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Lorenzen Wright scored 18 points and Maurice Taylor added 15 for the Clippers, who fell to 9-38, the second worst record in the NBA, ahead Vancouver. only x-Orlando 86. FT 906 Pobt Goals — 29, 222 vera 13 oa. of rr Pa Ps: 380 (2044) 220 ae Officials — Hugh Evans, Berne Fryer, Jim rit B; Rinse % zse 2 we: SUNS 107 tf 8.00 10ih GRIZZLIES 77 8iy PHOENIX — Tom Gug" liotta had 24 points and 12 rebounds and Rex Chap. man, wearing protective goggles overhis injured eye, added 20 points as Phoenix TockedSn6 gt 2, ope, Taylor clinchedits 11th consecutive Nest, Suan — 13Rogers 3, Olowokand 3, Tay playoff berth tor2 Ptkowa 2. Ha 2. Snr ns outscored the Ste —Hain Fouls — Coach Ford, 1041 third Grinties 30-5 to stat. the pecan $92 ar Chea ta fourth quarter, blowing ‘jected — Olowokand, 431turd open a close gameto win for FG FT MINN. 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PHILADELPHIA — For a ded3 thefirst time since Charles Barkley laced them up in Philadelphia,the 76ers are goingto the playoffs Allen Iverson scored 31 PHOENIX fave points, including a four- Giga point play and two of his Longs mostsensational drives this fad season, as the 76ersclinched their first playoff berth since 1990-91 Barkley led the Sixers in scoring the last time they played in the postseason, rm Pat Gnas s 18, 39Chapa 3-4 and Iverson is threatening to cto foi 16 Kd lead the league in scoring eight yearslater. He capped set Se = 4 Gog MeCod a breakthrough regular sea- ae 1Kobser 4, Chapman fanning McCloud. Garrity Gut sonfor him and theSixers, a ‘ae10 team that was 53-111 in his Robinson 2) (Ki 5, Chapa Langley 2 first two seasons and won Vancouver oo — 7 only 18 games three years Phoenix A um anon, T— 20 ago The Sixers’ fifth sellout Leoont Wood Grilo, Bennett Salvatore crowd again chanted, “M-V -V-P!" as Iverson shot free (hare ta thetaal sae NETS 102 onds. Iverson,going to the WIZARDS 91 playoffs for the first time, EAST RUTHERFORD. pointed to the crowd and ap- NJ phon Marbury plauded as he checked out scored 32 points and Kerry with 19 seconds left Kittles added a season-high 31 as NewJersey snapped a TORONTO Mis Pu three-gamelosing streak Wallace 4 15 Kittles and Marbury com4 % 7 JoToomas 26 u bined for 39 points in the Vearter 14 6 Chnite n first half as the Nets took a McGrady 31 6 58-42 lead ills 4 Mitch Richmond had 34 Dion 28 u points and Rod Strickland AWiliamas 15 4 Twa 28 * added 27 for Washington, Pereeatages — G46, Pr which lost its 11th straight Treo Ga1 TID wens. road game ‘The Nets trailed Sets 3 Mc. V they went on a 26-9 ic alWa when run to take the lead for Varah Biter oma? good. Kittles had ninepoints in the burst and Marbury added seven is the Western WASH Caney Tope Wallace Richmond Strediand Joe Smith had 18 points and Anthony Peeler added 14 and eight assists for the ru Mle HA 48 MAY 218 M1128 6120 | SUMMARY re 1 ke MAA OT APE PD « Take Win Behind Duncan’s Heroics @ Continued from B-1 something special with these last three games, and worrying aboutthat would take our minds off the real thin, Duncan had 19 Wace 4 Cate W Wim Aw won ue AA OT APT Ps ints and 12 re: bounds, David Robinson scored 26 points — his most since Feb. 24 — and Avery Johnsonhad a season-high 24 Mario Elie sealed the victory by making two free throws with 21,9 seconds left for a 94-90 lead and then stripping theball from Greg Anthony San Antonio¢ d its homewin ning streak to 12 games We'refinding our niche and put ting ourselves in good position going id Duncan, who into Be scored J points against Utah ina M4 point victory for the Spurs thelast timethe teams played. "We beat them up attheir house, and I'll bet they're coming in there for a little bit of re ‘The Trail Blazers will have a chance The Associated Press Golden State's Donyell Marshall swats the basketball from the hands of Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki on Saturday.Dallas rolled, 105-94 pigs — 7 Shanball 2 Muls 2 Jamison? game Tuesday night against the ingthe Jazz for the No. 1 playoff seed in the West. That's because the Jazz have the tiebreaker over Portland thanks to a 2-1 recordin the season ‘Arvydas Sabonis scored 14 points for Portland before fouling out early in overtime on a questionable call. Ra sheed Wallace and Walt Williams added 13 points each, and Damon Stoudamire tent the gameto overtime Ww Pet x-Utah 36 12 x-San Antonio 34 13 46 GB W-3 21-4 11-13 points and Sam Cassell, activated earlier in MAVERICKS 105 WARRIORS94 DALI S$ — Michael Fin- BYU ley seored 1 points and Hubert Davis ad ed a season. high 21 as Dallas beat Gets Past USC Golden State to extend its winning streak to four and In MPSF Finals finish with its best homerecord in nine years Dallas was 15-10 at home @ Continued from B-1 this season and 5-1 in its last six games Finley scored the Mavs duringits historic 28-1 was a last 11 points and Davis hit tok for TWAr and (he loprapot ne mA three three-pointers in the ter what second half to hold off the That might havehelped explainthe Warriors who wereled by Cougars’ slow start. Upagainst a Tro. by making a 19-footer at the end of regulation Portland shot just 5-for-15 in the fourth and 1-for-13 in overtime with leading scorer Isaiah Rider sitting on the bench the entire time ‘The guys that were in the game were doing a real good job, so I stayed m thathad to win togetto the Final Four, BYU struggledto get into its offense in Game 1. The Cougars could not get anykind of run going trading sideout after sideout against USC, with bruisers like Eli Fairfield chokingoff BYU's middleattack. The Cougars trailed 11-8, thenrallied to tie it at 13 and 14, only to come up short whenit counted most. It marked the first gamethey havelost at home since the March 19 five-gameloss to LongBeachState BYU Coach Carl McGown’s theory USC played really well,” he said They hadsomeguys outside w ly had trouble with, The m. what, 2:36? That's real good JSC Coach Pat Powersdid n agree re the second-best team in the country right now,” he pro: claimed. Thetrouble was, the Trojans (17-11) werein thering against No. 1 onits homefloor That's the biggest crowd we've playedinfrontof all year,” said Tro janoutsidehitter Brook Billings Andslowly but surely, the Cou, got the hang of what US © was doing, BYU jumpedto leads of 7-1, 8-0 and 7-0 inthe next three games. The Trojans fought back eachtime, but never hadenoughfirepower. And eventual ly, the Cougars’ middletook control We're a mature team,” said BYU outside hitter Ossie Antonetti We were patient Antonetti led the Cougars with 34 cluding 14 block a d 16 blocks (in: its) to add the Lstt0StrkHome Away Conf 64 x-Houston 2819 Minnesota Dallas Denver Vancouver PACIFIC y-Portland x-LA. Lakers Phoenix cramento ttle ¢ jen State L.A. Clippers y-clinched division title x-Clinched playoff berths Saturday's Games the day fromtheinjuredlist. S$, Antonio 98, Portland 90(OT) added 13 and Milwaukee Milwaukee88, Boston 79 ae beat Boston. Philadelphia 103, Toronto96 a Nowa Cassell, who had played fue 5 just one gamefor the Bucks bos 614 since being acquired in a 7alla White Minnesota 103, A ciners 93 i fhrpe Chesney 2, White Bradley 323 23 & three-team trade, had been Phoenix 107 2 ie‘LegerSel Suelind 3 4¢ 120662 $ on the injured list Richmond, Wallace Wo wis eS 1eO%01910 March 22 with a sprained N.JERSEY Mn m MA OT APE Pu faa ankle uw Bera = 8 FT. Thre FeatGoa 25 (Davis 58 The win snapped the 63 1802 2 Blocked Shot Bradley 6, Was Bucks’ seven-gameroad los Teal 2025 1543 418 A Turnovers oy 3. Nowak. rales ing streak and lowered 4 Aastey HG 4. 00 magic number for clinching Perens Potat 1 36am 37 Det aplayoff berth to one Gaiden Sate Ron Mercer had 21 points Turnovers — 16Allen 4 Gam3, Del Neg Dallas 4 Cael Thor ‘iliam 2. Workman 2, M.Cury 1h Tie to lead the Celtics ‘Steals 11 (Del Negro venbart ss MioTWA OT eb APF Ps iJohan Traylor case. Gating Tens Mtn2 WA Beat on Po FT Turnever BUCKS 88 ia cna edt iltles Pei CELTICS 79 4 0 — Ray Allen W2 37 L-4 12-10 19 1-5 717 1-23 834 Lstl0StrkHome Away Conf 11 29-12 W-2 14-9 10-14 20-21 16-7 7-17 21-20 3-12 7.16 V 18 3.20 8-33 New York at Indiana, 11am. LALakers Seattle, 1:30 p.m. Atlanta at Cleveland, 4 p.m Philadelphia at Detroit, 5 p.m. Charlotte at Miami, 5:30 p.m. Portland at Denver, 6 p.m. Clippers at Houston, 6:30 p.m. Phoenix at Sacramento, 7 p.m feesags =3. oe There Po t Gosh hares 48 Here 26, McCarty 14 Merve 02, Dees 6 (Battie 4, Plerce 9 Perce 8, Barros 4 Mercer 4 Potapene 4. Battie D Jones Mercer 2 Phere 2 1 Jooes Har rw w w w i) A Tae aaa) T— 200 Orta Mike Matis, Ker Mauer, Michael Sith school block-assist mark tohis portfo lio. Millar already owned BYU’s solo block and total block records The Cougars also got a hugeperfor. mancefromreserveIngo Lindemann whoreplaced theinjured Steve Hinds and oe with 13 kills : wereledbyBillings’ 37 kills Farrfield added Takeyour hat off (o BYU,” said Powers. “Wedidn’t play bad. They just finally shut our middles down, andthatset thetoneforthe rest of the match Are You Ready for Another Run for The Title? The Utah Jazz have laced up their hightops for another run at the NBA Finals. Join in the excitement and look for your copy of the Utah Jazz Playoffs, Western y Conference and NBA Finals special Q sections. All three sections ¢ Dunleavy will be published changing the rotation) in overtime, but 1 thought thoseguys had beensitting too long to bring back "Riderthem refused to comment Things started going San Antonio's wayafte Sabonis picked uphis sixth foul with 3:53 left in overtime for hav ing his hand on Robinson's waist. Dun can scored with his left hand from in close 23 seconds later to put the Spurs aheadtostay, After Robinson blocked a shot by Wallace at the other end Duncan madea jumper fromthecor ner for an 87-83 le cad Johnson scored a yup ona give: Specialists following Pomtouek Cg Oe on reer Oeetry earis RC CE gr J Oe| and-go from Robinson before Duncan converted a right-hand sky hook to give San Antonio a 91-83 leadthat was too much for Portland to ov This team knew that Portla s ina win,” id of us, so this as a huge Robinsonsaid. aT ne Section Publishing this Thursday FREE Windshield! to avenge this loss in their final home Spurs, but will have trouble overtak. — Western Conference MIDWEST or MEA OS Od 1d 11 45 Spurs » 17 x-Philadelphia 4 82 W-1 16-8 11-1 New York 6 55 Wl 17-6 816 Boston 5 1-1 10-14 9-15 16. Washington 17 31 1212 5-19 15. 142 2 8 Ll New Jersey 15 3 5-5 W-111-13 4-20 13-29 CENTRAL W Lst10StrkHome Away Conf xIndiana — 64 W-2 16-7 15-1028-15 x-Atlanta Detroit Milwaukee Charlotte Cleveland Toronto 9 46 15 13-11 9.45 18:2 Chicago 271 18 3-7 W-1 8-15 5-20 11-31 = THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI — Ron Harper tied a season high with 25 points,all in the secondhalf, andthe lowly Chicago Bulls stunned the Miami Heat 101-86 Saturdaynight, tightening the race for the Eastern Conference championship. Chicago, taking advantage of center Alonzo Mourning's absence, repeatedly worked the ball inside and shot 58 percent, topping 50 percent for just the secondtime this season. TheBulls also had a 41-27 edgein rebounds. The Heatstill lead the East, but theywill finish behind Orlando if they lose two of their final three games — all against teams vying for playoff position — ind the Magic win their final gameatChicago. Chicago, which set an NBA record with just 49 points in an April 10 ie to Miami, scored 30 in the third periodalone Saturday Harper had 14 to help the Bullsbuild a 22-point lead ‘Toni Kukocbarely missed a triple double with 22 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds for the Bulls who topped 100 points for just the third time. ‘The defeat was the Heat's secondstraight at home to a team outof the playoff race. ‘They were beaten Thursday by Boston Mourningmissed his third consecutive start with an eye injury. He's expectedto return Sunday night against Charlotte. The Bulls, who have the worst record in the East, snappeda 12-game road losing streak, whichtied a franchise record. Theyfinished 5-20 on the road Eastern Conferenc W Pet GB Lstl0SirkHome Away Conf 3116 660 — 64 L2 167 15-9 2614 ATLANTIC xMiami COO of your Insurance Deductible, Pham WithEvery Windlohuekl You Get yee FREE fy i Digital PCS Phone! Mobile Service! 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