From: edrury@3cpu.rain.com (Ed Drury)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Blazer Week Five
Date: 14 Dec 92 13:07:39 GMT
Reply-To: edrury@3cpu.rain.com (Ed Drury)
Organization: Garden Lane Software


		       WEEK FIVE

		     INJURY UPDATES

 Portland  limped through week five with a plethora  of  injuries. 
For  the  second straight week, Portland played .500  ball.  Clyde 
Drexler  went through a limited practice after the  team  returned 
from it's eastern swing and played for the first time in five days 
against the Milwaukee Bucks. Team physician Robert Cook released a 
statement  that Clyde's knee had no new problems. Cook  also  said 
that  the swelling and discomfort in Clyde's right knee  were  the 
result of falls during the New York game. Dr. Cook felt that Clyde 
would have had the same symptoms even if he hadn't been recovering 
from  arthroscopic knee surgery. The team physician feels it  will 
take  Clyde  about another full month before he will  regain  full 
strength in his right knee.

 Jerome  Kersey  is resting his sore knee and doing  exercises  to 
quote,  "maintain his level of aerobic conditioning."  Kersey  has 
missed  six games since being put on injured reserve. He will  try 
the  knee at practice tomorrow (December 14, 1992) and his  status 
is day to day.

 Mario Elie has been struggling with a very sore left ankle  which 
he  reinjured  in a game against the Lakers. He  played  sparingly 
with  an  ankle brace in the double overtime loss to  the  Pacers. 
Last  night,  Elie  seemed to be moving much  better.  He  is  not 
expected to miss any games. The coaching staff refused to let  him 
practice  the  day before the game with  the  Washington  Bullets, 
insisting that he rest the ankle. It seems to have helped.

 Cliff  Robinson has been playing through bursitis in a hip  after 
suffering  a  hip pointer injury last week. He's had a  couple  of 
falls  on the hip and walks with a noticeable limp.  Cliff  missed 
most  of  the first half of the Indiana game, twice going  to  the 
locker room with the team physician. He played well in the  second 
half  and  scored  a new career high  again  tonight  against  the 
Washington Bullets. He is not expected to miss any games.

 Kevin  Duckworth  has  been playing with two  sore  knees.  Kevin 
started  the game against Washington last night, but  only  lasted 
three minutes before he hobbled into the dressing room. His status 
is unknown at this time.

 Rod  Strickland has been hampered with badly sprained fingers  on 
the  left hand. This is a fairly common situation for Rod  has  he 
pokes  and  swats at a lot of balls in traffic. His  hand  is  not 
expected to keep him out of any ball games at this point.

			 GAMES

	12/8  Milwaukee   97 at Portland  126
	12/9  Portland   111 at LA Lakers 124
	12/11 Indiana    134 at Portland  124 (2OT)
	12/13 Washington  98 at Portland  117
        
		   MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

 Coming  into  this season, Cliff Robinson's career  high  was  22 
points.  He  has scored more than 22 points in 7 of  his  last  12 
games.  Cliff  has  set new career high  marks  three  times  this 
season.  Clyde Drexler's seven steals against Indiana  pushed  him 
past Larry Bird in the all time career steals list. Buck  Williams 
grabbed 22 rebounds in the game against Indiana. That is the  most 
he has had as a Trailblazer.

		   STATS FOR THIS WEEK

Name       G    M    FG%    FT%  3PT%     PPG    PPM     RPG   APG  BPG
Robinson    4 35.5  60.9%  60.0%  25.0%   23.5    0.66    8.0  2.8  2.5
Drexler     4   39  40.6%  90.3%   0.0%   21.8    0.56    8.5  7.8    1
Porter      4 37.3  41.7%  81.8%  46.7%   16.3    0.44    5.8  6.5    0
Williams    4   34  55.9%  54.5%   0.0%   11.0    0.32    9.3  2.0    1
Strickland  4 27.8  50.0%  75.0%   0.0%   10.8    0.39    3.5  5.0    0
Duckworth   4 21.3  38.9%  81.8%    ---    9.3    0.44    3.5  0.8    0
Murray      4 14.3  51.5%  75.0%   0.0%    9.3    0.65    2.8  0.0    0
Bryant      4 16.8  40.0%  63.6%    ---    6.8    0.40    3.0  0.5 0.25
Johnson     2  5.5  83.3% 100.0% 100.0%    6.5    1.18    2.0  0.5    0
Elie        4   17  31.8%  50.0%  60.0%    5.8    0.34    1.5  1.8    0
Wolf        3    4  60.0% 100.0%    ---    2.7    0.67    0.7  0.0    0
Smith       2  2.5   0.0%    ---   0.0%    0.0    0.00    0.0  0.0    0
Kersey      0  ---    ---    ---    ---    ---     ---    ---  ---  ---

        
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