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Wednesday, April 26, 2000
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Heat burns Pistons
Miami leads 2-0; Hill leaves injured
The Associated Press
MIAMI — Even with Grant Hill sidelined by an injury, the Miami Heat needed Jamal Mashburn's last-second heroics to beat the Detroit Pistons.
After the Heat blew a six-point lead in the final 2.08, Mashburn made an eight-footer with six seconds remaining, and Miami won 84.92 last night to take a 20 lead in the best-of-five series.
Game 3 is Saturday in Detroit.
Detroit's final chance ended when Jerry Stackhouse slipped driving to the basket and lost the ball, which Miami's Dan Malerle recovered as time expired.
Hill started but played less than four minutes in the second half because of a bone bruise in his left foot that has bothered him since late in the regular season. He scored nine points in 21 minutes.
All five Heat starters scored in double figures to overcome Tim Hardaway's absence and foul trouble that hampered Mashburn, Alonzo Mourning and P.J.
Mashburn had 24 points and Mourning 22. Rookie Anthony Carter, again coolly filling in for Hardaway, had 10 points and 13 assists, a Heat playoff record. Hardaway missed his second game in a row because of a sore left foot.
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Stackhouse led Detroit with 26 points.
Hill sank his first three shots in the opening five minutes, but those were the All-Star forward's only baskets. His limp became progressively worse, and by the start of the second half he was wincing and hopping around on one foot.
Hill left with 8:30 left in the third, kicking a chair with his right foot in frustration as he reached the bench, and he played only 33 seconds the rest of the game.
Miami led for most of the first half, with Mourning establishing his presence early. In one frantic sequence, he blocked a shot by Curry, and Mashburn saved the ball by flipping it between his legs as he fell out of bounds. Carter then fed a fast-break pass at the other end of the court to Mourning, who sprinted past Stackhouse for a dunk and an 18-12 lead.
Carter drops lawsuit
Raptors' coach focuses on series
The Associated Press
TORONTO — Facing mounting criticism, Toronto Raptors coach Butch Carter dropped his $5 million defamation lawsuit against Marcus Camby of the New York Knicks.
Carter sued Camby Friday, two days before the teams opened the playoffs against each other, because the ex-Toronto forward called him a "iliar" and said many players didn't like him. Camby claimed he was traded to the Knicks just days after Carter promised to build the Raptors around him.
"It didn't really affect me when it was brought out," he said. "So all I worried about is Game 2."
Told that Carter had dropped the lawsuit, Camby said he had other things on his mind.
The Raptors lost the playoff opener 92-88. Game 2 of the best-of-five series is today in New York.
Knicks and Raptors players laughed when they first heard about the lawsuit last week, and NBA deputy commissioner Russ Granik called it unprecedented and highly inappropriate.
Despite the criticism, Carter said he didn't regret taking legal action.
Carter would not divulge more details, but said he would release a statement. Raptors management asked to see it first.
Raptors guard Tracy McGrady said Carter was making a smart move.
"We can't get caught up in that," McGraddy said. "It's out of the way now and all we have to worry about is the New York Knicks."
Knicks' coach isn't all doom and gloom
The Associated Press
PURCHASE, N.Y. — Jeff Van Gundy walked out of a less-than-perfect practice, chose his words carefully and defined his negativity as narrowly as possible.
"I'm not upset. I don't want to be labeled grumpy, gloomy, doomy," he said. "We didn't get much accomplished. That's what I'm leaving it at. I have no feelings other than that."
With New York holding a 1-0 lead against Toronto in the best-of-five series, the Knicks went through a somewhat disputed practice yesterday that left the coach wondering about their intensity for Game 2 tonight.
"Jeff has realized over the years that a coach has to know what kind of coach he is, and I think he knows that now." Alan Houston said. "I think he realizes his strength is being realistic, and that's what he's being when he tells us where our intensity is."
Van Gundy, who has seen the Knicks' playoff peaks and valleys for more than a decade, is an expert on noticing when his team's mood is not what it should be.
Game 2 will be Van Gundy's 50th postseason game as the Knicks' coach.
He remains as un-phony as ever a year after organizational upheaval nearly cost him his job, four years after being hanged in effigy on the back page of a tabloid, and five years after becoming the interim replacement for Don Nelson.
A meticulous preparer and videotape junkie, Van Gundy has continued to be a workaholic while remaining as much of a non-celebrity as possible.
Still, his dour demeanor makes him look like a worrier.
"You are what you're created to be. So it doesn't matter," Van Gundy said. "What do they say?
Perception is reality? So I don't really care if I'm doom and gloom, I'm trying to coach."
Going into Game 2, that means he wants his team to confront its shortcomings from Game 1 — allowing Tracy McGrady and Kevin Willis to score too easily, allowing Charles Oakley to spot up for his jump shot, allowing Toronto to come all the way back from a 19-point deficit.
Van Gundy was able to rattle off the final scores from last year's first-round series when the Knicks beat Miami. After winning Game 1 by 20 points, the Knicks lost Game 2 by 10 points. And after beating the Heat by 24 points in Game 3, they lost Game 4 by 15.
Houston and Marcus Camby agreed that yesterday's practice lacked intensity.
"It wasn't one of our best practices, I guess because the games are so spread out," Camby said. "We missed a couple of easy shots and a couple assignments that we should have down pat after studying (Toronto) inside and out."
No matter how good or bad they are in practice, the Knicks will not get any kind of a motivational speech from Van Gundy before Game 2. That's not his style.
Van Gundy was around Pat Riley long enough as an assistant to know that he could never duplicate his former boss' motivational ploys. In his first season as head coach, Van Gundy once pulled all five starters and sent in five subs, a tactic that backfired when the players found it more amusing than inspirational.
Van Gundy learned a lesson and said he'd never do it again.
If he needs to yell at a player now, he'll do it behind closed doors. If he needs to inspire, he'll do it with preparation, film and confronting his players with what they know is the truth.
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