Blazers tune up for playoffs by quieting the Jazz
■ Arvydas Sabonis returns to action to score 10 points,
and the Blazers survive stifling second-half defense by
the Jazz to win 90-86
By Tim Korte
The Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY — The
Portland Trail Blazers picked the
perfect opponent to end their re
cent tailspin.
Greg Anthony’s 3-pointer with
21.8 seconds remaining lifted the
Trail Blazers to a 90-86 victory
over the Utah Jazz on Monday
night in a possible Western Con
ference playoff preview.
Steve Smith hit another big 3
pointer for Portland, with 51.9
seconds to play, as the Blazers,
who blew a 16-point lead early
in the second half, survived
Utah’s fourth-quarter charge.
“That got us over the hump,”
Anthony said. “It’s such a big
victory for us because of the way
we’ve been losing games like
this. So to win over such a good
team was a big confidence
builder.”
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Portland had stumbled in its
previous three games, losing to
non-playoff teams Houston and
Vancouver. The Jazz hadn’t done
much better, losing Sunday at
Houston, and it carried over to a
first-half where Utah trailed 45
36.
“That’s the NBA,” Jazz center
Greg Ostertag said. “You have
good games and you have bad
games, and sometimes you carry
them over. We’ve just got to put
four quarters together instead of
two.”
After Bryon Russell pulled the
Jazz within 86-83 on two free
throws with 13.8 seconds on the
clock, John Stockton immediate
ly fouled Damon Stoudamire on
the ensuing inbounds play.
Stoudamire hit both shots to
seal the victory, giving the Blaz
ers three wins in the four-game
season series against the Jazz.
“It’s a game we really needed,”
Scottie Pippen said. “They really
bring out the best in you. We’ve
been able to play their style and
win. We were just very patient
and we executed.”
If the Jazz hold off San Anto
nio for the Midwest Division title
— Utah’s lead slid to three games
with the loss — they will be the
{ ( That got us over the
hump. It’s such a big vic
tory for us because of the
my we’ve been losing
games like this.
Greg Anthony
Trail Blazers
No. 2 seed in the West. But they
need to make up a four-game
margin in the loss column to
seize home-court advantage from
the Blazers, should the teams
meet.
Portland eliminated Utah 4-2
in the second round last year.
Smith and Brian Grant each
scored 16 points to lead Port
land, while Stoudamire had 12,
Rasheed Wallace 11 and Arvydas
Sabonis 10. Sabonis was activat
ed from the injured list Monday
after sitting out with a right foot
sprain.
Karl Malone led the Jazz with
29 points while Russell scored
14 of his 18 in the second half.
Stockton had 18 and Howard
Eisley 10 for Utah.
Portland seemed ready to roll
after opening the second half
with a 9-2 run. Pippen’s three
point play just over two minutes
into the third quarter gave the
Blazers a 54-38 lead.
The Jazz picked at the deficit
by tightening their defense, hold
ing the Blazers to one field goal
through the first six minutes of
the fourth quarter, and taking ad
vantage of turnovers.
Utah went ahead 76-74 on Eis
ley’s 19-footer with 3:25 to play.
The teams dueled from the free
throw line from there, and nei
ther side had the advantage until
Smith’s two foul shots gave the
Blazers an 80-78 lead with 1:24
remaining.
Russell couldn’t match the ef
fort, hitting one of two with 1:08
to play.
Smith made the Jazz pay, ex
tending the lead to 83-79 on his
3-pointer with 51.9 seconds re
maining. After Stockton added
another two foul shots, Anthony
iced the victory with his shot.
Notes: Malone needs nine as
sists to reach 4,000 for his career.
He will be the fourth NBA play
er, after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,
Wilt Chamberlain and Charles
Barkley, to have at least 20,000
points, 10,000 rebounds and
4,000 assists.... The Jazz, hurt by
16 turnovers, couldn’t capitalize
on a 38-30 rebounding advan
tage. ... Portland’s playoff appear
ance later this month will be its
18th straight, the NBA’s longest
active streak and third-longest in
league history. The Jazz rank sec
ond currently with 17 straight
trips.
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