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December 1 6 ,1992...The Portland Observer...Page 3
SPORTS
OVERTÌM E BLU ES
Schrempf’s A Starter, Robinson
Now Best Sixth Man!
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BY JOHN PHILLIPS
Last year Detlef Schrempf, the
versatile 6" 10" forward the Indiana
Pacers who averaged 17.3 points, 9.6
rebounds and 3.9 assists per game to
lead his team to the NBA playoffs for
the th ird straight year, was named the
winner of the NBA Sixth Man Award
fo r the seco n d stra ig h t seaso n .
Schrempf, from the University o f
W ashington, becaifie the third two-
time recipicntof the Sixth Man Award
in its 10-year, along with Kevin
McHale of Boston (1984- and 1985)
and Ricky Pierce of Seattle (with
Milwauke in 1987 and 1989).
But, now, Schrem pf has moved
into the starting line-up for the Pacers
and has left the Sixth Man Award
wide open for one , C liff Robinson,
Cliff, the 6 ’10" swing man, in his
fourth year with the Blazers and from
the University o f Connecticut has
had a great start of the 1992-93 sea­
son.
After 19 games, Robinson has
scored 19.7 points per game, along
with all the other good things he adds
to the Blazer team. He leads the team
in blocked shots, and is a big reason
the Blazers are off to a 13-6 record so
far this season. C liffs minutes are
also up this year, he is playing 31.2
per game.
If Cliff keeps up this rate of play,
he will also be picked to play in this
years N B A al 1 -star game on february
21. 1993, in salt Lake City.
I said in his first year with the
B lazers, that he had w hat it takes to be
a N B A all-staran d n o w th atw ill soon
be a fact.
Cliff Robinson keep doing what
you are doing and it will really pay off
for you in many more ways than one.
In closing, I must make note of
Cliff Robinson
photo by Veronica Green
the fact that C liff R obinson is the
SPOKESMAN for the Portland Saints
AAU W om en’s Basketball Team. He
has helped raise money for the Saints
for the last two years. Thanks Again,
Cliff.
By ERic N oon
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W dham s jum p shot, with 19 seconds
Although the Portland Trailblaz­
left, the Blazers looked to have a chance.
ers have dem onstrated that you can win
Then Clyde Drexler picked up a ques­
with bad shooting in the past, they also
tionable offensive foul with 3.5 sec­
have displayed thata defensive letdown
onds left in regulation to give the Pac­
can be a problem. W hen the Blazer
ers another shot. But
defensive intensity is
D rexler tipped an
strong, they create
errant
pass, that cre­
shots off turnovers.
ated
a
turnover to
T h e b la z e r s , a
give
Terry
Porter the
c h ro n ic a lly p o o r
lastchance.butPor-
shooting team, need
ter barely missed the
more field goals at­
22 footer jum per to
tem p ts th an th e ir
send the Blazers into
opponents to be com-
their first overtime
p etitiv e on m ost
of
the season.
nights. Turnovers are
The
le a d
a critical statistic for
bounced
back
and
th e B la z e rs. T he
forth
until
the
Pac­
more missed oppor­
ers looked in con­
tunities, the less shot
trol, down one with
attempts.
26.3 seconds left.
Facing the Indi­
Then the apparent
ana Pacers, winners
C lif f
R o b in so n
o f four in a row, last
F lem ing
b lo c k s h o t w as
Friday, the Blazers (
whistled foul, and Vem Fleming made
committed two less turnovers (23), but
the first, but missed the second free
didn’t capitalize like the Pacers did. In
throw as the Coliseum crowd roared,
the 134-124 double-overtim e loss, the
with still 3.1 seconds on the clock. But
points off turnovers played a key role in
the Blazers were denied again, when
the outcome. The Pacers had 35 com ­
Drexler was called for yet another o f­
pared to 23 for the men in red and black.
fensive foul. The drive, a mirror image
Vem Fleming had a season high 28
of the previous offensive call against
points, and many coming from the hands
Drexler, against Dale Davis left the
o f Blazers, as turnovers.
Blazer coaching staff and crowd furi­
Even though the Blazers got off
ous.
more shots (109-104), they only sank
“The first drive Clyde was a little
41 percent, while the Pacers hit 52
out
of
control,” said Davis, “The sec­
percent o f theirs. To shoot that percent­
ond
drive
I don’t know. I was just
age, you have to put up more shots than
happy
to
get
the call.”
your opponents or be hitting the three
The
second
overtime was terrible
pointers fairly well.
for
the
Blazers,
as
they seemed drained.
The Blazers gave the Pacers a
The
35
foot
jum
p
shot,
as the shot clock
chance to win in the end and they took
expired,
by
Reggie
Miller
with 2:50
it. w ith a l 12-112tiethcgam e,onaK en
left took the wind out the Blazers sails
from th e n o n . T he B la z e rs w ere
outscored 15-5 in that final overt-lim e
to seal the Pacers victory.
T he tired and beat up B lazers
bounced back to side step the Washington
bullets 117-98 Sunday night in fine
fashion. The Bullets took a com m and­
ing 18-3 lead early on, and it looked to
be another long night for blazer fans.
But after Kevin Duckworth w ent out
after only three minutes, C liff robinson
came in to lead the way again. You ju st
can’t say enough about the way Robinson
is playing. The valuable sixth m an w ent
16-21 from the field with another career
high, 32 points and 11 rebounds to lead
the blazer comeback.
After the Blazers woke up, and
robinson out gunned Harvey G rant, w ho
had a career high 37, the reserves fin ­
ished up. Newly acquired forw ard/cen-
ter Joe W olf made the m ost o f his tim e,
getting six points in seven m inutes.
Dave Johnson and Reggie smith also
played good in limited minutes.
Although the Blazers are battered
up pretty well with duck’s knees, M an o ’s
ankle, Jerom e’s knee, rod’s fingers, and
other small injuries, they have the same
record as this time last year at 13-6. It’s
still early in the season and there’s a lot
of new faces to incorporate in to the
Blazers scheme. Getting some early
minutes as Tracy Murray has, will only
help him later and the team, in the play­
off stretch. W ith a long season ahead
the Blazers need a little som ething from
Santa themselves - consistency. The
Blazers hit the road again to night against
the Denver Nuggets. And for Blazer
fans who never get see a live game, there
are still tickets remaining for the Sonic’s
game up in Seattle Friday.
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Swim Instructor
Training Planned
Portland Parks and Recreation will
offer a swim instructor training course
D ecem ber27 30 from 6:30p.m . to9:30
p.m. at Dishman Pool, 77 NE Knott.
Participants must be at least 15 years
old. Swim Instructor certificates will be
awarded to those who successfully com­
plete the program.
Those who qualify will also be
considered for Portland Parks swim
instructor positions. The starting wage
for swim instructors is S6.25 per hour.
To register or for more information
call Dishman Pool at 823-3673.
Volunteers
Needed For St.
Vincent De Paul’s
Christmas Drive
Volunteers play an essential role in
the St. Vincent de Paul Christm as food
Drive. The food drive collects and dis­
tributes 300,000 pounds o f canned and
dry food to more than 5,000 needy
families in the Portland metropolitan
area.
According to Janice Peltser, ex­
ecutive director o f St. V incent de Paul,
4,500 volunteers hclpoollect, sort, pack­
age and deliver food.
The peak o f activity arrives D e­
cem ber 19 when more than 1,500 vol­
unteers will deliver generous food boxes
to needy families in the tri-county area.
Pelster encourages individuals,
families, schools, businesses and church
and civic groups to volunteer. Anyone
interested may call St. V incent de Paul
at 234-1114. Financial contributions
may be mailed to the St. Vincent de
Paul Christmas Food Program, P.O.
Box 82849, Portland, O r 97282.
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