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Clippers 119, Supersonics 116 2 OT
Saturday October 12, 2002
LOS ANGELES (AP) Mike Batiste scored 33 points, with four of
his last six in the second overtime, to lead the Los Angeles
Clippers to a 119-116 win over the Seattle Supersonics on Friday
night.
Seattle's Gary Payton had 40 points. He played 46 of the 58
minutes, making 18 out of 29 attempts as Seattle went to 0-4 in the
preseason.
Payton scored all 10 of his team's points in the first overtime
that ended 109-109. His layup gave the Sonics their last lead of
the game, 109-107 with 59.4 seconds left in the first overtime.
Batiste's jumper with 22.8 seconds to go then tied the score at
109-109, leading to the second overtime.
Batiste's two free throws with 1:44 remaining put the Clippers
ahead for good at 115-113. Marco Jaric added two free throws with
26.8 seconds left and Batiste's breakaway dunk with 6.6 seconds
left made it 119-113.
Andre Miller's layup with 11:19 left in the third quarter gave
the Clippers a 61-39 lead. Seattle battled back in the third
quarter behind Payson's 10 points to cut the Clipper margin to
77-65. Los Angeles led 57-39 at the half.
(Copyright 2002 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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