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APRIL 29, 1998 let The Home Court Matters BLAZERS COMPLAIN ABOUT OFFICIATING Bv BOB BAUM One loss from being swept from the playoffs by the Los Angeles Lakers, the Portland Trail Blazers are hoping the foul calls are a bit more balanced now that they’re playing at home. I The Lakers shot 31 more free throws than the Blazers in Sunday’s Cíame 2 at the Great Western Fo rum. As the series shifts to Portland forTuesday night’sG am e3, coach Mike Dunleavy told the emotional Blazers they are reaping what they have sewn through the season. “What Mike told us is all the things w e’ve done throughout the season in terms o f negative public ity and yelling at referees is all com ing back on u s,” D am on Stoudamire said. “But at the same time w e’ve got to fight through it. We ve got to focus in on the game and not on the referees.” The Lakers were 34-for-52 from the free throw line in their 108-99 victory over the Blazers Sunday. Portland was 17-for-21. “Some of it was aggressiveness and some o f it was ridiculous,” Isaiah Rider said. “We have a play where Sabas (Arvydas Sabonis), myself and Rasheed (W allace) get W hy w ould a 43-year-old man who has won tw o British O pens, earned m ore money than anyone in the history o f g o lf and ow ns sev eral thriving businesses want to put in the grueling work to return to com petition from surgery? W hy w ouldn’t som eone who has experienced as m uch heartbreak as G reg N orm an use a significant o p eration on his left shoulder as an excuse to quietly w alk aw ay from the gam e? W ith Norman the answ er is quite sim ple. Pride. Few athletes are m otivated as much by pride as Norman. It’s why h e ’s been able to bounce back so often. “ I think there are still m ajors in m e,” N orm an said by telephone from his Hobe Sound, Fla., home. “T here is still a lot on my plate I w ould like to ach iev e.” It w ould b e a sham e ifN o rm a n ’s career ended like this. And there is slapped in the arm. Then we come down and slap them in the arm, they go to the line.” Dunleavy, who shared the lead with Utah s Jerry Sloan for most technicals in the regular season, used the word "am azing” to describe the free throw discrepancy. He said his belief that the Blazers were victims o f bad calls were backed up by re marks he heard from commentators when he watched the videotape o f N BC’s telecast o f the game. “ I come back and I watch the film and 1 see five or seven replays where I’ve got the guys on NBC saying ’Those aren’t fouls.’ ‘T hat’s not a foul.’ ‘I d on’t think that was a touch.’ ‘That’s pretty cheap.’ I don’t have to say anything,” Dunleavy said. "It’s being said on national TV by people who are more objective than I cer tainly would be, so I hope it changes back.” Shaquille O ’Neal sees the Blaz e rs’ frustration mounting. ‘ ‘They don ’ t th ink they ’re getting any calls, hesaid,“sothey’llbeextrapumped up. We’ll just have to be ready for that.” Portland is equally frustrated try ing to defend O ’Neal. The Blazers have double- and triple-teamed the big center, only to have him toss it out to a teammate for an open jumper. s till PIL STANDINGS SPORTS STANDINGS 1998 SPRING STANDINGS Madison Roosevelt Grant Cleveland Lincoln Franklin Wilson Benson Marshall Jefferson 10 0 8 2 7 3 6 4 6 4 4 6 4 6 3 7 2 8 0 10 MENS TENNIS W 6 7 7 5 5 3 3 Lincoln Grant Wilson Benson Roosevelt Cleveland Franklin M,B M,R,F M,R,W,G G,C,M,R C,C,R,l,W,M G.L.M.M.JM.R L 0 1 2 2 3 5 5 To L G.L W.G W.L.G R.G.W.B.L G.C.B.R.W Marshall Madison Jefferson 2 1 0 7 7 7 MENS TRACK Benson Franklin Cleveland Grant Wilson Lincoln Madison Marshall Roosevelt Jefferson W J, 4 0 0 MENS GOLF Franklin Cleveland Lincoln Wilson Grant Benson Madison Roosevelt Marshall Jefferson 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 0 3 3 3 3 4 W k 7 0 0 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 0 0 I 1 1 3 4 4 5 5 6 I B\ ROXY ROXBOROUGH DAVID SCOTT and D oes the hom e co urt m a tte r in the NBA'.’ You bet. N ot only are all eight o p e n in g -ro u n d p la y o ff "It’s going to be me sometimes. I series changing venues this w eek, It’ll probably be Nick or Kobe in the I so are th e ir o d d s. W hile b o o k next gam e," Fox said. “If we canf m akers w ould ju s t as soon keep keep them off-balance, w e’ll be bet-1 things th e w ay they are - m ore ter for it It’s a collective effort.’ ab o u t th a t a little la te r - the After scoring 30 in the series I opener, O ’Neal had 19 points S un- 1 ch ange o f zip cod es has had a dram atic effect on G am e 3 prices. day, but his teammates picked upf the slack. Fox had 24, Jones 2 1 and | H ere are som e ex am p les: * The In d ia n a P a c e rs, w ho Horry 15. w ere fa v o re d by 7 and 7 1/2 "It’s good for everybody,” Har ag ain st the C a v a lie rs in Indiana, ris said. “It’sgood for Shaq when hel now are 3 -p o in t u n d erd o g s for doesn ’t have to be the leading scorer I G am e 3 in C le v e la n d , M onday. every game.” * T he S uns, w ho w ere 3 1/2 Portland's Arvydas Sabonis hasl and 4 1/2-point picks versu s the playedjust24and 14 minutes in the | Spurs in P h oenix, are 5 l/2 -p o in t two games because o f foul trouble. dogs in San A n to n io , M onday. Even when he is in the game, Sabonis I * W hile the M iam i H eat was a h a s n ’t been able to deal w ith! 7 and a 6 -p o in t fa v o rite ag ain st O ’Neal’s quickness and power. the New Y ork K nicks in M iam i, “Shaq’s unstoppable,” Rider said. I the gam e w ill be a pick w hen the "If we didn’t double-team Shaq, hel team s renew th e ir riv a lry in New would get 50 points against Sabonis. f Y ork, T u esd ay . You double- and triple-team Shaq| * A 2 -p o in t dog and then a every time he touches the ball.” m isg u id e d 2 1/2-point fav o rite Having that kind o f player in the I in C h a rlo tte , the H aw ks are 8 1/ middle is the kind o f luxury other) 2 -p o in t fa v o rite s to beat the H o r coaches envy. nets in A tla n ta , T uesday. “ It’s amazing what $120 million | * F avored by 13 and 12 points can buy,” Dunleavy said. in Salt L ake C ity , the Jazz are a a chance that the nearly ex peri eight tim es in m ajor cham pion m ental procedure involving heat ships. And much could be said and lasers to stabilize the ball in about the fact that he lost all four his left shoulder socket will not m ajors in a playoff. work. But the one thing that has to be I f there is any one em otion that s a id is w h a t a tr e m e n d o u s N o rm an ’s surgery tapped into it a c h ie v e m en t it w as to get clo se was a sense o f loss. For tw o d e that often. M ake no m istake about cades he has been a force in the this: N orm an bro u g h t co m p lete m ajor cham pionships, and there in ten sity to ju st about every to u r was a sense that there must be at n am ent he played. least one m ore N orm an run at a In 255 PGA T our events since m ajor som ew here down the road. 1979, N orm an made the cut 230 T h ere is also a nag g in g feeling tim es - 90 percent. He finished in that the th o u g h t o f d o m in a tin g the top three 58 tim es - 23 percent th e S e n io r T o u r fo r a co u p le o f - with 18 victories. A ctually, since y e a r s p ro b a b ly d o e s n o t g e t the tour d id n ’t recognize the B rit N o r m a n ’s c o m p e titiv e ju ic e s ish O pen until 1995, he really has flow ing. 20. It’s m ore than likely he will be a N orm an won the B ritish Open Joe D iM aggio or Ted W illiam s, in 19 8 6 a n d ’9 3 ,and I6 o th e rtim e s and when he can no longer play to he was in the top five in a major. his incredibly high standards he His 18 top-five finishes in 69 m a will leave the gam e to concentrate jo rs is 26 percent. on his oth er businesses. And how about this: Since 1976, M uch could be said about the N orm an has won at least one tour fact that N orm an finished second nam ent som ew here in the world Unique Amateur Golf Competition Debuts in Portland in 1998 The popular Toyota G olf Skills Challenge National Tour announces its debut in the Portland area, July 24-26, when 750 amateurs are ex pected to go head to head in the highly competitive, one o f a kind g o lf skills event. C h a rb o n n e a u C o u n try C lu b , 32020 S.W. Charbonneau Drive in W ilsonville, will serve as local host site on the 25-city tour— which not only is recognized as the w orld’s largest grassroots multi-skill g olf competition, but is patterned after NBC Sports’ celebrated EMC2 Gold Skills Challenge for PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour professionals. “TheToyotaG olfSkillsChallenge lends the best opportunity for novice and advanced players al ike to sharpen their overall g am es,” said Brad Faxon, PGA Tour veteran and two- time EMC2 G o lf Skills Challenge champion. “Regardless o f handicap, all golfers must continually enhance their fundamentals. This com peti tions designed to let amateurs do just that, and the professional event pro vides us the same opportunity.” Event entry tee is $20 per person, and a portion o f the proceeds benefits area juniorgolfprograms. Tee times arc avail able from 8 am to 4:30 pm, and reserva tions can be made by calling 800-932- 8337. A limited number o f wald up tee times arc available each day. National Tour sponsors arc Toyota, Dockers Golf, Taylor Made, MasteiCarel International, EMC2, Golf Magazine, Ojai Valley Inn &Spa, NBC SportsandJC Penney. Local sponsors are area Toyota dealers. Eddie Jones, Kobe Bryant, Rick Fox, Robert Horry and Nick Van Exell have taken turns burning the Blaz ers. SOFTBALL W L Franklin 10 1 Madison 8 3 Wilson 8 3 Cleveland 7 4 Benson 6 5 Marshall 6 5 Lincoln 5 6 Roosevelt 5 6 Grant 3 7 Jefferson 0 18 Jefferson forfeits are posted . GIRLS TENNIS W L Lincoln 8 0 Cleveland 6 2 Grant 6 2 Wilson 6 2 Marshall 5 3 Franklin 4 4 Benson 2 6 Madison 1 6 Roosevelt 1 7 Jefferson 0 7 GIRLS TRACK Lincoln Benson Cleveland Grant Wilson Franklin Jefferson Madison Marshall Roosevelt W 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 L Ö 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 GIRLS GOLF Lincoln Franklin Wilson Cleveland Grant Benson Roosevelt w 4 3 3 2 0 2 0 k 0 1 1 1 3 4 4 m o re m o d e s t 5 - p o in t c h o ic e a g a in st the R ockets in H ouston, W ednesday. G et the p o in t(s)? As for the betting, it took gam blers four days just to get their first significant victory. O f the games played between Thursday and Sun day that moved a point or more, bookmakers won six-of-eight. Par ticularly sweet for bet takers was Saturday’s Charlotte-Atlanta game, where bettors laid the Hawks from 2- ÎP Ï point underdogs to 2 1/2-point favor ites. The Hornets prevailed, 92-85. One of the victories for players was New Y ork’s outright beating o f M i ami as a 6-poin, underdog, Sunday. The Knicks had opened at +7 1/2 for the gam e. G am blers also w on Sunday’s Minnesota-Seattle game. Here are the results from the first long weekend o f the NBA payoffs: F av o rites: 7-9 O > e r : 8-8 U nderdogs: 9-7 U n d e r- t o m it in ... grab YOUR TLX B IL K S !/ in . m e ’ every year except 1991. “ My passion for the gam e has alw ays been extrem ely high irre spective o f w here I am ,” Norman said. And th a t’s the way he played the gam e. 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