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NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Warriors Held Spellbound

WASHINGTON--Chris Webber and Tracy Murray burned the Golden State Warriors again, combining for 50 points as the Washington Wizards rolled to a 110-87 victory last night.

Webber and Murray scored 19 of the Wizard's first 24 points in the third quarter as Washington built a 17-point lead.

Murray scored an NBA season-high 50 points against the Warriors two weeks ago, while Webber had triple-doubles in his previous three games against his former team.

Neither matched those feats this time, but Murray hit four three-pointers in a 24-point performance and Webber finished with 26 points and eight rebounds. It was only Webber's second game back after missing almost the entire month with a shoulder injury,

Rod Strickland added 20 points and 13 assists for Washington, which moved above the .500 mark at 29-28.

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Jim Jackson scored 18 points for Golden State, while Donyell Marshall had 17 and Clarence Weatherspoon 16. The Warriors are 2-2 since obtaining Weatherspoon and Jackson four games ago in a trade with Philadelphia.

Down 50-42 at halftime, the Warriors cut the lead to 52-50 when Weatherspoon stripped Webber and went the length of the floor for a breakaway dunk.

But Webber countered with his own power move, drawing a foul on Erick Dampier and completing a three-point play that started a 20-5 run. Murray hit two three-pointers and had a three-point play during the spurt.

Meanwhile, the Warriors were unable to handle the Wizards' pressure defense, committing a shot-clock violation and a 10-second violation as the Wizards pulled away.

Golden State pulled within nine points in the fourth quarter on back-to-back jumpers by Tony Delk, but consecutive fast-break dunks by Calbert Cheaney got the lead up to 15 midway through the quarter.

Heat 91, Mavericks 72

MIAMI--Tim Hardaway scored 20 points and the Miami Heat used deadly three-point shooting to win their season-high eighth straight game, 91-72 over the Dallas Mavericks last night.

The Heat made 10-of-17 shots from three-point range and beat the Mavs for the 12th straight time.

Michael Finley scored 31 points for Dallas, which lost its sixth in a row.

Alonzo Mourning had 16 points and seven rebounds for Miami, which emptied its bench in the fourth quarter. Dan Majerle was 4-of-7 from long range, including his 1,000th career three-pointer.

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