Robinson, Portland Are at Zero

When asked about the last time he had been shut out, Portland’s Cliff Robinson simply scratched his head and cracked a smile.

“It’s been a while,” Robinson said.

Robinson went scoreless and missed all seven of his shots against the Washington Bullets Saturday night in Landover, Md., including a 30-footer that would have tied the score with two seconds left, in the Trail Blazers’ 108-104 loss.

The loss ended the NBA’s longest current winning streak at 11 games and was Portland’s first since a 96-95 defeat in overtime at New York on Feb. 26.

Chris Webber led Washington with 26 points and 12 rebounds. Rod Strickland had 22 points and Gheorghe Muresan and Calbert Cheaney had 17 each.

Isaiah Rider scored 28 points and Rasheed Wallace had 25 for Portland.

Cleveland 75, Dallas 72--Tyrone Hill’s layup with 44 seconds left put the Cavaliers ahead for good, and Bobby Phills followed with a key defensive play at Dallas.

Hill worked inside against Shawn Bradley for a layup to give the Cavaliers a 73-72 advantage, then Hill made one of two free throws with 23.3 seconds to go for a 74-72 lead.

Hill led the Cavaliers with 24 points and 18 rebounds.

Michael Finley, who led Dallas with 22 points, tried to get in position for a turnaround jumper with 13 seconds left, but Phills stripped the ball from him.

Chicago 103, Detroit 88--Scottie Pippen scored 26 points and Michael Jordan had 23 at Chicago as the Bulls defeated the Pistons for the 19th consecutive time.

Luc Longley had 16 points and 12 rebounds and Dennis Rodman grabbed 18 rebounds for Chicago.

The Pistons, playing their fifth game in seven nights, got 16 points from Grant Hill, who missed nine of 14 shots and six of 11 free throws.

Charlotte 100, Golden State 93--The Hornets’ bid to overcome the absence of the injured Anthony Mason got off to a rocky but successful start at Charlotte.

The Hornets blew a 14-point lead in the second half and were forced into overtime, in which Vlade Divac assisted on three baskets in a 58-second span.

Divac had 10 points, 12 rebounds, nine assists and seven blocks.

Joe Smith led Golden State with 31 points and 15 rebounds.

Phoenix 104, Houston 99--Rex Chapman scored 27 points, and his jumper from just inside the three-point line with 40.5 seconds left clinched the Suns’ victory at Houston.

Houston got 39 points from Hakeem Olajuwon and a triple-double from Clyde Drexler--17 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.

The Suns’ Jason Kidd suffered a cut above his right eye late in the game that required stitches to close, but he returned and also finished with a triple-double of 12 points, 10 rebounds and 15 assists.

Milwaukee 80, New York 79--Sherman Douglas won a jump ball from Charlie Ward with 1.1 seconds left, knocking the ball all the way down court to preserve the Bucks’ victory at Milwaukee.

With 11.8 seconds left, Ward drove the lane and missed a layup. The ball was tipped four times by the Knicks before it was grabbed by Douglas, who was then tied up by Ward.

Armon Gilliam led the Bucks with 20 points and eight rebounds and held his own against the Knicks’ Patrick Ewing, who had 25 points.

Seattle 113, Sacramento 99--Hersey Hawkins scored 22 points and the SuperSonics survived the ejection of Gary Payton as they won at Seattle.

Payton received two technicals seconds apart early in the third quarter for protesting a non-call after he posted up Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf and thought he was fouled.