Page 8, Portland Observer, February 13,1986
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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.
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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."
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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
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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
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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
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" 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.
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