NBA ROUNDUP : Ewing Derides Knicks After Loss

The New Jersey Nets bring out the worst in the New York Knicks.

The Knicks are 34-11 against the rest of the league, but 0-3 against the Nets, who dealt them their worst loss of the season, 103-83, Tuesday night at East Rutherford, N.J.

Patrick Ewing took the Knicks to task after New Jersey continued its surprising domination that included a 60-42 rebounding edge.

“We have to get back to the way we were playing,” he said. “We have to get our intensity back. We have to start putting bodies on people. We have to do it right away. We haven’t played well in the last six games. We’ve been playing like wimps. There is no bumping and banging. We’re letting teams go all over the place.”

The Knicks have lost four of their last six games. New Jersey has won 10 of its last 14.

Portland 106, Dallas 103--Clifford Robinson scored 24 points, including a critical off-balance jump shot with 26 seconds to play, sending the Trail Blazers to their 13th consecutive victory over the Mavericks at Dallas.

Clyde Drexler led Portland with 26 points. Jamal Mashburn scored 26 points for the Mavericks, who were seeking their first three-game winning streak since 1991.

Houston 103, Atlanta 99--Hakeem Olajuwon scored eight of his 28 points in the final minutes at Houston, which avenged a 133-111 loss to Atlanta on Dec. 3 that snapped the Rockets’ record-tying 15-game winning streak to start the season.

Dominique Wilkins led the Hawks with 26 points and Kevin Willis and Mookie Blaylock each scored 16 for the Hawks, who won eight of their previous 10 games against the Rockets.

Minnesota 97, Milwaukee 90--Christian Laettner had 23 points and 13 rebounds at Minneapolis as the Timberwolves snapped a seven-game losing streak.

Chuck Person scored seven of his 16 points in the fourth quarter as the Timberwolves survived a 20-1 third-quarter run by the Bucks that erased a 14-point Minnesota lead.

Minnesota outscored Milwaukee, 22-8, in the first nine minutes of the fourth quarter to take control.

Orlando 102, Boston 92--Shaquille O’Neal grabbed 24 rebounds and scored 10 of his 36 points in the final 3:41 for the Magic at Orlando.

The Magic fell behind, 74-69, after missing 13 of 17 shots in the third quarter and trailed, 82-72, before putting together a 30-10 run to extend the Celtics’ losing streak to five games.

Cleveland 111, Denver 99--Gerald Wilkins scored 15 of his 27 points in the first quarter and made four three-pointers for the Cavaliers at Richfield, Ohio.

The Nuggets lost their third game in a row. Cleveland, whose five starters all scored in double figures, has won three of four.

Detroit 100, Washington 93--Joe Dumars, despite a sore left hamstring, scored 25 points at Auburn Hills, Mich., as the Pistons extended the Bullets’ losing streak to four games.

Dumars, who pulled his hamstring in a game against Houston last Thursday, didn’t practice Monday. But he started against the Bullets and led the Pistons to only their fourth victory in 28 games.

San Antonio 109, Indiana 100--David Robinson had 34 points and 10 rebounds at San Antonio as the Spurs matched their franchise-record winning streak of 10 game.

The victory, which tied the Spurs’ record set in January, 1993, also was their 12th in a row at the Alamodome and pushed their record to 21-3 since Dec. 26.

Seattle 133, Philadelphia 105--Shawn Kemp scored 24 points, half of them on six dunks, and grabbed 13 rebounds in three quarters at Seattle as the SuperSonics won their fifth game in a row.

The SuperSonics are 20-3 at home.

Golden State 123, Sacramento 113--Billy Owens scored a season-high 29 points at Oakland as the Warriors, after losing nearly all of a 19-point lead, recovered to win.

Golden State has won six of eight games overall, and six in a row and 12 of 13 against the Kings.