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► r • ► X » *' > ’ Page 4..The Portland Observer...April 15,1992 B lazers W in P a cific D iv is io n (again), H o-H um BY BILL BARBER There are only about a dozen Port land residents who were surprised to hear that news (and they just moved here from C alifornia this year). Port land fans did not need to be clairvoyant or visit a psychic. They have seen this com ing for a long time. It was alm ost anti-clim atic on Sunday. D uckw orth’s perform ance was certainly not anti- clim atic; there’s no soubt h e’s ready for the playoffs. “ My rookie year we went to the fin a ls” said C liff R o b in so n after Portland’s thunderous defeat of San Antonio (123-97) Sunday afternoon. “It was my first year and 1 wasn ’ t really com fortable with what was going on.” He continued, “ Last year 1 played well and this year I ’m really looking for ward to it. We did n ’t accom plish what we w anted to last year. This year, the whole team has the resolve that they don’t want to go back into the playoffs and have the same thing happen again. W e arc playing well right now. W e’re going to the boards, m oving the ball and playing together. As long as we continue to play together, we are going to hard to beat.” Pacific Division champs! - No cham pagne - N o “W e’re N um ber 1,' The attitude of the players and coaches in the locker room was ju st business like. They were all saying the same thing. “ It’s only the first step on our list o f goals.” It w asn’t rehearsed that ev eryone on the team should sound like a pet shop full of parrots. That is simply TH E com m on attitude o f a group of determ ined men, whose goals were chiseled in stone after the last loss of the 1991-92 season. The really inter esting thing about that attitude, is that Kevin Duckworth shows he has what it takes to advance beyond Pacific Division Champ to winning the national playoffs. you could see it in the faces of the fans as they exiled Memorial Coliseum on Sunday afternoon. The current altitude is not a new phenomenon. In interviews and infor mal chats throughout the season, it be came abundantly clear that everyone associated with the Portland Trail Blazer team had the same “G et the job done” outlook. I do n ’t think any team in the W estern Conference is looking forward to a match-up with the Blazers right now. they’re hot! W hen it com es to overall balance, Portland has to be the Blazer Broadcasting To Air Third Prime Time Special K in g Basketball C lin ic The Trail Blazers will wrap up their highly successful 1991-92 regular season with a 60-minute prime time special entitled “Blazer Trail...The Sec ond Season,” scheduled to air Tuesday, April 21 at 8:00 p.m. on K 0IN -T V . Blazers fans in M edford and Grants Pass can also view the special on TCI cable. Residents o f the Eugene-Spring field area can see the special on “O regon’s Fox,” KLSR-TV. The show will be hosted by Bill Schoncly. Game action highlights will center on how the Blazers fared from the NBA All-Star Game through the end o f the regular season. Pat Lafferty gives viewers an inside look at life on the road in the NBA. Steve Jones will pay a visit to the Ainge household as Danny discusses the importance o f fam ily. The team is active in a num ber o f community service projects and fans will see what kind o f impact the Trail Blazers are having on the Boys and Girls Clubs o f Portland. Mike Rice goes one-on-one with coach Rick Adelman, as they take a look back at the second half of the regular season and a look forward to what the upcoming playoffs may hold lor the Trail Blazers. Jones pairs with Rice as the two analysts dissect the last half o f the regular season and preview what may be in store for the NBA Playoffs. S a tu r d a y , A pril 18 2 :3 0 p .m . M a r tin L u th e r K in g E le m e n ta r y S c h o o l G ym F or B o y s & G irls 8 - 1 4 y e a r s F r ee - F r e e - F r e e - F r e e B a s k e t b a ll in s t r u c t io n by p r o fe s s io n a l c o a c h e s I ’ C o n t e s t s w it h p r iz e s a n d m o re p r iz e s F r e e th r o w c o n t e s t F a s t b rea k /L a y -u p c o n t e s t 3 -P o in t c o n t e s t **i •< i; » \ \4. • . S p a g h e t t i d in n e r - 5 :0 0 p .m . K in g C a fe te r ia P a r e n ts en co u ra g ed to a tten d • z ' 1*4 '4 • ’ *£<v » . »4 1 • : V V? •. E v e n in g p r o g r a m s ta r r in g : < « -r' S in g e r , J o h n n y R a y W a tso n & G u e st T r a ilb la z e r s • c :£ ?•*> t;.V> •„ • •■/ S ig n u p a t th e s c h o o l o ffic e or at: L u th e r a n In n e r -C ity M in is t r ie s 4 2 0 6 N .E . G arfield P o r tla n d , OR or c a ll 2 8 1 - 7 0 3 6 ; >'•/ • -/ • • • m ost feared team in the NBA. San A n to n io ’s S ean E llio tt said a fte r Sunday’s hum iliation,” The Blazers are the best team in the conference and maybe the deepest team in the whole league.” The Spurs head coach Bob Bass agreed saying “The Blazers are the best team out there.” Balance is alw ays a key in a cham pionship team. Every team in the league has a Superstar or two. Basketball fans all over the country are familiar with the Trail Blazers starting line up. In Port land we are fortunate to have a bench that could probably start on the majority of team s in the NBA. Not just because of their talent; it’s the intangibles. They play with a lot of heart, determ ination, and a team concept that a lot of players forget after college when the big bucks of the NBA start rolling in. they’re all playing in their prim e ... even if they haven’t reached i t ... or they’re a little beyond it. Every time they come o ff the bench, and the other team thinks they will get a little breather because the “ B ig Boys” have sat down; but the bench comes on to play their precious few minutes like they’re two points behind with only 10 seconds to play! Anyone who has ever played the game will tell you, “ You c a n ’t beat a team like that.” W ayne Cooper, a Portland crowd favorite said, “A fter 14 years in the league, the thing that you want m ost is a cham pionship. T hat is w hat you are going to rem em ber when it’s all over. You w on’t forget the great games that you had. or the special m oments o f winning the W estern Conference, but winning the cham pionship would be the best thing for me, considering the years it took to do it.” W e are all in agreem ent, Coop. Travel Roberts1 3415 N. E. Broadway (503) 287-1745 Call Today New Low Air Fares Call While They Last! Buy your vacation tickets now! Attention Seniors!! Travel Roberts' is Selling Senior coupons. Buy now - 2 for 1 Bank Of America and Blazers Team Up For United Negro College Fund The United Negro College Fund is hoping that a lot o f people would like to have the Trail Blazers hanging around their house. W hy? Because Bank o f A merica and the Portland Trail Blazers have joined forces with the United N e g ro C o lle g e F u n d to o ffe r "T he Playm akers", a series o f five limited- edition collector prints o f the Blazers with all proceeds going to UNCF> Each o f the 7” x 18” color litho graphs features one o f the Blazers' start ing five (Clyde Drexler, Terry Porter, Kevin D uckworth, Buck W illiams and Jerome Kersey), and they are available at any Bank of America branch location in Oregon. The more accounts you have with Bank o f A merica the low er the price o f the prints. "This project is an exciting one to work with because it has such an O r egon flavor," said Adrienne Caver, area developm ent director for UNCF. "The Blazers are O regon's team and with 65 Bank of America branches throughout the state it makes it a real grass roots fund-raising effort. In addition, a p o r tion of the proceeds raised from these prints will go to O regon scholars." The UNCF raises funds to help its 41 member colleges and universities provide high-quality, low-cost educa tion to over 50,000 students who com e from all 50 states. M ost UNCF students have great hurdles to overcom e and more than 90% require financial assis tance. More than half com e from fam i lies earning less than S 14,000 annually. Funds contributed to UNCF help p ro vide tuition assistance for students and for colleges' day-to-day operations, new textbooks and laboratory equipm ent. Nationally recognized artist M ark Herman is the designer o f the prints. Herman has developed art for CBS Sports, the 1988 O lym pics and the U. S. Open. D e a d lin e for s ig n u p - T h u r sd a y , A p ril 1 6 t h - 4 :0 0 p .m . 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