Saturday, December 13, 2003
Jones the sparkplug in Indiana's victory
Scores career-high 18 in relief of injured Harrington
The Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS - Fred Jones took over after Al Harrington left with an injury, scoring a career-high 18 points to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 103-92 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night.
Harrington had a strong first half before leaving with a bruised right cheekbone, scoring nine points on 4-of-4 shooting with three assists as the Pacers built a 52-35 lead.
The Hawks rallied in the third quarter behind Shareef Abdur-Rahim, who scored 10 of his 19 points in the quarter, but Jones had 13 points in the quarter as the Pacers were able to increase the lead with Jermaine O'Neal in foul trouble and Harrington out with the injury.
O'Neal finished with 20 points, including seven in a row midway through the fourth to give Indiana a 91-75 lead.
Celtics 114, Raptors 111
BOSTON - Paul Pierce had 33 points and 11 rebounds, leading the Boston Celtics to their fourth straight win and snapping Toronto's five-game winning streak.
Vince Carter, who scored 35, missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it. The loss was the Raptors' first since their six-player trade with Chicago. Toronto surrendered 100 points for the first time in 23 games.
Nuggets 86, 76ers 77
PHILADELPHIA - Andre Miller had 23 points and Marcus Camby had 16 points and 17 rebounds, leading Denver.
Each of Denver's starters scored in double figures as the vastly improved Nuggets snapped a two-game losing skid.
Kenny Thomas had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Eric Snow had 14 points and 11 assists for the Sixers, who had won three straight.
Allen Iverson, back after missing one game with a knee injury, missed 16 of 22 shots and finished with 18 points.
Heat 91, Grizzlies 88
MIAMI - Lamar Odom scored a season-high 29 points and Miami held off a rally Friday, preventing Memphis from setting a franchise record for consecutive wins.
Odom also had 14 rebounds, Dwyane Wade scored 14 and Brian Grant had 11 points and 13 rebounds for Miami, which has won six of eight home games. Rafer Alston added 11 points and a season-high seven assists.
The Grizzlies were after their franchise-record seventh consecutive game and looked to move five games above .500 for first time in team history.
Timberwolves 110, Wizards 91
WASHINGTON - Sam Cassell scored 25 points, Kevin Garnett had 23 points and 16 rebounds and Minnesota made 17 of its first 22 shots.
It was the fourth straight road victory for Minnesota, which got 21 points from Latrell Sprewell and 16 from Gary Trent. The Timberwolves have beaten Washington five straight times.
Larry Hughes had 16 points for Washington.
SuperSonics 93, Pistons 72
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Rashard Lewis scored 33 points to lead Seattle past slumping Detroit, whose only consolation Friday night was Darko Milicic scoring his first NBA points.
Seattle also got 19 from Ronald Murray and 18 from Brent Barry.
Detroit, which has lost four straight after a 14-6 start, got 14 points and 11 rebounds from Ben Wallace and 12 points from Chauncey Billups.
Nets 99, Magic 95
ORLANDO, Fla. - Kerry Kittles snapped out of a slump to score 22 points, including three 3-pointers in the final four minutes, in leading New Jersey to its fourth straight victory.
Richard Jefferson added 19 points while Kenyon Martin had 16 points and 15 rebounds for his seventh double-double of the season. Jason Kidd scored eight points on season-worst 1-for-10 shooting with a season-high 15 assists and eight rebounds.
Orlando got 20 points and a season-best six assists from Juwan Howard.
TIMBERWOLVES: Center Michael Olowokandi had surgery on his right knee and will miss six to eight weeks.
Olowokandi, who has already missed three games, was originally diagnosed with tendinitis.
WIZARDS: Washington activated guard Gilbert Arenas from the injured list before Friday night's game against Minnesota.
The Wizards placed guard Mitchell Butler on the injured list with tendinitis in his right knee.
NETS: New Jersey activated Damone Brown and Tamar Slay Friday.
To make room on the roster, Brandon Armstrong and Zoran Planinic were placed on the injury list.
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