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Page 8, Portland Observer, February 13,1986 Q • SPORT TALK 0 SPORT TALK * • T h e N B A changed the nam e fro m (he old-tim ers game to the N B A Leg ends hut the s q u a tty b o d y pros still couldn’t hide the fact that instead o f w a r g a m e , p la y e d in E u g e n e . I get more enjoym ent out o f our local P IL games th a n the b ra n d o f b asketball U using one step, they've lost three I en joyed the game and attitudes o f all (he participants. Seeing Oscar ro ll those big eyes a fte r he had his firs t fo u l "B ig O ” still believes he's so good he doesn't com m it fouls. It look the ball 000 prize this year d eth ro n in g L arry Nance These guys just flat out attack (he basket w ith the in te n s ity o f a wounded anim al. Even in his tw ilight years, the Doctor is still flying with the youthfulness and a rugged schedule en route to a 17-12 record and its th ird consecutive S o uthern Inte rc o lleg ia te eagles. Michael Jordan needs a locater box attached to his u n ifo rm . T h e kid put a piece o f tap e on the flo o r to re tu rn in g seniors and the consistent firepower o f Lee. Playing fo r the first the fo u l line, and began to soar ever upward fro m that spot. Cousy looked fensive systems for playing in the N B A today. Il is almost impossible to place restrictions on the offensive capab ili ties today's players possess. T h e West w on 140-129 and halted, at least tem porarily, the dominance o f Portland'» Sam Bowia gathara in one of hi« game-high 13 rebound« He also garnered 16 point« and 4 blocked «hots. The rest of the teem did equally wall thia Tuesday, beating the world champion Boston Cafti» 111 to 103 the East. I c o u ld n ’ t w ait fo r the last fort in E th io p ia . C o n g ra tu la tio n s to five minutes o f the game to see the ten players on the flo o r that would be ex pected to w in the gam e. B e rn a rd , (he N B A also for matching the gesture and monies. Right on Calvin N att, had C a lv in stayed here he never w o u ld Moses and Bird almost made my heart stop. M a g ic , K a re e m a n d S am pson made the East's heart stop. M V P hon have m ad e the A ll- S t a r tea m . W h o would he have replaced? A little trivia. W h o were the players on the floor with ors went to Sampson. A 7 ’4 " forw ard, 5 minutes to go in the game? I will list the game has changed. M y hat is o f f to A le x E nglish fo r coming up w ith the idea to donate tire the players for you next week. The only comments that I can make co n c e rn in g O re g o n S ta te and U o f salaries o f the players to aid in the e f O regon basketball w ould be negative come to this,” admits Pritchett. I kn o w , it's a sneaky w ay to make a p o in t, but I c o u ld n 't h elp m yself. T h e players are bigger, stronger and faster than ever before. Consequently, coaching the game has to change, also. W est 140 RI ................ A thletic title, he did so w ith only tw o indicate his ta k e o ff spot, just behind fo u lin g tw o o r three o f 'em out and blocking three shots." • In itia lly , Pritchett resisted maximiz«- ing Lee’s scoring prowess because he feared it w ould disrupt the team con cept he had b u ilt a re p u ta tio n w ith . But life is. after all, he says, perpetual change “ Il's taken me a long tim e to NBA All-Stars scorers w ith 3 2 .4 p o in ts per g am e, w h ile p la y in g on a fre s h m a n -s o p h omore oriented squad. " I t helps us on one end and hurts us on another " Last y e a r, w hen C la r k o ve rc am e tod ay's coaches c a n ’ t rely on old o f out trying to intim idate h im ," chuck led Pntchett. " H e hit 41 and ended up sive fo rce,” says Pritchett, whose jo b includes d ire c tin g s o p h o m o re guard E rnest L e e , w h o leads a ll d iv is io n couldn't make it to the finals again but he's gaining some valuable experience fo r the com ing years o f the contest. D om inique W ilk in s claim ed the $12,- height is a th in g o f the distant past. These tw o players are the p ro o f that So far, C lark's "bread and butter,” and e v e ry th in g else has been Lee, a m uscular 6 -3 , 2 1 3 -p o u n d e r w ho be fuddles every type o f defense that has been erected to slow him down. " A t Tuskegee (Jan. 23) they came disagree. Ins te a d o f b as k in g in the lim e lig h t, he says he fin d s h im s e lf struggling with an albatross. " I ' v e never re a lly believed in one person being such a d o m in an t o ffe n Believe me, Oscar was upset when Van Arsdale missed the layup. T he " S la m -D u n k " contest had it's m om ents also. C ly d e D rex le r was in w ith som e heavy c o m p e titio n and son and M ag ic Johnson have proven that p la y ,n g a p o sitio n accordin g to your savings account, so we've added a few special plays for Lee.” be a coach’s delight. C la rk College, in A tla n ta , m e n ’ s basketball coach R o bert P ritc h e tt w o u ld be the firs t to a little lo n g e r to go a ro u n d O s c ar's back but his aro un d-the-back feed to T . V a n A rs d a le was v in ta g e O scar. laughing in d shaking th e ir heads in amazem ent. T h e A ll-S ta r g am e was m o re a changing o f the guard than any all- star game I ’ve ever seen. Ralph Sam p ing to understand you've got to know where the bank is before you can go to played by a Black university in Atlanta, Georgia. M ost people w ould naturally think that orchestrating a team featur ing the nation's leading scorer w ould called against him was priceless. T he at Oscar and they both just cracked up " T h e y are beginning to realize where their bread and butter is. They're start so I will pass on the highly touted civil ? 5 r i n f l ............................ ................... ................... 14 14 .......... ................... .................. 1 « 11 1 '» p, time in fou r years w ithout the scoring and le a d e rs h ip by C a r lto n B o sto n , H a rv e y G id d e n s a n d E ld e r M in c e y , many thought Pritchett turned in his finest coaching e ffo rt since going to Clark. This year, however, the challenge is m urky, at best. Lee, the only freshman Pii PT K 2 -6 10-15 5-1 0 7-14 10-12 b-b 4-6 1-2 7-6 5-4 o -o 1-? 2 10 6 5 Ì 2 2 •> 5 2 0 -3 5 -7 7-P 7-14 0 -2 1 1-2 n-n 1-2 ?•<» 28-40 56-96 A P 4 5 5 ? 2 1 0 5 1 1 5 1 1 5 1 48 32 26 t 1 1 15 1 1 « 0 2 0 1 s TO TP 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 n 0 8 2 1 1 to 24 11 3 4 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 17 21 25 0 11 16 15 0 5 6 140 East 129 RP to ra n k a m o n g the n a tio n 's to p 20 N C A A D iv . I I scorers, is C la rk 's lone returning starter. H o w , Pritchett asked himself, can he get the rest o f his wide- eyed young team to get involved in the o ffe n s e instead o f s ta n d in g a ro u n d gaw king at the n atio n ’ s most pro lific scorer? " I t hasn’ t been easy,” says P ritc h ett, now in his sixth year at the Atlanta U n iv e rs ity C e n te r s c h o o l. " I n the Paine (C o lle g e ) gam e, they put three guys on h im and o u r guys w ere ju s t standing around, not taking advantage PT PG 2-2 5-15 5-6 ft-16 5-6 2-1 0 1-1 9-14 5-4 2 -9 1-2 2 -8 0 -0 2-5 1-2 6-1 0 6-6 1-5 1-2 2-4 2-2 5-7 5-4 7-17 49-120 26-57 W e s t............................. E a s t............................ o f it. I f we had an experienced team , th e y ’d love to see h im d o u b le - R 4 8 12 2 6 2 6 7 5 5 6 7 68 TO 1 A P S 3 3 t 2 3 0 1 4 0 5 2 1 1 t 4 1 3 0 24 2 4 3 0 5 1 1 2 1 29 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 40 28 29 43 35 33 24 37 TP 12 21 7 32« 7 5 4 4 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 15 8 5 8 17 129 140 129 Mocked shots Bird. Jordan. Cummings. Nance. Oiqjuwon. Smapson. Abdul-Jabbar, (/ervin. Blaikman. Sikma 2 Three-potnt goats* Thomas 3 A. Bird (3 I, Jordan (31. Richardson teamed ” " T h e team is m aturing a little b it," (32 Tehcmca! fouls none Offkiaki: Rush, Mathis. A : 43,146. conceded Pritchett, w ho also starts one senior, one ju n io r and tw o freshmen. I BPA Issue Alert THIS WEEKEND A FRI. SAT. S U N . JO H N TH O M P S O N Brawn and brains T h e C h a m p io n s h ip G e o rg e to w n U n iversity H o ya s know they have to star in the classrixmi or Coach Thom p son w on ’t let them star on the court. C o a c h J o h n T h o m p s o n , the firs t Black coach to win an N C A A Division I title and a fo rm e r backup center to B ill Russell on tw o B oston C eltics FREE FREE FREE USE THIS COUPON FOR FREE ADMISSION i POST TIME I WED., FRI. 7:00 PM I SAT., SUN 1:30 PM > TO ANY AREA DURING THE WEEKS OF 2/4 & 2/11 ■ • • • r v a tlo n * . O re « « lo lo r a a ll« » (0 0 3 ) 2 0 5 -9 1 4 4 1-5 AT DELTA PARK ! 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