Philadelphia at Dallas (March 17) Jason Kidd scored Dallas' first 5 points and Dallas was up 5-4. Kidd hit his second 3-pointer to give Dallas a 10-5 lead. The teams traded baskets and Kidd fed Jamal Mashburn for 2 inside. Philadelphia got 2 and Kidd alley-ooped to Harris to give Dallas a 16-9 lead with 7 minutes left. Both teams were missing a lot of shots, but Dallas had 8 more attempts. Jeff Grayer converted the 3-point play and Dana Barros hit the jumper. 16-14 Dallas. Roy Tarpley was poked above the eye after being in the game for only 2 minutes or so and left to get stitches. He returned for a little bit in the 2nd quarter. Clarence Weatherspoon made 1 of 2 free throws, Mashburn hit the fade away, and Derrick Alston made 1 of 2 free throws. 18-16 Dallas with 3:55 left. Dallas went on a 6-2 run. Alston had a jam and Dallas committed a 24 second violation to end the quarter. Dallas 26-20. Weatherspoon scored 4 points, Tony Dumas made 1 of 2 free throws, and George McCloud hit the 3-pointer to keep it a 6 point game. Sharone Wright got 2 inside and McCloud got the offensive rebound and putback. B.J. Tyler made 1 of 2 free throws and several misses later it was still 32-27 Dallas. Wright went around Tarpley for the jam and Willie Burton made 2 free throws to cut Dallas' lead down to 32-31 with 8 minutes left. A miss and 2 turnovers later, Burton drove for 2 and the Philadelphia lead. Weatherspoon made 1 of 2 free throws, Mashburn hit a 3-pointers, and Weatherspoon got the right hand reverse slam. Willie Burton made a layup and a couple of misses later Philadelphia was still up 38-35 with 5:40 left. Tarpley hit a jumper, Tyler made 2 free throws, and Kidd made 1 of 2 free throws. Scott Brooks nailed a 3-pointer to give Dallas the lead at 41-40. The lead went back and forth for a little bit and Philadelphia was up 46-45 with 2 minutes to go. The teams traded baskets and Dick Motta got a T for riding the ref. Barros made the T and then made 2 free throws. With 4 seconds on the clock, the Mavs ran a set play that usually does not work [in practice earlier, Motta said (paraphrased): "Okay, we're going to practice this play, you're going to turn it over as usual, and we'll try again."]. Popeye Jones threw the ball up court to Lorenzo Williams, Lorenzo touch passed to Brooks and Brooks back to Lorenzo for the slam at the buzzer. At the half, Philadelphia 51-49. Dallas only scored 6 points in the first 5 minutes of the 2nd quarter. Philadelphia shot 44% FG and Dallas shot 38% FG. Philadelphia had a huge advantage on the free throws, Philadelphia attempted 22 free throws and Dallas only had 5 attempts. Dallas was out-rebounding Philadelphia 30-25. Weatherspoon had 12 points, Barros had 11 points, and Burton had 10 points. Mashburn had 9 points on 4-10 FG, Kidd had 9 points and 3 assists, Brooks had 9 points on 4-6 FG in 13 minutes, and Lorenzo had 4 points and 12 rebounds. Barros hit a 3-pointer and a 20-footer to start the 2nd half. The teams traded points and Philadelphia was up 58-51. The teams traded points and misses and Philadelphia was up 62-55. Burton got 2 inside and Mashburn converted the 3 point play. Mashburn hit a short jumper to cut Philadelphia's lead down to 64-60 with 6:35 left. Philadelphia continued to miss shots and Mashburn drove for 2 and had 11 of Dallas' 13 points of the quarter. Philadelphia was up 64-62 with 5:56 left when Mashburn hit a 3-pointer to give Dallas the lead. Burton traveled and Kidd converted the 3 point play. Philadelphia commited a 24 second violation and Popeye nailed a baseliner. 70-64 Dallas with 3:45 left. Wright finally made 2 for Philadelphia. Mashburn made 1 of 2 free throws and Wright made 2 free throws. Mashburn fed Popeye for 2 inside. 73-68 Dallas 2:19 left. Barros hit the long jumper and Mashburn made 1 more free throw. Alston made 2 free throws. Mashburn turned the ball over, Philadelphia ran, and Weatherspoon tied the game at 74-74 with the slam. After 3, it was all tied up at 74. Mashburn had 16 points in the quarter. Mashburn hit for 2 and Barros hit for 3. Philadelphia got 2 more and was up 79-76. Mashburn made a layup and the teams traded misses. Weatherspoon hit for 2 to regain the 3 point lead at 81-78. The teams traded points. 83-80 Philadelphia. Tarpley converted the 3 point play and Wright hit the baseline jumper. 85-83 Philadelphia with 6:56 remaining. Kidd drove for 2 to tie the game at 91-91. The teams traded baskets. McCloud stole the ball, Dallas ran, and Brooks got the layup. They traded baskets inside, Barros missed the 3, Dallas turned the ball over, and Barros got 2. 97-97 2:07 left. Dallas missed and Weatherspoon converted the 3 point play with 1:32 left. Mashburn nailed the jumper from the corner. Philadelphia committed a 24 second violation and Mashburn was fouled driving. He made both - though the first one bounced high off the back of the rim and in. 101-100 Dallas with 37 seconds in the game. Burton drove, his shot was blocked, but he was fouled. He missed the first free throw and made the second to tie the game at 101-101 with 27 seconds left. Dallas used most of the 24 second clock to set up the play, Mashburn had the ball in the corner, the double team went at him, he passed to Kidd at the free throw line, the double team converged on him, but Kidd found the open Popeye under the basket with a great pass and Popeye made the one-hander! 4.3 seconds left. Barros fumbled the ball and Weatherspoon picked it up in the corner and hit the 3-pointer - but it was after the buzzer. Dallas 103, Philadelphia 101. Quotes: Popeye Jones: "I knew that [Bradley] was going to the double-team [Kidd] and I just cut to the basket. As the shot clock ran down, Jason found me underneath. He's a great passer." Popeye: "I was all that was left. I was the last option." Popeye: "When you win these types of games, you're really excited. It It feels so great to be on the winning side of these types of games." Dick Motta: "In that situation, we want to run to daylight. We wanted to take what was there, and Pop made the big shot at the end." Shawn Bradley: "It was unfortunate that [Weatherspoon's] shot was just 100th of a second too late. But we had an opportunity to win the game." John Lucas: "That's just the way our luck has been going all year. We can't get a win. In close games, we can't seem to finish." Lucas: "Mashburn hurt us, but the guy who really beat us was Jason Kidd. He created, got to the ball and made the right passes. He really kept them under control." Lucas: "They are a good basketball team. I am really encouraged, though. We really hustled and did some things right." Dana Barros: "We played for 48 minutes for the first time in a long time. That's something we can go home on and build on." 1 2 3 4 Final 2FG 3FG FG% FT% Dallas 26 23 25 29 - 103 .463 .316 .434 .647 Philadelphia 20 31 23 27 - 101 .544 .286 .520 .677 Halftime: 51-49 Philadelphia 3rd Q: 74-74 Technicals: Dick Motta Refs: Bennett Salvatore, Ken Mauer, Tim Donaghy Attendance: 17,502 (sellout) Dallas REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST PF STL TO BLK Jamal Mashburn 39 11-22 2-5 7-10 31 3-5 5 1 1 2 0 Popeye Jones 30 6-12 0-0 0-0 12 3-7 1 2 0 0 0 Lorenzo Williams 37 2-6 0-0 0-0 4 6-16 3 4 1 0 1 Jason Kidd 31 5-13 2-6 2-4 14 2-4 11 3 1 3 1 Lucious Harris 27 3-11 0-3 0-0 6 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 Roy Tarpley 16 2-8 0-0 1-1 5 1-5 1 1 1 1 1 Doug Smith 13 1-7 0-0 0-0 2 1-3 0 2 0 0 0 Scott Brooks 26 6-10 1-3 0-0 13 1-1 2 4 0 3 0 Tony Dumas 4 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 1-2 0 3 0 0 0 George McCloud 17 7-9 1-2 0-0 15 1-2 2 3 0 0 1 Totals 240 43-99 6-19 11-17 103 20-47 26 23 4 9 4 Philadelphia REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST PF STL TO BLK Willie Burton 35 7-12 0-3 3-4 17 2-6 0 2 0 2 2 Clarence Weatherspoon 45 12-23 0-0 3-5 27 1-9 2 2 3 1 2 Shawn Bradley 22 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 3-8 2 1 0 1 3 Dana Barros 43 8-13 2-3 6-7 24 1-4 11 1 1 2 1 Jeff Grayer 24 2-5 0-0 1-1 5 0-5 1 3 1 2 0 Derrick Alston 22 1-3 0-0 3-4 5 2-3 2 5 0 0 1 Scott Williams 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 Sharone Wright 32 8-14 0-1 2-6 18 1-4 1 2 1 2 2 B.J. Tyler 9 0-0 0-0 3-4 3 0-2 2 1 1 1 0 Totals 240 39-75 2-7 21-31 101 10-43 21 17 7 11 11 patricia