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sei ond fastest ever behind only
her si hoot ret ortl ut -I 1 HI Iasi
Year and easily broke the prove
sional time ol J t H i
(tie biggest surprise ol the
season would have to be tin'
improvement of Smith in the
dist'lis
Smith had only a ties! of
IV) 1 before this season bul im
proved to Hit-.1 in a dual meet
against ( aliturnia and then to
]h I 1 at the (iregon Invitational
before throwing IT 1 ‘I at the
I .nng Iteai h Twilight Invita
lional last Thursday That
throw is dso the sivtli best in
the \'< A \ this veal
With then 14 qualifiers, tin
men will be well represented at
the \< \A meet and are looking
to improve on last \ear s fourth
plat e tmish
\ I so i ompeting in the meet
for the Oregon men will or IV
ilro daSilva in I lit* <)r< .ithlon.
S. lilt Metier in thr h.immri
\rt Skipper in the javelin. long
jumprr Latin Hrrrv. triplt*
jumper Spenrer W illiams, Lrii
Peterson in the 1 iim meters
ami lirian Wright in the 100
hurdles
\llliough the women have
olds sis ipialifiers as opposed
In nine Iasi seat the Ihn ks
should improve on last visit's
team performani r which tied
them for 12nd 11\ *• ra11
|oining Williams and Smith
III the \( ,\.\ meet will hr la/
Wilson in the >,01)0 meters.
.Stephanie Wrssrll in thr
10,000 and lavrlin throwers
Paula Her i v and him I Ivatt.
Wrssrll was onlv a provt
,lonal ipiahfh i in the 10,000
but i oai h Tom 1 Irinonrn has
opted to have her run the
10 000 instead ol thr >.000
whirl) she automatically qu.ili
lied lot
Blazers hope home court advantage continues
By Bob Baum
A s sot" u i tod Pt &s s
PORTLAND Tlit? Portland li.nl Blazers arc witlitn
two games nl the NBA lin.ils tor just one reason
I fame Sweet 1 fame
File Trail Blazers, who beat San \ntonio in a series
in which the home team won every game. hope that
holds true in their Western (imlerence final against
Phoenix It resumes Tuesday night in Portland alter i
disastrous turn tor the Blazers in the land ol the Suns
In far t Portland has taken the home t nurt advantage
to an extreme, going 8-0 in the plavnlls at home just
l a on the road Phoenix on the Other hand has won
four pl.i\ott road games, although the Suns have lost PI
straight games in Portland dating hat k to the t‘184
playoffs
The Blazers perlei I home mark has kept their best
ut 7 Western Conference tinal series tied 1 1 alter the
Suns' two one sided victories in Phoenix that makes
Phoenix players optimism about Came i in Portland
"We played well enough to win the iiixt two games
up there Dan Majerle said, then we had lapses and
didn't execute at the end
The Blazers were in the same situation against San
Antonin Portland won the first two games ol tluit st
iles. vv .is beaten si Hind h the next two. hut won ( hunt- .
,il home anil eventuallv won in seven names
It s a three name senes with two ot them at our
Iil.it e said Portland point guard letrv Porter It we
take i are ol hu si ness at home we i e ( )K As long as we
continue to win at home we won t have a problem We
i an lose ( Mine it as long as we win i .inti at home
The Blazers have been winning til home hut pist
hands
The I a a two v: tones ovri San \ntonio were in dou
ble-overtime anil overtime Portland won the series
opener ag 11n -1 the Suns 1011-ilH OB a late basket hv he\
in Dm kworth then overcame a 2- point deficit in
damn J to win IBM to tin Portias I t-footer ill the final
seconds
The coll.ipse ohviouslv had no long term eltect on
the Suns W hen the series shitted to Phoenix, the Suns
won (lame ! in one of the most one sided contests in
NBA plavofl historv I.! t Hu
Portland hired better inl.ame ) hut couldn't match
the offense generated In Kevin johnson and linn
Chambers and the Suns pulled avvav in the second
halt Portland missed live straight .. throws in the
third quarter and the Suns won the rebounding battle
|H 111 against ,1 Hl.lZel 11-.Iin lh.lt It’ll lilt- league III til’ll
department
Pht ..nix hasn't liinl thr In mu- court advantage in ,im
siTitts m the 1'i'll I playoffs, hut won twice u.u h oil the
load against till’ I 'tall jazz anil I n - Angeles l akers
We're not the (dohetrofters vet hut it we'ie going
to win everything we have to win one on the road
Phoenix coat h (lotion I it/sitnmons said
Ur understand that We're the 111 -^t team to win -I
games and not get the home court advantage in am se
lii" Hut winning two in I tali and two in l.os Angelos
makes ns a toughei . (letlel team
While the Suns offense was in high gem at home
the Hla/.eis have survived despite a lack ot scoring
punch
Clyde 1 )re\ler whose i old shooting has compounded
Portland's prohlems. said the team Itasn t reioveted
from the loss ot Duckworth and hat kup i milei Wayne
( ooper to lupines in the opening round Until have re
turned to the lineup hut the team has yet to regain the
level III pirn that helped it will VI games in the regular
season
Reserve guard Drazen 1’etrovn whose offense is
sorely needed is bothered h\ a right wrist sprained in
Sunday 's game hut is expel.ted to play I'uesdav
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