NEW ORLEANS - Injuries and illness across New Orleans roster provided Daruis Miller a chance to play extended minutes with his old Kentucky teammate,
Anthony Davis.
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Wednesday nights game against an NBA playoff contender was no different. Davis
had 16 points, 13 rebounds and six blocks while Miller capped a 16-point outing
with a pair of clutch jumpers, and the under-manned Pelicans won their fourth
straight, 98-96 over the Los Angeles Clippers. "I just knew I had an
opportunity. I wanted to come out and play aggressively," said Miller, whose
nearly 29 minutes of action were more than double his season average of 11.8. "I
just so happened to have a good game. I think everybody did, though. Everybody
stepped up and thats the reason why we won." Millers 3 made it 95-90, and his
16-foot jumper coming off a screen to the left of the foul line gave the
Pelicans a 97-92 lead with 47 seconds left. Anthony Morrow, also playing
extended minutes, scored 27 points, while reserve centre Alexis Ajinca added 14
points and 11 rebounds. "We beat a team thats got a chance to win a title,"
Pelicans coach Monty Williams said. "I cant say enough about our group. It felt
like a playoff game in there tonight." Jamal Crawford scored 31 for the
Clippers, but narrowly missed a couple late 3-point attempts, including one as
time expired that could have won it. "We didnt execute the play," Clippers coach
Doc Rivers said of the final seconds. "But the game didnt come down to the final
play. I really thought (New Orleans) deserved to win. "If we had won, I would
have taken it, but sometimes the basketball gods punish you for messing around
and I though thats what we did." Former New Orleans star Chris Paul had 12
assists, but set a Clippers record for shooting futility by missing all 12 of
his attempts from the field. His only points came on two foul shots. "If I go 0
for 15 or 0 for 20 and we win, I could care less," said Paul, whose team had won
nine of its previous 10 games to get within striking distance of the second
playoff seed in the Western Conference. "Its more than this game. Its about
playing the right way going into the playoffs." Blake Griffin had 21 points,
including a late off-balance floater as he was fouled with 10.5 seconds left.
But he missed the following free throw that could have tied it. Davis rebounded
the miss, but clanked a free throw on the other end, giving Los Angeles one more
chance to tie or win. Davis scored 10 of his points in the second half,
including a two-handed dunk in which he sprung toward the hoop from right side
of the lane too quickly for DeAndre Jordan to respond. Davis also took on
Griffin with confidence, rising over him to score on one end and alter his shots
on the other. "AD wanted to prove that he and Blake are on the same level,"
Williams said. Jordan had 11 points, 16 rebounds and four blocks, but lamented,
"We didnt play defence in the first half. We gave them a lot of confidence and
when that happens its hard to turn guys off." Pelicans guard Eric Gordon missed
his third straight game with left knee tendinitis, while point guards
Brian Roberts (bruised left knee) and Austin Rivers (upper respiratory
infection) were also out. That forced Williams to start shooting guard
Tyreke Evans at point guard, with Miller, normally a small forward, also playing
some minutes at guard. Evans finished with 10 points and nine assists. "Its like
MASH unit," Williams said. "Were sitting there looking at the guys go through
warm-ups this morning and it didnt look good. So we brought the guys together
and just talked to them about, Just compete at a high level." New Orleans
managed to keep pace with Los Angeles in part because Paul kept missing and
didnt score until hitting two free throws with 2:52 left in the third quarter.
"Chris started pressing a little bit," Rivers said. "He was trying to get going,
which you want him to do. Just keep doing it in the realm of the offence."
Notes: The Clippers went 13 of 30 from 3-point range. They won the previous 33
games in which theyd made at least nine 3s. ... The Pelicans victory was their
first over the Clippers in four games this season. They wont meet again. ... New
Orleans reached 10 blocks in a game for the 10th time this season, most in the
NBA.
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officer, which may make him a candidate to succeed Bud Selig as
commissioner.Marcus Stroman tries to win his fourth consecutive decision today
when the Toronto Blue Jays close out a three-game series with the Minnesota
Twins at Rogers Centre. Stroman, the Jays first round pick in 2012, is also
trying to become Torontos first rookie to win his first three starts since Mauro
Gozzo in 1989. He was terrific on Friday versus St. Louis, as he gave up a run
and seven hits in six innings to run his record to 4-0, while, lowering his ERA
to 5.40. Hes won both of his starts and has surrendered just two runs in 12
outings of those contests. "Its been special," said Stroman. "Its just awesome
to put my team in a position to win the two times I have been out there."
Minnesota will have an equally impressive right-hander on the hill in
Phil Hughes, who lost for the first time in nine starts his last time out.
Hughes was defeated by Houston on Friday, as he yielded five runs and six hits
in six innings, dropping him to 6-2 on the year to go along with a 3.46 ERA. "I
just wasnt making adjustments the way I have before," Hughes . "I didnt
recognize it early enough to make some better pitches with the two-seamer or the
cutter. I tried to generate some extra velocity and came out of my mechanics a
little bit and just left some balls over the plate." Hughes may continue to
struggle on Wednesday, as he is a mere 1--4 with a 7.
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border. Torontos high-powered offense was blanked for the third time in four
games on Tuesday, as Kevin Correia spun six-plus strong innings in Minnesotas
4-0 win. Correia (3-7) gave up six hits and a walk with one strikeout, while
Brian Duensing, Jared Burton and Glen Perkins each tossed a scoreless frame to
polish off the shutout for the Twins, who won for only the second time in six
tries. "I think once he got going he got his confidence," Twins manager Ron
Gardenhire said of Correia. "Great performance by him." Brian Dozier hit a
two-run home run while Danny Santana had two hits, drove in one and scored once
in the win. J.A. Happ (5-3) was tagged for four runs -- three earned -- on six
hits in just 3 2/3 innings for the Blue Jays, who have lost three of their last
four. "I felt like I was locating for the most part. It doesnt really matter ...
all that matters is the results," Happ said. The Blue Jays, who had been shut
out only once before this stretch, is hitting just .186 over its last four
games. "You never see that coming," manager John Gibbons said. "Naturally, as
hot as we were, you figure youre going to cool off a little bit." Minnesota won
two of three when these teams squared off in April.
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