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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.
"T h e th in g s I'm d o in g and sa y
in g and tr y in g to a c c o m p lis h .
p e o p le are ta k in g o ffe n s e ,” said ,
the s p o rt's new est su p e rs ta r d u r
in g a te le c o n fe re n c e c a ll to p r o
m ote t h is m o n th 's S k in s G am e in 1
L a Q u in ta , C a lif.
Woods, w'ho is p rim a rily o f Thai
and A frican-A m erican descent, be
came the first non-w hite player to
w in one ofthe four m a jo r cham pion
ships w ith his m agnificent 12-stroke
victo ry in the Masters at Augusta
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