NBA ROUNDUP: WIZARDS LOSE WITH LESS MJ.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Michael Jordan This article is about the former basketball player. For other uses, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. could spend a lot of time on the bench, if Washington coach Doug Collins For the Canadian journalist see Doug Collins (journalist) Paul Douglas Collins (born July 28, 1951 in Christopher, Illinois), better known as Doug Collins sticks to his word. Jordan scored 19 points in just 22 minutes - because his team was getting dominated - in his first back-to-back game of his second comeback as the Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. Franchise history From Fort Wayne to Detroit beat the Wizards 100-78 on Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. in Auburn Hills, Mich. Collins said Jordan wouldn't play a lot of minutes when the Wizards are getting blown out. --Golden State 96, Portland 86: Antawn Jamison Antawn Cortez Jamison [pronounced an-TWAHN] (born June 12 1976, in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He currently plays power forward for the Washington Wizards and the USA National Team. had 24 points and 10 rebounds as the Warriors won at home. Danny Fortson Daniel Anthony Fortson (born on March 27 1976 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a professional basketball player at power forward/center formerly of the Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA. added 17 points and 21 rebounds as the Warriors won consecutive games since January. Golden State (2-2) won just two games after last year's All-Star break, and reached .500 for the first time since the second game of last season. Bonzi Wells Gawen DeAngelo "Bonzi" Wells (born September 20, 1976 in Muncie, Indiana, U.S.) is an American pro basketball player. A 6' 5" shooting guard, he currently plays for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association. scored 28 points, and Rasheed Wallace Rasheed Abdul Wallace (born September 17, 1974, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He currently plays power forward for the Detroit Pistons. At 6 ft 11 in (213 cm) and 230 lb (104. 18 for the Blazers, who lost their second in a row and have yet to win on the road. --Toronto 113, Indiana 100: Vince Carter scored 28 points, and Antonio Davis added 21 as the Raptors won at home. --Houston 103, Phoenix 100: Moochie Norris' 3-pointer at the buzzer rallied the Rockets in Phoenix. Cuttino Mobley scored 26 points and Kenny Thomas added 16 for the Rockets (3-1), who came back from a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit for just their second win in seven games in Phoenix. --Sacramento 103, San Antonio 83: Vlade Divac had 25 points, 11 rebounds and five assists as the host Kings never trailed in routing the Spurs. Mike Bibby scored 20 points, Peja Stojakovic had 11 points and Scott Pollard added 10 points and nine rebounds for the Kings, who have opened the season with three consecutive victories. --Dallas 94, Memphis 85: Juwan Howard scored 36 points to take up the scoring slack for injured center Dirk Nowitzki in Memphis. --Notes: Lamar Odom was on crutches at the Clippers' practice Sunday and is doubtful with a bruised left foot for tonight's game against Atlanta. Odom will receive X-rays this morning. If he's unable to play, Corey Maggette is expected to replace him in the starting lineup. The injury happened in the first half of Saturday night's overtime loss to Golden State. The Warriors' Danny Fortson dove on Odom's foot going for a loose ball. CLIPPERS vs. ATLANTA Tipoff: 7:30 p.m., at Staples Center. TV/Radio: Fox Sports Net 2; 1150-AM. Clippers (0-3) update: The Clippers have two overtime losses already and are expected to play this one without Lamar Odom, who has a bruised left foot. While Elton Brand has been steady, averaging 24 points and 10.3 rebounds, his teammates have been erratic. Quentin Richardson stepped up in Saturday night's loss to Golden State with a career-high 26 points. Atlanta (1-2) update: The Hawks are coming off a 90-83 victory over Miami, in which center Theo Ratliff was sidelined with a hip flexor flexor /flex·or/ (flek´ser) 1. causing flexion. 2. a muscle that flexes a joint. flexor retina´culum see entries under retinaculum. . Ratliff is questionable for tonight and could be replaced by Nazr Mohammed, who had 13 points and 14 points against the Heat. The Hawks split their two games with the Clippers last season. - Joe Stevens CAPTION(S): box Box: CLIPPERS vs. ATLANTA (see text) |
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