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4 r - , zt Pane B2 (Tl|p Portland tOfaertoer--------------------------------------- N()V' 12,1 "1 ANDERSON RALLIES DLAZERS IN 4TH seven points in the fourth quarter, “ Il seems like the guys we gel rid o f come back to haunt us," H ill said "W e probably nev er w ould have got O l all the impressive statistics that the hot. young Portland T ra il Blazers have put together, one stands then clinched the victo ry by sinking 7-of-8 free throws dow n the stretch out to coach M ike Dunleavv The Blazers are 3 - 1 in games w hen th e y’ ve trailed entering the final quar He also had I I assists "K enny Anderson was spectacu lar." C o llin s said. " It s the best I ’ ve ten rid o f him i f he’ d played that w ell ter. They did it again Monday night as Kenny Anderson scored 15 o f his 29 seen him play.” Isaiah Rider, I -fo r-7 from the field Theo R a tliff, a last- m inute substitute points in the fourth quarter as P ort land came back from a 12-point h a lf tim e d e fic it to w in its fifth in a row. 86-82 over the D etroit P isto n s "O ne ofthe most impressive things about our team is i t ’ s resilience," D u n lea vy said." W e ' re a y ou n g team. but I like our character. There has been zero quit period, not even a thought along those lines. I th in k w e 're b u ilding some confidence in w e ’ re able iodo this night after night The Pistons, who led by as many 15 points in the second quarter, lost their fifth in a row. their longest skid since Doug C o llin s became coach. The Blazers’ 5 - 1 start is their best since they went 6-0 in 1992. Anderson scored Portland's first in the first half, scored nine points in the third quarter as the Blazers erased most o f a 47-35 halftim e d e fic it and trailed 62-60 entering the final pe riod. A rvydas Sabonis had 20 points and I I rebounds fo r Portland before fouling out w ith 4:08 to play. Grant H ill scored 21 for D etroit, but was ju st 6 -for-19 from the field and had ju s t four points and three turnovers in the fourth quarter, when he w a s hounded by Portland's Stacey Augman. "H e was tired,” Augm an, an ex- Piston, said o f H ill. "T hey played last night. I w o u ld n 't want to take on Grant H ill when he wasn't playing back-to-back nights." H ill gave Augm on credit. for us.” Brian W illia m s had 19 points for Grant Long in the starting lineup, had I 1 points and 11 rebounds. "T he e ffo rt was great." H ill said. "W e s till aren't all the way there, but i f we come out and play as hard as we did. w e’ ll be in most games and have a chance to w in most games. I f w e 'd played last night in Vancouver the way we did tonight, we w ould have won the game." The Pistons, halfw ay through a four-game West Coast road trip, lost 104-96 in overtim e in Vancouver Sunday night. P o rtla n d never led u n til A nderson's 3-pointer put the Blaz ers up 65-62 w ith 10:41 to play. D etroit, w hich d id n 't score for the first 4:29 o f the fourth quarter, re gained the lead 66-65 on M a lik Sealy 's three-point play w ith 6:49 to n ig h t. R o b in s o n , w h o fin is h e d w ith 18 p o in ts , s co re d I I o f the X p lo s io n 's fin a l 13 p o in ts . C o lo ra d o (4 -6 ) r a llie d fro m a 5 7 -5 2 d e fic it in the fin a l fo u r m in u te s. T he X p lo s io n had to o v e r com e an e rra tic fir s t h a ll that saw them tu rn the b a ll o v e r 20 tim e s , an A B L re c o rd , then had o n ly three tu rn o v e rs in the sec ond h a lf. T h e P o w e r (7 - 3 ) o u ts c o re d the Blazers up fo r good 67-66 w ith 6:19 rem aining. Then Anderson fed Sabonis from the top o fth e key fo ra s t u f f sh o t to m ake it 6 9 -6 6 . A nderson’ s last 3-pointer gave Port the sideline. We wanted to get Pat deep on the ball I happened to see a linebacker come at the tim e, and I jury-depleted Pac-10 foe from the national cham pionship picture. just dropped back and tried to throw the best ball I could, and Pat caught W ashington (7-2, 5-1 Pac-10) overcame an 18-point halftim e d e fi it.” cit to take a 28-24 lead w ith 6:38 to first downs on the ensuing posses sion. but Tuiasosopo was sacked at his own 42-yard line on fourth down go w h e n fre s h m a n M a rq u e s Tuiasosopo, starting in place o f the injured B rock Huard. hit Ja'W arren Hooker w ith a 42-yard touchdown pass. Sm ith drove the Ducks 73 yards in 10plays, taking nearly 5 1/2 minutes o ff the clock, and found a d ivin g Johnson in the right side o f the end zone fo r the go-ahead score. "The D B played me bump-and- C ry s ta l R o b in s o n h it a 12- lead at the h a lf. T a n P h illip s scored 22 p o in ts and grabbed 14 re bounds to lead fo o t ju m p e r w ith seven seconds l e f t to l i f t th e C o lo r a d o the X p lo s io n . E la in e P o w e ll led P o rtla n d X p lo s io n to a 6 5 -6 4 A m e ric a n w ith 18 p o in ts , fo llo w e d by D e L is h a M ilto n w ith 14 and N a ta lie W illia m s had 11. wanted to go at that corner." Smith said. "W e were talking about it on A k ili Sm ith hooked up w ith Pat Johnson fo r a 29-yard touchdown pass w ith 2:23 to play as Oregon shocked sixth-ranked W ashington. 31-28, v irtu a lly e lim in a tin g its in the X p lo s io n 17-9 in the sec ond p e rio d to edge to a 2 6 -2 4 B a s k e tb a ll League v ic to ry o v e r the P o rtla n d P o w e r on S unday go. Anderson's tw o free throws put a 7 -fo o t ju m p e r th a t gave P o rt land a 75-69 lead. D e tro it tw ic e c u t the lead to th re e , the last at 7 9 -7 6 on H il l's d riv e w ith 1:23 to p la y . A u g m o n . w h o le ft D e tro it la s t season a fte r a r i f t w ith C o llin s , sco re d fo u r onds to p la y. Lindsey H unter's 3-pointer sliced p o in ts in the la st 1:34, in c lu d in g to clinch the win. land an 8 1 -76 lead w ith 34.5 se c the lead to 84-82 w ith six seconds to go, but Anderson hit tw o free throws Ducks Shock N o. 6 Huskies Power Falls to Xplosion Elaine Powell Gary Trent (Forward), Rasheed Wallace (Forward), and Arvydas Sabonis (Center). W ashington picked up a pair o f to seal the w in fo r Oregon. S m ith c o m p le te d l 5 - o f - 2 5 passes fo r 193 ya rd s and three to u c h d o w n s fo r O re g o n (5 -4 , 2- 4 ), w h ic h snapped a fo u r-g a m e conference lo sin g streak. S a la d in M c C u llo u g h rushed fo r I 17 yards on 28 c a rrie s , b e c o m in g the firs t O re g o n ta ilb a c k to rush fo r o v e r 100 yards in fo u r s tra ig h t gam es us. but we re carries, as the Huskies had their g ro u p e d and at the end. we came out on to p ." Tuiasosopo. who had a 42-yard I’D run, was 15-of-30 fo r 261 yards for W ashington, w hich also played seven-game home conference w in ning streak snapped. The last team to w in a Pac-10 game at Husky Stadium was Oregon in 1995. W ashington also had its Pac 19 w inning streak w ith o u t s ta rtin g ru n n in g back Rashaan Shehee, who has a partial stopped at 12 games. "W a y to o m any m ista ke s on te a ro f the medial collateral ligament in his knee. Tuiasosopo gained 95 the part o f o u r fo o tb a ll team that yards on 16 carries. “ He (Tuiasosopo) struggled at times fin d in g the right receiver and putting the ball right there, but he kept com ing right back." Huskies coach Jim Lam b rig h t said. "H e runs y o u 're tr y in g Io go w ith a co u p le so w ell, he kept us in the game nicely and led 24-3 late in the second quar ter when Washington began itscome- back. N ick Lentz kicked a 35-yard field goal w ith 2 :12 left before h a ll s lip aw ay fro m w ith his feet." "M arques is the type o f guy that since B o b b y M o o re , a k a A h m a d once he gets going, when he gets one play going, then he ju st keeps ro ll ¡ng," H ooker said. “ He got ro llin g there in the second h a lf and he gave “ He recovered and the ball was out there, and I just dove and caught it." Rashad. in 1971. “ W e ju s t w a n te d it so b a d ," M c C u llo u g h said. "W e had it us 21 points on the board. But we ju st d id n ’ t execute down the stretch." M aurice Shaw. Shehee’ s replace "W hen we came to the line, we rig h t there, and we k in d o f le t it ment. rushed for just 33 yards on I I run, but he was tryin g to take away the slant. He was right in my face and I ju s t ran past h im ." Johnson said. h u rt u s,” L a m b rig h t said. "W h e n o f new sta rte rs, you need to go o u t and su p p o rt them and o b v i o u s ly we d id n 't g ive them enough s u p p o rt to d a y ." Oregon raced to a 17-0 advantage time, sparking a string o f 25 straight Husky points. Tuiasosopo rumbled 42 yards for a touchdown on the opening posses sion ofthe second half. He hit Jerome Pathon fo r the tw o-point con verstion and a 24-14 deficit. Threats Don’t Stop Tiger Woods T ig e r Woods confirm ed that he had received several death threats since m aking a name fo r h im s e lf in the w o rld o f golf. “ U nfortunately, I ’ ve had my share o f threats since I was 16,” said Woods, w ho turns 22 next m onth. " T h a t’ s ju st the way life is when yo u 're p la y ing a sport that tra d itio n a lly hasn't been a m in o rity sport. 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