILLER 8
HIGH ASSISTS: LAC - POOH RICHARDSON 8, KEVIN DUCKWORTH 6
DAL - JASON KIDD 9, JIM JACKSON 4
ATT: 13,510
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MINNESOTA 36 19 15 16 86
ORLANDO 17 28 21 24 90 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: MIN - TOM GUGLIOTTA 19, KEVIN GARNETT 17, STEPHON MARBURY
14
ORL - NICK ANDERSON 22, HORACE GRANT 14, BRIAN SHAW 11
HIGH REBOUND: MIN - TOM GUGLIOTTA 6, KEVIN GARNETT 6
ORL - HORACE GRANT 14, DEREK STRONG 8
HIGH ASSISTS: MIN - TERRY PORTER 6, TOM GUGLIOTTA 5
ORL - BRIAN SHAW 5, DARRELL ARMSTRONG 4
ATT: 17,248
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW JERSEY 26 24 19 19 88
DETROIT 31 25 18 22 96 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: NJN - JAYSON WILLIAMS 24, KENDALL GILL 18, KERRY KITTLES 15
DET - JOE DUMARS 23, GRANT HILL 17, LINDSEY HUNTER 15
HIGH REBOUND: NJN - JAYSON WILLIAMS 18, KENDALL GILL 8
DET - GRANT HILL 8, OTIS THORPE 8
HIGH ASSISTS: NJN - ROBERT PACK 9, KERRY KITTLES 6
DET - GRANT HILL 9, STACEY AUGMON 3
ATT: 14,753
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
PHOENIX 22 21 24 38 105
HOUSTON 23 26 31 35 115 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: PHO - SAM CASSELL 25, REX CHAPMAN 16, STEVE NASH 14
HOU - CHARLES BARKLEY 20, KEVIN WILLIS 19, MARIO ELIE 18
HIGH REBOUND: PHO - AC GREEN 8, JOE KLEINE 7
HOU - CHARLES BARKLEY 16, KEVIN WILLIS 12
HIGH ASSISTS: PHO - STEVE NASH 7, REX CHAPMAN 5
HOU - CHARLES BARKLEY 7, MARIO ELIE 6
ATT: 16,285
nba.1648nba.news,
ATLANTA (73) AT MILWAUKEE (65)
ATLANTA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
CORBIN F 36 2-6 0-1 0 4 4 0 3 3 3 4
LAETTNER F 42 7-18 7-9 2 10 12 3 4 0 3 21
MUTOMBO C 45 7-14 3-8 5 6 11 1 5 0 2 17
BARRY G 32 4-8 3-4 1 5 6 1 4 1 2 11
RECASNER G 46 5-10 2-2 1 5 6 4 2 1 2 13
BOYCE 18 3-7 1-2 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 7
NEWBILL 6 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
NORMAN 15 0-6 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 0
ALSTON DNP - COACH'S DECISION
BURTON DNP - COACH'S DECISION
BLAYLOCK DNP - SORE RIGHT ANKLE
SMITH DNP - SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE
TOTALS 240 28-69 16-26 10 33 43 9 24 6 14 73
(.406) (.615) TEAM REBS: 16 TOTAL TO: 14(14 PTS)
MILWAUKEE
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
GILLIAM F 43 4-17 5-5 3 8 11 0 4 1 1 13
ROBINSON F 44 4-20 1-3 4 3 7 4 2 1 2 9
WOLF C 11 0-0 1-2 0 4 4 1 3 0 1 1
ALLEN G 38 6-13 0-0 2 5 7 3 2 0 2 13
DOUGLAS G 34 5-10 2-3 3 3 6 4 2 3 1 13
TOWER 19 1-3 1-4 0 3 3 0 5 1 0 3
PERRY 7 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2
NEWMAN 28 2-7 0-0 2 0 2 0 3 2 1 4
WOOD 9 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
RESPERT 7 2-4 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
BAKER DNP - SORE RIGHT HIP
HANCOCK DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 26-78 11-18 14 27 41 13 23 8 10 65
(.333) (.611) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 10(9 PTS)
ATLANTA 21 15 24 13 - 73
MILWAUKEE 15 14 21 15 - 65
BLOCKED SHOTS: ATLANTA - MUTOMBO 8. MILWAUKEE - GILLIAM, ROBINSON, WOLF,
NEWMAN, WOOD.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: ATLANTA 1-11 (.091), CORBIN 0-2, LAETTNER 0-2, BARRY
0-3, RECASNER 1-2, NORMAN 0-2. MILWAUKEE 2-17 (.118), ROBINSON 0-4, ALLEN
1-5, DOUGLAS 1-2, NEWMAN 0-2, WOOD 0-2, RESPERT 0-2.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: ED F RUSH, JOE CRAWFORD, JIM CAPERS.
A - 14,698. T - 2:00.
ATLANTA (73) AT MILWAUKEE (65)
Christian Laettner scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and
Dikembe Mutombo came within two blocks of a triple-double as the
Atlanta Hawks held the Milwaukee Bucks to the worst offensive
performance in franchise history in handing them their first
home loss, 73-65.
Mutombo had 17 points, 11 rebounds and eight blocked shots for
the Hawks, who snapped a four-game road losing streak. Eldridge
Recasner scored 11 of his 13 points in the first half for
Atlanta, which won despite going without a field goal over the
final six minutes.
"Dikembe Mutombo was a great force for us," said Atlanta coach
Lenny Wilkens. "The other guys worked their rear ends off.
Dikembe gives us a legitimate big guy in the middle. He is a
defensive force and anything he gets offensively is a plus."
Armon Gilliam, Ray Allen and Sherman Douglas each scored 11
points for Milwaukee. The Bucks shot a woeful 33.3 percent
(26-of-78) from the field. Glenn Robinson was only 4-for-20 for
nine points and Gilliam was nearly as inaccurate, hitting
4-of-17 shots.
"We were ice cold out there," said Gilliam. "In the second half,
I was the coldest one on the court. We had good shots we
normally make. We beat ourselves tonight, but we have to let it
go."
Milwaukee again played without forward Vin Baker, who has missed
the last three games with a strained right hip. The Bucks'
previous scoring low was 69 in a November 28th, 1975 loss to
Chicago.
"It's an adjustment for us when Vin Baker is out of the lineup,"
said Robinson. "I'll be happy when he gets back into the lineup
so we can get things rolling again."
The Hawks led by as many as 12 points several times, but Allen
had five points in a 6-0 run that cut the margin to 69-65 with
1:18 remaining. That's as close as the Bucks would get, however.
Recasner and Laettner each hit a pair of free throws in the
final 17 seconds to close out the scoring.
"It may not have been pretty, but we won the game," said
Recasner. "We've got three guys out and we have to play tough."
Atlanta was without its starting backcourt of Mookie Blaylock
and Steve Smith. Blaylock has been troubled by a sore right
ankle and Smith has missed six straight games with a sprained
right ankle.
nba.1649nba.news,
CHARLOTTE (90) AT INDIANA (87)
CHARLOTTE
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
RICE F 46 7-16 1-2 1 3 4 1 3 1 0 20
MASON F 45 7-16 6-7 3 6 9 6 3 4 2 20
DIVAC C 37 3-8 3-9 4 11 15 4 5 1 3 9
BOGUES G 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
CURRY G 45 8-20 5-6 0 4 4 3 3 3 3 25
GOLDWIRE 34 3-7 5-6 1 6 7 2 0 0 4 12
GEIGER 8 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
DELK 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
ROSE 8 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
SMITH 8 1-4 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
BURRELL DNP - COACH'S DECISION
ZIDEK DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 29-71 21-32 12 30 42 20 17 11 13 90
(.408) (.656) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 16(13 PTS)
INDIANA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
D DAVIS F 36 2-5 0-0 1 8 9 0 3 1 2 4
MCKEY F 29 2-7 1-2 1 2 3 4 1 1 0 5
DAMPIER C 14 3-8 2-2 3 0 3 0 4 0 1 8
MILLER G 32 5-17 0-0 2 4 6 7 2 0 2 12
BEST G 38 5-12 4-4 1 6 7 5 3 2 4 15
A DAVIS 30 5-8 0-2 1 8 9 1 4 0 2 10
ASKEW 18 4-5 1-2 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 9
ROSE 16 2-5 4-6 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 8
FERRELL 17 7-8 1-2 1 1 2 0 3 0 2 16
ALLEN 10 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0
HOIBERG DNP - COACH'S DECISION
SCOTT DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 35-77 13-20 10 32 42 25 24 5 14 87
(.455) (.650) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 14(14 PTS)
CHARLOTTE 29 24 21 16 - 90
INDIANA 15 25 28 19 - 87
BLOCKED SHOTS: CHARLOTTE - DIVAC 3, RICE. INDIANA - A DAVIS 3, D DAVIS 2.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: CHARLOTTE 11-17 (.647), RICE 5-6, CURRY 4-8, GOLDWIRE
1-1, SMITH 1-2. INDIANA 4-11 (.364), MILLER 2-7, BEST 1-2, ROSE 0-1,
FERRELL 1-1.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: MIKE CALLAHAN, DICK BAVETTA, WOODY MAYFIELD.
A - 13,853. T - 2:17.
CHARLOTTE (90) AT INDIANA (87)
Dell Curry scored 25 points and Anthony Goldwire made four free
throws in the final 10 seconds as the Charlotte Hornets defeated
the Indiana Pacers, 90-87, for their second straight win.
Glen Rice and Anthony Mason each added 20 points and Goldwire
finished with 12 points for Charlotte, which improved to 2-3 on
the road and posted its first win at Indiana in six trips. Vlade
Divac grabbed 15 rebounds, while Mason contributed nine rebounds
and six assists.
"I'm just trying to find different things to do," Hornets coach
Dave Cowens said. "They couldn't tie the game up and we hung
tough and won a real tough game on the road."
"I wanted to prove a point that when I'm on the floor, good
things can happen," said Rice, who was starting after being
forced to come off the bench for missing a meeting. "We were
very patient on offense, but when they picked up their defensive
pressure they got kind of sloppy. The biggest difference was the
type of aggressivenes on the defensive end."
Duane Ferrell scored 16 points, Travis Best added 15 and Reggie
Miller was held to 12 on 5-for-17 shooting for Indiana (3-7),
which fell to 1-3 at home. Antonio Davis and Dale Davis each
grabbed nine rebounds and Miller handed out seven assists for
the Pacers, who squandered seven chances to tie or grab the lead
in the fourth quarter.
"I think the problem that we have aside from Ferrell, Jalen
(Rose) or Vincent (Askew) is that when we post up we can't get a
shot," Pacers coach Larry Brown said. "I like our team and the
potential, but I don't like a lack of leadership effort or
mental toughness."
The Pacers once again played without center Rik Smits, who will
not play his first game of the season for at least two to three
more weeks after recovering from surgery on both feet.
"I felt really good out there tonight, but we need Rik Smits
back really bad," Ferrell added. "Our defense was good tonight.
Any time you keep a team under 100 points, you should win. Our
big challenge is to be real consistent and stop digging holes
that are tough to get out of. Good teams will not let you do
that."
The Pacers lost at home to the Hornets for the first time since
November 16th, 1993.
Antonio Davis' 13-footer with 37 seconds left lifted Indiana
within 86-84. But Goldwire made two free throws with 10 seconds
to go as Charlotte regained its four-point lead.
Ferrell drilled a three-pointer with 3.1 seconds remaining to
pull the Pacers within 88-87, but Goldwire followed with two
more from the line for a 90-87 advantage with 1.3 seconds to go.
The Pacers were unable to get a shot off in time as the inbounds
pass intended for Miller deflected off a defender's back.
The Hornets almost blew a 16-point lead. After Tony Smith
drilled a three-pointer to give Charlotte a 56-40 bulge one
minute into the third quarter, rookie Erick Dampier made a layup
to ignite a 13-5 Pacers' run. Miller had five points in the
spurt, including a running jumper to close the deficit to 61-53
midway through the third quarter.
Rice and Mason scored 11 and 10 points, respectively, in the
first quarter as the Hornets took a 29-15 lead. Charlotte
settled for a 53-40 halftime edge behind Rice's 17 points.
Divac was held to nine points -- he missed six of nine free
throws -- but blocked three shots for the Hornets, who hit just
41 percent from the field (29-of-71), despite hitting 11-of-17
from three-point range.
"Divac has good hands, but I wish he would make more free
throws," Cowens suggested.
Antonio Davis scored 10 points for the Pacers, who were
13-for-20 from the free-throw line.
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CHICAGO (110) AT DENVER (92)
CHICAGO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
PIPPEN F 36 6-14 3-6 1 3 4 5 2 2 2 16
RODMAN F 27 2-2 0-0 4 3 7 5 3 0 3 4
LONGLEY C 14 3-4 0-0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 6
JORDAN G 34 12-23 7-7 4 3 7 3 2 2 2 31
HARPER G 21 4-8 3-6 0 4 4 1 2 2 0 11
CAFFEY 15 2-2 7-14 3 2 5 0 2 0 1 11
KERR 22 3-6 2-2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 9
KUKOC 27 3-8 6-10 0 7 7 3 3 1 4 12
BUECHLER 13 0-3 0-2 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 0
WENNINGTON 19 3-7 0-0 0 4 4 1 4 0 1 6
BROWN 12 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 4
PARISH DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 40-81 28-47 15 31 46 21 25 8 14 110
(.494) (.596) TEAM REBS: 18 TOTAL TO: 15(13 PTS)
DENVER
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
D ELLIS F 40 5-18 1-2 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 12
MCDYESS F 31 5-19 6-8 5 6 11 2 6 1 2 16
JOHNSON C 16 2-4 0-0 1 3 4 0 3 0 2 4
JACKSON G 28 1-4 0-0 2 2 4 8 2 1 3 3
STITH G 37 4-11 11-12 3 5 8 2 3 2 0 20
HAMMONDS 26 4-5 0-0 3 7 10 0 5 0 1 8
L THOMPSON 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
HAM 10 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 6 1 0 2
MARCIULIONIS 26 3-13 3-4 1 4 5 1 4 1 2 10
MURDOCK 13 2-5 3-4 0 2 2 6 1 2 2 7
MCINNIS 5 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
B THOMPSON 5 2-4 2-2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 7
TOTALS 240 30-87 26-32 16 32 48 20 34 11 16 92
(.345) (.813) TEAM REBS: 11 TOTAL TO: 16(19 PTS)
CHICAGO 27 25 29 29 - 110
DENVER 24 21 19 28 - 92
BLOCKED SHOTS: CHICAGO - PIPPEN, LONGLEY, JORDAN, KUKOC, WENNINGTON,
BROWN. DENVER - MCDYESS 3, STITH, MURDOCK.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: CHICAGO 2-11 (.182), PIPPEN 1-3, JORDAN 0-2, HARPER
0-1, KERR 1-3, KUKOC 0-1, BUECHLER 0-1. DENVER 6-20 (.300), D ELLIS 1-7,
JACKSON 1-1, STITH 1-2, MARCIULIONIS 1-4, MURDOCK 0-2, MCINNIS 1-1, B
THOMPSON 1-3.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: JOE FORTE, NOLAN FINE, ADA.
A - 17,171. T - 2:16.
CHICAGO (110) AT DENVER (92)
Michael Jordan scored 21 of his 31 points in the first half and
Scottie Pippen added 16 as the undefeated Chicago Bulls moved a
step closer to NBA history with a 110-92 victory over the Denver
Nuggets.
Chicago (12-0), in the midst of a seven-game road trip, is only
three wins away from the best start in NBA history. The record
for most wins to start the season is 15, held by the 1948-49
Washington Capitols and the 1993-94 Houston Rockets.
"I don't think we will go 82-0, we may go 81-1," said Steve
Kerr. "We haven't had a tough schedule yet. We see Michael
Jordan every day, so what he does doesn't amaze us anymore."
Jason Caffey's layup with 4:36 left in the game gave the Bulls
their biggest lead, 104-81. Denver never got closer than 14
down the stretch.
"That was a long game with 70-something foul shots," said
Chicago coach Phil Jackson. "I thought it was never going to be
over. We were tired, but we played OK in the second half and
our energy picked up."
Bryant Stith led the Nuggets with 20 points and Antonio McDyess
added 16 and 11 rebounds.
"Even with their second unit on the floor in the fourth, they
play together," said Stith. "(Jordan) sets a precedent. If we
just settle down and relax more, we'll be OK. It's only 12
games into the season."
The Bulls, who suffered one of their 10 losses at Denver last
year, actually trailed 7-6 in the early going, but the Nuggets
would never gain the lead again.
Jordan's 13 points keyed a 19-8 run to open the second quarter
and make it 41-30 at 7:51. Denver countered with a 13-4 run of
its own before Chicago established a 52-45 halftime lead.
"I'll talk about Michael," said Denver coach Bernie Bickerstaff.
"He's probably the greatest player ever and he stretches out and
dives for loose balls. That's why he's so great. He still has
the hunger to be a champion. You've got to enjoy the way they
play as a coach or a fan. They give you you're money's worth."
The Bulls then went on an 18-6 spurt to early in the second half
to take a 70-53 advantage with 5:15 to go in the period.
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CLEVELAND (89) AT TORONTO (81)
CLEVELAND
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MILLS F 43 6-15 9-10 1 4 5 5 2 2 0 21
HILL F 27 2-4 2-5 1 6 7 3 4 0 3 6
WEST C 23 2-4 0-0 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 4
PHILLS G 45 8-13 1-2 1 1 2 5 2 1 3 19
BRANDON G 25 3-9 0-1 1 2 3 4 5 4 3 7
FERRY 33 4-8 1-1 1 6 7 2 1 0 4 12
POTAPENKO 13 4-7 2-3 2 2 4 0 2 1 0 10
SURA 26 3-5 3-4 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 10
LANG 5 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
GEARY DNP - COACH'S DECISION
MARSHALL DNP - COACH'S DECISION
THOMAS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 32-65 18-26 8 25 33 20 21 9 16 89
(.492) (.692) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 16(13 PTS)
TORONTO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
WILLIAMS F 44 2-8 0-0 0 4 4 5 5 0 3 5
JONES F 34 2-3 0-0 3 3 6 1 3 1 4 4
CAMBY C 36 9-14 1-2 2 2 4 1 2 4 3 19
CHRISTIE G 40 6-13 1-1 0 5 5 1 2 1 2 17
STOUDAMIRE G 46 6-18 10-12 0 5 5 6 5 3 3 24
EARL 22 2-8 4-4 5 3 8 1 2 0 1 8
ROGERS 10 0-1 2-2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 2
DAVIS 8 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
LOHAUS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
ROBINSON DNP - COACH'S DECISION
WHITESIDE DNP - COACH'S DECISION
WRIGHT DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 28-67 18-21 10 24 34 16 20 9 18 81
(.418) (.857) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 18(17 PTS)
CLEVELAND 29 19 16 25 - 89
TORONTO 15 20 23 23 - 81
BLOCKED SHOTS: CLEVELAND - PHILLS. TORONTO - JONES.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: CLEVELAND 7-18 (.389), MILLS 0-3, PHILLS 2-4, BRANDON
1-4, FERRY 3-5, SURA 1-2. TORONTO 7-16 (.438), WILLIAMS 1-2, CHRISTIE 4-6,
STOUDAMIRE 2-6, ROGERS 0-1, DAVIS 0-1.
TECHNICALS: CLEVELAND - HILL, TORONTO - ILLEGAL DEFENSE 2, HEAD COACH
WALKER.
OFFICIALS: STEVE JAVIE, TERRY DURHAM, GEORGE TOLIVER.
A - 16,835. T - 2:10.
CLEVELAND (89) AT TORONTO (81)
Chris Mills scored 21 points and Bobby Phills had 14 of his 19
in the first half as the Cleveland Cavaliers led almost from the
opening tip en route to an 89-81 victory over the Toronto
Raptors.
Danny Ferry had 12 points and seven rebounds for the Cavs, who
are limiting opponents to 81.6 points per game.
"It was a good win for us," said Cleveland coach Mike Fratello.
"We are going to be a team to be reckoned with before the season
is over.
"We would like to think that we have enough depth that our bench
can hold their own."
Damon Stoudamire, who sat out Tuesday's loss to Seattle with a
callus on his foot, led the Raptors with 24 points and six
assists. Rookie Marcus Camby added 19 points.
Camby recognizes that he and second-year man Stoudamire could
form a winning tandem for years to come.
"We are starting to get things going right now," Camby said.
"Things are starting to click. It could happen this year or over
the next few years. If we both stay consistent and healthy I
think we'll be alright."
Toronto took a 6-5 lead in early in the first quarter, but never
regained it. Cleveland built a 15-point advantage in the period
when Tyrone Hill's jumper capped a 16-0 run at 9:58.
"We were missing shots and they were getting good shots," said
Toronto coach Darrell Walker. "We can't come out and get down.
We were down 29-15 in the first quarter, that's a big hole."
Phills hit a jumper with just under 11 minutes to go in the
second quarter to give the Cavs their largest lead, 31-15.
Cleveland went into halftime with a 48-35 cushion.
The Raptors came on in the fourth and Stoudamire brought them
within 84-81 when he hit a three-pointer with 43 seconds
remaining.
But Walt Williams was whistled for fouling Mills and Walker drew
a technical protesting the call. Mills hit all three free throws
to put it out of reach.
"Toronto is a team that can put a lot of points on the board and
can press you on defense," said Mills. "We were able to maintain
our composure and hold the lead, but you've got to give them
credit for coming back."
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GOLDEN STATE (104) AT UTAH (109) - FINAL IN OT
GOLDEN STATE
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MULLIN F 40 5-11 4-5 1 1 2 3 2 2 3 15
SMITH F 48 8-19 2-2 5 9 14 0 5 1 5 18
SPENCER C 20 1-2 2-4 1 6 7 1 6 1 0 4
SPREWELL G 48 9-25 11-13 3 4 7 5 2 1 3 32
PRICE G 34 5-13 5-5 2 3 5 1 4 1 2 17
DECLERCQ 16 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2
ARMSTRONG 23 2-6 3-5 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 7
FULLER 10 0-1 0-2 2 2 4 0 3 0 1 0
ROYAL 21 2-3 5-5 1 4 5 1 2 1 2 9
MARSHALL 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
OWES DNP - COACH'S DECISION
ROE DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 265 32-82 34-43 15 29 44 14 32 7 17 104
(.390) (.791) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 18(23 PTS)
UTAH
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MALONE F 44 12-23 9-13 5 8 13 5 3 0 7 33
RUSSELL F 27 1-6 3-4 1 5 6 1 6 2 2 5
OSTERTAG C 28 3-5 2-2 3 6 9 1 4 0 3 8
STOCKTON G 42 4-10 3-4 0 1 1 15 2 4 1 12
HORNACEK G 39 11-17 8-9 4 4 8 1 3 1 1 30
EISLEY 11 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
ANDERSON 23 4-6 0-2 2 1 3 1 5 1 3 10
CARR 25 4-10 0-0 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 8
KEEFE 14 0-1 1-2 1 1 2 0 4 0 3 1
WATSON 12 1-3 0-0 0 4 4 1 3 0 2 2
FOSTER DNP - COACH'S DECISION
MORRIS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 265 40-83 26-36 16 33 49 28 33 9 22 109
(.482) (.722) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 22(21 PTS)
GOLDEN STATE 22 27 29 18 8 - 104
UTAH 24 34 22 16 13 - 109
BLOCKED SHOTS: GOLDEN STATE - SMITH 3, SPREWELL, FULLER, ROYAL. UTAH -
MALONE 2, RUSSELL, OSTERTAG, STOCKTON.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: GOLDEN STATE 6-21 (.286), MULLIN 1-4, SMITH 0-1,
SPREWELL 3-7, PRICE 2-6, ARMSTRONG 0-3. UTAH 3-14 (.214), MALONE 0-2,
RUSSELL 0-3, OSTERTAG 0-1, STOCKTON 1-3, HORNACEK 0-1, EISLEY 0-2,
ANDERSON 2-2.
TECHNICALS: GOLDEN STATE - ILLEGAL DEFENSE, UTAH - CARR, ILLEGAL DEFENSE.
OFFICIALS: JACK NIES, MONTY MCCUTCHEN, TOMMIE WOOD.
A - 18,889. T - 2:30.
GOLDEN STATE (104) AT UTAH (109) - FINAL IN OT
Karl Malone sent the game into overtime and scored four of his
33 points during the extra session as the Utah Jazz posted their
fifth straight victory, 109-104 over the Golden State Warriors.
Jeff Hornacek scored 30 points, including four in overtime, as
the Jazz scored nine of the first 10 points in the extra
session.
John Stockton added 12 points and handed out 15 assists, and
Malone grabbed 13 rebounds for Utah, which defeated Golden State
for the sixth time in their last seven meetings.
"I don't really care how we win them no more," Malone said. "I
just want to win them. It could be overtime, it could be
whatever. I want to win and that's what important to me and I
don't care how we do it from now on. I don't care how I look. I
just want to win games 'cause' at the end of the season that's
what it means."
Latrell Sprewell scored 32 points, Joe Smith added 18 points and
14 rebounds and Mark Price had 17 points for Golden State, which
has lost seven of its last nine games.
Hornacek opened the overtime with a 15-foot jumper. After Price
made a technical free throw to close the Warriors within 98-97,
the Jazz reeled off seven straight points. Stockton nailed a
three-pointer, Malone hit a 20-footer and Greg Ostertag tipped
in a Malone miss for a 105-97 lead midway through the extra
period.
Malone added a layup and Hornacek sank a pair from the line to
cap an opening 13-3 run and give the Jazz a 109-99 advantage
with 41 seconds to go.
Utah forced overtime in dramatic fashion. Trailing 96-94 with
four seconds left in regulation, Adam Keefe inbounded the ball
to Stockton, who penetrated the lane before kicking the ball out
to Malone. Malone calmly drilled a jumper from the free-throw
line as time expired.
"When I went for the ball, I was wondering how much time I had
and wondered what other opportunities I had," Stockton said. "I
knew I had drawn a crowd because I stumbled with the ball and I
knew there would be a lot of people around so I guess I was just
trying to find someone open. I was prepared to shoot it, I
guess, if Karl wasn't open or somebody didn't get available. He
was open."
"We couldn't have defended that last shot any better," Price
admitted. "We stopped the penetration and Stockton had to throw
it out. We made Karl...you know he couldn't shoot it right
away, he had to double pump it and shoot again so I don't really
know what you can do better. He just hit a tough shot and it's
a tough one to lose."
The Jazz led 58-49 at halftime behind 16 points by Malone, but
the Warriors crawled within 80-79 entering the fourth quarter
behind 19 points by Sprewell and Smith.
"I thought we had the ball game pretty much under control and
then the turnovers we had in the fourth quarter kind of killed
us," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said.
Shandon Anderson scored 10 points and Ostertag finished with
eight points and nine rebounds for Utah, which overcame 22
turnovers. The Jazz outscored the Warriors in the paint, 48-32.
Chris Mullin scored 15 points for Golden State, which shot 39
percent (32-of-82) from the field and turned the ball over 18
times leading to 23 points for the Jazz.
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LA CLIPPERS (94) AT DALLAS (105)
LA CLIPPERS
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
VAUGHT F 35 4-10 2-2 3 8 11 2 2 1 1 10
ROGERS F 24 4-10 4-4 4 3 7 1 2 1 2 14
DUCKWORTH C 27 3-5 3-4 4 2 6 6 3 1 1 9
RICHARDSON G 32 4-12 0-0 0 1 1 8 3 1 1 8
SEALY G 27 6-12 1-1 0 1 1 3 0 2 2 15
MURRAY 24 7-12 0-1 3 3 6 0 0 1 2 14
ROBERTS 18 2-7 0-0 1 4 5 0 6 0 2 4
OUTLAW 16 3-7 1-2 2 2 4 0 3 0 0 7
PIATKOWSKI 11 1-4 0-0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 2
DEHERE 18 0-4 2-2 0 2 2 0 4 0 2 2
D MARTIN 7 1-1 4-4 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 7
WRIGHT 1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
TOTALS 240 36-85 17-20 18 27 45 25 26 7 13 94
(.424) (.850) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 14(22 PTS)
DALLAS
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MASHBURN F 4 1-4 1-2 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
MEYER F 17 2-3 0-0 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 4
MONTROSS C 24 1-2 0-0 2 4 6 0 3 0 1 2
KIDD G 37 3-13 5-6 1 2 3 9 4 6 1 11
JACKSON G 43 5-10 10-14 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 23
MCCLOUD 36 5-11 0-0 0 5 5 3 1 0 4 12
GATLING 30 8-11 11-15 2 7 9 0 1 1 2 27
HARPER 24 5-10 2-2 0 2 2 3 1 0 2 12
MILLER 21 2-3 0-0 3 5 8 3 5 1 0 4
WALKER 3 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
ROBERTS 1 3-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
DUMAS DNP - SUSPENDED BY TEAM
TOTALS 240 35-70 30-41 14 28 42 23 20 8 12 105
(.500) (.732) TEAM REBS: 5 TOTAL TO: 12(17 PTS)
LA CLIPPERS 25 25 17 27 - 94
DALLAS 23 34 26 22 - 105
BLOCKED SHOTS: LA CLIPPERS - NONE. DALLAS - MEYER, MCCLOUD, MILLER.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: LA CLIPPERS 5-20 (.250), ROGERS 2-3, RICHARDSON 0-6,
SEALY 2-4, MURRAY 0-2, OUTLAW 0-1, PIATKOWSKI 0-1, DEHERE 0-2, D MARTIN
1-1. DALLAS 5-11 (.455), KIDD 0-3, JACKSON 3-4, MCCLOUD 2-4.
TECHNICALS: DALLAS - ILLEGAL DEFENSE.
OFFICIALS: BERNIE FRYER, TOM WASHINGTON, DEREK RICHARDSON.
A - 13,510. T - 2:12.
LA CLIPPERS (94) AT DALLAS (105)
Chris Gatling had 27 points and nine rebounds to lead the Dallas
Mavericks to a 104-94 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers,
making Bill Fitch the first coach in NBA history to lose 1,000
games.
"A lot of losses, I didn't enjoy any one of them," said Fitch.
"I guess they can say you're lucky to be around the game that
long."
Jim Jackson added 23 points for the Mavericks, who stopped a
four-game losing streak and have won the last three meetings
with the Clippers. Jason Kidd had 11 points, nine assists, six
steals and only one turnover.
"Chris gives us a lot of energy, he plays with emotion sometimes
with reckless abandon," said Dallas coach Jim Cleamons about
Gatling. "He is going to wear it on his sleeve and do the best
he can. A team that is struggling like we are right now is
going to need that infusion of energy to get us over the hump."
"I've been given the chance to grow and mature into a good
player," Gatling said. "I didn't do anything different than I
always do. I just try to come in there and keep those guys
going and just play off of them. It's good to get a victory and
get that monkey off our back."
Dallas forward Jamal Mashburn suffered a broken right cheekbone
after he was elbowed by Malik Sealy in the first quarter. He
left the game and will have a CAT scan on Friday.
Sealy had 15 points and Rodney Rogers and Lamond Murray added 14
apiece as the Clippers lost for just the second time in six road
games.
"We have no excusees, we just didn't do the things we need to
do," Fitch said. "Defensively that's as sporadic as we've been
and when you come to Texas you've got to be able to play every
night."
Sealy and Rogers each scored six points, helping Los Angeles
take a 25-23 lead after the first quarter.
Kidd made a 10-footer to give Dallas the lead for good, 26-25,
with 10:41 to go in the second. Gatling had 22 points as the
Mavericks held a 57-50 halftime lead.
"I was looking at halftime in the locker room for a picture of
him (Gatling) so I could introduce him to any of our players,"
Fitch said. "I can see how they missed him in Milwaukee. With
Gatling out it would make a great difference on this team, that
was a great pick up."
Kidd made a driving layup to give Dallas a 59-53 lead with 10:52
to go in the third. The basket ignited a 19-4 spurt that was
capped by Jackson's three-pointer with 6:28 to go in the quarter
as the Mavs extended their lead to 76-57. Jackson had 12 points
during the run, including all three of his three-point attempts.
Jackson had a dunk to give the Mavericks an 85-64 lead with
10:47 left in the fourth. Dallas was held without a field goal
for nearly seven minutes before Derek Harper's lay-in put the
Mavs ahead, 93-85, with 3:49 left.
Dallas shot 50 percent from the field for just the second time
this season, making 35-of-70 shots.
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MINNESOTA (86) AT ORLANDO (90)
MINNESOTA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
GUGLIOTTA F 43 6-14 7-8 1 5 6 5 3 2 4 19
K GARNETT F 40 8-13 1-4 1 5 6 4 3 1 1 17
VRANKOVIC C 22 2-3 0-0 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 4
WEST G 32 4-10 0-0 1 1 2 3 5 3 1 8
PORTER G 22 3-5 0-0 0 2 2 6 2 1 1 8
CARR 10 3-7 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6
MARBURY 26 5-14 2-4 0 5 5 1 4 0 3 14
MITCHELL 29 3-5 2-3 1 0 1 1 5 0 1 8
D GARRETT 10 0-3 2-2 3 2 5 0 2 1 0 2
ROBINSON 6 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
HEAL DNP - COACH'S DECISION
PARKS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 34-74 14-21 7 25 32 20 30 8 11 86
(.459) (.667) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 11(16 PTS)
ORLANDO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ANDERSON F 39 8-22 4-7 1 6 7 2 1 1 1 22
GRANT F 42 6-12 2-3 7 7 14 0 3 1 2 14
VAUGHN C 6 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2
WILKINS G 35 4-7 1-4 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 9
SHAW G 29 5-7 1-2 3 3 6 5 1 1 4 11
SEIKALY 30 2-7 4-6 1 2 3 1 5 0 1 8
ARMSTRONG 19 2-6 5-8 0 1 1 4 2 1 3 10
STRONG 25 3-8 0-0 3 5 8 1 0 0 1 6
SCOTT 15 3-9 2-3 1 2 3 1 1 0 1 8
MCCASKILL DNP - COACH'S DECISION
ROZIER DNP - COACH'S DECISION
SCHAYES DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 34-81 19-33 18 28 46 16 14 5 14 90
(.420) (.576) TEAM REBS: 21 TOTAL TO: 16(25 PTS)
MINNESOTA 36 19 15 16 - 86
ORLANDO 17 28 21 24 - 90
BLOCKED SHOTS: MINNESOTA - K GARNETT 4, GUGLIOTTA, VRANKOVIC, MARBURY.
ORLANDO - ANDERSON 2, VAUGHN, WILKINS, SEIKALY.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: MINNESOTA 4-12 (.333), GUGLIOTTA 0-1, WEST 0-1, PORTER
2-3, CARR 0-1, MARBURY 2-6. ORLANDO 3-19 (.158), ANDERSON 2-9, GRANT 0-1,
WILKINS 0-2, ARMSTRONG 1-3, SCOTT 0-4.
TECHNICALS: MINNESOTA - GUGLIOTTA, ORLANDO - GRANT.
OFFICIALS: RONNIE NUNN, BILL SPOONER, JOE BORGIA.
A - 17,248. T - 2:18.
MINNESOTA (86) AT ORLANDO (90)
Horace Grant made a reverse lay-in with 24.2 seconds remaining
to cap a fourth-quarter comeback as the Orlando Magic erased a
10-point halftime deficit and defeated the Minnesota
Timberwolves, 90-86.
Grant's basket put Orlando ahead 87-86. Darrell Armstrong
stepped up and drew an offensive foul from rookie Stephon
Marbury with 9.2 to go and made one of two free throws to put
the Magic ahead by two. Minnesota had trouble inbounding the
ball and ended up turning it over on a backcourt violation.
Nick Anderson scored 22 points and Grant had 14 points and 14
rebounds for the Magic (5-2), who overcame dreadful free-throw
shooting to win for the fifth time in six games. Orlando shot
just 57 percent (19-for-33) from the foul line, converting
8-of-15 chances in the fourth quarter.
Tom Gugliotta scored 14 of his 19 points in the first quarter
and grabbed six rebounds for Minnesota (4-6), which opened a
36-17 lead after the first quarter.
"We started one of those bad nights," Gerald Wilkins said. "I
don't know what's going on, we just started off kind of slow.
But then we came back and got the job done. We can't have it
like this or we will be in trouble." Wilkins finished with nine
points.
The Timberwolves still had a 15-point cushion early in the
second quarter before the Magic began to chip away, shaving the
margin to 70-66 after three quarters.
The Magic trailed throughout after holding an early 6-4 lead
until two free throws by Anderson put Orlando ahead, 78-77,
midway through the third quarter.
"I thought we made it a little bit harder than we had to tonight
with our free throw shooting, but we'll take the win," Orlando
coach Brian Hill said. "I was very upset again after we gave up
another big first quarter. We gave them 36 points in the first
quarter and then turned right around and only gave them 31 for
the entire second half."
The Magic outrebounded Minnesota, 46-32, including an 18-7 edge
on the offensive glass.
Marbury had his best game as a pro, scoring 14 points and
pulling down five rebounds in 26 minutes.
"They just started outrebounding us," Marbury said. "They were
just a better team. We started getting a little lax, a little
bit comfortable, then they jumped on us. Nick Anderson
penetrated and hit open shots. He played very well. Horace
Grant's banging, getting rebounds and loose balls. It's a tough
loss."
Orlando beat the Timberwolves for the eighth time in 10 all-time
meetings, despite playing without injured point guard Penny
Hardaway.
"We've had some really good games," Gugliotta said. "We've a
good team when we do the right things. Games like tonight
really frustrate you. We got out of out game and let them come
back and beat us."
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NEW JERSEY (88) AT DETROIT (96)
NEW JERSEY
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
GILL F 43 8-17 0-0 1 7 8 4 3 2 3 18
J WILLIAMS F 44 10-14 4-6 4 14 18 3 1 0 1 24
BRADLEY C 33 5-11 3-4 2 3 5 1 3 0 1 13
KITTLES G 37 6-15 0-0 1 1 2 6 5 2 1 15
PACK G 46 6-14 0-0 0 0 0 9 5 3 5 13
MASSENBURG 18 1-4 0-0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 2
REEVES 13 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3
R WILLIAMS 6 0-4 0-0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
CALDWELL DNP - COACH'S DECISION
DARE DNP - COACH'S DECISION
MCDANIEL DNP - COACH'S DECISION
OBANNON DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 37-83 7-10 10 27 37 26 19 7 15 88
(.446) (.700) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 15(23 PTS)
DETROIT
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
HILL F 38 7-13 3-4 1 7 8 9 0 2 3 17
LONG F 27 4-6 0-0 2 3 5 1 2 0 1 10
THORPE C 30 7-15 0-0 3 5 8 1 4 0 2 14
HUNTER G 36 5-11 3-4 0 4 4 2 3 3 0 15
DUMARS G 36 5-12 10-11 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 23
MILLS 12 1-4 0-0 0 3 3 0 1 0 2 2
RATLIFF 13 0-3 0-0 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 0
REID 14 3-5 1-2 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 7
CURRY 15 0-1 4-4 0 4 4 0 1 1 1 4
SMITH 7 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
AUGMON 12 1-3 2-2 2 0 2 3 1 0 4 4
MAHORN DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 33-74 23-27 11 32 43 19 16 7 14 96
(.446) (.852) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 16(18 PTS)
NEW JERSEY 26 24 19 19 - 88
DETROIT 31 25 18 22 - 96
BLOCKED SHOTS: NEW JERSEY - BRADLEY 2, J WILLIAMS. DETROIT - HUNTER,
RATLIFF, REID, AUGMON.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: NEW JERSEY 7-19 (.368), GILL 2-3, KITTLES 3-6, PACK
1-4, REEVES 1-3, R WILLIAMS 0-3. DETROIT 7-16 (.438), HILL 0-1, LONG 2-2,
HUNTER 2-5, DUMARS 3-5, MILLS 0-2, CURRY 0-1.
TECHNICALS: NEW JERSEY - BRADLEY.
OFFICIALS: HUE HOLLINS, TOMMY NUNEZ, TOMMIE WOOD.
A - 14,753. T - 2:06.
NEW JERSEY (88) AT DETROIT (96)
Joe Dumars scored 23 points and Grant Hill added 17 points, nine
assists and eight rebounds as the Detroit Pistons defeated the
New Jersey Nets, 96-88, for their sixth straight win and best
start in 26 years.
Detroit (10-1) is off to its quickest start since beginning the
1970-71 season 12-1. The Pistons also have won six straight
against New Jersey.
"No one in this locker room is jumping up and down because we're
10-1," Hill said. "We know that we could very easily hit a
stretch where we lose 10-of-11 or something. We're happy
because it was an ugly game where we were all a little fatigued.
But we stepped up and shut a team down to win the game. The
last two nights we've played teams with a combined three wins.
The good thing is, we didn't come out complacent. We came out
and beat both of them."
Jayson Williams posted season highs with 24 points and 18
rebounds as the Nets lost for the sixth time in seven games.
Williams, who was 4-for-22 from the field in his previous two
games, hit 10 of 14 shots.
"I thought we came out with our best effort as a team," Williams
said. "People worked the ball and we played very unselfishly.
We lost but this is a good start. They've been together for a
long time in New Jersey, we never stay together for a year."
This was the first road game for new Nets coach John Calipari,
who skipped the team's trip to Japan to be with his wife, who
gave birth to the couple's third child.
Williams had a dunk and free throw after he was fouled as the
Nets tied the score for the first time since the first quarter,
76-76, with 9:08 left in the fourth. The teams traded baskets
twice and the Nets tied the score for the final time, 80-80, on
Tony Massenburg's layup with 5:41 remaining.
Dumars had the last eight points of a 13-0 burst that gave the
Pistons 93-80 advantage. New Jersey was then held scoreless
until Kerry Kittles made a three-pointer with 20.1 seconds to
go.
"That was a real gutty win for us," said Detroit coach Doug
Collins. "I knew we were running out of gas and they were full
of energy, but our defense stepped up and played great the last
five minutes. We wouldn't have won this game without our bench.
Because of them, no one had to play 40 minutes tonight. They
played well enough to keep us in the game and that was the key."
"They got the plays from the big-time players," said Calipari.
"Joe Dumars made a three that cut our hearts out. Grant Hill
just takes over and does it. That's why they're one of the top 7
or 8 teams in the league. They've been together for two years,
we've been together two months and it shows."
The Nets made 12 of our first 13 shots from the floor and took a
24-18 lead with 4:11 left in the first. Hill and Don Reid each
scored four points as Detroit closed the first with a 13-2 ruun
to take a 31-26 lead.
Kittles hit a jumper as the Nets cut the deficit to 43-42 with
6:42 to go in the second. Dumars had seven points as the
Pistons responded with a 13-5 burst to take a 56-48 lead. Shawn
Bradley was called for a technical after throwing the ball at
the scorer's table. Dumars made the free throw and a
three-pointer on the following possession.
Otis Thorpe had 14 points and eight rebounds for the Pistons,
who had all five starters in double figures.
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PHOENIX (105) AT HOUSTON (115)
PHOENIX
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
GREEN F 33 4-6 1-2 2 6 8 1 3 2 0 9
MANNING F 30 3-8 0-0 0 3 3 4 4 2 3 6
KLEINE C 33 4-5 1-2 5 2 7 1 3 1 3 9
FINLEY G 34 5-13 0-0 0 4 4 4 4 1 0 11
CASSELL G 26 9-21 7-8 0 2 2 4 2 3 1 25
BROWN 5 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
HORRY 16 3-5 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 7
NASH 26 6-11 0-0 1 1 2 7 3 1 1 14
CHAPMAN 19 7-13 0-0 1 0 1 5 5 0 2 16
PERSON 18 3-7 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 8
DAVIS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TISDALE DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 44-89 9-12 10 22 32 26 25 11 14 105
(.494) (.750) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 15(17 PTS)
HOUSTON
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
BARKLEY F 41 7-13 6-6 4 12 16 7 3 1 1 20
ELIE F 35 6-12 5-6 1 1 2 6 2 2 1 18
WILLIS C 34 8-12 3-4 4 8 12 3 1 0 3 19
DREXLER G 35 6-11 4-6 0 5 5 1 4 2 3 17
MALONEY G 30 4-9 3-5 0 2 2 2 2 1 4 14
HARRINGTON 20 6-8 0-0 3 2 5 0 0 3 3 12
DAVIS 18 0-4 0-0 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 0
BULLARD 7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MACK 14 2-5 5-7 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 10
MOORE 6 1-2 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
JONES DNP - COACH'S DECISION
OLAJUWON DNP - IREGULAR HEART BEAT
TOTALS 240 40-77 28-37 13 32 45 21 16 9 18 115
(.519) (.757) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 18(25 PTS)
PHOENIX 22 21 24 38 - 105
HOUSTON 23 26 31 35 - 115
BLOCKED SHOTS: PHOENIX - MANNING, KLEINE, BROWN. HOUSTON - DREXLER 2,
WILLIS, DAVIS.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: PHOENIX 8-19 (.421), FINLEY 1-3, CASSELL 0-5, HORRY
1-1, NASH 2-3, CHAPMAN 2-4, PERSON 2-3. HOUSTON 7-26 (.269), BARKLEY 0-2,
ELIE 1-3, WILLIS 0-1, DREXLER 1-3, MALONEY 3-8, DAVIS 0-2, BULLARD 0-1,
MACK 1-4, MOORE 1-2.
TECHNICALS: PHOENIX - KLEINE, HOUSTON - BARKLEY.
OFFICIALS: JESS KERSEY, RON OLESIAK, SCOTT FOSTER.
A - 16,285. T - 2:11.
PHOENIX (105) AT HOUSTON (115)
Former Sun Charles Barkley had 20 points to lead seven players
in double figures and pulled down 16 rebounds as the Houston
Rockets overcame the absence of Hakeem Olajuwon and beat the
winless Phoenix Suns, 115-105.
Kevin Willis, starting in place of Olajuwon, had season highs of
19 points and 12 rebounds and Mario Elie added 18 points for
Houston (10-1), which posted its fourth straight win and
improved to 6-1 at home. Starting guards Clyde Drexler and Matt
Maloney added 17 and 14 points, respectively, for the Rockets.
"That was an easy ganme for us," Barkley said. "We didn't even
play well. We just coasted and we needed that with 'Dream' out.
We needed a good game like this to get every one playing with
some confidence. We were never in trouble and we coasted from
start to end."
"We wanted to go out and play extra hard tonight and get the
win," Willis said. "We didn't underestimate Phoenix, because
they are very explosive. We were able to maintain our composure
and get the job done, which is important because we don't have
Hakeem right now. I know I can do it (play center)."
The Rockets were playing their first game without Olajuwon, who
was taken to a hospital with an irregular heartbeat during
halftime of Tuesday's game. Olajuwon is expected to miss four to
six more days.
Ex-Rocket Sam Cassell scored 25 points, Rex Chapman added 16 and
rookie Steve Nash had 14 for Phoenix, which extended the worst
start in franchise history to 0-11. The Suns fell to 0-3 since
Danny Ainge replaced coach Cotton Fitzsimmons.
"Things didn't turn out like I wanted," Cassell said. "But
we're going to keep fighting. We are not that far away. We
have to get some guys healthy and the light is at the end of the
tunnel. It's difficult right now, but I have to play and have
fun."
"Houston is a better team than we are," Suns coach Danny Ainge
said. "They got a little bit of a lead and then we tried to go
small. It just didn't work. When we went small, they
outrebounded us and that made the difference."
After Danny Manning made a hook shot to close Houston within
61-53 midway through the third quarter, Elie dunked following a
steal to ignite a 13-5 run. Elie added another basket during the
burst and Clyde Drexler capped it with one free throw for a
▀74-58 lead with 3:04 remaining in the third quarter.
Phoenix pulled within 100-94 after Chapman drilled a
three-pointer with one minute left in the fourth quarter. But
Drexler answered right back with a three-pointer of his own to
ignite a 9-3 run, putting the game away.
The Rockets led 49-43 at halftime behind 14 points from Barkley
and took an 80-67 lead into the fourth quarter Barkley, Willis
and Elie had a combined 43 points. The Rockets outscored the
Suns, 58-46, in the paint.
Willis made 8-of-12 shots from the field and rookie Othella
Harrington made 6-of-8 for a season-high 12 points for Houston,
which has won five of the last six meetings against the Suns.
Michael Finley was held to 11 points on 5-of-13 shooting for
Phoenix, which was outrebounded 45-32 and attempted just 12 free
throws.
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Henderson's health improves
ATLANTA (Nov 21, 1996 - 19:48 EST) -- Forward Alan Henderson of the
Atlanta Hawks, who has not played this season because of a mysterious
flu-like ailment, is getting better after being diagnosed with a
condition that affects his pancreas.
Henderson was transferred to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., last
week when doctors in Atlanta were unable to diagnose his illness. The
team said Thursday it has been determined he has acute viral
pancreatitis.
"His spirits are improving physically and mentally, but he still has a
ways to go in getting a clean bill of health," Hawks general manager
Pete Babcock said. "I spoke with Alan at length this morning and he's
anxious to know what's going on with the team and the NBA."
Henderson initially was sidelined by severe viral gastroenteritis.
Pancreatitis is a secondary condition that affects the digestive
process.
In recent days, he has been able to get up and walk and is slowly
beginning to digest solid food.
"He is anxious to get back on the court," Babcock said. "However, he's
lost some weight and he has to recover that before he can prepare
himself to get back into basketball shape. He understands that."
Henderson averaged 6.4 points and 4.5 rebounds in 79 games as a rookie
last season.
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Olajuwon released from hospital
HOUSTON (Nov 21, 1996 - 14:54 EST) -- Hakeem Olajuwon was released
Thursday from the hospital where he had been treated for an irregular
heartbeat.
Doctors performed further tests, including an exercise stress test,
before releasing the Houston Rockets center from The Methodist
Hospital. The tests showed no problems, and Olajuwon was to begin a
supervised workout Friday. It could be a week, though, before he plays
again.
"I'm feeling fine," Olajuwon, 33, said in a statement. "This happened
before, and it was just the same thing. I will be back on the court as
soon as possible."
His heartbeat had returned to normal Wednesday after doctors used a
defibrillator to restore the proper rhythm. He will not be under
medication.
Team physician Bruce Moseley had said Wednesday that doctors were
optimistic about the test results. They do not believe the
irregularity, similar to one Olajuwon suffered in 1991, stems from any
degenerative condition.
"Barring unusual findings in further tests, we hope and expect that
this will resolve and that he will go on and do very well," Moseley
said.
Olajuwon developed an irregular heartbeat after drinking a glass of
cold water at halftime Tuesday night.
The abnormal rhythm, or arrhythmia, appears similar to the 1991
episode that led to Olajuwon missing seven games, Moseley said.
"It resolved and he did well, and we hope it's going to do the same
thing this time," Moseley said.
Moseley said it was not known when Olajuwon would return to the court.
"We don't want him to feel like we're rushing him back," Moseley said.
"We're going to take all the usual precautions, if anything, err on
the side of being conservative because this isn't anything to fool
around with."
Charles Barkley said the Rockets could not let the temporary loss of
their star center discourage them.
"If we're going to go into the next three games thinking we can't win
them without him, we might as well not go and let's take the rest of
the week off," he said.
Olajuwon had scored 10 points and five rebounds before halftime in the
Rockets' 122-93 victory Tuesday over the Timberwolves.
His past medical conditions have included anemia at the end of the
1994-95 championship season, as well as hospitalization for a blood
clot in his left leg before the 1990-91 season. The clot was dissolved
by blood thinners.
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Mashburn breaks cheekbone in first quarter against Clippers
DALLAS (Nov 21, 1996 - 22:24 EST) -- Dallas Mavericks forward Jamal
Mashburn suffered a broken right cheekbone in Thursday night's game
against the Los Angeles Clippers.
Mashburn was knocked to the floor on a drive to the basket in the
first quarter. He stayed on the ground for several minutes, then went
to the locker room and did not return.
Mavericks medical personnel said they did not know how much time
Mashburn would miss. He will have a CAT scan Friday morning to
determine the extent of the injury.
Mashburn is averaging 10.0 points and 2.9 rebounds, mostly coming off
the bench. He missed the final 64 games last season after having
arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.
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Former Celtics player Hankinson found dead along interstate
SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (Nov 21, 1996 - 17:42 EST) -- A reserve player on the
Boston Celtics' 1973-74 NBA championship team was found shot to death
in his car along Interstate 64 in north-central Kentucky, authorities
said.
Phil Hankinson, 45, apparently shot himself while sitting in his car,
Shelby County coroner Tommy Sampson said. Hankinson was found Tuesday.
Hankinson, a 6-foot-8 reserve forward on the championship team, was
the Celtics' No. 2 draft pick out of the University of Pennsylvania in
1973.
Investigators are puzzled as to why Hankinson -- who lived in South
Carolina -- was in Shelby County when he died.
"We really don't know what he was doing in Kentucky," Sampson said.
"It doesn't fit any of his history."
Kentucky State Police Trooper Glenn Walton said no suicide note was
found in the car.
Hankinson's father, Rube Hankinson, said his son had difficulty
dealing with a knee injury while with the Celtics that ruined his
basketball career.
"From the time he was in high school, he dreamed of being in the NBA,"
Rube Hankinson told The State Journal of Frankfort.
"He was an excellent player. When he hurt that knee, it never did pan
out. By the time he recovered, the ABA (American Basketball
Association) and the NBA had merged. There was no place left for him."
Hankinson suffered from bouts of depression after his knee injury and
never recovered, his father said.
Hankinson played 28 games in his first year as a pro, averaging 3.9
points, according to statistics provided by the Boston Celtics. He
played five minutes in two playoffs games during the 1973-74
championship season, scoring six points and collecting one rebound.
He played in three games the following year, averaging four points. He
played a total of three minutes in two playoff games.
When his basketball career ended, Hankinson split time between New
York, where his mother lived, and the Augusta, Ga., area, where his
father lived.
"After basketball, he started staying to himself," Rube Hankinson
said. "He didn't do anything for a long time."
Hankinson said his son had worked as an assistant coach in New York,
worked in Florida and had been employed as a security officer in Las
Vegas.
Sampson said investigators found a semi-automatic handgun in the car
with Hankinson. No alcohol or drugs were found in the car, he said.
Walton said the gun was a .22-caliber pistol.
Preliminary autopsy results show Hankinson died of a single shot to
the right temple, Sampson said.
David Zuccaro, spokesman for the Celtics, said he was contacted by
state police Tuesday.
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Scott activated by Magic
ORLANDO, Fla. (Nov 21, 1996 - 19:48 EST) -- Dennis Scott, who missed
Orlando's first six games because of a strained left hamstring, was
activated from the injured list before Thursday night's game against
the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Scott averaged 17.5 points while making an NBA-record 267 3-point
shots last season.
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Richmond can't find his shot
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Nov 21, 1996 - 08:18 EST) -- Mitch Richmond sat in
the visiting locker room of the Rose Garden and stared at the
statistics sheet.
He was disappointed because he hadn't come through for himself and his
teammates on shots near the end of regulation and overtime in Tuesday
night's loss to the Portland Trail Blazers. It was the second
consecutive night he'd stunk it up offensively.
That "5 of 18" underneath the field-goals made and attempted columns
stood out as if underlined, highlighted and emblazoned.
"Hell, yeah, I feel like I lost the game," he said. "If I could have
made a couple of shots I should have made, we would have won. Or if I
had gotten a couple of the foul calls I should have gotten. I got
fouled four or five times and didn't get any calls. But no, definitely
not on the last shot. I had a good look."
It was the second straight night Richmond could not get his
"bread-and-butter" jump shot to fall. He now is just 10 of 33 (30.3
percent) from the field in his past two games after making 48 percent
of his field-goal attempts during the team's first nine.
Moreover, Richmond has made just five of his last 21 three-pointers
attempted (23.8 percent) after making 13 of his first 33 (39.4
percent).
"I haven't been in an offensive flow the past couple of games," he
said. "I've been sort of laying back and letting the game go, instead
of being aggressive like I was earlier. But it's a long haul and I've
got to suck it up."
Portland's Kenny Anderson said opposing teams should beware when the
Kings get both Richmond and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf at the top of their
games.
"When both of them are hot," said Anderson, who bore some of the brunt
of Abdul-Rauf's season-high 31-point burst Tuesday night, "that is
going to be a dangerous team. They look like they are going to work
well together."
Abdul-Rauf certainly is showing signs of getting his game working.
After spending much of the first two weeks playing Lionel Simmons in a
'96 remake of "The Reluctant Shooter", Abdul-Rauf has begun to look
for his shot.
During his past four games, he's shot 50.8 percent (31 of 61) from the
field and 8 of 15 (53.3 percent) from three-point range. He made 5 of
6 long-distance attempts against Portland, including all three in the
fourth quarter.
Abdul-Rauf said Tuesday night's performance had positives, even in a
loss.
"I think it was indicative of how good this team can become," he said.
"We just have to take care of the little things, like the turnovers."
The Kings committed 18 against Portland, which turned them into 20
points. Conversely, the Kings, who had averaged 17 forced turnovers
per game through their first 10 games, harassed the Trail Blazers into
just nine.
ET CETERA: Kings coach Garry St. Jean is waiting for his reserves,
especially guards, to show offensive consistency. Guards Lionel
Simmons and Tyus Edney were not particularly productive on the road.
Simmons averaged 2.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and less than an assist in
15.3 minutes per game, while Edney made just 33 percent of his shots
and averaged 5 points, 2.7 assists and 1.6 turnovers in 16.7 minutes
per game.
-- At the Sacramento International Airport, a pictorial advertisement
highlights the merits of living in the city. It's titled, "A great
place ... to live and play." There are pictures of the Delta Queen
riverboat, the Capitol at night, and fireworks on the river. Pumping
up the Kings are pictures of Walt Williams dunking and Brian Grant
dribbling. Wonder what St. Jean would give to have those two playing
for him now?
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McIlvaine enjoys the trip back
LANDOVER, Md. (Nov 21, 1996 - 06:06 EST) -- A subplot to the 115-110
double-overtime win Wednesday by the Sonics over the host Washington
Bullets was the return of center Jim McIlvaine to the arena where he
spent his first two years.
"It was weird sitting on the bench on the other side," said McIlvaine,
who signed with the Sonics as a free agent during the summer.
McIlvaine appeared tight early on, and had no points and no rebounds
in 10 minutes in the first half.
But McIlvaine played well in the third quarter, grabbing eight
rebounds in 11 minutes as the Sonics started to slowly pull away
before Washington's fourth-quarter rally sent the game into overtime.
McIlvaine hardly played at all at the end, however, as Washington had
a quicker, smaller front line in the game in the absence of 7-foot-7
center Gheorghe Muresan, who had the flu. McIlvaine started the first
overtime, but played only 1:18 after Chris Webber scored two quick
baskets inside.
"It was fun," McIlvaine said of his return. "It's always fun when you
win."
And he said none of his former teammates said much to try and distract
him on the court.
"No one really said anything," he said. "I don't know what it is but
guys who play against me usually don't say much."
KEMP'S EYE FINE: Forward Shawn Kemp played Wednesday night with a
bandage over his right eye, courtesy of an unknown elbow in a Tuesday
night game at Toronto.
"I caught an elbow on each side of the head at the same time," said
Kemp, who didn't know who hit him.
Kemp was forced to leave the game Tuesday with 10:08 left, having
already scored 26 points and grabbed 18 rebounds, and never could get
back in after it was decided three stitches were needed immediately, a
decision that Kemp and head coach George Karl questioned.
"I was upset that it took so long," said Kemp. Part of the problem was
that the Toronto team doctor had to be summoned from the Raptors'
locker room, which is located on the other side of SkyDome from the
Seattle locker room.
"It would seem like they would be better prepared for something like
that," Kemp said.
Seattle trainer Frank Furtado couldn't help out because he had to stay
on the bench.
EHLO BETTER: Reserve guard Craig Ehlo returned to action after missing
the game against Toronto with a stomach flu similar to that which
felled Detlef Schrempf for the win over Vancouver on Sunday.
"I expect (Hersey Hawkins) to be next," Ehlo said with a laugh. "All
the guys on the team that have kids. It's a simple deduction."
However, it was forward Sam Perkins who felt a little ill during
Wednesday's shoot-around.
"I felt kind of weak going into the game, but I just sucked it up and
tried to do what I could," Perkins said. "Hopefully it will go away
quickly."
Seattle has played four games in five nights, but has Thursday off
before playing at Boston on Friday night.
LAST GAME AT USAIR: The Bullets are scheduled to move into the new MCI
Center in downtown Washington D.C. next season, which means the game
Wednesday night could have been the Sonics' final game at USAir Arena,
which in 1979 was the site of the franchise's greatest moment ever.
On June 1, 1979, the Sonics beat the Bullets 97-93 in Game Five of the
NBA Final to win the city's only major professional sports
championship.
LOOSE BALLS: The Sonics have won their last five double overtime games
dating to the 1987-88 season. ... The Sonics were 7-5 after 12 games
last year.
nba.1664nba.news,
CLIPPERS' FITCH LOSES 1,000TH CAREER GAME AT DALLAS
Los Angeles Clippers coach Bill Fitch has been good enough long enough
and that's why he's been around so long. Tonight, he became the first
coach in NBA history to lose 1,000 games as the Clippers were beaten
by the Dallas Mavericks, 105-94.
"A lot of losses, I didn't enjoy any one of them," Fitch said. "I
guess they can say you're lucky to be around the game that long."
Fitch ranks fourth on the league's all-time win list and has coached
more games than anyone in NBA history. But nobody else has reached
four digits in losses. After the game, Fitch maintained his sarcastic
sense of humor.
"I was looking at halftime in the locker room for a picture of him so
I could introduce him to any of our players," he said, referring to
Dallas' Chris Gatling, who scored 22 of his 27 points in the first
half.
Former Mavericks coach Dick Motta is second in all-time losses at 965.
But Jim Cleamons took over for him this season, assuring that Fitch
would be safely alone in the 1,000-loss club.
Fitch has been NBA Coach of the Year twice, but not since 1980, when a
kid named Larry Bird came in and helped turn around the Celtics in the
pair's first year in Boston.
His lifetime record stands at 897-1,000 and his Clippers are a
surprising 6-4 this season. Loss 1,000 could have come Wednesday
night, but Los Angeles managed a 93-81 victory at San Antonio.
Fitch has always been best suited to young teams that put him in his
best arena: teaching. His career record is tainted by numbers of bad
seasons incurred when rebuilding strayed franchises.
He started his career with the expansion Cleveland Cavaliers in
1970-71 and guided them to a 15-67 record. But the Cavs won 23 games
the following season and 32 in 1972-73.
They regressed to 29 wins in 1973-74, but added 11 victories to that
total the next season and nine more the following year to win the
Central Division and make the playoffs for the first time.
Fitch guided the Cavs to consecutive playoff appearances with 43-win
seasons after the division title campaign, but when the team slipped
to 30-52 in 1978-79, he was let go and went to Boston.
The Celtics had 29 wins in 1978-79, but were 61-21 with Bird and Fitch
in the fold in 1979-80. They added one more win and the NBA
Championship the next year. The Celtics finished 63-19 in 1981-82 for
Fitch's best season, winning their third straight Atlantic Division
crown, but when they won 56 games in 1982-83, Fitch was shown the
door. He also had a struggle with Bird, who later complemented Fitch's
teaching.
He took over the Houston Rockets and won 29 games in 1983-84. The
Rockets rapidly improved under Fitch, this time with Ralph Sampson and
Hakeem Olajuwon, garnering 48 wins in 1984-85 and 51 victories in
1985-86, losing to the Celtics in the Finals that season.
He kept the Rockets above .500 and in the playoffs the next two
seasons and took a year off before taking over the New Jersey Nets.
The Nets went 17-65 in 1989-90, Fitch's first season in New Jersey.
They improved by nine wins and then made the playoffs with a 40-42
mark in 1991-92, but problems with the enigmatic but talented Kenny
Anderson and Derrick Coleman became his demise and made New Jersey his
first relatively unsuccessful stop.
He guided the Clippers, a historically horrible franchise, to a 17-win
season last year.
nba.1665lexus,
-> #1643, seki=> Bravo, care, samo tako nastavi.
Zanimljivo je da je Divac znao da se utakmica prenosi kod nas.
Taj čovek je stvarno Car. Verujem da bi bio najbolji igrač sveta,
samo kada bi mu pred svaku utakmicu govorili da se njom dokazuje
pred svojim narodom ;)
nba.1666lexus,
-> #1645, superhik=> to alert you that the Doctor is in - Dr. J., that is - and ready to
Jel chatovao neko sa Doktorom?
nba.1667rkovacevic,
Priča se da Đorđević debituje u NBA sutra (subota) protiv Denvera...
Vlade, trač ili istina?
nba.1668dizel,
-> #1631, nba.news** Vlade Divac scored 11 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter
Bravo Vlade majstore! Svaka mu čast. Čovek skoro i nije igrao
u prvom poluvremenu, ali ih je u drugom ugackao u zemlju :)
Upravo sam danas na NBA.com-u glasao za njega na onom spisku kandidata
za All-star game. Svi koji imaju pristup NBA.com-u neka učine isto,
svaka pomoć je dobrodošla :))
nba.1669vpoznanovic,
Friday, November 22
Miami at Sacramento 111:108
Philadelphia at Washington 76:88
San Antonio at L.A. Lakers 86:96
Seattle at Boston 118:91
NBA FINAL IN 2ND OT
1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH OT 2OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- --- --- -----
MIAMI 18 32 18 22 10 11 111
SACRAMENTO 24 16 24 26 10 8 108 FINAL IN 2ND OT
HIGH SCORERS: MIA - TIM HARDAWAY 22, ALONZO MOURNING 20, DAN MAJERLE 19
SAC - MITCH RICHMOND 32, MAHMOUD ABDUL-RAUF 23, OLDEN
POLYNICE 17
HIGH REBOUND: MIA - ALONZO MOURNING 14, PJ BROWN 13
SAC - MICHAEL SMITH 9, TWO PLAYERS WITH 7
HIGH ASSISTS: MIA - TIM HARDAWAY 8, DAN MAJERLE 7
SAC - MITCH RICHMOND 6, TWO PLAYERS WITH 4
ATT: 17,317
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
PHILADELPHIA 18 17 14 27 76
WASHINGTON 25 23 20 20 88 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: PHI - JERRY STACKHOUSE 19, DERRICK COLEMAN 12, REX WALTERS
12
WAS - JUWAN HOWARD 18, CHRIS WEBBER 13, ROD STRICKLAND 13
HIGH REBOUND: PHI - DERRICK COLEMAN 8, REX WALTERS 8
WAS - JUWAN HOWARD 10, JAREN JACKSON 6
HIGH ASSISTS: PHI - JERRY STACKHOUSE 4, LUCIOUS HARRIS 4
WAS - JUWAN HOWARD 6, ROD STRICKLAND 5
ATT: 18,756
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SAN ANTONIO 26 15 22 23 86
LA LAKERS 22 22 28 24 96 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: SAS - DOMINIQUE WILKINS 19, WILL PERDUE 17, AVERY JOHNSON
15
LAL - SHAQUILLE ONEAL 29, EDDIE JONES 24, NICK VAN EXEL 14
HIGH REBOUND: SAS - DOMINIQUE WILKINS 13, WILL PERDUE 7
LAL - SHAQUILLE ONEAL 21, JEROME KERSEY 4
HIGH ASSISTS: SAS - AVERY JOHNSON 14, DOMINIQUE WILKINS 2
LAL - NICK VAN EXEL 9, EDDIE JONES 4
ATT: 17,505
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SEATTLE 26 36 25 31 118
BOSTON 28 17 26 20 91 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: SEA - SHAWN KEMP 22, GARY PAYTON 22, DETLEF SCHREMPF 15
BOS - RICK FOX 21, TODD DAY 17, ANTOINE WALKER 15
HIGH REBOUND: SEA - SHAWN KEMP 13, TWO PLAYERS WITH 7
BOS - ANTOINE WALKER 10, TODD DAY 8
HIGH ASSISTS: SEA - GARY PAYTON 9, ERIC SNOW 9
BOS - DANA BARROS 5, RICK FOX 4
ATT: 17,220
nba.1670nba.news,
MIAMI (111) AT SACRAMENTO (108) - FINAL IN 2ND OT
MIAMI
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MAJERLE F 52 7-14 2-4 2 4 6 7 2 1 0 19
BROWN F 47 4-8 3-4 8 5 13 0 4 1 3 11
MOURNING C 35 7-17 6-7 4 10 14 1 6 0 7 20
DANILOVIC G 39 5-10 4-4 0 5 5 2 5 3 5 16
HARDAWAY G 46 6-20 8-8 0 3 3 8 0 2 1 22
AUSTIN 33 5-9 2-5 2 8 10 0 5 2 3 12
GRANT 12 1-3 1-2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3
ASKINS 25 1-2 5-5 1 3 4 1 6 0 1 8
PINCKNEY 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LENARD DNP - COACH'S DECISION
SCOTT DNP - COACH'S DECISION
STRICKLAND DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 290 36-84 31-39 17 38 55 21 29 9 20 111
(.429) (.795) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 20(22 PTS)
SACRAMENTO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
OWENS F 48 4-8 7-8 1 6 7 4 1 1 2 16
POLYNICE F 42 8-13 1-1 2 5 7 0 6 1 0 17
CAUSWELL C 14 1-1 0-2 1 3 4 1 3 0 0 2
RICHMOND G 53 12-24 6-6 0 3 3 6 4 2 5 32
ABDUL-RAUF G 48 9-16 2-3 0 2 2 4 6 2 3 23
C WILLIAMSON 30 4-13 4-4 2 3 5 2 5 1 0 12
EDNEY 10 1-4 0-0 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2
SIMMONS 10 0-3 0-0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
SMITH 29 1-5 2-5 1 8 9 3 3 0 0 4
DANIELS 5 0-3 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
GAMBLE 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
HURLEY DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 290 40-90 22-29 10 32 42 23 32 8 13 108
(.444) (.759) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 13(12 PTS)
MIAMI 18 32 18 22 10 11 - 111
SACRAMENTO 24 16 24 26 10 8 - 108
BLOCKED SHOTS: MIAMI - BROWN 2, MOURNING 2, MAJERLE, AUSTIN. SACRAMENTO -
POLYNICE, C WILLIAMSON.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: MIAMI 8-22 (.364), MAJERLE 3-7, DANILOVIC 2-6, HARDAWAY
2-7, GRANT 0-1, ASKINS 1-1. SACRAMENTO 6-13 (.462), OWENS 1-2, RICHMOND
2-6, ABDUL-RAUF 3-4, DANIELS 0-1.
TECHNICALS: MIAMI - ILLEGAL DEFENSE, SACRAMENTO - ILLEGAL DEFENSE, HEAD
COACH ST JEAN.
OFFICIALS: ED MIDDLETON, JIM CLARK, GARY BENSON.
A - 17,317. T - 2:56.
MIAMI (111) AT SACRAMENTO (108) - FINAL IN 2ND OT
Ike Austin's free throw with 24.8 seconds remaining broke a
double-overtime tie and propelled the Miami Heat to their third
straight win, a 111-108 victory over the Sacramento Kings.
Corliss Williamson fouled Austin with the score tied, 106-106,
and Tim Hardaway sandwiched four free throws around a Williamson
layup to ice the victory. Hardaway scored all 22 of his points
after halftime and had eight in the overtime periods.
Mitch Richmond had nine of his game-high 32 points in overtime,
but missed a three-pointer in the final seconds. Sacramento has
lost five of its last seven games.
"I think we worked very hard and did a good job sharing mental
mistakes on both ends of the floor, numberous people," said
Sacramento head coach Garry St. Jean. "When that is happening
that often, then I'm not pleased the way I'm coaching because we
did too manny things wrong, little things. If you are going to
win basketball games like that, like we have in the past, you
don't make those kind of mistakes."
Miami appeared to have the game won in the first overtime period
when Hardaway hit two free throws with 10.8 seconds remaining to
make it 100-97. But Richmond forced double overtime when he
nailed a three-pointer with one second on the clock.
The score had not been tied since it was 24-24 early in the
second quarter. But Sacramento tied it, 90-90, with 14.3 to go
in regulation. Richmond drove to the basket and dished off to
Olden Polynice underneath for the slam.
The Heat's Alonzo Mourning had 20 points and 14 rebounds, but
fouled out with 3:49 left in regulation.
"Being smart and making big plays down the stretch is what it is
all about," said Mourning. "It was extremely tough to sit there
and watch from the bench, knowing that you can't help. It makes
me feel like I let the team down by putting myself in that
situation."
nba.1671nba.news,
PHILADELPHIA (76) AT WASHINGTON (88)
PHILADELPHIA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
WEATHERSPOON F 33 1-6 0-0 4 2 6 0 0 2 2 2
COLEMAN F 29 4-15 4-4 1 7 8 1 2 2 8 12
WILLIAMS C 17 3-4 0-0 4 1 5 0 2 0 0 6
STACKHOUSE G 33 7-17 5-5 1 2 3 4 4 1 4 19
WALTERS G 27 5-12 0-2 1 7 8 2 4 2 1 12
CAGE 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
HENDRICKSON 16 3-5 0-0 3 3 6 0 1 0 0 6
DAVIS 26 2-8 3-6 0 1 1 0 2 2 3 7
BRADTKE 32 2-6 0-0 2 5 7 1 2 0 4 4
HARRIS 26 4-9 0-0 0 4 4 4 1 3 3 8
MACLEAN DNP - TENDINITIS RIGHT KNEE
IVERSON DNP - SEPARATED LEFT SHOULDER
TOTALS 240 31-82 12-17 16 32 48 12 19 12 26 76
(.378) (.706) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 26(24 PTS)
WASHINGTON
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
GRANT F 30 2-4 0-0 1 4 5 1 3 0 1 4
HOWARD F 35 8-16 2-4 6 4 10 6 3 3 4 18
WEBBER C 30 6-15 1-3 4 1 5 2 3 2 4 13
CHEANEY G 25 4-7 4-4 0 5 5 0 4 2 1 12
STRICKLAND G 27 4-6 5-8 1 4 5 5 0 4 6 13
MURESAN 26 4-7 0-0 0 3 3 1 2 0 2 8
MURRAY 17 2-8 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 5
JACKSON 24 2-7 1-2 0 6 6 1 3 2 2 5
WHITNEY 21 3-7 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 8
WALLACE 2 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FISH 2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AMAYA 1 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 240 36-81 13-21 14 31 45 17 21 13 23 88
(.444) (.619) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 23(22 PTS)
PHILADELPHIA 18 17 14 27 - 76
WASHINGTON 25 23 20 20 - 88
BLOCKED SHOTS: PHILADELPHIA - STACKHOUSE 4. WASHINGTON - MURESAN 4,
WEBBER 3, GRANT 2.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: PHILADELPHIA 2-17 (.118), COLEMAN 0-3, STACKHOUSE 0-4,
WALTERS 2-7, DAVIS 0-3. WASHINGTON 3-15 (.200), GRANT 0-1, WEBBER 0-2,
STRICKLAND 0-1, MURRAY 1-5, JACKSON 0-2, WHITNEY 2-4.
TECHNICALS: PHILADELPHIA - STACKHOUSE, WASHINGTON - GRANT.
OFFICIALS: BOB DELANEY, KEVIN FEHR, RON GARRETSON.
A - 18,756. T - 2:00.
PHILADELPHIA (76) AT WASHINGTON (88)
Juwan Howard had 18 points, 10 rebounds and six assists as the
Washington Bullets raced to a 7-0 lead and never trailed in an
88-76 defeat of the Philadelphia 76ers.
Chris Webber and Rod Strickland added 13 points apiece for the
Bullets, who have won four straight games against Atlantic
Division foes by an average of 11 points. Washington also has
won four straight against Philadelphia.
"Anytime you get a win, it feels good and we'll take it," Webber
said. "The defense was the game. We were determined on
defense."
"Our defense stayed solid the whole game," added Bullets coach
Jim Lynam. "Cheaney was the topic tonight, I was very pleased
the way he played against Stack (Jerry Stackhouse). It was nice
to play a thorough game. Philly just missed some shots tonight
and we were never really threatened."
Calbert Cheaney added 12 points and five rebounds for
Washington, which has alternated wins and losses in its last six
games.
"This was a very important win tonight," Cheaney said. "We are
starting to find each other now and things are clicking.
Tonight, I got the chance to play relaxed and, at the same time,
aggressive."
After the Sixers drew within 38-35 with 2:52 left in the first
half, the Bullets closed the quarter with a 10-0 run. Cheaney
had four points during that stretch as Washington grabbed a
48-35 halftime advantage.
Stackhouse led Philadelphia with 19 points and Derrick Coleman
and Rex Walters added 12 apiece.
"They took us out early and we never got the chance to bounce
back," Stackhouse said. "Our shots just did not fall. We are
not clicking now. This was a very tough loss tonight,
especially when you don't have opportunities to score."
After the second-quarter run, the Bullets kept up the pressure
in the third, outscoring the 76ers 18-10 over the first eight
minutes. Webber's free throw with 3:40 to play gave Washington
its biggest lead, 66-45.
nba.1672nba.news,
SAN ANTONIO (86) AT LA LAKERS (96)
SAN ANTONIO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MAXWELL F 43 5-14 2-7 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 13
D WILKINS F 34 7-16 3-3 6 7 13 2 3 1 4 19
W PERDUE C 30 8-10 1-2 3 4 7 0 6 0 1 17
DEL NEGRO G 42 5-10 0-0 2 2 4 1 3 3 1 10
JOHNSON G 43 7-13 1-2 0 2 2 14 1 1 3 15
ANDERSON 12 0-0 1-2 0 3 3 0 3 0 3 1
M WILLIAMS 12 1-2 3-4 1 0 1 1 3 1 2 5
HERRERA 17 2-4 0-0 1 5 6 0 3 0 2 4
ALEXANDER 5 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2
KEMPTON 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
ELLIOTT DNP - TENDINITIS RIGHT QUADRICEP
SMITH DNP - CHRONIC KNEE SYNOVITIS
TOTALS 240 36-72 11-20 13 25 38 19 24 9 21 86
(.500) (.550) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 22(27 PTS)
LA LAKERS
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
CAMPBELL F 19 1-4 0-0 1 2 3 2 4 0 1 2
JONES F 46 8-16 5-5 2 1 3 4 3 4 5 24
ONEAL C 38 13-19 3-10 7 14 21 1 1 0 4 29
VAN EXEL G 37 5-11 2-2 0 0 0 9 0 1 1 14
SCOTT G 26 1-3 1-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 4
KERSEY 32 3-5 7-8 3 1 4 0 5 6 1 13
ROBINSON 22 3-8 2-2 0 3 3 2 1 2 3 8
FISHER 12 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
BLOUNT 8 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 2
BRYANT DNP - FLU
KNIGHT DNP - COACH'S DECISION
ROOKS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 35-70 20-28 13 24 37 23 18 13 18 96
(.500) (.714) TEAM REBS: 4 TOTAL TO: 18(22 PTS)
SAN ANTONIO 26 15 22 23 - 86
LA LAKERS 22 22 28 24 - 96
BLOCKED SHOTS: SAN ANTONIO - MAXWELL, D WILKINS, M WILLIAMS. LA LAKERS -
ONEAL 2, ROBINSON.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: SAN ANTONIO 3-12 (.250), MAXWELL 1-5, D WILKINS 2-5,
DEL NEGRO 0-2. LA LAKERS 6-18 (.333), JONES 3-7, VAN EXEL 2-4, SCOTT 1-2,
ROBINSON 0-4, FISHER 0-1.
TECHNICALS: SAN ANTONIO - ILLEGAL DEFENSE 2.
OFFICIALS: BILL OAKES, DERRICK STAFFORD, MARK WUNDERLICH.
A - 17,505. T - 2:11.
SAN ANTONIO (86) AT LA LAKERS (96)
Shaquille O'Neal scored 29 points and grabbed a season-high 21
rebounds and Eddie Jones keyed a decisive third-quarter run to
lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 96-86 victory over the
injury-riddled San Antonio Spurs.
Jones scored 24 points and Nick Van Exel added 14 points and
nine assists for Los Angeles, which won for the fourth time in
five games and is off to its best start since opening the
1991-92 season 9-3. O'Neal was 13-for-19 from the field.
Asked about not being able to put the unhealthy team away,
O'Neal made no excuses.
"I don't make excuses. We don't have the killer instinct we're
supposed to have. We just have to learn how to put lesser teams
away. We have to take care of the ball and put those kind of
guys away."
Dominique Wilkins had 19 points and 13 rebounds and Will Perdue
scored 10 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter for the Spurs,
who have lost four straight and seven of their last eight games.
They had won 11 of the last 13 meetings entering the game.
Avery Johnson contributed 15 points and 14 asssists for San
Antonio, which played without injured starters David Robinson,
Sean Elliott and Charles Smith, and bench specialist Chuck
Person. The Spurs, the lowest-scoring team in the league, were
held under 90 points for the ninth time in 11 games this season.
"We'll be alright when we get Robinson back," Spurs coach Bob
Hill said. "This has been a joke. It's been a frustrating month
to say the least. I was thrilled with the way we played. I think
that with the four guys that are out, under the circumstances,
we had a chance to win the game. We got to stop the losing and
get a few wins before (Robinson) gets back or we're going to
find ourselves in a deep, deep hole."
After Vinny Del Negro hit an 11-footer jumper to boost the Spurs
within 48-47 early in the third quarter, Jones nailed a
three-pointer to ignite a 20-6 run. Jones added another
three-pointer and a layup during the stretch and Van Exel hit a
three-pointer to cap the burst, giving the Lakers a 68-53 lead
with 4:34 left in the third quarter.
"Basically, I didn't think we played the type of ball we
normally can play," Jones admitted. "It was an ugly game and
I'm happy about the ugly win. We didn't execute everything
correctly, we made some turnovers we shouldn't have made and if
it has to be ugly then we'll take a few that way."
"They were without two goods players, but we'll take the win,"
Van Exel said. "We could have played better. We just can't get
motivated for them. We don't have the killer instinct and we
need it...Eddie has been playing well all season long. When we
needed sparks, he's been there."
San Antonio pulled within 87-81 with 2:50 to go in the game on
Vernon Maxwell's three-pointer. But O'Neal made one free throw
and hit a turnaround jumper to help Los Angeles regain a
nine-point lead 40 seconds later. O'Neal was just 3-of-10 from
the line.
The Lakers led 44-41 at halftime behind 16 points from O'Neal.
The Spurs took a 26-22 advantage into the second quarter behind
nine points from Wilkins.
Jerome Kersey scored 13 points and tied a career high with six
steals, and Jones added four steals for Los Angeles, which shot
50 percent (35-of-70) from the field.
"I gave Kersey the game ball," Lakers coach Del Harris stated.
"He worked hard, was a big reason why we won and deserved it.'
San Antonio also shot 50 percent (36-of-72), but committed 22
turnovers leading to 27 points for the Lakers. Maxwell finished
with 13 points and Del Negro contributed 10 for the Spurs.
"It's a long season," Del Negro said. "Shaq got a lot of of easy
baskets because a lot of our big guys are out. Our effort was
there, but right now it's tough. Once we get everybody back,
we'll do a lot of damage."
nba.1673nba.news,
SEATTLE (118) AT BOSTON (91)
SEATTLE
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
D SCHREMPF F 31 5-9 5-5 0 3 3 2 2 0 1 15
KEMP F 32 10-18 2-4 4 9 13 0 2 4 2 22
MCILVAINE C 5 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1
PAYTON G 33 8-17 3-4 0 7 7 9 3 2 1 22
HAWKINS G 22 4-5 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 10
PERKINS 22 3-6 3-4 0 2 2 3 1 2 1 10
STEWART 24 5-9 2-2 4 3 7 4 4 1 2 12
EHLO 20 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 5 0 0 2 3
SNOW 24 3-5 1-2 1 2 3 9 3 1 2 8
WINGATE 9 2-2 1-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
GRAHAM 11 2-7 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
HARVEY 7 2-4 1-2 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 5
TOTALS 240 45-86 19-26 11 34 45 33 22 10 13 118
(.523) (.731) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 13(18 PTS)
BOSTON
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
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DAY F 36 5-16 4-7 2 6 8 2 2 1 4 17
WILLIAMS F 33 3-7 2-2 1 2 3 2 4 1 2 8
BRICKOWSKI C 23 3-5 3-4 1 4 5 2 4 1 2 11
BARROS G 46 4-16 3-4 0 1 1 5 2 2 3 13
FOX G 34 5-9 9-13 1 6 7 4 5 0 3 21
CONLON 18 1-7 2-2 2 3 5 3 0 0 2 4
SZABO 12 1-4 0-0 2 3 5 0 4 0 0 2
WALKER 27 5-15 4-5 6 4 10 1 2 1 4 15
DRIGGERS 11 0-4 0-0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
ELLISON DNP - BROKEN BIG TOE
RADJA DNP - BROKEN MIDDLE FINGER
WESLEY DNP - SORE RIGHT FOOT
TOTALS 240 27-83 27-37 17 29 46 19 23 6 20 91
(.325) (.730) TEAM REBS: 14 TOTAL TO: 21(26 PTS)
SEATTLE 26 36 25 31 - 118
BOSTON 28 17 26 20 - 91
BLOCKED SHOTS: SEATTLE - MCILVAINE 2, KEMP, STEWART, WINGATE, HARVEY.
BOSTON - BARROS, CONLON, SZABO, WALKER.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: SEATTLE 9-18 (.500), D SCHREMPF 0-2, PAYTON 3-6,
HAWKINS 2-2, PERKINS 1-3, STEWART 0-1, EHLO 1-1, SNOW 1-1, GRAHAM 1-2.
BOSTON 10-26 (.385), DAY 3-7, BRICKOWSKI 2-4, BARROS 2-7, FOX 2-2, WALKER
1-3, DRIGGERS 0-3.
TECHNICALS: SEATTLE - ILLEGAL DEFENSE 3.
OFFICIALS: HUE HOLLINS, HANK ARMSTRONG, BILL SPOONER.
A - 17,220. T - 2:02.
SEATTLE (118) AT BOSTON (91)
Shawn Kemp scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and Gary
Payton added 22 points and nine assists as the Seattle
SuperSonics won their 10th straight game, routing the Boston
Celtics, 118-91.
Kemp and Sam Perkins keyed a 25-7 run that bridged the first and
second quarters. It gave Seattle a 13-point advantage with just
under 11 minutes remaining in the first half.
"In the first quarter, the game was even," Kemp said. "In the
second quarter, we got our hands on the ball and blocked shots.
We took advantage of our size, played with our heads and made
them turn the ball over."
Rick Fox tied a season-high with 21 points for Boston, which has
lost four straight, overall, and four straight to Seattle.
Antoine Walker added 15 points and a season-high 10 rebounds for
the Celtics, who shot just 32 percent (27-of-83) from the floor.
After Boston took its biggest lead of the game, 25-20, in the
first quarter, Perkins hit a three-pointer to spark the decisive
burst. Kemp scored seven points during the run and Perkins
added eight, including a layup with 10:58 that capped the spurt.
"In the first quarter, we were slow and we were putting them on
the free throw line," Sonics coach George Karl said. "Our bench
did a great job. When we put in our second unit we played the
way we wanted to. We played well defensively."
"It was absolutely ridiculous that they got so many second shots
in the second quarter," Boston coach M.L. Carr said. "Seattle
puts a lot of pressure on you to rush shots and we were forced
to take a lot of three-pointers."
The Sonics held Boston in check throughout the second half,
allowing only a third-quarter run that brought Boston within
80-71. Seattle answered again, establishing a 16-point cushion
by the end of the period.
Detlef Schrempf added 15 points for the Sonics, who had six
players in double figures.
"Obviously, we put them away early and kept up the consistency,"
he said. "We kept up our intensity as we head deeper into our
schedule."
Seattle shot 52 percent (45-of-86) from the field and led by as
many as 29 points in the final seconds.
The Sonics, who opened the season with losses in two of their
first three games, have won 10 straight since, including seven
in a row on the road.
"It's a little too early to be talking about winning streaks,
but the nice thing about this is most of it has come on the
road," Karl noted.
nba.1674nba.news,
Mavericks F Jamal Mashburn has CAT scan, to see specialist
Dallas Mavericks forward Jamal Mashburn has a displaced fracture of
the right cheekbone and will see a specialist later today to determine
how long he will be sidelined.
The displaced fracture was diagnosed following a CAT scan this
morning. Mashburn was placed on the injured list and the Mavericks
activated center Greg Dreiling, who had hip and back injuries, to take
his place on the roster.
The 6-foot-8, 240-pound Mashburn missed 64 games last season after
knee surgery. He was injured again Thursday night when he was hit by
an elbow from Malik Sealy and fell hard to the floor with 7:36 left in
the first quarter.
Mashburn is averaging 9.3 points and 2.9 rebounds in 10 games this
season.
Dreiling, a nine-year veteran out of Kansas, gives the Mavericks a big
body in the middle with his 7-foot-1, 265-pound frame. He has not
played this season.
nba.1675nba.news,
Celtics C Ellison out two-to-three months with broken toe
Boston Celtics center Pervis Ellison, whose once-promising career has
been hampered by injuries, will miss two to three months after
breaking the big toe on his right foot today.
Ellison, the top overall pick in the 1989 draft, reportedly dropped a
table on his toe in his home this afternoon. The injury will keep him
out of the lineup for eight to 12 weeks.
Ellison, who won a national championship at Louisville in 1986, has
seen limited action this season and didn't play in Boston's 108-83
loss to Detroit on Wednesday. He has scored just 15 points in six
games and has fallen out of coach M.L. Carr's frontcourt rotation.
During his seven years in the league, which included stints with
Sacramento and Washington, Ellison has suffered several injuries,
including foot, ankle and knee surgeries. He has managed to play more
than 70 games in a season just once and had his best season in 1990-91
for Washington, averaging 20 points and 10 rebounds per game.
The Celtics already are one player over the league limit for injured
reserve and will have to find a way to make room for Ellison.
nba.1676nba.news,
Spurs eyeing December return for David Robinson
The San Antonio Spurs are hoping All-Star center David Robinson will
be able to return to the lineup next month.
Robinson, who started the season on the injured list with a lower back
strain, met today with Dr. Robert Watkins at the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic in
Los Angeles. Watkins confirmed that Robinson's rehabilitation program
is progressing and that Robinson's strength and flexibility are
improving, said general manager Gregg Popovich.
"We're optimistic that continued adherence to the regimen prescribed
will get David back on the court as safely and as soon as possible,"
Popovich added. "At this point, it is possible to say that serious
consideration for game participation will begin in early December."
Robinson, the 1995 NBA Most Valuable Player, played just one of eight
exhibition games. He experienced back pain for the last couple of
years and arrived at training camp last month with lingering pain.
The 31-year-old Robinson is among the best players in the NBA and was
voted among the 50 greatest players in NBA history. He averaged 25
points, 12.2 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game last season, his seventh
in the league. Outside of a torn ligament in his left hand that forced
him to miss the final 14 games of the 1991-92 season, Robinson had
missed just three games in his career.
However, the Spurs have advanced to the Western Conference finals just
once since making Robinson the top overall pick out of Navy in the
1987 draft. He served a two-year armed service commitment before
joining the Spurs in 1989.
With Robinson out of the lineup, San Antonio has opened the season 2-8
and has failed to score as many as 96 points in any game. Greg
Anderson has seen most of the action at center and is averaging 2.8
points and 6.7 rebounds per game.
nba.1677nba.news,
Parish placed on IL
CHICAGO (Nov 22, 1996 - 20:01 EST) -- Chicago Bulls backup center
Robert Parish was placed on the injured list with a back strain
Friday.
The 43-year-old Parish, who has averaged 4.6 points and two rebounds
in nine minutes a game, was replaced by forward Dickey Simpkins.
Simpkins was placed on the injured list Nov. 11 with an ankle injury
after averaging 1.8 points and 8.8 minutes in six games.
nba.1678nba.news,
Pacers struggling without Smits
INDIANAPOLIS (Nov 22, 1996 - 15:30 EST) -- The absence of injured Rik
Smits is hurting the Indiana Pacers.
Smits hasn't practiced since having surgery on both feet Sept. 3 and
no date has been set for his return.
With the 7-foot-4 center out, the Pacers are off to their worst start
in three seasons at 3-7.
"When we post up, we can't get a shot, we can't even get fouled,"
coach Larry Brown said after a 90-87 loss to Charlotte Thursday night.
"We don't get doubled up in the post, and that puts more pressure on
our outside game. It's the way people are playing us."
The added pressure is showing in the shooting of Reggie Miller, who
leads the team with a 20.3 scoring average but has made only 38
percent of his shots after taking a 49 percent career mark into the
season.
"We don't have a post-up guy," Brown said.
That's not the only problem for Brown, who anticipated the team would
struggle early.
"We don't have Haywoode Workman. We don't have Rik. We don't have
Eddie Johnson. Erick Dampier had hernia surgery. Travis Best has
started 10 games in the NBA," Brown said. "Vincent Askew is new.
Jerome Allen is new.
"I didn't figure it would be easy, even with Rik here. Then when Erick
and Derrick (McKey) went down in training camp, I knew it would be
difficult. But, that's no excuse. I like the potential of this team,
but I don't like a lack of leadership, effort and mental toughness."
Workman had surgery Friday to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament
in his left knee and might miss the rest of the season. Johnson isn't
expected to be back from off-season knee surgery until next month.
"I believe this team will come back," Brown said. "There are a lot of
people that are trying, but the energy is going in the wrong
direction."
Best, who lost the starting job at point guard after two games this
season and reclaimed it when Workman was injured, is the team's
second-leading scorer at 13.2. But he's averaging only 3.8 assists per
game and leads the team with 30 turnovers.
"It's hard for him. He's only started 10 games and didn't play much
last year," teammate Duane Ferrell said of Best, who was the team's
first round draft pick last year. "You can't put that much pressure on
him to lead this club. It's on the veteran players. ... We have to
keep ... pushing, and get out of this rut."
Ferrell, who began the season on the injured list with a torn calf
muscle, has provided some spark the past two games. His 16 points
Thursday were his high in three seasons with the Pacers. It followed a
12-point performance off the bench Wednesday night.
"It's tough losing like this. ... " Ferrell said. "It's a difficult
time. If we keep working hard in practice, things will turn around.
Watching on the bench, when I was on the injured list, I saw that one
of the things we needed was scoring. That's what I'm trying to do, be
a little more aggressive offensively and create some shots."
The Pacers are averaging only 90.7 points per game, compared to 99.3
last season when Smits had a career-high 18.5 average.
"We need Rik bad," Ferrell said. "With the injury of Rik, it's been
difficult. I didn't think it would be as hard as it is."
nba.1679nba.news,
Clippers' coach not discouraged by losses
DALLAS (Nov 22, 1996 - 13:01 EST) -- Bill Fitch, the all-time NBA
leader in losses, says losing now doesn't feel any better than it did
in 1970 when he made his professional coaching debut with the
Cleveland Cavaliers.
"That's a lot of losses and I didn't enjoy a single one of them," the
Los Angeles Clippers' 62-year-old coach said after his 1,000th defeat,
105-94 to the Dallas Mavericks Thursday night. "They say you're lucky
to be around the game for that long. More than anything else, that
(1,000 defeats) is a sign of longevity."
Despite all the losses, Fitch has accomplished some good things. He's
coached a few champions, but has mostly worked with under-manned teams
over his 23 seasons in the NBA. He's also managed to win 897 games.
"I've had some good teams, but in a lot of cases, I've had to start at
the bottom and build a team," said Fitch, who has coached more games
than anyone in NBA history. "That's a challenge I still enjoy."
Fitch is in the midst of another of those challenges with the Clippers
(6-5), who are showing signs of finally turning things around. The
Clippers were 46-118 in Fitch's first two seasons in Los Angeles.
Fitch also coached the expansion Cavaliers for nine struggling seasons
from 1970-79, and guided a bad New Jersey Nets team for three seasons
during the early '90s. In between Cleveland and New Jersey, Fitch
coached Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics to the NBA title in the
1980-81 season, and coached the Houston Rockets into the NBA Finals in
the 1985-86 season.
"I've always liked working with young teams and that hasn't changed,"
Fitch said. "That keeps me going. If I was in this for the money, I
would have quit a long time ago."
Fitch has seen the good, the bad and the ugly. He's endured 50-loss
seasons 10 times. He's had 12 sub-.500 seasons. And he's had five
50-win seasons, won five division titles and coached his teams to five
berths in the conference finals.
In August, Fitch had a heart attack, then underwent emergency
triple-bypass heart surgery. Fitch claims the heart attack wasn't the
fault of the Clippers, but he said this is the last time he'll take on
a rebuilding project.
"You don't ever plan a heart attack," Fitch said. "You don't know how
you're going to react to something like that, but I made up my mind
that I was going to be at (training) camp. But once I get this team
into the playoffs, it's the last time I'll do something like this.
That's not to say that I'd get out of basketball, though."
Mavericks coach Jim Cleamons played under Fitch at Cleveland in the
mid-'70s, and admires his patience. Cleamons is 3-7 in his rookie
season.
"Coach (Fitch) has been able to persevere," Cleamons said. "I hope I'm
able to be around near as long, although I don't think I'd want 1,000
losses. It's a credit to him that he's been in the game long enough to
do that (lose 1,000 games)."
nba.1680nba.news,
Most consecutive NBA games won, start of season
A list of the best unbeaten starts in NBA history:
15-0 -- Washington Capitols, Nov. 3-Dec. 4, 1948.
15-0 -- Houston Rockets, Nov. 5-Dec. 2, 1993.
14-0 -- Boston Celtics, Oct. 22-Nov. 27, 1957.
12-0 -- Seattle SuperSonics, Oct. 29-Nov. 19, 1982.
12-0 -- Chicago Bulls, Nov. 1-present.
nba.1681nba.news,
Raptors name Peddie president
The Toronto Raptors have named Richard Peddie team president, just
one week after Allan Slaight bought the team. He replaces John
Bitove, who agreed on a contract buyout with Slaight.
The 49-year-old Peddie was employed at NetStar Communications,
where hed as president and chief operating officer. NetStar
includes the Sports Network and Discovery Channel.
The team changed ownership after John Bitove Jr., a co- owner, was
unable to counter a buyout from Slaight. Each owned 39.5-percent of
the franchise.
Peddie is scheduled to begin his duties December 2nd.
nba.1682nba.news,
Owens holds no grudges against the Heat
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Nov 22, 1996 - 06:54 EST) -- Used to be, Billy
Owens could work up a good froth toward the team that traded him. He
still resents the Golden State Warriors for shipping him to the Miami
Heat.
Maybe it comes from being traded three times in five seasons, but
Owens looked anything but rabid when asked about Friday night's game
against the Heat, his first against his former team since being traded
to the Kings on Feb. 22.
"There really isn't a grudge against Miami," he said. "I've still got
a grudge against Golden State but not Miami. I wasn't there long
enough to feel comfortable."
Owens is more concerned about feeling comfortable in Sacramento, where
injuries have kept him from showing the all-around skills that twice
led the Kings to claim him -- first with the third overall pick in the
1991 draft, then in last winter's trade.
After missing most of training camp and the first two games of the
regular season with a groin injury, Owens had his best outing of the
year Monday, contributing 17 points and 10 rebounds against Vancouver.
But he suffered a dislocated right pinky the next night in Portland, a
setback that won't keep him out of the lineup.
"He's had a rough start," coach Garry St. Jean said. "He hasn't really
found his groove yet, but I think Billy's going to have a nice year
and be a key part of our nucleus. The season is still young."
Owens is averaging 10.0 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists, all well
below his career averages. But the 6-foot-9 forward said his groin
injury is fully mended.
"My legs are feeling better, and that's all I need," Owens said. "My
game is the open court, getting the rebound and making things happen."
While he wouldn't attach any special significance to playing the Heat,
Owens did say that any trade leaves at least a temporary scar.
"It makes you feel like you can't play the game of basketball," Owens
said. "Somebody's getting rid of you. It hurts at first, because
you've never even been cut. You're not used to having someone not want
you."
The Warriors dealt Owens to the Heat on the eve of the 1994-95 season
opener, getting Rony Seikaly in return. That trade separated Owens
from his close friend, Chris Webber, but Owens lasted just a season
and a half in Miami before Heat coach (and president) Pat Riley traded
him to the Kings with Kevin Gamble for Walt Williams and Tyrone
Corbin.
Before all that -- before he had played an NBA game, in fact -- Owens
was traded by the Kings to the Warriors for Mitch Richmond and Les
Jepsen.
He welcomed the first trade, but the point is, Owens has been around
the block enough times to know better than to buy the first house that
catches his eye.
"I don't look at any place like it's home, unless the owner comes up
to me and says he's going to build the team around me," Owens said.
"Michael Jordan is the only guy in this league who has stability.
Nobody else."
Owens might be downplaying Friday night's game because he remembers
what happened the last time he carried a serious grudge onto the
court. Shortly after being traded by Golden State to Miami, Owens
returned to Oakland and played a poor game, scoring six points before
fouling out.
nba.1683nba.news,
Nine-game win streak no big deal to these Sonics
LANDOVER, Md.(Nov 22, 1996 - 07:54 EST) -- Some NBA teams would be
ecstatic about a nine-game winning streak.
Toronto? No doubt.
Sacramento? Without question.
Seattle?
Harrumph.
Don't. Even. Think. About. It.
"We're not going to get excited just because we've won nine games in a
row," said Shawn Kemp after the SuperSonics' 115-110 double-overtime
victory over the Washington Bullets Wednesday night. "The streak to us
is no big thing."
That's not to say they aren't happy to be atop the Pacific Division at
10-2 entering Friday's game at Boston. After blowing a 16-point lead
in the fourth quarter against the Bullets, they know they dodged a
...landmine. But with 70 games still to go, last year's Western
Conference champions aren't about to set the cruise control for the
Finals.
Remember, this is a team that started out 26-3 in 1993-94, then lost
in the first round of the playoffs.
"We're definitely not playing yet where we want to play," Kemp said.
"This is November. A team that gets excited in November will probably
lose nine games in a row in December or January."
Don't look for Seattle to disintegrate anytime soon. The Sonics are
loaded with the same hypertalented core that led them to the 1996 NBA
Finals. Power forward extraordinaire Kemp (24 pts, 11.3 boards) still
bombards defenses with his aerial power game, while Dream Team III
guard Gary Payton (21.8 pts, 7.6 assists, 2.8 steals) bedevils
opponents with his penetration and relentless defensive pressure.
Throw in versatile Detlef Schrempf, outside gunner Hersey Hawkins ,
sixth man Sam Perkins and free agent shot blocking center Jim
McIlvaine (31 swats in only 243 minutes) and the Sonics have the
ingredients for another sizzling run to celebrate their 30th
anniversary.
McIlvaine's signing for $35 million over seven years raised eyebrows
around the league, and prompted a brief holdout in the preseason by $3
million-dollar man Kemp. Although McIlvaine isn't putting up big
numbers (4.1 pts, 4.1 boards), he is filling the role coach George
Karl expected.
"We don't need a scorer; we need his defense and rebounding," Karl
said. "He's going to be very good for us.
"When the Lakers got Shaq, I didn't think we wanted to play the Lakers
one way. Now we can run traps, double teams or play him straight up."
Kemp is keeping a wary eye on Shaquille O'Neal and the Lakers, who
trail the Sonics by two games, but not exclusively.
"With Shaq down there, I have to pay more attention than last year.
But I probably look more at Houston. With the three old guys you know
they are going to play every night."
Karl isn't overly concerned about the Lakers either, though they have
received an inordinate amount of press in the early going.
"I hope they get all the attention in the world, but I still say the
championship comes through Seattle," Karl said.
At least the Western Conference Championship. Kemp is already itching
for a rematch with the red-hot Chicago Bulls in the NBA Finals.
"The only thing that amazes me about the Bulls is that teams don't get
up for them," Kemp said. "When I look at the Bulls, it's the biggest
challenge of the year. I want to play my best ever.
"I don't understand why all teams don't feel that way."
Perhaps because those teams don't know what's it like to have a
nine-game winning streak.
nba.1684nba.news,
Rookie Abdur-Rahim struggling in Vancouver
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Nov 22, 1996 - 18:54 EST) -- Shareef
Abdur-Rahim has discovered the NBA is a much tougher mountain to
conquer than the hardwoods of college basketball.
The 19-year-old forward struggled in just about every phase of the pro
game during his first month with the Vancouver Grizzlies.
After 12 games in 20 days -- winning only once -- Abdur-Rahim finds
himself coming off the bench as a reserve rather than having a
high-profile position in the starting lineup.
Abdur-Rahim is used to being in the spotlight. He was one of the best
college players last season as a high-scoring freshman at California.
NBA scouts drooled over his potential and the Grizzlies made him the
third selection overall in the draft when the underclassman declared
himself eligible despite his inexperience.
"I got off to a bad start," Abdur-Rahim said. "It took me by surprise,
some of the things I was doing."
Those things included making only 38.1 percent of his shots, while
averaging 10.3 points and 26.3 minutes per game early in the season.
Abdur-Rahim's defense and rebounding were so inconsistent that he was
replaced in the starting lineup at small forward by 6-foot-4 Blue
Edwards, five inches shorter than the athletic Abdur-Rahim.
"The toughest part so far is the travel and playing so much,"
Abdur-Rahim said. "We've had some rough times, but there's nothing I'd
rather be doing."
The Grizzlies have started rookie Roy Rogers at power forward to
improve their rebounding. Rogers was drafted 22nd overall, 19
selections after Vancouver took Abdur-Rahim.
Rogers played four years at Alabama and is sounder in the fundamentals
of the game than Abdur-Rahim. But Abdur-Rahim has some offensive
skills that the Grizzlies believe will eventually make him a star.
"He has to get a lot stronger to withstand the pounding of an NBA
season," Vancouver coach Brian Winters said. "Shareef needs work on
his team defense and perimeter shot."
Abdur-Rahim can run the floor on the break and sky for offensive
rebounds when he's properly positioned. But for now, he battles with
himself to remain positive about his game.
"I've never lost this much in my life," Abdur-Rahim said about
Vancouver's 1-11 record. "It's hard to grasp, but I'm a very
competitive person."
The Grizzlies are the worst rebounding team in the league and need
consistent efforts on the boards from Rogers, Abdur-Rahim and
second-year center Bryant Reeves.
"Shareef is getting better, and he has to make sure his confidence
doesn't get down when we're losing," Reeves said. "I've got to talk to
him along the way because I experienced those growing pains last
year."
nba.1685nba.news,
Walker has Celts' hopes on the move
BOSTON -- They still play on the parquet floor, the 16 NBA
championship banners still hang from the rafters, but the only thing
the Boston Celtics can brag about these days is their fan-friendly new
building.
How did this once proud franchise stumble to the depths of the
Clippers and Nets? Look no further than the draft, where a combination
of bad luck and bad choices has left the team void of a franchise
player and little hope for immediate success.
"It's a total crapshoot," said Celtics assistant coach K.C. Jones, who
was the head coach in 1986 when the team won its last NBA
championship. "It's so tough to tell how well a kid is going to do at
the next level."
This year the Celtics are hoping Antoine Walker, the draft's sixth
overall pick, will reverse years of second-guessing and misfortune.
The Celtics passed on Shawn Kemp in the 1989 draft for the other
Michael Smith, the one not playing in Sacramento. In 1992 Georgia
Tech's Jon Barry looked more appealing than Latrell Sprewell. Both
were forgivable mistakes by Boston.
Over the past decade the Celtics have witnessed the deaths of Reggie
Lewis and Len Bias, both first-round picks. Both tragedies have taken
their toll on the franchise. Nonetheless, there are only four
first-rounders since 1986 on the current roster. One of them is Eric
Williams, who was drafted just last season. Rick Fox and Dee Brown
remain from the 1990 and 1991 drafts.
Now the Celtics are counting on Walker, just eight months removed from
winning a national title at Kentucky, to help rebuild the franchise.
He's the most highly touted Celtic rookie since a farmboy named Larry
Bird took over the Hub. Already tabbed as the next Karl Malone, Walker
is learning the NBA on the fly, something he thinks will make him
better.
"I've always been uncomfortable sitting on the bench," Walker said.
"Getting playing time will do nothing but help me."
Boston head coach M.L. Carr has had to start Walker, and his lack of
pro experience has been evident at times.
"He has definitely looked like a rookie at times," Jones said. "But he
has all the tools and has shown signs that he's going to be a great
player in this league."
What has the Celtics so high on their latest first-round experiment?
Walker's 6-foot-9, 225-pound frame allows him to play almost anywhere
on the floor. He's even seen time at point this year for Boston,
although his main contributions will come at small forward.
"He's a tweener at every position," Jones said. "He's a big small
forward, an even bigger guard, and a little undersized for the power
forward spot.
"In time though we feel like he will excel at four positions for us."
Walker was arguably the most athletic player on the most athletic team
in college basketball last year, which led some NBA teams to declare
him the best overall player in the draft.
"There were teams that wanted to trade up to get him," Carr said. "A
lot of teams had him as the highest player on their board."
M.L. is known as one of the best salesmen in the league, but Walker
doesn't need a sell job. People have him tabbed as the "real deal"
less than a month into his NBA career.
"If he can consistently knock down his mid-range jumper, he'll be a
force in the league," said Minnesota head coach Flip Saunders. "He
showed what he is capable of doing while he was at Kentucky."
Walker's numbers as a sophomore at UK weren't staggering (15.2 ppg,
8.4 rpg), but he was one of three first-round picks from last year's
Wildcats squad. Guard Tony Delk went to Charlotte and forward Walter
McCarty was taken by the Knicks.
"He wasn't asked to do everything at Kentucky," Jones said. "Now he's
beginning to use all of his talents and he's realizing how good he can
be."
Like all of the Celtics, Walker has had his ups and downs through the
first month of the season. The 20-year-old has started seven of nine
games and is averaging 12.4 ppg. However, like most rookies, Walker is
struggling from the floor, shooting just 40 percent.
"Shot selection is the key," Carr said. "If he takes good shots and
doesn't force his game, he'll be a consistent scorer for us."
Walker scored a career-high 23 points against the Bucks in just his
second NBA game. However, a week later in front of 35 family members
and friends, Walker stunk up the United Center, going 2-of-10 from the
field for just five points against the Bulls.
"There will be some tough times," Walker said. "I realize that. The
thing I need to do is keep working hard and continuing to improve."
Not only is he a talent and a future star, but he's been enthusiastic,
something the rest of the Celtics say they might have lacked before
his arrival.
"He plays with a lot of spirit," said forward Dino Radja. "It rubs off
on the rest of us. His emotion on the court will make us a better
team."
Emotion is something that has been lacking in the Boston lockerroom
since the departures of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish.
Moving out of the charismatic Boston Garden and into the FleetCenter
has also robbed the franchise of any character and identity built in
the '80s.
"We need to build an identity," Carr said. "Antoine will be a big part
of the building process."
In Walker, Celtics fans think they have a player worth watching.
"The fans are excited about his talents," said former Celtic Tommy
Heinsohn, now a broadcaster with the team. "He's shown that he will be
a star. When was the last time you could say that about a Celtic draft
pick?"
Well, Tommy, when Red Auerbach landed Bias in the 1986 draft, the
Celtics thought they'd found a difference-maker. Bias never played a
game for the Celtics. Now, 10 years later, Walker is the man in
Boston, and the same pressures are being placed on him.
"I can't turn things around here by myself," he admitted. "It takes a
total team effort. I think we have that kind of dedication here."
With the Celtics struggling early this season, the lottery seems to be
the prize at the end of the 1996-97 season rather than the playoffs.
The trade that sent Eric Montross to Dallas in the offseason landed
Boston with the Mavs' first-round pick as well. With two potential top
10 picks in next year's draft, the future may begin to look a little
brighter on Causway Street.
"Antoine is a big part of our future," Jones said. "We won't rush him
or ask him to do too much, but in time we think he will be able to
handle anything we ask of him."
Don't ask him to carry the Celtics this season. He'll wish he never
left Lexington.
nba.1686dizel,
-> #1666, lexus** Jel chatovao neko sa Doktorom?
Ja sam pokušao nešto, ali nikako nije uspevalo... Mislim da ga nije
ni bilo...
nba.1687vpoznanovic,
-> #1665, lexus>> Zanimljivo je da je Divac znao da se utakmica prenosi kod nas.
>> Taj čovek je stvarno Car. Verujem da bi bio najbolji igrač sveta,
>> samo kada bi mu pred svaku utakmicu govorili da se njom dokazuje
>> pred svojim narodom ;)
Vjerujte mi, nisam nigdje pročitao da je Divac znao da će se utakmica
prenositi kod nas, ali prateći njen tok, na kraju sam se mogao zakleti u
to. :) U osam mečeva odigranih do tada kao startni centar samo je u dva
prešao cifru od deset poena, a te noći double-double uz izbor za igrača
utakmice i pored Ewinga i kompanije. :) Šta ti je balkanski mentalitet. ;)
Ako mu i gazde dođu do istog zaključka, eto nama prenosa svaku drugu noć.
;)) Ili eto njega nazad u Partizan... :>
nba.1688vpoznanovic,
-> #1666, lexus>> Jel chatovao neko sa Doktorom?
Kad to spomenu... Ono jutro sam se uništio tražeći transkript razgovora
s Magicom, pregledao čitav Web i sve moguće newsgrupe koje se bave tom
tematikom, ali baš ništa nisam uspio da nađem. :(
nba.1689vpoznanovic,
-> #1667, rkovacevic>> Priča se da Đorđević debituje u NBA sutra (subota) protiv Denvera...
>> Vlade, trač ili istina?
Trač, vjerovatnije. Zvanično još nijedan od trojice igrača Portlanda
stavljenih na listu povrijeđenih na početku sezone nije aktiviran.
Postoji izvjesna šansa da se to desi uoči utakmice, ali sudeći prema
zdravstvenom stanju najbliži tome je svakako Jermaine O'Neal. Mislim
da ćemo još morati sačekati na Đorđevićev debi.
nba.1690vpoznanovic,
Saturday, November 23
Atlanta at Toronto 91:88
Chicago at Utah 100:105
Dallas at New Jersey 91:114
Denver at Portland 65:105
Detroit at Charlotte 85:93
Houston at Golden State 120:115
L.A. Clippers at Minnesota 96:98
New York at Philadelphia 92:109
Orlando at Indiana 76:73
Washington at Milwaukee 95:90
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ATLANTA 26 19 24 22 91
TORONTO 26 21 23 18 88 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: ATL - CHRISTIAN LAETTNER 29, ELDRIDGE RECASNER 23, DIKEMBE
MUTOMBO 18
TOR - DAMON STOUDAMIRE 22, WALT WILLIAMS 19, MARCUS CAMBY
13
HIGH REBOUND: ATL - DIKEMBE MUTOMBO 9, CHRISTIAN LAETTNER 7
TOR - POPEYE JONES 9, MARCUS CAMBY 8
HIGH ASSISTS: ATL - ELDRIDGE RECASNER 5, THREE PLAYERS WITH 3
TOR - DAMON STOUDAMIRE 8, WALT WILLIAMS 7
ATT: 16,838
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CHICAGO 30 29 26 15 100
UTAH 35 24 23 23 105 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: CHI - MICHAEL JORDAN 44, SCOTTIE PIPPEN 16, STEVE KERR 11
UTH - KARL MALONE 36, BRYON RUSSELL 17, JEFF HORNACEK 17
HIGH REBOUND: CHI - DENNIS RODMAN 10, LUC LONGLEY 8
UTH - KARL MALONE 15, GREG OSTERTAG 5
HIGH ASSISTS: CHI - MICHAEL JORDAN 4, THREE PLAYERS WITH 3
UTH - JOHN STOCKTON 13, TWO PLAYERS WITH 5
ATT: 19,911
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
DALLAS 26 18 24 23 91
NEW JERSEY 32 30 31 21 114 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: DAL - GEORGE MCCLOUD 13, JIM JACKSON 11, CHRIS GATLING 11
NJN - KENDALL GILL 26, ROBERT PACK 17, KERRY KITTLES 15
HIGH REBOUND: DAL - LOREN MEYER 9, JASON KIDD 7
NJN - JAYSON WILLIAMS 15, SHAWN BRADLEY 12
HIGH ASSISTS: DAL - JASON KIDD 12, DEREK HARPER 6
NJN - ROBERT PACK 22, KENDALL GILL 4
ATT: 15,701
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
DENVER 13 12 26 14 65
PORTLAND 32 20 25 28 105 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: DEN - ANTONIO MCDYESS 16, TOM HAMMONDS 8, SARUNAS
MARCIULIONIS 7
POR - GARY TRENT 22, KENNY ANDERSON 14, CLIFFORD ROBINSON
11
HIGH REBOUND: DEN - ERVIN JOHNSON 5, BROOKS THOMPSON 5
POR - GARY TRENT 13, CHRIS DUDLEY 10
HIGH ASSISTS: DEN - BROOKS THOMPSON 4, TWO PLAYERS WITH 2
POR - KENNY ANDERSON 8, RANDOLPH CHILDRESS 6
ATT: 20,116
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
DETROIT 18 17 26 24 85
CHARLOTTE 17 24 29 23 93 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: DET - JOE DUMARS 21, LINDSEY HUNTER 18, OTIS THORPE 17
CHA - DELL CURRY 19, ANTHONY MASON 18, VLADE DIVAC 15
HIGH REBOUND: DET - OTIS THORPE 13, GRANT HILL 7
CHA - ANTHONY MASON 11, DELL CURRY 6
HIGH ASSISTS: DET - JOE DUMARS 6, THREE PLAYERS WITH 2
CHA - TYRONE BOGUES 9, ANTHONY GOLDWIRE 6
ATT: 24,042
NBA FINAL IN OT 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- --- -----
HOUSTON 21 25 40 22 12 120
GOLDEN STATE 24 35 23 26 7 115 FINAL IN 1ST OT
HIGH SCORERS: HOU - CLYDE DREXLER 32, CHARLES BARKLEY 27, MARIO ELIE 21
GSW - MARK PRICE 32, LATRELL SPREWELL 28, CHRIS MULLIN 27
HIGH REBOUND: HOU - CHARLES BARKLEY 17, CLYDE DREXLER 11
GSW - JOE SMITH 7, FELTON SPENCER 6
HIGH ASSISTS: HOU - CHARLES BARKLEY 12, TWO PLAYERS WITH 4
GSW - LATRELL SPREWELL 11, JOE SMITH 6
ATT: 16,896
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
LA CLIPPERS 21 31 20 24 96
MINNESOTA 33 22 19 24 98 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: LAC - STANLEY ROBERTS 17, ERIC PIATKOWSKI 15, MALIK SEALY
15
MIN - KEVIN GARNETT 24, TOM GUGLIOTTA 17, STEPHON MARBURY
15
HIGH REBOUND: LAC - MALIK SEALY 5, STANLEY ROBERTS 5
MIN - TOM GUGLIOTTA 12, KEVIN GARNETT 10
HIGH ASSISTS: LAC - RODNEY ROGERS 4, POOH RICHARDSON 3
MIN - STEPHON MARBURY 9, TOM GUGLIOTTA 4
ATT: 16,877
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW YORK 26 15 31 20 92
PHILADELPHIA 21 22 33 33 109 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: NYK - JOHN STARKS 20, PATRICK EWING 19, CHRIS CHILDS 17
PHI - ALLEN IVERSON 26, DERRICK COLEMAN 25, JERRY
STACKHOUSE 23
HIGH REBOUND: NYK - PATRICK EWING 9, CHARLES OAKLEY 6
PHI - ALLEN IVERSON 9, CLARENCE WEATHERSPOON 8
HIGH ASSISTS: NYK - ALLAN HOUSTON 5, CHRIS CHILDS 4
PHI - ALLEN IVERSON 9, DERRICK COLEMAN 9
ATT: 19,209
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ORLANDO 16 16 23 21 76
INDIANA 21 19 23 10 73 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: ORL - HORACE GRANT 12, DARRELL ARMSTRONG 12, DEREK STRONG
12
IND - REGGIE MILLER 24, VINCENT ASKEW 10
HIGH REBOUND: ORL - HORACE GRANT 11, RONY SEIKALY 11
IND - DERRICK MCKEY 8, TWO PLAYERS WITH 4
HIGH ASSISTS: ORL - DARRELL ARMSTRONG 4, TWO PLAYERS WITH 3
IND - TRAVIS BEST 5, DERRICK MCKEY 4
ATT: 16,158
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 26 22 18 29 95
MILWAUKEE 28 27 21 14 90 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: WAS - JUWAN HOWARD 21, CHRIS WEBBER 20, ROD STRICKLAND 15
MIL - GLENN ROBINSON 33, VIN BAKER 17, ARMON GILLIAM 15
HIGH REBOUND: WAS - CHRIS WEBBER 15, JUWAN HOWARD 8
MIL - VIN BAKER 16, GLENN ROBINSON 12
HIGH ASSISTS: WAS - ROD STRICKLAND 8, TWO PLAYERS WITH 4
MIL - SHERMAN DOUGLAS 9, GLENN ROBINSON 2
ATT: 16,508
nba.1691nba.news,
ATLANTA (91) AT TORONTO (88)
ATLANTA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
CORBIN F 31 3-6 4-4 2 2 4 3 4 0 4 10
LAETTNER F 45 9-16 9-13 2 5 7 3 3 1 7 29
MUTOMBO C 40 7-8 4-5 2 7 9 0 3 0 2 18
BARRY G 26 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0
RECASNER G 44 8-13 4-4 1 4 5 5 2 1 2 23
NORMAN 21 3-10 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6
BOYCE 7 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0
NEWBILL 7 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
BURTON 19 1-5 0-0 0 3 3 1 4 1 1 3
ALSTON DNP - COACH'S DECISION
BLAYLOCK DNP - SORE RIGHT ANKLE
SMITH DNP - SORE RIGHT ANKLE
TOTALS 240 32-62 21-26 8 22 30 16 20 5 22 91
(.516) (.808) TEAM REBS: 13 TOTAL TO: 22(22 PTS)
TORONTO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
WILLIAMS F 35 7-18 4-5 3 2 5 7 5 4 2 19
JONES F 38 6-8 0-0 4 5 9 1 4 2 2 12
CAMBY C 24 5-9 3-4 3 5 8 0 5 1 2 13
CHRISTIE G 35 3-10 0-0 1 2 3 1 1 1 5 8
STOUDAMIRE G 41 7-18 5-5 3 2 5 8 1 1 4 22
LOHAUS 17 1-4 0-0 1 3 4 0 2 0 0 2
WHITESIDE 7 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0
WRIGHT 15 4-9 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 8
DAVIS 26 2-6 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
EARL 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
ROBINSON DNP - COACH'S DECISION
ROGERS DNP - ASTHMA
TOTALS 240 35-82 12-14 16 20 36 20 24 10 16 88
(.427) (.857) TEAM REBS: 5 TOTAL TO: 16(16 PTS)
ATLANTA 26 19 24 22 - 91
TORONTO 26 21 23 18 - 88
BLOCKED SHOTS: ATLANTA - LAETTNER 2, MUTOMBO, NORMAN. TORONTO -
WILLIAMS, CHRISTIE, WRIGHT.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: ATLANTA 6-15 (.400), LAETTNER 2-3, BARRY 0-1, RECASNER
3-6, NORMAN 0-2, BURTON 1-3. TORONTO 6-22 (.273), WILLIAMS 1-5, CAMBY 0-1,
CHRISTIE 2-5, STOUDAMIRE 3-9, LOHAUS 0-1, DAVIS 0-1.
TECHNICALS: ATLANTA - BARRY, TORONTO - CAMBY, ILLEGAL DEFENSE 2.
OFFICIALS: DICK BAVETTA, KEN MAUER, TOMMIE WOOD.
A - 16,838. T - 2:13.
ATLANTA (91) AT TORONTO (88)
Eldridge Recasner scored five of his career-high 23 points in
the final 76 seconds, lifting the Atlanta Hawks to a 91-88
victory over the slumping Toronto Raptors.
Recasner, signed as a free agent to the NBA minimum during the
off-season, started for injured backcourt stars Mookie Blaylock
and Steve Smith. He had eight points in a tight fourth period
that saw three ties and eight lead changes.
Recasner's jumper created the last tie at 86-86 with 1:16 to go.
Raptors rookie Marcus Camby made a layup with 52 seconds left.
but Recasner responded with a three-pointer, giving Atlanta the
lead for good with 36 seconds remaining.
"Those guys really don't know who I am," Recasner said of the
Raptors. " don't know what kind of scouting report they had on
me, but I had a lot of room on that trey."
Toronto's Damon Stoudamire, who had 22 points and eight assists,
missed a fadeaway jumper. Atlanta's Tyrone Corbin grabbed the
rebound and was fouled, sinking two free throws with 15 seconds
left.
Camby and Stoudamire missed 3-pointers on Toronto's final
possession as the Raptors lost their fifth game in a row, all by
eight points or less.
"I didn't hit the big shot," Stoudamire said. "Hopefully, if I
get that look next time I won't miss."
"I was wide open near the end and it just didn't fall," Camby
said. "Sooner or later, it's going to be there."
Christian Laettner scored 29 points and Dikembe Mutombo added
18 and nine rebounds for the Hawks, which finished a 2-2 road
trip. Recasner played 44 minutes at point guard with five
assists and two turnovers, and he shot eight for 13 from the
field.
Walt Williams had 19 points and seven assists, Camby scored 13
points and Popeye Jones had 12 points and nine rebounds for the
Raptors, who were outshot 52 percent to 43 percent.
Laettner scored 15 points in the first half, but Toronto opened
a 47-45 lead. He added nine more points in the third quarter,
which ended with the Raptors holding a 70-69 edge.
nba.1692nba.news,
CHICAGO (100) AT UTAH (105)
CHICAGO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
PIPPEN F 43 6-13 2-2 1 5 6 3 1 1 3 16
RODMAN F 36 1-2 0-0 2 8 10 1 5 0 0 2
LONGLEY C 30 2-10 4-4 3 5 8 3 4 0 3 8
HARPER G 29 3-7 0-0 0 4 4 3 5 0 0 9
JORDAN G 39 17-32 10-12 1 5 6 4 3 2 2 44
KUKOC 19 3-7 2-3 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 8
KERR 27 4-8 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 11
BUECHLER 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WENNINGTON 9 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0
CAFFEY 5 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 2
SIMPKINS 2 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
BROWN DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 37-82 18-21 11 30 41 17 23 4 11 100
(.451) (.857) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 11(10 PTS)
UTAH
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MALONE F 42 14-28 8-10 5 10 15 5 2 3 1 36
RUSSELL F 33 7-9 1-2 1 3 4 0 4 0 2 17
OSTERTAG C 31 3-3 0-2 0 5 5 0 4 0 2 6
STOCKTON G 40 5-10 0-0 0 3 3 13 2 0 2 12
HORNACEK G 27 4-9 8-8 0 4 4 5 4 1 0 18
EISLEY 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ANDERSON 22 2-7 1-2 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 5
KEEFE 17 1-2 3-4 1 2 3 0 3 1 0 5
CARR 6 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
MORRIS 17 2-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 4
FOSTER DNP - COACH'S DECISION
WATSON DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 39-74 21-28 7 31 38 25 24 7 9 105
(.527) (.750) TEAM REBS: 5 TOTAL TO: 9(16 PTS)
CHICAGO 30 29 26 15 - 100
UTAH 35 24 23 23 - 105
BLOCKED SHOTS: CHICAGO - LONGLEY, JORDAN, HARPER. UTAH - OSTERTAG 3,
MORRIS.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: CHICAGO 8-24 (.333), PIPPEN 2-4, HARPER 3-5, JORDAN
0-6, KUKOC 0-2, KERR 3-7. UTAH 6-11 (.545), RUSSELL 2-3, STOCKTON 2-3,
HORNACEK 2-4, MORRIS 0-1.
TECHNICALS: CHICAGO - ILLEGAL DEFENSE, RODMAN 2 (EJECTED), UTAH - ILLEGAL
DEFENSE.
OFFICIALS: BENNETT SALVATORE, BRUCE ALEXANDER, TONY BROTHERS.
A - 19,911. T - 2:17.
CHICAGO (100) AT UTAH (105)
The Chicago Bulls lost for the first time in 13 games this
season, falling 105-100 to the Utah Jazz despite 44 points by
Michael Jordan.
Karl Malone scored 11 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter and
the Jazz took advantage of Dennis Rodman's poorly timed temper
tantrum to win its fifth straight game.
"It was a big win for us," Malone said. "But it was just one
game and those guys (Bulls) are still the defending champs. It
was still just one game and everybody wants to pat you on the
back and tell you how good you are right now...but you know half
them people showed up tonight with Chicago Bulls stuff on."
Bryon Russell and Jeff Hornacek each scored 17 points and John
Stockton added 12 and 13 assists for Utah (8-2). Malone added
15 rebounds for the Jazz, who have won six games by a combined
66 points since losing back-to-back games to Houston.
"Well it was a fun game, obviously, playing (against) these
guys," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said. "I think everyone was
entertained by what Jordan did and it was very difficult to try
and play against them. But, our guys I think played extremely
hard and fortunately we had the ball bounce our way a couple of
times."
Scottie Pippen scored 16 points and Steve Kerr added 11 for
Chicago (12-1), which fell three games shy of the best unbeaten
start in league history. That mark was set by the 1948-49
Washington Capitols and equaled by the 1993-94 Houston Rockets.
Bulls coach Phil Jackson thought the Bulls lacked their usual
fourth-quarter success.
"It was an offensive battle as I expected, but shooting 60
percent at halftime? We knew it wouldn't continue at that rate.
We had a miserable fourth quarter, missed our shots and they
took advantage of it. They played a real good last six minutes
of the game."
The Bulls, who were playing the third game of a seven-game road
trip, fell to 6-1 on the road. They are 94-13 in their last 107
regular-season games.
After Jordan made two free throws to tie the game at 98-98,
Malone hit a jumper with 29 seconds left to ignite a game-ending
7-2 burst.
Rodman, who grabbed 10 rebounds, drew his second technical of
the game with 14 seconds left and Chicago trailing 100-98.
Rodman more than hinted that the officiating didn't go the
Bulls' way.
"What the hell, they played well and that's the only way you can
beat us. We just beat ourselves. We were never in control out
there because it was eight guys (including referees) against
five. That's the way I look at it. You know you're in Utah,
we're not in some...place where it is sunny and warm in the
mormon city. I don't give a (darn) what the referees think
about Dennis Rodman."
Hornacek hit a technical free throw for a 101-98 lead before
Russell hit one of two from the line for a 102-98 advantage with
12 seconds remaining.
After Pippen missed a three-pointer with six seconds left,
Malone was fouled and made one free throw for a 103-98 lead one
second later.
Jordan scored 27 points in the first half, allowing the Bulls to
forge a 59-59 tie. Jordan, who scored 40 or more points for the
146th time in the regular season, added eight more in the third
quarter to help Chicago take an 85-82 advantage into the final
12 minutes.
"It was a hard fought game," Jordan said. "I mean everyone
talked about defense and (in) the first half each team shot 60
percent (the Bulls shot 60 percent and the Jazz shot 60.5
percent). We couldn't figure out each other and in some ways
down the stretch, it was just a gut match.
"You know who got the breaks. You know we missed some easy
shots...they missed some easy shots and they got the last little
break (Rodman's ejection) and that was the deciding point of the
game."
Malone has 106 points in his last three games and Stockton has
41 assists during the same span for Utah, which is 5-1 at home
and played its first Eastern Conference opponent of the season.
The Jazz shot 53 percent (39-of-74) from the field and held the
Bulls to 45 percent (37-of-82) accuracy. The teams combined for
just 20 turnovers.
nba.1693nba.news,
DALLAS (91) AT NEW JERSEY (114)
DALLAS
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MCCLOUD F 25 4-10 4-4 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 13
MEYER F 22 4-11 3-4 4 5 9 0 1 1 1 11
MONTROSS C 23 3-6 0-1 1 2 3 0 4 1 1 6
JACKSON G 38 5-8 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 11
KIDD G 32 5-9 0-0 2 5 7 12 1 3 6 10
GATLING 22 4-10 3-7 1 2 3 0 4 2 2 11
DUMAS 19 2-5 3-6 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 7
MILLER 12 1-2 2-2 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 4
HARPER 31 3-8 2-2 0 1 1 6 2 0 1 8
WALKER 12 3-7 1-2 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 7
ROBERTS 4 0-0 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
DREILING DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 34-76 21-32 11 25 36 23 17 11 17 91
(.447) (.656) TEAM REBS: 13 TOTAL TO: 18(19 PTS)
NEW JERSEY
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
GILL F 33 10-17 2-2 1 2 3 4 2 4 2 26
J WILLIAMS F 35 3-9 0-0 8 7 15 3 4 0 4 6
BRADLEY C 25 4-10 0-0 3 9 12 0 3 1 0 8
KITTLES G 33 6-16 0-1 3 0 3 2 1 3 0 15
PACK G 39 5-8 5-6 2 0 2 22 1 5 4 17
MASSENBURG 15 4-6 1-1 4 2 6 1 5 0 3 9
R WILLIAMS 14 5-7 0-0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 12
CALDWELL 17 1-5 1-2 2 4 6 0 3 0 1 3
REEVES 21 5-12 2-2 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 14
DARE 4 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
OBANNON 4 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 240 44-94 13-16 23 27 50 33 29 13 16 114
(.468) (.813) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 16(19 PTS)
DALLAS 26 18 24 23 - 91
NEW JERSEY 32 30 31 21 - 114
BLOCKED SHOTS: DALLAS - GATLING, WALKER. NEW JERSEY - BRADLEY 10, J
WILLIAMS.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: DALLAS 2-13 (.154), MCCLOUD 1-4, JACKSON 1-3, KIDD 0-1,
DUMAS 0-2, HARPER 0-3. NEW JERSEY 13-25 (.520), GILL 4-6, KITTLES 3-8,
PACK 2-2, R WILLIAMS 2-2, REEVES 2-5, OBANNON 0-2.
TECHNICALS: DALLAS - MONTROSS.
OFFICIALS: DAN CRAWFORD, JOE DEROSA, SCOTT WALL.
A - 15,701. T - 2:00.
DALLAS (91) AT NEW JERSEY (114)
Kendall Gill scored 26 points and Robert Pack added 17 and a
career-high 22 assists to power the New Jersey Nets to a 114-91
romp over the Dallas Mavericks.
Gill shot 10-of-17 from the field, including 4-for-6 from
three-point range, as New Jersey set team records with 13
three-pointers in 25 attempts.
"Tonight Robert Pack ran the club," Nets coach John Calipari
said. "Everyone was moving and creating shots for themselves as
well as for each other. We only ran eight to 10 plays the whole
night."
Kerry Kittles added 15 points and Shawn Bradley had eight
points, 12 rebounds and 10 blocked shots as the Nets won for the
second time in three games.
George McCloud scored 13 points and Jason Kidd had 10 points, 12
assists and seven rebounds as the Mavericks lost for the fourth
time in five games. Loren Meyer had 11 points and nine rebounds
for Dallas, which shot just 2-for-13 from three-point range and
fell to 1-5 on the road.
"I'm at a loss for words," said Dallas coach Jim Cleamons. "I'm
embarrassed to say the least, I don't think our effort was there
tonight. We just didn't play very well, turnovers killed us, as
well as rebounding and uncontested shots."
Gill took a pass from Pack and completed a fast break with a
layup to give the Nets the lead for good, 20-18, with 3:30 left
in the first quarter.
"That's the way we want to play, up-tempo and in control," Pack
said. "I was looking for guys all night. I want to be the one
running the show. It was very important for us to get the win,
especially before we go on that long road trip."
Pack made a 19-footer with 6:46 left in the second quarter to
cap a 16-2 burst and give New Jersey a 48-28 advantage. Khalid
Reeves had six of his 14 points during the run and the Nets took
a 62-44 lead at halftime.
Jim Jackson, who had 11 points, made a layup to cap an 11-2
spurt and pull Dallas within 66-55 with 7:59 to go in the third
quarter. But the Nets responded with a 10-0 burst, capped by
Pack's two free throws with 5:42 left.
Adrian Caldwell made one free throw to give the Nets their
biggest lead of the game, 93-64, with 32.5 seconds left in the
period.
Chris Gatling also had 11 points for Dallas, which did not come
closer than 20 points in the fourth quarter.
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DENVER (65) AT PORTLAND (105)
DENVER
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
D ELLIS F 36 1-8 4-6 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 6
MCDYESS F 33 6-18 4-6 1 3 4 0 5 0 2 16
JOHNSON C 20 0-2 0-0 1 4 5 0 4 0 0 0
JACKSON G 12 0-0 4-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
STITH G 24 2-7 2-2 2 1 3 2 1 4 1 6
MARCIULIONIS 26 1-8 5-6 0 1 1 1 3 1 5 7
HAMMONDS 22 4-7 0-0 0 2 2 0 5 0 1 8
L THOMPSON 8 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
MURDOCK 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
B THOMPSON 26 3-11 1-2 1 4 5 4 2 4 2 7
HAM 16 1-3 1-2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 3
MCINNIS 14 2-7 2-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 7
TOTALS 240 20-73 24-32 6 20 26 10 22 11 17 65
(.274) (.750) TEAM REBS: 14 TOTAL TO: 17(16 PTS)
PORTLAND
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
C ROBINSON F 36 5-11 0-2 1 1 2 5 3 0 1 11
WALLACE F 19 2-6 3-4 1 3 4 0 3 0 5 7
SABONIS C 25 5-9 0-0 1 5 6 4 1 1 3 11
ANDERSON G 30 5-7 0-0 1 5 6 8 3 0 0 14
RIDER G 28 4-9 1-2 1 3 4 1 2 0 2 10
TRENT 25 9-12 4-4 3 10 13 1 4 0 2 22
MCKIE 13 2-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 6
DUDLEY 23 3-6 1-3 3 7 10 1 2 1 3 7
CHILDRESS 18 2-5 1-2 0 0 0 6 1 3 2 5
WINGFIELD 9 1-4 2-2 1 4 5 0 3 0 2 5
JORDAN 7 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2
BUTLER 7 1-3 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5
TOTALS 240 40-76 15-23 13 40 53 27 25 6 21 105
(.526) (.652) TEAM REBS: 12 TOTAL TO: 23(12 PTS)
DENVER 13 12 26 14 - 65
PORTLAND 32 20 25 28 - 105
BLOCKED SHOTS: DENVER - MCDYESS, HAMMONDS. PORTLAND - DUDLEY 3, WALLACE,
SABONIS, MCKIE, C ROBINSON.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: DENVER 1-20 (.050), D ELLIS 0-5, MCDYESS 0-1, STITH
0-2, MARCIULIONIS 0-2, B THOMPSON 0-7, MCINNIS 1-3. PORTLAND 10-23 (.435),
C ROBINSON 1-3, SABONIS 1-2, ANDERSON 4-5, RIDER 1-5, MCKIE 2-3, CHILDRESS
0-2, WINGFIELD 1-3.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: ED MIDDLETON, GARY BENSON, JIM CLARK.
A - 20,116. T - 2:04.
DENVER (65) AT PORTLAND (105)
Gary Trent scored 12 of his career-high 22 points in the first
quarter as the Portland Trail Blazers held the Denver Nuggets to
their lowest total in NBA history, 105-65.
Kenny Anderson added 14 points and eight assists for the Trail
Blazers, who had five players in double figures and won their
fourth straight game. Portland set a club record for fewest
points allowed.
"I just went out and tried to lead the team," Anderson said. "I
was getting some good looks at the basket and knocking down my
threes. I think that opened up everything."
Antonio McDyess scored 16 points for the Nuggets, who were held
to team-record lows for a half (25 points) and game. Denver's
previous low came in an 87-69 loss to Portland on January 16th,
1996. Its previous low half was 26 at New Jersey on December
12th, 1991.
Trent, who also had a career-high 13 rebounds, fueled Portland's
quik start. He had nearly as many points in the first quarter as
Denver, which shot just 2-of-18 from the field and trailed 32-13
after 12 minutes. The Blazers shot 64 percent (14-of-23).
"It's difficult to come back when a team shoots like that," said
Nuggets coach Bernie Bickerstaff said. "It wasn't the shooting
so much as it was the garbage shots. I can't come up with an
excuse it was a lousy performance and it spread through the
team. There's no excuse for not being ready."
The Nuggets were even worse in the second quarter, managing just
12 points and trailing 52-25 at halftime. Portland led by as
many as 29 points in the period.
"Our ball movement was good all night and our defensive pressure
was as good as it has been all year," Portland coach P.J.
Carlesimo said. "The way we played in the first quarter I
thought set the tone of the game. I don't think we can play any
better than we did in the first eight minutes."
McDyess scored 10 points in the third quarter, when the Nuggets
shaved one point off the deficit. But Trent scored 10 points in
the fourth quarter, when the Blazers held Denver to 14 points.
Clifford Robinson and Arvydas Sabonis scored 11 points apiece
for Portland, which shot 53 percent (40-of-76) from the field
and held a 53-26 rebounding advantage. Denver shot 27 percent
(20-of-73).
"We did a good job at the defnsive end, which created a lot of
transitions for us," Robinson said. "We did a good job moving
the ball and taking advantage of open shots."
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DETROIT (85) AT CHARLOTTE (93)
DETROIT
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
HILL F 12 2-3 0-2 2 5 7 2 0 0 1 4
LONG F 28 2-5 0-0 0 4 4 2 5 1 1 5
THORPE C 36 7-13 4-5 4 9 13 1 2 0 4 18
DUMARS G 43 7-16 4-5 0 3 3 6 0 0 0 20
HUNTER G 43 7-16 1-2 1 3 4 2 6 0 2 18
CURRY 28 2-6 1-1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 5
MILLS 25 3-8 0-0 0 3 3 1 6 1 2 9
REID 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
WILLIAMS 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
RATLIFF 9 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
AUGMON 12 1-4 2-2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4
MAHORN DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 32-73 12-17 8 28 36 15 27 2 11 85
(.438) (.706) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 13(12 PTS)
CHARLOTTE
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
RICE F 33 5-11 2-2 0 2 2 1 3 0 2 14
MASON F 42 6-11 6-9 3 8 11 4 5 0 3 18
DIVAC C 32 5-8 3-3 0 2 2 4 3 2 3 15
CURRY G 39 7-13 3-4 0 6 6 3 2 0 1 19
BOGUES G 35 4-9 3-4 0 1 1 9 1 0 1 11
BURRELL 20 2-4 2-2 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 8
GEIGER 16 4-7 0-0 1 4 5 0 4 0 1 8
GOLDWIRE 13 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0
ROSE 7 0-0 0-2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
DELK 3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
SMITH DNP - COACH'S DECISION
ZIDEK DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 33-66 19-26 5 27 32 28 22 4 11 93
(.500) (.731) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 11(12 PTS)
DETROIT 18 17 26 24 - 85
CHARLOTTE 17 24 29 23 - 93
BLOCKED SHOTS: DETROIT - AUGMON. CHARLOTTE - DIVAC 2, BURRELL 2.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: DETROIT 9-21 (.429), LONG 1-2, DUMARS 2-4, HUNTER 3-8,
CURRY 0-2, MILLS 3-5. CHARLOTTE 8-13 (.615), RICE 2-3, DIVAC 2-2, CURRY
2-2, BURRELL 2-3, GOLDWIRE 0-2, DELK 0-1.
TECHNICALS: DETROIT - AUGMON, HEAD COACH COLLINS 2 (EJECTED), CHARLOTTE -
ILLEGAL DEFENSE.
OFFICIALS: DAVID JONES, SEAN CORBIN, ED T RUSH.
A - 24,042. T - 2:11.
DETROIT (85) AT CHARLOTTE (93)
Dell Curry scored five of his 19 points in a key second-quarter
run and Anthony Mason added 18 points and 11 rebounds as the
Charlotte Hornets snapped the Detroit Pistons' six-game winning
streak with a 93-85 victory.
Vlade Divac scored 15 points, Glen Rice added 14 and Muggsy
Bogues had 11 points and nine assists for Charlotte (6-5), which
has won three straight and broke a three-game skid against the
Pistons.
"We played tough defense," said Divac, who made both of his
three-point attempts. "I have a lot of confidence and am having
a lot of fun. You can't win games without tough defense. We
have to not let them score easy baskets. I'm really happy here.
I'm not the greatest (three-point) shooter. If I can take those
shots, I'll take them."
Joe Dumars scored 21 points, Lindsey Hunter added 18 and Otis
Thorpe had 17 points and 13 rebounds for Detroit (10-2), which
suffered its first loss in six road games.
Detroit's Grant Hill was forced to leave with 38 seconds left in
the first quarter after spraining his right wrist. X-rays were
negative, but Hill did not return. Hill, who leads the team in
scoring, rebounding and assists, had four points and seven
rebounds.
"This is a team," Thorpe said. "Grant is just one part of the
team. He is a very important part of this team. Naturally,
there was great concern when he went down 'cause' of the way he
went down. I just hope he is okay."
"Our guys played real hard tonight, but we just did not come up
with the stop that we needed at the end of the game," Pistons
assistant coach Alvin Gentry said. "We battle through
adversity, and that's just the personality of this team.
Obviously, we would rather have Grant Hill out there, but we
still battled. When Grant went down, we just went a little out
of sync."
After Hunter hit a three-pointer to give Detroit a 32-25 lead
midway through the second quarter, Bogues made one free throw to
ignite a half-closing 16-3 run. Curry hit a three-pointer and a
jumper during that stretch and Mason sank one free throw.
The Hornets extended the lead to 70-61 after three quarters
behind 17 points by Curry. The Pistons made one final charge as
Dumars nailed a three-pointer, closing them within 82-79 with
2:55 left in the fourth quarter.
"We distribute very well, we are a very unselfish team," Curry
said. "Everybody can get into the flow. We finally have seen
what we can do defensively...being aggressive, relying and
trusting each other. Vlade can work inside and out and is a
very good passer. That's what it's all about is having fun."
But Charlotte put the game away by scoring the next six points.
Rice hit a jumper, Mason made a free throw and then converted a
three-point play for an 88-79 advantage with 1:32 to go.
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HOUSTON (120) AT GOLDEN STATE (115) - FINAL IN OT
HOUSTON
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
BARKLEY F 50 5-16 16-20 6 11 17 12 4 3 2 27
ELIE F 38 7-9 6-7 1 3 4 4 3 2 2 21
WILLIS C 37 6-13 2-4 2 4 6 1 3 1 3 14
DREXLER G 41 11-23 6-8 5 6 11 4 5 3 2 32
MALONEY G 28 2-7 1-2 0 2 2 3 3 1 0 6
MACK 11 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
HARRINGTON 18 3-6 0-2 2 0 2 1 3 2 1 6
DAVIS 25 3-4 0-0 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 7
BULLARD 12 1-5 2-2 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 5
MOORE 5 0-4 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
JONES DNP - COACH'S DECISION
OLAJUWON DNP - IREGULAR HEART BEAT
TOTALS 265 38-89 35-47 18 28 46 27 25 14 13 120
(.427) (.745) TEAM REBS: 13 TOTAL TO: 15(16 PTS)
GOLDEN STATE
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MULLIN F 47 11-14 2-3 0 5 5 5 5 0 1 27
SMITH F 50 4-14 1-2 0 7 7 6 5 0 3 9
SPENCER C 23 2-4 1-1 0 6 6 1 5 0 1 5
PRICE G 36 11-14 5-6 1 0 1 5 4 2 5 32
SPREWELL G 53 10-19 6-6 0 4 4 11 1 2 6 28
FULLER 9 1-1 1-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 3
ARMSTRONG 17 2-2 0-0 0 3 3 3 2 2 1 5
DECLERCQ 13 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 0 2 2
ROYAL 14 1-3 0-0 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 2
MARSHALL 3 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2
OWES DNP - COACH'S DECISION
ROE DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 265 44-75 16-20 2 32 34 32 31 6 20 115
(.587) (.800) TEAM REBS: 5 TOTAL TO: 21(28 PTS)
HOUSTON 21 25 40 22 12 - 120
GOLDEN STATE 24 35 23 26 7 - 115
BLOCKED SHOTS: HOUSTON - BARKLEY, DAVIS. GOLDEN STATE - SMITH, SPENCER,
SPREWELL, DECLERCQ, ROYAL.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: HOUSTON 9-30 (.300), BARKLEY 1-4, ELIE 1-3, WILLIS 0-1,
DREXLER 4-8, MALONEY 1-4, MACK 0-2, DAVIS 1-2, BULLARD 1-3, MOORE 0-3.
GOLDEN STATE 11-17 (.647), MULLIN 3-4, PRICE 5-6, SPREWELL 2-5, ARMSTRONG
1-1, MARSHALL 0-1.
TECHNICALS: HOUSTON - BARKLEY, ELIE, GOLDEN STATE - ILLEGAL DEFENSE 3,
HEAD COACH ADELMAN.
OFFICIALS: HUGH EVANS, TOM WASHINGTON, MIKE SMITH.
A - 16,896. T - 2:41.
HOUSTON (120) AT GOLDEN STATE (115) - FINAL IN OT
Kevin Willis, subbing for the ailing Hakeem Olajuwon, scored
five of Houston's final seven points and Charles Barkley had a
triple-double to lift the Rockets to a 120-115 overtime victory
over the Golden State Warriors.
Willis started at center for the second straight game as
Olajuwon remains sidelined after being treated for an irregular
heartbeat. With the score tied at 113-113, the former Warrior
hit a turnaround jumper with 51 seconds remaining. Willis then
converted a layup and a free throw 30 seconds later to make it
118-113.
Barkley, who finished with 27 points, 14 assists and 17
rebounds, gave Houston a seven-point advantage on a pair of free
throws to seal the victory.
Houston trailed by four with just over a minute to play in
regulation. But the Rockets were able to tie it at 106-106 with
30 seconds remaining. Barkley hit a free throw and Mario Elie
stole an errant pass from Mark Price and converted it into a
three-point play after Chris Mullin fouled him on a layup.
"We played two of the best teams in the league the last two
nights and gave them everything they could handle," said Price.
"I'm not into moral victories, but you have to find the
positives in the situation. If we can improve in a couple of
areas, maybe we're not too far away."
Price, who scored a season-high 32 points, hit a couple of free
throws to put the Warriors up by two with 27 seconds remaining.
Elie tied it with a pair of foul shots 13 seconds later and
Golden State's Joe Smith missed a jumper right before the
buzzer.
"You have to take care of the ball and get good shots down the
stretch and we didn't do it," said Warriors coach Rick Adelman.
"You lose a game in overtime, but sooner or later you just have
to play better than the other team."
Clyde Drexler had 32 points and 11 rebounds for Houston (10-1),
which has won five straight. Drexler needs seven points to
become the 24th player in history to reach 20,000. If he does,
Houston will become the second franchise in NBA history to be
associated with five 20,000-point scorers, joining the Los
Angeles Lakers.
It was the 19th career triple-double for Barkley, who had 18
points but just one field goal after halftime. He has 69 points
in the last three games and 65 rebounds over the last four for
Houston, which is 5-0 on the road.
The Rockets were playing their second game without Olajuwon, who
was taken to a hospital during halftime of Tuesday night's game.
Olajuwon is expected to miss three to five more days.
"We'd love to have the big fella (Olajuwon) in there, he's
definitely the center of attention, no doubt about that," said
Drexler. "But the three veteran starters did what we had to do
to take control of the game and pull it out."
Latrell Sprewell had 28 points and 11 assists and Mullin scored
a season-high 27 for the Warriors, who led 59-46 at halftime.
Golden State which fell to 1-5 at home.
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LA CLIPPERS (96) AT MINNESOTA (98)
LA CLIPPERS
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ROGERS F 28 4-9 0-0 3 1 4 4 5 2 5 8
VAUGHT F 32 6-7 0-2 2 1 3 0 2 1 2 12
DUCKWORTH C 18 1-1 0-2 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 3
SEALY G 34 4-10 7-9 2 3 5 1 0 3 3 15
RICHARDSON G 22 1-5 2-4 0 2 2 3 2 2 0 4
OUTLAW 17 1-1 0-2 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 2
DEHERE 19 1-7 6-7 0 2 2 2 3 0 1 9
ROBERTS 28 5-11 8-11 1 4 5 0 2 1 0 18
MURRAY 19 1-8 2-2 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 4
PIATKOWSKI 12 4-5 5-6 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 15
D MARTIN 9 2-4 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4
WRIGHT 2 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
TOTALS 240 31-70 30-45 13 16 29 15 28 10 14 96
(.443) (.667) TEAM REBS: 13 TOTAL TO: 14(19 PTS)
MINNESOTA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
K GARNETT F 43 9-10 6-8 4 6 10 2 3 2 2 24
GUGLIOTTA F 41 4-16 8-10 4 8 12 4 2 1 5 17
VRANKOVIC C 18 1-2 2-2 3 2 5 0 6 0 2 4
WEST G 28 5-7 0-1 0 2 2 3 5 0 2 10
MARBURY G 38 4-10 6-8 2 1 3 9 2 0 5 15
PORTER 22 0-5 0-0 0 2 2 2 3 1 4 0
D GARRETT 11 4-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 8
MITCHELL 19 5-8 4-5 1 3 4 0 3 2 1 14
PARKS 13 2-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 4
CARR 7 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2
HEAL DNP - COACH'S DECISION
ROBINSON DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 35-66 26-34 14 26 40 22 32 7 21 98
(.530) (.765) TEAM REBS: 11 TOTAL TO: 22(28 PTS)
LA CLIPPERS 21 31 20 24 - 96
MINNESOTA 33 22 19 24 - 98
BLOCKED SHOTS: LA CLIPPERS - MURRAY 2, ROBERTS, SEALY, OUTLAW. MINNESOTA
- K GARNETT 7, GUGLIOTTA.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: LA CLIPPERS 4-9 (.444), ROGERS 0-2, DUCKWORTH 1-1,
RICHARDSON 0-1, DEHERE 1-3, PIATKOWSKI 2-2. MINNESOTA 2-9 (.222),
GUGLIOTTA 1-1, WEST 0-1, MARBURY 1-4, PORTER 0-2, MITCHELL 0-1.
TECHNICALS: MINNESOTA - ILLEGAL DEFENSE 3.
OFFICIALS: NOLAN FINE, JOE FORTE, TOMMIE WOOD.
A - 16,877. T - 2:26.
LA CLIPPERS (96) AT MINNESOTA (98)
Kevin Garnett scored seven of his season-high 24 points in a
decisive late fourth-quarter rally and blocked a shot as time
ran out as the Minnesota Timberwolves snapped a three-game
losing streak with a 98-96 victory over the the Los Angeles
Clippers.
Garnett added 10 rebounds and a season-high seven blocked shots
and Tom Gugliotta added 17 points and 11 rebounds for Minnesota,
which remained unbeaten in four home games. Rookie Stephon
Marbury had a season-high 15 points and a season-high nine
assists for the Timberwolves, who lost 81-70 to the Clippers on
November 10th.
"You have to give credit to the Clippers," Timberwolves coach
Flip Saunders said. "The one thing they do is continue to play
hard. It took us a while to react and to actually get in
defensively where we dug in a litlle bit. We dug in and made a
few stops. I thought that down the stretch, Garnett was
phenomenal to say the least. He dominated the game in the last
two minutes from the standpoint of blocking shots, rebounding
and pretty much keying everything. Sam Mitchell was also big."
Stanley Roberts scored 17 points and Malik Sealy and Eric
Piatkowski each added 15 for Los Angeles, which fell to 4-3 on
the road. The Clippers had won four of the last five contests
between the teams.
Clippers coach Bill Fitch didn't take his 1,001st NBA loss too
lightly.
"Number one, we had a cold spell. When we did get fouled, we
could not make more than one shot. We had our chances at the
end, but Garnett pulled down a rebound he should never have got
to. That gave them a chance to get back in the game. Then, he
went down to the other end and did the same damn thing. (They)
were game-winners. We should have been able to handle him with
the guys out there."
The Clippers are 6-6, but the six wins have come against teams
that entered tonight a combined 19-46.
After Terry Dehere made two free throws to give the Clippers a
90-82 lead with 4:20 remaining, Garnett made one free throw to
ignite a 14-3 run. Garnett also added a layup, two free throws
and a tip-in during that span.
Gugliotta capped the spurt with one free throw to give the
Timberwolves a 97-93 lead with 16 seconds left. Piatkowski
drilled a three-pointer to draw the Clippers within one point
before Marbury made one free throw to give Minnesota a 98-96
advantage with six seconds left.
But Garnett came up big, blocking Darrick Martin's 14-foot
off-balance jumper from the left baseline, ending the game.
The Clippers had used a run of their own early in the fourth
quarter before squandering it.
After Sam Mitchell hit a 16-footer to give Minnesota a 76-74
lead 40 seconds into the quarter, Charles Outlaw dunked to
ignite a 10-2 run. Roberts had four points in the spurt,
including a basket that gave Los Angeles an 84-78 advantage with
7:08 to go.
The Timberwolves raced to a 33-21 lead after one quarter behind
10 points by Marbury and nine by Gugliotta. But the Clippers
narrowed the deficit to 55-52 at the half behind 12 points from
Piatkowski. Minnesota settled for a 74-72 edge after three
quarters.
Mitchell finished with 14 points for Minnesota, which shot 53
percent (35-of-66) from the field and outrebounded the Clippers
40-29.
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NEW YORK (92) AT PHILADELPHIA (109)
NEW YORK
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
OAKLEY F 32 4-8 0-0 3 3 6 3 3 0 1 8
JOHNSON F 32 4-8 6-6 2 1 3 3 5 0 1 14
EWING C 33 7-12 5-8 2 7 9 1 3 0 7 19
HOUSTON G 40 4-13 3-3 1 4 5 5 1 1 2 12
CHILDS G 25 5-11 6-8 0 1 1 4 6 5 1 17
B WILLIAMS 20 1-3 0-0 1 0 1 0 4 1 2 2
STARKS 25 8-13 3-4 0 5 5 3 5 2 5 20
BROOKS 10 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 0
H WILLIAMS 11 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
WALLACE 12 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
MCCARTY DNP - COACH'S DECISION
WARD DNP - BRUISED LEFT BUTTOCK
TOTALS 240 33-71 23-29 9 25 34 21 30 11 21 92
(.465) (.793) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 21(20 PTS)
PHILADELPHIA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
WEATHERSPOON F 34 3-6 0-0 1 7 8 1 1 2 2 6
COLEMAN F 38 7-10 9-11 1 5 6 9 3 1 1 25
WILLIAMS C 22 3-5 0-0 0 4 4 0 4 0 1 6
STACKHOUSE G 36 7-16 6-8 3 3 6 1 1 1 3 23
IVERSON G 42 7-20 9-16 2 7 9 9 2 4 7 26
CAGE 26 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 2 4 2 0 2
HARRIS 6 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
DAVIS 23 4-6 1-3 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 10
WALTERS 11 3-4 1-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 8
HENDRICKSON 1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
BRADTKE 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MACLEAN DNP - INJURED RIGHT KNEE
TOTALS 240 36-72 26-40 9 29 38 25 17 14 17 109
(.500) (.650) TEAM REBS: 14 TOTAL TO: 18(27 PTS)
NEW YORK 26 15 31 20 - 92
PHILADELPHIA 21 22 33 33 - 109
BLOCKED SHOTS: NEW YORK - OAKLEY, EWING, H WILLIAMS. PHILADELPHIA -
STACKHOUSE, IVERSON, CAGE.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: NEW YORK 3-13 (.231), OAKLEY 0-1, JOHNSON 0-1, HOUSTON
1-5, CHILDS 1-2, STARKS 1-4. PHILADELPHIA 11-21 (.524), COLEMAN 2-3,
STACKHOUSE 3-6, IVERSON 3-8, DAVIS 1-2, WALTERS 1-1, HENDRICKSON 1-1.
TECHNICALS: NEW YORK - CHILDS, PHILADELPHIA - WEATHERSPOON.
OFFICIALS: JOE CRAWFORD, TERRY DURHAM, JIM CAPERS.
A - 19,209. T - 2:13.
NEW YORK (92) AT PHILADELPHIA (109)
Allen Iverson had 26 points and career highs with nine assists
and nine rebounds in his return to the lineup as the
Philadelphia 76ers defeated the New York Knicks for the second
time this season, 109-92.
Derrick Coleman scored 25 points and Jerry Stackhouse added 23
for the 76ers, who had lost their last two games -- both without
Iverson -- and four of five.
"It was a well played game from start to finish," said
Philadelphia coach Johnny Davis. "Allen came back and gave us a
tremendous lift. The defense was good, the execution was good.
It was an overall team effort, that hopefully we will build on
from here."
Iverson had missed the last three games with a slightly
separated shoulder for Philadelphia, which improved to 2-4 at
home and a surprising 4-1 against Atlantic Division opponents.
"Well I felt well enough, I just tried to protect myself out
there," said Iverson. "In the second half I stiffened up, and
everytime I went to the basket, I didn't let myself think about
it.
"We were losing games and I felt like I could come in here and
give the guys a lift."
John Starks had 20 points and Patrick Ewing added 19 and nine
rebounds for the Knicks, who fell to 5-2 on the road. Last
season, New York was one of just nine teams with a winning road
record.
"We've at times been playing with low energy," said Knicks coach
Jeff Van Gundy. "I wish I had the answer to why, it's just at
times we're low and at times we're real high."
The Knicks' final lead came at 70-69 when Starks hit a 23-footer
with 1:10 remaining in the third quarter.
Iverson's seven points keyed a 14-2 run that bridged the final
two periods. Stackhouse capped the spurt with a three-pointer
that made it 83-74 with 10:46 remaining. The Knicks never got
closer than six points thereafter.
New York's Chris Childs had 10 of his 17 points in the first
half, which ended with Philadelphia leading 43-41.
"We got ourselves in foul trouble, we didn't stick to what we
were doing," said Childs. "With a team like that, every
possession that you have, you've got to make it work and we
didn't down the stretch."
Iverson, averaging a rookie-best 22.8 points per game, was
electric the last time the two teams met on November 12th in New
York. He scored 35 points and Stackhouse added 28 in a 101-97
win.
Knicks guard Charlie Ward did not play because of a bruised left
buttock.
nba.1699nba.news,
ORLANDO (76) AT INDIANA (73)
ORLANDO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ANDERSON F 33 4-8 1-2 2 2 4 2 5 0 4 11
GRANT F 38 5-11 2-4 4 7 11 3 1 2 3 12
SEIKALY C 38 5-12 0-0 1 10 11 0 3 2 5 10
SHAW G 30 2-6 3-4 0 2 2 3 4 1 6 8
WILKINS G 27 4-6 1-1 0 1 1 1 5 0 3 11
VAUGHN 14 0-2 0-0 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 0
SCOTT 13 0-5 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ARMSTRONG 23 4-6 2-2 0 0 0 4 3 1 5 12
STRONG 24 3-5 6-6 2 4 6 1 2 1 0 12
MCCASKILL DNP - COACH'S DECISION
ROZIER DNP - BRONCHITIS
SCHAYES DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 27-61 15-19 10 29 39 15 24 8 27 76
(.443) (.789) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 27(24 PTS)
INDIANA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
D DAVIS F 25 2-4 2-2 1 1 2 0 2 3 3 6
MCKEY F 39 4-10 1-2 3 5 8 4 2 2 3 9
DAMPIER C 16 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2
BEST G 29 1-7 2-2 0 3 3 5 2 1 2 4
MILLER G 35 9-15 4-5 0 4 4 2 1 3 2 24
A DAVIS 26 3-7 1-2 2 2 4 0 5 1 2 7
ASKEW 25 2-5 6-6 0 2 2 2 6 0 0 10
ROSE 20 2-7 0-0 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 4
FERRELL 14 2-5 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 1 3 5
ALLEN 11 1-1 0-2 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 2
HOIBERG DNP - COACH'S DECISION
SCOTT DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 27-65 16-21 6 24 30 18 25 12 18 73
(.415) (.762) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 18(15 PTS)
ORLANDO 16 16 23 21 - 76
INDIANA 21 19 23 10 - 73
BLOCKED SHOTS: ORLANDO - SEIKALY, VAUGHN. INDIANA - DAMPIER.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: ORLANDO 7-14 (.500), ANDERSON 2-6, SHAW 1-1, WILKINS
2-3, SCOTT 0-1, ARMSTRONG 2-3. INDIANA 3-12 (.250), BEST 0-4, MILLER 2-5,
ROSE 0-2, FERRELL 1-1.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: RON GARRETSON, BOB DELANEY, JIM KINSEY.
A - 16,158. T - 2:17.
ORLANDO (76) AT INDIANA (73)
Brian Shaw had a clutch three-pointer and two free throws in the
final four minutes and the Orlando Magic held the Indiana Pacers
to 10 points in the fourth quarter of a 76-73 victory.
The Pacers held a 63-55 lead entering the fourth quarter, but
Shaw capped a 17-4 run with his three-pointer with 3:55 left to
give the Magic the lead at 72-69 for the first time since the
first quarter. Reserves Darrell Armstrong and Derek Strong
keyed the spurt with seven and six points, respectively.
Reggie Miller made four free throws in the next 39 seconds to
give the Pacers a one-point lead, but Rony Seikaly's jumper with
1:57 to go gave the Magic the lead for good.
Indiana missed two shots but got the ball back when a jump ball
bounced off Armstrong into the backcourt with 27 seconds left.
Indiana's Derrick McKey missed a jumper, Shaw grabbed the
rebound and was fouled with 3.9 seconds left. He made both free
throws and Jalen Rose's three-pointer at the buzzer was no good.
The Pacers were 2-of-16 from the field in the final period.
"We were able to come in and steal this victory," Shaw said. "It
was an ugly win but we'll take it."
"I thought most of the shots were makeable," Pacers coach Larry
Brown said. "We defended great. When Travis went out, we tried
to find some combinations to score. It's tough for Reggie when
we don't have any other threats out there."
Armstrong, Strong and Horace Grant scored 12 points apiece and
Seikaly and Grant grabbed 11 rebounds each for Orlando, which
shot 44 percent (27-of-61) and held a 39-30 edge in rebounds.
"We've had a tough time scoring every night out there," said
Orlando coach Brian Hill, whose team matched a franchise low for
points. "I think we're holding everything together and playing
well. To hold Indiana to 10 points in the fourth quarter, it
was great.
Miller scored 24 points but was held without a basket for the
final 14:52 for the Pacers, who shot 41.5 percent (27-of-65).
Vincent Askew was the only other Pacer in double figures with 10
points.
"When we get to crunch time, we are struggling big-time, and
quite honestly, I don't have the answer," Miller said. "Teams
are doubling and triple-teaming me. Our team confidence is at
an all-time low."
The 1995 Eastern Conference finalists both were without injured
pivotal players -- guard Penny Hardaway for Orlando and center
Rik Smits for Indiana.
"We just took it at them," said Anderson, who had 11 points. "We
didn't stand back on our heels. I think everyone is playing a
big part. There is no question we miss Penny."
Miller scored 11 points in the first quarter, helping Indiana
open a 21-16 lead. The Pacers opened the advantage to 29-20 on
a driving layup by Askew with 7:10 left in the second quarter
and held a 40-32 lead at halftime.
The lead ballooned to 46-34 early in the third quarter on two
free throws by Dale Davis. Anderson capped a 13-4 run with a
three-pointer, cutting the deficit to 50-47, but the Pacers
rebuilt the lead to eight points entering the final period.
nba.1700nba.news,
WASHINGTON (95) AT MILWAUKEE (90)
WASHINGTON
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
GRANT F 23 3-6 1-2 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 7
HOWARD F 41 10-23 3-4 4 4 8 2 3 0 1 23
WEBBER C 41 9-16 2-8 5 10 15 4 4 0 3 20
CHEANEY G 31 2-3 4-4 1 1 2 1 3 4 0 8
STRICKLAND G 36 5-14 5-6 0 4 4 8 3 2 3 15
MURESAN 24 2-5 5-6 0 3 3 0 4 0 1 9
JACKSON 17 1-5 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2
WHITNEY 12 3-5 0-0 1 0 1 4 0 4 0 7
MURRAY 15 2-6 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 4
AMAYA DNP - COACH'S DECISION
FISH DNP - COACH'S DECISION
WALLACE DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 37-83 20-30 12 29 41 20 19 12 8 95
(.446) (.667) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 8(7 PTS)
MILWAUKEE
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
BAKER F 38 6-20 5-8 7 9 16 0 4 0 4 17
ROBINSON F 43 13-21 5-6 3 9 12 2 3 0 4 33
GILLIAM C 40 6-12 3-5 1 6 7 0 4 0 0 15
NEWMAN G 37 5-6 0-0 0 3 3 1 5 1 3 10
DOUGLAS G 34 3-11 0-0 0 1 1 9 4 0 3 7
PERRY 14 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2
TOWER 14 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 2
ALLEN 16 2-7 0-0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 4
WOLF 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HANCOCK DNP - COACH'S DECISION
RESPERT DNP - COACH'S DECISION
WOOD DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 37-82 13-19 13 32 45 13 24 1 17 90
(.451) (.684) TEAM REBS: 11 TOTAL TO: 17(21 PTS)
WASHINGTON 26 22 18 29 - 95
MILWAUKEE 28 27 21 14 - 90
BLOCKED SHOTS: WASHINGTON - WEBBER 3, MURESAN 2. MILWAUKEE - BAKER 2.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: WASHINGTON 1-9 (.111), GRANT 0-2, WEBBER 0-2,
STRICKLAND 0-1, WHITNEY 1-2, MURRAY 0-2. MILWAUKEE 3-8 (.375), BAKER 0-1,
ROBINSON 2-3, DOUGLAS 1-3, WOLF 0-1.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: BERNIE FRYER, JESS KERSEY, DEREK RICHARDSON.
A - 16,508. T - 2:02.
WASHINGTON (95) AT MILWAUKEE (90)
Juwan Howard scored 23 points and Chris Webber added 20 and 15
rebounds as the Washington Bullets staged a fourth-quarter
comeback with a 91-87 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.
Rod Strickland had 15 points and eight assists for the Bullets,
who have won five of the last six meetings with Milwaukee.
Washington improved to 2-6 against non-Atlantic Division teams.
"There was a lot of heart, effort and mental toughness out there,"
said Howard. "That is what pulled out the win for us. This is
a good turning point going into our next game. Our time is coming;
we just have to be patient."
Forward Vin Baker, who missed the last three games with a
strained right hip, came back to score 17 points and grab 16
rebounds.
Glenn Robinson had 33 points and 12 rebounds for the Bucks, who
started the season 5-1 but have lost five of their last six.
"This is a tough one to shallow," said Baker. "We had the game
in our hands. We really don't want to lose games like this at
home."
Washington trailed by 12 with 11:14 remaining, but Chris Whitney
had five points in a 15-0 run that gave the Bullets an 83-80
lead with 6:24 to go.
"It was a terrific stretch at the end of the game," said Bullets
coach Jim Lynam. "We had trouble defensively up until the fourth
quarter. We have good one-on-one players. Gheorghe Muresan
stepped it up big time in the second half."
The Bucks took the lead back at 87-84, but Muresan keyed a
9-0 spurt to give the Bullets a 93-87 advantage with 22
seconds remaining.
"We played very well until the fourth-period stretch," said
Bucks coach Chris Ford. "But when you have a team in the penalty
situation, you have to take the ball to the basket. We had at
least three straight occasions where it was a one-point game and
we took jump shots. It was a total collapse in the final period."
nba.1701nba.news,
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION - 1996/97
(Saturday, November 23 - 23 days, 167 games)
WESTERN CONFERENCE - PACIFIC DIVISION
TEAM TG TW TL HW HL AW AL TPA OPA % GB Str
Seattle Supersonics 13 11 2 4 1 7 1 103.3 94.8 84.6 - W10
Los Angeles Lakers 13 9 4 5 1 4 3 97.7 94.7 69.2 2.0 W 1
Portland Trail Blazers 13 8 5 4 1 4 4 94.6 89.1 61.5 3.0 W 4
Los Angeles Clippers 12 6 6 2 3 4 3 91.1 90.6 50.0 4.5 L 2
Sacramento Kings 12 4 8 2 4 2 4 92.6 99.4 33.3 6.5 L 2
Golden State Warriors 12 3 9 1 5 2 4 100.3 104.8 25.0 7.5 L 3
Phoenix Suns 11 0 11 0 5 0 6 92.2 103.4 0.0 10.0 L11
WESTERN CONFERENCE - MIDWEST DIVISION
TEAM TG TW TL HW HL AW AL TPA OPA % GB Str
Houston Rockets 12 11 1 6 1 5 0 105.1 96.3 91.7 - W 5
Utah Jazz 10 8 2 5 1 3 1 97.5 90.5 80.0 2.0 W 6
Minnesota Timberwolves 11 5 6 4 0 1 6 89.5 92.5 45.5 5.5 W 1
Denver Nuggets 13 4 9 1 5 3 4 89.8 96.0 30.8 7.5 L 4
Dallas Mavericks 11 3 8 2 3 1 5 93.0 97.3 27.3 7.5 L 1
San Antonio Spurs 11 2 9 1 5 1 4 82.3 89.3 18.2 8.5 L 4
Vancouver Grizzlies 12 1 11 1 6 0 5 84.6 97.5 8.3 10.0 L 4
EASTERN CONFERENCE - ATLANTIC DIVISION
TEAM TG TW TL HW HL AW AL TPA OPA % GB Str
Orlando Magic 8 6 2 4 2 2 0 91.0 87.5 75.0 - W 2
New York Knicks 12 8 4 3 2 5 2 96.2 92.7 66.7 - L 2
Miami Heat 12 8 4 3 2 5 2 94.5 91.7 66.7 - W 3
Washington Bullets 12 6 6 3 4 3 2 95.2 94.3 50.0 2.0 W 2
Philadelphia 76ers 12 5 7 2 4 3 3 96.1 99.4 41.7 3.0 W 1
New Jersey Nets 8 2 6 2 4 0 2 92.3 96.1 25.0 4.0 W 1
Boston Celtics 10 2 8 2 5 0 3 94.0 103.3 20.0 5.0 L 4
EASTERN CONFERENCE - CENTRAL DIVISION
TEAM TG TW TL HW HL AW AL TPA OPA % GB Str
Chicago Bulls 13 12 1 6 0 6 1 104.3 87.0 92.3 - L 1
Detroit Pistons 12 10 2 5 1 5 1 93.7 87.4 83.3 1.5 L 1
Cleveland Cavaliers 11 8 3 4 2 4 1 88.5 81.5 72.7 3.0 W 2
Charlotte Hornets 11 6 5 4 2 2 3 93.8 95.0 54.5 5.0 W 3
Atlanta Hawks 13 7 6 2 1 5 5 84.5 86.2 53.8 5.0 W 2
Milwaukee Bucks 12 6 6 4 2 2 4 96.8 95.6 50.0 5.5 L 2
Indiana Pacers 11 3 8 1 4 2 4 89.1 91.2 27.3 8.0 L 2
Toronto Raptors 11 3 8 3 5 0 3 94.8 98.5 27.3 8.0 L 5
WESTERN CONFERENCE
# TEAM TG TW TL HW HL AW AL TPA OPA % GB Str
1. Houston Rockets 12 11 1 6 1 5 0 105.1 96.3 91.7 - W 5
2. Seattle Supersonics 13 11 2 4 1 7 1 103.3 94.8 84.6 0.5 W10
3. Utah Jazz 10 8 2 5 1 3 1 97.5 90.5 80.0 2.0 W 6
4. Los Angeles Lakers 13 9 4 5 1 4 3 97.7 94.7 69.2 2.5 W 1
5. Portland Trail Blazers 13 8 5 4 1 4 4 94.6 89.1 61.5 3.5 W 4
6. Los Angeles Clippers 12 6 6 2 3 4 3 91.1 90.6 50.0 5.0 L 2
7. Minnesota Timberwolves 11 5 6 4 0 1 6 89.5 92.5 45.5 5.5 W 1
8. Sacramento Kings 12 4 8 2 4 2 4 92.6 99.4 33.3 7.0 L 2
9. Denver Nuggets 13 4 9 1 5 3 4 89.8 96.0 30.8 7.5 L 4
10. Dallas Mavericks 11 3 8 2 3 1 5 93.0 97.3 27.3 7.5 L 1
11. Golden State Warriors 12 3 9 1 5 2 4 100.3 104.8 25.0 8.0 L 3
12. San Antonio Spurs 11 2 9 1 5 1 4 82.3 89.3 18.2 8.5 L 4
13. Vancouver Grizzlies 12 1 11 1 6 0 5 84.6 97.5 8.3 10.0 L 4
14. Phoenix Suns 11 0 11 0 5 0 6 92.2 103.4 0.0 10.5 L11
EASTERN CONFERENCE
# TEAM TG TW TL HW HL AW AL TPA OPA % GB Str
1. Chicago Bulls 13 12 1 6 0 6 1 104.3 87.0 92.3 - L 1
2. Detroit Pistons 12 10 2 5 1 5 1 93.7 87.4 83.3 1.5 L 1
3. Cleveland Cavaliers 11 8 3 4 2 4 1 88.5 81.5 72.7 3.0 W 2
4. Orlando Magic 8 6 2 4 2 2 0 91.0 87.5 75.0 3.5 W 2
5. New York Knicks 12 8 4 3 2 5 2 96.2 92.7 66.7 3.5 L 2
6. Miami Heat 12 8 4 3 2 5 2 94.5 91.7 66.7 3.5 W 3
7. Charlotte Hornets 11 6 5 4 2 2 3 93.8 95.0 54.5 5.0 W 3
8. Atlanta Hawks 13 7 6 2 1 5 5 84.5 86.2 53.8 5.0 W 2
9. Milwaukee Bucks 12 6 6 4 2 2 4 96.8 95.6 50.0 5.5 L 2
10. Washington Bullets 12 6 6 3 4 3 2 95.2 94.3 50.0 5.5 W 2
11. Philadelphia 76ers 12 5 7 2 4 3 3 96.1 99.4 41.7 6.5 W 1
12. New Jersey Nets 8 2 6 2 4 0 2 92.3 96.1 25.0 7.5 W 1
13. Indiana Pacers 11 3 8 1 4 2 4 89.1 91.2 27.3 8.0 L 2
14. Toronto Raptors 11 3 8 3 5 0 3 94.8 98.5 27.3 8.0 L 5
15. Boston Celtics 10 2 8 2 5 0 3 94.0 103.3 20.0 8.5 L 4
TOTAL STANDINGS
# TEAM TG TW TL HW HL AW AL TPA OPA % GB Str
1. Chicago Bulls 13 12 1 6 0 6 1 104.3 87.0 92.3 - L 1
2. Houston Rockets 12 11 1 6 1 5 0 105.1 96.3 91.7 0.5 W 5
3. Seattle Supersonics 13 11 2 4 1 7 1 103.3 94.8 84.6 1.0 W10
4. Detroit Pistons 12 10 2 5 1 5 1 93.7 87.4 83.3 1.5 L 1
5. Utah Jazz 10 8 2 5 1 3 1 97.5 90.5 80.0 2.5 W 6
6. Cleveland Cavaliers 11 8 3 4 2 4 1 88.5 81.5 72.7 3.0 W 2
7. Los Angeles Lakers 13 9 4 5 1 4 3 97.7 94.7 69.2 3.0 W 1
8. Orlando Magic 8 6 2 4 2 2 0 91.0 87.5 75.0 3.5 W 2
9. New York Knicks 12 8 4 3 2 5 2 96.2 92.7 66.7 3.5 L 2
10. Miami Heat 12 8 4 3 2 5 2 94.5 91.7 66.7 3.5 W 3
11. Portland Trail Blazers 13 8 5 4 1 4 4 94.6 89.1 61.5 4.0 W 4
12. Charlotte Hornets 11 6 5 4 2 2 3 93.8 95.0 54.5 5.0 W 3
13. Atlanta Hawks 13 7 6 2 1 5 5 84.5 86.2 53.8 5.0 W 2
14. Milwaukee Bucks 12 6 6 4 2 2 4 96.8 95.6 50.0 5.5 L 2
15. Washington Bullets 12 6 6 3 4 3 2 95.2 94.3 50.0 5.5 W 2
16. Los Angeles Clippers 12 6 6 2 3 4 3 91.1 90.6 50.0 5.5 L 2
17. Minnesota Timberwolves 11 5 6 4 0 1 6 89.5 92.5 45.5 6.0 W 1
18. Philadelphia 76ers 12 5 7 2 4 3 3 96.1 99.4 41.7 6.5 W 1
19. Sacramento Kings 12 4 8 2 4 2 4 92.6 99.4 33.3 7.5 L 2
20. New Jersey Nets 8 2 6 2 4 0 2 92.3 96.1 25.0 7.5 W 1
21. Denver Nuggets 13 4 9 1 5 3 4 89.8 96.0 30.8 8.0 L 4
22. Indiana Pacers 11 3 8 1 4 2 4 89.1 91.2 27.3 8.0 L 2
23. Toronto Raptors 11 3 8 3 5 0 3 94.8 98.5 27.3 8.0 L 5
24. Dallas Mavericks 11 3 8 2 3 1 5 93.0 97.3 27.3 8.0 L 1
25. Golden State Warriors 12 3 9 1 5 2 4 100.3 104.8 25.0 8.5 L 3
26. Boston Celtics 10 2 8 2 5 0 3 94.0 103.3 20.0 8.5 L 4
27. San Antonio Spurs 11 2 9 1 5 1 4 82.3 89.3 18.2 9.0 L 4
28. Vancouver Grizzlies 12 1 11 1 6 0 5 84.6 97.5 8.3 10.5 L 4
29. Phoenix Suns 11 0 11 0 5 0 6 92.2 103.4 0.0 11.0 L11
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TG - ukupan broj odigranih utakmica
TW - ukupan broj pobeda
TL - ukupan broj poraza
HW - broj pobeda na domaćem terenu
HL - broj poraza na domaćem terenu
AW - broj pobeda na gostujućem terenu
AL - broj poraza na gostujućem terenu
TPA - prosek postignutih koševa
OPA - prosek primljenih koševa
% - procenat pobeda
GB - broj zaostalih utakmica
Str - poslednja serija pobeda (W) ili poraza (L)
* - ekipa je već osigurala učešće u playoff-u
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(c) 1996 Vladimir Poznanović <vpoznanovic@sezam.co.yu>
nba.1702nba.news,
Jordan dazzles, delights on silver screen and hardwood
(Nov 23, 1996 - 12:18 EST) -- I wanted to see Michael Jordan do
something sensational, something brushing up against genius, something
other-worldly.
I want to see jams and slams, soaring and roaring, guaranteed thrills
and a game-winning rally.
Which is why I am sitting one row behind a 5-year-old who is a Milk
Dud-eating machine at the 2:10 p.m. showing of Space Jam.
Genius you want? Genius you got.
I saw Michael play the game of his life against a team of aliens who
have stolen the talent from NBA stars and kidnapped America's cartoon
heroes. Michael, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and assorted other animated
superstars must win the game or become the star attractions at an
intergalactic theme park run by the aliens. The plot, by the way, was
based on an unfinished novella by Ernest Hemingway.
The greatest player on the planet was called a "Wussie-man" by the
aliens, and he responded by imploring his team to "go out there an
kick some alien butt."
The team of aliens he faced was far more exotic and weird than even
Dennis Rodman. Well, every bit as exotic and weird. Well, so maybe
they could've been his cousins.
Who is stranger, his cartoon team or the real-life cast of characters
that is the traveling road show of the Bulls?
"Space Jam," he said. "I kind of know what to expect from these guys."
You go to the movies to see Michael Jordan extend himself these days
because he has so icon-ized himself, so raised the bar of brilliance
on the basketball court that a mere 31 points and seven rebounds in 34
minutes -- his output against the Nuggets on Thursday night -- seems
somehow mundane.
It is like Pavarotti singing the greatest hits of Tommy James and the
Shondells, like Pacino doing a Drano commercial.
If Michael doesn't come soaring down from the balcony in a cape, make
at least three dunks with a 4.5 degree of difficulty and float in a
half-dozen three-pointers, it's like we've seen it before.
"Not much physically he does amazes me anymore," Bulls guard Steve
Kerr said. "We see it every day, so it's like nothing surprises us
anymore.
"What amazes me is his incredible self-assurance, the self-confidence
that he can make any shot, take over any game. And he can."
Jordan didn't need so much to take over the Bulls' 110-92 victory over
the Nuggets as show up.
If it's possible to score a "quiet" 31 points, that's what he did;
only one dunk and that one garden-variety Michael.
Jordan has a new cologne on the market, but by midway through the
third quarter, the sold-out McNichols Arena crowd was smelling only
Eau de Blowout.
He plucked an offensive rebound out of the air and feathered in a
little 15-footer for his 31st point and you were somehow surprised he
had scored that many.
After four NBA titles and all those scoring championships and MVP
awards, Jordan no longer feels compelled to awe his subjects every
night, only to win.
"I seem to find challenges in all different forms and fashions from
who I'm playing against to a conversation with some of the young
guys," he said. "I never have trouble finding competition."
Is it, ever, in any way, boring?
"If you get bored, you have to find a way to alleviate that boredom
some way," he said. "In games we seem to be the favorites, we always
find a way to motivate ourselves, individually or as a team."
The far greater challenge Michael Jordan faced Thursday was in the
dozen multi-plex theaters that show Space Jam to crowds of adoring
children and tagalong parents.
Bugs and Daffy and the rest of the guys are the Jordanaires that count
at this point in the season while the Bulls run away from the rest of
the NBA.
They have won 12 in a row and Michael has saved the planet.
And th-th-th-th-that's all, folks.
nba.1703nba.news,
Hill reinjures right wrist
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Nov 23, 1996 - 21:48 EST) -- Grant Hill reinjured his
right wrist Saturday night when he landed on it after a drive to the
basket in the first quarter of the Detroit Pistons' game against
Charlotte.
X-rays were negative, and Hill returned to the Pistons' bench in the
third quarter with the wrist covered with several bags of ice.
Hill came down the lane with 38 seconds left in the opening quarter,
was fouled by Matt Geiger and crashed to the floor under the basket,
landing on his right wrist. He began writhing in pain and lay on the
floor for about two minutes.
The Pistons called a timeout, allowing Hill to stay in the game to
shoot both free throws. He winced as he released each shot -- both
misses.
Hill went to the bench with 11 seconds remaining in the quarter and
stayed there before leaving midway through the second period to have
the wrist examined.
Hill sprained the wrist earlier this month and missed one game.
Hill went into the Saturday night's game as the league's
seventh-leading scorer, averaging 23.5 points.
He had four points and seven rebounds at the time of his injury.
nba.1704nba.news,
Pistons waive Smith, activate Williams
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Nov 23, 1996 - 19:12 EST) -- The Detroit Pistons
waived nine-year NBA veteran Kenny Smith on Saturday so they could
clear a roster spot to activate 1996 first-round draft pick Jerome
Williams from the injured list.
The 6-foot-3 Smith was unable to supplant either Lindsey Hunter or Joe
Dumars in Detroit's guard rotation. Smith averaged just 7.1 minutes
and 2.6 points while playing in nine of the Pistons' 11 games. His
last appearance with Detroit came Thursday night, when he went
scoreless in seven minutes against New Jersey.
Smith, 31, joined the Pistons as a free agent in September after
playing six seasons with the Houston Rockets. He needs 33 assists to
reach 4,000 for his career.
Williams, a 6-9 rookie from Georgetown who was taken with the 26th
overall selection in the draft, played a total of six minutes in two
games before being placed on the injured list Nov. 12 with a sprained
left wrist.
The Pistons announced the moves prior to Saturday night's game against
the Charlotte Hornets.
Several teams in the league, including the Hornets, have expressed an
interest in adding veteran guards to their roster.
nba.1705nba.news,
Bucks putting on a good show for a change
(Nov 23, 1996 - 09:54 EST) -- Going into this season, the idea of the
Milwaukee Bucks appearing in the playoffs had become largely
historical.
Oh, yeah. Don Nelson was coach and then Del Harris, for a bit. Sidney
Moncrief. Terry Cummings. Bob Lanier. Jack Sikma. Somewhere back then,
they went all the time. Never got to the NBA Finals, but they would go
to the playoffs, right after they won the division.
It was good. It wasn't great, but it was definitely good. Twelve years
in a row. Not quite a Swiss watch, but still very dependable.
Recently, we've been at the other end of the spectrum. Actually, we've
been falling off the other end of the spectrum. The Bucks have missed
the playoffs for five straight seasons, and for the most part "missed"
doesn't quite say it. The Bucks have mostly avoided being in the same
hemisphere as the playoffs.
So you approach the topic of the Bucks and the playoffs with more than
a small dose of skepticism. You approach it with 57 defeats in hand
from last season.
Surprise, surprise: In the first month of the season, there's
progress, effort, positive developments. It's very early, but the
Bucks have been doing some of the things that a playoff team must do.
They have a 6-5 record going into Saturday's game against the
Washington Bullets. That sort of thing, kept up over the course of a
season, puts you in the 49-victory neighborhood.
You could, of course, easily note that of those first 11 games, the
Bucks played only two against teams with winning records. On the other
side of it, though, is the notion that the Bucks, under new coach
Chris Ford, are showing some commitment to the less glamorous yet
absolutely essential parts of the game, such as defense and
rebounding.
The 1996-'97 Bucks send out a different feeling than their immediate
predecessors. For instance, they will routinely dive on the floor for
loose balls. In recent seasons, the Bucks seemed to regard loose balls
with a kind of objective detachment: "Hmmm, that's interesting. I
wonder what the other team will do with it after one of their players
picks it up?"
There are signs, too, that individual growth is occurring. Glenn
Robinson seems to have grown an interest in aspects of the game that
have nothing to do with shooting. On offense, Robinson has become a
better passer. And on defense, he appears to be taking a significant
interest in the task at hand.
Vin Baker just keeps getting better, or at least he did until he
suffered a strained and bruised hip. His injury status has been
day-to-day, but even that is too long a wait for the Bucks.
Center Andrew Lang also has been out, with tendinitis in his right
Achilles'. But when he was in, he was a presence in the middle. He is
not expected to score here, but he is expected to do the dirty work.
He represents a world of improvement over Benoit Benjamin, who had a
tendency to turn into the world's largest invisible man.
The acquisition of power forward Armon Gilliam looks like a stroke of
genius from former coach and still general manager Mike Dunleavy.
Gilliam is averaging more than 11 rebounds per game, and against
Phoenix he pulled in a career-high 22.
Rookie Ray Allen will be a solid player at shooting guard and Johnny
Newman will be better coming off the bench than he was as a starter.
The point guards -- Sherman Douglas and Elliot Perry -- are smallish,
but hardly inadequate.
These are not the Chicago Bulls, but this also is not the defenseless
crew that muddled its way through the last campaign. The playoffs are
a Wisconsin winter away, but a playoff appearance by this group can be
publicly considered with a straight face. It's no lock and they can't
afford injuries, but at least you can regard this team with something
other than scorn.
nba.1706nba.news,
Owens forgot about dislocation
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Nov 23, 1996 - 05:24 EST) -- Forward Billy Owens
couldn't remember if he'd ever dislocated a finger before Tuesday's
game in Portland.
He dislodged his right pinky finger against the Trail Blazers and then
found out from his father that he had dislocated the left pinky finger
while a schoolboy at Carlisle (Pa.) High School.
"I know I used to tape both pinky fingers before games."
How could Owens have a dislocation and not remember?
"When you're young," he said, "that type of stuff doesn't bother you."
ROCK SERVES THANKSGIVING DINNER: Mitch Richmond and his Solid As A
Rock Foundation sponsored and served a pre-Thanksgiving dinner to the
residents of the St. John's Shelter for Women and Children on Thursday
evening.
Dinner was provided for approximately 40 homeless women and their
children at the emergency shelter in downtown Sacramento. Kings
players Tyus Edney and Michael Smith and assistant coach Eddie Jordan
assisted Richmond.
GRANT'S TURN SATURDAY: Brian Grant and the Kings Community Foundation
will combine Saturday to serve more than 2,000 dinners at the Margaret
"Mama" Marks T.L.C. Soup Kitchen, at Robertson Community Center.
CARRIL'S FAVORITE PLAYER: A fan stopped Kings assistant coach Pete
Carril before the game against the Heat and told him that his favorite
player was U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley, who was an All-American under the
legendary Princeton coach before moving on to study at Oxford and then
join the New York Knicks.
"Well, thanks," Carril said, while shaking the gentleman's hand. "My
favorite player was Geoff Petrie."
Yes, the Kings vice president was standing right behind the coach.
nba.1707acafaca,
-> #1668, dizelKako si glasao na NBA.COM
nba.1708mileusna,
-> #1692, nba.news>> CHICAGO (100) AT UTAH (105)
Znači ništa od rekorda... :( BTW, pogledajte koliko je ko
dao koševa u Čikagu. :)
nba.1709superhik,
-> #1624, basrak=:> U čemu je razlika između sasha.htm i sashacp.htm ili kako se
=:> već zovu ta dva fajla u arhivi? Meni su oba ista...
Kako bre ista!????
Potpuno različiti podaci...
nba.1710lexus,
-> #1690, vpoznanovic=> Chicago at Utah 100:105
Ko je svetski šampion?
Juta! Juta! ;)
nba.1711vpoznanovic,
Sunday, November 24
Dallas at Boston 91:105
Houston at L.A. Lakers 90:85
Miami at Phoenix 87:84
Sacramento at Cleveland 74:103
San Antonio at Vancouver 91:96
Seattle at New York 102:92
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
DALLAS 20 20 23 28 91
BOSTON 29 27 28 21 105 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: DAL - JIM JACKSON 23, CHRIS GATLING 23, DEREK HARPER 10
BOS - DANA BARROS 21, DINO RADJA 19, ANTOINE WALKER 16
HIGH REBOUND: DAL - CHRIS GATLING 11, OLIVER MILLER 8
BOS - DINO RADJA 11, ANTOINE WALKER 8
HIGH ASSISTS: DAL - JASON KIDD 8, TWO PLAYERS WITH 3
BOS - DANA BARROS 6, RICK FOX 5
ATT: 15,244
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
HOUSTON 22 14 26 28 90
LA LAKERS 16 25 22 22 85 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: HOU - CHARLES BARKLEY 23, KEVIN WILLIS 17, CLYDE DREXLER 17
LAL - SHAQUILLE ONEAL 23, NICK VAN EXEL 21, EDDIE JONES 14
HIGH REBOUND: HOU - CHARLES BARKLEY 15, KEVIN WILLIS 8
LAL - SHAQUILLE ONEAL 11, JEROME KERSEY 7
HIGH ASSISTS: HOU - CHARLES BARKLEY 8, MARIO ELIE 5
LAL - NICK VAN EXEL 12, EDDIE JONES 3
ATT: 17,505
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MIAMI 23 24 16 24 87
PHOENIX 21 18 23 22 84 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: MIA - ALONZO MOURNING 20, PJ BROWN 14, DAN MAJERLE 14
PHO - KEVIN JOHNSON 15, DANNY MANNING 14, AC GREEN 12
HIGH REBOUND: MIA - ALONZO MOURNING 11, PJ BROWN 9
PHO - DANNY MANNING 11, JOE KLEINE 7
HIGH ASSISTS: MIA - TIM HARDAWAY 8, DAN MAJERLE 6
PHO - KEVIN JOHNSON 9, REX CHAPMAN 2
ATT: 19,023
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SACRAMENTO 18 22 17 17 74
CLEVELAND 17 30 31 25 103 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: SAC - MITCH RICHMOND 23, OLDEN POLYNICE 9, FOUR PLAYERS
WITH 7
CLE - TERRELL BRANDON 21, TYRONE HILL 17, TWO PLAYERS WITH
14
HIGH REBOUND: SAC - LIONEL SIMMONS 9, CORLISS WILLIAMSON 5
CLE - CHRIS MILLS 9, TWO PLAYERS WITH 8
HIGH ASSISTS: SAC - LIONEL SIMMONS 4, FIVE PLAYERS WITH 3
CLE - TERRELL BRANDON 7, BOB SURA 4
ATT: 13,786
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SAN ANTONIO 25 19 24 23 91
VANCOUVER 21 32 22 21 96 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: SAS - DOMINIQUE WILKINS 26, SEAN ELLIOTT 17, WILL PERDUE 14
VAN - SHAREEF ABDUR-RAHIM 18, ANTHONY PEELER 17, BRYANT
REEVES 15
HIGH REBOUND: SAS - DOMINIQUE WILKINS 11, GREG ANDERSON 10
VAN - SHAREEF ABDUR-RAHIM 9, BRYANT REEVES 8
HIGH ASSISTS: SAS - SEAN ELLIOTT 8, VINNY DEL NEGRO 5
VAN - SHAREEF ABDUR-RAHIM 9, TWO PLAYERS WITH 5
ATT: 15,874
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SEATTLE 24 25 36 17 102
NEW YORK 23 24 23 22 92 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: SEA - SHAWN KEMP 22, DETLEF SCHREMPF 17, GARY PAYTON 16
NYK - ALLAN HOUSTON 13, CHRIS CHILDS 13, JOHN STARKS 13
HIGH REBOUND: SEA - SHAWN KEMP 8, TWO PLAYERS WITH 5
NYK - PATRICK EWING 8, TWO PLAYERS WITH 7
HIGH ASSISTS: SEA - GARY PAYTON 11, DETLEF SCHREMPF 5
NYK - CHARLES OAKLEY 4, CHRIS CHILDS 4
ATT: 19,763
nba.1712nba.news,
DALLAS (91) AT BOSTON (105)
DALLAS
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MCCLOUD F 30 2-10 2-2 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 7
MEYER F 11 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2
MONTROSS C 20 4-7 0-0 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 8
KIDD G 32 1-6 1-2 1 2 3 8 3 1 4 3
JACKSON G 43 8-16 7-13 1 6 7 3 3 2 4 23
HARPER 22 5-7 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 10
GATLING 33 7-15 9-10 4 7 11 0 6 0 3 23
DUMAS 19 3-7 1-1 0 1 1 3 5 3 1 7
MILLER 23 3-6 0-2 3 5 8 0 4 2 3 6
WALKER 7 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
DREILING DNP - COACH'S DECISION
ROBERTS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 35-78 20-30 11 24 35 18 29 10 18 91
(.449) (.667) TEAM REBS: 13 TOTAL TO: 19(18 PTS)
BOSTON
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
WALKER F 27 7-13 2-6 5 3 8 3 3 1 3 16
WILLIAMS F 32 3-8 8-10 0 1 1 0 3 0 4 14
RADJA C 42 6-11 7-8 0 11 11 4 6 0 3 19
FOX G 32 3-5 0-0 1 4 5 5 4 1 5 7
BARROS G 47 8-11 1-2 0 4 4 6 1 1 2 21
DAY 26 4-10 2-2 0 1 1 4 3 3 4 10
BRICKOWSKI 13 5-6 0-0 1 3 4 0 2 0 0 11
MINOR 11 1-3 3-4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 5
CONLON 8 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
SZABO 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
ELLISON DNP - BROKEN BIG TOE
WESLEY DNP - SORE RIGHT FOOT
TOTALS 240 38-70 23-32 7 27 34 24 25 7 21 105
(.543) (.719) TEAM REBS: 12 TOTAL TO: 21(20 PTS)
DALLAS 20 20 23 28 - 91
BOSTON 29 27 28 21 - 105
BLOCKED SHOTS: DALLAS - JACKSON, GATLING, MILLER. BOSTON - RADJA 4, DAY,
SZABO.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: DALLAS 1-10 (.100), MCCLOUD 1-3, KIDD 0-2, JACKSON 0-2,
HARPER 0-1, DUMAS 0-2. BOSTON 6-12 (.500), WALKER 0-1, FOX 1-2, BARROS
4-5, DAY 0-2, BRICKOWSKI 1-2.
TECHNICALS: BOSTON - CONLON.
OFFICIALS: PAUL MIHALAK, JOE BORGIA, RONNIE NUNN.
A - 15,244. T - 2:15.
DALLAS (91) AT BOSTON (105)
Dana Barros scored 21 points and Dino Radja added 19 and 11
rebounds as the Boston Celtics cruised to a 105-91 victory over
the Dallas Mavericks, ending a four-game losing streak.
The Celtics, who never trailed, were swept by the Mavericks last
season but have won 15 of 16 all-time home games against Dallas.
"I just need to get my rhythm," said Barros, who was 4-of-5 from
three-point range despite playing both guard spots. "I just
stayed more aggressive tonight and it paid off. It's hard
playing two different positions. You just need to go out and do
your job."
Chris Gatling had 23 points and 11 rebounds and Jim Jackson
added 23 and seven for the Mavericks, who are 1-6 on the road
this season. Dallas has lost five of its last six overall.
"We have the talent here," Jackson said. "We just need to keep
ourselves out of the deep holes early. As you saw tonight, once
we start to get going, we are all right. But as I said, when we
get down early, sometimes it's too late."
Jackson made a 19-footer as Dallas tied the score, 10-10, with
6:01 left in the first quarter. But Radja had a dunk to cap a
10-0 burst, giving the Celtics a 20-10 advantage with 6:01 to go
in the period.
Radja, who missed the last two games with a broken finger, shot
6-of-11 from the field.
"We built a big lead and when you play that kind of a game, it's
easy," Radja said. "You've got to play six months. You really
don't have time to think about who you're playing. You just
play the game and then look up and see who you play."
Boston scored the last six points of the second quarter and
built a 56-40 lead at halftime as Barros and Frank Brickowski
each scored 11 points.
Rookie Antoine Walker had 16 points and eight rebounds and Eric
Williams added 14 points for the Celtics, who shot 54 percent
(38-for-70) from the field.
Dallas center Eric Montross, who was acquired from Boston in
exchange for the Mavericks' 1997 first-round pick, was limited
to eight points and three rebounds in 20 minutes. Dallas shot
just 1-for-10 from three-point range.
"We need to live through the hard times, but if we put in an
honest effort every night, we're gonna see good results at the
end," said Dallas coach Jim Cleamons. "I don't think we should
be 3-9, but the reality is we are."
nba.1713nba.news,
HOUSTON (90) AT LA LAKERS (85)
HOUSTON
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
BARKLEY F 44 6-10 7-13 7 8 15 8 5 0 3 23
ELIE F 44 5-10 4-4 0 2 2 5 3 1 2 15
WILLIS C 32 7-16 3-3 4 4 8 1 5 0 1 17
DREXLER G 43 4-12 8-9 1 5 6 2 3 2 5 17
MALONEY G 36 3-11 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 8
HARRINGTON 8 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2
DAVIS 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
JONES 7 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
BULLARD 15 2-3 0-0 0 3 3 0 1 1 1 6
MACK 8 0-2 2-2 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 2
MOORE DNP - COACH'S DECISION
OLAJUWON DNP - IREGULAR HEART BEAT
TOTALS 240 28-67 24-31 14 25 39 19 23 4 17 90
(.418) (.774) TEAM REBS: 17 TOTAL TO: 18(14 PTS)
LA LAKERS
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
CAMPBELL F 24 2-5 2-2 2 4 6 1 5 1 1 6
JONES F 48 5-14 2-4 1 2 3 3 2 6 3 14
ONEAL C 37 10-16 3-11 4 7 11 0 5 0 4 23
SCOTT G 14 1-3 1-1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 4
VAN EXEL G 38 8-18 0-0 1 1 2 12 1 0 2 21
BLOUNT 30 1-2 2-2 1 1 2 1 5 0 0 4
KERSEY 33 2-9 0-0 2 5 7 0 3 1 1 4
FISHER 10 1-4 4-5 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 6
ROBINSON 5 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3
KNIGHT 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BRYANT DNP - COACH'S DECISION
ROOKS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 31-74 14-25 11 25 36 20 23 8 13 85
(.419) (.560) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 13(19 PTS)
HOUSTON 22 14 26 28 - 90
LA LAKERS 16 25 22 22 - 85
BLOCKED SHOTS: HOUSTON - BULLARD. LA LAKERS - ONEAL 2.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: HOUSTON 10-27 (.370), BARKLEY 4-5, ELIE 1-4, DREXLER
1-5, MALONEY 2-8, BULLARD 2-3, MACK 0-2. LA LAKERS 9-21 (.429), JONES 2-4,
SCOTT 1-3, VAN EXEL 5-9, KERSEY 0-1, FISHER 0-1, ROBINSON 1-3.
TECHNICALS: HOUSTON - BARKLEY, LA LAKERS - ILLEGAL DEFENSE.
OFFICIALS: MIKE MATHIS, GREG WILLARD, MIKE CALLAHAN.
A - 17,505. T - 2:29.
HOUSTON (90) AT LA LAKERS (85)
Charles Barkley had 23 points and 15 rebounds and sank a key
three-pointer with 53 seconds left as the Houston Rockets
avenged their only loss of the season with a 90-85 victory over
the Los Angeles Lakers, their sixth straight win.
Clyde Drexler scored 10 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter
and Kevin Willis added 17 for the Rockets, who overcame the
absence of Hakeem Olajuwon and improved to a league-best 6-0 on
the road. Olajuwon is sidelined with an irregular heartbeat.
Drexler sank two free throws with 4:25 left in the third quarter
to become the 24th player in NBA history to score 20,000 points.
He is the second player this season to surpass the milestone,
joining New York Knicks center Patrick Ewing.
"I just think it's great company, the 20,000 point club,"
Drexler said. "It means you've been consistant for a very long
time and people appreciate what you've accomplished. In a team
sport you don't really put much emphasis on individual
achievment. But it's a pretty great milestone."
Shaquille O'Neal had 23 points and 12 rebounds and Nick Van Exel
added 21 points and 12 assists for the Lakers, who won at
Houston in double overtime on November 12th. O'Neal was 3-of-11
from the line, including two critical misses with 25 seconds to
go.
"It hurts big time," said Van Exel of the loss. "But we have to
turn the other check and get ready to play on this road trip.
They (the Lakers) came in and just outplayed us. We had that
nine point lead at 90-81 and I don't know what happened after
that."
Two free throws by rookie Derek Fisher gave the Lakers an 80-71
lead midway through the final period. But Drexler scored seven
points as the Rockets closed to 85-83 with 1:33 to go.
Barkley's three-pointer from the left wing gave Houston the lead
for good. O'Neal was fouled but missed both free throws. Lakers
forward Elden Campbell grabbed the second miss but had his shot
blocked.
Barkley got the rebound and was fouled, sinking one of two for
an 87-85 lead with 18 seconds left. After a wild miss by Jerome
Kersey, Willis made a layup to put the game away.
"Everybody chipped in," said Barkley. "It was a good team
effort. We played well down the stretch and made the big plays
when we had to. I got some wide open threes, guys made some
shots, we got some steals, and then I made the big three. I had
a good look at it. I got the shot I wanted. I did my job. I
have to be involved. I'm the leader of the team right now."
Mario Elie scored 15 points and Barkley added eight assists for
the Rockets, who shot 42 percent (28-of-67) from the field.
Eddie Jones scored 14 points for the Lakers, who also shot 42
percent (31-of-74) but missed 11 of 25 foul shots.
Matched up against O'Neal, Willis scored 12 points in the first
quarter as Houston grabbed a 22-16 lead. But Los Angeles gave
up just 14 points in the second quarter and opened a 41-36 lead
at halftime. O'Neal had 12 points and Barkley 10 in the third
period, when Houston cut the deficit to 63-62.
nba.1714nba.news,
MIAMI (87) AT PHOENIX (84)
MIAMI
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MAJERLE F 48 5-15 1-2 1 2 3 6 3 3 4 14
BROWN F 26 7-8 0-0 4 5 9 1 5 0 1 14
MOURNING C 34 8-15 4-7 2 9 11 1 6 1 7 20
DANILOVIC G 26 4-9 4-5 0 4 4 0 5 0 1 13
HARDAWAY G 37 4-17 4-4 1 6 7 8 4 0 5 12
AUSTIN 8 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
ASKINS 22 2-7 1-1 3 4 7 1 4 0 0 6
GRANT 14 1-5 0-0 0 1 1 3 2 2 2 3
PINCKNEY 20 1-2 0-0 2 3 5 2 1 0 0 2
LENARD 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
SCOTT DNP - COACH'S DECISION
STRICKLAND DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 33-80 14-19 14 34 48 22 33 6 20 87
(.413) (.737) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 21(21 PTS)
PHOENIX
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
FINLEY F 29 2-10 1-2 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 5
MANNING F 33 3-8 8-10 3 8 11 0 4 1 2 14
KLEINE C 23 2-2 1-2 0 7 7 0 5 1 0 5
CHAPMAN G 37 4-16 2-2 0 1 1 2 4 1 1 10
JOHNSON G 39 3-12 9-9 0 3 3 9 3 2 3 15
GREEN 20 4-6 4-4 3 2 5 0 1 1 1 12
HORRY 25 3-5 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 8
CASSELL 20 1-4 8-8 0 1 1 0 4 0 5 10
NASH 10 2-5 1-1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5
PERSON 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BROWN DNP - COACH'S DECISION
DAVIS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 24-68 34-38 6 28 34 12 25 8 14 84
(.353) (.895) TEAM REBS: 11 TOTAL TO: 14(16 PTS)
MIAMI 23 24 16 24 - 87
PHOENIX 21 18 23 22 - 84
BLOCKED SHOTS: MIAMI - MOURNING 3. PHOENIX - MANNING 3, FINLEY 2, KLEINE
2.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: MIAMI 7-24 (.292), MAJERLE 3-6, DANILOVIC 1-3, HARDAWAY
0-6, ASKINS 1-4, GRANT 1-3, LENARD 1-2. PHOENIX 2-12 (.167), FINLEY 0-3,
CHAPMAN 0-4, JOHNSON 0-2, HORRY 2-2, NASH 0-1.
TECHNICALS: MIAMI - DANILOVIC, ILLEGAL DEFENSE, PHOENIX - HEAD COACH
AINGE, GREEN.
OFFICIALS: BRUCE ALEXANDER, BENNETT SALVATORE, TONY BROTHERS.
A - 19,023. T - 2:27.
MIAMI (87) AT PHOENIX (84)
The Phoenix Suns remained winless, losing their 12th straight
game as former Sun Dan Majerle made a clutch three-pointer with
seven seconds to go, lifting the Miami Heat to an 87-84 victory.
The slide matches the worst in franchise history for the Suns,
who didn't receive a big enough boost from the return of point
guard Kevin Johnson. Johnson had 15 points and nine assists in
his first game of the season after undergoing surgery to remove
an abdominal hernia.
"Our record being what it is, this team wants no moral
victories," Johnson said. "We come to win ballgames and that
hasn't been the case. We need to keep pounding away and pretty
soon we will break through. If a team is winning 12 or 13
straight games that brings a team real close together, when a
team has lost 12 games in a row, that also brings you together.
So it is us against the world."
The Suns also lost 12 straight games from February 19th-March
13th, 1977. Phoenix is five losses away from Miami's NBA record
of 17 losses to start a season, set in the Heat's inaugural
1988-89 campaign. The Suns visit Denver (4-9) on Tuesday.
Miami beat Phoenix for the seocnd time in three meetings and
improved to 2-17 all-time against the Suns, who set a record for
fewest field goals with 24. The old record was 28 against Utah
on April 9th, 1990.
Phoenix went nearly seven minutes without a field goal and fell
behind 81-73 on P.J. Brown's tip-in with 2:24 to go. Johnson
made two free throws and Rex Chapman's jumper ended the drought,
cutting the deficit to 81-77 with 1:12 remaining.
Johnson's steal and layup pulled the Suns within a basket. He
made another steal, but Michael Finley missed a layup, starting
a string of three straight empty possessions.
Miami's Tim Hardaway made two free throws with 36 seconds left
before Robert Horry's three-pointer pulled Phoenix within 83-82
with 29 seconds to play. But Majerle, who spent his first seven
seasons with the Suns, sank a three-pointer with the shot clock
winding down, giving Miami a four-point lead.
"It felt good," Majerle said. "It's a big shot because the
clock is running down and it stuck a dagger in them."
"He played the whole game, made a few turnovers in the last
couple of minutes which was totally unlike him, then he buried
the shot that got us the win," Heat coach Pat Riley said.
Johnson made a quick layup and fouled Sasha Danilovic, who made
one free throw with 3.4 seconds left. But Johnson's desperation
three-pointer was no good.
"We were right in it except for a couple of missed lay-ins and a
big three-point shot by Majerle," Suns coach Danny Ainge said.
"That was a dagger. I saw a lot of good things tonight but we
just cannot find consistent shooting and that is the bottom
line."
Alonzo Mourning had 20 points and 11 rebounds to lead a balanced
attack for the Heat, who improved to 4-0 on their six-game road
trip. Miami, which had never won more than twice on a six-game
trip, got 14 points apiece from Majerle and Brown, another 13
from Danilovic and 12 and eight assists from Hardaway.
"We had to beat the odds, them having to win sometime and the
officials," Riley said. "They shot 25 more free throws than us.
It's a joke. I am very confused with what is going on with the
fouls and stuff."
"You just got to grin and bear it," Mourning said. "The
officials are going to call calls, you just got to play through
the obstacles. We made things difficult for ourselves with
turnovers and not finishing shots, but Dan's shot was a gift
from God. Its his old house and he used to throw them up from
all over. He should know it better than anyone else."
Danny Manning had 14 points and 11 rebounds and A.C. Green added
12 points for the Suns, who shot 35 percent (24-of-68) from the
field and were outrebounded 48-34. The starting backcourt of
Johnson and Chapman were a combined 7-of-28.
Mourning scored 15 points and Brown 10 in the first half as the
Heat opened a 47-39 lead. The Suns cut the deficit to 63-62
after three quarters and were still within 73-70 after a jumper
by rookie Steve Nash with 8:07 remaining. But that was the last
field goal for Phoenix for the next 6:55.
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SACRAMENTO (74) AT CLEVELAND (103)
SACRAMENTO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
OWENS F 28 3-7 0-0 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 7
POLYNICE F 31 4-9 1-2 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 9
CAUSWELL C 15 0-1 1-2 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 1
ABDUL-RAUF G 22 2-9 1-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 5
RICHMOND G 35 5-10 11-11 0 3 3 3 2 1 4 23
C WILLIAMSON 24 3-9 1-2 0 5 5 1 2 0 0 7
SMITH 23 2-4 0-2 0 4 4 3 3 1 4 4
EDNEY 21 1-4 1-2 0 2 2 3 2 1 1 3
DANIELS 7 0-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
SIMMONS 20 1-8 5-5 4 5 9 4 3 0 0 7
GAMBLE 10 3-3 0-0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 7
HURLEY 4 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 240 24-68 22-29 8 27 35 22 20 4 14 74
(.353) (.759) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 14(17 PTS)
CLEVELAND
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MILLS F 35 4-9 0-0 1 8 9 3 1 1 2 9
HILL F 35 7-12 3-3 3 5 8 3 3 1 4 17
WEST C 18 3-5 2-3 3 5 8 2 0 0 1 8
BRANDON G 38 8-16 4-4 1 4 5 7 2 1 1 21
PHILLS G 26 6-11 0-0 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 14
FERRY 25 3-6 0-0 0 5 5 2 3 1 1 8
SURA 22 6-7 2-5 1 1 2 4 3 0 1 14
POTAPENKO 14 2-8 3-3 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 7
LANG 13 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
GEARY 7 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0
MARSHALL 4 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
THOMAS 3 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
TOTALS 240 41-81 14-18 12 35 47 25 21 6 11 103
(.506) (.778) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 11(10 PTS)
SACRAMENTO 18 22 17 17 - 74
CLEVELAND 17 30 31 25 - 103
BLOCKED SHOTS: SACRAMENTO - CAUSWELL, RICHMOND, SIMMONS. CLEVELAND -
FERRY 2, MILLS, HILL, PHILLS, POTAPENKO.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: SACRAMENTO 4-11 (.364), OWENS 1-1, ABDUL-RAUF 0-2,
RICHMOND 2-4, DANIELS 0-3, GAMBLE 1-1. CLEVELAND 7-14 (.500), MILLS 1-2,
BRANDON 1-3, PHILLS 2-3, FERRY 2-3, MARSHALL 0-2, THOMAS 1-1.
TECHNICALS: SACRAMENTO - RICHMOND, CLEVELAND - ILLEGAL DEFENSE.
OFFICIALS: DON VADEN, JACK NIES, SCOTT FOSTER.
A - 13,786. T - 2:03.
SACRAMENTO (74) AT CLEVELAND (103)
Tyrone Hill scored seven of his 17 points in an 18-5 run that
opened the second half and gave the Cleveland Cavaliers their
third straight victory, 103-74 over the Sacramento Kings.
Terrell Brandon scored 21 points for Cleveland, which has led
the league in scoring defense in each of the last two seasons
and has permitted less than 80 points in half of its 12 games.
Mitch Richmond scored 23 points for the Kings, who fell to 2-5
on the road as they opened a six-game trip. Sacramento has lost
13 straight games in Cleveland dating to 1984, when the Kings
were based in Kansas City.
"I thought we put together three really solid quarters of
basketball," Cleveland coach Mike Fratello said. "We started
out well in the beginning and then we kind of let them get back
in. But we got a nice run."
The Cavaliers scored 11 of the first 13 points, but the Kings
rallied behind Richmond and held an 18-17 lead after the first
quarter.
Cleveland's bench turned it on in the second quarter. Bob Sura
scored 12 of his 14 points and Danny Ferry had three rebounds
and two blocks in the period to help the Cavs open a 47-40 lead
at halftime.
"They started the game 7-0 and we came back and had a nice first
period," Kings coach Garry St. Jean said. "When we each subbed,
their subs did a very, very nice job against ours."
"Our defense and our unselfishness is what is best for us," Sura
said. "That is how we win, by passing the ball and getting the
other guys open shots."
The Cavaliers opened a 20-point lead with their run to start the
second half. Hill scored seven points and Bobby Phills and Chris
Mills added five apiece. A three-pointer by Phills boosted the
advantage to 65-45 with 6:07 left in the third quarter.
"We forced a few turnovers, we got out in the open floor," said
Fratello. "Defensively, for the most part, we did a pretty good
job."
Sacramento trailed 78-57 entering the final period and cut the
deficit to 80-63 with 9:47 to go on a short jumper by Corliss
Williamson, one of four Kings with seven points. But Brandon
scored six points in a 10-2 burst that gave Cleveland a 90-65
bulge with 5:32 remaining. A three-pointer by Carl Thomas with
15 seconds left gave the Cavs their largest lead.
Mills scored nine points and Ferry eight for Cleveland, which
shot 51 percent (41-of-81) from the field and held a 47-35 edge
in rebounds. The Cavs were 7-of-14 from three-point range and
obviously not bothered by the 2 p.m. EST start.
"I'm not a person who enjoys an early game," Brandon said. "In
the warmups, I took my time shooting and early in the game. I
hit some shots and let everyone else feed off my enthusiasm."
Olden Polynice scored nine points for Sacramento, which shot 35
percent (24-of-68) and has not won at Cleveland since March
18th, 1984.
"Give them credit," St. Jean said. "They're playing awful nice
basketball. If you're not sharp, they're going to make you pay."
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SAN ANTONIO (91) AT VANCOUVER (96)
SAN ANTONIO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ELLIOTT F 46 4-15 7-10 3 4 7 8 3 0 5 17
D WILKINS F 35 8-17 8-9 6 5 11 1 3 1 1 26
W PERDUE C 23 5-7 4-4 2 4 6 1 1 0 2 14
DEL NEGRO G 32 4-10 4-5 0 3 3 5 2 2 0 13
JOHNSON G 28 3-9 2-3 1 1 2 4 2 0 2 8
MAXWELL 31 1-8 0-0 1 4 5 2 2 1 0 2
HERRERA 15 1-2 1-2 2 1 3 0 1 0 5 3
ANDERSON 25 4-6 0-0 4 6 10 0 5 1 1 8
ALEXANDER 5 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
KEMPTON DNP - COACH'S DECISION
SMITH DNP - SYNOVITIS RIGHT KNEE
M WILLIAMS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 30-76 26-33 19 28 47 21 19 5 18 91
(.395) (.788) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 18(28 PTS)
VANCOUVER
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
B EDWARDS F 35 5-9 0-0 0 2 2 3 4 2 2 13
ROGERS F 11 2-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
REEVES C 40 6-10 3-5 1 7 8 2 4 1 0 15
MOTEN G 22 4-8 1-1 0 2 2 4 1 0 2 10
ANTHONY G 26 2-5 3-5 0 0 0 5 2 3 3 8
ABDUR-RAHIM 38 6-9 6-10 1 8 9 9 4 1 1 18
MAYBERRY 22 2-6 0-0 0 0 0 3 4 0 2 4
PEELER 26 8-14 0-0 1 3 4 5 1 1 0 17
LYNCH 20 3-5 1-3 1 3 4 0 4 1 1 7
CHILCUTT DNP - COACH'S DECISION
MANNING DNP - COACH'S DECISION
MOBLEY DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 38-70 14-24 4 26 30 31 24 9 11 96
(.543) (.583) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 11(12 PTS)
SAN ANTONIO 25 19 24 23 - 91
VANCOUVER 21 32 22 21 - 96
BLOCKED SHOTS: SAN ANTONIO - D WILKINS, HERRERA. VANCOUVER - MOTEN,
ANTHONY, PEELER.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: SAN ANTONIO 5-24 (.208), ELLIOTT 2-6, D WILKINS 2-6,
DEL NEGRO 1-5, MAXWELL 0-6, ALEXANDER 0-1. VANCOUVER 6-17 (.353), B
EDWARDS 3-5, MOTEN 1-4, ANTHONY 1-2, MAYBERRY 0-3, PEELER 1-3.
TECHNICALS: VANCOUVER - ILLEGAL DEFENSE 5.
OFFICIALS: HUGH EVANS, TOM WASHINGTON, MONTY MCCUTCHEN.
A - 15,874. T - 2:19.
SAN ANTONIO (91) AT VANCOUVER (96)
Rookie Shareef Abdur-Rahim had 18 points, nine rebounds and nine
assists and made two key free throws as the Vancouver Grizzlies
defeated the San Antonio Spurs, 96-91, in a matchup of the worst
teams in the Midwest Division.
Abdur-Rahim hit a pair of free throws with 50.3 seconds left to
put the Grizzlies ahead for good, 92-90. Vancouver, which
missed 10 of 24 free throws, snapped a four-game losing streak.
"I feel I was really able to contribute," Abdur-Rahim said. "We
had really been doing bad on the boards. A lot of times when
things go wrong you start to point to other people. Maybe guys
saw me rebounding or making the extra pass and they step it up
too."
Dominique Wilkins had 26 points and 11 rebounds and Sean Elliott
added 17 points for the Spurs, who lost their fifth straight
game. San Antonio had won its four previous meetings with
Vancouver.
"He was my fovorite player in the world," Abdur-Rahim said of
Wilkins. "I had the jersey, the haircut, the autograph and
everything."
The Spurs committed 18 turnovers leading to 28 points for the
Grizzlies and shot just 40 percent (30-for-76) from the field.
"There were flurries where we just didn't manage the ball well,"
said Spurs coach Bob Hill. "I mean, we had 18 turnovers and the
game wasn't played at that high of a pace that we needed to turn
it over that much. We just can't make the shots. If anybody
has any suggestions about what coaches can do to make the
players make shots, I'm listening. I think we're trying too
hard, quite frankly."
Vernon Maxwell, who missed his first seven shots from the field,
made a short jumper to cap a 7-2 burst as the Spurs tied it,
90-90, with 1:08 to play. Abdur-Rahim sank two free throws to
give the Grizzlies a 92-90 edge with 50 seconds left.
Wilkins then missed a short jumper and George Lynch grabbed the
rebound. After a timeout, Blue Edwards made a 19-footer to give
the Grizzlies a 94-90 advantage with 14 seconds to go.
Sean Elliott made one free throw to cut the deficit to 94-91 and
Abdur-Rahim hit two more free throws to close the scoring with
9.7 seconds left.
Vancouver shot 54 percent but was outrebounded 47-30.
"That's good to see, but the rebounding disparity is still
there," Grizzlies coach Brian Winters said. "In order to win
with that big of a disparity you have to shoot the ball well.
Hopefully, we can get better at rebounding and shoot the ball a
little better."
Anthony Peeler's dunk closed an 11-4 burst that gave Vancouver a
53-41 lead with 35 seconds left in the second quarter. The
Grizzlies held a 53-44 halftime lead after Wilkins hit a
three-pointer at the buzzer and never trailed thereafter.
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SEATTLE (102) AT NEW YORK (92)
SEATTLE
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
KEMP F 34 7-13 8-11 0 8 8 2 4 2 5 22
D SCHREMPF F 32 5-12 7-7 1 4 5 5 1 1 0 17
MCILVAINE C 26 2-3 0-0 3 1 4 0 2 1 0 4
HAWKINS G 31 4-8 6-7 1 3 4 2 3 1 2 15
PAYTON G 36 6-13 3-4 1 4 5 11 2 1 4 16
STEWART 17 2-5 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 4
PERKINS 23 6-8 0-0 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 15
EHLO 18 2-4 1-2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 7
SNOW 12 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 2
WINGATE 4 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GRAHAM 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
HARVEY 3 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 240 35-73 25-31 8 26 34 24 22 7 15 102
(.479) (.806) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 15(15 PTS)
NEW YORK
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
JOHNSON F 27 4-10 2-2 4 2 6 0 3 0 0 10
OAKLEY F 26 4-5 3-3 3 4 7 4 5 1 0 11
EWING C 32 2-15 4-4 2 6 8 3 3 1 3 8
HOUSTON G 35 4-10 3-3 1 4 5 3 3 0 2 13
CHILDS G 26 4-7 4-4 0 1 1 4 3 0 4 13
STARKS 28 4-9 1-2 1 1 2 3 2 0 4 13
B WILLIAMS 24 4-6 2-2 3 4 7 0 4 1 2 10
BROOKS 7 1-1 2-2 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 5
WALLACE 25 3-9 3-4 0 5 5 0 0 0 4 9
MCCARTY 10 0-2 0-0 0 3 3 0 2 1 1 0
WARD DNP - BRUISED LEFT BUTTOCK
H WILLIAMS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 30-74 24-26 14 31 45 19 26 5 21 92
(.405) (.923) TEAM REBS: 4 TOTAL TO: 21(22 PTS)
SEATTLE 24 25 36 17 - 102
NEW YORK 23 24 23 22 - 92
BLOCKED SHOTS: SEATTLE - MCILVAINE 4, D SCHREMPF, HARVEY. NEW YORK -
EWING 2, WALLACE 2, MCCARTY.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: SEATTLE 7-19 (.368), D SCHREMPF 0-2, HAWKINS 1-4,
PAYTON 1-5, STEWART 0-2, PERKINS 3-4, EHLO 2-2. NEW YORK 8-17 (.471),
OAKLEY 0-1, HOUSTON 2-5, CHILDS 1-4, STARKS 4-6, BROOKS 1-1.
TECHNICALS: NEW YORK - ILLEGAL DEFENSE 2.
OFFICIALS: ED T RUSH, JOE DEROSA, SCOTT WALL.
A - 19,763. T - 2:10.
SEATTLE (102) AT NEW YORK (92)
Shawn Kemp scored 22 points to lead a balanced attack and the
Seattle SuperSonics shut down the New York Knicks for much of
the second half in a 102-92 victory, their 11th straight win.
Detlef Schrempf scored 17 points, Gary Payton added 16 and
Hersey Hawkins had nine of his 15 in the pivotal third quarter
for the SuperSonics, who are 4-0 on their current road trip and
have won eight straight road games.
"We're on a good roll right now," said Seattle's Sam Perkins,
who had 15 points. "We're playing good defense and that doesn't
matter where you play. This might be a good thing for the
Knicks. They've got a bunch of new guys and this could help
them see where they stand."
Seattle has the longest current winning streak in the NBA. It
has not lost since November 5th against Atlanta and needs three
more wins to match last season's team-record 14-game winning
streak.
"At halftime, I wanted the tempo fast," Seattle coach George
Karl said. "They played last night and I wanted to keep it up.
They wanted to try to run with us and I thought this would wear
them down."
Guards Chris Childs, Allan Houston and John Starks scored 13
points apiece for the Knicks, who have not won at home against
Seattle since December 8th, 1992, a span of four games. Center
Patrick Ewing was held to a season-low eight points on 2-of-15
shooting.
"I think they (Seattle) are truly a good team," Knicks coach
Jeff Van Gundy said. "They believe in themselves. We haven't
earned that belief. It's just like confidence. You aren't
given that. You earn it."
"I don't think they're any better a team than we are," said
Ewing, whose team has lost three in a row overall and dropped to
3-3 at home. "We just fell apart."
The Knicks held a 55-52 lead before a tip-in and three foul
shots by Schrempf gave the SuperSonics the lead for good with
8:52 left in the third quarter. Over the next 17 minutes,
Seattle held New York to eight field goals and just 23 points.
"We played good defense in the second half," Schrempf said.
"That was the difference in the game. They struggled last year
with the double-teams. We wanted to do the same thing this
year. We have quick enough guys to double and recover."
The Sonics closed the third quarter with a 30-15 surge, with
Hawkins scoring nine points and Kemp six. A layup by Hawkins
ended the period and gave Seattle an 85-70 lead.
Seattle began the fourth quarter by outscoring New York 15-8
over the first eight-plus minutes, opening its largest lead at
100-78 on Kemp's free throws with 3:50 to go. The Knicks ended
the game with a meaningless 14-2 run.
Payton fell on his left elbow and left with 6:28 remaining, but
the injury is not serious. He added 11 assists for the Sonics,
who shot 48 percent from the field (25-of-73).
Charles Oakley added 11 points for the Knicks, who shot 40.5
percent (30-of-74). Ewing was defended most of the night by
center Jim McIlvaine, who had four points, four rebounds and
four blocks.
"We had pretty good matchups out there tonight," Karl said. "We
tried to keep Ewing in check. McIlvaine did a good job for us.
That was his best game out there for us tonight."
"McIlvaine had nothing to do with it," Ewing said. "It isn't
just one guy. Sometimes, you just have nights like that."
Payton and Perkins scored 12 points apiece in the first half as
Seattle opened a 49-47 lead.
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Suns get K.J. back, lose Tisdale
PHOENIX -- The Phoenix Suns, the only winless team in the NBA at 0-11,
activated three-time All-Star point guard Kevin Johnson from the
injured list for Sunday night's game against the Miami Heat.
But just as Johnson returns, the Suns lose forward Wayman Tisdale to
the injured list.
Tisdale was shelved because of a biceps muscle strain and right
shoulder tendinitis. According to team orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard
Emerson, Tisdale's current ailments are "unrelated to his previous
arcromial-clavicular joint surgery earlier this summer."
The 6-foot-1, 190-pound Johnson, who played only 56 games last season
because of an assortment of injuries, required surgery to remove an
abdominal hernia Sept. 26 and has not played all season. Recently, he
has been taking part pain-free in full-speed workouts.
Johnson, 30, who was healthy for the final 30 games last season,
averaged 18.7 points and 9.2 assists in 1995-96. He has not come close
to playing a whole season since appearing in 78 games in 1991-92.
Tisdale, a 6-foot-9, 260-pounder, joins fellow front-liners Mark
Bryant and John "Hot Rod" Williams on the Suns' injured list. Tisdale
missed Thursday's game at Houston after playing a total of five
minutes in the previous two games.
In 10 contests for the Suns this season, Tisdale has averaged 4.2
points and 1.4 rebounds per game. Tisdale, who will undergo further
tests, will continue nonsurgical treatment and will be reevaluated on
a weekly basis.
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Harper guarantees another Bulls' streak
SALT LAKE CITY (Nov 24, 1996 - 14:24 EST) -- It took 36 points from
Karl Malone, poor clutch shooting by Michael Jordan and the petulance
of Dennis Rodman for the Chicago Bulls to finally lose a game.
The question may now be not whether the Bulls can be beaten, but
whether such a powerful combination of circumstances might ever
surface again.
Just how tough is it to beat the Bulls may have been more evident on
the night they finally lost than in the dozen wins they reeled off to
open the season.
"It was a good run. Now we start another one," Jordan said.
Chicago's attempt to set an NBA record for wins to begin the season
fell four games short Saturday night when the Utah Jazz won 105-100
before a frenzied crowd of 19,911 at the Delta Center.
But with a schedule that doesn't look too tough until the Bulls meet
the Los Angeles Lakers 10 games from now on Dec. 17, another streak
may be only one more game from beginning.
"The next game we lose will be about three or four weeks from now,"
Ron Harper said. "I guarantee it."
Though Jordan missed all six of his 3-point attempts and all the Bulls
went cold after taking an 88-82 lead early in the fourth quarter, a
good portion of the blame for the loss can be traced to Rodman.
Rodman grabbed only one rebound the entire first half, allowed Malone
to score almost at will, then picked up a second technical with 13.9
seconds left that helped Utah clinch the victory.
"I wasn't interested in the game," said Rodman, unrepentant as ever.
"I didn't have my game face on. Karl Malone had 36 points. That shows
you how into the game I was."
Rodman's technical came with the Bulls trailing by two points, when he
shoved Jeff Hornacek after fouling him, sending him into the courtside
seats. The second technical meant an automatic ejection, and gave Utah
another free throw to help seal the final outcome.
"I don't think we're taking this loss too hard," Rodman said. "It's
one loss. That's all."
Coach Phil Jackson said the loss was due more to the poor shooting of
the Bulls, who made only two of their next 16 shots after taking the
fourth quarter lead, than to Rodman's antics.
But Jackson admitted Rodman's ejection may have prevented the Bulls
from pulling the game out.
"The foul at the end of the game was flagrant and it upset the finish
of the game," Jackson said. "Rodman didn't get into the game
emotionally in the first half. I thought he might give us a good run
in the second half and he did."
While Rodman was trying to find his emotions, the Jazz were treating
the game like it was a playoff contest.
Malone was the workhorse, matching Jordan almost point for point, but
Hornacek also had a good game with 18 points and was pivotal coming
down the stretch.
"We came into this knowing they are the defending world champions, but
you don't want to be intimidated by them," Malone said. "You can't be
intimidated. You have to go out and play them."
The Jazz have won six straight after a 2-2 start and are playing like
the team that went to the Western Conference finals a year ago. Still,
it's early in the season to put too much emphasis on one win.
"Everyone pats you on the back because you beat Chicago, but you have
to keep playing," Malone said.
Jordan, meanwhile, wanted to look at the loss in a positive way.
"It tells us how important execution is down the stretch," said
Jordan, who finished with 44 points. "You love to experience these
games and win. Tonight we experienced it and lost. Hopefully it will
make us a better team."
The rest of the NBA can only hope it doesn't make the Bulls that much
better.
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82-0? No. But 72-9? Maybe
(Nov 24, 1996 - 12:06 EST) - Perfection is out of the question. You
won't see the Chicago Bulls go 82-0 this season.
But what about 73-9? Can they have a better record than the 72-10 mark
that set an NBA record in 1995-96?
That's the question that's going to be asked if the Bulls keep rolling
over teams the way they have been. It's certainly a legitimate one.
They were winning by an average of 19 points and hadn't even had a
tough game as they entered the weekend with a 12-0 record.
Once again, no one can touch them. But this season, the difference is
even more pronounced -- especially in the Eastern Conference.
Who's going to beat these guys?
The Knicks? They won't get a chance until Jan. 21, and they they won't
have the Bulls in Madison Square Garden until March 9. After 11 games,
none of New York's big-money acquisitions has distinguished himself.
And the Knicks have stumbled to their 8-3 record.
Larry Johnson is averaging only 12.2 points and has spent several
recent fourth quarters on the bench, Chris Childs has played only two
games after injuring his leg in training camp, and Allan Houston has
been streaky and turnover-prone.
The Pistons? They've already had one shot at the Bulls and lost by 18
points. Detroit's 10-1 start has been impressive otherwise, but they
looked awestruck playing the Bulls.
"No one in this locker room is jumping up and down because we are
10-1," Grant Hill said Thursday night. "We know that we could very
easily hit a stretch where we lose 10 of 11 or something."
Detroit's next chance will come Christmas Day at the United Center,
part of NBC's holiday doubleheader. Think Michael Jordan will let the
Bulls lose that one?
Chicago has already beaten Miami twice, and Orlando poses no serious
threat unless Penny Hardaway is fully recovered from knee surgery by
the time the first Bulls-Magic game rolls around on Jan. 3.
Orlando used to be nearly invincible at home (37-4 last season), but
the Magic have already lost two games at the O-rena this season.
After playing at Utah on Friday night, Chicago will have only 12
Western Conference road games remaining. The Bulls have 21 sets of
back-to-back games, but they've already put four of them behind them
with ease.
Coach Phil Jackson is breaking the current seven-game trip into two
parts, bringing the team back to Chicago for a three-day Thanksgiving
break in the middle of next week.
The Bulls won't go on another long road trip until the last week of
January, at which time they will have played 42 games -- including two
against Houston, two against Utah, and one against New York.
After 42 games last season, the Bulls were 39-3. A repeat seems
entirely possible in the first 42 games this season.
If it happens, the chase for 73-9 will be on.
LOW SCORES: Scoring is off dramatically this season.
It's a continuation of a five-year trend toward lower-scoring games
that has many observers alarmed. But at the NBA offices, it is not a
cause for concern.
"More than anything else, it's a product of regular-season games being
played like playoff games," NBA vice president Rod Thorn said. "Teams
are playing more in the halfcourt offense, they're utilizing the shot
clock more and teams are better-prepared from a coaching standpoint to
find ways to shut the other team down."
Ten years ago, every team averaged at least 103.8 points. Five years
ago, only three teams averaged fewer than 100 points. Last season,
league average was 99.5 points, with 13 teams averaging more than 100.
This season, the dropoff is off the charts.
The NBA average is down to 93.6, and only three teams are averaging
over 100.
Last season, the expansion Vancouver Grizzlies were only the second
team in NBA history to average under 90 points per game. This season,
six teams are averaging fewer than 90 and 12 are averaging fewer than
95.
The reasons?
-- Expansion. The league is diluted with so many teams. Not too long
ago, every team had one or two players who could come off the bench
and provide instant offense. Now, teams are lucky to have one such
player.
-- Closer 3-point line. By moving the line from 23 feet, 9 inches to
22 feet three summers ago, the NBA encouraged outside shooting. The
trouble is, outside shots are low-percentage shots. That's why the
average shooting percentage (43.7) is down substantially from five
years ago and 3-point shots are up 763 percent since 1979-80 -- the
first season such shots were allowed.
-- Defense. Coaches emphasize it much more than they did in the past.
Teams would rather foul than give up a layup, breakaways are broken up
with intentional fouls and illegal-defense rules encourage other types
of zone defenses that technically skirt the law.
Thorn doesn't feel pressured to find a solution.
"You're always looking to tweak a little bit here or there, but people
like our product," he said. "Our ratings are higher than ever and
people are coming to our games."
Still, there could be support for moving the 3-point line back to its
original distance. Even commissioner David Stern, in a recent
interview, admitted the league might have erred by moving the line in
so much.
"I thought they should have moved it in a skosh," Stern said.
BALLOT BOX: All-Star balloting began Tuesday, and some of the outsider
choices so far are Toni Kukoc, Dale Ellis, Latrell Sprewell, Kendall
Gill and Tom Gugliotta.
Bench players almost never get chosen for the All-Star team. Kevin
McHale did it in 1984, but it hasn't happened since. But Kukoc may be
deserving purely because he gives the Bulls a weapon no other team has
-- a dominant player off the bench who does more with his 25 minutes
than some players do with 42.
Ellis, the NBA leader in career 3-pointers made and attempted, has
been an All-Star only once in his 13-year career (1989). This season,
he is averaging 21.7 points -- currently 14th in the league and Ellis'
best effort since 1989-90 when he averaged 23.5 for Seattle.
Sprewell, a two-time All-Star from Golden State who was left off the
Western Conference team last season, is among the league leaders in
scoring (fifth), assists (16th), steals (15th) and free throw
percentage (7th).
Gill, like Sprewell, is a good player on a bad team. And like
Sprewell, Gill is having a strong season despite what's assembled
around him. He has played both guard positions and small forward for
the New Jersey Nets while averaging 19.7 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.3
assists.
Gugliotta, who represents the only decent trade the Timberwolves ever
made (from Golden State for Donyell Marshall), is having an even
better year (22.7 points, 9.4 rebounds) than his better-known
teammate, 20-year-old Kevin Garnett, who is proving to be a bona fide
NBA talent.
THEY CALL THIS SHOWTIME?: Unsold ticket totals from the last four
Lakers' home games at the 17,505-seat Forum.:
Wednesday night vs. Utah: 1,383.
Nov. 16 vs. the Clippers. 1,298.
Nov. 11 vs. Atlanta: 1,408.
Nov. 4 vs. Minnesota: 2,098.
Lakers owner Jerry Buss was undoubtedly counting on a big rush for
tickets when he signed Shaquille O'Neal for $120 million over the
summer, and he even admitted that he'll need a stream of sellouts --
plus a few more in the playoffs -- to make a profit.
The Lakers have sold out the Forum only once -- their season opener.
nba.1721nba.news,
Pack signing starting to pay off Nets
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (Nov 24, 1996 - 19:18 EST) -- John Calipari is
the first to admit the New Jersey Nets paid too much money to sign
Robert Pack as a free agent.
Three million dollars a year for someone who missed major chunks of
the past two seasons was a gamble.
However, the Nets needed a point guard after Chris Childs signed with
the Knicks as a free agent and Pack has shown to ability to produce
and play an uptempo game when healthy.
On Saturday he showed signs the Nets may have spent their money well
as he an NBA season-high 22 assists in leading the Nets and their new
three-guard offense to a 114-91 victory over the Dallas Mavericks.
"I'm not totally satisfied," said Pack, who also had 17 points and
five steals in 39 minutes "I feel I can still do better, but this is
something to build on."
The big change for Pack and the Nets was Calipari's decision last
weekend to play small. He moved Kendall Gill from shooting guard to
small forward, switched rookie Kerry Kittles to the No. 2 guard and
reinserted Pack in the lineup at the point. Kittles had replaced him
after the team returned from Japan with a 0-3 record.
The result has been a quicker team with Pack running the show. So far,
New Jersey is 2-1 with the new lineup.
"We played the way I like tonight," Pack said after beating his
previous assist high of 19 with Denver in 1994. "We pushed the ball up
the court and ran very few plays. I just told them (my teammates) to
get open and I'll find you."
Pack did and everyone benefited. Gill had 26 points, Kittles 15 and
forward Jayson Williams and Shawn Bradley dominated with boards with
the team on the run.
"I think we are finally starting to click with one another," said
Williams, who had 15 rebounds. "Robert Pack is getting into his game
and it helps all of us. It's a lot easier for me to take a pass and
dunk the ball, rather than it is for me to hit a jumper."
Actually, the Nets guards had a field day with Pack finding them for
spot-up jumpers. New Jersey hit 13 of 25 from long range, team highs.
"Tonight, what you saw is the way I enjoy coaching," Calipari said.
"Everyone was moving and creating shots. We only ran eight to 10 plays
the whole night. The rest was just playing basketball. What you saw
out of Robert Pack is what we invested in."
Pack's assist total was the second-highest in team history, topped
only by Kevin Porter's 29 against Houston in 1978. It also came when
many wondered about his career.
The six-year veteran started the first 31 games for Washington last
season and was having a career year, averaging 18.1 points, 7.8
assists and 4.3 rebounds. However, he damaged the peroneal nerve in
his right leg in a freak accident in practice and missed the final 51
games. It marked the second straight year an injury shortened his
season. A knee problem limited him to 42 games with Denver two years
ago.
The Nets are hoping he continues to earn his money -- all season.
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Monday, November 25
Chicago at L.A. Clippers 88:84
Milwaukee at Orlando 100:88
Minnesota at Washington 98:105
New Jersey at Utah 92:108
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CHICAGO 18 27 19 24 88
LA CLIPPERS 25 26 15 18 84 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: CHI - MICHAEL JORDAN 40, SCOTTIE PIPPEN 15, TONI KUKOC 13
LAC - STANLEY ROBERTS 15, LOY VAUGHT 14, MALIK SEALY 13
HIGH REBOUND: CHI - DENNIS RODMAN 14, SCOTTIE PIPPEN 11
LAC - LOY VAUGHT 13, MALIK SEALY 8
HIGH ASSISTS: CHI - SCOTTIE PIPPEN 4, TONI KUKOC 4
LAC - POOH RICHARDSON 5, TWO PLAYERS WITH 3
ATT: 16,144
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MILWAUKEE 25 20 23 32 100
ORLANDO 24 21 20 23 88 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: MIL - ARMON GILLIAM 24, GLENN ROBINSON 23, VIN BAKER 13
ORL - NICK ANDERSON 25, HORACE GRANT 16, DARRELL ARMSTRONG
13
HIGH REBOUND: MIL - VIN BAKER 15, ARMON GILLIAM 14
ORL - RONY SEIKALY 11, HORACE GRANT 10
HIGH ASSISTS: MIL - SHERMAN DOUGLAS 7, VIN BAKER 4
ORL - GERALD WILKINS 4, TWO PLAYERS WITH 3
ATT: 17,248
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MINNESOTA 12 28 24 34 98
WASHINGTON 24 34 20 27 105 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: MIN - TOM GUGLIOTTA 25, STEPHON MARBURY 13, SAM MITCHELL 13
WAS - JUWAN HOWARD 24, CHRIS WEBBER 16, TWO PLAYERS WITH 13
HIGH REBOUND: MIN - TOM GUGLIOTTA 12, KEVIN GARNETT 11
WAS - CHRIS WEBBER 15, CALBERT CHEANEY 7
HIGH ASSISTS: MIN - TOM GUGLIOTTA 5, TERRY PORTER 3
WAS - ROD STRICKLAND 10, TWO PLAYERS WITH 4
ATT: 12,224
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW JERSEY 22 24 16 30 92
UTAH 30 35 27 16 108 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: NJN - KERRY KITTLES 12, TONY MASSENBURG 12, ED OBANNON 12
UTH - KARL MALONE 27, JEFF HORNACEK 19, ANTOINE CARR 14
HIGH REBOUND: NJN - JAYSON WILLIAMS 11, THREE PLAYERS WITH 5
UTH - KARL MALONE 16, ADAM KEEFE 12
HIGH ASSISTS: NJN - ROBERT PACK 7, KHALID REEVES 5
UTH - JOHN STOCKTON 13, JEFF HORNACEK 5
ATT: 19,132
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CHICAGO (88) AT LA CLIPPERS (84)
CHICAGO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
PIPPEN F 38 5-17 4-7 2 9 11 4 2 2 5 15
RODMAN F 41 1-2 0-0 5 9 14 2 2 0 3 2
WENNINGTON C 17 3-8 0-0 3 1 4 2 4 0 0 6
HARPER G 18 1-2 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
JORDAN G 43 14-26 11-12 1 6 7 2 3 2 2 40
KUKOC 33 3-10 7-7 1 1 2 4 1 0 2 13
SIMPKINS 10 0-3 0-2 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0
KERR 24 1-1 3-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
BROWN 9 0-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
CAFFEY 7 1-3 1-2 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 3
BUECHLER DNP - COACH'S DECISION
LONGLEY DNP - SEPARATED LEFT SHOULDER
TOTALS 240 29-76 27-35 14 31 45 14 16 6 13 88
(.382) (.771) TEAM REBS: 11 TOTAL TO: 14(12 PTS)
LA CLIPPERS
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
VAUGHT F 39 7-13 0-0 5 8 13 0 1 1 0 14
ROGERS F 31 3-8 2-2 2 1 3 3 3 0 0 9
DUCKWORTH C 17 3-4 0-0 0 3 3 1 4 0 2 6
RICHARDSON G 36 4-11 0-0 2 3 5 5 3 0 3 10
SEALY G 38 5-14 2-3 1 7 8 1 3 4 2 13
OUTLAW 8 1-2 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
ROBERTS 31 5-13 5-8 0 3 3 2 4 1 1 15
PIATKOWSKI 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MURRAY 18 1-6 4-6 1 4 5 1 3 1 1 6
DEHERE 16 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 3 4 1 2 3
D MARTIN 4 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
WRIGHT DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 32-76 14-20 11 30 41 16 26 8 14 84
(.421) (.700) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 16(16 PTS)
CHICAGO 18 27 19 24 - 88
LA CLIPPERS 25 26 15 18 - 84
BLOCKED SHOTS: CHICAGO - JORDAN 4, RODMAN, KUKOC. LA CLIPPERS - ROBERTS
3, DUCKWORTH 2, SEALY.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: CHICAGO 3-12 (.250), PIPPEN 1-4, HARPER 0-1, JORDAN
1-3, KUKOC 0-2, KERR 1-1, BROWN 0-1. LA CLIPPERS 6-13 (.462), ROGERS 1-3,
RICHARDSON 2-5, SEALY 1-3, DEHERE 1-1, D MARTIN 1-1.
TECHNICALS: CHICAGO - HEAD COACH JACKSON.
OFFICIALS: MIKE MATHIS, BILL SPOONER, MIKE CALLAHAN.
A - 16,144. T - 2:20.
CHICAGO (88) AT LA CLIPPERS (84)
Michael Jordan scored 40 points and Scottie Pippen added 10 of
his 15 points in the fourth quarter as the Chicago Bulls
rebounded from their first loss of the season with an 88-84
victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.
Jordan, who scored nine points in the fourth quarter, recorded
his 147th career 40-point regular-season effort. Pippen grabbed
11 rebounds and Toni Kukoc contributed 13 points for Chicago,
which bounced back from a loss in Utah on Saturday and improved
to a league-best 13-1.
"We weren't making any jump shots early (the Bulls missed 12 of
the first 13 shots and 18 of the first 21)," Jordan admitted.
"But our defense stepped a little. It was one of those games. We
had to step it up."
Dennis Rodman grabbed 14 rebounds for the Bulls, who were
playing the fourth game of a seven-game road trip and improved
to 7-1 on the road. They are 95-13 in their last 108
regular-season games, and 96-15 since Michael Jordan returned.
Chicago was playing without starting center Luc Longley, who
separated his left shoulder in a bizarre swimming accident on
Sunday. He will undergo an examination on Tuesday to reveal the
severity of the injury.
Stanley Roberts had 15 points and eight rebounds and Loy Vaught
added 14 and 13 for the Clippers, who lost to Chicago at home
for the seventh straight time and fell to 3-19 in their last 22
meetings against the Bulls.
"Michael is on fire and the Bulls are the Bulls," Roberts said.
"They're the world champs. We came out and we just have to go
after them. (Michael will) catch your eye. Somethings he does,
you're just in awe of. We showed tonight that we don't back
down."
The crowd of 16,144 represented the Clippers' first sellout of
the season, establishing a Clipper Arena record for basketball.
The Bulls, who trailed by as many as 11 points in the second
quarter, pulled within 51-45 at the half before tying the game
at 64 late in the third quarter.
After Vaught dunked to give the Clippers a 66-64 lead to end the
third quarter, Jordan made a basket that ignited a 17-4 run to
start the fourth quarter. Jordan scored eight points during the
stretch and Pippen added six during the burst. Jordan hit a
12-footer to cap the spurt and give the Bulls an 81-70 cushion.
"They weren't that close," Pippen said. "They came out and
played us hard. We realized they were going to come out with a
lot of energy and give us a big run. We made some big plays in
the fourth quarter from the defensive standpoint. I don't think
it was ever in doubt that we were going to win the game, but you
have to play with confidence. There's a certain type of
arrogance that we have. You know the game is almost over and
you're going to win. I won't say we have a turn-on switch, but
we know when it's time to execute and make something happen."
Dennis Rodman's only basket of the game, a dunk 50 seconds into
the fourth quarter, gave the Bulls their first lead of the game
at 70-68.
There was no doubt in Rodman's mind the Bulls were going to win.
"There was never any doubt about any game," Rodman said. "We
could be down by 30 (points) and we still think we could win the
game. We could be in a hell-hole full of water and we'd still
try to win the game. This is a very experienced team. We know
when we need to hit a shot, make a pass, get a rebound, and
play defense and buckle down. Most clubs we play are fragile."
The Clippers pulled within 85-81 on Lamond Murray's free throw
with 1:40 left, but could not draw closer after committing a
10-second violation. Pippen sank two free throws and Jordan,
who made 11-of-12 from the line, made one to seal the game.
Malik Sealy nailed a three at the buzzer for the Clippers.
Jordan added seven rebounds and four blocked shots for Chicago,
which won despite shooting 38 percent (29-of-76) from the field
and getting outscored 30-22 in the paint.
Sealy finished with 13 points and eight rebounds and Pooh
Richardson added 10 and five assists for Los Angeles, which shot
42 percent (32-of-76) and committed 16 turnovers.
Sealy had the unenviable task of covering Jordan.
"All you can do is keep a hand in his face. He didn't get around
with his tongue waggling. But what can you say -- he is
phenomenal. We all know who number 23 is."
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MILWAUKEE (100) AT ORLANDO (88)
MILWAUKEE
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ROBINSON F 45 9-18 5-6 4 5 9 2 2 3 4 23
BAKER F 43 6-18 1-1 3 12 15 4 2 0 2 13
TOWER C 5 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
ALLEN G 24 5-11 1-2 3 3 6 3 2 0 1 12
DOUGLAS G 40 5-7 2-5 1 2 3 7 2 2 3 12
GILLIAM 35 7-12 10-11 3 11 14 0 4 1 2 24
NEWMAN 24 3-6 3-4 1 1 2 1 4 0 0 9
HANCOCK 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
PERRY 8 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2
WOLF 12 2-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
WOOD 1 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
RESPERT DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 38-77 23-33 15 35 50 19 23 7 13 100
(.494) (.697) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 13(14 PTS)
ORLANDO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ANDERSON F 37 11-23 0-2 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 25
GRANT F 41 6-13 4-5 5 5 10 2 4 2 1 16
SEIKALY C 36 3-7 5-6 1 10 11 1 6 1 0 11
WILKINS G 42 4-12 4-8 0 3 3 4 3 0 3 12
SHAW G 23 1-6 4-5 2 1 3 3 4 0 2 7
ARMSTRONG 31 5-13 1-1 2 1 3 3 4 0 3 13
STRONG 19 2-3 0-0 0 3 3 1 3 0 2 4
VAUGHN 6 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
SCHAYES 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MCCASKILL DNP - COACH'S DECISION
ROZIER DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 32-79 18-27 12 26 38 16 25 3 12 88
(.405) (.667) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 12(15 PTS)
MILWAUKEE 25 20 23 32 - 100
ORLANDO 24 21 20 23 - 88
BLOCKED SHOTS: MILWAUKEE - ROBINSON 2, BAKER, GILLIAM. ORLANDO - GRANT
2, SEIKALY 2.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: MILWAUKEE 1-1 (1.000), ALLEN 1-1. ORLANDO 6-19 (.316),
ANDERSON 3-8, WILKINS 0-2, SHAW 1-2, ARMSTRONG 2-7.
TECHNICALS: MILWAUKEE - ILLEGAL DEFENSE 3, ORLANDO - ILLEGAL DEFENSE.
OFFICIALS: RON OLESIAK, MIKE SMITH, JACK NIES.
A - 17,248. T - 2:16.
MILWAUKEE (100) AT ORLANDO (88)
Armon Gilliam, who had 24 points and 14 rebounds, keyed a
pivotal fourth-quarter run as the Milwaukee Bucks snapped a
three-game road losing streak with a 100-88 victory over the
Orlando Magic.
Glenn Robinson added 23 points and Vin Baker had 13 and 15
rebounds for Milwaukee, which won on the road for the first time
since November 9th. Sherman Douglas and rookie Ray Allen each
added 12 points for the Bucks, who won for just the second time
in seven games overall after a 5-1 start.
"I think everyone is playing hard," Bucks coach Chris Ford said.
"Glenn and Vin are our two leaders. They are our co-captains and
have been our foundation for the future of this franchise."
"I see nothing but positives for this team," Robinson said.
"We're playing well together and playing better basketball. Our
goal is to try and stay above .500, and we got off to a good
start and want to continue that."
Milwaukee, which beat Orlando for just the second time in 11
meetings, became the first team to score more than 96 points
against Orlando this season.
Nick Anderson scored 25 points and Horace Grant added 16 and
nine rebounds for Orlando, which lost for the second time in
eight games. Rony Seikaly had 12 points and 11 rebounds for the
Magic, who fell to 4-3 at home, after losing only four home
games all of last season.
"This was a very disappointing game for us to come out and lose
tonight," Magic coach Brian Hill said. "I thought it was
probably the first time all year that we just weren't into the
game mentally."
After Darrell Armstrong hit a three-pointer to draw Orlando
within 76-73 four minutes into the fourth quarter, Milwaukee's
Johnny Newman hit a jumper to ignite a 9-2 run. Robinson hit a
turnaround jumper and Gilliam made a basket and converted a
three-point play to give the Bucks an 85-75 advantage with 5:43
to go.
Gilliam was pleased with his performance.
"I had been struggling with my shot the last couple of games. I
just thank God I was on track in the fourth when we really needed
it."
Orlando never got closer than eight points the rest of the way.
Milwaukee took a 25-24 lead into the second quarter behind nine
points from Baker but Orlando pulled into a 45-45 tie at the
half behind 12 points from Gerald Wilkins. Robinson had 19
points as Milwaukee took a 68-65 advantage into the final 12
minutes.
The Bucks' bench outscored the Magic's by a 40-17 margin, also
outrebounding them by a 27-8 gap.
nba.1725nba.news,
MINNESOTA (98) AT WASHINGTON (105)
MINNESOTA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
K GARNETT F 31 2-11 4-4 1 10 11 1 4 1 1 8
GUGLIOTTA F 38 8-17 8-10 6 6 12 5 4 1 7 25
VRANKOVIC C 15 2-3 0-0 1 4 5 0 2 0 2 4
WEST G 24 2-8 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 4
PORTER G 15 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 3 1 0 4 2
MARBURY 21 4-10 2-2 1 2 3 2 1 0 2 13
MITCHELL 37 6-14 1-2 3 5 8 0 4 0 3 13
PARKS 12 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
ROBINSON 21 3-8 2-3 0 1 1 2 6 0 1 9
D GARRETT 4 2-2 1-2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 5
HEAL 12 4-8 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 11
CARR 10 2-3 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 4
TOTALS 240 36-86 18-23 16 33 49 15 29 3 21 98
(.419) (.783) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 22(22 PTS)
WASHINGTON
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
WEBBER F 43 4-12 8-12 4 11 15 3 4 1 2 16
HOWARD F 39 11-16 2-4 1 2 3 4 3 1 4 24
MURESAN C 15 2-5 2-2 1 3 4 0 4 0 0 6
CHEANEY G 36 4-8 2-2 0 7 7 3 3 2 1 10
STRICKLAND G 34 3-15 6-8 1 2 3 10 3 1 3 13
GRANT 23 2-4 1-2 0 6 6 4 2 0 1 5
MURRAY 15 4-5 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10
WHITNEY 23 5-12 2-2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 13
JACKSON 12 3-4 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 8
WALLACE DNP - COACH'S DECISION
FISH DNP - COACH'S DECISION
AMAYA DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 38-81 24-33 7 33 40 27 22 7 13 105
(.469) (.727) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 14(13 PTS)
MINNESOTA 12 28 24 34 - 98
WASHINGTON 24 34 20 27 - 105
BLOCKED SHOTS: MINNESOTA - K GARNETT 2, VRANKOVIC 2, GUGLIOTTA, D
GARRETT, PARKS. WASHINGTON - WEBBER 3, HOWARD 2.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: MINNESOTA 8-19 (.421), GUGLIOTTA 1-1, MARBURY 3-7,
ROBINSON 1-5, HEAL 3-5, CARR 0-1. WASHINGTON 5-11 (.455), STRICKLAND 1-3,
MURRAY 1-1, WHITNEY 1-4, JACKSON 2-3.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: STEVE JAVIE, JIM CAPERS, ED T RUSH.
A - 12,224. T - 2:08.
MINNESOTA (98) AT WASHINGTON (105)
Juwan Howard scored 10 of his 24 points in the third quarter as
the Washington Bullets handed the Minnesota Timberwolves their
sixth straight road loss, 105-98.
Chris Webber had 16 points and 15 rebounds for Washington, which
has won four of its last five games. The Bullets, who have won
three straight over the Timberwolves, had six players in double
figures.
"In the first half we were really good," said Bullets coach Jim
Lynam. "We were on target and maybe we got a little casual in
the second. They forced us to slow it down and make some plays
at the end. Our defense was terrific tonight."
Tom Gugliotta had 25 points and 12 rebounds to lead Minnesota,
which is just 1-7 away from the Target Center.
Howard had seven points as Washington opened the game with a
23-5 run. The Bullets led 24-12 after the first quarter.
"We got knocked out in the first round tonight," said Gugliotta,
a former Bullet. "That big lead kind of killed us. We didn't
play the way we wanted to."
Webber's two free throws capped a 24-12 second-period spurt
which gave Washington a 24-point cushion, its largest lead of
the game, with 2:03 remaining in the half. The Bullets, at
58-40, had their highest halftime point total of the season.
"The defense was on," said Howard. "We turned it up early and
didn't let up until late. When you're winning, you feel good and
play good, that's the zone we're in right now."
The Timberwolves capitalized on Washington's sloppy play in the
fourth quarter to climb back into it. The Bullets had only 14
turnovers in the game, but six of them came in the final period.
Shane Heal's three-pointer with 86 seconds to go brought
Minnesota within five, but it would get no closer.
"Realistically, we really never gave ourselves a chance to be in
this game," said Minnesota coach Flip Saunders. "We just weren't
mentally ready to play. This was no moral victory today. We were
not sharp."
Rod Strickland scored 13 points and handed out 10 assists for
Washington. The Timberwolves' Kevin Garnett grabbed 11 rebounds,
but scored only eight points, shooting 2-of-11 from the field.
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NEW JERSEY (92) AT UTAH (108)
NEW JERSEY
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
GILL F 27 4-14 2-6 3 2 5 3 0 2 2 10
J WILLIAMS F 30 4-8 1-1 5 6 11 2 4 0 2 9
BRADLEY C 21 3-9 0-0 2 3 5 0 1 1 1 6
PACK G 34 2-11 3-4 0 2 2 7 1 2 2 8
KITTLES G 27 5-10 0-0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 12
R WILLIAMS 21 3-7 3-4 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 10
REEVES 25 4-13 0-0 1 0 1 5 4 1 1 11
MASSENBURG 22 2-7 8-11 4 0 4 0 4 0 1 12
CALDWELL 13 0-2 1-2 1 2 3 0 2 1 3 1
OBANNON 11 4-9 0-0 3 2 5 2 0 0 0 12
DARE 9 0-1 1-2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1
MCDANIEL DNP - INJURED HAMSTRING
TOTALS 240 31-91 19-30 22 21 43 23 18 9 13 92
(.341) (.633) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 13(15 PTS)
UTAH
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MALONE F 25 10-17 7-10 5 11 16 2 3 2 4 27
RUSSELL F 20 5-6 0-0 1 2 3 2 4 1 1 10
OSTERTAG C 21 1-6 1-1 2 7 9 0 2 1 2 3
STOCKTON G 26 1-6 0-0 1 1 2 13 0 1 4 2
HORNACEK G 29 9-12 0-0 2 0 2 5 2 0 0 19
EISLEY 22 2-6 2-2 0 1 1 4 1 1 3 6
CARR 26 5-10 4-4 1 4 5 1 1 0 1 14
ANDERSON 18 3-9 1-2 2 5 7 0 4 0 1 7
KEEFE 22 5-8 1-2 5 7 12 0 4 0 1 11
MORRIS 14 2-4 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 4
WATSON 5 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3
FOSTER 12 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 240 45-88 16-21 19 39 58 29 25 6 20 108
(.511) (.762) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 20(24 PTS)
NEW JERSEY 22 24 16 30 - 92
UTAH 30 35 27 16 - 108
BLOCKED SHOTS: NEW JERSEY - GILL, BRADLEY, R WILLIAMS, CALDWELL. UTAH -
OSTERTAG 4, FOSTER 3, EISLEY 2, HORNACEK, STOCKTON, CARR, MORRIS.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: NEW JERSEY 11-30 (.367), GILL 0-3, PACK 1-4, KITTLES
2-4, R WILLIAMS 1-4, REEVES 3-8, OBANNON 4-7. UTAH 2-4 (.500), HORNACEK
1-2, EISLEY 0-1, WATSON 1-1.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: ED MIDDLETON, JIM CLARK, GARY BENSON.
A - 19,132. T - 2:04.
NEW JERSEY (92) AT UTAH (108)
Karl Malone had 27 points and 16 rebounds and Jeff Hornacek
added 19 points as the Utah Jazz routed the New Jersey Nets,
108-92, for their seventh straight victory.
Antoine Carr added 14 points, Adam Keefe grabbed 12 rebounds and
John Stockton handed out 13 assists as Utah defeated New Jersey
for the fifth consecutive time.
"Coach (Jerry Sloan) wasn't pleased at all with our
performance," Keefe said. "He was upset at the half and again at
the end. But I also think that one of the things that separates
this program from others is that we don't look at wins and
losses, but at our total performance. We made a lot of mental
mistakes out here and coach wasn't pleased with that."
Kerry Kittles, Ed O'Bannon and Tony Massenburg had 12 points
apiece for New Jersey, which opened a four-game trip against
teams from the Western Conference and is winless in four road
contests.
"I don't know if its altitude or what but I'll take you what for
a team that just came off a high game with Chicago, the ultimate
high, to just come out and run, run us into the ground like they
did, I was kind of amazed," New Jersey coach John Calipari said.
But you know they are a great team."
Malone scored 10 points as the Jazz outscored the Nets, 16-6, to
start the game and never trailed. He had two more points the
rest of the quarter as Utah took a 30-22 lead at the end of the
first.
"I've seen a lot of things," Malone said. "I've seen big guys
thrown double teams or whatever. The most important thing I try
to do is not get in a big hurry no matter who is on me. I just
kind of take my time or whatever because they have a lot of
plays for me."
Keefe scored six points during a 12-3 spurt that gave the Jazz a
50-35 advantage with five minutes left in the first half. Utah
ended the second quarter with an 11-2 run for a 65-46 lead at
halftime.
Malone scored his final 10 points in the third quarter as the
Jazz increased their advantage to 92-62.
With all five starters on the bench, Carr had a dunk to give
Utah its biggest lead, 96-62, with 11 minutes left.
"We won the game, so that's the big thing, but we didn't really
play well and coach let us know," Carr said. "I did okay
tonight. I need to get a roll going since I have haven't been
shooting well all year."
Shawn Bradley had a layup to cap a 12-2 burst as New Jersey cut
the deficit to 96-75 with 6:49 left in the fourth.
The Jazz shot 51 percent (48-for-88) from the field and received
points from all 12 players.
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Charles Barkley and Karl Malone named NBA Player of the Week
Houston Rockets power forward Charles Barkley and Utah Jazz power
forward Karl Malone today were named co-recipients of the National
Basketball Association Player of the Week award.
Barkley stepped it up for Houston while Hakeem Olajuwon was sidelined
with an irregular heartbeat, averaging 23 points, 16.3 rebounds, 8.5
assists and 1.3 steals in four victories.
Malone averaged 35.3 points, 11.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists in three
wins for Utah, one of which came against the previously unbeaten
Chicago Bulls. It marks the first time the award has been shared since
Olajuwon and then-Orlando Magic center Shaquille O'Neal shared the
award for the week ending March 3rd, 1996.
Barkley had 22 points, 17 rebounds and seven assists in Houston's
122-93 rout of Minnesota last Tuesday. He added 20, 16 and seven
against his former team at Phoenix two nights later before recording a
triple-double with 27 points, 17 rebounds and 12 assists in a 120-115
triumph at Golden State. Barkley capped his week with 23 points, 15
rebounds and eight assists in a 90-85 victory over the Lakers at Los
Angeles.
Malone had 37 points, six rebounds and six assists as Utah decked the
Lakers on Wednesday, 113-97. He had 33 points, 13 rebounds and five
assists in a 109-104 overtime victory over Golden State before turning
in a 36-point, 15-rebound effort in a 105-100 triumph over Chicago.
Other players considered for the award were Atlanta Hawks forward
Christian Laettner, Charlotte Hornets forward Anthony Mason and Miami
Heat forward P.J. Brown.