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Charlotte rips Miami, 2-0 in series
By Steven Wine
The Associated Press
MIAMI — By the third quarter,
frustrated fans were booing the
home team. Early in the fourth quar
ter, they were streaming for the ex
its. And as the game ended, the
Charlotte Hornets celebrated.
It was all an improbable repeat of
Game 1 Monday night as Charlotte
earned another 26-point victory
over the hapless Miami Heat, win
ning 102-76 for a 2-0 lead in the
best-of-five series.
Jamal Mashburn again tormented
his former team and fans, trading
barbs with Tim Hardaway and Dan
Majerle, sticking out his tongue at
hecklers in the crowd and scoring
22 points. David Wesley added 18
and Baron Davis 17.
“Everybody else has been a little
surprised; we haven’t,” Mashburn
said. “We’re a loose bunch and a
close-knit group. That comes alive
in the playoffs.”
Charlotte broke open Saturday’s
106-80 victory with a 20-2 run to
start the second half. This time it
was a 24-5 run after halftime to
make the score 78-57.
In successive games, the Heat
have endured their two most lop
sided losses of the season and their
two most lopsided home playoff de
feats.
“Are we really playing that bad, or
are they playing that good?” Miami
forward Anthony Mason said. “I
don’t know.”
The Hornets need one more victo
ry to reach the second round of the
playoffs for only the third time since
the franchise was founded in 1988.
Game 3 is Friday at Charlotte, where
Miami is 0-2 this season.
“We have to gather ourselves,”
Heat coach Pat Riley said. “Thank
God we have four days. Even
though it’s a daunting task in front
of us, it’s been done before.”
“We have to be desperate,” Hard
away said. “We’re still a better
team.”
Hardaway again started despite a
bruised left foot and again failed to
keep up with the Hornets’ quicker
guards. He scored two points in 19
minutes, and by the third period
fans were chanting for rookie point
guard Eddie House to replace him.
Adding injury to injury, Alonzo
Mourning played with back spasms
that had him wincing and stretching
on the floor when he was out of the
game. He had nine points and four
rebounds in 26 minutes.
It was Mourning’s 15th game in a
comeback from kidney disease, and
the storybook ending he had hoped
for looks increasingly unlikely.
“We haven’t gotten it done,”
Mourning said. “We have to find a
way to win three games. It’s not im
possible.”
The crowd showed no sympathy
toward the Heat. Boos were even
louder than Saturday, including a
chorus of jeers from the few specta
tors left when the game ended.
Mashburn, relishing the chance
to show up the team that traded him
last August, enjoyed the final five
minutes frofn the bench. He got the
Hornets off to a good start with 12
points in the opening period.
The Hornets led only 54-52 at half
time before Mashburn scored four
baskets to spark their run at the start
of the second half. The Heat commit
ted five turnovers and missed 11 of
13 shots to begin the half.
Sports briefs
Women’s track
The Oregon women’s track and
field team finished off competition at
the Mt. San Antonio College Relays
Sunday, in late results.
Sophomore Mary Etter finished .
ninth in the shot put, with a throw of
44 feet, 3 1/2 inches. Freshman Sarah
Malone threw the javelin 150-11, and
senior Maureen Morrison threw the
hammer 175 feet.
All three marks qualified for the
Pac-lOs, but none of them were good
enough to make the NCAA Provision
al list. The three athletes have already
thrown NCAA Provisional distances
this season.
“We got a lot done on this trip,”
Oregon head coach Tom Heinonen
said in reference to the Mt. SAC Re
lays. “We had a strong Saturday, and
although Sunday didn't go quite as
well, we helped ourselves overall
with a lot of season and personal
bests. More importantly, we got to see
a lot of powerful competition that will
help us down the road.”
The Ducks will host the Oregon In
vitational this weekend at Hayward
Field. It will be the Ducks’ third home
meet this year.
Akili Smith found innocent
SAN DIEGO — Cincinnati Bengals
quarterback Akili Smith was acquit
ted Monday of two misdemeanor
drunken driving charges.
Smith was pulled over Feb. 8 for
driving his car the wrong way on a
one-way street in San Diego, his home
town.
Jurors deliberated for about two
hours before finding the former Ore
gon star innocent on both counts, said
the player's attorney, Myles Berman.
“We’re grateful that the jury did the
right thing,” Berman said. “We don’t
think the prosecutor’s office was
aware of all the evidence. Had they
been aware of the evidence, we believe
they wouldn’t have prosecuted.”
The prosecutor, Deputy City Attor
ney Karen Li, did not return phone
messages left seeking comment.
Smith, the third overall choice in the
1999 draft, lost his starting job to Scott
Mitchell after the 10th game last sea
son, when the Bengals finished 4-12
for a second consecutive year.
The Associated Press
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