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ting up and wrapping her arms
around her knees as teammates
and trainers hovered around her.
Mac Court became abruptly silent
until Dion hobbled to the bench a
minute later.
At that point the 7,465 in atten
dance — and the Oregon bench —
let Phillman hear it, roaring in dis
approval.
“I wanted to jump off the bench
and go tackle that girl,” sopho
more forward Jamie Craighead
said. “I don’t know if she meant to
do it, emotions get to you, but that
was a pretty hard foul. And she
took her down from behind.
Everybody was pretty feisty on the
bench; we were ready to go out
and tackle the girl.”
Phillman is close friends with
Oregon senior guard Nicole
Strange, who was on the court
when the foul occurred. Strange
turned'to her pal before running to
Dion’s side.
“I went up to her, and I was like,
‘What the hell is that, Marie?’”
Strange said. “And she goes, ‘I did
n’t mean to hit her.’ And I was like,
‘Do you know that if she gets one
more concussion she’s out? Do
you know that she has a bad
knee?’ And she was like, ‘No.’ She
felt really bad.”
Indeed, Phillman and Dion em
braced on the court when the
game was over. And Phillman lat
er sought out Dion in the trainer’s
room to apologize again.
“I’m sure it looked a lot worse
than what she actually meant,”
Dion said. “I know Marie and that
wouldn’t be like her to try to hurt
me, but she was caught up in the
frustration of the game. She’s apol
ogized 100 times [because] she felt
really bad.”
Even so, the intentional foul has
already taken a toll on the Ducks’
hopes of reclaiming the Pacific-10
Conference title.
Appearing almost completely
healthy, thanks in part to a corti
sone shot she received last Mon
day, Dion was a major contributor
against UCLA, scoring a career
high 17 points and collecting a
team-high seven boards. And
while she was available for Satur
day’s 69-63 loss to Southern Cali
fornia, it was only on a limited ba
sis. And not as the real Dion.
In 15 minutes, coming in chunks
at the beginning and end of the
game, she turned in a most un
Dion-like performance: 15 minutes,
no points, no rebounds, no steals,
no assists and six turnovers.
“I did as good as I could,” said
Dion. “I physically wasn’t myself.
If I can’t play like myself there re
ally isn’t a point to it.
“If I can’t dive after a ball or go
in for a rebound then I’m not serv
ing myself in any way; I’m not
helping my team in any way. Then
it’s best if I just sat.”
The next three games have bear
ing on not just the Pac-10 champi
onship but also on the NCAA
Tournament.
“Coach Runge mentioned that if
we fall this weekend we could not
make it to the tournament,” Craig
head said. “That’s huge. The race
is so tight right now; Oregon State
could go if we lose and they win. ”
Winning-out was a must before
the USC loss. Now, winning-out
— on the road against Arizona
State and Arizona on Thursday
and Saturday, and then at home
against Oregon State a week later
— is more imperative, and harder
without true play out of Dion,
who’s averaging 7.3 points and
two assists per game.
To help the situation, Lisa
Bowyer and Natasha O’Brien, last
season’s senior leaders, joined the
team at practice Monday.
“That was cool,” Craighead
said. “They were trying to give us
some more pressure situations.
Obviously Lisa is, like, defensive
queen. And ’Tash can score at will.
I heard they [were coming], but I
didn’t know if that was rumor, so
when I saw them walk in I was
like, ‘Oh, you guys are serious
now — you must be trying to tell
us something.’”
Yeah, the season is on the line.
NBA briefs
Status of Smith, Grant in
doubt for lakers game
PORTLAND, Ore. — The deci
sion on whether Steve Smith and
Brian Grant will play Tuesday night
against the Los Angeles Lakers will
be a “game-time decision,” Portland
Trail Blazers coach Mike Dunleavy
said Monday.
The players did not practice
Monday.
Smith, who suffered a slightly
sprained left ankle when he fell
backwards over John Stockton in
Sunday’s 101-92 victory over the
Utah Jazz, said his ankle was sore
but that he expected to play
against the Lakers.
Grant, who was limping in the
second half of Sunday’s game and
came out with 5 1/2 minutes to go,
has soreness on the bottom of his
right foot.
Iverson has a torn rotator cuff
PHILADELPHIA — Allen Iver
son may miss Tuesday’s game
against Dallas because of a partial
ly torn right rotator cuff, a
Philadelphia 76ers team doctor
said Monday.
Iverson did not practice Mon
day after complaining of soreness
in his right shoulder. An MRI test
revealed a bruise and partial tear
of the shoulder. Iverson’s status is
listed as day-to-day.
Heat 85, Knicks 76
MIAMI — The Miami Heat
overcame Alonzo Mourning’s ab
sence and a 20-point first-half
deficit Monday night, rallying
past the New York Knicks 85-76 to
remain in first place in the At
lantic Division.
Sparked by Jamal Mashburn
and Clarence Weatherspoon, the
shorthanded Heat came back with
smothering defense after they fell
behind 37-17. The Knicks started
12-for-16 but shot just 30 percent
the rest of the way.
Miami, which has led the divi
sion for nearly the entire season,
pulled 11/2 games ahead of New
York.
SuperSonics84, Hornets 81
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Gary
Payton scored 32 points and the
SuperSonics held struggling Char
lotte to 32 percent shooting in the
second half.
Payton had 21 points in the sec
ond half, going 5-for-8 from 3
point range, to help send the Hor
nets to their third consecutive loss
and their fifth in seven games.
Payton added nine rebounds,
eight assists and two steals for
Seattle, which began a five-game
road trip by holding Charlotte to
just three field goals in the final
five-plus minutes.
Mavericks 108, Celtics 100
BOSTON — Dirk Nowitzki
scored 26 points, including a pair
of key 3-pointers in the fourth
quarter, and Erick Strickland
added 19.
Dallas improved to 4-4 since the
arrival of Dennis Rodman, who
was on his best behavior as he
scored four points and grabbed 16
rebounds.
The Associated Press