CLIPPERS LOSE 18TH OUT OF 19.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Darrell Armstrong Darrell Eugene Armstrong (born June 22, 1968 in Gastonia, North Carolina) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's New Jersey Nets. Player profile Armstrong has been long respected around the NBA for his intensity and hard-nosed defense. scored 26 points and John Amaechi John Ekwugha Amaechi (pronounced [ɑˈmeɪʧi]) (born November 26, 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. added 23 as the Orlando Magic The Orlando Magic is a professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). History Early years The Orlando Magic officially entered the NBA as an expansion franchise in 1989. routed the visiting Clippers 129-96 on Wednesday night. Every Orlando player scored in the Magic's highest-scoring game since Nov. 11, 1995. Orlando has won five straight; the Clippers have lost 18 of their last 19. Orlando had six players reach double figures, with Ron Mercer Ronald (Ron) Eugene Mercer (born May 18 1976 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American former basketball player at the University of Kentucky who also had a career in the National Basketball Association, most recently for the New Jersey Nets. scoring 17, Pat Garrity Patrick (Pat) Joseph Garrity (born August 23 1976 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American NBA basketball player, currently playing for the Orlando Magic. He is also the treasurer of the NBA's player union. 15, Corey Maggette Corey Antoine Maggette (born November 12 1979, in Melrose Park, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player, positioned at small forward for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. 14 and Monty Williams 10. Bo Outlaw added eight points, eight assists and seven rebounds. Orlando shot 55.4 percent, and Los Angeles shot 40.2 percent and made only five of 17 3-point attempts. Maurice Taylor led the Clippers with 19 points, and Eric Piatkowski and Tyrone Nesby each had 13. Rookie Lamar Odom added 12 points before fouling out with 4:55 remaining. Michael Olowokandi had a double-double with 10 points and 15 rebounds. --Portland 99, Golden State 95: Arvydas Sabonis scored 20 points and Scottie Pippen hit a 3-pointer with 38 seconds left as the Trail Blazers won at home. Golden State's Donyell Marshall hit two free throws with 54 seconds left to put the Warriors ahead 93-92, but Pippen followed with his 3-pointer and Damon Stoudamire made four free throws. The Trail Blazers improved their NBA-best record to 40-11 with their sixth straight victory. Stoudamire finished with 19 points and Pippen had 16. --New York 93, Minnesota 89: Allan Houston made two free throws with 3.9 seconds left after missing a pair moments earlier as the Knicks won at home. Houston, an 83 percent free-throw shooter who has tended to miss at critical times this season, could have clinched the game with 13.1 seconds left but missed both. --Indiana 109, Toronto 101: Jalen Rose scored a career-high 32 points, 23 in the first half, as the Pacers beat the Raptors for their 19th straight home victory. The Pacers seemed to have the game in control after a 14-1 run in the first quarter and led by as many as 22 points late in the second period. But Vince Carter, held to four points in the first half, had 11 in the third quarter as Toronto got back into the game. --Vancouver 92, Washington 87: Dennis Scott hit a 3-pointer with 41.7 seconds left to break a tie as the Grizzlies The name Grizzlies may refer to:
Mike Bibby had 21 points and seven assists for the Grizzlies, who rallied from a 15-point deficit to send the Wizards to their 13th straight road loss. |
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