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©Associated Press
© St. Petersburg Times, published July 30, 2001
Detroit rallies, Orlando loses by 2
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Jay Kingi hit two three-pointers in the final two minutes and finished with 11 points as the Shock beat the Miracle 64-62 Sunday night.
The Shock (7-18) used a 15-0 run late in the second half to erase a 10-point deficit and snap a three-game losing streak.
Kingi's three-pointer with 47 seconds left broke a 60-all tie and put the Shock ahead to stay. A three-pointer by Kingi with 1:56 left had given Detroit a 60-56 lead.
Edwina Brown led Detroit with 13 points. Astou Ndiaye-Diatta added 12.
Jessie Hicks and Taj McWilliams-Franklin each scored 15 points for Orlando (9-15).
Detroit faced a 52-42 deficit before Barbara Farris initiated the Shock's 15-point run with a lay-in with 9:57 left. Orlando didn't score again until Hicks hit a lay-in with 2:55 left. The basket pulled the Miracle within 57-54.
Orlando led 36-30 at halftime.
WASHINGTON 55, CHARLOTTE 42: Nikki McCray scored 15 of her game-high 23 points in the first half as the host Mystics won consecutive games for just the third time this season, while snapping Charlotte's two-game winning streak.
Chamique Holdsclaw shot 4-for-12 and finished with eight points and 12 rebounds for Washington.
Andrea Stinson led the Sting with 10 points. Tonya Edwards added eight.
McCray made four of her first seven shots, including 3-of-4 from three-point range, for 15 first-half points. She hit consecutive three-pointers to help the Mystics to a 22-15 lead with 10:07 remaining in the first quarter.
McCray hit two free throws to give Washington a 45-35 lead with 9:14 remaining. Helen Luz's driving layup extended the Mystics' lead to 51-39 with 4:04 left.
A three-pointer by Dawn Staley capped a 7-0 run by the Sting, who closed within 26-24 with 5:58 left in the half. The Mystics countered with an 8-0 run, extending their lead to 10 34-24 with 1:50 left in the half.
SACRAMENTO 63, PHOENIX 47: Yolanda Griffith had 25 points and 17 rebounds as the host Monarchs snapped the Mercury's franchise-record five-game winning streak.
Griffith shot 11-for-16 as Sacramento built a 17-point lead by the break and went on to win its second straight game.
Trisha Fallon scored 18 points, and Maria Stepanova added 13 points, eight rebounds and five blocked shots for Phoenix.
Ruthie Bolton-Holified hit four three-pointers and finished with a season-high 17 points and five assists in a reserve role for Sacramento.
Griffith had 13 points and 11 rebounds in the first half as the Monarchs built a 31-14 halftime lead.
The Mercury shot 4-for-23 and had 10 turnovers in the first half. Phoenix shot 14-for-55 (25 percent) in the game.
Charlotte's Clarisse Machanguana sprained her right ankle early but returned in the second half.
LATE SATURDAY: After proving it can win without Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles kept on winning as she returned. Leslie had 31 points and 11 rebounds as the Sparks won their 12th straight game by beating the Portland Fire 88-83.