Blazers eek past Bucks in final second nail biter
08:21 PM PST on Friday, March 7, 2008
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- LaMarcus Aldridge scored 29 points, including a 13-foot jumper with 2.4 seconds remaining, to rally the Portland Trail Blazers to a 103-101 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night.
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Steve Blake had 21 points and Brandon Roy added 20 for Portland, which won after trailing by eight points in the fourth quarter.
Michael Redd led the short-handed Bucks with 25 points and Charlie Villanueva added 16 points.
The Bucks were without starting guard Mo Williams, who missed his second straight game with an abdominal strain, and forward Yi Jianlian, who also missed his second straight game with a sprained ankle. Both players are listed as day-to-day.
With score tied at 101 with 20.1 seconds remaining, Roy held the ball for the last shot. He drove to the hoop and passed to Aldridge, who hit the jumper on the baseline to give Portland the victory.
The Bucks used an 11-2 run to start the fourth quarter to grab an 89-81 lead with 7:30 remaining when Royal Ivey scored on a layin.
Portland fought back to grab a 92-91 lead with 3:45 remaining when Aldridge hit the second of two short jumpers. James Jones then hit a 3-pointer from the corner to give Portland a 95-91 lead.
Aldridge hit a short hook shot to extend the lead to 97-91. Redd followed with a driving layup and then scored again with 1:26 remaining to make it 97-95.
Roy hit a short baseline jumper to make it 99-95 with 1:20 remaining.
Redd scored and was fouled with 1:04 remaining. He hit the free throw to make the score 98-97. Webster was able to score on a reverse lay up with 52.5 seconds remaining to extend the lead to 101-98.
Redd scored on a driving layup with 43.6 seconds remaining to make the score 101-100.
Blake missed a jumper with 27.3 second remaining. After a 20-second timeout, Roy was called for a foul trying to deny Redd the ball. Redd hit one of two free throws to tie the game at 101-101.
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