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| December 6, 2001 | Thursday | Ramazan 20, 1422 |
Chicago Bulls outclass Houston Rockets
CHICAGO, Dec 5: Ron Mercer scored 22 points and Marcus Fizer added 17 as the Chicago Bulls crushed the Houston Rockets 103-75 on Tuesday.
Mercer shot 11-of-22 from the field in 37 minutes while Fizer made 8-of-13 shots to help the Bulls improve to 3-4 at the United Center this season. Chicago is 3-13 overall.
Moochie Norris scored 12 points for the Rockets who have lost a season-high seven straight games.
In Cleveland, Andre Miller had a career-high 34 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds as the Cavaliers celebrated the return of Zydrunas Ilgauskas with a 100-88 victory over the Detroit Pistons.
Ilgauskas, known as “Z”, was playing for the first time since he suffered the latest in a series of foot injuries last December. The talented center has undergone five foot operations since 1995, including two on his left foot.
Ilgauskas did not start, coming off the bench to a warm ovation with 1:53 left in the first quarter. He scored 11 points without a rebound in 16 minutes, commanding double-teams and making 4-of-6 shots from the floor.
Miller had two baskets and set up two others as part of a clinching 11-2 surge.
In Indianapolis, Jermaine O’Neal and Jalen Rose each had double-doubles as the Indiana Pacers defeated the Denver Nuggets for the second time in a week, 104-96.
O’Neal had 23 points and 11 rebounds. He added four blocks and reached double digits in rebounds for the seventh straight game. Rose had 25 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for the Pacers.
Al Harrington had 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting and had six rebounds for Indiana.
Denver was paced by Nick Van Exel’s 30 points and 10 assists.
In Milwaukee, Latrell Sprewell scored 28 points and Allan Houston added 22 as the New York Knicks beat the struggling Bucks 85-71.
Ray Allen scored just 10 points on 4-of-20 shooting and Sam Cassell made only 4-of-16 shots for 12 points. The Bucks shot just 31 percent (26-of-84) and have lost five in a row for the first time since February 17-25, 2000.
Sprewell made 12-of-24 shots and scored at least 23 points for the fifth consecutive game.
Glenn Robinson had 24 points and seven rebounds for the Bucks.
Tuesday’s results (home team in CAPS):
CLEVELAND 100 Detroit 88
INDIANA 104 Denver 96
New York 85 MILWAUKEE 71
MINNESOTA 108 Seattle 83
SACRAMENTO 94 Philadelphia 84
CHICAGO 103 Houston 75
SAN ANTONIO 103 Washington 88
UTAH 104 Charlotte 100
LA CLIPPERS 87 Miami 83
NHL
WASHINGTON: Peter Bondra scored two goals, including the 400th of his career, as the Washington Capitals extended their winning streak to three games with a 5-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Tuesday.
Bondra’s milestone goal was a controversial one and gave Washington a 3-1 lead with 6:45 to go in the second period.
With the Capitals on the powerplay, he sent a wrist shot from the right faceoff circle past goaltender Mike Richter just as the net came off its moorings.
Video replay official John Robinson ruled that New York’s Andreas Johansson pushed Washington captain Adam Oates into Rangers defenseman Dave Karpa, who moved the net moments after the puck crossed the goalline.
Bondra struck again 2:45 later. Andrei Nikolishin faked a shot at the left point before sending a pass to Bondra at the right side of the net and he tapped it behind Richter for his 19th goal of the season.
In New York, Keith Primeau scored a powerplay goal with 7:39 left in the game to help the Philadelphia Flyers defeat the Islanders 3-2 on Tuesday.
Tuesday’s results (home team in CAPS):
Buffalo 4 CAROLINA 2
Philadelphia 3 NY ISLANDERS 2
Boston 3 ATLANTA 2
NEW JERSEY 1 Tampa Bay 1 (OT)
Pittsburgh 1 TORONTO 0
WASHINGTON 5 NY Rangers 2
SAN JOSE 2 Calgary 2 (OT).—Reuters
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