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© St. Petersburg Times, published March 17, 2001
Magic rallies over Grizzlies
ORLANDO -- Darrell Armstrong had 29 points and 11 assists and the Magic won consecutive games without Tracy McGrady, defeating the Vancouver Grizzlies 103-99 Friday night.
Vancouver led 91-85 with 4:50 left, but the Magic finished with an 18-8 run to win for the fifth time in seven games.
McGrady, Orlando's leading scorer and rebounder, was serving the latter half of a two-game suspension for fighting Saturday with Sacramento's Bobby Jackson.
Orlando also got 23 points from Mike Miller, seven in the fourth quarter. Miller hit a three-pointer with 2:15 left that gave Orlando a 93-91 lead, the first time the Magic led since the first quarter.
TRAIL BLAZERS 90, JAZZ 87: Scottie Pippen had 20 points as host Portland stopped its five-game losing streak. Utah trailed by 10 in the fourth quarter, but Bryon Russell's two free throws cut it to 88-87 with 14.8 seconds left. Steve Smith was fouled and made two free throws for the final margin.
KINGS 100, 76ERS 79: Chris Webber scored 26 and Peja Stojakovic 19 for visiting Sacramento. Allen Iverson, back after missing one game with a hip injury, scored 28 but aggravated a hip pointer and will not join Philadelphia for the beginning of its four-game road trip today against the Bucks.
SUPERSONICS 90, BULLS 80: Gary Payton scored 24 points as visiting Seattle won its fourth straight and moved within four games of idle Minnesota for the last playoff spot in the Western Conference. Chicago, which lost its fifth straight, was without starters Elton Brand and Ron Artest, who sat with knee injuries.
CAVALIERS 114, HORNETS 109: Matt Harpring scored a career-high 28 points and Bimbo Coles made two baskets in the final 1:33 for host Cleveland. There was some testiness most of the second half, and twice Cavs coach Randy Wittman and Charlotte's Paul Silas had to go on the floor to help the referees calm players.
PACERS 103, HAWKS 97: Jalen Rose scored 21 points and Tyus Edney, activated off the injured list just before tipoff, had a season-high 16 points as host Indiana snapped a three-game losing streak.
LAKERS 101, WIZARDS 89: Kobe Bryant had 26 points and five steals for visiting Los Angeles, which made a decisive 21-8 run at the end of the third quarter after the Wizards closed to 56-54.
CAVALIERS: Guard Anthony Johnson was activated from the injured list and Cedric Henderson went on the list.
GRIZZLIES: The NBA is making it clear to those who want to keep the team in Vancouver: show us your new owner or you will lose your team.
"We're a long way from a solution and the clock is ticking," deputy commissioner Russell Granik said after a two-hour meeting with representatives of "Save Our Grizzlies," the group trying to keep the 7-year-old franchise in the Canadian city.
The meeting came as Michael Heisley, the Chicago businessman who bought the team last year, continued his tour of the United States seeking a city for a team he claims will lose more than $40-million this year. Anaheim, Louisville, Memphis and New Orleans are contenders, but an outsider stepped in when the Chicago suburb of Dixmoor said it was talking with Heisley.
KINGS: A Warriors fan accused Kings guard and former Florida player Jason Williams of yelling slurs about Asians and gays at a game Feb. 28. According to a letter sent to commissioner David Stern by season-ticket holder Michael Ching, Williams made the comments to jeering fans while sitting on the bench. Using an expletive, he said, "Do you remember the Vietnam War? I'll kill y'all just like that," according to the letter, parts of which appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle and Oakland Tribune.
76ERS: Coach Larry Brown will miss at least the first two games of a four-game road trip to have medical tests. The team said Brown has acid reflux and a hiatal hernia, disorders of the stomach and esophagus. Brown, 60, coached Friday and would have been able to continue coaching if the team wasn't traveling, team physician Jack McPhilemy said.
SUNS: Guard Jason Kidd, accused of slapping his wife during an argument, will not be disciplined by the league.