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Blazers exoect defense will decide final series
First game against Detroit is Tuesday
By Bob Baum
Associated Press
PORTLAND (AIM I he
Portland Trail Mazers left ful
Detroit on Sunday insisting
the\ won t he intimidated In
tin1 Pistons in tin1 \HA 1 nulls
\\ i• have to pla\ them at
their plane hut we mati h up
well with them. ' i o.ii h Kit h
Ailelman said "We know that
they re good hut we know we
< .in pla\ w itli them
The Blazers worked out at a
suburban high si hool then
went home to wall h llic set unit
half nf (i.imo 7 of the K.isti'rn
Conferenio fm.ils between Do
troll anil (dm ago The Pistons
won 'I I 74
\delman had expei tod tIn
i’ i st i ms to win all along
W lion von ii going foi tho
i hani|)ionshi|i it s mi o to he
playing the defending t hampi
ons. ' ho said
The finals will foaluro t\vo
teams that often struggle with
their shooting hut win u ith do
tense and rebounding
'We re gist as physli al as
tliev .ire rum.mil forward
Bui k Williams said "It .ill de
pends on whii h Ir.im i .111 make
tlif adjustments and control the
tempo nl the linshctball name
Hull) teams are real good defen
MVeh It's i;mii(i to he a good
defensive series
lo have a championship
team von have to build on
vour defensive abilitv versus
the offensive abilitv Ml season
long I think Detroit bus Ireen
thriving on plaving well defen
sivelv It s similar to the situa
I ion we've been in
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Adelman said the Hla/ers
don't mind being considered as
the Pistons W est in terms of
playing style
Until teams defend well and
they both rebound well." he
said ' Thev have been able to
win with their defense That's a
proven point And I think in
these playoffs we've done that
too 1 think we re very similar
in the wav is e play
The Pistons .md Hla/ers eai h
won all regular season games
tied tor the second-best record
in the league lx*hind the bos
Angeles bakers They split
then regular season series I he
Hla/ers won in Portland 102 H2
on Nov 2(i and the I’istons
won in I)t‘lroil 1 1 1 l(Hi on Inn
13.
"We had a great game
against them hero and we lost
there b\ five." Portland center
Kevin Duckworth said "We
feed we c an plav with them, no
matter what
Duckworth said he knows
what to expec t Irom Pistons'
i enter Hill l.aimheer
"He doesn't intimidate' am
both 1 ie's just dirt\ . I hie k
worth said "1 don't think that
in a series against us ho c an get
awai with anything because
our guv s have a quic k temper
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