Trail Blazers win fourth straight
CHARLOTTE. N.C. (AP) • The liest edge the Port
land Trail Blazers might hove had over the Char
lotte Hornets on Sunday was experience
Standing up to the rigors of a road trip that has
them playing five games in seven days. Clyde
Drexler ond Terry Porter got a pair of key fourth
quarter baskets as the Trail Blazers won 121-114.
"Experience is everything at this point." Drexler
said. "Experience and confidence is more than 50
percent of it. Everybody has quality players. So
when the players all know what to do at different
times in the game, that's how you win games."
Drexler struggled from the field, making six of 17
shots, hut sank all 13 free throws ho tried and led
Portland with 25 points. Porter scored 20. and (Tiff
Robinson got 10.
After Kendall Gill's short jumper brought Char
lotte to 108-107 with 3:28 left. Porter fought off the
Hornets’ big men for a follow shot. Cliff Robinson
scored on a running jumper, and after Dell Curry
got a jumper for Charlotte. Drexler scored on a dri
ving lay-up to extend Portland's lead to 114-109
with 1:26 left.
"We did a better job in the second half of con
trolling these guys," Drexler said "As a team, we
are learning to play positive, even with our mis
takes."
Charlotte, trying to maintain a spot in the play
offs. lost its fourth consecutive game.
"They pretty much haven't played with each oili
er long enough to get a good feel for each other."
Drexler said of the Hornets, now in their fifth sea
son. "That will come in time."
Portland, trying to gain home-court advantage in
the playoffs, won its fourth consecutive game and
their fifth in the last six outings.
Larry Johnson led Charlotte with 27 points, and
Alonzo Mourning had 25. The Hornets, who made
20 of 24 free throws in the first half, never attempt
ed a fnx* throw in the six ond half Coach Allan Bris
tow said the problems went beyond statistics.
‘4s a team, we me learning to
play positive, even with our
mistakes
Clyde Drexler,
Portland guard
"We ore not playing with a lot of confidence
throughout the game." Bristow saui "And down
the stretch, we start to worry about it We are miss
ing « lot of fast-break, opportunities throughout the
game."
The Blazers put together a jwiir of scoring runs to
take a lead at the half Hie Hornets then Yell behind
‘14-8’ as Cliff Robinson scored 10 of his team's last
11 points in the third |ieriud
Curry made a three pointer to get the Hornets
to 94-90 at the end of the period, and Charlotte
opened the fourth period with a 9-2 run to gain a
99-96 lead at the 9:01 mark
Consei utive baskets In Mario Elia led Portland
to a 100-99 lead with 7:09 left Curry came bai k
with a jum|M*r. but Mark Bryant scored two flaskets
in a row to give Portland the lead for good
The Hornets came Imu k from Portland's 14 2 run
early in the first quarter and took a 12-28 lead at the
end of the period
Portland went on a 10-2 spurt sparked bv sui
i essive three-pointers by Porter and Tracy Mur
ray for a 55-48 lead with 4 24 left lohnsou's fade
away jumper from the right wing he||ied Charlotte
tie the score at 60 with 1 16 to go. but the Blazers
got two baskets in the final i 2 soi onds. ea< h from
Kersey and Porter, and took a 68-6.1 halftime lead
Bristow said the Hornets need to get bat k to the
tempo which got them into playoff contention
and it might involve changes, if necessary
"I'm not opposed to shaking up some things |nst
to get a new look," he said
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