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The Providence Journal
BOSTON (KRT) — If the Celtics
are going to break their six-year
playoff drought this season, they
have to defend the parquet and beat
teams like the Milwaukee Bucks.
They did neither last night and
suffered a 95-92 defeat. Their first
home game in three weeks turned
out to be their third consecutive loss.
“We compete well and give our
selves a chance to win, but we have
to win the close games, the games
that are three points or less,” Paul
Pierce said.
And they have to win those
games at the Fleet Center.
“We have to win big games, and
that’s something we haven’t been
doing at home. Teams feel like
they can come in here and get a
win,” he added.
Teams like Milwaukee. The
Bucks were a great test of how pre
pared the Celtics are for their stretch
run. The Bucks are 33-23 and sec
ond in the Eastern Conference, the
Celtics 31-26 and fourth. Both teams
rely on perimeter shooting. The
Bucks are the best in the NBA with
their 46.1 shooting percentage.
A year or two ago, the Celtics
couldn’t play with teams like Mil
waukee. Now they can play, but they
just can’t beat them with consistency.
“When the game was on the line,
they made tough shots,” said guard
Kenny Anderson. “The shot clock
was running flown, and Kay Allen
makes a big shot. They got second
chances. That’s a veteran team. We
got to find a way to beat them. ”
Even though the Celtics lost,
here’s how close this game was and
these teams are. Each made 37 field
goals. Boston had eight three-point
ers, Milwaukee seven. Boston had
43 rebounds, Milwaukee 42; Boston
21 assists, Milwaukee 18; Boston 14
turnovers, Milwaukee 13; Boston
seven blocked shots, Milwaukee
seven; Boston an 11-point lead, Mil
waukee a 10-point lead.
So what was the difference? Mil
waukee’s 14 free throws to Boston’s
10, two each by Glenn Robinson and
Sam Cassell in the last 10 seconds.
And Milwaukee’s 48.7 shooting per
centage. Boston shot 41.6 percent.
“They’re a very good team led by
three very good players. They’re
tough to guard, especially when
they shoot the basketball when
they’re challenged, and the ball goes
in,” Celtics coach Jim O’Brien said.
“We competed very well and came'
up short.”
Cassell, the feisty guard, scored
26 points on an assortment of jump
shots and five free throws. Allen,
who can score from anywhere on
the court, it seems, and Robinson,
who drains 15-footers with ease,
each scored 22. Michael Redd, an
other shooter, provided a spark off
the bench by scoring 10 points.
The Celtics responded, predictably,
with Antome Walker and Pierce.
Walker finished with 30 points on 13
for-27 shooting. Pierce had 21. Ander
son was the only other Celtic in dou
ble figures with 10 points.
Newcomer Tony Delk struggled
mightily in his Fleet Center debut as a
Celtics guard. He was l-for-8 from the
floor and scored only four points.
Rodney Rogers, the other half of the
Feb. 20 trade that sent three Celtic re
serves and a draft choice to Phoenix,
played well. He logged 16 minutes,
scored nine points and grabbed a
couple of rebounds.
The Celtics, cheered by a crowd
of 15,598 that included Tebucky
Jones of the Patriots and Hall of
Famer Bill Russell, each of whom
received a standing ovation, refused
to go down quietly. They trailed by
five with 15 seconds left, but Walker
drained a trey making it 91-89.
After Robinson’s free throws, Er
ick Strickland buried a three-point
er from the right corner, making it
93-92. Cassell’s free throws put Mil
waukee ahead by three with 5.5 sec
onds left, and Walker’s off-balance
three-point attempt at the buzzer
grazed the rim.
‘‘I don’t think we defended them at
crucial parts of the game,” Pierce said.
“We’re killing ourselves. ... That’s
when we should be more focused. ”
© 2002, The Providence Journal.
Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune
Information Services.
Men’s
continued from page 11
championship. Oregon’s last victo
ry in the NCAA Tournament came
in 1960. Since then, the Ducks have
lost in the first round in 1961,1995
and 2000.
With a Pac-10 championship,
this year’s Ducks would help their
chances of getting a favorable seed
in the Big Dance and playing in a
much closer location than their trip
to Buffalo, N.Y., two years ago.
First things first, though, and
that’s the tough USCTrojans (19-7,
11-5), who are a game behind Ore
gon in a three-way tie for second
place with California and Arizona.
The Ducks outlasted the Trojans in a
hard-fought 73-69 victory on Feb. 2.
“They think they owe us one,”
Oregon point guard Luke Ridnour
said. “This is a must-win for us,
and if we’re going to win on the
road we have to do it this week.”
Kent says his team has gone
through “tremendous growth” be
cause of their two heartbreaking
overtime losses in the Bay Area
earlier this month. The players
say they’ve learned from those ex
periences and remain confident in
their ability to win away from
McArthur Court.
But the fact remains that Oregon
hasn’t had much success on the
road.
“This is it,” center Chris Christof
fersen said. “This is the time to
prove to people that we’re a team
that is worth winning the Pac-10 ti
tle. You can’t really play for much
more than that.”
Christoffersen, who is healthy af
ter being sick last week, could be a
big factor in tonight’s game, as the
Ducks try to contain USC’s Sam
Clancy and David Bluthenthal.
Clancy scored 25 points in the Tro
jans’ loss at Eugene this season.
USC will be without junior cen
ter Kostas Charissis, who recently
suffered a fractured left ankle.
“Now that Charissis is out, Chris
could become more of a factor be
cause of his size,” Kent said. “If
Chris plays to his ability, he could
become the unknown ingredient in
the game.”
In USC head coach Henry Bih
by’s eyes, there are many ingredi
ents to watch out for when dealing
with the Ducks.
“You always know Freddie Jones
is tough, and Luke Ridnour is
tough,” Bibby said. “Can’t forget
about (Luke) Jackson, and you can’t
forget about the guys coming off the
bench like (James) Davis and Lever.
“There are a lot of people we
have to be conscious of.”
Tonight’s game will be televised
by Fox Sports Net, and Saturday’s
game will be broadcast across the
nation on CBS. With six Pac-10
teams separated by just two games
in the standings, there will be
many things to watch for as the
league contenders close out the
regular season.
But since the Ducks are alone
atop the standings, all they have to
worry about is themselves.
“All of us are so excited to be in
a position to win a championship,”
Jones said. “I know I’ve never won
a championship in anything so I’m
looking forward to it.
“It’s going to be a great game. ”
E-maii assistant sports editor Jeff Smith
at jeffsmith@dailyemerald.com.
Wrestling
continued from page 11
“Our guys have to cut three to five
pounds at the maximum,” he said.
“We have guys that have gotten big
ger, particularly those that have got
ten hurt and because of not being
able to train have gained a little bit
of body weight, but its not an issue.”
Because of the Ducks’ ability to
maintain their average weight near
their maximum competition
weight, they have not had to deal
with the difficulties of cutting
weight.
“Our goal was to come into the
season in as good as shape as possi
ble,” junior Casey Hunt said.
“We’re not that far from our
wrestling weight, so over the course
of the season it has gotten easier
and easier. We’re down to where,
after practice, a lot of us are only a
pound or two off, which can easily
be eliminated by half an hour of
working out.”
Kearney has appreciated the ex
tra effort his team can put into prac
tices because there has been little
issue with weight.
“It makes it easier for them to get
the good hard training in, and it
makes it easier to concentrate on
getting better and developing skills
as opposed to ‘How much do I
weigh?’” he said.
The NCAA’s newer regulations
follow another set of strict rules
on how collegiate wrestlers are al
lowed to cut weight. In 1998, the
NCAA prohibited the use of many
techniques, including laxatives,
saunas and steam rooms, as well
as practices like self-induced
vomiting and excessive food and
fluid restriction.
Startling methods, such as
wrestlers wearing vapor-imperme
able rubber suits to bed or while
working out, or athletes spitting
into cups to lose weight, are now
outlawed.
Oregon’s 149-pounder, Hunt,
said that with the new NCAA regu
lations there is little need for
wrestlers now to use extreme meas
ures to cut weight.
“They would make it easier to
lose weight, but (with the new regu
lations) you just don’t have to cut
that much weight.”
Hunt was also one of the Ducks
who jumped up a weight class this
year moving from the 141-pound
class. He is pleased that he and the
majority of the Ducks have not had
to deal with the problems associat
ed with cutting.
“Cutting weight makes it hard to
study for some people,” Hunt said.
“When you start taldng water out of
your system and you are a little de
hydrated, all you can think about is
water. You are beyond getting hun
gry, you just need some water.”
Oregon is hungry for its first
league championship in 20 years as
the team heads to Corvallis for the
Pacific-10 Conference tournament
this weekend. The top four
wrestlers in each weight class from
the conference tournament contin
ue on to the national tournament in
Albany, N.Y.
E-mail sports reporter Chris Cabot
at chriscabot@dailyemerald.com.