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HANG OUT
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Pacers
eke out
Knicks
By Chris Sheridan
The Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The
Indiana Pacers have two victories
out of the way, and Patrick Ewing
might be out of their way, too.
Dale Davis rebounded his own
missed, free throw and fed Jalen
Rose for a dunk with 2.4 seconds
left, wrapping up' an88*-84 victo
ry over the New York Knicks on
Thursday night as the Pacers
took a 2-0 lead in the Eastern
Conference finals.
Ewing, who left the game in
the first quarter with a strained
tendon in his foot, was never
missed as much as he was on the
final play.
Davis had a chance to lock up
the victory but missed two free
throws with 5.8 seconds left.
Charging in from the foul line, he
only had to get past point guard
Charlie Ward for the rebound.
Davis grabbed it and found Rose
wide open for an emphatic slam
that sealed the game.
Rose led the Pacers with 24
points, Reggie Miller had 19 for
the second straight game and Rik
Smits scored 10 of his 12 in the
fourth quarter — long after Ewing
was gone. Dale Davis grabbed 16
rebounds for the Pacers, who
trailed for much of the game but
scored the final six points to win
it.
Ewing injured his foot with
just under six minutes remaining
in the first quarter after going
against Davis in the low post. He
sat on the bench with his foot
wrapped in, ice for a few minutes
before walking to the locker room
with two team doctors.
lhe news from the locker
room came quickly and was not
good. Ewing had what the team
called a sprained peroneal ten
don in his right foot and would
not return.
Larry Johnson (25 points, sev
en rebounds) and Kurt Thomas
(10 points, eight rebounds) had
strong games in Ewing’s absence,
but New York couldn’t make the
plays it needed down the stretch.
Marcus Camby drew a flagrant
foul with 7:05 left for shoving
Miller in the back, but Miller — a
92 percent foul shooter — missed
one of two. Camby stole the ball
on the ensuing possession to
keep New York ahead 73-71.
Thomas helped keep New
York ahead despite playing with
five fouls, scoring on consecutive
possessions and grabbing several
big rebounds on both ends. Indi
ana tied it, though, with 3:01 left
when Smits picked up a loose
ball, dunked and was fouled for a
three-point play that made it SO
SO.
Houston hit a jumper, Miller
made a layup and Thomas and
Rose exchanged jumpers to make
it 84-84 with 55 seconds left.
Houston missed a bank shot
and Miller was fouled with 28
seconds left, making both for an
86-84 lead.
The Knicks then isolated
Sprewell one-on-one against the
6-foot Travis Best, but Sprewell’s
turnaround was long. After
Rose’s dunk clinched it, Sprewell
slammed the ball off the court in
frustration to run out the clock.
Now, the Knicks not only have
a 2-0 deficit to deal with, they
also don’t know if Ewing will be
able to return at full strength —
or if he’ll return at all.