Hardaway Keeps Magic Streak Alive

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Anfernee Hardaway scored 29 points and Dennis Scott added 27 as the Orlando Magic remained unbeaten at home Monday night with a 101-95 victory over the Golden State Warriors.

Nick Anderson had 20 points and the Magic, which played without Horace Grant, got its first meaningful contribution off the bench from rookie forward David Vaughn to improve its record at Orlando Arena to 7-0.

Chris Mullin led the Warriors with 23 points and Jon Barry scored 14 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter to keep Golden State in the game.

Magic 101, Warriors 95

GOLDEN STATE (95)

Mullin 10-16 0-0 23, Smith 3-13 6-6 12, Seikaly 9-16 1-2 19, T.Hardaway 3-15 0-1 6, Sprewell 1-4 0-0 2, Armstrong 3-4 2-2 8, Gatling 2-4 0-2 4, Rozier 0-1 0-0 0, Barry 7-7 1-2 19, Marshall 1-4 0-0 2, Wood 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-84 10-15 95.

ORLANDO (101)

Scott 11-20 3-4 27, Royal 0-5 4-4 4, Koncak 1-3 0-0 3, A.Hardaway 11-22 6-9 29, Anderson 8-18 4-4 20, Wolf 4-5 0-0 8, Shaw 1-6 0-0 2, Vaughn 4-7 0-0 8, Bowie 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 40-88 17-21 101.

Golden State 19 29 20 27 - 95

Orlando 24 28 20 29 - 101

3-Point goals-Golden State 7-19 (Barry 4-4, Mullin 3-4, Armstrong 0-1, Marshall 0-1, Sprewell 0-2, T.Hardaway 0-7), Orlando 4-15 (Scott 2-4, Koncak 1-1, A.Hardaway 1-3, Shaw 0-1, Anderson 0-6). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Golden State 50 (Seikaly 11), Orlando 52 (Koncak 10). Assists-Golden State 22 (T.Hardaway 13), Orlando 24 (Shaw 9). Total fouls-Golden State 13, Orlando 14. A-17,248 (17,248).

Rockets 98, Celtics 93 Boston

Hakeem Olajuwon scored 24 points, and Houston capitalized on Boston’s poor foul shooting as the Rockets won their fifth straight game.

Boston made just 2 of 11 free throws in the fourth quarter and 9 of 22 for the game as its winning streak ended at two games. Houston was 28 for 33 in free throws for the game and 7 for 11 in the final period.

HOUSTON (98)

Horry 4-8 6-7 16, C.Brown 4-9 2-2 10, Olajuwon 10-26 4-5 24, Drexler 5-14 7-9 18, Smith 3-5 2-2 9, Bryant 2-3 2-2 6, Elie 0-1 0-0 0, Cassell 5-11 5-6 15, Chilcutt 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-77 28-33 98.

BOSTON (93)

Radja 5-14 3-6 13, Fox 4-10 3-4 12, Montross 2-7 0-2 4, Wesley 4-7 0-0 11, Minor 10-17 1-1 21, Barros 4-9 0-0 11, Williams 2-11 1-2 5, Ellison 4-6 0-2 8, Douglas 3-10 1-5 8, Burrough 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-91 9-22 93.

Houston 31 21 23 23 - 98

Boston 21 31 22 19 - 93

3-Point goals-Houston 4-11 (Horry 2-4, Smith 1-2, Drexler 1-4, C.Brown 0-1), Boston 8-15 (Wesley 3-5, Barros 3-7, Fox 1-1, Douglas 1-2). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Houston 53 (Horry 15), Boston 62 (Radja 17). Assists-Houston 9 (Chilcutt 3), Boston 22 (Douglas 7). Total fouls-Houston 20, Boston 27. A-18,250 (18,600).

Trail Blazers 113, Clippers 94 Portland

Rod Strickland scored 27 points and Cliff Robinson added 25 as Portland beat Los Angeles.

Strickland and Robinson broke open a close game by scoring 11 points each during the third quarter, when the Blazers took advantage of a 5-minute scoring drought by the Clippers to go ahead by 20 points.

L.A. CLIPPERS (94)

Vaught 7-13 0-0 14, Rogers 6-12 2-2 14, Williams 6-11 0-0 12, Sealy 6-11 4-6 16, Barry 1-3 0-0 3, Dehere 6-8 3-4 17, Murray 1-8 1-2 4, Piatkowski 3-6 1-1 8, Outlaw 3-4 0-0 6, Tower 0-1 0-0 0, Vander Velden 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-77 11-15 94.

PORTLAND (113)

Grant 0-5 0-0 0, C.Robinson 9-19 6-8 25, Dudley 3-5 0-0 6, McKie 3-10 2-2 8, Strickland 11-15 4-5 27, J.Robinson 6-11 2-2 16, Trent 3-6 1-4 7, Sabonis 9-9 2-3 20, Childress 0-0 0-0 0, Cook 0-0 0-0 0, Slater 2-2 0-0 4, Wingfield 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 46-82 17-24 113.

L.A. Clippers 27 29 19 19 - 94

Portland 27 34 28 24 - 113

3-Point goals-Los Angeles 5-17 (Dehere 2-3, Barry 1-1, Murray 1-4, Piatkowski 1-4, Sealy 0-3, Rogers 0-2), Portland 4-10 (J.Robinson 2-4, Strickland 1-1, C.Robinson 1-4, Trent 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Los Angeles 38 (Dehere, Vaught 5), Portland 47 (Dudley 12). Assists-Los Angeles 27 (Dehere 10), Portland 25 (Strickland 6). Total fouls-Los Angeles 21, Portland 19. Flagrant foul-Dehere. A-20,381.

Lockout continues

The union leaders for the NBA’s referees have refused to put the league’s latest contract offer to a vote.

“I am disappointed that the union has chosen to reject the proposal without having a vote of the membership,” NBA commissioner David Stern said.

“That decision, of course, is up to the union, but they have now left us with no choice other than to continue our season with new officials, who will begin working in three-man crews on Dec. 4.”

The NBA said its offer would have raised salaries to $85,000 this season for rookie refs and $261,000 for those at top scale. In the final year of the five-season offer, pay would range from $90,0000 to $328,000.

NBA notes

Seattle SuperSonics guard Nate McMillan is likely to make his season debut tonight against expansion Toronto. McMillan has been recovering since May from ankle surgery… . New York Knicks forward Charles Smith, who missed Sunday’s game with a strained groin muscle, is listed as day-to-day.