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Sunday, Feb. 20 3:00pm ET
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Rasheed Wallace didn't miss at the end. Wallace had a key basket near the end of regulation and scored seven of his 24 points in overtime as the Portland Trail Blazers won their eighth straight by defeating the Sacramento Kings 108-103 on Sunday. Scottie Pippen added 21 points, Steve Smith had 15 and Bonzi Wells 12 for the Trail Blazers, who improved their league-best road record to 22-8. Arvydas Sabonis had 14 rebounds to go with his 11 points. Sacramento lost for just the fifth time in 21 games at home despite 33 points and 19 rebounds from Chris Webber. Predrag Stojakovic added a season-high 25 points and Corliss Williamson contributed 12 points in a game matching two of the top teams in the Western Conference. After Wallace converted a three-point play, Webber's driving layup and basket on a goaltending call tied it at 101 with 2:00 left in the extra period. Wallace then gave Portland the lead for good, making four straight free throws. Tyrone Corbin had a layup for Sacramento and then stripped the ball from Wallace. But Webber couldn't muscle in a driving layup over Wallace. Both Webber and Kings coach Rick Adelman lobbied for a foul call but didn't get it. With 16.6 seconds remaining, Pippen made one of two free throws and the Kings got off three 3-point tries in the final seconds, two by Stojakovic and the other Darrick Martin but they were all off target as Sacramento fell to 0-6 against Portland over the last two seasons. The Trail Blazers appeared on the brink of breaking the game open after Wallace and Pippen hit consecutive 3-pointers for 78-64 lead with 2:12 remaining in the third quarter. But the Kings got back in it in a hurry, closing the third with a 10-3 burst to narrow Portland's lead to 81-74 heading into the game's last 12 minutes. Jon Barry sparked the surge, getting a long bounce pass to Scot Pollard for a breakaway dunk and finishing another fastbreak with a 3-pointer. Wells hit a 16-foot jumper to start the fourth quarter before Sacramento ran off nine straight points, tying it at 83 on Webber's 21-foot jumper with 7:03 remaining. In the last 1:17 of regulation the lead changed three times before ending in a tie, sending the game into overtime. Wallace's 15-foot jumper with 30 seconds left put Portland up 96-95 but Webber made one of two free throws to even the score. Both teams had a chance to win in the final seconds of regulation. Damon Stoudamire and Webber each missed long jumpers. Up by eight at halftime, the Trail Blazers put together a 9-0 run capped by Smith's 3-pointer to move in front 68-54 with 5:23 left in the third quarter. Sacramento fell behind 49-37 when Pippen hit two 3-pointers around a basket by Williamson. But the Kings scored six of the next eight points, including a tip-in by Webber off an inbounds pass in the last seconds of the period, narrowing Portland's lead to 51-43 at halftime. Game notesIn attendance at the game were Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola and actress-director Penny Marshall ... Portland's Brian Grant, a former King, caught an elbow in the mouth from Webber and lost a tooth on a second-quarter play underneath the basket. A teammate retrieved the tooth and gave it to coach Mike Dunleavy, who wrapped it in a towel. Grant returned later in the second period wearing a mouthguard. ... The Kings were without Nick Anderson (flu) and Lawrence Funderburke (Achilles' tendinitis). | ALSO SEE NBA Scoreboard Portland Clubhouse Sacramento Clubhouse RECAPS Dallas 100 Toronto 96
Portland 108
Golden State 112
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