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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Worn out, David Wesley wound up a winner.
|  | | David Wesley played 55 minutes on Tuesday night and scored 28 points on 9-for-19 shooting. |
Wesley scored 28 points and the Charlotte Hornets won the first
triple-overtime game in their history, beating the Chicago Bulls
102-95 Tuesday night.
The Hornets rallied from a 19-point deficit in the third quarter
to win their 12th consecutive home game.
Wesley, who played 55 minutes, made an 18-foot jumper that gave
the Hornets a 100-95 lead with 16.8 seconds to play.
"That was just a sigh of relief," Wesley said. "With all the
emotions I'm sure the fans went through, we were going through
likewise."
Elden Campbell, who sat out the entire fourth quarter and the
first overtime, scored seven of his 18 points in the third overtime
for Charlotte. His free throw with 1:54 left tied it at 95 and
started a game-ending 8-0 run for the Hornets.
Elton Brand had 30 points and 12 rebounds for the Bulls. Ron
Mercer added 27 points while playing an NBA season-high 58 minutes.
"I just feel like kicking the ball into the stands after this
game," said Brand, whose missed a one-hander in the lane with 4.1
seconds left in regulation. "We had this game. We knew they were
going to make a run, but we weren't prepared for it."
The Hornets led 83-80 in the first overtime on Wesley's jumper
from the top of the key with 29.1 seconds left, but Fred Hoiberg
answered with a driving layup.
After Wesley made one of two free throws with 17.1 seconds
remaining, Brand hit a turnaround jumper from the left baseline to
tie it at 84 with 8.3 seconds to play.
The Hornets rallied from a 90-86 deficit in the second overtime
with baskets from Campbell and Baron Davis. Mercer scored all six
of Chicago's points in the period.
The Bulls jumped to a double-digit lead in the first quarter and
held it until the fourth. Charlotte rallied with baskets from Lee
Nailon and Jamaal Magloire that cut their deficit to 65-56 with
9:13 left in regulation.
The lead dwindled to 68-64 on Magloire's dunk with 4:03 to play.
After Mercer hit a jumper to make it 74-68 with 1:47 to play, the
Hornets ran off six straight points, tying the game on P.J. Brown's
two free throws with 28.1 seconds left.
"We just had to give ourselves a gut-check. We knew in the
third quarter that we were going to come back and win this game. We
had the desire, and we were hungry," Magloire said.
The Bulls missed a chance to win when Mercer misfired on a 3 in
the second overtime.
"We gave ourselves several chances to win and couldn't pull it
off," Mercer said. "Things just broke down in the fourth quarter,
but our effort was there all night."
Game notes
Charlotte's leading scorer, Jamal Mashburn ,missed his third
straight game with a bone bruise to his left knee. He is expected
play Thursday against Portland. ... Hornets guard Eldridge Recasner
did not play because of a lower back strain. ... Back spasms
sidelined Bulls rookie power forward Marcus Fizer.
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RECAPS
Charlotte 102
Chicago 95
Houston 110
Toronto 91
Seattle 95
Atlanta 86
Philadelphia 104
New Jersey 87
Milwaukee 99
Washington 95
San Antonio 112
Orlando 95
Utah 103
Indiana 99
Denver 112
Vancouver 105
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