Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday March 3 2002 — B3 IBlazei? sftireafc alive Jazz Continued from Stoudamire hits game winner Heat dpyynMavs after a Peeler and a iall might have Aconb shaken) erthisj Not Sni with hk a fa second left in overtime as I its winning streak to a if nine games with a wild victory wver “ Milwaukee Bucks ' on Saturdat night at Milwaukee The Blafeers thought they had a 4 lead with 63 seconds left in regula-tio-n after Scottie Pippen hit an apparent But as Portland celebrated replays showed Pippen’s right foot was on the line Officials Dick Bavetta Tim Donaghy and Kevin Fehr huddled and changed the shot to a 2 That kit the game tied at 94 and the Blazers were angry — initially “I don’t know how that call was changed but it doesn’t matter because we won the game” Portland coach Maurice Cheeks said Milwaukee’s Glenn Robinspn missed at the buzzer sending it into overtime “It was pretty upsetting” Pippen said of his disputed shot “But die guys stayed pobed They knew what this game is abbut Even though we were trailing most of the game we had confidence that guy s'were going to step up and make big shots" Stoudamire who had 24 points and ' five assists hit both of his attempts in overtime- - His first one 1:13 remaining made it and Ruben Patterson followed Stoudamire’s'miss with a dunk on die ' 8 next possession to make it Robinson hit a free throw to cut die lead to two before Sam Cassell who finished with 20 points converted a play that gave Milwaukee a lead with 34 seconds to go 1 5 03 95-9- of 44 ' “That’s just how’ it is when you come into Utah” Trent said "Malone didn't get 3000(1 points by not going to the line" Sloan wasn't happy with calls down the stretch and the' officiating crew was booed while leaving the court “It was a tough kiss' Sloan said “They are a great team Nit I have to question some of tlic calls coming down the stretch' Like when Trent posted up and put a shoulder into Jarrori Collins sending the Jazz nxtkic to the floor and then to the bench with his sixth foul Trent nude the ensuing free throw's for a 106-9- 9 lead with 2:18 to play ' ( “We were starting to get a little fight in usand that took the hear) ‘ out of us" Sloan raid “I have been here 1 8 years’ and I usually understand what happens hut that was just ridiculous" Said Collins: "I don't want to comment on officiating hu) it’s one of those things where - int fourth-quart- AP photo Portland Trail Blazers guard Damon Stoudamire reacts after hitting the beat the Milwaukee Bucks 104-10- 3 Saturday 109 Mavericks 95 At Dallas Alonzo Mourning scored 10 of his 23 points during a decisive 24-- 5 run to start die thud quarter and Miami cruised to an easy victory over Dallas Miami which began the night first in the NBA in defense and last in offense got 26 points from Eddie Jones and a 19 points from reserve' season-hig- h Chris Gatling to surpass 100 points for only the seventh time this season The Heat won for the fourth dine in five games to continue their climb into th 101-9- nt 103-10- Top were led by Dommanic 25 Continued from B2 history at Tucson Ariz Arizona (19-- 9 ?rr‘ ished tied for second and will get the No 2 seed in next week’s Pac-1- 0 tournament because the Wildcats won all possible tiebreakers Brian Wethers had 18 points ' who for the Bears (21-- 7 12-trailed by 19 points at halftime then saw the Wildcats open the second half with ti 30--4 run TMinessee71 No 16 Georgia 63 OT At Knoxville Term Marcus Haislip scotied six of his 18 points in overtime for the Vo- : 12-6fi- ni ' (14-1- 5 7-- 9 4) JermaiiwGreen scored 13 and Unjel Masters 10 No 22 Miami 83 Virginia Tech 77 ) lost to No on a last-se- corid shot Thursday night costing them a share of the conference tide They finished in a four-wa- y tie for seednd with California Stanford and Arizona all of whom finished 12--6 The only thing at stake Saturday for die Trojans was a No 4 seeding in next week’s Pac-1- 0 tournament at Staples Center They got that and a first-roumatchup Thursday ajgainst Stanford (19-- 8) USC completed its first con- n Becutive seasons since die 1939 and 1940 teams did so Last year’s team went 24-1- 0 The Trojans 13 Oregon (20-8- 67-6- 5 Elton tyler scored a season--' high 24 points and the Hurricanes (23-- 6 106 Big East) tied the school record for most victories in a season by getting their 23rd for the third time in four years at Miami Bryant Matthewshad 15 points for VirginiaTcch who were from range No 23 Connecticut 90 SetonHaI178 At Storrs Coon Johnnie Selvie had 21 points includfree throw ing die with 4:47 to play for the Huskies (21-- 6 13-- 3 Big East) Andre Barrett had 23 points for Seton Hall (12-1-7 from which finished (10-184-- ll-for-- 23 nd Southeast- ern Conference) who finished the regular season with a losing record for the'firet time since 1996-9-7 Jarvis Hayes had 28 points for the Bulldogs (21-- 8 166) who still earned a No 1 seed d and a bye in next Wells scored 11 points each and Nate Williams 10 as Western Kentucky (26-3- ) extended the nation’s longest winning streak to 16 games Chris Davis fed North Texas (15-1with 20 points while n with points No 19 Southern California 79 Oregon State 45 Sam Clancy scored 20 points and Southern California 'defeated Oitgon Stare to close out die regular season with a split at Los Angeles 6) lunteers Inger-so- 21 17th-rank- 20-wi- : and reached the final eight Phillip Ricci scored 19 points first-roun- week’s conference tournament arid shared the East division title with Kentucky and Florida: Tennessee’s Brandon Crump tied the game at 60 with 30 4) 11-- 5) two-gam- 7-- 9) —DENTURES ball at Richardson “We just did a good job of not letting them get anywhere" Bailey said “And he tried to Continued firom B2 throw it off Donta hut it didn't “We may end up seeing go out of bounds and it just than again next week” : Went right into my arms" Wyoming coach Steve “They guarded it well and McClain said we did not get it in” Utah's Utah and the Cowboys were Jeff Johnsen said’ “We didn't with 3:28 left tied at have any time-ouIt's when Donta Richardson and frustrating to lose that way" Uche Nsonwu-Amaeach Bailey was fouled and sank sank a pair of free throws for a both foul shots 55-5- 1 “Man: made some big plays Wyoming lead down the stretch" McClain said Nick Jacobson who led Utah with 24 points including “Hitting those two free throws in that situation was a testament scored to pull Utah to the kind of kid he is" within a basket at the 2:02 mark Neither team could riianage to score until Bailey was IDAHO LOTTERY fouled with 4 seconds left on a SATURDAY MAR 02 botched Utah play Utah had no time-out- s 36-4PM: 34 06 22 25 remaining with 8 seconds left r i 4X r when Utah’s Travis Spivey SATURDAY MAR 0? the ball tried to under the Utes basket Seeing 13 15 16 20 25 no one open Spivey threw the ace diamonds ts nd MASSAGE THERAPEUTIC Clean Heals the body FRIDAY MAR 01 SATURDAY PkooeNunber (435) David Boyden and Mike 18 Nath 200 E Call Toddy 770:5695 Harrb-UcMw- atTempeAriz ' FEB 28 'lw sz)if QM) 0) 5 0 02-- MW HAEMS DENTURE DESIGN d DcatariM 1 WUHmi 301 5 4 4 13 8 05 34 36 44 (fSd8wn SATURDAY MAR 02 09 22 27 35 36 Natalie Taylor LMT 230-026- MAR THURSDAY $25hr minute session $10 for 30 - or $20 for 60 minute session FEB 28 the Mind FIRST SESSION Chris Marcus scored 14 points to lead Western Kentucky over North Tbxas in the Sun Belt Conference tournament quarter-fina- ls at New Orleans of wilp caupi THURSDAY "From the Lao to You No Dsmar Vans Raautnea’’ 14-of-- 29 it" di e losing snapped a streak and earned a share of its first Big Ten title since 1993 Tavares Hardy had 24 points for Northwestern (16-1-2 which lost its 28th consecutive game at Assembly Hall 1) 4-1- (19-1- 0 to play through Sl-rail- l 9-- 7) 5-1- for the Beavers (12-1-7 No 20 W Kentucky 82 North Texas 68 second! left in regulation No 17 Stataford 81 Arizona State 76 Casey Jacobsen had 29 points and Curtis Borchardt had 19 points and 17 rebounds for the Cardinal (19-- 8 12-- 6 Pac-1who finished die regular season with a road sweep 9-- 7 Hoosiers officiating shouldn't dictate the end result You've just go) ' Utah m go-ahe- ad of die NCAA tournament Elton Brand added 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Clippers who have won 14 of their last 21 meetings with the Warriors Quentin Richardson had 17 points The win pulled Los Angles within 2 172 games of Seattle for the eighth and final Western Conference playoff spot No 24 Wake Forest 83 NC State 71 At Winston-SaleNC Darius SOngaila scored 20 points and grabbed a career-hig- h 1 8 rebounds for the Demon Deacons (19-1- 1 Atlantic Coast Conference) who had lost three in a row and five of six Julius Hodge had 21 points for the Wolfpack (20-- 9 No 25 Indiana 79 Northwestern 67 At Bloomington Ind Tom Coverdale scored 20 points and Jarrrid Odk added 16 points and 10 rebounds as die int ' quarter for Los Angeles behind die arc Hie Pirates’ first seven field goals of the second half were all - ed Shawn Marion scored 24 points for the Suns Penny Hardaway playing 36 minutes in a reserve role had 22 points 10 rebounds and six assists and Stephon Marbury had 21 points and 10 assists Clippers 109 Warriors 95 At Los Angeles Jeff Mclnnis had 20 points and 13 assists and Darius Miles scored 12 of his 18 points in the fourth 79-7- the Eastern Conference playoff race after a start Dallas which had won six of seven was paced by Michael Finley’s 25 points Dirk Nowitzki added 21 the final seconds of overtime to eight rebounds and Kenny Thomas added 22 points and Miebounds for the Rockets who won for only the second time in their last five road games shy of his season high hit a with 3:22 remaining to put the Hawks 7 ahead to stay Rockets 104 Suns 97 At Phoenix Walt Williams activated from the injured list hours before die game had 13 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter for Houston Cuttino Mobley had 24 points and 5-- 23 ' In game-winni- ng Hawks 84 Cavaliers 81 Toni Kukoc scored 23 points and Atlanta bounced back from a dismal first quarter to beat Cleveland at Atlanta Kukoc soared 10 points in the fourth quarter to bail out the Hawks on a night when their top two scorers combined for just 17 points was held to Shareef Abdur-Rahi-m 14 and Jason Terry managed only three oo shooting Kukoc who finished just one point After a Portland timeout Steve Kerr passed to Stoudamire who dribbled to the er -- four-poi- play nt 1 trtiand Ttail Blazen earli- - 104-1- by Anthony three-poi- by Garnett Utah twice came close in the final five minutes Russell’s with 4:47 remaining pulled the Jazz to 100-9- 7 arid it was 102-9- 9 after two free throws by Stockton with 4: 1 to go hut they couldn't erase the deficit “We made a couple of mistakes down the stanch" Stock-to- n said "You can't afford to do that against the gcxxi loum" Wally Szczerbiak scored 17 points and William Avery had 14 and Marc Jackson 10 i'or Minnesota which opened a four-gam- e road trip There were 87 'free throws with the Timbcrwolves hitting 34 of 43 and Utah making 33 'Press v Ti By Thai B1 (MgaME) Chad Pitwitt had 18 points for the Sun Devils (14-1- 3 7- -' 11) who lost their ninth straight to Stanford No 18 Ohio State 84 I y USU ys Arizona Slate SUU tMkUpn75 At AdnAibOt Mich Boban SaVpvic and Brian Brows eadi scored 19 points as Oiio State beat Michigan becoro-ing the third team-—- - and posto clinch a sibly not the last share of the Big Tim tide ' Buckeyes X '(20--7 joined Wisconsin and Indiana as conference champions V Wisconsin kicked up its share ' Wednesdayby beating hfidrir ' gan 4 Indiana staked its T crown the conference claim tp i Jfoidivrin over with a ' V 797 western on Satuidw IDinais : has a chance te make it four Ten champions when it r-- v plm at Minnesota on Sunday: : 5- - 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