From: edrury@3cpu.rain.com (Ed Drury)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Blazer Week 9
Date: 10 Jan 93 20:39:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: 3cpu.4338
Reply-To: edrury@3cpu.rain.com (Ed Drury)
Organization: Garden Lane Software




		       WEEK NINE
        
Portland 109 at Dallas 95
        
  Portland  22  29   27  31
  Dallas    17  26   17  35

 Jerome  Kersey, playing in his second game since coming  off  the 
injured  reserve list, scored 17 points and grabbed 9 rebounds  in 
31 minutes.  Portland sleep walked through their second game  with 
Dallas. Mark Bryant scored 11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in 27 
minutes.  This  game  featured  the referees  who  blew  65  fouls 
treating  the  fans to a 2:14 minute game that seemed  to  last  3 
hours. Terry Porter and Rod Strickland each contributed 16  points 
and combined for 11 assists.

 Delaney  Rudd made his first game appearance for the Blazers.  He 
showed  a lot of rust in his game, but it is good to see him  back 
in  the NBA. The little point guard threw up 2 three pointers  and 
missed  on  both in only 4 minutes of play. Terry  Davis  led  the 
Mavericks with 22 points.

Portland 113 at Houston 91
 
 Portland   29   18   30   36
 Houston    35   17   20   19

 Portland  came back from an 11 point Houston lead to win  by  22. 
Cliff  Robinson  led  a  balanced attack  with  21  points.  Kevin 
Duckworth  scored  16  points, grabbed 9 rebounds,  handed  out  4 
assist  and blocked 2 shots. Rod Strickland dished out 14  assists 
and scored 18 points.

 Otis  Thorpe  led Houston with 19, Horry added 18,  and  Olajuwon  
scored  16  on 7 for 17 shooting. Hakeem and Thorpe  each  had  12 
rebounds.

 Clyde  Drexler could come off the injured reserve list  and  join 
the  team  in  San Antonio Saturday.  However,  according  to  all 
accounts, Portland will leave Drexler in Portland to continue rest 
and rehabilitation of his right knee for three more days before  a 
decision about his return is made.

1/9 Portland 93 at San Antonio 109

Portland     25  20   23   25
San Antonio  21  29   31   28

 Portland   concluded   their  three  game  road   trip   with   a 
poor offensive  performance  against  the  Spurs.  For  the  third 
straight  game, Portland shot less than 40% from the field.  David 
Robinson  dominated  the game with 32 points, 10  rebounds  and  6 
blocked shots.

 Portland  goes 2 and 1 for the trip south.  The  Blazers  dropped 
their season record to 20 and 10 for the first thirty games of the 
year.  Portland  is in third place in the Pacific  Division.  Last 
year after thirty games Portland's record was 19 and 11.  Portland 
was  in  third  place behind the Golden  State  Warriors  and  the 
Phoenix Suns.

                       Week Nine

Name        G   M    FG%    FT%   3PT%    PPG     PPM     RPG  APG  BPG
Strickland  3 35.7  47.5%  71.4% 100.0%   18.0    0.50    3.3  8.7    0
Porter      3 36.3  42.9%  72.7%  38.5%   16.3    0.45    5.7  4.3    0
Robinson    3 24.3  42.9%  64.3%  50.0%   15.7    0.64    5.3  3.3 0.67
Kersey      3   29  48.6%  69.2%  50.0%   14.7    0.51    7.0  1.7 0.67
Duckworth   3   25  48.3% 100.0%   0.0%   10.7    0.43    7.3  1.3 1.67
Williams    3   32  50.0%  82.4%    ---    9.3    0.29    8.3  0.3    1
Elie        3   24  44.4% 100.0%  60.0%    8.3    0.35    3.0  2.3    0
Bryant      3   19  40.0%  83.3%    ---    5.7    0.30    5.7  0.7    0
Murray      3 3.67  25.0% 100.0%  50.0%    2.3    0.64    0.7  0.3 0.33
Smith       3 2.33  40.0%  50.0%    ---    1.7    0.71    1.0  0.0    0
Johnson     3 5.67  28.6%    ---   0.0%    0.7    0.12    1.3  0.3    0
Rudd        3    2  16.7%    ---   0.0%    0.7    0.33    0.0  0.7    0
========================================================================
Team        3  240  44.3%  76.0%  43.3%  104.0    0.43   48.7 24.0 4.33

                      First 30 Games

Name       G    M    FG%    FT%  3PT%     PPG    PPM     RPG   APG
Drexler    21   35  40.8%  85.4%  32.1%   19.7    0.56    6.6  5.4
Robinson   30 31.7  48.5%  71.3%  30.0%   18.8    0.59    7.1  2.2
Porter     30 36.2  44.9%  80.9%  43.2%   17.2    0.47    4.2  5.0
Strickland 30 31.2  49.8%  72.8%  18.8%   13.5    0.43    4.5  6.4
Kersey     15 28.1  44.4%  67.9%  50.0%   12.1    0.43    6.1  2.1
Duckworth  29 26.1  48.0%  82.7%   0.0%   11.9    0.45    5.3  1.1
Elie       30 21.5  44.6%  82.1%  40.5%    8.9    0.41    2.7  2.1
Williams   30 31.8  47.5%  63.5%   0.0%    8.7    0.27    8.5  1.2
Murray     22    9  39.3%  84.6%  27.8%    5.2    0.58    1.4  0.4
Bryant     30 16.5  47.2%  73.0%   0.0%    4.8    0.29    4.0  0.5
Johnson    14 5.36  37.5%  45.5%  40.0%    2.1    0.39    0.9  0.1
Wolf        5    3  60.0% 100.0%    ---    1.6    0.53    0.6  0.0
Smith      11 2.64  23.5%  25.0%   0.0%    1.0    0.38    0.7  0.1
Rudd        3    2  16.7%    ---   0.0%    0.7    0.33    0.0  0.7
===================================================================
Team       30  240  44.3%  76.0%  43.3%  108.7    0.43   48.7 24.0

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