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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tyrone Hill got 20 rebounds and some congratulatory words from the team president. He also got away with a foul in the final seconds of the game.
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Hill hit Chris Whitney's arm, knocking the ball away from the Washington Wizards' point guard for a turnover with six seconds
left in the Philadelphia 76ers' 86-82 victory Friday night.
"Tyrone, how many'd you get?" 76ers president Pat Croce said as Hill entered the locker room.
"Twenty," said Hill, which ties his career-high.
"We were counting for you the whole game," said Croce, laughing.
In the Wizards' locker room, Whitney sat with his ankle in ice
and his spirits down. He led the Wizards from a 20-point deficit
with a pair of 3-pointers and was ready to put up another one to
try to tie the game with the score 85-82 -- when Hill hit his arm.
Whitney, who was pumping his fists at midcourt only a few minutes earlier, then committed a foul and sat dejectedly in Row One, Seat 55.
"I got fouled," Whitney said. "I was going to shoot the 3 and make the 3, or get fouled and make the three free throws. But he didn't see it that way."
Reserve Richard Hamilton had 22 points for the Wizards, who had another reason to be concerned about the officiating: They didn't go to the line until midway through the third quarter.
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Tardy Strickland watches game
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He wasn't punctual, but Washington point guard Rod
Strickland attended a game for the first time since his drunken
driving arrest early Sunday morning.
Strickland, who was granted an
excused absence from Wednesday's home game as well as Thursday's
practice, arrived just 35 minutes before tipoff. Strickland hasn't
played since Dec. 27 because of run-ins with management and a
shoulder injury.
Team rules require injured players to show up at least one hour before tipoff. Strickland declined comment as he walked hurriedly past reporters.
-- The Associated Press
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Allen Iverson scored 29 points as Philadelphia extended its road winning streak to 10 games. The 76ers, who haven't lost on the road since a 96-85 defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers on Dec. 5, now start
a five-game homestand, so they won't get a shot at the franchise
record of 11 until a Jan. 23 game at Dallas.
The 76ers were somewhat ragged in victory, but not ragged enough
to lose to the woeful Wizards, who lost their sixth straight and
fell to 4-14 at home.
"We got real tentative," Philadelphia coach Larry Brown said.
"They made shots and we started standing around and ended up
taking jumpers without any chance to get rebounds or get fouled.
Thank God Allen made some plays."
Philadelphia never trailed, but nine first-half turnovers and
questionable shot selection kept the lead in single digits until
Iverson's 3-pointer made it 50-40 early in the third quarter.
The lead was 70-50 before Washington started its comeback. It
was the third straight game in which the Wizards rallied
impressively, but unsuccessfully, from large deficits in the fourth
quarter.
"It feels we save our best for the emergencies," coach Leonard
Hamilton said. "As hard as we have played toward the end of the
games, you like to think that at some point you would come away
with the fruit of your labor."
After leading just 43-38 at halftime, the 76ers came out of the
locker room more disciplined, with crisper passing and better shot
selection, to put together a 27-12 run that took up nearly all of
the third quarter. Highlights included an Aaron McKie-to-Theo
Ratliff alley-oop dunk and a group hustle that created two quick
offensive rebounds and an easy layup for McKie.
The 76ers had no turnovers in the third quarter, while the
Wizards had six and missed nine of their first 14 shots.
In the fourth quarter, Whitney's 3-pointers cut the lead to
79-71 with 6:02 remaining. Hamilton's jump shot made it 80-75, but
Iverson answered with a running, fadeaway 16-footer for the 76ers'
first field goal in three minutes.
The Wizards twice cut the lead to two. Once, they had a
two-point deficit and the ball, but Tyrone Nesby rushed a shot from
the top of the key with 20 seconds left. Hill got the rebound, was
fouled and made a free throw, then made the play to thwart
Whitney's final chance.
Game notes
Wizards center Jahidi White, playing for the first time since spraining his knee on Dec. 22, entered the
game in the fourth quarter and scored two points. ... Philadelphia's Toni Kukoc, listed as questionable after tearing a tendon in his right middle finger Wednesday against Portland, played 19 minutes and scored four points.
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