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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)—Quiet for much of the game and content to let his teammates carry the load, Devin Harris made the two biggest shots for the New Jersey Nets.

Vince Carter had 25 points, but it was Harris making the difference, hitting the go-ahead basket and scoring 18 points in the Nets’ 116-114 overtime victory over the struggling Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night. It was a crazy ending to a game that saw the Nets squander a 17-point, third-quarter lead and the Kings seemingly have control, only to see New Jersey continually make clutch baskets to regain the lead. Trailing by one point following a timeout, Harris inbounded the ball and got it right back. He drove to the basket against Bobby Jackson, then pulled up for a jumper to the right of the foul line, giving New Jersey a 115-114 lead with 12 seconds left. “It was a basic clear out, no different than we had been running all game long,” Harris said. “It was my shot to take.” Jackson’s long 3-pointer was an airball in the closing seconds and the Nets secured the rebound. Jarvis Hayes made a free throw with 2.4 seconds left and Brad Miller’s heave from halfcourt fell short to give the Nets the victory, their first at Arco Arena since Nov. 30, 1997. Averaging nearly 26 points in the previous six games, Harris only had two points by halftime. He still wasn’t shooting well in the second half, but connected on a 3-pointer to send the game into overtime, then put the Nets ahead for good in the extra session. “I was trying to find it, but it took me a long time to get it,” said Harris, who also had seven assists. “I didn’t force it, obviously I was there when we needed it most.” Brook Lopez had 20 points and eight rebounds for the Nets, who were coming off a 120-93 loss Tuesday night to the Lakers. Keyon Dooling had six of his 17 points in overtime and Ryan Anderson scored 13 and had a season-high eight rebounds. The Nets managed to pull out the win despite the absence of Carter at the end. Moments after tying the game at 110 on a free throw following Miller’s technical foul, Carter was carried to the bench and later limped into the locker room with a hamstring cramp after battling Jackson for a loose ball along the sideline. He is expected to play in Saturday’s game in Utah. John Salmons scored a career-high 38 points for Sacramento, which has lost four straight games and has dropped five consecutive at home for the first time since late in the 1997-98 season. But Salmons missed 4-of-8 free throws late in the game and overtime that could have clinched the victory. The Kings were 27-of-39 overall from the line. “These kind of losses sting pretty bad,” said Kings coach Reggie Theus, whose team lost for the seventh time in eight games. “They boil down to making plays down the stretch and making free throws. Mistakes were made, but down the stretch we missed six free throws.” Miller had 20 points and 13 rebounds, and Beno Udrih had 16 points and 10 assists for the Kings.-YAHOO! SPORTS GO BACK

CEBU CITY - Alaska Milk finally found itself climbing out of limbo last night as the Aces outplayed Tanduay in overtime, 96-92, for their first win in the PBA Governors' Cup here at the New Cebu City Coliseum.

With big heroics from the bull-strong Ali Peek in the last two minutes of the extended match, the Aces snapped out of a five-game losing streak, their worst start so far in years after emerging as the most dominant team in the 1990s.\ Peek bullied Erik Menk in the post and got away with six straight Alaska points against the Tanduay center, who was coming back from a calf injury, to lift the Aces from a one-point deficit to a 93-90 lead in the final 29 seconds of the out-of-town match supported by Air Philippines. Actually, it turned out to be a match of many subplots. It was a battle between two teams at the bottom. It was about Peek finally winning one down the stretch. It was about the return of many players back to the active roster and, for some, back to their hometown. It marked the debut of a man who could be the next Sean Chambers. Above all, it also was a battle of pure heart and will. "It was a great effort. It was a game of attrition with all the slipping, the falling, and the heat," said Alaska coach Tim Cone after the game. And that war of attrition boiled down to the final slip. "That's how I felt, that the team with the last slip would lose. They got the last slip, and we forced the jumpball and won the game," he said. Tanduay import Billy Thomas had the chance to set a final play for a possible game-tying triple with 12 seconds remaining and Alaska up, 95-92, but after receiving Jeffery Cariaso's inbound, slid on a wet spot and was forced to a jumpball. Richie Ticzon grabbed possession of the leather and halved his free throws for the final count. Cariaso, Menk and Jason Webb were all returning from long absences due to different injuries, and so was Don Carlos Allado of Alaska. Dondon Hontiveros and Bonel Balingit returned to their native city and gave the Rhum Masters a mammoth share of crowd support. But the night belonged to Peek, who has found a home in the Alaska organization and who hasn't missed a game due to injuries since donning the Aces uniform. "Ali won the game for us down the stretch and that's what we've always wanted him to do for us," Cone explained. Peek finished with 20 points to lead the team and had nine rebounds despite a slow start where he missed four of his first six free throw attempts. Allado had 14 points and 15 rebounds. -MB GO BACK

ATENEO FORCES DECIDING GAME- 10/5/01 7:00PM

The Ateneo Blue Eagles are still in flight.

With magical performances from Rico Villanueva, Larry Fonacier, Rainier Sison and Magnum Membrere late in the game, the Eagles remained afloat for one final shot at ending a 13-year title drought, stopping De La Salle, 76-72, last night in Game 2 of the 64th UAAP Finals at the packed Araneta Coliseum. The deciding Game 3 remains to be set. Membrere came off the bench in the closing second and buried a big, big three-point shot off a kick-out from Rico Villanueva to shatter a 72-all tie. Then, after Ren-Ren Ritualo, who turned ice-cold from the outside in the fourth quarter, missed a three-point shot, Fonacier was fouled with 18 seconds remaining. Fonacier, whose putback with 4:16 remaining gave the Blue Eagles a 67-66 lead, missed both free throws, but Adonis Santamaria, set up perfectly under the basket by a drop pass from Mike Cortez, lost the handle on the ball and Fonacier again went to the line, six-tenths of a second left. This time Fonacier swished in his first free throw and then raised his fist in triumph after the second went out, nevertheless igniting the Ateneo crowd. It was Ateneo’s first win over La Salle this season and came at a time when the Green Archers, valiantly battling the effects of a flu virus that affected them several days ago, were poised to capture their fourth straight title. Villanueva was a tower of power underneath and shrugged off his free throw shooting woes by hitting one foul shot after another as he kept the Eagles in the fight after La Salle opened a 64-56 lead early in the fourth quarter on a 3-pointer by Ritualo. And Sison, who was on the bench in the fourth quarter of Game 1, kept his team glued, hitting a 16-foot jumper that gave Ateneo a 72-70 lead, 1:17 remaining. Unlike in the series opener where they blew an early five-point fourth quarter lead and collapsed, the Eagles lost a four-point lead with 3:02 left but kept their hands firmly in the control. “It will be anybody’s game on Thursday,” said Ateneo coach Joe Lipa. Meanwhile, Ateneo forward Richard Alvarez won his second straight MVP award, edging teammate Enrico Villanueva, while La Salle Fil-Am Mark Cardona was hands-down choice for rookie of the year. Alvarez, also adjudged defensive player of the league, joined Villanueva, Far Eastern’s Leo Avenido, National’s Froilan Baguion and La Salle’s Ren-Ren Ritualo to the mythical five selection. Manny Dandan, who brought the NU Bulldogs to the Final Four, was unanimous as coach of the year of the UAAP Press Corps and the Asian Basketball Academy Phils. Inc., while Baguion, his player, emerged most improved player. La Salle’s William Wilson was named Mr. Quality Minutes and teammate Mark Cortez was handed the sportsmanship award. Making to the all-rookie team are Cardona, Ateneo’s LA Tenorio, Adamson’s Mark Abadia, University of the Philippines’s Kenneth Robin and Santo Tomas’s Rene de Guzman. High school final action, on the other hand, saw the UST Tiger Cubs upending the Ateneo Blue Eaglets, 89-79, completing an unlikely 2-0 sweep of their series. Jose Cortez Jr. led UST with 34 points, 26 in the first half, on his way to claiming MVP honors. -Manila Bulletin GO BACK