A prii . 23, 1997 • T he P or i land O bserver
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BRIEFS
Jordan named to All-
Defensive team
M ichael Jordan o f the C hi
cago Bulls is ju st the second
player in N BA h istory to be
nam ed to the league’s A ll-D e
fensive Team for an eighth time.
The league announced its All-
D e fe n siv e F irst and S eco n d
Team s Tuesday as Jordan tied
Bobby Jones o f Denver and Phila
delphia for the all-tim e record
for most selections. Jordan was
jo in e d o n the First Team by guard
G ary Payton o f Seattle, forw ards
Scottie Pippen of the Bulls and
Karl M alone of U tah and center
Dikem be M utom bo o f Atlanta,
who last week was nam ed the
N BA D efensive P layer o f the
Year.
Providence G
Shammgod enters
NBA Draft
Providence point guard God
Sham m god, one o f the keys to
the F riars’ run to the Southeast
Region finals in the N C A A T our
nam ent, has m ade him self eli
gible for the NBA Draft. A Provi
dence official said that the school
has received notification from
the N BA that S ham m god has
applied for the draft and that
S ham m god w ould inform the
coaches o f his decision Tuesday.
It is believed that Sham m god lias
not signed with an agent, w hich
leaves open the possibility o f him
returning to college. He can still
w ithdraw from the draft up to
one w eek before the event.
New York Liberty
name Nancy Darsch
head coach
T he N ew Y ork Liberty o f the
W om en’s N ational B asketball
A s s o c ia tio n n a m e d N a n c y
D arsch head co a ch T u esd a y .
Term s were not disclosed. Darsch
heads to the new league after
posting a 234-125 record in 12
season at the helm o f the O hio
State w om en's basketball pro
gram . She led the B uckeyes to
four Big Ten C onference cham
p io n sh ip s, and se v en N C A A
T o u rn a m e n t a p p e a ra n c e s —in
cluding a loss in the final gam e
in 1993. Since then, the Lady
Buckeyes were 64-66 w ith a 25-
41 conference m ark and Darsch
w as fired on M arch 10th, the
sam e day that O hio State m e n 's
basketball coach Randy Ayers
w as dism issed.
M ark Karcher
commits to Temple
M a rk K a r c h e r, a 1997
M cD o n ald ’s A ll-A m erica and
All-USA Today First T eam m em
ber, T uesday announced he will
a tte n d T e m p le U n iv e r s ity .
K archer, the last M c D o n a ld ’s
A ll-A m erica to com m it, made
the announcem ent at his high
school, St. Frances A cadem y in
Baltim ore. K archer, a P roposi
tion 48 candidate w ho is aca
dem ically ineligible to play as a
freshm an, chose T em ple over two
Big East schools, Seton H all and
M iami (Fla ).
O M iiS
Coetzer breezes,
Van Roost ousted
Top seed A m anda C oetzer,
w ho becam e the first-ever South
A frican to crack the T op 10 on
the W T A Tour this week, crushed
A ustria’s M elanie Schnell, 6-1,
6-2 T uesday in first-round ac
tion at the $107,500 C roatian
Bol Ladies O pen in Bol, C roatia
However, second seed Dominique
Van Roost of Belgium was up
ended by Sandra K leinova o f the
C zech Republic, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3).
Blazers Home Looking For Win
Shaquille O ’Neal scored 30 points
Sunday as the hot-shooting Los Ange
les Lakers raced to a 107-93 victory over
the Portland Trail Blazers and a 2-0 lead in
their Western Conference fust-round se
ries. O ’Neal, who scored 46 points in
Game 1, was slowed down a bit, but not
much. Heshot 11 for21 from the field and
got some help from his teammates this
time.
The Lakers shot a stellar 58 percent
from the field, led by a 61 -percent show
ing from the starters. Hardly Blazing:
Portland made only four o f 18 from 3-
point range. “We knew that Game 2 was
goingtobedoublecriticalforus,”0 ’Neal
said. “We let the lead slip away, bet we
fought back.”
“W e went to what we do well —
hammer the ball into the big fella and let
him do his thing," lakers forward Elden
Calls Go To The Shaq
Shaquille O ’N eal has b u lled and
bullied his w ay over, around and
through the Portland T rail B lazers to
bring the Los A ngeles L akers on the
brink o f a first-round p la y o ff sw eep.
A nd Portland coach P. J. Carlesim o
w onders how the 7 -fo o t-1,300-pound
center has m anaged to score 76 points
in 73 m inutes w hile being called for a
total o f five fouls.
A rv y d a s S a b o n is a n d C h r is
Dudley, m eanw hile, have been called
for 18 fouls trying to corral the raging
L akers’ big m an as Los A ngeles built
a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series.
“ I’m not saying we ’re n o t fouling,
but the d isp a rity c o n c e rn s m e ,”
Carlesim o said M onday. “ W hen you
have the best co m bination o f size,
strength and quickness in the league
playing m ore aggressively than I ’ve
ever seen him play and h e ’s not get
ting fouls, th a t’s a problem .
“T h a t’s really a pro b lem for our
guys to deal w ith.”
O ’N eal bristles at suggestions that
h e ’s getting aw ay with charging fouls
in his pow er m oves to the basket.
“ I d o n ’t know w hat gam e th e y ’re
w atching,” he said. “I d o n ’t have to
charge. I ’ve got skill. I ’ve got foot
work. I can dribble. I ’ve g ot a lot o f
skill.”
Carlesim o is hoping O ’N eal will be
w atched a little m ore closely w hen
the series shifts to P o rtlan d ’s Rose
G arden forG am e 3 W ednesday night.
long to help, as th e y ’ve done often,
it’s a slam dunk. I f they com e too
quickly, O ’N eal has been able to find
team m ates open for ju m p ers or on
cuts to the basket He had five assists
to go w ith his 30 points in S u n d ay ’s
107-93 victory.
S lo w in g S h aq is ju s t o n e o f
C arlesim o ’s concerns. He also has to
rev up the B lazers’ offense, w hich fell
apart in the second h alf o fb o th gam es
at the Forum.
T h e L a k e rs ’ d e fe n se , and
Portland’s inability to deal w ith it, has
been especially frustrating for Isaiah
Rider, w ho has been double-team ed
every tim e he touches the ball.
“T hey c a n ’t look to m e to score
w hen the L akers keep running p lay
ers at m e,” R ider said. “W e’ve got to
find the open m an, then step up and
m ake the shots. W e are not m atching
their intensity. It seem s like they want
it m ore than w e d o .”
Rider is 3-for-6 from 3-point range.
T he rest o f the Blazers are 4-for-30.
K enny A nderson is 2 -fo r-12, Clifford
R obinson l-fo r-9 and Sabonis 1-for-
5.
B ut C arlesim o rem em bers a year
ago, w hen the Blazers lost the first
tw o in the first round at U tah, then
beat the Jazz tw ice in the Rose G ar
den.
“The series can change d ram ati
cally in one g am e,” he said. “W e’re
com ing h o m e ."
I f not, it’s on to the W estern C onfer
ence sem ifinals for the Lakers.
“ rh e people here know that w e ’ ve
hardly said a w ord about officials for
three years,” Carlesim o said. “But it’s
hard to play him the w ay the gam es
are being officiated, th e re’s no q u es
tion ab o u t that.”
Fouls aside, Carlesimo says O ’Neal
never has been better.
“His decisionm aking, the way h e’s
finishing, the w ay h e ’s shooting free
throw s, the quickness and force with
w hich he is m aking his m oves, the
consistency w ith w hich h e ’s running
the floor,” C arlesim o said. “H e ’sju st
playing very, very consistently at
this m agnificent level.”
W hile C arlesim o gave his battered
Blazers the day o f f M onday, the Lak
ers w orked out at the F orum and will
w ork out there again T uesday before
com ing to Portland late T uesday a f
ternoon.
O ’N eal will be returning to the
same arena w here his tw o m issed free
throw s w ith 1.2 seconds left in the
regular-season finale A pril 20 ended
the L ak ers’ hopes for a Pacific D ivi
sion title. In hindsight, those m isses
m ight have been the best thing that
could have happened for the Lakers.
“It ju st w oke m e u p ,” O ’N eal said.
“T h a t’s all it d id .”
T he Blazers w ant to double-team
O ’N eal m ore, b ut not until he m oves
tow ard the basket. I f they w ait too
Jazz, Knicks Win Series
LUGS
T he U tah Jazz and the N ew Y ork K nicks becam e the first tw o team s to
advance to the conference sem ifinals by com pleting three-gam e sw eeps on
M onday night. U tah, rolled past the Los A ngeles C lippers, 104-92, to advance
to the second round. In C harlotte, the K nicks used a b alanced attack to oust
the H ornets in three gam es, capped by a 104-95 victory.
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Rasheed Wallace scored 20 points —
two in the second half— and Isaiah Rider
and Kenny Anderson added 18 each for
Portland. “T hey’re a little frustrated,”
lak ers guard Nick Van Exel said o f the
Blazers.“
Campbell said o fO ’Neal. “Ifthey’re go
ing to continue to play him one-on-one,
w e’ll continue to go to him. “ Eddie Jones
made all seven ofhis shots and scored 19
points for the Lakers, who were 58
percentfrom the field. Los Angeles can
sweep the best-of-five senes with a win
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