ROUNDUP : PARISH SETS LONGEVITY RECORD.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. Robert Parish Robert Lee Parish (born July 30 1953 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is a retired American basketball center. broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= record for career games played Games played (most often abbreviated as G or GP) is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity); the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested. and the Charlotte Hornets Charlotte Hornets may refer to one of several sports teams in the history of Charlotte, North Carolina:
Parish, a 42-year-old center in his 20th season, has now played in 1,561 games. His record-breaking night was more than a token appearance, as he scored 14 points and had nine rebounds, four assists and three blocked shots in 39 minutes. Parish is fifth on the NBA's career list of minutes played (45,123), sixth in rebounds (14,592) and 14th in points (23,141). ``I had no idea. I'm still amazed,'' Parish said when asked if he anticipated such a long and productive career. Portland 95, Seattle 92: The Trail Blazers ended Seattle's nine-game winning streak and extended their own victory streak to seven games with the win in Portland. Indiana 99, Miami 95: Reggie Miller scored a season-high 40 points as the Pacers beat the Heat in Indianapolis to clinch their seventh consecutive trip to the playoffs. 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 139, Toronto 106: John Starks scored a season-high 37 points to lead the Knicks to their largest offensive output in seven years as they beat the Raptors in Toronto. The Knicks, who eclipsed their previous season-high of 120 points (done three times), won their second straight game to stay ahead of Cleveland for fourth place and home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Milwaukee 109, New Jersey 88: Glenn Robinson scored 32 points and Shawn Respert had 12 of his season-high 19 in the fourth quarter as the Bucks pulled away from the Nets in East Rutherford, N.J. Philadelphia 100, Atlanta 99: Vernon Maxwell scored 38 points, including a off-balance 19-footer at the buzzer that gave the Philadelphia 76ers a comeback victory in Atlanta. Golden State 111, Minnesota 106: Latrell Sprewell scored 30 points and the Warriors won a battle of fourth-quarter spurts to win at home and stay close to Sacramento in the playoff chase. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: PARISH |
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