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A pril 20, 1994 • T he P ortland O bserver
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THEY BELIEVE IN MAGIC
SAINTS 3RD AGAIN,
AT AAD NATIONALS
by
E ric N oon
The Los Angeles Lakers have
back a new found confidence and
enthusiasm that may put the “show ”
back in show tim e again. W ith Earvin
“M agic” Johnson back w ith the L ak
ers as their head coach the team seems
to have a fire lit up under them.
W ith a ssista n ts like M ichael
Cooper and Larry Drew the old Laker
pride may be back as soon as they
walk onto the court each and every
night.
“ We want to instill that pride and
dignity,” said C ooper o f the coaching
staffs im m ediate plans.
A lthough the Lakers dom inated
the first half against the T raiblazers
Saturday night, the second of April.
“W e w ant to instill that pride and
dignity,” said C ooper o f the coaching
staffs im m ediate plans.
A lthough the Lakers dom inated
the first half against the Trailblazers
Saturday night, they fell apart in the
tliird quarter. M anagingonly 14points
in the pivotal quarter, to set a season
low by a B lazer opponent for the year,
theB lazersdw indledtheir65-56 half
For the first tim e in 17 years it
looks like the Lakes w on’t make the
playoffs, and will join the draft lottery
in hopes of obtaining a single player
that can put back the “ show ” in
showtime.
Rod S trickland had his 29th
double-double of the season Satur
day, slicing up the Lakers with 17
points and 15 dishes against the back
court o f Nick Van Excl and Sedale
time lead in a hurry.
The Lakers d id n ’t go on to lose
tournam ent, and 8 and 4 in tw o years 104-112 by lack o f effort. They lost
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ilwaukee.
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o f National C ham pionship Play.
because the Blazers had the better
The Portland Saints W om en’s The Saint got it’s second win o f the
The were led by Cass Bauer and team, talent w ise, on the floor when
tournam
ent
with
a
84-54
victory
over
AAU Basketball w ent to M ilwaukee,
Sarah Flock-Fowler both who played the game was being decided.
W isc o n sin to w in th e N a tio n a l K atie’s.
T hat win set a date at noon on their college basketball at M ontana
W om en’s AAU Basketball C ham pi
State University, and who m ade this
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onships. But for the second year in a Saturday with 1992 National Cham ps,
T ed ’s Elites, out o f W ashington D.E. years All-Am erican team.
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row The Saints ended up third best.
Co-captains Diana DeYoung and
Drug Portland
The M ichigan Free Agents won playing their best gam e o f the cham
M iriam Jenkins both had a fine tour
the national title beating The Armed pionships, The Saints cam e away with
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over T ed ’s set up a rem atch with the young Portland Saints team.
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pionship gam e Sunday.
N ext April, The N ational T our
T he Tournam ent started on a Spuds at 4 P.M ., w ho lost to The
Western Union
nam ent will be Played right here in
Armed
Forces
78-70
on
Friday
night.
down note for The Saints with a open
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sota 72-61. The loss put The Saints in way, and Portland cam e away with a
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M ichigan to California, W ashington,
the loser bracket as they started on 87.74 w in over the team from M inne
Saturday
10AM
to 6PM
to. D .C., to M innesota, M aryland to O r
their way back up the road to the sota.
T hat put The Saints in the sem i egon . The best of w om en’s basketball
cham pionship gam e. First it w as a
finals
with The Armed Forces. The in 1995 will be played in Portland
100-48 win over M cPhail’s W arriors
Oregon for all o f you to see. If you
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from San Rafael, C alifornia at 10 game was close all the way with The
have never seen a w om en’s AAU
A.M. on Friday. At 6 P.M . on Friday U .S.A. taking a 36-30 half time lead
Basketball game, you are really miss
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T he Saints w ere back on the court before winning 76-68.
ing
the
boat.
T he were 4 and 2 in this years
again. This time against Miss K atie’s
The Portland Saints Women's AAU Basketball Team
Thrcatt.
“They played more confident,”
said Strickland on the Lakers effort.
“T here was more energy and enthusi
asm .”
Van Exel and T hreatt are offen
sively minded guards who need to
step up defensively to lift the Lakers
gam e to another level. It m ight hard
for M agic to sit back and wait for Van
Exel to mature into a true playm aker
by NBA standards.
As with any team in the rebuild
ing stage there arc lot of unansw ered
questions about the future o f the L ak
ers as a team. Some o f the m ost in
triguing questions start at the top. All
the Lakers are saying on the recent
coaching change is that we will evalu
ate the situation after the seasons over
and make a decision then on the
future o f the coaching staff. Is 16
gam es enough tim e to give the Laker
brass time to evaluate their abilities as
coaches?
“W hat I w ant to do and w hat they
w ant to do are two different things,”
said assistant coach and form er L aker
Cooper on his future with the team. “So
we won’t talk about that till summer.
One player who genuinely seems
exc ited by the recent coaching change
is veteran Laker forward Jam es W or
thy. W orthy, one o f three Lakers with
Cham pionship rings on the L aker
bench, seems to be one o f the leaders
off and on the court believing the
Lakers can get back in contention
soon.
“ W ith a full year under his belt,
it will help,” said W orthy on M agic '
being his coach next season. “ I really
feel good about the future o f this
team .”
W ith some key ingredients, such
as good young talent, like Van Exel
and G eorge Lynch and veteran guid
ance with W orthy, Jam es Edw ards
and K urt Ram bis the Lakers with
M agic at the helm could be a fran
chise player away from serious con
tention. Look for Laker m anagem ent
to make some player m oves over the
sum m er and possibly move up its
lottery to get that one player that can
lead the Lakers back to the playoffs.
The one unknow n is if Laker m anage
ment them selves believe in Magic the
coach, not the player.
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P .I.L SPORTS SCHEDULE
(Wed. April 20) -
Lincoln at G rant
M adison at Jefferson
Franklin at M arshall
Roosevelt at W ilson
(Fri. April 22) -
C leveland at Franklin
G rant a t Jefferson
M arshall at Lincoln
W ilson at Madison
Benson at Roosevelt
(Tues. April 26) -
Franklin at Benson
Cleveland at Lincoln
W ilson at G rant
Jefferson at M arshall
Madison at Roosevelt
Boys & G irls Track -
(Wed. April 20) -
Benson at G rant
M arshall at W ilson
(Fri. April 22) -
Jefferson at M adison
BOYS BASEBALL - CLEVELAND
AT BENSON
(GAMES START 4:15 P.M.):
(Wed. April 2) -
M arshall at Franklin
G rant at Lincoln
Jefferson at M adison
W ilson at Roosevelt
(Fri. April 22) -
Roosevelt at Benson
C leveland at Franklin
Jefferson at G rant
L incoln at M arshall
M adison at W ilson
(Tues. April 26) -
Benson at Franklin
M arshall at Jefferson
Lincoln at Cleveland
Roosevelt at Madison
G rant at W ilson
GIRLS SOFTBALL - BENSON AT
CLEVELAND
(GAMES START 4 P.M.):
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Lake O sw ego Invitational at
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Benson, Franklin & M arshall
Aloha Invitational - W ilson
(Tues. April 26) -
C le v e la n d & M a rs h a ll at
Franklin
BOYS TENNIS:
(Tues. April 26) -
Benson at G rant
Lincoln at Cleveland
R oosevelt at Marshall
W ilson at M adison
Franklin at Jefferson
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Cleveland at Lincoln
M arshall at R oosevelt
Madison at W ilson
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