Oregon Daily
Emerald
New blood leads Blazers to victory at Mac Court
j Jam-packed crowd
sees Portland sneak
by Cavs, 119 113
By Dave Charbonrteau
( mwaid Sports f ditor
No, ii wasn't thi! same lirnni
that reached the NBA Finals
last season.
But tin1 Portland Trail Blu/er*
(mated a sold out crowd at
McArthur Court to a look Into
the future as they defeated the
( lew-land Cavaliers 11*1 11'I on
Frida v
Only two of last season’s
starting five saw playing time
Point guard Terry Porter and
center Kevin Dili kworlh both
started hut played sparingly as
head coach Kh k Adclmun used
the game to get a look at his
summer acquisitions
Forward Jerome Kersey suit
ed up hut did lint play, despite
numerous chants from the
10.007 fans for Kersey to take
the court Hui k Williams didn’t
even suit up. and guard Clyde
tiresler who had krusr stir
gerv this summer did not
make the trip
The game was far from a reg
ular season showdown of two
teams expo* led to contend for
an NBA Finals ap[>earanee In
stead. it was a game tret ween
two teams trying to decide who
will Ik' suiting up for th«‘ regu
lar sejason
Portland, which had an Ifl
man roster coming into the
game, played a lineup of lilliot
Pe rry . Mario Klin. Mark Bryant,
i.amont Strothers and Trae v
Murray in the c losing minutes
of the game This lineup would
usually suggest a Blowout un
der normal e ircumstnnres, hut
the game was c lose to the- very
end
lor Adclman. u vie tors in the
preseason was not nearly as im
portant as seeing Ins new [Bay
ers read in a close game.
"! wanted to seer how the
younger guys would respond to
the situation," he- said "I was
pleased with all the- young
guys, they all had their mo
ments ”
Murray. .1 rookie, had the
most impressive performance
oul of the new players Murray,
who was use-d let getting the
cold shoulder front McArthur
Court fans while starring with
UCLA, demonstrated his pie:
tun- [M-rfee t jump shot, hilling
seven of 12 from the: field
Murray also showed he could
Im- effective from outside the
three-point line-, hitting two of
two from the are and finishing
with 17 points
"It was different having fans
tu rn i hrcr for mo," Murray
said. "I'm happy they worn on
my side llns lime "
Strothers spun! most of his
time with the Blazers last year
on the injured reserve list and
has not secured a spot on the
team yt Strothers did every
thing he could to try and con
vince Adnlman to keep him on
as a fifth guard, leading all
st orers with 20 points
Strothers' odds of making the
team are not that groat consul
Turn to BLAZERS, Pag* 9A
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for their first official practice
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At 12:01 a.m. Men's basketball team
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Photo Jtrtt P»»iay
Terrell Brandon and Tracy Murray (abova left) returned to McArthur
Court, but this time it area Murray's team getting the cheers. Mario
EHe (above), who came from Golden State, scored 13 points tor the
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