Pippen and the Blazers
grab win against Dallas
PORTLAND, Ore. — Scottie Pippen
had 17 points, including three 3-point
baskets in the decisive third quarter, to
lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 107-94
win over the Dallas Mavericks on Mon
day night.
“We did a better job finding guys for
layups and dunks in the second half,”
Pippen said. “We just took our time and
were much more patient. We found the
tempo we need to play instead of playing
their tempo.”
The Blazers led 52-51 early in the third
when Pippen hit his first 3-pointer from
the corner. Pippen hit two more long
shots during the next three minutes as the
Blazers went on an 18-8 run from which
the Mavericks didn’t recover.
Damon Stoudamire and Detlef
Schrempf also scored 17 points for Port
land, which has won 15 of its last 16
games against the Mavericks. Schrempf
had 14 points in the fourth, when the
Blazers took an 18-point lead.
Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 19 points
and Cedric Ceballos added 18 points and
11 rebounds. Rookie guard Damon Jones
made four of his five 3-point baskets in
the fourth quarter, finishing with 15
points.
The Blazers took a one-point lead at
halftime before pulling away in the third
quarter.
Pippen, Stoudamire and Rasheed Wal
lace turned up the intensity at both ends
of the floor. Stoudamire scored 10 points
in the third and also had a pair of steals,
while Pippen and Wallace each scored
nine points. Pippen also had two assists
and a steal during Portland’s run.
The Blazers led 78-67 entering the
fourth, when their reserves took over. The
Mavericks closed the margin to seven
points early in the fourth, but Schrempf
responded with two quick baskets and
the rout was on. Later, Schrempf made a
pair of 3-point baskets.
Jones had three points entering the
fourth but got hot from 3-point range
when the outcome was settled. He made
five of his six 3-point attempts in 24 min
utes of play.
Nowitzki’s shooting kept the Mavericks
close in the first half. The Mavericks
trailed 38-30 when Nowitzki scored six
points during a 10-0 run that put them
ahead 40-38 with 3:05 left in the second
quarter.
Brian Grant made two 15-foot jumpers
late in the quarter to put the Blazers ahead
46-45 at halftime.
The Associated Press
Duncan puts up 46 points,
San Antonio topples Utah
SAN ANTONIO — With Spurs fans
chanting, “MVP, MVP,” Tim Duncan
played the part.
Duncan scored a career-high 46 points to
lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 93-86 victo
ry over the Utah Jazz and back into first
place in the NBA’s Midwest Division.
“It felt good,” said Duncan, who
outscored Utah 19-18 in the fourth quarter.
“After giving the effort we gave, it would
have been bad to get a loss. It was a huge
win. We needed it bad. We’ve played well
two games in a row, and now with this third
game we keep rolling.”
The Spurs, who now lead the Jazz by a
half game, had only two players in double
figures as Terry Porter added 16 points.
Duncan, who also pulled down 14 re
bounds, was 16-of-28 from the floor and 14
of-16 at the free throw line as he topped his
previous career-high of 42 points.
Duncan scored 49.5 percent of his team’s
points, the highest percentage in the NBA
this season.
“He shot the ball every time he touched
it,” San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich
said. “He’s a special player and he had it
rolling.”
Karl Malone scored 23 points to lead
Utah; Howard Eisley added 16, and Bryon
Russell had 15.
“We couldn’t do anything with Duncan
tonight,” Utah coach Jerry Sloan said. “He
is a tremendous player and an obvious
MVP candidate. He scored on almost every
possession in the final quarter down the
stretch.”
Utah closed the third quarter with a 10-2
run capped by Eisley’s 3-point field goal
with 46 seconds remaining that gave the
Jazz a 68-59 lead going into the fourth.
Trailing 70-61 after a dunk by Greg Os
tertag, San Antonio rallied with a 17-4 run,
capped by a breakaway dunk by Antonio
Daniels with 6:11 to play.
With Duncan dominating in the low post,
San Antonio stretched its advantage to 84
78 on Duncan’s jump shot with 1:56 to play.
Two free throws by John Stockton
brought Utah to 84-82 with 1:13 remaining.
Porter put the game away for San Anto
nio with consecutive 3-pointers in the final
51.1 seconds. His second gave San Antonio
a 90-84 lead with 16.9 seconds to play.
Utah scored its final eight points at the
free throw line, with Malone connecting on
a pair to bring the Jazz to within 90-86 with
10.8 seconds remaining.
Porter and Duncan answered with three
free throws in the final 10.3 seconds to seal
the victory.
“This is not surprising, he played fantas
tic,” Daniels said of Duncan. “I didn’t know
anyone could score 46 points off the glass,
but nobody is surprised with that perfor
mance.”
The Associated Press
Fisk leads Hall of Fame hopefuls
By Ben Walker
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Carlton Fisk hit
more home runs than any catcher
in history, and when he connect
ed for his most famous one of all,
Tony Perez got a close-up look.
The former World Series rivals
— and one-time teammates —
hope to soon be linked again.
Fisk and Perez are considered
the leading candidates for elec
tion to the Hall of Fame when re
sults are announced at 2 p.m. EST
Tuesday.
“I’m close,” Perez said recent
ly. “I hope this is the year. It
would be the greatest thing that
happened in my career.”
Relievers Goose Gossage and
Jeff Reardon and starter Jack Mor
ris lead the list of 14 first-timers
on the ballot. Gary Gaiter, Tommy
John and Bruce Sutter also are
among the 30 eligible players.
Last year, Nolan Ryan, George
Brett and Robin Yount swept into
the Hall on their first try, leaving
little room for anyone else to get
the required 75 percent in voting
by members of the Baseball Writ
ers’ Association of America.
This time, with no sure-fire
rookies, there’s a better chance for
holdover hopefuls such as Fisk
and Perez. But this might be their
best opportunity for awhile —
next year, Kirby Puckett, Dave
Winfield, Lou Whitaker, Don
Mattingly and Dave Stewart be
come eligible.
“This is the ninth time I’ve
been in the voting, and every year
is the same,” Perez said. “I’m not
getting too anxious. You get used
to waiting after waiting so many
years.”
The Veterans Committee will
hold its vote on Feb. 29 in Tampa,
Fla. Former manager Sparky An
derson and longtime Minnesota
star Tony Oliva will be consid
ered by the panel for the first
time.
Induction ceremonies will be
July 23 at Cooperstown, N.Y. The
annual Hall of Fame game will be
played the next day, matching
Cleveland and Arizona.
Fisk caught the most games in
major league history (2,226) and
hit 351 of 376 career home runs
while playing the position. But
his most memorable shot did not
count in that total.
Fisk won Game 6 of the 1975
World Series when he homered
in the bottom of the 12th inning at
Fenway Park, watching and wav
ing the whole way. Once the ball
hit the foul pole, he took off and
passed Perez, the Cincinnati first
baseman.
Perez finished with 379 career
home runs. He also had a few that
do not appear in his total — many
fans do not recall that a day after
Fisk’s famous shot, Perez home
red in Game 7 to help the Big Red
Machine rally for a 4-3 victory
and the championship.
Some might say that home run
off Bill Lee’s blooper pitch sums
up Perez’s career — his accom
plishments always seemed to be
overshadowed by others.
Perez has 1,652 RBIs, the most
among players not in the Hall.
Still, he is often overlooked in the
glare of his Reds teammates —
Pete Rose, Johnny Bench and Joe
Morgan.
Last January in his eighth year
of eligibility, Perez fell 71 votes
short in getting 61 percent.
Fisk fell 43 votes shy and fin
ished at 66 percent last time in his
first year of eligibility.
Fisk made his major league de
but with Boston in 1969 and
stayed with the Red Sox through
1980, playing that last season
with Perez. He left amid a lot of
acrimony and then spent from
1981 to 1993 with the Chicago
White Sox.
“I would say most of the people
in the Midwest view me as a
White Sox,” he said. “As I travel
around, because of that ’75 World
Series moment, most of the peo
ple throughout the country think I
just finished my career in Chica
go, played two or three years.”
Last year, Fisk returned to the
Red Sox as a special assistant to
the GM. That led to speculation
Pudge would wear a Boston cap
on his plaque, provided he joined
the Hall’s 244 members.
Relievers have rarely fared well
in Hall elections, with Hoyt Wil
helm and Rollie Fingers the only
ones to make it. Gossage and
Reardon, however, were hoping
for good showings.
Gossage recorded 310 saves
and was a dominant stopper with
his frightening fastball while
Reardon had 367 saves.
Morris went 254-186 and was
best known for his 1-0,10-inning
shutout in Game 7 of the 1991
World Series that lifted Minneso
ta over Atlanta.
Other players on the ballot for
the first time are Hubie Brooks,
Bill Gullickson, Dave Henderson,
Charlie Hough, Kent Hrbek,
Bruce Hurst, Steve Sax, Lonnie
Smith, Rick Sutcliffe, Bob Welch
and Willie Wilson.
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