Indiana 83, Phoenix 76
Tamika Catchings scored 22 of her 28 points in the second half to lead the Indiana Fever to an 83-76 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday night.
Catchings made a franchise-record 15 free throws -- 13 after halftime -- and tied the franchise record for most points in a half. Catchings had just six points on 2-of-8 shooting before the break.
``When your shots aren't falling and you're a shooter, the best thing to do is get to the free throw line,'' Catchings said. ``Once you get to the line a couple of times, you get used to shooting it.''
Natalie Williams added 12 points, and Kelly Schumacher and Jurgita Streimikyte each scored 10 for the Fever. Indiana held off a late Phoenix rally, allowing an 11-point lead shrink to one with 1:40 left.
Diana Taurasi had 24 points and five assists, Plenette Pierson had 15 points and Anna DeForge added 14 for the Mercury.
Phoenix used a 6-0 run with under 3 minutes left to cut Indiana's lead to 69-68. A pair of free throws by Catchings and a basket by Streimikyte pushed the lead to 73-68 with 1 minute left.
Catchings, who had nine rebounds, added three free throws in the final 18.8 seconds.
``One thing my dad always told me is that the last three minutes need to be your time to shine,'' Catchings said.
Indiana used a 9-0 first-half run to lead 28-19 with just under 5 minutes left. The Mercury closed out the half with an 11-5 run to trail 33-30 at the break.
After Phoenix scored to start the second half, the Fever scored 11 of the next 12 points to take a 44-33 lead. Catchings scored five points and Williams had four during the run.
``Tamika just stepped up. She's a star player,'' Phoenix coach Carrie Graf said. ``We held her in the first half, but she's a star player.''
May 25, 2005
May 22, 2005
Time Compiles List of 100 Greatest Films
NEW YORK - A list of the greatest films of all time without "North by Northwest?" No "Annie Hall," "Bicycle Thief" or "Apocalypse Now"? Take a deep breath and relax. This is supposed to be fun.
The movie critics for Time magazine, Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss, have compiled an unranked list of the 100 greatest films. It was posted Sunday on www.Time.com. Included are traditionally acclaimed flicks like "Lawrence of Arabia," "Casablanca" and "Citizen Kane," as well as more atypical choices like "Finding Nemo," "Star Wars" and the 2002 Brazilian gang story, "City of God."
Disagree? Schickel says that's the idea.
"100 lists are fun to discuss, fun to argue over," Schickel told The Associated Press. "I don't think anybody should say, `That's it, that's the final 100! No disputing this for the rest of eternity!' You know, stuff changes. Life changes. You change."
That perspective is even more difficult for contemporary movies, says the critic who has also produced many documentaries and led the acclaimed reconstruction of Samuel Fuller's 1980 war pic, "The Big Red One." Recent films on the list include Pedro Almodovar's "Talk to Her," the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and, of course, "Pulp Fiction."
Schickel acknowledges some regret for a few older reviews of his — like not trumpeting "Bonnie and Clyde" more or failing to immediately recognize "Chinatown" as "close to a perfect movie." All the original reviews from Time will be linked on the subscription Web site — but perusing old write-ups can be a cringing experience for a critic.
Though it was before Schickel's time, the original 1942 review of "Casablanca," for example, read, "Nothing short of an invasion could add much to `Casablanca.'"
"If you're involved with movies, they are a living organism in your memory," Schickel says. "It's like some creature in a sci-fi movie that keeps shape-shifting."
The most popular director turned out to be Martin Scorsese, who has three films on the list. Scorsese's frequent actor of choice, Robert De Niro, leads actors with five.
Since Schickel and Corliss also have divergent tastes, much of the finalized list is one of compromise.
"Most 100 lists are the product of a single sensibility and this is a compromised list because his sensibility and mine, I think, agreed between 40 percent and 50 percent of the time ... and then it gets to a wrangle."
In Monday's issue of the magazine, the two critics also name the best film from each decade since Time began: "Metropolis" (1927), "Dodsworth" (1936), "Citizen Kane" (1941), "Ikiru" (1952), "Persona" (1966), "Chinatown" (1974), "Decalogue" (1988), "Pulp Fiction" (1994) and "Talk to Her" (2002).
But Schickel still says to reserve any great reverence for the result of their toil.
"In a way this is supposed to be fun. ... The notion that any kind of movie reviewing or movie commentary is an opinion handed down from on high by somebody in judicial robes is nonsensical. They're all kind of first opinions and depends on, I don't know, what you ate for breakfast that morning."
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On the Net:
http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/the_complete_list.html
NEW YORK - A list of the greatest films of all time without "North by Northwest?" No "Annie Hall," "Bicycle Thief" or "Apocalypse Now"? Take a deep breath and relax. This is supposed to be fun.
The movie critics for Time magazine, Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss, have compiled an unranked list of the 100 greatest films. It was posted Sunday on www.Time.com. Included are traditionally acclaimed flicks like "Lawrence of Arabia," "Casablanca" and "Citizen Kane," as well as more atypical choices like "Finding Nemo," "Star Wars" and the 2002 Brazilian gang story, "City of God."
Disagree? Schickel says that's the idea.
"100 lists are fun to discuss, fun to argue over," Schickel told The Associated Press. "I don't think anybody should say, `That's it, that's the final 100! No disputing this for the rest of eternity!' You know, stuff changes. Life changes. You change."
That perspective is even more difficult for contemporary movies, says the critic who has also produced many documentaries and led the acclaimed reconstruction of Samuel Fuller's 1980 war pic, "The Big Red One." Recent films on the list include Pedro Almodovar's "Talk to Her," the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and, of course, "Pulp Fiction."
Schickel acknowledges some regret for a few older reviews of his — like not trumpeting "Bonnie and Clyde" more or failing to immediately recognize "Chinatown" as "close to a perfect movie." All the original reviews from Time will be linked on the subscription Web site — but perusing old write-ups can be a cringing experience for a critic.
Though it was before Schickel's time, the original 1942 review of "Casablanca," for example, read, "Nothing short of an invasion could add much to `Casablanca.'"
"If you're involved with movies, they are a living organism in your memory," Schickel says. "It's like some creature in a sci-fi movie that keeps shape-shifting."
The most popular director turned out to be Martin Scorsese, who has three films on the list. Scorsese's frequent actor of choice, Robert De Niro, leads actors with five.
Since Schickel and Corliss also have divergent tastes, much of the finalized list is one of compromise.
"Most 100 lists are the product of a single sensibility and this is a compromised list because his sensibility and mine, I think, agreed between 40 percent and 50 percent of the time ... and then it gets to a wrangle."
In Monday's issue of the magazine, the two critics also name the best film from each decade since Time began: "Metropolis" (1927), "Dodsworth" (1936), "Citizen Kane" (1941), "Ikiru" (1952), "Persona" (1966), "Chinatown" (1974), "Decalogue" (1988), "Pulp Fiction" (1994) and "Talk to Her" (2002).
But Schickel still says to reserve any great reverence for the result of their toil.
"In a way this is supposed to be fun. ... The notion that any kind of movie reviewing or movie commentary is an opinion handed down from on high by somebody in judicial robes is nonsensical. They're all kind of first opinions and depends on, I don't know, what you ate for breakfast that morning."
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On the Net:
http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/the_complete_list.html
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