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Anthony's Dagger Puts Mavs on the Brink of Elimination
Published on May 09, 2009 at 10:54PM
Updated on May 10, 2009 at 04:57AM
DALLAS (AP)—Chauncey Billups had 23 of his 32 points in the second half and Carmelo Anthony had a game-winning 3-pointer in the closing seconds to help the Denver Nuggets best the Dallas Mavericks, 106-105 Saturday at American Airlines Arena in Game 3 of their series. Although Dallas played their best game of the series thus far and shut down many of Denver’s weapons, Anthony made arguably the biggest shot of his career to put the Mavericks on the brink of elimination. After Jason Terry’s 3-pointer gave the Mavs a 105-103 lead with less than 10 seconds left, the Nuggets refused to panic as they came up with huge defensive stops and pulled out the win. Anthony made his clutch, yet controversial, shot with one second left after Antoine Wright attempted to intentionally foul him. Despite Wright’s efforts, the refs didn’t halt play and the shot left the Nuggets one game from advancing to the Western Conference Finals. Dirk Nowitzki had 33 points in defeat for the Mavericks. In other NBA playoff action, Cleveland pummeled Atlanta, 97-82 to take a 3-0 lead in their series. Click here for game summary
Anteaters Clip Trojans for National Title
Published on May 09, 2009 at 10:31PM
PROVO, Utah (AP)—Jordan DuFault posted 14 kills, including the clincher in the fifth set as the UC-Irvine Anteaters won a mens’ volleyball national championship for the second time in three years with a 3-2 win over USC Saturday at Brigham Young University. Taylor Wilson chipped in with 21 saves for the Anteaters, while Ryan Ammerman had 55 assists. Murphy Troy had 26 kills for the Trojans, who made their first national championship appearance since 1991.