CLIPPERS EARN WIN IN NEW YORK\CLIPPERS 105, NEW YORK 88.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services The Clippers started their five-game road trip with a rare win over 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 , using an 18-2 run early in the fourth quarter to beat the Knicks 105-88 Tuesday night. The Clippers beat New York for the first time in more than three years and for only the third time in their last 20 meetings. It was the sixth loss in the past seven games for the Knicks, who were outscored 33-20 in the fourth quarter. Brian Williams This article is about the American journalist. For other uses, see Brian Williams (disambiguation). Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is an anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the flagship evening news program of the NBC television network. led the Clippers with 21 points and combined with Stanley Roberts Stanley Corvet Roberts (born February 7 1970, in Hopkins, South Carolina) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Orlando Magic in the 1st round (23rd overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft. to outplay out·play tr.v. out·played, out·play·ing, out·plays To surpass (an opponent) in skill or technique or in scoring points. Verb 1. Patrick Ewing Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born August 5, 1962) is a retired American professional basketball player. He played most of his career with the National Basketball Association's New York Knicks as their starting center and played briefly with the Seattle SuperSonics and Orlando Magic. . Roberts had 13 points in 13 minutes and Terry Dehere Lennox Dominique "Terry" Dehere (born September 12 1971 in New York City, New York) is an American Democratic Party politician, restauranteur and former NBA basketball player. Dehere grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey, New Jersey and attended St. had 12 of his 15 points in the first eight minutes of the final period. New York has been outscored 118-65 in the fourth quarters of the last four games. J.R. Reid made a 15-foot jumper with just over nine minutes left to tie the game 75-75, but Dehere hit two 3-pointers and a side jumper, Roberts dunked over Ewing and Rodney Rogers had an uncontested dunk in a 12-0 run. The finishing touches came from Williams. With 5:32 left, he was guarding Ewing so closely that he forced an air ball. Seven seconds later, he scored on a short jumper on which Ewing was defending, but never left his feet, making it 91-77. Williams stole an inbounds in·bounds adj. 1. Basketball Involving putting the ball into play by passing it from out of bounds to a teammate on the court. 2. Sports Within the designated boundaries. pass with 5:05 left and Dehere hit a pair of free throws for a 16-point lead. Pooh Richardson added 14 points and went 4 of 5 from 3-point range, and Loy Vaught had 14 points and 15 rebounds after missing two of the previous three games because of abdominal pain. Davis led New York with 25 points. Before the game, the Clippers activated guard Malik Sealy and placed center Keith Tower on the injured list with a lower back strain. Anaheim books other events: The general manager of Anaheim Arena said Tuesday he has begun booking other events at the facility because he does not believe the Clippers will play more than eight regular-season games in Orange County next season. The Clippers submitted a proposal to the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= last week to play eight regular-season and two exhibition games at Anaheim, but the league granted them until Friday to revise their plan. However, Brad Mayne, general manager of Ogden Entertainment, the company that runs the arena, said he is already signing up other events that could conflict if the Clippers left the Sports Arena for Anaheim. "We broke off discussions (with the Clippers) on March 1," Mayne said. "I'm booking all kinds of things. We're doing very well." Mayne said the only negotiating remaining with the Clippers is when the eight regular-season games will be played. The Clippers' proposal must be approved by the NBA Board of Governors on April 24. |
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