Bryant answered with two straight jumpers before Davis' basket tied the game for the last time at 84-all.
Undeterred, he drove against Jackson for the first basket of the game and the Rockets got out to a strong start.
DeAndre Jordan's driving one-handed slam midway through the fourth was the Clippers' first, and the big man's first and only basket of the game.
The Nets didn't make their first field goal of the third quarter until Williams' only basket of the game with 6:35 remaining in the period.
The Nets didn't make their first field goal of the third quarter until Williams' first basket of the game with 6:35 remaining in the period.
Georges-Hunt and Carter both appeared to get a hand on the rebound, and the tip-in was credited to Georges-Hunt for only his second basket of the game.
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) Aaron Craft dribbled in place at the top of the arc, watching to see if any of his Ohio State teammates were getting open near the basket for a game-winning shot.
Nelson's 3-pointer gave Creighton a 55-45 lead with only 4:54 remaining, but the Bluejays wouldn't make another basket the rest of the game.
Oklahoma City scored the first six points of the game and opened a 13-2 lead as the Rockets failed to make a basket for the first 6 minutes of the game and started out just 1 for 13 from the field.
Griner did score the game's first basket, then didn't score again until the 12:38 mark.
Charlotte took its only lead on the game's opening basket by Henderson.
Anthony, who didn't make a basket in the fourth quarter of either game in Indiana, made a jumper midway through the fourth quarter after Indiana closed within four points.
Luol Deng answered with a basket to make it a five-point game, and Nazr Mohammed came up with two baskets in the final 32 seconds to help preserve the win.
In the vote she beat off the challenge of fellow Delhi gold medallists Kyle Pettey from Canada, Nigeria's Kate Nwaka Oputa and Kurt Fearnley of Australia as well as GB wheelchair basketball player Dan Highcock, who made headlines after scoring a basket from well inside his own half during a Spanish league game.
"Sometimes you wanna shoot it quick, before they can double, " Anthony said in January, after the game against Atlanta, in which he made the winning basket.
Williams' basket tied it at 77 with 9:11 remaining in the game, but Jeff Teague had consecutive baskets before finding Ivan Johnson on the break for a three-point play that made it 84-77.
Because there are so many calls in basketball and because so much of it involves acute judgment especially in something borderline like whether contact near the basket constitutes a charge or a block basketball is a game that can most easily be affected by a crooked official.
Georgetown, currently leading the Big East, won a 37-36 game over Tennessee on Nov. 30 in which the winning basket was scored with more than four minutes remaining.
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The Pacers warmed up at the basket the Heat typically use, and just about every starter kept pre-game pleasantries such as handshakes and quick hugs to a minimum.
Anthony appeared to be trying to send George a message early in the game, using his strength to overpower the more slender George near the basket.
The Hawks shot a season-high 60 percent from the field but had their three-game winning streak snapped when Josh Smith, burned on Anthony's basket, missed a 3-pointer on Atlanta's final possession.
Planting himself beneath a basket, he took several action photos and a perfectly framed shot of Chamberlain at game's end walking off the floor, surrounded by the sons of chocolate factory workers, backslapping, reverential, packed 10 deep.
"I thought earlier in the game it was all happy and smooth and the ball was going in the basket, " Williams said.
Howard remained in the game but the Bulls briefly pulled ahead, going up 36-34 on a basket by Carlos Boozer.
"Our guys didn't do a good job being aggressive and attacking the basket, so you have to tip your hat to Brooklyn, " Vogel said after the game.
When the Great Danes took the lead for good on a basket by Sarah Royals with 1:14 left, the only one she made in the game, the Hawks were unable to counter.
Brandon Triche scored the go-ahead basket early in the extra session and No. 19 Syracuse advanced to the Big East championship game with a 58-55 victory over the fifth-ranked Hoyas on Friday night in their final conference clash.
The Celtics just had no answer for the penetrating, game-controlling Williams, who made key passes and continually found his way to the basket.
According to Synergy Sports, an advanced statistical outlet that analyzes every play of each NBA game, the Pacers' offense forced Anthony to defend post-up plays near the basket a total of seven times Sunday.
He changed the game with his energy and scoring after the Knicks sleepwalked through the start, and finished one basket shy of tying the team record for field goals without a miss, held by Johnny Newman and Bernard King.
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