Dallas at Seattle (April 13) Jason Kidd hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 7-7. Seattle went on to score the next 4 points. Seattle led 13-9 with 6:57 left. Kidd hit another 3 to bring Dallas within 17-16 with 4:30 remaining. Seattle scored the next 5 points. Jamal Mashburn hit a 3-pointer, Seattle hit a basket, Lucious Harris hit a 3, and Detlef Schrempf got a slam. Seattle led 26-22 with 1:53 left. Kidd and Gary Payton traded 5 points and Seattle led 31-27 after 1. Seattle shot 57% FG and Dallas shot 38% FG. Payton had 13 points and Kidd had 13 points. Payton opened the quarter with a slam and a T for hanging on the rim. George McCloud made the T. Seattle went on a 6-2 run to go up 30-30 with 9:45 remaining. The teams traded baskets, Sam Perkins hit a 3-pointer and McCloud made 2 free throws. Seattle led 44-34. Seattle then scored the next 7 points to go up 51-34 with 7:19 left. McCloud scored 4 points and Kidd fed Tony Dumas for a layup. Seattle 51-40. Shawn Kemp and Detlef Schrempf scored the next 11 points and Seattle was up 61-40. Dumas hit a free throw and Seattle continued to roll scoring the next 4 points to go up 65-41 with 2:12 left. Seattle led 73-47 at the half. Seattle shot 56% FG and Dallas shot 30% FG. Seattle had 11 steals in the half. Payton had 19 points and 6 steals, Schrempf had 18 points - 13 in the 2nd quarter - and 4 rebounds, and Kemp had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Kidd had 13 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists. Seattle out-scored Dallas 42-20 in the 2nd quarter. Seattle was still up by a ton at 78-51 with 9 minutes left and 87-59 with 4:20 left. Most of the Mavs starters sat for most of the 3rd quarter. Seattle was up 100-73 after 3. And they won the game 133-112 as Dallas never got closer than 20 points after halftime. It would be easy to blame the loss to the double overtime victory from Tuesday night, but Seattle's performance in the 2nd quarter was simply outstanding. They got a ton of steals and capitalized on several Dallas turnovers and hit their shots. Of course, Dallas helped them by turning the ball over and missing their shots. Gary Payton got most of the steals and created a lot of the fast breaks for Seattle in the quarter. Dallas was not able to recover. For the game, Seattle shot 57% (53-93) FG and Dallas shot just 36.2% (38-105) FG. Seattle has won 16 of the last 17 games vs Dallas, including the last 8 games. Seattle is now 1/2 games behind Phoenix for first place in the Pacific Division (and the second slot for the playoffs. Quotes George Karl: "Dallas went cold, we rebounded the ball and we ran well. The emphasis for us going into the game was we wanted the tempo to be fast." Dick Motta: "They were way, way too much for us. I don't see how they are not the favorites to win the world championship. The playoff situation gave our kids some incentive." Jason Kidd: "It got ugly pretty fast out there. They are a really good team. Maybe we were tired, but I think we were just off tonight." 1 2 3 4 Final 2FG 3FG FG% FT% Team Reb Seattle 31 42 27 33 - 133 .610 .273 .570 .750 8 Dallas 27 20 26 39 - 112 .342 .414 .362 .750 10 Halftime: Seattle 73-47 3rd Q: Seattle 100-73 Technicals: Dick Motta, Gary Payton (hanging on the rim), Doug Smith, Byron Houston, Seattle delay of game Refs: Steve Javie, Greg Willard, Tom Washington Attendance: 15,900 (cap. 16,296) Seattle Reb Player Min FGA-FGM 3PA-3PM FTA-FTM Pts O-T Ast PF Stl TO Blk Shawn Kemp 34 6-14 0-0 6-9 18 6-19 3 5 1 4 1 Sam Perkins 31 5-12 1-4 2-2 13 1-4 2 0 2 1 1 Ervin Johnson 31 4-7 0-0 2-3 10 1-5 0 3 0 2 4 Detlef Schrempf 28 8-13 1-2 5-6 22 1-5 1 3 2 1 0 Gary Payton 24 11-18 1-2 1-2 24 0-5 4 1 7 1 0 Nate McMillan 32 4-6 0-1 2-2 10 1-4 15 1 1 2 2 Vincent Askew 27 6-11 0-0 2-4 14 2-5 3 1 1 1 0 Byron Houston 14 4-4 0-0 2-2 10 0-2 0 3 0 2 1 Steve Scheffler 13 2-2 0-0 2-2 6 0-1 0 1 0 1 0 Dontonio Wingfield 6 3-6 0-2 0-0 6 0-1 0 1 0 1 1 Totals 240 53-93 3-11 24-32 133 12-51 28 19 14 16 10 Dallas Reb Player Min FGA-FGM 3PA-3PM FTA-FTM Pts O-T Ast PF Stl TO Blk Popeye Jones 21 1-6 0-0 0-0 2 2-5 0 4 0 2 1 Jamal Mashburn 24 3-13 2-5 0-0 8 1-5 6 0 1 4 0 Lorenzo Williams 24 2-5 0-0 0-0 4 0-5 0 4 0 1 2 Jason Kidd 23 4-9 3-6 2-2 13 2-4 4 3 2 5 0 Lucious Harris 26 4-9 2-4 5-7 15 0-0 1 2 1 1 0 Roy Tarpley 14 3-6 0-0 0-0 6 2-4 0 0 1 1 0 Scott Brooks 21 5-11 1-1 1-1 12 1-3 6 2 1 0 0 Tony Dumas 26 8-18 3-8 5-8 24 4-5 0 4 0 3 0 George McCloud 17 2-5 1-3 6-7 11 1-5 2 1 1 0 0 Doug Smith 24 4-9 0-1 2-2 10 4-5 0 4 1 0 1 Donald Hodge 13 1-10 0-1 2-2 4 0-2 2 1 1 1 1 Terry Davis 7 1-4 0-0 1-3 3 2-6 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 240 38-105 12-29 24-32 112 19-49 21 26 9 18 5 The race for 8th: Well, it was a fun run, but it is almost over. Denver beat the Clippers and Denver and Sacramento now both have a record of 37-39. Dallas (34-42) is 3 games behind Denver and Sacramento. The magic number is now technically 3 (Denver/Sacramento wins + Dallas losses = 3 = elimination), but is really 2 since Denver and Sacramento play each other the last game of the season and one will come out with a win. patricia