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3Zl|c ‘{slortktnìt (ßbseruer Page B6 ortianò May Oí, 2002 S ports /METRO bsrrurr Stiles Fired Up for WNBA Season Local Athletes Compete in Track (A P)— Jackie Stiles sat on an a lu m in u m bleacher, fidget ing. H er right leg ta p p e d so quickly against the m etal bench that the w hole thing squeaked and shook. A fter m onths o f injury and in Jackie Stiles a c tiv ity , S tile s was eager to take part in the Portland F ire’s first practice M onday. And she also m ade an extraordinary admission, for her: that her full-bore tenacity m ight have done m ore harm than good — to her and the team — last season. “ I feel a lot responsible for w hat happened to us at the end last year,” Stiles said. “ I probably overdid it, but it was a tough adjustm ent. The way.I gain confidence is from my w ork ethic, but som etim es that can hurt m e.” Stiles, 23, was the W N B A ’s rookie o f the year last season, started in all 32 gam es and av eraged 14.9 points. But she de veloped a sore right w rist, her shooting w rist, and late in the season broke her left w rist and d id n ’t even know it until a month later. The m ore she w ore dow n, the m ore her team struggled. Portland started 8-4, but lost 17 o f its last 20. Stiles had surgery in Sep tem ber, and around that tim e doctors discovered the frac ture in her left w rist. It had already m ended, so it was left alone. Stiles had to w ear a cast on her right arm for six w eeks, though. She also had surgery earlier this year to rem ove an Grant Sophomore Ronnie Perry tests his form and concentration in the 100 meter high hurdles last week at a track meet on the Marshall High School campus. P H O T O B v D a vid G iezyng / T he P ortland O bserver Blazers Forced Into Summer Retirement continued from Front hard. I figured Pip would fake to Kobe and try to deny me the rock.” T he B lazers had one last chance, but Pippen’s inbound pass went over W allace’s head, and Horry rebounded with 0.9 seconds left. Pippen took the blame for his d e fe n se on H o rry ’s b a sk e t. “I didn’t get out to Horry, basi cally, and it cost us the ballgame,” Pippen said. Portland was in the game not only because the Lakers shot 41 percent in the second half, but also because the Blazers played terrific defense on O ’Neal for a change. He finished with 21 points, but R Portland's Rasheed Wallace tries to deny an entry pass into the Lakers ’ Samaki Walker. (AP photo) Pacific Northwest Media Mark Washington Photographer PHOTOGRAPHY PUBLIC RELATIONS MEDIA EVENTS PRIVATE PARTIES WEDDINGS P.O. Box 3521 503.450.0033 • Portland, OR 97208 CARPET CLEANING 2002 CARPET CLEAN UP f he went into the fourth shooting just l-for-5 from the field. 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Join now and get "Today’s Special”, our new guide to satisfying meal and snack id e as,y /g g / i MARTIN CLEANING SERVICE • • • • • “So 1 was trying to keep my guys involved.” Wallace had 20 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Blazers, and Bonzi Wells added 19 points. Portland kept it close despite going more than five minutes with- o u t a b a sk e t in y th e fo u rth . W a lla c e ’s sh o rt tu rn a ro u n d jum per ended the drought, giving the Blazers an 80-78 lead with 5:34 to play. It was anyone’s game until the final minute. “W e had our chances this whole series, especially tonight,” said Portland center Dale Davis, who fouled out for the second time in the series. He was ejected from the other game. “T here’s no way that we shouldn’t have won that game, but we didn’t.” Portland fell to 2-9 in playoff series against the Lakers, who have elim inated the Blazers five tim es in the last six years. “I ’m ju st sick right now, em o tio n a lly , p h y s ic a lly ,” W ells said. “We played our hearts out. Everybody cam e out here and left it all on the court, but they’re the cham ps. And w e’re ju st like all the rest o f the team s in the league. W e’re ju st fighting for second.” ovarian cyst. Stiles, the gym rat, nearly w ent nuts. T he young w om an who forced h erself take 1,000 ju m p shots before calling it a d ay w h ile g ro w in g u p in Claflin, K an., was so w eak once the cast cam e off, she c o u ld n ’t even get the ball near the rim. “T hat was a very hum bling experience.” she said. “ It kind o f felt like 1 was alm ost starting over again.” O ver the last few w eeks, how ever, Stiles has been prac ticing and lifting w eights more than seven hours a day. She says she ’ s back at full strength, and is even thankful that her ailm ents forced her to take a break from the gam e after play ing nearly 15 m onths straight. “If I w ouldn’t have had the su rg e rie s, I w o u ld n ’t have stopped,” she said. “ It forced m e to lay off, to get rested. It also show ed m e how m uch I love the gam e o f basketball and how hard it is to be aw ay from it.” C oach L inda H argrove said Stiles is slow ly learning that she c a n ’t push h e rse lf as hard as she w ants. “W e’re trying to get her to think in term s o f a 10-year c a reer. She alw ays thinks about tom orrow ,” H argrove said. T IM E S . NORTH PORTLAND Northminster Presbyterian Church: 2823 N. Portland Blvd. NDRIJJLASTPÜRILAND Clisan Street Baptist Church 10401 N.E. Glisan Temple Baptist Church 1319 N.E. 7th Timerline Dodge 2510 N.E. Sandy Blvd. Tillamook Park Bldg. 2108 N.E. 41st Ave. (AP) — Darryl Strawberry was sentenced to 18 months in prison Monday for violating his probation. 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