Van Exel blazes in fourth, lifts Blazers over Warriors
The 11 -year veteran scores 13 fourth-quarter points
and helps the Blazers defeat his former team 78-75
BY JANIE MCCAULEY
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAKLAND, Calif. — Nick Van
Exel scored 13 of his 20 points in the
fourth quarter against his former
team, leading the Portland TYail
Blazers past the Golden State War
riors 78-75 Wednesday night in the
season opener for both teams.
Mike Dunleavy missed two 3
pointers in the final seven seconds,
including one at the buzzer, spoiling
the NBA debut of Warriors coach
Mike Montgomery.
Shareef Abdur-Rahim added
18 points, five rebounds and four
assists for the Blazers, whose mid
season shakeup last season wasn’t
enough to keep them from missing
the playoffs for the first time in
22 years.
Zach Randolph, who signed an
$84 million, six-year contract exten
sion Monday, had 13 points and 10
rebounds for Portland.
Van Exel, injured for much of his
only season with the Warriors a
year ago, was booed during
pregame introductions and again
when he entered the game with
2:15 left in the first quarter. Fans
hollered at him again whenever he
touched the ball.
When Van Exel made his second
3-pointer of the fourth quarter with
8:16 remaining to give Portland the
lead for good, he nodded his head
to taunt the crowd.
Dunleavy led the rebuilt Warriors
with 17 points. Troy Murphy had 15
points and 11 rebounds.
Volleyball: Ducks aim to block Wildcat win
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(Westendorf) and Sarah,” Ferreira
said. “Outside hitters get the most at
tempts and score the most points out
of anybody on the team. When you
lose your top two point scorers, it def
initely throws you into a bit of a bind.
“Our core players deserve a lot of
credit. Kelly (Russell) and Katie
(O’Neil) have been the anchors
and some of the younger players
have been gaining experience
match after match.”
Both Russell and O’Neil posted ca
reer-highs in each of their positions’
most important statistic against
Washington State. Russell, an outside
hitter, landed a match-high 25 kills.
O’Neil, a libero, collected 43 digs,
also a match-high and good for third
on the Pacific-10 Conference all-time
list tor one match.
Oregon (9-12 overall, 1-10 Pac-10)
faces off against No. 22 Arizona to
day in Tlicson, Ariz. The Wildcats
(13-8, 5-6) extended their streak to
12 consecutive wins and their all
time record to 32-8 with a sweep of
the Ducks one month ago.
“Arizona has one prime player in
Kim Glass and as a team they take
their cues from her,” Ferreira said. “I
think we have a higher level of ball
control than Arizona and we need
to serve well.”
Ferreira believes if the Ducks can
contain Glass with a double block or
other situational defensive adjust
ments and force Arizona to resort to
other attack options, they will have a
good chance of finishing on top.
Glass, a junior, recorded 15 kills in
the last contest against Oregon.
Arizona State (8-12,3-8) earned its
first league win by defeating Oregon
in four games after starting 0-4 in
conference play. The Sun Devils have
won 13 straight against Oregon, but
they find themselves in another four
match skid going into their homes
tand against the Oregon schools.
“Last time we played Arizona
State, I thought they served well and
took us a little bit out of our own of
fense,” Ferreira said. “They block well
and they serve well. I think that is
what their two primary factors are.”
Ferreira explained that Oregon
will have to offensively outplay Ari
zona State’s entire squad of young
players devoted to its system.
“If we can reach our kill percent
age and attack error percentage
goals, we’ll win both matches,” Fer
reira said.
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Golden State’s Dale Davis missed
two free throws with 54 seconds
left, then Murphy missed a long
jumper moments later.
Montgomery took over the War
riors after 18 successful seasons at
Stanford, and this game marked the
start of the latest Chris Mullin era.
Mullin, who spent 13 of his 16 NBA
seasons with Golden State, is the
team’s new executive vice president
of basketball operations and insists
this club has the talent to end a 10
year playoff drought.
Portland scored seven unan
swered points to start the final peri
od. Van Exel did all his damage in
23 minutes, shooting 8-for-16.
He also had five rebounds and four
assists.
Jason Richardson and Murphy
shot a combined 4-for-17 in the first
half, two days after both received
six-year contract extensions from
the Warriors — Richardson for $70
million and Murphy for $58 million.
The game's opening minutes
were ugly for Golden State.
The team started l-for-9 from the
floor, Dunleavy shot an airball, a
jumper by Richardson clanged off
the front of the rim and Golden
State committed three turnovers.
The Warriors responded with a 23
point second quarter to take a 39-37
halftime lead.
Murphy missed his first five free
throws.
Notes
Blazers C Joel Przybilla will
miss about 10 days with a sore arch
in his left foot. ... Portland has won
13 of the last 19 against Golden
State in Oakland. ... The Warriors
fell to 15-28 in season openers since
moving to the West Coast. ... The
game drew 15,351. ... Notorious
Warriors fan Mark Anthony Jones, a
season ticket holder the last nine
seasons who is well known around
the league for his heckling, finally
renewed his seats for a 10th year
last week. He had considered taking
his money elsewhere when the
team missed the playoffs again. “I’ll
give it a shot and see what hap
pens,” he said. “I’ll give Mullin at
least one year. ”
Soccer: Duck injuries cause
negative scoring margin
Continued from page 13
then-No. 5 Portland.
For her career, Mintz has 19 shots,
two shots on goal, two goals, four as
sists and eight points.
In the backfield with Mintz is
fellow senior Baird. Despite battling
numerous injuries throughout
her career, Baird has played in 65
matches and has started 43 of those.
“(Baird) has always had injury-relat
ed challenges,” Steffen said. “She nev
er really had a year like she had envi
sioned and she had to work hard to
overcome (the injuries).”
Baird suffered a serious ankle
injury this spring but has returned to
play in 13 matches this season
for the Ducks, tallying 614 minutes and
two shots — both of them on goal.
For her career, Baird has 18 shots,
nine shots on goal, one goal, one assist
and three points.
The Ducks also have one other
senior on the team but after a spring
knee injury, Elise Minvielle redshirted
this season and will return in 2005.
Oregon's defense
struggles with injuries
Because of all the injuries this year,
the Ducks have been unable to make
up deficits during matches. Only once
this season has Oregon been able to
come back and tie a match. While this
problem can be directly related to the
fact that Oregon ranks last in every sta
tistical category in the Pac-10 because
of injuries, the lack of defense com
pounds the problem. The Ducks are
the only team to have a negative scor
ing margin (-1.76).
Oregon is last in goals allowed (43)
and shutouts (1). Conversely, they are
ranked first in saves (94). Goalkeeper
Domenique Lainez is third in the con
ference in saves (78) and is second in
saves per game (4.88).
Arizona goalkeeper
named player of the week
In the Pac-10, Arizona freshman
goalkeeper McCall Smith was named
the conference’s player of the week for
Oct. 26 - Nov. 1.
Smith led the Wildcats’ defense to a
pair of shutout wins against Southern
California and then-No. 5 UCLA last
week. Smith had six saves against USC
which gave her nine shutouts on the
season. She repeated her performance
against UCLA, posting four saves
against the team that leads the confer
ence in goals scored with 37 for the
season. Her 10th shutout marked the
first-ever win for Arizona against
UCLA in the 10-game series.
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