Show V' The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday 'April 27 2003 — B3 Hobbled Davis a Baron for New Orleans ©G Bucks even up series MILWAUKEE (AP)— The Bucks collapsed in die fourth quarter but die Nets missed nine free throws while it was happening After squandering a lead in the final 6 12 minutes of regulation the Bucks defeated New Jersey in overtime Saturday series to even their at two games apiece “If I make the five throws the game doesn’t go into overtime’’ said Kenyon Martin who led die Nets with 30 from points but was the line over the closing min- utes New Jersey’s nine misses came in the final 3:49 The Bucks seemed to be cruising midway through the fourth period when Sam Cassell hit a 3 pointer to put them up 5 But their offense shut down while Martin and Richard Jef-ferson came to life — except at the line Martin began the Nets’ run by converting a three-poiplay and he combined with Jefferson fdr 12 points in a 14-- 0 run that tied the game at 99 But they couldn’t hit their free dirows combining to go over the final just minutes Even worse the Nets had started the game by converting their first 15 at the line At one point Martin seemed stunned that he couldn’t hit from the line and Jason Kidd tried to talk him out of his shooting slump “The ball just didn’t go in 14-po- int 119-114 first-rou- nd -- 99-8- nt -ll for us at the right time and they made some big threes” Kidd said Just as ugly was Milwaukee's collapse The Bucks that had missed been going down earlier Gary Payton missed shots in die lane They kept putting New Jersey at the line Toni Kukoc finally ended Milwaukee’s scoreless streak in the fourth period when he made one of two free throws with one minute' 23 seconds left for a 100-9- 9 lead Jefferson tied it up by hitting one of two from the line and Kukoc and Kidd missed shots in the final seconds that could have won the game As well as the Bucks played for more than three periods coach George Karl said they couldn’t have played any worse NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Davis refrained from soar-- 1 The New Orleans Hornets diding layups or dunk attempts in n't need Jamal Mashbum to the game but he seemed nimclaw back into their d ble as ever on the dribble —drive routinely creating scor- playoff series A hobbled Baron Davis turned out ing opportunities for both to be more than enough himself and teammates Davis wearing a thick blue New Orleans also was far sleeve over his strained and more assertive on the boards bruised left knee scored 28 where the Hornets were beaten by Philadelphia in Game 2 points on everything from 3-pointers to slicing drives to They outrebounded the Sixers first-roun- : : with the game on the line “Then we started getting goofy The offense the last 10 possessions of the fourth quarter had to be ugly to watch because it wasn-’- t very good" Karl said “New Jersey got hyped and we didn’t ap photo New Jersey's Richard Jefferson (24) does a reverse dunk with Milwaukee’s Michael Redd defending in the first quarter the Nets while Kidd had 15 points and 10 assists Jefferson whose previous playoff high was 16 points against Charlotte in May opened the game with 11 straight points including from the line He helped New Jersey open lead in the first a period but Milwaukee scored the final nine points of the quarto' including Kukoc’s at the buzzer to trail 26-2- 5 by New Jersey’s win in Game 3 was a particularly physical react well to it” Kukoc came off the bench to lead Milwaukee with 23 points while Payton had 20 points and 14 assists tying his for a playoff game career-hig- h “That’s just been us all year Yoy can never leave a Bucks game eariy because you never know what’s going to happen” said Milwaukee forward Tim Thomas Jefferson had 28 points for five-of-fi- i Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant said his chat with Shaquille O’Neal involved what the Lakers need to do to be successful in the d team’s playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves first-roun- The Timberwolves who have never advanced past the first round lead the three-tim-e defending NBA champions 2-- 1 entering Game 4 in the series Sunday afternoon at Staples best-of-sev- en Center “He and I got together and we talked about the serious nature of these playoffs and how challenging it’s going to be what wd need to do to help us advance” Bryant said “And he kind of has to take this team and lead this team He’s just going to come out arid play Shaquille O’Neal basketball he’s going to be aggressive and he’s going to help us get a win' we “It wasn’t a shot around together I went up to him and just started talking about it and that was' it Basketball stuff strategy how to get these other guys more involved how to get him the ball on the move and some things defensively” Bryant and O’Neal one of the top offensive tandems in NBA history are averaging 32 and 29 points respectively through the first three games That’s close to what they averaged during the Season but Bryant is shooting 407 percent and O’Neal 50 percent — well below their norms and Bryant shot in MinnesoO'Neal ta’s 0 overtime victory in Game 3 ‘Any team that we play is sit-do- 10-of-- 10-of-- 26 114-11- ’ O’Neal said “They’re playing with the attitude that they’ve got noth ing tdlbse” The Timberwolves are shooting 506 percent the Lakers 431 percent “This is nothing that we’ve never seen before" O'Neal said “It’s not what they’re doing it’s what we’re not doing We just have to pick it It’s all about us” up " Lakers coach Phil Jackson sajd his team has to make Minnesota pay for doubleteaming Bryant and O’Neal and that means players such as Robert Horry and Rick Fox who haven’t shot often or with great effectiveness need to contribute more ve 13-po- Shaq Kobe put their heads together in LA EL SEGUNDO Calif (AP) — Shaq and Kobe had a little confab Saturday — an informal summit that might help turn things around for the Los floaters leading the Hornets to a 99-8- 5 victory over die Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night The victory pulled the Hornets to 2-- 1 in the series with Game 4 coming up Monday night Jamaal Magloire and PJ Brown followed through on their promise to be more of a force inside Magloire had 18 points and nine rebounds while Brown had 17 points and 12 rebounds Jerome Moiso seeing his first action of theieries- - scored 10 points all in the fourth quarter as the Hornets pulled away Allen Iverson led the Sixers with 28 points but he had only eight in the second half when he wasn’t much of a factor Keith Van Horn Kenny Thomas and Derrick Coleman each added 12 for Philadelphia Mashbum the Hornets’ leading scorer dislocated and chipped a bone in his right jnid-dl- e finger during Wednesday’s 90-8- 5 loss in Philadelphia Davis reaggravated a left knee injury when he landed awkwardly after a layup in Game 1 in Philadelphia then sat out Game 2 ' Garnett averaged 230 and Hudson 142 during the regular season Anthony Peeler and Kendall Gill have guarded Bryant for the most part in the last two games and with pretty good success (75 Bryant shot percent) in the first half of Game 1 but is23-of-7- 0 (329 since then percent) affair that featured six technical fouls and an outburst from Karl after the referees did not Call a foul on Martin fdr outdu-elin- g Anthony Mason for a key rebound that led to the winning basket Karl later called the game a “wrestling match” The intensity continued Saturday with 15 fouls in the first period and two technicals on Milwaukee’s Payton and Tim Thomas for arguing calls The referees then tacked on another four technicals in the third period after Kerry Kittles hit Cassell with an elbow 51-3- 3 with 21 rebounds on offense including one that set up a by Wesley in the second quarter that pulled the Hornets to 44-4- 3 On the following possession New Orleans maintained possession after missing three shots before finally getting a pair of points from Brown at the foul line to retake the lead 45-4- 4 Brown finished with seven offensive rebounds compared to) six for the Sixers New Orleans ended up with 12 offensive ' rebounds in the first half alone allowing them to take a 47-4- 6 lead into halftime despite shoot- ing only 36 percent The Sixers led 60-5- 4 after Iverson darted out from the baseline for an floater but Brown then scored six straight points on a drive a pair of free throws and a fall-awthat was set up by Davis Magloire completed an 0 run with two free throws to give the Hornets a 62-6- 0 lead Aaron McKie's first points of the game on a drive on which he got fouled put but Philadelphia up 63-6- 2 that would be the Sixers' Iasi lead off-balan-ce ay 8-- IDAHO LOTTERYJS ' 05 SATURDAY 11 APRL 26 13 22 36 CtanEkZZ SATURDAY PBf: : 31 Tha Tots' 4x APRL 26 02 09 17 25 26 WILDCARD: THURSDAY APRL2 viatfj FRIDAY T 2 APRL 25 5 5 6 SATURDAY 12-of-- lUt Vi’ AkUi! ii niu’ VMtasatwwwisrsjsai yOA£jnL Logan 25 West 100 North riffy com 752-154- 4 Jackson also said the Lakers need to be more aggressive especially O’Neal “When he’s playing force- ful basketball aggressive basketball he sheds bodies like a bear sheds dogs coming out of the woods” Jackson: said “It’s amazing to watch players fly off him "In the past couple games it has not been like that That is such a dramatic force for a basketball club to have that”' Jackson said Game 4 was- for his team n’t a must-wi- n but only six teams in NBA history have rallied from 1 e deficits to win series “The closeout game is a must-wi- n game” he said Eliminated in the first round of die playoffs in each of the last six years the Timber- wolves are taking nothing for granted “Until the Lakers arc defeated by anybody they’re still tiie team to beat” coach Flip Saunders said “They have the personnel they have tiie character “We’re all awarethey’rc going to come out with a great deal of energy They’re still a confident team We have to establish ourselves early They’re going to try and take away two guys who are playing very well for us” That would be Kevin Garnett whq's averaging 303 points and Ttoy 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