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He enhances our situation a lot of different ways
Topic Started: May 8 2013, 06:33 AM (283 Views)
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- With Cincinnati and Syracuse tied and the clock ticking down in the final minute, the Oranges Jerami Grant drove the lane, and when his shot didnt fall arms flailed all around the rim trying to corral the ball. Somehow, it trickled in with 19.4 seconds left and No. 3 Syracuse escaped with a 57-55 victory over No. 21 Cincinnati on Monday, its second scintillating win in three days. "We didnt want to lose," said Michael Carter-Williams, whose dagger 3-pointer from the top of the key tied it at 55-all with 80 seconds left. "None of us like losing. We wanted to do anything to win that game. We picked up our intensity and our energy. We should have found that in the first half." Syracuse had trailed by seven points with just over 5 minutes left, rallying for the victory in the final minute just as it had at then-No. 1 Louisville on Saturday in a 70-68 win. Carter-Williams had a go-ahead 3-pointer with 5:28 remaining, and his steal and slam dunk put the lid on that one as the Orange beat the Cardinals. "Louisville was a tough, gritty game. Were banged-up and sore," Carter-Williams said. "To come back one day later and beat Cincinnati is a great feeling. We were a little fatigued. Now we get some rest." C.J. Fair was credited with the game-winning tip but admitted afterward he wasnt sure who hit the ball. "There were bodies down there and the ball just went in the hoop," Fair said. "I just raised my hand. I thought I did it, but maybe I got help. I dont know." The Orange outscored the Bearcats 13-4 over the final minutes and Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin wore a frown after his teams third loss this season by two points or less. "It was a batted ball in the air by three guys -- two of their guys and one of our guys -- that just happened to go in the basket," Cronin said. "Im not giving him a tip-in, not when our guys were trying to hit it the other way. Stuff happens. We didnt get the stops defensively down the stretch. We got out-executed." Cincinnatis Cashmere Wright missed a 3 from straight on with 2.9 seconds left, allowing the Orange to escape with their 35th straight win at home, the longest active streak in Division I. Syracuse (18-1, 6-0 Big East), tied for third in the rankings with Kansas, is the only Big East team with an unblemished conference record and is 28-1 in regular-season play in the Big East the past two seasons, that lone loss coming at Notre Dame exactly one year ago Monday. The Bearcats (16-4, 4-3) had won straight. They lost on the road for the first time in eight games. Carter-Williams had 16 points and seven assists and Brandon Triche had 13 points for the Orange. Wright, who sprained his right knee Tuesday in a win over DePaul and did not play in Cincinnatis overtime victory against Marquette on Saturday, finished with five points on 2-for-13 shooting. He was 1 of 8 on 3s. Sean Kilpatrick led Cincinnati with 21 points and JaQuon Parker had 11. Syracuses James Southerland, tied for second on the team in scoring at 13.6 points per game, missed his third straight game because of an eligibility issue. He was in street clothes on the bench. Cincinnati played the shot-clock game with its deliberate half-court approach and kept the game close despite a poor shooting performance in the opening half. Trailing by just a basket at the break, the Bearcats started the second half with a 12-2 spurt keyed by consecutive 3-pointers from Parker when he was left unguarded in the right corner. A high-arcing 3 by Kilpatrick was the fourth make in five tries from long range for the Bearcats and gave them a 36-29 lead with 13:46 left. Carter-Williams responded with seven straight points, his 3 from the top of the key making it 36-all midway through the half. Kilpatricks sixth 3-pointer of the game and a layup by Cheikh Mbodj completed an 11-4 spurt that gave the Bearcats a 49-42 lead with 5:44 left. Triche, who helped boost Syracuse at Louisville with 23 points, then hit two straight jumpers and fed Grant for a slam dunk to draw the Orange within 54-50 with 3:17 left. After hitting 5 of 7 from behind the arc against Louisville to keep Syracuse in the game in the first half on Saturday, Triche was 1 of 6 from long range against the Bearcats and wasnt nearly so effective until the game was on the line. "Were going to need him to do that," Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said of Triche. "Hes got to think that way. Hes proven he can do it. Hes got to take it to another level." Air Max France . Top-seeded Tsonga advanced after 2009 champion Marcos Baghdatis retired with a left groin strain in the deciding set, with Tsonga leading 6-4, 4-6, 5-2. Air Max Pas cher . Landry scored 12 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter and the Warriors beat the Suns 87-85 on Wednesday in Phoenixs first game of the post-Steve Nash era. Curry, who earlier in the day agreed to a four-year, $44 million extension with the Warriors, missed his first 10 shots from the field and wound up 2 of 14 with five points. http://www.officialairmaxstore.fr/ . "Those players will not be eligible for selection (Wednesday against the Houston Dynamo)," Toronto coach Paul Mariner said Tuesday night of Miguel Aceval, Luis Silva and Nick Soolsma. Air Max Chaussures . -- The Minnesota Vikings announced Wednesday that cornerback Asher Allen has retired from football, a curious decision for a 24-year-old who was about to enter only his fourth NFL season. DALLAS -- Hoping to shake off a weeks worth of bad games, O.J. Mayo took a pass in transition and headed straight for the rim. The resulting three-point play jolted the guard out of a shooting slump late in the first half, and he dominated the third quarter on his way to 27 points, helping Dallas celebrate Derek Fishers Mavericks debut with a 92-77 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night. Mayos transition bucket got the Mavs offence running again, and he fed off the pace by hitting four 3-pointers while scoring 16 points during a 17-4 run that stretched into a 25-6 surge and erased a nine-point Detroit lead in the third quarter. "I passed up some open shots in the second quarter, came into the locker room, said, Just go out there and play your game," said Mayo, who was 10 of 21 overall and 6 of 9 from long distance. "So I just went out there, started shooting and tried to be aggressive." Brandon Knight led Detroit with 20 points, including 18 in the first half. But the Pistons still fell to 1-10 on the road. Mayo, who shot 32 per cent and made just one of 10 from 3-point range the previous three games, scored the first 11 Dallas points in the third quarter, including a trio of 3s punctuated by a timeout as disgusted Detroit coach Lawrence Frank stomped onto the court well before the whistle even blew. The Mayo surge started on defence for Dallas, which held the Pistons to 20 per cent shooting while outscoring them 25-11 in the third quarter. "Well, guys, did you see the type of shots we were getting?" Frank said. "We missed 29 shots within two feet of the basket. So, the problem is, weve got the make those shots. Then the next thing is weve got to get back." Fisher got the start a day after the 16-year veterans first practice with the Mavs. His presence seemed to spark Darren Collison, the struggling young point guard he was brought in to help. Collison had eight assists and no turnovers. "He enhances our situation a lot of different ways," Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said. "He gives us more options, and his experience, you just cant substitute what that means." Fishers stat line waas modest -- two points on 1-of-8 shooting and three assists -- in his first action since helping Oklahoma City reach the NBA Finals last year.ddddddddddddBut Collison looked much better. He hit a 3-pointer when the Mavericks were struggling in the first half, and assisted on dunks by Bernard James and Shawn Marion in the second half. Collison, who missed a game with a sprained finger, said he wasnt thrilled to be coming off the bench after starting the first 14 games but would "do what I can for the team." "The biggest stat is that we won the game and thats all Im happy about," Collison said. Once Mayo gave the Mavericks the lead, Vince Carter and Elton Brand made sure they held onto it. Carter hit four 3-pointers -- three after halftime -- for all 12 of his points, while Brand matched his season highs with 17 points and 12 rebounds. Brand had eight points in the fourth quarter, when Dallas had another 13-0 run to put the game away. Knight scored five more points than his average just in the first half. He hit a 3-pointer that started a 9-0 run for a 38-30 Detroit lead midway through the second quarter. But he missed all six of his shots in the second half, when the Pistons shot 28 per cent. Centre Greg Monroe was 4 of 17 from the field, and Dallas blocked nine shots -- four by Brand and three from Chris Kaman. "Im not a jump shooter, so it feels even worse when shots are not falling because I know all of them are relatively close to the basket," Monroe said. "Theres no excuse for that. I have to finish." Kaman led the Mavericks with 10 points in the first half despite going to the bench with 5:54 left in the second after his third foul. NOTES: The Mavericks play six of their next seven on the road. ... Carlisle started his head coaching career with the Pistons and was there for two seasons. He was NBA Coach of the Year the first season (2001-02) and led Detroit to the Eastern Conference finals in 2003. ... Mayo is the only Dallas player to start every game. A season ago, he was a reserve for all 66 games with Memphis. ... Monroe and Jason Maxiell combined for 27 rebounds for Detroit. ' ' '
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