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Matthews had 26 points, including a key 3-pointer in overtime, and Portland
withstood the tenacious Bucks 120-115 on Tuesday night. "We put ourselves
there," Matthews said about the threat from Milwaukee. "But we got ourselves
out." Robin Lopez added 15 points and 14 rebounds for the Blazers, who had been
in a funk with losses in five of their last six games. Portland (44-24) has also
struggled with the absence of injured forward LaMarcus Aldridge. The Blazers
pulled it out with a surge in overtime. The teams 22 points in the extra period
was a franchise record. Brandon Knight had 24 points and Ramon Sessions added a
season-high 23 for Milwaukee, which lost its fifth straight. The Bucks (13-55)
are just 2-24 against the Western Conference. Despite the worst record in the
NBA, the Bucks gave the Blazers trouble for most of the game. There were 23 lead
changes in regulation, and neither team was able to pull ahead by double digits.
"We could have come and laid down -- our record is our record -- but we kept
fighting and well continue to fight and try to grow as a team," Sessions said.
Sessions, acquired by the Bucks at the trade deadline, had a chance to win it
with a jumper at the buzzer, but he was off and the game went to overtime tied
at 98. Portland scored the first two baskets in the extra period, but
Khris Middleton hit a 3-pointer and ZaZa Pachulia made a layup to give the Bucks
a 103-102 lead. Matthews basket and layup put Portland back in front before
Lillard dunked and hit a long jumper to make it 109-103. Middletons pull-up
jumper closed the gap for the Bucks, until Mathews 3 made it 112-105. Middleton
added another jumper with just over a minute to go but Milwaukee couldnt catch
up. "Since the trade deadline theyve been a pretty good offensive team,"
Matthews said, "but that doesnt excuse us. Weve got to come out with more
urgency." Mo Williams had a season-high 23 points off the bench for Portland and
Lillard, who got off to a slow start, had 20 points -- 15 of which came in the
fourth quarter and overtime. Lillard said that perhaps the Blazers were
overconfident going into the game because of Milwaukees rough season. "Theres
nothing wrong with going into the game thinking youre going to win," Lillard
said. "But thats an NBA team over there." The Blazers, who sit in fifth in the
Western Conference, were without Aldridge for the third straight game because of
a lower back contusion. He is also likely to miss Thursdays game at home against
Washington. Portland led 52-47 at the half but Milwaukee kept up and narrowed it
to 67-66 on Knights short jumper before going ahead on Giannis Antetokounmps
basket. Sessions short jumper extended the lead. The Blazers led 75-72 going
into the final quarter but Sessions made back-to-back jumpers to give the Bucks
an 84-81 lead with 8:11 left. Matthews answered with a 3-pointer for the
Blazers, before Lopez scored on a layup and a free throw to give Portland an
87-84 advantage. Lillard hit a 3-pointer that gave the Blazers a 96-92 lead with
1:58 left. After free throws from Knight, Ersan Ilyasove made a layup to even
the score at 96 with 48 seconds to go. Lopez appeared to tip in a shot, but the
basket was waived off as boos filled the Moda Center. Sessions missed two of
four free throws before Lillards layup tied it again at 98 with 4.9 seconds on
the clock. "The guys played really hard for four quarters, even in overtime,"
Bucks coach Larry Drew said. "I thought we did some really good things. I told
them after the game I was really proud of their effort." Notes: The Blazers
downed the Bucks 91-82 in Milwaukee on Nov. 20. That snapped a four-game
Milwaukee winning streak in the series. ... Portland coach Terry Stotts was head
coach of the Bucks from 2005-07. ... O.J. Mayo did not play for the fifth
straight game for the Bucks. ... The 22 points in overtime surpassed Portlands
franchise record of 19 reached twice. ... Lillards 18th point in the game was
his 3,000 in 150 career games as a Blazer. ... Nicolas Batum finished with 21
points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists for the Blazers.
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his teammates were dressed and walking to the bus outside New Orleans Arena,
Jermaine ONeal sat in the visitors locker room, still in uniform, with large
packs of ice wrapped around his legs and a slight smile on his face. With the
short-handed Warriors needing help from someone -- anyone -- to stop a
three-game skid, ONeal returned from right knee and groin injuries that had
sidelined him for four games and put up season highs with 18 points and eight
rebounds. It was just enough to help lift Golden State to a 102-101 victory over
the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. "I had a rough six or seven days,
hadnt been able to practice, had a viral infection, the groin injury, the knee
injury, and I just felt like sometimes when your back is against the wall you
just go out there and have fun, enjoy it," the 17-year pro said. "I prayed about
it and just went out there and did what Ive been doing for so many years, just
playing the game." ONeal made his first seven shots and finished 9 of 12 from
the field, including the Warriors final basket on a baseline hook that made it
102-99 with about 2 minutes left. Eric Gordon had a chance to win it for New
Orleans with an open 3-pointer from the left corner in the final seconds, but
the shot rimmed out as the crowd, which was on its feet, started to cheer and
then suddenly groaned. Anthony Davis couldnt quite reach the rebound, and
Stephen Curry, who had left Gordon alone to offer help defence on Jrue Holidays
drive moments earlier, might have been the most relieved player on the court
after watching Holiday instead zip a pass to the corner. "Im sure theyd knock
that shot down nine out of 10 times," Curry said. "Thankfully, this is the only
time he missed it." Pelicans coach Monty Williams expressed considerably less
gratitude. "Eric gets a wide-open look, and it goes down and comes out," he
said. "This game is cruel. Its a cruel game." Klay Thompson scored 22 points and
tied a career high with eight assists for the Warriors, who were without
suspended centre Andrew Bogut, as well as several injured players, including
swing man Andre Iguodala (strained left hamstring) and guard Toney Doouglass
(stress reaction, left tibia).
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State. Harrison Barnes added 14 points. "These games are character builders for
us because were trying to do something special," ONeal said. "Not every game is
going to be easy for us. Were going to have nights like tonight where guys like
myself are going to have to step up." Ryan Anderson had 21 points and 12
rebounds for New Orleans. Davis finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds. New
Orleans appeared to be seizing momentum when Davis dunk on a pick-and-roll feed
from Tyreke Evans tied it at 93. Golden State called a timeout and responded
with ONeals 11-foot turnaround jumper and Thompsons 3. Holiday, who had 17
points, responded with a 3 and the Pelicans eventually pulled to 100-99 when
Davis tipped in an alley-oop pass as he was fouled by Curry. After ONeal scored
the go-ahead basket, Davis once again pulled the Pelicans within a point with
his vigorous, one-handed putback jam of Evans miss. Then each club missed its
final shot, leaving New Orleans just short of overcoming what had been a
15-point deficit in the second quarter. Gordon finished with 16 points for the
Pelicans, who have lost two straight. Jason Smith had 14 points and Evans 12.
"We have a lot of heart," Holiday said. "That hurt, though." After being deemed
fit in pregame warmups, ONeal quickly converted a driving dunk, a layup and a
turnaround jumper from 9 feet. Late in the opening quarter, Curry hit a layup
and a 15-foot jumper in succession, sparking an 11-0 run that Marreese Speights
capped with a tip-in to give Golden State a 28-18 lead at the end of the period.
The advantage grew to 45-30 on Thompsons 3 before New Orleans, which shot below
40 per cent much of the first half, trimmed it to 57-49 at halftime. NOTES:
Golden States Draymond Green had a career-high three blocked shots. ... The
Warriors play the second of their four-game road swing Wednesday night in
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