WASHINGTON, 31. ožujka (Hina) - Očekivalo se da bi utakmica u Orlandu
nogla biti pogubna za New York Knickse, ali su momci iz najvećeg
američkog grada proveli ugodnu večer na Floridi. Orlando jednostavno
nije imao riješenja za Pata Ewinga (33) i Chrisa Childsa (19), igrali
koji su postigli većinu koševa Knicksa u ključnoj trećoj četvrtini
(26:11). Penny Hardaway (21) i Rony Seikaly (17) bili su najbolji kod
Orlanda.
Sixersi su iznenadili pobjedom u Detroitu, što je još čudnije, ako se
zna da u Detroit nije doputovao prvi strijelac Sixersa Allen Iverson.
No, njega je sasvim uspješno zamijenio Doug Overton sa učinkom
karijere (19), uz malu pomoć Jerrya Stakchousea (22). Pistonsi bilježe
veliki pad forme, sinoć je najbolji bio Dumars (19). Još jedno
iznenađenje dogodilo se u Torontu, gdje su Raptorsi na krilima
izvanrednog Damona Stoudamirea (35 - učinak karijere, 11 asista)
porazili Miamia (Mourning), koji je vodio sa 10 koševa razlike u
četvrtoj i nije izdržao.
Rex Chapman i Wesley Person su zajedno postigli 11 trica u pobjedi
Phoenixa nad Seattleom (Hawkins 31), dok je najbolji igrač susreta bio
Jason Kidd (19, 15 asista). Minnesota (Garnett 33) je slavila kod
Golden Statea (Smith 22), dok je Cleveland (Brandon 19) jedva svladao
Dallas (Pack 23).
NEW YORK (101)
MIN FG FT O-T A PF TP
Johnson 35 4-7 1-2 1-6 1 2 9
Oakley 31 2-7 2-2 3-8 9 4 6
Ewing 38 13-23 7-9 2-13 1 2 33
Houston 37 5-12 1-1 1-3 3 0 13
Childs 42 7-12 3-8 1-9 4 3 19
B Williams 21 3-7 5-6 4-5 1 2 11
Starks 24 3-4 0-2 1-4 2 2 8
Ward 11 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 4 0
Brooks 1 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 0 2
TOTALS 240 37-74 21-32 13-48 22 19 101
Percentages_FG .500, FT .656. 3-point
goals_6-15, .400 (Johnson 0-1, Houston 2-6,
Childs 2-4, Starks 2-3, Ward 0-1). Team
rebounds_8. Blocked shots_7 (Ewing 4,
Oakley 2, Childs). Turnovers_13 (Childs 3, B
Williams 2, Ewing 2, Johnson 2, Oakley 2,
Starks). Steals_6 (Oakley 2, B Williams,
Houston, Starks, Ward).
ORLANDO (86)
MIN FG FT O-T A PF TP
Scott 30 2-6 0-1 0-3 0 6 4
Grant 25 3-7 0-0 2-4 2 1 6
Seikaly 35 8-14 1-5 4-8 0 5 17
Anderson 36 4-7 3-5 1-8 2 4 12
Hardaway 39 8-25 1-2 0-1 4 1 21
Wilkins 18 1-4 0-1 0-1 2 1 2
Strong 26 3-7 0-0 0-6 0 1 6
Shaw 21 4-6 4-4 0-1 2 2 14
Schayes 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Armstrong 5 1-1 2-2 0-0 1 1 4
TOTALS 240 34-77 11-20 7-32 13 23 86
Percentages_FG .442, FT .550. 3-point
goals_7-18, .389 (Scott 0-2, Anderson 1-3,
Hardaway 4-11, Shaw 2-2). Team rebounds_
12. Blocked shots_6 (Seikaly, Anderson,
Hardaway, Strong, Shaw, Schayes).
Turnovers_13 (Hardaway 5, Anderson 2,
Seikaly 2, Shaw 2, Scott, Wilkins). Steals_5
(Shaw 2, Grant, Hardaway, Seikaly).
New York 23 30 26 22_101
Orlando 23 23 11 29_ 86
Technical fouls_New York 5 (Ewing, 7:16
2nd; Illegal Defense 3, 2:30 2nd, 2:25 3rd,
5:20 4th; Oakley, 1:12 2nd). Orlando 3
(Grant, 7:16 2nd; Scott, 1:12 2nd; Hardaway,
0:56 3rd). Flagrant fouls_Orlando 1
(Strong, 2:09 3rd). A_17,248. T_2:22.
Officials_Bill Oakes, Joe Derosa, Sean
Corbin.
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