76ers Put a Resounding End to Grizzlies’ Road Success

The Vancouver Grizzlies’ impressive run came to an end.

Allen Iverson scored 36 points as the Philadelphia 76ers defeated Vancouver, 107-91, Wednesday night at Philadelphia, snapping the Grizzlies’ franchise-record five-game win streak.

“We showed our guys that we are not there yet,” said Vancouver Coach Sydney Lowe, whose team had won its previous three on the road. “We didn’t do the small things tonight that we had done during our streak.”

Iverson shot 13 for 17 from the free-throw line as the 76ers won their fifth consecutive.

“That team [Vancouver] is coming off of five straight wins and it was a struggle,” 76er Coach Larry Brown said. “You tell me that we won by 16 and I can’t believe it.”

George Lynch had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Eric Snow had 11 points and seven assists for Philadelphia, which improved to 21-2 when scoring more than 100 points. Matt Geiger added 10 points and a season-high 11 rebounds, and Tyrone Hill finished with 12 rebounds.

Shareef Abdur-Rahim had 27 points for the Grizzlies, who are 0-5 in Philadelphia and 1-10 against the 76ers. Michael Dickerson scored 16 and Mike Bibby added 14 points and six assists.

The teams combined for 84 free throws on 52 personal fouls and eight technical fouls, three of which were illegal defense violations against Philadelphia.

Leading by seven points early in the fourth quarter, Philadelphia scored six consecutive points, including five by Iverson on a driving layup and a three-point basket, for a 90-77 advantage with 8:23 left.

The Grizzlies closed within seven, 90-83, with 6:14 remaining, but the Sixers scored seven consecutive points to pull away.

Phoenix 100, Miami 85--Cliff Robinson scored 25 points and Shawn Marion had 16 points and 18 rebounds at Miami as the Suns won for the eighth time in 11 games.

Brian Grant scored 21 points and reserve Anthony Carter added 19 as Miami lost its third consecutive.

Detroit 90, New York 85--Jerry Stackhouse scored 32 points as the Pistons survived a fourth-quarter rally by Knicks at Auburn Hills, Mich.

The Pistons led by as many as 23 points and entered the fourth quarter with a 77-58 lead only to see it almost disappear.

Detroit’s Joe Smith scored 20 points and Chucky Atkins added 16. New York’s Marcus Camby had 24 points and 11 rebounds.

New Jersey 113, Toronto 111--Stephon Marbury had 35 points and a season-high 14 assists at East Rutherford, N.J., and the Nets made 13 three-point shots--tying its most since joining the NBA in 1976.

Keith Van Horn added 28 points for the Nets. Lucious Harris added 16 and Kenyon Martin 15. Vince Carter finished with 39 points for Toronto.

Houston 89, Minnesota 83--Maurice Taylor scored 17 of his 21 points in the second half at Minneapolis as the Rockets extended the Timberwolves’ losing streak to five games.

The Rockets won for the seventh time in eight games and moved within three games of the Timberwolves in the hunt for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Seattle 127, Denver 98--Gary Payton scored 30 points at Seattle and the SuperSonics broke a three-game losing streak. Payton had 15 of his points in the first quarter, shot 14 for 20 and had 12 assists.