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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The an injury Philadelphia 76en did it with defense ' Iverson scored in Game 3 from Aaron McKie ball from McKie his college teammate at Temple just a few miles away and made one of two from the line to make it a game Jones then came up with another ' steal but David Wesley missed a jumper and Kukoc calmly hit a over Derrick Coleman to make it Snow who had the best game of: anyone on the Sixers in Game 2 was bothered by a chip fracture in f his right ankle and missed his first game of the season McKie started Tyrone Hill rebounded the ensuing shot by Charlotte and he 24 points and Kevin Ollie made three of McKie and four free throws the rest of the Kukoc added way to wrap it ' 12 each and The key stretch came six Ratliff had 10 minutes earlier when Iverson Ratliff and Kukoc all scored on dri points 11 rebounds and six blocks''svi v-- ' ving layups as part of a 0 run dial Jones had 18 for Charlotte none put Philadelphia in control 66-3-9 when the Hornets really needed him After Kukoc made his layup over Jones missed his first seven shots Campbell Iverson cupped his hand of the second half before finally get--: around his ear and pranced along die ting one with 1S seconds left By sideline asking the crowd for mote then it was too late for Charlotte which missed 12 of its first 13 shots They responded especially when in the fourth quarter 7 McKie leaped high to block Jones' ' Campbell broke that spell fast break layup a minute later to 66-6on a bank shot with 16 seconds left preserve a 1 lead The Hornets that made it 76-7- 4 Jones finally scored his first who : points of the second half on two foul immediately fouled McKie : made both free thrown shots with 4:32 left then stole the shut- ting down Eddie Jones to Theo Ratliff blocking shots to George Lynch and Toni Kukoc holding Anthony Mason without a basket 7 It was a total team effort on a night two-poi- up'’ 7-- when the Sixers needed a lift from Allen Iverson's sidekicks and they all provided it holding the Hornets to one field goal over the first 11 12 minutes of the fourth quarter in an 6 victory Friday night The 76ers took a 1 lead in the series with Game 4 set for Monday night in Philadelphia And if the 76ers are able to close out the series in that game they can point at four or five players who all stepped up when their best defensive player Eric Snow sat out with 81-7- 2-- nt 69-64- 7“ 2 in his place and Ollie who had : best-of-fi- ve played only two minutes in the first two games played 13 minutes as Tx-Eld- en ’ W"’ ’i V ? McKie’s backup and had eight r AP photo points and four assists’’ 7661s1 Alton Iverson left passfrom the field Phtadelphia 5 Lynch went es around Charlotte Hornets1 David Wesley but the Sixers could live with it (4) during the first half of a playoff game In because he held Mason to J rnoay -6 r-'- i A -- V sS1 a wm 5 - ' !' A ' jf Cub breaks 12game losing streak it -- ' X' By The Associated Press 7-- 0 J f NEW YORK (AP) — This time Lennox Lewis wants to take the Garden path to a " k- -' get one but his ing streak is finally over didn't fep) like I wasn't competitive or anything like that" Tapani said Friday after 12-ga- ’ r ! 1 : it 'ii y" ' 'V ' i ' ry There were some bumps in the heavyweight champion's earlier trips to Madison Square Garden two bouts covering 22 ' grounds "S'-'- Lewis won a majority the Chicago Cubs beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3 his first victory since June :"ft was just one of those things that wasn't working out I learned quite a while ago you can't get down and mope about personal stuff V 10-rou- nd decision over Ray 10 1996 in a fight J')" more than a few people thought he lost Then in a title bout against Evander Holyfield that almost everybody thought he won Lewis had to settle for a draw on March 13 1999 v?: On Saturday night Lewis a ' “ s ‘V x tA - j s Wo !'Tm just going out and show I'm the best fighter on the planet" said the 34-ye- ar old champion from Britain adding he's not worried about the judges whoever they might be 247-pou3-- first defeat after being knocked down twice in the fust round by Andrew Golota in his last fight Nov 20 However he rallied to knock down Golota in the 10th round and win when Golota quit 7 "No way if Lennox hits Grant the way Golota hit Grant Grant will get up" said Frank Maloney Lewis' ager "He's strong and feated but he doesn't have the knockout power of manunde- one-pun- ch : Lewis stopped Golota in the first round of a title defense Oct 4 1997 The champion 27 knockouts) however (33-- 1 scoffs at comparing fights choosing to look at Grant as a No 1 contender ' Grant's best chance of becoming the 18th unbeaten challenger to become weight champion appears taking the fight into the trenchi es Despite his height and f - 2-- u I c - Cardinals opened a four-ru- n lead lost it amid a flurry of strikouts then rallied to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4 on Friday night 7 7 ' Rockies 12Mets5 Mike Piazza left because of a wrist injury in the fifths inning and Mets starter Mike 7-! - : Hampton : was chased r moments later as the Colorado Rockies beat New York 12-- 3 Friday night v Braves 7 Padres 2 'I Bobby Bonilla drove in the run with a pinch-h- it : triple and Brian Jordan hit a threc-ru-n homer to snap an 0and the Braves beat the San Diego Padres 7:2 Friday night Dodgers 5 Marlins 3 Shawn Green hit a two-ru7 double and continued homo on on error as the Los Angeles Uorigrrs rallied in the seventh timing tojveat the Florida litis 53 Friday nigW 'am! ap e a losing Expos 9 Giants 3 Chris Widger homcred and doubted to drive in five runs: keying a late rally that carried the Montreal Expos to a 9--3 win over the Giants on Friday night ' Vi' go-ahe- ad i for-22lu- r n ' 4- four-gam- "S'- -' ’kfv 4 - A Griffey’s ' ‘if1 j fighting inside that at any ‘ By Ben Walker x" AP basebaN writer that Lewis can turn infighting to lus favor "I think experience and short precision punches will win this fight" he said Don Tiirner Grant's trainer and also trainer of Evander Holyfield believes Grant has to force the action "Michael has to outpunch Lennox" Dimer said '7 ? nice V - Martnara 200Qwithout GrWay Baldwin pitched 7 strong innings for his fourth straight victory and Jose Valentin hit a two-ru- n homer as the White Sox beat the Martnara t999 wtoi Griffey ? ' No such luck in CinctimatL A month into their firtf tea-- 1 son with Griffey the Reds look like the junior varsity “For whatever reason right now we're atrocious" Reds general manager Jim Bowden said "The general manager stinks the starting pitchers stink the relief pitchers stink the hitters and fielders stink" Sp much for the making a sudden j wMhQriffay S3 Detroit Tigers 2 c “The key was throwing strikes" said Baldwin who Anew 101 pitches -- 67 of them : 3-- id Rada 1999 wWioul Griltoy ' iSSIU r strikes Jii throwing strikes it keeps Martnara 2000 without Ortllay “There’s an adjustment for everyone" Griffey said "I've only been here three weeks 1 can't make any judg- smi Martnara 1999 with Orittoy yrarrs-ajii- ments” Of course it might be too soon to expect immediate Rads 2000i wMhGriitoy — ' 29971 ) Rada 1999 without Orittoy changes Juan Gonzalez Shawn Green and Vinny Castilla three top sluggers traded during the winter haven't been big hits in their new towns either And as Piniella cautions the season is young contract Griffey Signed to a $1165 million nine-yeplayer surely will enhance his reputation as an : All-Centu- ry MAaawwwkwiwT' ' omcwaMiMiiPwiivM can’t : evety-bod- y on their toes you play quin and that helps a loL" Yankees 6 Blue Jays 0 David Cone bounced back from a pounding in Toronto holding the Blue Jays to three hits in seven scoreless innings Friday night as the New York Yankees won 0 for his first victory of the season Indians 4 Red Sox 3 Playing Boston for the first time since collapsing in the AL playoffs last October Cleve- 6-- M MtoM amupi tort Ml I0M ar "Any time you’re 4-- e Rclievcr Jeff Zimmerman Dallas Stars needed to lift their sagging power play With Zubov again anchoring the absence unit after a month-lon- g because of a knee injury Dallas scored twice in its first threc chanoes with a man advantage to beat the San Jose Sharks 0 in the opener of their second-roun- d series Friday night on the The Stars went power play without Zubov in their series against Edmonton in this game with went They him assisting on goals by Mike Modano and Joe Nieuwendyk 4-- first-roun- d - tolWtWt I I iSMtoP- -i ' "When he’s able to start with die puck it opens things up for everyone" Modano said "He really dictates die speed of the game Dallas had a y layoff while San Jose was coming off a Game 7 St Louis victory over six-da- top-seed- ed on Wednesday The emotional release and added physical toll caught up tott Sharks more than rust syharei affected the Stars San Jose took just four shots in the first period and failed to get off any on its first three power plays Steve Shields allowed goals on two of Dallas' first six shod then gave up two more goals in a 1:55 span i- balked home the winning ran r the bottom of the ninth inning Friday night and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Texas Rangers 3 for their eighth straight home victory 7 7 Athletics 5 Itolns 2 Rookie Adam Piatt singled in two runs in a five-ru- n sev4-- : enth inning as the Oakland Athletics rallied to beat the Minnesota Twins 2 on Friday night : Royals 8 Mariners 5 7 Joe Randa Carlos Beltran and Carlos Fcbles all drove in two tuns and a crowd of more than 36000 saw the Kansas City Royals beat Seattle 5 Devil Rays 11 Angels 2 Greg Vaughn broke out of a 5-- 8-- slump with two homers and four RBIs Friday a it attack as the Thmpa Bay Devil Rays beat 19-h- im Angels emotions into - DALLAS (AP) — The return of Sergei Zubov was exactly what the ‘ V land rallied for three tuns m the sixth inning Friday night for a 3 win over the Red Sox Orioles 4 Rangen 3 37 W Rads 2000 James Baldwin was in a groove Friday night and that's a rat the Chicago White Sox don't mind '' JU win" See IMPACT oo Page 15 -i 0 Km VWna Lou Piniella looks at the standings First place ' - ’ ' He looks at the stands Full house '"''y 7 The Mariners manager smiles Seattle is surviving thriving even —without Ken Griffey Jr "It’s still early but it's a good pattern we've developed here" Piniella said "What it is basically is a formula to 'impact v- baton and rthaKanOrillay Jrtrada Marinars Ml dis- Steward however thinks "s Impacty Chdnnaft Rada and Mia is soaring (84-inc- ter left job than Grant does "I'm not going to giro him a chance to think" Grant said Tm going to jump on him" V Hm is a look at tha 86-in- ch h tance uwis reach) action at to the prefers keep arms length and he has a bet- — - i'J ' reach the Grant of Norristown Pa is a good short puncher and he seems to be more effective Inr V nati to five hits in tight innings as the- Pittsburgh V HI-- Pirates beat the- Reds 1 on Friday night: Astros 7 Brewers 0 Chris Hdt pitched a one-hi- tter allowing only a second-- ’ AP photo inning single to Ron Belliard M : Chicago Cubs' Erie Young smites oven after getting caught out slicing back to first base after for his first career complete ' attempting to advance on the throw from his canterfield singto that drove in Jeff Reed and Jeff game Houston Astros O i nuson mi inf ttgnui nwg g&ms mi Anzoni uMmonoDsent rnosy f fiV-'- beat the Milwaukee Brewers d looked to be headed for his Lennox" i fySAt favorite at 2 230-pouh- y iUsiV vs nd Caesars Palace in Las Vcgas to heat his 7 opponent Grant calls the odds irrelevant Grant (31-- 0 22 knockouts) 6-- I'l 'iv'l'A 17 x V v" The Lewis was a 1- -0 'T rkVL j2i!?sWT he hasn't appeared to be in some past fights " 3) will defend hits title against unbeaten Michael Grant Earlier in the week Emanuel Steward Lewis' trainer said "I can see him losing’V: Wanted Perhaps Steward (stats) Tbday was just fun and now I don't have to listen to all that other stuff" Steve Finley's ninth homer leading off the seventh gave Arizona a lead and Tapani (1-appeared on his way to tying the dub record with his 13th straight loss Pirates 2 Reds 1 Benson limited Cincin-Kris y - - ? 7 ' -- 1: ’ r 6-- Mer--ceronM- ' V c vU- Mark McGwire' had a go- At long Iasi' Kevin Tapani double and could savor victory It took ahead two-ru- n him 10 months and 16 starts to three RBIs as the St Louis V h Friday night -- ' Cardinals 7 PMfca 4 wV- y ' k Major Loaguo Baseball A ckar-cutvicto- aj vv early in the third period ''This was our worst performance of the playoffs" San Jose center Vincent Damphousse said Shields who was superb in Game 7 against the Blues said the slow start derailed the Sharks “We got into a hole early and didn't feel like we were into the game much" he said "I may hare been a little jumpy and excited early I didn't feel comfortable at die start and it showed" Stars goaltender Ed Belfour AP photo stopped 18 shots overall for his San Joss Sharks goalie Steve Shields watches the ninth career shutout and postseason second of these playoffs puck sa9 past him and Into the net from a shot on goal by Dallas Stars toft wing Brenden Morrow j V-- "V v‘J - 1 r tbI - 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