From: edrury@agora.rain.com (Ed Drury)
Subject: Blazer Week 10
Organization: Open Communications Forum
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 04:32:33 GMT

 
		      WEEK TEN
        
        1/19 Portland 119 at Milwaukee 92
        
 Portland     27   40   25   27
 Milwaukee    26   25   14   27
 
 Clyde Drexler led Portland to an easy victory with 21 points,  10 
rebounds and 7 assists. Clyde's 15 first quarter points helped the 
Blazers  to  a 1 point lead entering the second  period  of  play. 
Portland  outscored the Bucks 40-25 in the second period  to  blow 
the game open. They finished the job by holding Milwaukee to  just 
14  third  period points. Kevin Duckworth had to  leave  the  game 
after  11  minutes  due to an upper  respiratory  infection.  Mark 
Bryant left the game in the second half after receiving a cut  eye 
lid.  He  is expected to be available against  Minnesota  tomorrow 
night.
 
 Cliff Robinson had a strong game off the bench, scoring 20 points 
and  grabbing 18 boards in 28 minutes of play. Terry  Porter  also 
knocked in 20 points in a balanced scoring attack. Mario Elie  had 
a good shooting night with 5 of 7 including 2 of 3 from behind the 
three point line. Mario was a perfect 3-3 from the freethrow line.
Rod Strickland's nine assists led the Blazers in that category.
 
1/20 Portland 110  at Minnesota 94
 
Portland     19   30   31   30
Minnesota    24   20   23   27
 
 Portland  did enough to win despite shooting just 42%. The  first 
quarter was another Blazer sluggish start, finding themselves down 
24  to  19  at the end of one. Portland trailed for  most  of  the 
second  quarter before putting together a 16 to 6 run to go  ahead 
by  seven.  In the middle of third quarter, Rod  Strickland  began 
pushing  the ball. Portland started to pull away with a 16-4  run. 
Portland  pushed the lead to around twenty in the  fourth  quarter 
and won the game easily.
 
 Cliff  Robinson  led  Portland's  scoring  with  22  points,   14 
rebounds,  8 assists and 3 steals. Clyde Drexler scored 20  points 
plus 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals. Rod Strickland dished out 
9  assists  off the bench and tossed in 16 points.  Buck  Williams 
contributed  16  points  as well. Kevin  Duckworth  did  not  play 
tonight  because of an upper respiratory infection. If  Kevin  has 
the flu that has been going around here, he could be down a while. 
For Minnesota, Doug West led the scoring with 20 points.  Laettner 
added 18.
 
1/22 Sacramento 127 at Portland 135
 
Sacramento   34   29   32   32
Portland     41   33   26   35
 
 Terry  Porter and Cliff Robinson each had 27 points  as  Portland 
wins  a shoot out against the short handed Kings. The  Kings  were 
not  short on fire power of their own with Mitch Richmond  getting 
27  and  six other players in double figures. Terry Porter  was  a 
perfect 3 for 3 from behind the home run line. Richmond went 4 for 
6 on his three point attempts.
 
 The  41 point first period tied Portland's season high. Their  74 
first  half points and 135 points in regulation were  both  season 
highs.  They  needed every one of them as the Kings would  not  go 
away  despite  trailing  by double digits  on  several  occasions. 
Especially  strong for them was Randy Brown who went 7 of 11  from 
the  field, blocked two shots and grabbed 6 boards in 24  minutes. 
The  Kings  are  of course without rookie  wizard  Walt  Williams. 
Simmons  did play, but only 18 minutes. Cuaswell, in foul  trouble 
the entire game, only played for 16 minutes.
 
 Terry  Porter made the first dunk I can ever remember seeing  him 
do in a game. Kevin Duckworth returned to the lineup tonight. Duck 
has  been stricken with a flu virus. Portland shot 56.8% from  the 
floor  -  50%  from 3 point range. Clyde Drexler had  a  good  all 
around  game  with  23 points and 8 rebounds, however  no  one  on 
either  team had a strong defensive night. Portland did  block  10 
shots, unusual.
 
1/24 Portland 124 at Utah 113
 
Portland    20   26   37   41
Utah        27   26   28   32
 
  Portland used a 78 point second half to snap Utah's 13 game home 
win streak. Rod Strickland was able to consistently burn  Stockton 
and  his penetration led to easy baskets for Kevin  Duckworth  who 
scored all of his 22 points in the second half. Karl Malone had 17 
trips to the foul line and Buck Williams on the bench for most  of 
the  game in foul trouble. The Mailman delivered 42 points and  12 
rebounds, but was pretty much the entire offense for the Jazz. 
 
                          Week 10 Stats
 
Name       G   M    FG%    FT%   3PT%    PPG     PPM     RPG  APG  BPG
                            - Starters -
Drexler    4 34.3  49.3%  84.6%  25.0%   23.0    0.67    8.3  5.0    1
Porter     4 33.3  39.7%  85.7%  41.7%   18.8    0.56    2.3  5.3 0.25
Duckworth  3 20.3  65.2%  33.3%    ---   10.3    0.51    1.7  1.0 0.33
Kersey     4 27.3  47.4%  33.3%   0.0%    9.3    0.34    5.5  3.3  0.5
Williams   4 25.3  45.0%  63.6%    ---    8.8    0.35    6.3  0.8 0.75
                            -   Bench  -
Robinson   4 28.5  50.0%  72.0%   0.0%   22.5    0.79    7.5  3.3  2.5
Strickland 4   30  50.0%  82.1%    ---   14.8    0.49    3.8  8.8    1
Elie       4 18.3  54.5%  81.8%  50.0%    9.5    0.52    2.5  0.8 0.25
Bryant     4 17.5  54.5%  62.5%    ---    4.3    0.24    4.3  0.8 0.25
Murray     2    5  37.5%    ---   0.0%    3.0    0.60    1.5  0.0    0
Johnson    2    5  33.3%  50.0% 100.0%    3.0    0.60    0.5  0.5    0
Smith      2  6.5  16.7%   0.0%    ---    1.0    0.15    2.0  0.0    0
 
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Team       4  240  47.7%  74.4%  35.1%  122.0    0.51   43.5 28.8 6.75