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Dec. 1, 2004
Seattle continued its fantastic start Wednesday night, improving to 14-3 with a 129-119 overtime victory over Utah. But the Sonics had to rally to get the win; that's where Ray Allen comes in. No. 34 sank 4-of-4 from the line as regulation wound down, then hit a runner to start OT and a trey with 2:14 to go that gave Seattle a four-point lead that only grew from there. Allen racked up 17 Nestlé Crunch Time points in all.
Allen takes center stage:
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Dec. 2, 2004
Houston sent the game into overtime in the final seconds of regulation, and that didn't sit well with Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki. Nowitzki scored the Mavericks' first 10 points in OT, capped by his 3-pointer at 3:36 of the extra stanza. In the end, Nowitzki had poured in a career-high 53 points as Dallas grounded the Rockets 113-106. For his efforts, Dirk earned 16 Nestlé Crunch Time points, tops for the night.
Dirk does it all:
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Dec. 3, 2004
Sam Cassell and the Timberwolves knew that going on the road and defeating the red-hot Suns would be difficult. But as usual, when the game was on the line, the veteran guard was at his best. Cassell blocked a Steve Nash jumper with 1:54 left in regulation and added a key trey 25 seconds later to seal Minnesota's 97-93 win over Phoenix on Friday. Cassell earned seven Nestlé Crunch Time points.
Cassell stars on both ends:
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Dec. 4, 2004
For the second straight night, Sam Cassell starred down the stretch. The Timberwolves and Clippers went to overtime Saturday, and that's when Cassell went to work. With Minnesota down two, he hit back-to-back jumpers at the 3:00 and 2:19 marks, then put his team up five with a steal and layup with 58 seconds to go. His two free throws with 16.9 left iced the Wolves' 107-100 win. Cassell earned 13 Nestlé Crunch Time points.
Overtime is Cassell's time:
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Dec. 6, 2004
The Clippers played their fourth overtime game Monday, and unlike the first three, L.A. won this double-OT affair, 99-93 over the Bobcats. Corey Maggette, who scored 33 points, hit back-to-back jumpers late in the first OT to put Los Angeles up four. Charlotte found a way to tie it again, but Mikki Moore's dunk 23 seconds into the second OT gave the Clippers the lead for good. Maggette tallied 15 Nestlé Crunch Time points; Moore earned nine.
Clippers duo step up:
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Dec. 7, 2004
Milwaukee and Indiana were knotted at 75 down the stretch, and the Bucks looked to Michael Redd for a lift. Redd was 2-for-2 from the line with 1:15 remaining and hit a jumper 42 ticks later to make it 84-80, but he wasn't done yet. The 6-6 guard hit another jumper with seven seconds left and sealed Milwaukee's win by going 2-for-2 from the charity stripe in an 89-86 win Tuesday. For his efforts, Redd earned 13 Nestlé Crunch Time points.
Michael was 'Redd Hot':
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Dec. 8, 2004
The Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers tied the NBA record for 3-point attempts with 64 on Wednesday, so naturally, it was a trey that decided the outcome. With the scored knotted at 110 and 6.9 second left, Steve Nash drove the lane and found Quentin Richardson on the left wing. Richardson, who went 5-for-13 from long range, sank the trifecta, lifting the Suns to a thrilling 113-110 win. For his efforts, Richardson earned 10 Nestlé Crunch Time points.
Nash finds Q-Rich for the win:
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Dec. 9, 2004
Down 10 points in the final minute, a Rockets loss seemed imminent...or did it? Tracy McGrady made the impossible, possible. McGrady hit a trey with 35 ticks left to cut the gap to five and completed a four-point play with 24.3 to go. But, he wasn't done there. T-Mac hit yet another three with 11.2 seconds left which cut the deficit to two, and after San Antonio's Devin Brown turned the ball over in the final moments, McGrady picked it up, ran down the court and drained the game-winning 3-pointer in Houston's electrifying 81-80 comeback victory. For his efforts, McGrady earned 18 Nestlé Crunch Time points.
There's no quit in Tracy McGrady:
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Dec. 10, 2004
New Jersey and New Orleans were caught in a dogfight Friday, and with things looking bleak the Nets turned to Eric Wiliams. With 1:48 left in regulation, Williams hit a jumper to cut the deficit to four. After New Jersey drilled two clutch shots to force overtime, Williams stepped up again. He popped a hook shot 49 seconds into the extra stanza to even the score, and hit a finger roll with 1:31 to go that gave the Nets a four-point lead en route to a 94-91 triumph. For his efforts, Williams tallied 11 Nestlé Crunch Time points.
Eric WIlliams wills the Nets to victory:
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Dec. 11, 2004
Boston took advantage of cold Seattle shooting in the second half Saturday and used Tony Allen's five straight points to pull away to a 98-84 road win. The rookie grabbed a rebound, drew a foul and hit two free throws with 1:35 left to give Boston a nine-point lead, then followed with a dunk 34 seconds later and added another free throw 11 ticks after that. Allen finished with nine Nestlé Crunch Time points.
Celtics rookie seals it:
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Dec. 12, 2004
The visiting Bobcats had cut the deficit to two points with 4:01 left to play. That is when 16-year NBA veteran Clifford Robinson went to work for the Warriors. He scored five points during a crucial 9-1 spurt by Golden State that sealed Sunday's 99-87 win. Robinson scored 14 of his season-high 21 points in the second half and finished the game with 10 Nestlé Crunch Time points.
Robinson seals the deal:
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Dec. 13, 2004
As the Celtics and Clippers played on Monday, Ricky Davis came up bigger and bigger. He scored 28 of his 34 points from the fourth quarter on, including nine in two overtimes that lifted Boston to a 134-127 win. Davis book-ended double OT with an alley-oop dunk six seconds in and a three-point play that iced it with 4.6 to go. Davis tallied a whopping 22 Nestlé Crunch Time points.
Davis delivers big time:
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Dec. 14, 2004
The Bobcats pulled out a 94-93 overtime victory Tuesday over the Hornets, thanks in part to Jason Hart. The guard's layup with 26.8 seconds left in regulation tied the game 86-86 and forced the extra session. Then with 23.6 left in OT, he hit a key jumper on a pass from Emeka Okafor, whose free throws won it with 5.7 to go. Hart finished with 13 Nestlé Crunch Time points.
Charlotte shows Hart down the stretch:
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Dec. 15, 2004
After Washington took the lead with 33.8 seconds to go, Miami needed a lift. Damon Jones hit a clutch 3-pointer with 21.1 ticks left to put the Heat ahead and followed that up with two free throws shortly thereafter to seal a 98-93 Miami win Wednesday. For his efforts, Jones earned nine Nestlé Crunch Time points.
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Dec. 16, 2004
Cleveland cut the gap to eight down the stretch, but Detroit's Rip Hamilton made sure a Pistons win wasn't in jeopardy. Hamilton's jumper with 1:51 remaining put Detroit up by 10 and he added two free throws with 36.3 ticks left to increase the Pistons' lead to 14 en route to an 81-69 win on Thursday. Hamilton earned 10 Nestlé Crunch Time points.
Rip Hamilton breaks loose:
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Dec. 17, 2004
With the score knotted at 104, the Wizards needed someone to step up down the stretch. Enter Larry Hughes. Hughes' jumper put Washington ahead for good, 106-104 with 4:19 left in overtime. He added a driving layup with 1:48 remaining to push the Wizards' lead to five points on the way to a 120-116 win over the Lakers on Friday. Hughes scored 33 and finished with 14 Nestlé Crunch Time points.
Hughes comes through:
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Dec. 18, 2004
Boston's Raef LaFrentz made a driving layup with 1:29 left in regulation to break a tie. Cleveland rallied to force overtime, but once again LaFrentz stepped up when the game mattered most. He had two rebounds and four pivotal free throws in the Celtics' 114-107 road win on Saturday. LaFrentz finished the game with 12 points, 10 boards and notched 12 Nestlé Crunch Time points.
LaFrentz steps up:
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Dec. 19, 2004
When the game is on the line, New York's Jamal Crawford seems to play his best. With the Knicks clinging to a two-point lead, Crawford made a runner to push the advantage to four with 26.9 seconds left to play. He added two free throws in the closing seconds as New York held off Utah 94-93 on Sunday. The guard finished with 10 Nestlé Crunch Time points.
Crawford is the man:
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Dec. 20, 2004
Larry Hughes had a happy return to Oakland. The former Warrior nailed a jump shot with 1:13 left to give the Wizards a two-point lead. After Golden State tied the score, Hughes sank another clutch jumper - with 29.9 seconds remaining - to set the stage for Gilbert Arenas' game-winning basket Monday with 0.8 ticks left in Washington's 103-101 win. Hughes notched eight Nestlé Crunch Time points.
Hughes comes through again:
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Dec. 21, 2004
The Hornets forced overtime with a late bucket, but in the extra session Los Angeles' Rick Brunson did all the stinging. Brunson hit a 3-pointer at the 4:17 mark to put the Clippers up by three, and they never looked back. He added two more jumpers, one with 2:02 remaining and another with 1:19 to go, and tacked on two late free throws to wrap up a 100-91 victory. Brunson tallied 17 Nestlé Crunch Time points.
Brunson breaks out:
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