|
Bibby lights it up as Kings beat Magic
(Agencies)
Updated: 2006-01-16 11:38
The Magic haven't won at Arco Arena since Dec. 19, 1993, when Shaquille
O'Neal was their leading scorer.
Trail Blazers hand Cavaliers 4th straight loss
LeBron James (23)
looks for room to manuever against Portland Trail Blazers' Ruben
Patterson, left, and Theo Ratliff during NBA basketball first quarter
action in Portland, Ore., Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006.
[AP] | PORTLAND, Ore. - Ruben Patterson and Zach
Randolph each had 16 points and seven rebounds and the Portland Trail Blazers
edged the depleted Cleveland Cavaliers 89-87 Sunday night.
LeBron James
had 29 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists for the Cavaliers, who lost their
fourth straight.
The Blazers, who have won three straight for just the second time this
season, led by as many as 11 points in the second half, but the Cavaliers cut
their deficit to 83-81 on Alan Henderson's layup. James followed with a
3-pointer to give Cleveland an 84-83 lead with 3:10 to go.
Juan Dixon answered with a 3 to put Portland back in front before Cleveland's
Zydrunas Ilgauskas tied it with a jumper. With 47.7 seconds left, Henderson
fouled Randolph, who made both his shots to give the Blazers an 88-86 lead.
Eric Snow missed one of two free throws to make it 88-87 with 37.1 seconds to
go. After both sides missed long jumpers, Ilgauskas fouled out and Patterson
made just one of his foul shots.
James took the ball down the court, and Snow was off with his long jumper as
time wound down.
The Cavaliers have been hurt by the loss of Larry Hughes, who is expected to
miss eight weeks after having surgery on his broken right middle finger.
Cleveland is 2-5 without him, including a 115-106 loss Saturday at Phoenix.
James had 46 points, eight assists and seven rebounds against the Suns.
The Cavaliers also were without forward Drew Gooden, who left the game
against the Suns with a strained right thigh. The team said Gooden was
day-to-day.
The loss of Gooden, who has had six double-doubles in his last 10 games, put
an added burden on James, who had 22 points by the end of the first half.
The Cavaliers trailed by as many as seven points in the half, but James kept
making sure the game didn't get out of hand — his rim-shaking dunk made tied it
at 43.
After the Blazers led 51-46 at the break, the Cavaliers came out with a 13-2
run capped by Damon Jones' 3-pointer to take a 59-53 advantage.
The Blazers came back to take a 77-67 lead on Theo Ratliff's dunk.
|
