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NBA Playoffs
Home wins a must
for trailing Blazers
By Bob Baum
The Assoicated Press
PORTLAND — Tim Duncan
didn’t win the MVP award many
people thought he deserved. He
didn’t even finish second.
He seemed hardly to care,
though, as he and his San Anto
nio teammates prepared for Fri
day night’s Game 3 against the
Portland Trail Blazers in the
Western Conference finals. After
all, the two players who fin
ished ahead of him in the MVP
voting, Karl Malone and Alonzo
Mourning, are finished for the
season.
Duncan and the Spurs are two
victories away from the NBA Fi
nals. That means a lot more than
any MVP award, he said.
“I’d rather be right here right
now, I’ll tell you that,” Duncan
said. “I’m very happy with the
position that I’m in right now.”
Teammate Mario Elie said
such an attitude is typical for the
team-oriented Duncan, who in
just two years has become the
Spurs’ go-to player.
“I was kind of disappointed he
was all the way down to third,”
Elie said. “I understand those
other two guys had terrific years.
But we had the best record in the
league. We won all the big games
we needed to win, and Tim was
a big part of that. I guess a lot had
to do with Tim being in his sec
ond year.
“I realize Karl Malone has a
thousand games under his belt,
but I felt this year Tim was the
best player in the league. Karl
Malone is out fishing or driving
his 18-wheeler across the coun
try. Tim is still in the hunt.”
Duncan gives himself an aver
age grade so far in the Western
Conference finals, even though
he’s averaged 22 points and 11.5
rebounds per game and is shoot
ing 61.5 percent from the field as
the Spurs took a 2-0 lead in the
best-of-7 series.
“Average for him,” teammate
Sean Elliott said, “but above av
erage for anybody else. He can
probably play better, but you’ve
got to give credit to Portland,
too. That’s their defensive
scheme.”
San Antonio is 4-0 on the road
in the playoffs, and the Spurs are
one of three teams to beat the
Blazers in Portland this season.
“I don’t know what it is,” Dun
can said. “In a hostile environ
ment, we just get better.”
The youthful Blazers, mean
while, feed off the noise of the
Rose Garden.
“We’re a dangerous team at
home,” Jim Jackson said.
While the Spurs are preaching
teamwork, sacrifice and cohe
siveness, the Blazers were weath
ering Damon Stoudamire’s ill
timed outburst. The Portland
point guard is unhappy about be
ing benched in the fourth quarter
in favor of Greg Anthony.
Stoudamire lashed out at the sit
uation after practice on Wednes
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