1997 NBA PLAYOFFS : TODAY'S GAMES NEW YORK AT MIAMI.Game 2: Knicks lead 1-0 TV: TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. , 5 p.m. Outlook: Alonzo Mourning Alonzo Harding Mourning, Jr. (born February 8 1970, in Chesapeake, Virginia) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Miami Heat. He is also known simply as "Zo". Playing at center, he is tall, and weighs 261 lb (0 kg). sat on the Heat bench for 19 minutes in Miami's 88-79 Game 1 loss, opening the door for New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to regroup re·group v. re·grouped, re·group·ing, re·groups v.tr. To arrange in a new grouping. v.intr. 1. To come back together in a tactical formation, as after a dispersal in a retreat. from a poor first half and shake off nine days' rest. The Knicks' Allan Houston Allan Wade Houston (born April 20 1971, in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.) is a retired American professional basketball shooting guard, formerly the NBA's Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks. scored a game-high 27 points and had an 18-0 third-quarter run that put New York ahead to stay. He also stopped Heat 3-point specialist Voshon Lenard, who scored just two points. Miami was 5 of 25 from 3-point range. HOUSTON AT SEATTLE Game 3: Series tied 1-1 TV: TNT, 7:30 p.m. Outlook: After losing by 40 in Game 1, the SuperSonics stole homecourt advantage in the seven-game series by shutting down Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon for a Game 2 victory. Sam Perkins, a sixth man much of the season, started for the Sonics and limited Olajuwon to 19 points. The series shifts to Seattle tonight. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Atlanta's Christian Laettner celebrates as he leaves the court following the Hawks' victory in Chicago. The series is now tied 1-1. Associated Press |
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