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The Associated Press — Pat Riley is on the cusp of 1,000 victories. The Seattle SuperSonics needed just one to secure themselves a much easier play off opponent Riley’s latest ‘W* left him feeling much better about his Miami Heat with the postseason around the comer. “This is what this thing is about, finishing strong and pointing toward Saturday night, when the playoffs start,” Riley said Tuesday night after he picked up career victory No. 999 as Miami never trailed in beating the Toronto Raptors 97-73. If Miami defeats host Charlotte tonight, Riley would become the sec ond NBA coach to hit the fbur-figure milestone. AlantafcLenny Wilkens has 1,179 victories.1 Rileyfc overall record is 999-433, a .698 winning percentage, with Miami, the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks. Seattle Is 119-112 overtime victory over the Sacramento Kingp, mean while, gave the Sonics the seventh seed in the Western Conference anda first-round date with the Utah Jazk The result left the Kings eighth in the West and facing, the league-best Los Angeles Lakers in the playoffs. Seattle must be ple'ased tp avoid die Lakers. While the Sonics split four p*; with Utah during the regular season, they went l r3 against Los Angeles losing those thpse ^hnps by an aver age of 12 points. Seatde’s lone victory against the Lakers was by one point. _ In other hjBA games Wednesday night New York.beat Detrpit'100-88, Atlanta edged New. Jersey 111-1.09 in double overtime, Charlotte topped Cleveland 103-88, Philadelphia defeated Chicago 93-89, Dallas beat the Lakers 112-102, Denver surprised Utah 105-lfyt in overtime, Houston got past Phoenix 1 Of-98, Portland jbeat the Los Angeles Clippers 116 100, and Boston routed Washington 114-81. ' i . The regplar season ends tonight with 14 games. Every team but the 76ers is in action. . Never pass up a _ _. 180 DAYS II DEFERRED PflYMENTBB m (1) Payment deferral not available In PA and limited in Ml and DC. Offer not available on lease contracts. Qualified buyers, as determined by Mazda American Credit, take new retail delivery from dealer stock by 12/31/00. (2) $400 College Graduate cash back or “Get Professional Kit” (allow 6-8 weeks for delivery) available on purchase of any new 99 or 00 Mazda vehicles. Limit one per customer. Qualified customers must be within six months of grad uation or have graduated within the last two years from one of the following: accredited junior or community college with an associates degree, an accredited college or university with a bachelors degree, an accredited nursing school with a bachelors in nursing degree, an accredited graduate school with a masters degree or are currently enrolled In graduate school. Mazda reserves the right to discontinue this promotion for any reason at any time. The Best Buy Seal is a registered trademark of Consumers Digest, Inc.
