Dallas at Boston (April 2) The game was tied at 8-8 and ranged between small Boston leads and ties. It was tied at 14-14, 16-16, and 18-18. Dallas went ahead on a 3-pointer by Lucious Harris at 21-20 and then Boston went back up at 22-21. Boston was up 25-21 when Jason Kidd re-aggravated his neck 9 minutes into the game. Kidd had suffered the injury in the New York game Friday night when Derek Harper crashed on Kidd with a flagrant foul. Kidd remained in the locker room for the rest of the game suffering from neck spasms. He had 5 assists in those 9 minutes. The teams traded the next 4 points. Dino Radja closed the quarter with a lay up. Boston was up 31-25 after 1. Jamal Mashburn had 14 points in the quarter. 7 Dallas turnovers led to 9 Boston points and 4 Boston turnovers led to 2 Dallas points. Boston opened the 2nd with a 7-2 run as Dallas shot only 1-6 FG. Boston was up 38-27. Scott Brooks hit a 3-pointer to cut Boston's lead down to 42-32. Boston was up 48-36 as Dallas was only shooting 4-16 FG in the quarter. And Boston scored the next 6 points. Boston 54-36 with 2 minutes to go. Boston was up 58-41 at the half. Boston was shooting 55% FG and Dallas shot 38% FG. Boston was out-rebounding Dallas 28-18. Sherman Douglas had 14 points including 7-11 FG and 5 assists, Radja had 11 points and 7 rebounds, Xavier McDaniel had 9 points including 4-5 FG, Dee Brown had 9 points, and Dominique Wilkins had 7 points. Mashburn had 17 points including 7-10 FG and Harris had 7 points. The teams traded the first 4 points of the quarter. Boston was up 69-52 with less than 6 minutes remaining. Both teams were shooting under 30% FG in the quarter. Mashburn scored the next 4 points. Douglas hit 2 free throws, Harris hit a 3-pointers, Douglas made a jumper, and Brooks made 2 free throws. Boston led 73-61 with 1:53 left. Brooks hit the runner and Mashburn made 2 free throws. Douglas turned the ball over, Dallas ran, and Harris fed Mashburn for 2. Boston was up 73-67 after 3. Boston missed their last 6 shots. Mashburn had 10 points in the quarter. The teams traded 2 points. Radja scored 2 inside and McDaniel had 2 on the break. Douglas hit the pull up jumper and a 20-footer. Boston led 83-69 with 9:30 remaining. Dallas started the 4th by missing 9 of 11 FG. Boston was up by 14 at 89-73. George McCloud hit the 17-footer and Roy Tarpley got the slam on the break. Boston 89-77 with 3:50 left. The teams traded 2 points and Harris got 2 off the alley-oop. Boston 91-81 with 1:30 to go. Dallas continued their late run as McCloud hit a 3-pointer. Doug Smith stripped Radja and McCloud hit the baseliner. Boston 91-86 with 1:30 remaining. Douglas missed and McDaniel committed the loose ball foul - Boston was in the penalty. Doug made 1 of 2 free throws. 1:07 remaining. Boston ran some time off the clock as Dallas helped them by resetting the clock twice on a kick ball and loose ball foul (not in penalty). Douglas made 1 of 2 free throws. Boston 92-87 with 31.9 seconds. Radja blocked the shot and Minor drove the other way for the lay up. Dallas missed and Boston ran the clock out. Boston 94, Dallas 87. Good bye and good riddance to the Boston Gahden. Boston still remains the only city that Dallas has never won in as the team is 0-15 in tha Gahden. Quotes Chris Ford: "Sherman had another outstanding game. He just keeps putting them together now. He's become our offensive weapon out there. He's using the pick-and-roll very well. He's taking the ball off the dribble to the paint, creating a lot of activity, not only for himself, but for other guys as well. And [McDaniel] did give us a big lift off the bench." Jason Kidd: "I just wanted to see if I could go. Once I took that first shot I knew I wasn't going to last too long because I just couldn't get my left side into the shot. But I just tried to keep running and moving. When they took me out, I knew that was the end. The pain, it comes up the left side of my neck and comes back down through my back comes out my left shoulder." 1 2 3 4 Final 2FG 3FG FG% FT% Boston 31 27 15 21 - 94 .482 .286 .457 .727 Dallas 25 16 26 20 - 87 .380 .313 .368 .667 Halftime: Boston 58-41 3rd Q: Boston 73-68 Technicals: none Refs: Joe Crawford, Ed F Rush, Tim Donaghy Attendance: 14,890 (sell-out) Boston REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST PF STL TO BLK Dominique Wilkins 24 4-12 1-3 2-2 11 2-3 2 2 0 3 0 Derek Strong 15 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 Eric Montross 25 1-7 0-0 0-0 2 2-8 1 1 0 0 1 Sherman Douglas 42 12-19 0-1 3-4 27 1-1 10 1 3 2 0 Dee Brown 28 5-11 1-3 0-0 11 1-4 0 3 2 2 1 Dino Radja 33 7-14 0-0 2-3 16 4-11 2 2 2 3 2 Pervis Ellison 23 2-4 0-0 0-0 4 2-10 1 1 0 2 0 Jay Humphries 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1-1 3 3 1 2 0 Xavier McDaniel 23 8-14 0-0 1-2 17 0-2 3 2 1 1 0 Greg Minor 21 3-6 0-0 0-0 6 2-9 2 1 0 1 0 Totals 240 42-90 2-7 8-11 97 15-50 25 18 9 16 4 Dallas REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST PF STL TO BLK Jamal Mashburn 37 12-22 1-4 5-6 30 3-6 1 1 0 4 0 Popeye Jones 32 4-13 0-0 0-0 8 5-10 3 2 0 0 1 Lorenzo Williams 34 3-6 0-0 0-0 6 6-12 1 3 2 2 5 Jason Kidd 9 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 2-2 5 0 1 2 0 Lucious Harris 36 5-17 2-5 1-2 13 2-5 4 1 2 2 0 Roy Tarpley 25 1-5 0-0 2-4 4 1-2 1 2 0 0 0 Scott Brooks 29 5-13 1-3 2-2 13 1-6 2 1 1 4 0 Tony Dumas 8 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 2 1 0 0 George McCloud 25 5-14 1-3 1-2 12 2-5 1 1 2 0 0 Doug Smith 5 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 0-1 1 0 2 0 1 Totals 240 35-95 5-16 12-18 87 22-50 19 13 11 14 7 patricia