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Ewing shoots down the Blazers
■ Patrick Ewing dispels recent criticism, scoring a season
high 20 points to lead New York to the 98-88 win
NEW YORK — Patrick Ewing
showed his critics that his career
in New York is not quite done yet.
Ewing, the subject of criticism
and trade rumors this week, ener
gized the Knicks by matching his
season-high with 20 points as
New York cooled off the streaking
Portland Trail Blazers 98-88
Thursday night.
“He’s a warrior,” teammate Lar
ry Johnson said. “Patrick’s been
around a long time. It was just a
matter of time until he heated up.
His shot was falling and he got into
a good groove tonight.”
Ewing, 37, has battled injuries
the past three years and missed the
first 20 games this season with ten
dinitis in his Achilles. He missed
New York’s trip to the NBA Finals
last year and came back to find his
role diminished as Allan Houston
and Latrell Sprewell took over.
Ewing’s ego hasn’t diminished,
however, and his relationship
with coach Jeff Van Gundy has de
teriorated this season as his min
utes have decreased.
“I’m not going to complain
about minutes,” Ewing said.
“When my number is called, I do
the best I can. I knew I’d be a sig
nificant contributor. I don’t need
other people to motivate me. I mo
tivate myself.”
This hasn’t been the best week
for Ewing. Benched for the final 17
minutes in Tuesday night’s loss to
Orlando, he woke up Wednesday
to a story in the newspaper that
said the Knicks discussed a trade
with the Wizards that would have
sent him to Washington.
“Whatever happens, happens,”
Ewing said of his future in New
York. “Greater players than me
have been traded. It’s a business.”
If he plays like he did Thursday,
the Knicks surely won’t trade him.
He helped New York take control
in the third quarter with seven
points, four rebounds and two
blocks.
After Bonzi Wells nearly
brought Portland back in the
fourth quarter, Ewing reentered
the game and helped end the Blaz
ers’ six-game winning streak.
Ewing hit a high-arcing jumper
over Rasheed Wallace to give New
York an 85-77 lead with 4:55 left
to play. After Wells scored, Ewing
hit a baseline jumper and set up
Marcus Camby underneath. Cam
by was fouled by Wallace and hit
two free throws.
“He went on a very good se
quence that I thought really
spurred us on,” Van Gundy said.
“He made a couple of spot up
shots that have been his signature
on penetration for a long time.”
Ewing then hit a spin move in
the lane to make it 91-79, the
Knicks’ biggest lead of the game.
“He looked like the Patrick of
old,” Portland’s Steve Smith said.
“Give him credit, he still has it.”
Houston led New York with 22
points, Sprewell had 14, Camby
13 and Charlie Ward 12. Ewing
added nine rebounds and three
blocks in 36 minutes.
Wells scored all 18 of his points
in the fourth quarter, including
Portland’s first 15 of the period.
Steve Smith had 18, Damon
Stoudamire 16 and Scottie Pippen
scored 11 in his first game against
the Knicks since leaving Chicago
last year.
Wallace got ejected with 1:08
left and threw his wristband at ref
eree Joey Crawford. It was Wal
lace’s fourth ejection of the season.
The Knicks broke open a tight
game in the third quarter, frustrat
ing the Blazers with their aggres
siveness, drawing fouls and grab
bing offensive rebounds. New
York used an 8-0 run to break a 56
56 tie and led 73-64 after three.
“Against a really good team, we
can’t afford to play like that,” said
Portland coach Mike Dunleavy,
whose team beat San Antonio
twice, Utah and the Lakers during
its winning streak.
The Knicks, coming off their
worst home loss of the year, came
out firing, hitting five 3-pointers in
a high-scoring first quarter. Port
land led 29-28 before two of the
stingiest defensive teams tight
ened up in the second quarter.
New York, playing without
backup point guard Chris Childs,
went to the big backcourt of
Sprewell and Houston and scored
one basket in 11 possessions. But
Portland also struggled from the
field, hitting 6 of 22 shots in the
quarter and the Trail Blazers led
46-45 at halftime.
The Associated Press
Wrestling
continued from page 7
Another key match Kearney
pointed to was the 4-3 decision by
freshman Jason Harless in the 125
pound weight class. Harless was
able to get a take down of BYU’s
Trent Rollins with two seconds
left in the match to secure the win.
“The win by Jason started us off
on the right foot,” Kearney said.
“We noticed a trend with their first
three wrestlers that they couldn’t
wrestle hard in the third round.
We tried to use that to our advan
tage.”
Two of the Cougars came into
the night’s competition with na
tional rankings. Senior Rangi
Smart was ranked No. 20 and
sophomore Aaron Holker was No.
16 in their respective weight class
es. Holker lost to Brian Watson,
while Smart lived up to his rank
ing when he beat Leif Williams.
“Rangi Smart is a very good
wrestler at 165, I think that he
showed his ranking,” Kearney
said. “It’s not that Holker didn’t
live up to his ranking, as much as
it shows that maybe Brian should
be ranked.”
The win for the Ducks gives
them confidence as they head into
two matches against ranked Pacif
ic-10 Conference foes. Tonight, the
Oregon grapplers will head to
Boise, Idaho, to take on the No. 22
ranked team in the nation.
The Broncos (6-3) are lead by a
trio of ranked wrestlers. Larry
Quisel (No. 9), Rusty Cook (No. 7)
and last year’s national champion at
the 165-pound weight class senior
Kirk White will be the big tests for
the Ducks.
According to Kearney, those three
matches will more than likely be
the determining factor.
“Those guys are as good as any
one in the country,” Kearney said.
“We’ll have to beat one of them to
win that match.”
Other than defeating one of the
Broncos’ “big three”, the Ducks
will have to have a fundamentally
sound match for them to compete.
“We need to get better with
some of our technical moves,”
Kearney said. “What we need to
do most is take it one match at a
time. Right now, we are learning to
do the little things that will make
us a great team.”
The tingling bubbles prepare your mouth for the laughter that follows.
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