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© St. Petersburg Times, published March 21, 2001
Carter gets 33 points as Raptors sweep Pacers
TORONTO -- Vince Carter had 33 points Tuesday as the Raptors handed Indiana its sixth straight road loss, 102-81, and completed a 4-0 season sweep.
Indiana dropped into a tie with Boston for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Carter closed the second quarter with a long jumper and a flying two-handed dunk for a 55-45 lead.
"Vince went off and we lost control of the game," said Al Harrington, who led the Pacers with 20 points.
KINGS 125, ROCKETS 109: Host Sacramento nearly played a perfect first quarter, and Houston never caught up.
Peja Stojakovic scored 29 and Chris Webber 28 as the Kings took over first place in the Pacific Division.
The Kings made their first 14 shots and scored 46 points in the first quarter, four off the NBA record and the most since the franchise moved to Sacramento.
Webber and Jason Williams had 11 points apiece in the quarter.
TRAIL BLAZERS 96, MAVERICKS 88: Rasheed Wallace had 18 points, eight rebounds and his record-tying 38th technical foul for host Portland.
In the fourth quarter, Rod Strickland had eight points and six rebounds and Bonzi Wells had nine points.
Portland vaulted past Dallas, which had its season-best winning streak end at six, for the fifth spot in the Western Conference.
KNICKS 110, CAVALIERS 75: Allan Houston got out of a scoring slump with a career-high 39 points, leading visiting New York to its fifth straight win. Houston had been averaging 14 points, five below his average, this month. The margin matched the largest at home in Cleveland's 31-year history. The Cavs lost 120-85 to Chicago on Dec. 1, 1990.
CLIPPERS 88, 76ERS 77: Lamar Odom returned from a league-imposed five-game suspension with 25 points and six assists for Los Angeles, which won its seventh straight at home over Philadelphia. Odom, the Clippers' leader in scoring, rebounding, steals and blocks per game, was suspended for violating league anti-drug policy.
SUNS 105, WIZARDS 91: Jason Kidd scored 36, his most points in five seasons with Phoenix and within two of his career high. Kidd, who scored 38 for Dallas against Houston on April 11, 1995, scored 26 in the first half, then had six points and two assists as the Suns put the game away with a late 13-0 run to lead 103-82 with four minutes to go.
JAZZ 84, PISTONS 79: Host Utah survived a slow start and a low output from its stars. Karl Malone hit two free throws with 12 seconds remaining, two of his 13 points in the game. John Stockton scored 14. The Jazz pulled within one-half game of the Spurs for the lead in the Midwest Division.
NETS 104, GRIZZLIES 90: Kenyon Martin had 24 points, 11 rebounds, 3 blocks and several highlight-reel dunks for host New Jersey in one of his better all-around performances of his rookie season. Keith Van Horn also scored 24 for the Nets, who snapped a five-game losing streak and sent Vancouver to its sixth consecutive defeat.
KNICKS: Forward Glen Rice sat out with soreness in his left foot and could be held out for a week.
LAKERS: Guard Ron Harper is scheduled for exploratory arthroscopic surgery on his left knee today.
BULLS: Chicago waived guard Khalid El-Amin, a rookie out of Connecticut. He was picked in the second round of the 2000 draft.
CAVALIERS: Robert "Tractor" Traylor went on the injured list with back spasms and forward Chucky Brown was activated to take his place.
NETS: New Jersey's leading scorer, Stephon Marbury, missed his second straight game with a sore right hip.
ROCKETS: Guard Sean Colson signed for the rest of the season. The 6-footer signed the first of consecutive 10-day contracts Feb. 28.
76ERS: Coach Larry Brown, out two games while having medical tests, is scheduled to return today. Tests confirmed he has acid reflux and a hiatal hernia that can be treated with medication and changes in diet.
DEVELOPMENTAL LEAGUE: North Charleston, S.C., was granted the league's second franchise, and Hall of Famer Alex English was named coach.
ADVERTISING: A judge ruled that Nike's use of Michael Jordan's name does not infringe on the ability of a women's clothing manufacturer to sell its own line of apparel under the name Jordan. Chattanooga Manufacturing sued, contending its clothing started in 1979.
SHOOTING CASE: The two men accused in the shooting death of Herbert Cleaves, older brother of Pistons guard Mateen, were ordered to stand trial on murder charges in Flint, Mich. JaRoy Davis, 19, and Dontrell Smith, 23, face charges of open murder, assault with intent to commit murder and felony firearms.