Charles Barkley scored 23 points for Phoenix, which had defeated Seattle, 87-86, last month in the first meeting of the last season's Western Conference finalists.

The Raptors also defeated the Houston Rockets, Utah Jazz and Miami Heat, all of whom were eventual Conference finalists.

The Western Conference finalists will also be decided tonight when San Jose plays at Los Angeles and Kansas City travels to Dallas.

Scott credited Portland, a Western Conference finalist last season, for its remarkable talent but was disgusted with his own emotional lapse.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders, despite being Western Conference finalists, had the first overall selection through a trade with the last place Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Of the two Western Conference finalists, Portland is the bigger draw, with 845,320 TV homes, compared with Salt Lake City's 586,960.

On the other end of the scale, 2009 Conference finalist Hurricanes had a 2-8-3 record for October, the worst in franchise history.

The game marked the first meeting between last season's Western Conference finalists, a series won by Detroit in six games en route to its second straight Stanley Cup.

The Flyers, an Eastern Conference finalist last year are winless in six games.

Crawford shot 1 for 11 from the field in 27 minutes and managed 4 points as the Knicks completed an 0-3 trip with a 102-82 loss to Minnesota, a Western Conference finalist last season.