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Infobeat on Cs vs Magic
BOSTON 95, ORLANDO 91
BOSTON (AP) - The Orlando Magic couldn't hold onto the
ball, and
they're having trouble holding onto a spot in the playoffs,
too.
Danny Fortson had a season-high 23 points and 14 rebounds
Wednesday night as the Boston Celtics beat Orlando 95-91 to
hurt
the Magic's bid for the NBA's final playoff berth.
"They've got to go down to the wire, rather than just
waltzing
into the eighth spot," Celtics guard Kenny Anderson said.
Orlando is 39-39, tied with Milwaukee, which beat Cleveland
101-100 on Wednesday. The Bucks and Magic also are two
games
behind Detroit for the seventh spot after the Pistons beat
Miami
90-73.
"Having come this far, we're not going to fold easily,"
said John
Amaechi, who led Orlando with 23 points and nine rebounds.
"But
we've made it tough on ourselves."
And Fortson made it tough on them, too.
"We all let him have his way tonight," Magic forward Ben
Wallace
said.
Antoine Walker had 15 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists
for
the Celtics, who have won consecutive games following a
10-game
losing streak that ended their playoff hopes. But Boston is
enjoying its role as a spoiler.
"We want to mess up their playoff chances. That's our
motivation
now," Walker said. "Now, I wish them all the best. We just
wanted
to win this one."
Orlando led 91-90 with 4:05 left when Boston's Eric
Williams
tipped the ball away. Walker ran to it and threw a baseball
pass
to Kenny Anderson for a breakaway layup.
After the Magic's Ron Mercer missed a shot, Paul Pierce hit
a
3-pointer to give Boston a 95-91 lead. Orlando called
timeout,
but Pat Garrity missed a baseline jumper. Fortson missed
both
free throws at the other end, but Mercer lost the ball at
the
other end to and with it Orlando's last chance.
The Celtics ran the 24-second clock down before missing a
3-pointer at the shot clock buzzer. But Orlando was left
with
only 8.3 seconds to try to erase a four-point deficit --
not
enough time, it turned out.
BOSTON CELTICS 95, Orlando Magic 91
ORLANDO (91)
FG FT Reb
Min M-A M-A O-T A F Pts
--- --- --- --- - - ---
Wallace 23 1-2 0-0 3-7 1 2 2
Outlaw 37 4-8 0-3 4-7 2 3 8
Amaechi 35 9-18 4-4 1-9 3 4 22
Mercer 38 5-16 4-4 1-2 3 2 14
Armstrong 33 4-13 4-4 2-7 5 0 13
Garrity 24 2-8 2-2 2-6 1 1 8
Doleac 8 2-3 0-0 0-3 1 4 4
MWilliams 15 5-7 1-2 1-2 0 0 11
Atkins 17 1-5 0-0 0-0 3 0 2
Maggette 10 0-2 7-8 0-3 0 1 7
Totals 240 33-82 22-27 14-46 19 17 91
Percentages: FG .402, FT .815. 3-Point Goals: 3-7, .429
(Garrity
2-3, Armstrong 1-2, Atkins 0-1, M.Williams 0-1). Team
Rebounds:
12. Blocked Shots: 1 (Outlaw). Turnovers: 16 (Outlaw 2,
Armstrong
2, Doleac 2, Amaechi 2, Garrity 2, Maggette 2, Mercer 2,
Atkins,
M.Williams). Steals: 8 (Outlaw 3, Armstrong, Amaechi,
Atkins,
Garrity, Mercer). Technical Fouls: None. Illegal Defense:
1.
BOSTON (95)
FG FT Reb
Min M-A M-A O-T A F Pts
--- --- --- --- - - ---
Walker 36 6-14 2-2 3-10 8 1 15
Pierce 26 4-8 2-2 0-3 0 3 12
Potapenko 9 1-3 2-2 2-3 1 3 4
Anderson 33 3-11 2-2 0-4 2 2 8
Cheaney 38 2-9 0-2 2-5 3 2 5
Fortson 27 9-15 5-7 9-14 1 5 23
EWilliams 26 3-7 1-1 1-5 5 2 9
McCarty 12 1-4 2-5 0-1 0 1 4
Barros 16 1-8 0-0 0-1 5 0 2
Griffin 6 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 0
Battie 11 6-7 1-2 2-3 0 4 13
Totals 240 36-88 17-25 19-50 26 23 95
Percentages: FG .409, FT .680. 3-Point Goals: 6-24, .250
(E.Williams 2-3, Pierce 2-4, Cheaney 1-4, Walker 1-5,
Barros 0-2,
McCarty 0-2, Anderson 0-4). Team Rebounds: 6. Blocked
Shots: 5
(Pierce 2, Walker, McCarty, Battie). Turnovers: 13
(E.Williams 3,
McCarty 2, Cheaney 2, Walker, Anderson, Battie, Pierce,
Potapenko, Griffin). Steals: 10 (Walker 2, Barros 2,
Cheaney 2,
McCarty, Anderson, Fortson, E.Williams). Technical Fouls:
E.Williams, 59.0 third. Illegal Defense: 1.
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Orlando 29 24 23 15-91
Boston 26 23 24 22-95
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A-14,462 (18,624). T-2:17. Officials-Jess Kersey, Joe
DeRosa, Marc Davis.