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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015
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Trail Blazers hand Lakers
CMH Field offers
11th straight on-the-road loss advertising opportunities
PORTLAND (AP) — The
Portland Trail Blazers were
more concerned about them-
selves than the struggling
Los Angeles Lakers.
Wary of a letdown fol-
lowing a win on the road
and with the All-Star break
looming, the Blazers jumped
on the Lakers early and nev-
er let up in a 102-86 victory
Wednesday night.
The loss was the 11th
straight on the road for the
Lakers, a franchise record.
“We were focused,” Port-
land’s Nicolas Batum said.
“Those games can sometimes
be like a trap or tricky game,
and maybe we could focus on
the break. But we were fo-
cused. We knew we had a job
to do tonight.”
LaMarcus Aldridge had
18 points and 12 rebounds,
while Wesley Matthews add-
ed 20 points for the Blaz-
ers, who won their second
straight before heading into
the break.
It was the sixth straight
loss overall for the strug-
gling Lakers, who trailed by
as many as 23. Los Angeles
was hurt late in the third
quarter when Nick Young
appeared to injure his left
ankle on a jumper and did
not return.
“He didn’t seem to be
overly concerned about it,”
coach Byron Scott said about
Young. “I don’t know if he’s
going to need treatment the
next three or four days or
not.”
Mired in second-to-last
place in the Western Con-
ference, the Lakers (13-40)
began their road losing streak
in Portland with a 98-94 loss
on Jan. 5.
Wayne Ellington had 16
points and eight rebounds for
the Lakers and Jordan Clark-
son had 17 points.
The Blazers also won
the previous two meetings
with the Lakers this season
and have taken four straight
overall. All those wins have
come with Kobe Bryant sit-
ting out because of injuries.
Portland, coming off a
109-98 victory at Houston,
was without center Chris Ka-
man because of a sprained
right ankle.
The Blazers jumped out
to a 30-20 lead in the first
quarter and stayed in front
for the rest of the game.
Nicolas Batum’s 20-foot
jumper off a pass from Al-
dridge gave Portland a 50-
39 lead, and the Blazers
went into the break ahead
54-46.
Portland extended the lead
in the third quarter to 77-56
following Matthews’ 3-point-
er and a fast-break layup
from Aldridge.
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with 15 points and eight as-
sists, becoming the only
Advertise on the
big video board
The Astoria High Athletic Depart-
ment is offering advertising for spring
baseball and softball events for the 2015
season.
Advertisements will be scanned into
the video board and shown at CMH Field
for all varsity softball and junior varsity
baseball games, and a limited number of
varsity baseball games.
Advertisements will also be broadcast
during youth baseball or softball games
played at CMH Field through July 31.
This basic spring sport advertising
package is $250. Contact Astoria High
Athletic Director Howard Rub, via email
at hrub@astoria.k12.or.us, or via cell-
phone 503-298-9419 for more informa-
tion about advertising opportunities at
CMH Field.
Buy a brick
Astoria High School’s Athletic De-
partment is still offering commemorative
bricks to be placed in the entry way of
CMH Field for $50 per brick. There are
Become a donor
The AHS Athletic Department is of-
fering a donor board advertising pack-
age to honor any Hall of Fame Inductee,
Hall of Fame Team, State Championship
Team, or individual State Champion.
These teams or individuals will be
recognized in the entryway to the sta-
dium at CMH Field. The initial donor
board advertisers, JP Plumbing, honors
the 1972 AHS Hall of Fame Football
Team; and Arbor Care Tree Specialists,
honors the 2008 State Champion Foot-
ball Team Contact Howard Rub for more
information about this advertising pro-
gram.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens
Portland Trail Blazers CJ McCollum (3) shoots against
Los Angeles Lakers Ed Davis (21) during the second half
of an NBA basketball game in Portland Wednesday.
Tip-ins
AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens
Portland Trail Blazers Mey-
ers Leonard (11) defends a
shot by Los Angeles Lak-
ers’ Nick Young Wednes-
day.
NBA player to score in dou-
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games this season. He and
Aldridge sat out the fourth
quarter.
“Everybody did their part,
everybody understood that
we had to be the team that
we’ve been the last couple
games to win it and we did
that,” Lillard said.
Portland’s 36-17 record is
identical to their record go-
ing into last year’s All-Star
break.
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and you come back with a
different sense of purpose as
well,” Scott said. “It’s always
good to get a little bit of a
break.”
Trail Blazers: Team owner
Paul Allen and general man-
ager Neil Olshey presented
Aldridge and Lillard with
their All-Star jerseys be-
fore the game. ... It was Al-
dridge’s 27th double-double
of the season.
Lakers: Coach Byron
Scott suggested before the
game that the best way to
stop Aldridge was to lock him
in the locker room. ... Scott
also joked that he’s not really
buying Young’s assertion that
a dolphin tried to drown him
on a snorkeling excursion
with girlfriend Iggy Azalea
in Cabo San Lucas. Azalea
posted on Twitter that Young
was afraid of dolphins, and
the matter took on a life of its
own from there.
Ready for the rest
Following the game,
Young was pretty emphatic
about the need for some time
off. He said he’s headed for
Hawaii. He didn’t mention
dolphins.
“I’ll get back Monday or
Tuesday and get back in the
gym, but for now I think I just
need to get away,” he said.
FRIDAY
Girls Basketball — Scappoose
at Astoria, 5:30 p.m.; Valley Catho-
lic at Seaside, 5:30 p.m.; Knappa at
Neah-Kah-Nie, 6 p.m.; Falls City at
Jewell, 5:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Scap-
poose at Astoria, 7:15 p.m.;
Valley Catholic at Seaside, 7:15
p.m.; Knappa at Neah-Kah-Nie,
7:45 p.m.; Falls City at Jewell,
7:15 p.m.
Swimming — District 1/4A, at
Astoria Aquatic Center, 3 p.m.
Wrestling — District 1/4A Re-
gionals, Tillamook, TBA
SATURDAY
Girls Basketball — Adna vs.
Ilwaco, at Rochester HS, 2 p.m.
Swimming — District 1/4A, at
Astoria Aquatic Center, 10 a.m.
Wrestling — District 1/4A Region-
als, Tillamook, TBA; Ilwaco at Dis-
2
City Christian 4-9
Gaston
2-11
Neah-Kah-Nie 1-12
tricts (Boys at Adna, Girls at Kelso).
TODAY
Girls Basketball — Clatskanie at
Warrenton, 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Clatskanie
at Warrenton, 7:45 p.m.; Ilwaco vs.
Ocosta, at Montesano HS, 8 p.m.
BASKETBALL
HIGH SCHOOLS
Standings
Boys
Cowapa League
League Overall
Seaside
5-2
13-8
Tillamook
5-2
12-7
Scappoose
4-3
16-5
Valley Catholic 3-4
11-9
Astoria
2-5
8-13
Banks
2-5
6-14
Girls
Cowapa League
Seaside
7-0
17-4
Banks
5-2
13-8
Valley Catholic 5-2
16-5
Astoria
2-5
9-12
Scappoose
2-5
9-11
Tillamook
0-7
8-11
Lewis & Clark League
Portland Chr 14-1
21-3
Portland Adv 13-2
15-7
Rainier
11-4
14-8
De La Salle
9-6
9-14
OR Episcopal 9-7
14-10
Clatskanie
6-9
10-13
Catlin Gabel
2-13
5-18
Riverdale
2-13
4-17
Warrenton
2-13
2-21
Lewis & Clark League
De La Salle
13-2
16-6
Portland Adv 13-2
14-8
Clatskanie
11-4
15-7
Catlin Gabel
9-6
15-8
Rainier
8-7
8-13
Riverdale
6-9
9-14
OR Episcopal 5-11
10-14
Warrenton
2-13
8-15
Portland Chr 1-14
3-21
Northwest League
Vernonia
11-0
19-2
Faith Bible
9-2
14-5
City Christian 7-4
9-10
Knappa
6-5
12-10
Neah-Kah-Nie 3-8
9-10
Gaston
2-10
5-18
Nestucca
1-10
4-18
Northwest League
Knappa
11-2
18-5
Nestucca
10-3
15-7
Vernonia
9-4
12-11
Faith Bible
8-5
11-11
Delphian
7-6
11-10
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Besting the Lakers
The Blazers haven’t won
four straight games against
the Lakers since 1997. With
three wins this season and
only one more game to go,
Portland has won back-to-
back season series against the
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Nowitzki in for West All-Stars;
Harden, Thompson to start
NEW YORK (AP) —
Western Conference All-Star
team coach Steve Kerr’s line-
up will look nothing like the
one voted for by fans as star
after NBA star has gone down
with injuries.
Golden State Warriors
guard Klay Thompson and
Houston Rockets guard
James Harden were named
Wednesday as starters. They
will replace Kobe Bryant,
who is out for the season with
a shoulder injury, and Blake
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at least three weeks after sur-
gery for a staph infection in
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voted starters by the fans for
the NBA midseason showcase
set for Sunday in New York,
as was Pelicans forward An-
thony Davis and Thompson’s
fellow Splash Brother, Ste-
phen Curry.
But after a loss to the
Pacers on Wednesday, Davis
announced that he, too, has
decided to sit out with an in-
jured right shoulder that kept
him out of the last two games
before the break.
“While I’m disappointed
that I won’t be able to com-
pete this weekend, I’m still
also a limited number of commemorative
locker name plates available for pur-
chase for permanent recognition in the
AHS home locker room, dedicated to the
memory of Jim Mott, class of 1970.
Locker name plates are $500 per lock-
er. More information and forms used for
purchase of these items may be found on
the Astoria High School website: http://
ahs.astoria.k12.or.us/athletics
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Houston Rockets guard James Harden points after hitting
a basket during the fourth quarter of the NBA basketball
game with the Phoenix Suns at the US Airways Center in
Phoenix Tuesday. He will start in Sunday’s All-Star game.
very excited about the oppor-
tunity to be a part of the All-
Star events in New York and
celebrate our game with some
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Davis said in a statement.
His last-minute replace-
ment is Dallas Mavericks
forward Dirk Nowitzki, giv-
ing him his 13th All-Star ap-
pearance for a franchise that
doesn’t have another player
with more than four.
“This year it threw a lit-
tle bit of a wrench into my
plans, but I am very excited,”
Nowitzki said in a news re-
lease.
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