WEDNESDAY.OCT.31.2001
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Yankees one-up Arizona trail World Series 2-1
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Roger Clemens and Mariano Rivera showed the Arizona Diamondbacks they know a little bit about pitching in the World Series, too.
The Rocket
won when the
New York
Yankees
couldn't
afford to lose,
shutting
down the
Diamond-
packs during seven innings for a 2-1 win last night that cut Arizona's lead to two games to one.
Rivera threw two perfect innings in relief and struck out four. Clemens allowed only three hits and struck out nine.
had to have," Clemens said. "It was something I'll always have with me."
"I knew it was a game that we
The Yankees, who hit only. 102
The rainees in losing to Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson at Bank One Ballpark, are still struggling at the plate.
They'll see Schilling again tonight in Game 4. There was a chance Miguel Batista would pitch, but Arizona manager Bob Brenley said he would bring back Schilling on three days' rest.
President Bush began the night by throwing a strike.
"Very nice throw, Mr. President," Brenly said to the former Texas Rangers owner. "Good
"I knew it was a game that we had to have. It was something I'l always have with me."
Roger Clemens New York pitcher
stuff, good stuff."
Notes:
New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani watched from his usual front-row seat near the Yankees' dugout.
The Yankees' scoreless streak was the longest since Oakland's 18-inning slump in 1988 against Los Angeles.
NEW YORK — Michael Jordan wasn't exactly No.23 of old and he missed his biggest shot of the night in his return to the NBA.
The Associated Press
Looking more like a promising playmaker than one of the game's greats, Jordan spent the majority of his minutes at point guard in his regular-season debut for the Washington Wizards after a 31/2-year retirement.
He scored 19 points and passed the ball as much as he shot it, getting six assists but making a few key mistakes that the old Jordan might not have made in a 93-91 loss last night to
Jordan's debut falls short
the New York Knicks.
Jordan had a chance to tie the game with a 3-pointer from in front of the Knicks' bench with 18 seconds left, but missed the shot — one of 14 misses in 21 attempts. He also had two turnovers late in the fourth, and an airball and a missed layup in the first quarter that diminished a final stat line that included five rebounds and four steals in 37 minutes.
The Knicks took an 87-86 lead into the final two minutes, and after Lattrell Sprewell hit a turnaround, Jordan answered with a 21-footer — his first field goal of the quarter — to cut New York's
The 38-year-old Jordan missed his next shot, also a jumper, and then failed to out jump Kurt Thomas, allowing him to grab an offensive rebound. That led to a pair of foul shots by Othella Harrington with 34 seconds left for a three-point lead.
Jordan threw an ill-advised pass that was stolen on Washington's next possession, but Christian Laettner stole the ball back. After Jordan missed the 3-point attempt, Thomas was fouled on the rebound and made both shots for a 93-88 lead that all but ended it.
Timberwolves topple Sixers 83-74
The Associated Press
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MINNEAPOLIS — Chauncey Billups scored 22 points in his new role as Minnesota's reserve point guard, leading the Timberwolves to a season-opening 83-74 victory against the Philadelphia 76ers last night.
Billups, who spent most of last season at shooting guard, scored 11 points in a 15-0 run midway through the second quarter that put Minnesota ahead to stay. Derrick
Derrick Coleman,
beginning his second stint with the Sixers after being traded by Charlotte last week in a three-team, eight-player deal, had 15 points and 11 rebounds.
The Sixers looked decidedly different than the team that won the Eastern Conference championship last season. Iverson, the reigning NBA MVP, is still nursing his right elbow. Eric Snow (broken thumb) and the NBA's Sixth Man of Year, Aaron McKie, recovering from shoulder surgery, also sat out. Tyrone Hill and George Lynch were both traded in the off-season.
Point guard Speedy Claxton, who missed his entire rookie season with a torn knee ligament, had 20 points. But with Allen Iverson — who averaged a league-best 31.1 points last year — wearing a red-and-black sweat shirt on the bench, the Sixers were left searching for scoring.
Coleman keyed a 12-2 first-quarter run with five points, but the Sixers shot just 38 percent from the field and 65 percent from the foul line.
the wolves their biggest lead, 74-56, with 9:17 left.
Billips followed a 3-pointer with a fast break layup that gave
Joe Smith, back in Minnesota after playing a year for Detroit when his illegal contract was voided by the league, had 15 points and eight rebounds.
Dikembe Mutombo scored 14 for the Sixers.
Notes: After a lengthy pregame ceremony honoring the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, both teams took the court for a few layups and jumpers to get warmed up again. The game started 20 minutes late. Sixers coach Larry Brown said before the game that McKie might be ready to practice today, but didn't sound optimistic about Iverson's return. "He hasn't practiced, his arm still isn't even straight," Brown said. Smith, who bruised his lower back in Minnesota's final preseason game Friday, when he fell on a television microphone that was taped to his jersey, was 7-for-11 from the field.
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