CLIPPERS SCORE RARE VICTORY IN HOUSTON : CLIPPERS 95, HOUSTON 91.Byline: Michael A. Lutz 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. The Clippers picked an unlikely place to jump start their season. Loy Vaught Loy Stephen Vaught (born February 27, 1968 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is a retired American basketball player who spent ten seasons in the NBA, primarily with the Los Angeles Clippers. scored 20 points and led a fourth-quarter rally that helped the Clippers snap a 20-game losing streak in The Summit with a 95-91 victory over the Houston Rockets on Saturday night. The Clippers hadn't won a game in The Summit since November of 1986. The victory also snapped Houston's seven-game overall winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" against the Clippers. The Clippers have consecutive victories over Utah and Houston, the top two teams in the Midwest Division. They beat the Jazz 115-101 on Monday. ``These have been two great wins for our franchise,'' Clippers coach Bill Fitch William Fitch (born May 19 1934 in Davenport, Iowa) is a former NBA coach who has been successful in making teams playoff contenders throughout his coaching career. Before entering the professional ranks he coached college ball at the University of Minnesota, Bowling Green State said. ``We've been looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. something as a springboard, but I never dreamed we'd be able to do it like this.'' The Rockets have lost six of their last nine games, including five at home, after starting the season 21-2. ``Winning against teams the caliber of the Rockets and Utah raised not only our level of confidence but also our expectations, as a team,'' Vaught said. ``We have to make the most of this.'' The Clippers trailed 79-75 when the fourth quarter began, but Vaught made five of the team's first six baskets for an 88-84 lead - their first since early in the second quarter. Houston came back with seven straight points on a three-point play and basket by Hakeem Olajuwon Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (born Akeem Abdul Olajuwon on January 21, 1963) is a retired Nigerian-American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). and a basket by Kevin Willis Kevin Alvin Willis (born September 6, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA. He is a 7-foot power forward/center. At age 44, he is the oldest active player in the league. , but the Clippers wouldn't quit. A 3-pointer by Rodney Rogers with 1:45 left and two free throws by Darrick Martin put the Clippers ahead for good, 93-91 with 1:16 left. Houston had three chances to tie in the final seconds, but Clyde Drexler missed a shot and Olajuwon missed twice. Two free throws by Rogers with 0.3 seconds left completed the scoring. ``We, all of us as a team, just stunk stunk v. A past tense and the past participle of stink. stunk Verb a past of stink stunk stink , it's that simple,'' Charles Barkley said. ``We can't sustain anything in the fourth quarter. I'm very disappointed and frustrated. ``Maybe we need to go on the road and get some cold weather and hostile crowds. We haven't done anything to hold the home court.'' The Rockets went 7 for 19 on 3-pointers, but they missed their last eight attempts. They also shot just 64 percent (14 of 22) from the free-throw line. ``It's very hard to win a game when the ball won't go in the basket,'' Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich said. ``I wouldn't change any of those shots at the end of the game, but that's just sports.'' CAPTION(S): Box Box: CLIPPERS BOX |
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