DALLAS -- Vince Carter knew right away the exact date of the last time he had a buzzer-beating try in a playoff game -- 13 years ago.
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he missed that one. He was on target Saturday. Carter hit a double-pump
3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Dallas Mavericks a 109-108 victory in Game 3
and a first-round series lead over the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs. With 1.7
seconds left, Carter took an inbound pass from Jose Calderon in the left corner.
After a quick pump fake got Manu Ginobili in the air -- moments after the
Argentine guard had given the Spurs the lead -- Carter released the ball just in
time. He strutted stone-faced toward Dirk Nowitzki, who was waving his arms
wildly as he jumped on Carter. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban joined the celebration
on the court before the automatic review confirmed the obvious: The shot was
good. And its one Carter said he practiced. "May 20th, Game 7," said Carter,
referring to an 88-87 loss to Philadelphia in the 2001 Eastern Conference finals
when he was he was the dunking sensation known as "Vinsanity" with Toronto.
Carter had graduated from North Carolina earlier that day before flying on a
private plane to Philadelphia. "I dont mind taking the game-winning shot," said
Carter, who otherwise had a rough day before finishing with 11 points. "I dont
mind missing them, and dealing with it. So I think having that mentality helps
me." Monta Ellis kept the eighth-seeded Mavericks close in the fourth quarter
and finished with 29 points. Tim Duncan led the Spurs with 22 points. Game 4 is
Monday night in Dallas. Ginobili, who scored 12 points, dribbled out most of the
last 24 seconds before going around Duncan and scoring over Samuel Dalembert for
a 108-106 lead. His go-ahead shot spun around the rim and almost came out before
falling in. "You never think its over, especially in here," Ginobili said. "Weve
got experience on that. As long as you dont see zero zero over there, its not
over." The Mavericks kept the home-court advantage they earned by taking Game 2
in San Antonio to snap a 10-game losing streak against the Spurs. And Dallas won
despite the Spurs holding Nowitzki under 20 points in a third straight playoff
game for the first time since they did it to him in his first post-season in
2001. The big German finished with 18. Dallas still had a chance in the closing
seconds because of Ellis, who had a playoff career high that included 12
fourth-quarter points. He tied the score twice in the final 1:10, first with a
three-point play on a floater after he was fouled by Boris Diaw. After Diaw put
the Spurs back in front with a baseline jumper, Ellis hit another high floater
in the lane with 24.9 seconds left, setting up Ginobilis dramatic shot.
Tony Parker had 19 points, but just two after halftime for the Spurs.
Tiago Splitter had 14 points and 13 rebounds and Kawhi Leonard awoke from a
series-long slumber with 17 points, including a big 3-pointer in the fourth
quarter. "In the second half, I didnt play," Parker said. "They were doing the
same thing." Dalembert did most of his damage in the first half but still made
his presence felt after halftime, finished 13 points, 10 rebounds and four
blocks and making two free throws for a 104-all tie after rebounding a Nowitzki
miss. The 32-year-old journeyman centre dove for a loose ball to get the crowd
on its feet, and then knocked Leonard to the floor when the San Antonio forward
was driving for a dunk. After the play, he shook his head as if to say "dont
bring that in here." Referees originally called Dalembert for a flagrant foul,
but reversed it on replay. Leonard missed both free throws. "When his activity
is like this, hes rebounding it and hes got a presence at the rim it makes such
a big difference for us," Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. Calderon had 16
points, including 10 during a fast Dallas start in the first quarter. He also
had nine assists. NOTES: Marion went to Chicago immediately after Dallas Game 2
win in San Antonio for the birth of his first child, a boy. He celebrated a
little early with 20 points against the Spurs, the most for him in the playoffs
since the 2011 NBA Finals. ... Splitters double-double was the first of his
playoff career.
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lease at the Coliseum.TORONTO – Heres what we know after watching R.A. Dickey
for a season and a half in a Blue Jays uniform: we dont know. Who knows what to
expect from a pitch, the knuckleball, that in one moment confounds a hitter and
in the next is traveling, with plenty of spin, more than 400 feet in the
opposite direction? Who knows how to manage a knuckleball pitcher? When is the
right time to remove him from the game? These guys dont tire as quickly because
they dont strain their arms and you cant predict when the pitch is going to
flatten out just that once, which could be the difference in the game. All of
the above came in to play in Friday nights 5-4 loss to the White Sox, a game in
which Dickey no-hit Chicago for four innings but left without recording an out
in the seventh. By then hed allowed five hits, four of which landed on the other
side of the outfield fence. Actually, three of them did. One of them hit the
foul pole. “One less home run, we win that game,” said Dickey. “Its just a
really bizarre outing to strike out nine guys, get all those swings and misses
on what I felt like was a really good knuckleball tonight.” Then, some home run
talk. “Three of the four home runs were possibly mistakes, two I know,” said
Dickey. “Normally, theyre a foul ball here or a miss hit here, but they just
didnt miss them tonight.” Jose Abreu and Dayan Viciedo hit solo home runs in the
fifth to give the White Sox a 2-0 lead. Those were Chicagos first two hits of
the evening. The Blue Jays bounced back with back-to-back solo home runs in the
sixth, one from Edwin Encarnacion and the other off the bat of Dioner Navarro.
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this season, couldnt give his team the shutdown frame it needed. Abreu clubbed
his second home run of the night to lead off and, after Adam Dunn walked,
Alexei Ramirez clanked a two-run shot off the left field foul pole. The
knuckleballers night, so promising two innings before, was over. In six-plus
innings, Dickey allowed five earned runs on five hits (four home runs) and one
walk. He struck out nine. He was so good and then he wasnt. Theres no
discernible pattern outside of his bloated fifth (9.39) and seventh inning ERAs
and who knows what to make of those? Dickeys ERA in the sixth is 2.38. “I
thought his knuckleball was as good as its been,” said manager John Gibbons.
Then, some home run talk. “Its a pitch that can come and go,” said Gibbons. “I
mean, one inning it can disappear, one hitter it can disappear and all of a
sudden it clicks in. Its tough.” Then, he offered an admission: its hard to
determine what to do with Dickey as a game wears on. “Its a totally different
way to manage a game,” said Gibbons. “But hes here to win games for us and he
needs to stay out there.” Dickeys loss on Friday night dropped his season record
to 6-7. His ERA climbed from 4.04 to 4.24. In 51 appearances with the Blue Jays
in a season and a half, Dickeys allowed 51 home runs. His win-loss record:
20-20. So there is some symmetry amid the unpredictability.
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