Jazz overcome Iverson's 46 to beat Sixers (AP) Updated: 2006-01-12 11:13 Shaquille O'Neal bounced back from two subpar games to finish with 21 points
and 10 rebounds for the Heat, who won easily despite shooting only 8-of-19 from
the free throw line — 1-for-11 by O'Neal.
Antoine Walker added 19 points and five assists off the bench and Gary Payton
had 13 points, seven rebounds and six assists in the Heat's fourth game of their
season-long seven-game road trip. Miami goes to Seattle, Utah and Los Angeles to
play the Lakers before heading home.
The cold-shooting Warriors lost their third straight playing for the first
time since last Thursday's 99-89 home loss to the Indiana Pacers. Golden State
got hammered on the boards by the bigger Heat players.
Baron Davis had 26 points and six assists for the Warriors, making one of his
most powerful dunks of the season in the first quarter. Davis drove to the left
side, then switched the ball to his right hand for a strong one-handed jam.
Mike Dunleavy added 21 points and Troy Murphy had 10 rebounds and didn't seem
to be slowed by his tender left ankle. Murphy, Golden State's top rebounder and
third-leading scorer, sprained his ankle with 4:11 left in the third period of
last Thursday's loss to Indiana and didn't return.
After Murphy made two free throws to pull the Warriors within 65-60 with 5:50
left in the third quarter, Miami answered with an 8-0 spurt and led comfortably
the rest of the way.
O'Neal was coming off two poor games — eight points at Phoenix last Friday
and 12 at Portland on Sunday. He gave Warriors rookie Ike Diogu a lesson on
inside play, dunking hard on consecutive possessions in the third quarter.
Golden State used four different centers against Shaq: Diogu, Adonal Foyle,
Andris Biedrins and Chris Taft. Shaq, who came in having averaged 31 points and
12 rebounds in his previous 10 games at Golden State, outscored them 21-10.
The Warriors showed some rust from their long layoff and struggled to make
open shots. The teams were tied at 26 after the opening quarter, but Golden
State missed 10 of its first 15 shots in the second period and trailed by as
many as 11. The Heat led 53-43 at halftime and held a 27-18 rebounding edge.
Miami is still trying to become more consistent.
Taylor leads Wizards over Hawks 103-72
WASHINGTON -
Donell Taylor scored a career-high 15 points to lead the Washington Wizards over
the Atlanta Hawks 103-72 on Wednesday night.
Jared Jeffries matched his
career high with 15 points, Caron Butler had 14 points and Antawn Jamison scored
13 in a rare appearance off the bench as the Wizards won for just the second
time in seven games.
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