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Vince Carter Highlight vs Clippers Dunk Buzzer Beater 99/00
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After allowing Shaquille O'Neal to walk
all over them two nights ago, the league-worst Los Angeles
Clippers were burned at the buzzer by the league's most visible
new star -- Vince Carter.
Carter appeared to cost his team the game with a costly foul but
redeemed himself in heroic fashion, burying a 31-footer as time
expired to lift the Toronto Raptors to their franchise-record
seventh straight win, 95-94 over the hard-luck Clippers.
"It's a good feeling," Carter said. "The most important thing
is that we carried on our winning streak and that we executed
when it counted. It was good to pull out a victory like that
for the team."
For most of the game, Carter looked like the goat. He managed
just nine points on 3-of-11 shooting over the first three
quarters and was clearly out of sync with his teammates as the
Raptors fell behind 75-69 entering the final period.
Los Angeles, which allowed Lakers center O'Neal to score an NBA
season-high 61 points on Monday, appeared to have the Raptors'
superstar shut down.
But the All-Star forward turned it on, scoring 14 of his 23
points down the stretch as Toronto erased a 14-point
fourth-quarter deficit. The Raptors drew even at 92-92 on
Carter's jumper with 51 seconds left.
"I just wanted to continue to play," Carter said. "I played
hard defense to make up for my poor offense. But my team
believed in me and gave me the ball."
The reigning Rookie of the Year, who beat Boston with a
3-pointer at the buzzer eight days ago at the FleetCenter,
fouled Clippers rookie Lamar Odom on the perimeter with 1.5
seconds remaining and Odom made both free throws.
Carter was visibly upset at himself during the Raptors' ensuing
timeout but showed the poise of a veteran by grabbing Tracy
McGrady's inbounds pass, turning and firing a shot that swished
through, stunning the 18,176 fans in attendance at the Staples
Center. Clippers forward Tyrone Nesby inexplicably backed off
Carter.
"We called Vince's number in the huddle, so when we came out on
the court, he did exactly what we asked him to do," Toronto
coach Butch Carter said.
"I just turned around and was surprised I was so open," Vince
Carter said. "I don't worry about it when I'm struggling, just
keep playing, keep playing. Just do the little things."
Doug Christie scored 18 points and McGrady added 15 for Toronto,
which won six in a row from March 26-April 4, 1999. The Raptors
also have reeled off five straight road wins and improved to 4-0
on their five-game Western swing.
"It was one of those nights where everyone didn't come out to
play," McGrady said. "But we fought our way back in the game
and got the win."
Nesby and Derek Anderson scored 21 points each for the Clippers,
who have dropped 17 of their last 18 games and fell to a dismal
9-20 at home this season.
"Everybody played hard, that's why this loss hurts more than
anything," Nesby said.
Maurice Taylor scored 20 points and Odom added 16, 11 rebounds
and eight assists for Los Angeles, which shot 45 percent
(33-of-74), held a 38-36 advantage on the boards and forced 15
turnovers. The Clippers surrendered 22 points off turnovers.
"We played a great game, probably one of the best games I can
recall," Todd said.
Antonio Davis had 13 points and 11 rebounds and Kevin Willis
added 13 points for the Raptors, who shot 46 percent (36-of-78).
Carter showed signs of coming out of his three-quarter funk when
he hit a 26-footer to pull Toronto within 77-72 with 11:21 to
play. But Eric Piatkowski hit an 11-footer and two free throws,
Odom made a driving layup and Anderson hit a 3-pointer to
stretch margin to 86-72 with nine minutes left.
The Raptors came roaring back as McGrady dunked, Carter made a
jumper and Davis hit a free throw to cut the lead to nine. Nesby
and Carter exhanged baskets and Anderson made two free throws to
give Los Angeles a 90-79 lead with 4:54 left.
Dee Brown drained a 3-pointer before Carter dug into his arsenal
of highlight reel dunks, catching an alley-oop feed from Brown
behind his right shoulder and slamming it home to shave the
deficit to 90-84 with 3:29 remaining.
"You don't want to be down like that, but we kept our composure
and we started making good shots," McGrady said.
Willis made two free throws and a short jumper and Charles
Oakley pulled Toronto even at 90-90 on a 22-footer from the left
side with 1:16 left. Olowakandi put Los Angeles back in front
with a seven-foot hook, but Carter sank a 19-footer with 51
seconds remaining to set up the wild finish.
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