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Dial, Carlisle,
Lead Jam to Title
Updated 8:23 am ET, Wednesday, March
10,
2004LONG BEACH, CA -
Derrick Dial scored 21 of his 30 points in the second half, including a
circus three-pointer with under a minute to play, and Geno Carlisle's late
defensive magic keyed the Long Beach Jam's 126-123 win over the Kansas
City Knights Tuesday, giving the Jam the 2003-2004 ABA championship. Long
Beach led 120-112 with just over two minutes to play, but the Knights
battled back and trailed 120-118 before Dial threw up a shot-clock-beating
prayer from 30 feet out that went in for a 123-118 lead. And with Joe
Crispin looking to duplicate his three-point magic of earlier in the
tournament, Carlisle stripped the Knights' guard of the ball at midcourt
and dribbled out the final seconds to secure the win for the expansion
Jam. Dennis Rodman played 25 minutes for Long Beach and grabbed 14
rebounds. Jamaal Davis led Kansas City with 28 points and 10
rebounds. [DISCUSS]
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FINAL
STANDINGS |
| Team |
W |
L |
Pct. |
GB |
| Long Beach Jam |
24 |
7 |
.774 |
-- |
| Kansas City Knights |
23 |
9 |
.719 |
1½ |
| Juarez Gallos de Pelea |
15 |
12 |
.556 |
7 |
| Fresno HeatWave |
14 |
13 |
.481 |
8 |
| Las Vegas Rattlers |
9 |
16 |
.360 |
12 |
| Tijuana Diablos |
11 |
18 |
.379 |
12 |
| Jersey Squires |
2 |
23 |
.080 |
19 |
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Crispin Puts
Knights in Final
March 7,
2004 CIUDAD
JUAREZ, Mexico - Joe Crispin's three-pointer with two seconds left
lifted the Kansas City Knights to a 100-99 win over the Juarez Gallos de
Pelea Saturday night, putting the defending ABA champions into Tuesday
night's title game in Long Beach. The Knights led 29-16 after one quarter
and 50-46 at the half, but Juarez grabbed a 71-68 lead after three. The
final seconds saw DeJuan Wheat hit just one of two free throws with his
team leading 98-97, allowing the Knights to push the ball the other way in
transition and free up Crispin for the game-winner. The Knights and Jam
will play Tuesday night at 10:30 pm ET in Long Beach to settle the issue
of the ABA's best team for 2003-2004. [DISCUSS]
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RECENT
SCORES |
| Team |
Score |
Team |
Score |
Crowd |
| L.Beach |
126 |
Kan.City |
123 |
3,174 |
| Kan City |
100 |
Juarez |
99 |
3,000 |
| Juarez |
133 |
Tijuana |
120 |
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| Kan.City |
101 |
Jersey |
91 |
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| Tijuana |
90 |
Fresno |
85 |
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| Jersey |
138 |
Vegas |
96 |
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Full Scoreboard |
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CROWD CONTROL |
| Team |
G |
Total |
Avg. |
| Juarez |
2 |
6,000 |
3,000 |
| L.Beach |
17 |
31,099 |
1,829 |
| Kan.City |
8 |
11,988 |
1,499 |
| Vegas |
3 |
3,750 |
1,250 |
| Fresno |
2 |
1,500 |
750 |
| Jersey |
1 |
80 |
80 |
| Tijuana |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| TOTAL |
33 |
54,417 |
1,649 |
Missing
games:
Tijuana (11): 11/27, 11/29, 12/4, 12/7, 12/18, 12/20, 12/27,
1/3, 1/10, 1/14, 1/15, 1/24, 2/7, 2/14
Fresno (11): 12/2, 12/14, 12/15, 1/7, 1/15, 1/27, 1/28,
2/3, 2/5, 2/10, 2/11, 2/24, 2/26
Kansas City (10): 12/4, 12/10, 12/11, 12/20, 12/23, 12/30,
1/19, 1/20, 2/14, 2/29
Juarez (10): 12/9, 12/12, 12/13, 1/11, 1/12, 1/20, 1/22, 1/29,
1/30, 2/3, 2/5, 2/25
Jersey (8): 12/13, 12/16, 12/17, 12/19, 12/20, 1/10, 1/11, 2/15
Long Beach (1): 2/15
Las Vegas (7): 12/27, 12/31, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/20, 1/2, 1/27 |
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Roosters Fight
for Spot in Semifinal
March
6,
2004 CIUDAD
JUAREZ, Mexico - Only one game remains to determine which team will
face the Long Beach Jam for the 2003-2004 ABA Championship. The Kansas
City Knights, the league's last champion, will take on the expansion
Juarez Gallos de Pelea tonight at 8:00pm CT in Juarez after both teams won
Friday night. The Knights dispatched the Jersey Squires 101-91, while the
Gallos ousted their cross-country rivals, Tijuana, 133-120. Juarez snapped
the Knights' 24-game win streak in their first meeting early this season,
but Kansas City won the next five matchups. Tonight's winner will play at
Long Beach on Tuesday night for the title, where they will have to face
Dennis Rodman, who
did an about-face and will rejoin the Jam as a ringer for the final. [DISCUSS]
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