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No early exit for Portland
Well, it looks like I’m staying
home on Thursday.
It’s kind of a letdown. Since
Sunday night, I’ve been readjust
ing my entire schedule so I
could have all my articles (and
homework) done by Wednesday.
I called the place where I intern
and got Thursday afternoon off.
Friend and fellow sportswriter
Scott
Pesznecker
Jeff Smith
was even go
ing to go
with me.
Shoot, I’d
made all the
preparations.
But no
sooner than
when I was
about to call
my mom and
grovel for a
hot, home
cooKeu ineai
in Milwaukie did the Blazers
beat Minnesota in Game 4 on
Tuesday, 85-77.
Guess I’ll have to wait longer
to see a first-round Game 5.
Those Wolves are in the past
now. No more worrying about
former-Duck Terrell Brandon or
Kevin Garnett. No more pressure
of an upset looming over Port
land’s red and black headbands.
From here-on-out, it’s good
ol’-fashioned, no-holds-barred,
down-to-business, winner-take
all basketball. For the Blazers,
all bets are off.
So who would the NBA’s
deepest team like to play next?
Utah or Seattle... the Elbow or
the Glove... Vin Baker...
Enough said.
Unfortunately for Portland,
it’s doubtful that Gary Payton
- will be able to trash talk his Son
ics out of a 2-1 deficit against
Utah. The Jazz may never win a
championship, but no matter
how old they get, they continue
to be gifted at going deep into
the playoffs.
So, with their sights set on the
Jazz, the Blazers go back to work
after winning three come-from
behind games against the Tim
berwolves.
These are some silly mistakes
from the first round that Port
land should fix before its series
against the Utahans:
1. Make more layups: The
Blazers were horrible in Games
3 and 4 when streaking to the
basket. They missed eight
layups and a dunk in Game 3. In
(( Keep Damon
Stoudamire in his place:
Which is... the bench!
back-to-back Game 4 transition
possessions, they missed an al
ley-oop, a layin and a putback.
2. Keep Damon Stoudamire in
his place: Which is ... the bench!
Portland would have un
doubtably swept the first round
had it not replaced Greg Antho
ny with Stoudamire in the final
minutes of Game 3. Mighty
Mouse finished the contest
shooting a pathetic 0-8.
3. Do that ‘D’ you do: The
Jazz/Blazers match ups are al
ways physical, so good defense
in the middle will be crucial.
When Portland turns up their
defense to full power, I don’t
care who they’re playing. They
can’t be beat. Problem is, they
don’t see any need to turn it on
until late in the fourth quarter.
4. Keep Damon Stoudam...
oops, already covered this one.
Other than that, the Blazers
played an eerily composed play
off series for a team that played
close to .500 in the second half
of its season.
When Minnesota threatened
to run away with Game 4, up 64
57 heading into the fourth quar
ter, Portland stepped up. They
didn’t fold at all. And when
somebody needed to step up,
somebody stepped up.
And they’ve got to be loving
Rasheed Wallace right about
now.
The man who late-night tele
vision host Conan O’Brien
called “a punk-ass bitch”
squeaked through the series
with just one technical foul. As
teammate Steve Smith shot his
mouth off and came awfully
close to getting his “punk ass”
ejected late in Game 4, Wallace
was among the first to subdue
him.
More importantly, the tattoo
laden Wallace hit the big shot, a
banked, top-of-the-circle jumper
at the shot-clock buzzer, virtual
ly sealing the victory with 32
seconds remaining.
So much for all that talk about
lacking a go-to guy.
By beating out Minnesota on
the road, the Blazers made a
statement. They aren’t a team to
be taken lightly. They are a team
that is improving with each
game. They can play for 48 min
utes.
Home-court history indicates
they will beat the Jazz.
As of the conclusion of this
column, their greatest obstacle is
trailing Sacramento, 82-72, with
7:28 left in the fourth quarter.
There are no exit signs in Port
land.
Scott Pesznecker is a sports reporter for
the Emerald. He can be reached via e
mail at Jflak1@aol.com
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