BRUINS LET GUARD DOWN VS. DETROIT BACKCOURT.Byline: Jon Wilner Daily News Staff Writer The Bruins knew Detroit was good. They knew Detroit's guards were good. But not this good, no way. ``Their guards were way better than I expected,'' UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX forward Travis Reed said. ``I mean, I knew they were good, but man, I didn't think they were that good.'' The Titans had the best guards on the floor Thursday night in their 56-53 upset of No. 5 seed UCLA, before 27,959 at the RCA Dome • • [ . The numbers confirm it: Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine LaJaune Jackson or Muhammad Abdul Aziz[1] and Rashad Phillips combined for 33 points, six assists and seven turnovers. UCLA's Baron Davis Baron Walter Louis Davis (born April 13 1979, in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player currently starting at point guard for the NBA's Golden State Warriors. He began playing basketball at the age of five. and Earl Watson Earl Joseph Watson Jr. (born June 12, 1979 in Kansas City, Kansas) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA. A 6'1", 195 lbs. combined for 25 points, 11 assists and eight turnovers. ``At the beginning of the year, Jermaine and I told each other that every time we go out on the court, we'll go after the other backcourt,'' Phillips said. ``That's what we came to do to Davis and Watson.'' The Titans' tandem outrebounded their counterparts 10-9. They hit 10 of 12 free throws, and they stayed in the game. The Bruins' backcourt was 0 of 4 from the line - as a team UCLA was 5 of 12 - and Davis fouled out with 1:19 remaining, taking UCLA's hope to the bench with him. ``Us fouling and them going to the line kept them in the game,'' Davis said. Jackson, a senior and the Midwestern Collegiate Conference MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. , led all scorers with 17 points. Each time the Titans needed a basket - or a free throw - he responded. ``In the second half, I smelled blood for whoever was guarding me,'' he said. ``I had to go to my strength, and that's driving to the basket. ``But we didn't feel we had to prove anything. Rashad and I can play with any backcourt in the nation. I guess everybody has seen the results. We're not saying we're better than anybody, but we can play with anybody.'' |
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