Box Score

 

MIAMI (112)

                          fg    ft    rb             
                   min   m-a   m-a   o-t   a  pf   tp
S Anderson          23   2-7   0-0   2-2   1   4    4
U Haslem            48  4-11   8-8  2-10   0   3   16
S O'Neal            51 12-25 15-28  5-10   5   4   39
E Jones             50  5-12   4-5  1-11   6   5   18
D Jones             46  4-14   0-0   0-4   7   0    9
R Butler            39  7-14   0-0   2-5   2   3   18
M Doleac             8   0-1   0-0   0-3   0   0    0
K Dooling           11   1-2   2-4   0-1   2   2    4
W Person             5   1-3   0-0   0-1   0   0    2
C Laettner           9   0-2   2-2   0-2   0   2    2
Wang               DNP  - COACH'S DECISION                               
D Wade             DNP  - BACK SPASMS, RIB CONTUSIO                      
  
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TOTALS             290 36-91 31-47 12-49  23  23  112
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Percentages: FG-.396, FT-.660. 3-Point Goals:
9-21, .429 (E Jones 4-6, D Jones 1-11, R 
Butler 4-4). Team Rebounds: 9. Blocked Shots:
 0.  Turnovers:9 (S O'Neal 4, D Jones 2, E 
Jones, U Haslem, S Anderson). Steals: 5 (E 
Jones 2, C Laettner 2, S Anderson).


LA CLIPPERS (114)

                          fg    ft    rb             
                   min   m-a   m-a   o-t   a  pf   tp
B Simmons           46  8-14   0-0  1-13   8   2   16
E Brand             53 10-18  9-11  4-13   4   5   29
C Kaman             27   4-8   1-2  1-10   1   6    9
C Maggette          41  8-22 11-13  1-10   5   4   28
R Brunson           24   3-5   0-0   0-1   2   1    6
Z Rebraca           15   1-1   0-0   1-2   0   6    2
K Kittles           28   3-7   1-2   0-6   1   3    8
D Martin            33  5-12   0-0   0-0   7   2   12
M Moore              9   1-3   0-0   0-2   1   1    2
Q Ross               6   1-1   0-0   0-1   0   0    2
M N'diaye            8   0-1   0-0   0-1   0   3    0
L Chalmers         DNP  - COACH'S DECISION                               
  
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TOTALS             290 44-92 22-28  8-59  29  33  114
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Percentages: FG-.478, FT-.786. 3-Point Goals:
4-8, .500 (C Maggette 1-2, K Kittles 1-2, D 
Martin 2-4). Team Rebounds: 8. Blocked 
Shots:6 (E Brand 2, M N'diaye 2, Z Rebraca, C
Kaman). Turnovers:12 (E Brand 3, R Brunson 2,
C Maggette 2, C Kaman 2, B Simmons 2, K 
Kittles). Steals: 6 (B Simmons 3, K Kittles, 
Z Rebraca, C Kaman).

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MIAMI                 31  17  27  21  10   6  -  112
LA CLIPPERS           21  32  21  22  10   8  -  114
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Technical fouls: La Clippers - 1 (Defensive 
Three, 6:10 1st).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 20,043. T: 3:04. 
Officials: Ed Malloy, Greg Willard, Sean 
Corbin.

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MIAMI (112) AT LA CLIPPERS (114)

MIAMI

                                               REBOUNDS                        
PLAYER           POS  MIN  FGM-FGA  FTM-FTA  OFF-DEF-TOT  AST  PF  ST  TO  PTS
======           ===  ===  =======  =======  ===========  ===  ==  ==  ==  ===
 
S ANDERSON        F    23    2-7      0-0      2   0   2    1   4   1   1    4
U HASLEM          F    48    4-11     8-8      2   8  10    0   3   0   1   16
S O'NEAL          C    51   12-25    15-28     5   5  10    5   4   0   4   39
E JONES           G    50    5-12     4-5      1  10  11    6   5   2   1   18
D JONES           G    46    4-14     0-0      0   4   4    7   0   0   2    9
R BUTLER               39    7-14     0-0      2   3   5    2   3   0   0   18
M DOLEAC                8    0-1      0-0      0   3   3    0   0   0   0    0
K DOOLING              11    1-2      2-4      0   1   1    2   2   0   0    4
W PERSON                5    1-3      0-0      0   1   1    0   0   0   0    2
C LAETTNER              9    0-2      2-2      0   2   2    0   2   2   0    2
WANG                  DNP  - COACH'S DECISION                                         
D WADE                DNP  - BACK SPASMS, RIB CONTUSIO                                
  
TOTALS                290   36-91    31-47    12  37  49   23  23   5   9  112
                            (.396)  (.660)  TEAM REBS:  9 TOTAL TO: 10 (8 PTS)     

LA CLIPPERS

                                               REBOUNDS                         
PLAYER           POS  MIN  FGM-FGA  FTM-FTA  OFF-DEF-TOT  AST  PF  ST  TO  PTS
======           ===  ===  =======  =======  ===========  ===  ==  ==  ==  ===
 
B SIMMONS         F    46    8-14     0-0      1  12  13    8   2   3   2   16
E BRAND           F    53   10-18     9-11     4   9  13    4   5   0   3   29
C KAMAN           C    27    4-8      1-2      1   9  10    1   6   1   2    9
C MAGGETTE        G    41    8-22    11-13     1   9  10    5   4   0   2   28
R BRUNSON         G    24    3-5      0-0      0   1   1    2   1   0   2    6
Z REBRACA              15    1-1      0-0      1   1   2    0   6   1   0    2
K KITTLES              28    3-7      1-2      0   6   6    1   3   1   1    8
D MARTIN               33    5-12     0-0      0   0   0    7   2   0   0   12
M MOORE                 9    1-3      0-0      0   2   2    1   1   0   0    2
Q ROSS                  6    1-1      0-0      0   1   1    0   0   0   0    2
M N'DIAYE               8    0-1      0-0      0   1   1    0   3   0   0    0
L CHALMERS            DNP  - COACH'S DECISION                                         
  
TOTALS                290   44-92    22-28     8  51  59   29  33   6  12  114
                            (.478)  (.786)  TEAM REBS:  8 TOTAL TO: 12 (15 PTS)    
  
   MIAMI              31   17   27   21   10    6   -   112
   LA CLIPPERS        21   32   21   22   10    8   -   114
  
BLOCKED SHOTS: MIAMI  - NONE, LA CLIPPERS - E BRAND 2, M N'DIAYE 2,
Z REBRACA, C KAMAN.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: MIAMI 9-21 (.429), E JONES 4-6, D JONES 1-11, R BUTLER 4-
4. LA CLIPPERS 4-8 (.500), C MAGGETTE 1-2, K KITTLES 1-2, D MARTIN 2-
4.
TECHNICAL FOULS: LA CLIPPERS - DEFENSIVE THREE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: ED MALLOY, GREG WILLARD, SEAN CORBIN.
A - 20,043. T - 3:04.

Game Story

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Corey Maggette did it early and then 
did it late to send the Miami Heat home on a losing note.

Maggette finished an impressive set of overtime periods with a
difficult fallaway jumper in the final second as the Clippers
posted a 114-112 double-overtime victory over the Heat.

Maggette scored 10 points in the first quarter but seemed to
disappear thereafter.  When the teams went into overtime, he
woke up.  Maggette scored seven points in the first extra
session and nailed the door shut with a pair of impressive
scores in the second OT.

After Damon Jones hit a running jumper to give Miami a 112-110
lead with 32 seconds left, Maggette responded six seconds later
with a strong drive past Shaquille O'Neal for a game-tying layup
with 26 seconds to play.

Playing their second straight game without floor leader Dwyane
Wade, who sat with a fever and migraine headache, the Heat
failed miserably on their next possession and turned it over on
a shot-clock violation.

Maggette took the ensuing inbounds pass, and with swingman
Shandon Anderson in his face, drained a tough 22-footer from the
right side.  The Heat never got off a tying shot.

"Thank god it went in," Maggette said of his game-winner. "Kerry
Kittles made a great pass and I turned around and had a look at
it and it went in.  This was great for our team.  What we did
today was a great team effort.  Everyone came in and did some
great things."

Maggette scored 28 points and Elton Brand had 29 and 13 rebounds
for the Clippers, who overcame an early 16-point deficit.

"First of all, we have to credit coach (Mike) Dunleavy in
practice," Maggette said. "We've really been going over running
plays of guys running off the baseline and coming off a curl for
last-second shots at winning a game.  It came down to it and I
made it."

O'Neal scored 39 points to finish a strong road trip and forced
the second overtime with a follow shot with two seconds left.
He was a season-high 15-of-28 from the line - better than his 47
percent season mark - but missed five late in regulation and in
the overtimes.

"It was a well played game," O'Neal said. "Lucky shot by Corey."

O'Neal, who averaged 31.0 points and 10.8 rebounds on the road
trip, was 4-of-9 from the line after the third quarter, with
many of the attempts in tight situations.  Los Angeles fouled
out two centers and had little-used Mamadou N'diaye guarding
O'Neal late.

"I knew coach would," O'Neal said of coach Stan Van Gundy's
desire to go inside repeatedly with O'Neal. "I was just a little
upset with myself.  I couldn't put two (free throws) together.
I only hit one but the second one was right there just a little
off the mark.

"I should have had 50 tonight," O'Neal said. "I really should
have.  We had a lead and then our second team came in and the
Clippers got hot.  This is a game we could have won.  Damon
(Jones) was off a little bit and I was off on the free throw
line a little bit.  It's just probably the woes of a long road
trip."

The Heat fell to 3-1 in overtime games and 2-3 on their trip.
They had won 15 of 16 before the swing began.

"We were 2-3 on this five-game road trip which is really not
acceptable for a team like this," O'Neal added. "We let two slip
away, maybe three.  We get two or three days off going home and
we just need to pick it back up."

The Clippers have won two games in as many nights against the
Seattle SuperSonics and Miami, two teams with a combined mark of
54-20.

"Top two or three teams in the NBA," Brand said. "Granted (the
Heat) were missing a player or two but so were we.  We took it
to overtime and took it to them.  We were leading most of the
overtimes and could have put it away by just recovering the
rebound Shaq got and put it back."

"It was an incredible win for us from the standpoint of how hard
our guys played," Dunleavy said. "It was a see-saw battle, and
there were plenty of opportunities to give it up.  Everyone came
in and contributed and did a great job for us."