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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Vince Carter and Jalen Rose matched each
other shot for shot through regulation and overtime.
The difference in the outcome was that Carter had some help.
|  | | Vince Carter puts up a shot over the Pacers' Jalen Rose on his way to a 45-point night. |
Carter scored 45 points Wednesday night, hitting one turnaround
jumper after another, as the Toronto Raptors beat the Indiana
Pacers 99-98 in overtime.
It was an ex-Pacer who scored the game-winner as Antonio Davis
made the second of two free throws with 1.8 seconds left.
Rose scored a career-high 42 points for the Pacers, including
the first four in overtime to give them a 96-92 lead. Carter scored
the next four, as seemed to be the routine throughout the game,
before Rose tied it at 98-98.
"There were six or seven times I was right in (Rose's) face,
and he kept hitting them. Normally, somebody would miss that, and
he was hitting. And likewise with me," Carter said.
Carter carried the Raptors through the first three quarters
before getting some help in the fourth from Alvin Williams.
Williams scored 11 of his 15 points in the fourth, including a
layup that put them ahead 90-89 with 37.9 seconds left. He followed
that with two free throws for a 92-89 edge.
"I look at him as he's going for the Raptors, not as going
against anyone. We run some things for him. We know he's going to
make shots. All of a sudden at the end there, he got himself
charged up. He's a big-time player," said Toronto coach Lenny
Wilkens.
Corliss Williamson scored 16 points and Davis had a career-high
19 rebounds to go with 10 points. Davis said he didn't feel any
pressure on his game-winning free-throws -- until he missed the
first one.
"First I'm thinking, 'make both of them.' If I'm making both, we
have a great chance of winning. Then I was just really hoping the
second one would go in," he said.
Rose, who was 17-for-29 from the floor, was fouled by Williamson
as he made a layup with 11.4 seconds left in regulation. He made
the free throw, tying the score at 92-92.
Carter then got the ball at midcourt and drove to the basket,
but his layup attempt was rejected by Jermaine O'Neal.
Rose said the loss negated his big performance.
"I was just trying to be more aggressive. If we win, it's
something I celebrate. I could go home and hang from the
chandelier, but we didn't win the game," he said.
Tempers appeared to be short at the outset as Toronto's Charles
Oakley and Williamson and Indiana's O'Neal and Reggie Miller were
all hit with technicals only seven minutes into the game.
Miller was sent to the bench with 3:48 left in the first after
picking up two personal fouls and a technical. He didn't return
until there was just under six minutes left in the first half.
He finished with 10 points on only nine shots.
"We were trying to get him in the game. We just never could get
him the ball when he had situations where he could shoot. We're not
going to win a lot of games with Reggie taking eight or nine shots.
That's not good," said Pacers coach Isiah Thomas.
Without Miller, Rose carried the Pacers. He shot 10-for-12, and
finished the half with 25 points -- one more than Carter's total.
Miller's lack of production was one reason why the Pacers went
from shooting 63 percent from the floor in the first half to 34
percent in the second.
Travis Best did have a double-double with 10 points and 10
assists, but shot 4-of-18 from the floor.
The Pacers snapped a 31-31 tie with a 15-6 run and led 55-50 at
the half.
Game notes
Toronto's Dell Curry left after spraining his right ankle
landing awkwardly on a second quarter jump shot. He did not return.
... Austin Croshere rolled his left ankle after stepping on O'Neal. He left, but did return. ... The Raptors have a
3-0 series season edge. ... Carter's season high is 48. Rose's
previous best was 37.
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ALSO SEE
NBA Scoreboard
Toronto Clubhouse
Indiana Clubhouse
AthletesDirect: Vince Carter's official Web site
AthletesDirect: Reggie Miller's official Web site
RECAPS
Boston 99
New Jersey 86
Toronto 99
Indiana 98
Charlotte 65
Miami 56
Dallas 106
Portland 101
Utah 91
Philadelphia 89
San Antonio 94
Cleveland 77
Denver 108
Detroit 106
Seattle 89
Sacramento 85
Vancouver 118
Washington 104
LA Clippers 103
Minnesota 96
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ATHLETESDIRECT
Vince Carter Official Site
Mark Jackson Official Site
Lenny Wilkens Official Site
Reggie Miller Official Site
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