Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, May 20, 1991, Page 17, Image 16

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    SPORTS
Lakers gain homecourt advantage after win
I’< IKTl. Wi) (API I! took the Portland
Trail Blazers .ill season to gain the home
c ourt advantage m the \ It A playoffs It took
them only one game to lose it
Now the Blazers must heal the I akers a!
home on Tuesday night or head to I .os \n
geles down 2 0 in the Western Confefeni e
final
"I'm not expecting to go down there
(l 2 said Portland s Bui k Williams
"We've got to win on Tuesday We. ve ne\
er been in this situation before It's a pietly
precarious situation for us
The Blazers, who had the NBA s host reg
ular season rei ord at t> I ID and ended the
bakers' nine year reign as Pacifii Division
champions had assured themselves the
hnmei ourt advantage throughout the play
oils as long .is they didn’t lose at Memorial
Coliseum
Saturday's 111 1.00 loss was the Blazers
first at home in seven playoff games Now
the pressure is on the team many consul
ered to he the favorite to w in it all
"This will he a true sign of how good our
team really is." Williams said
Portland led by as many as 1-1 points late
in the third quarter and still was on top h\
1J as the final period begun I he Blazers
had blown tug leads against Seattle and
I'tab m the first two rounds but had been
able to hold on and win
Against the experienced and unflappable
Lakers, though the game slipped away
Ins Angeles si nn'tl Ihc first I i points nt
tho luurtli quarter to l,ik<• the lc.nl ami then
pullcil ,m .it over the mistake prone Blazers
in tile filial t; niunites
I don't know u hat ■ auses a sums; like
th.it Portland s Kevin Duikuorth said
l lieir inomentuni pn ks up and then the\
stall getting the t .ills I inlildll t tielieve
some of the i .ills thev not
Hut it uasnt officiating that heat the
Hl.i/ets Vnd Portland ( ai.it h Ku k Vdelin.in
said it uasn t the Inkers either
It u as more uhal we did than u fiat tluv
did Adelm.in said
The Blazers threw the hall auav save up
easy baskets missed i rtn lal free throws and
stood around on offense
In the fourth ipiartei we duln t do min h
ot anything.1' Civile Drexlet said
I hat uasn t exactly true Drexler did
something He scored HI ot Ins team\ 14
points in the quartei finishing with JB
points. 12 assists and 8 rebounds
Hut the lest nl the team did virtually
nothing e\i epl make mistakes
\delman was i ritu ized tor the lineup tie
used earlv in the fourth quarter when he
went with reserves Dannv \inge Walter
Davis. Cliff Robinson and Duckworth and
W illiams
I he talkers si ored eight quit k points and
tile game was i lose tile lest nl the way
Adelllian said he needed In give Drexler a
breather and lie was worried about leiiv
-.Port»*r «ir.iv\ my. a fifth hud But without tin*
two-starting. guards thr Blazris oftrnsr
wrnt stagnant
I hr I.ak."»•!''■» mranu hilr t«»*>V advantagr
ot tin* opportunity
With \tngn Johnson handing out sr\rra!
o| Ills ‘ 1 assist-. thrrr short of (hr VBA
playoff mm onl h«* sli.irrs with John Sttw k
ton thr | akrr s hit thr shots thrv nrrdrd
I imt*s Worths s< orrd JM ll\mn Srotf w as u
tor 1 2 and s< ommI pi
But Johnson was rrmmdmg rvrrvnnr that
onr gafur dors not mean thr Iwst of 7 srnrs
is ovrr
I lirV ii* as good as vvr arr on thr mail
hr said I hry brat us tun t* m ourhudd
rng ! his is nothing \\ «• haven t aihirvrd
a in thing
I \jmm t thr test ot thr srrirs to Im* as < lost*
or a losrr than (.ainr t Johnson said
It s going to hr like that hr said "You
rarrlv s»*r a blowout in this kind oi vrrirs
1 Ins is thr kind ot gut ( hri k win voil A r g(»t
til VV 111
I .os \ngrlrs ('oath Mikr Dunlravv said
his tram knows thr Bla/rrs arr not going to
give up without a tight just hrt ausr thrv v r
hist a gamr
rills givrs us thr homr< ourt advantage
hut it's just thr beginning ot thr senes hr
said Portland is so explosive so good so
talrntrd Hiry re a strong tram They n* t
phvsit id tram
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golfing mmmiii
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