ROUNDUP: BLAZERS BLAZE BY CLIPPERS.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. 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. scored 11 of his 21 points in the decisive third quarter to lead the Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers are a professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise, based in Portland throughout its existence, entered the league in 1970 and has won the NBA Championship once, in 1977. to a 99-90 victory over the Clippers on Thursday night in Portland. The Blazers outscored the Clippers 27-16 in the third quarter and led 77-68 entering the fourth quarter. The Clippers cut the lead to seven points with 6:58 remaining on Ike Austin's basket, but the Blazers scored the next seven points - five by Isaiah Rider Isaiah Rider, Jr., sometimes known as J.R. Rider (born March 12, 1971 in Oakland, California) is an American former NBA basketball player, who played from 1993–2001. The 6'5" (1. - for the win. Arvydas Sabonis Arvydas Romas Sabonis (born December 19, 1964 in Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union (present Lithuania)) is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player. The 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) Sabonis is considered by many to be one of the premier centers in the world from the 1980s of Portland had 20 points and 12 rebounds for his 36th double-double of the season, while Rider and Damon Stoudamire Damon Lamon Stoudamire (born September 3 1973 in Portland, Oregon) is an American professional basketball player, currently playing for the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. He was selected by the Toronto Raptors in the first round (seventh pick overall) of the 1995 NBA Draft. each scored 17 points. The Clippers were led by Austin's 23 points and 11 rebounds, and Lamond Murray added 22 points. Utah 99, Sacramento 86: The Jazz played just hard enough to win at home as they admittedly conserved their energy for two tougher tests - at Phoenix on Friday and against the Lakers on Sunday. Karl Malone had 21 points and eight rebounds and Utah's bench scored 47 points as the Jazz improved the NBA's best record to 61-19. 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 108, Toronto 79: After so many hard times in a season of harsh surprises, the Knicks clinched a playoff spot Thursday night with, of all things, an easy one. With New York claiming one of the two remaining playoff spots, New Jersey and Washington are left fighting for the last berth in the East. The Nets can clinch it with a victory in one of their two remaining games. The Knicks can lock up the seventh seed and a first-round matchup with Miami in one of two ways: By winning Saturday at Chicago or having the Nets lose one of their remaining games against Orlando or Detroit. San Antonio 110, Vancouver 97: Tim Duncan had 32 points and 10 rebounds in the Spurs' road win. Golden State 88, Dallas 82: Jim Jackson scored 25 points, including a game-clinching layup with 18.8 seconds left, as the host Warriors won consecutive games for just the fourth time this season. CAPTION(S): Box Box: GAME RECAP |
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