Blazers on Tear; Beat Pacers Team takes off on best start since 1998-99 season (A P) — A fter P ortland had w ithstood a late barrage from the Indiana P acers and Paul G eorge, the Trail B lazers g a th ered at m idcourt and raised their hands together. It m ight be early in the season, but this w as a statem ent w in for the B lazers. L aM arcus A ldridge had 28 points and 10 rebounds and P ortland dow ned Indi ana 106-102 M onday night in the R ose Q u a rte r’s M oda C enter, snapping the P a c e rs' se v e n -g a m e w in n in g stre a k . D am ian L illard added 26. "It w as a tough one, and w e knew it w as g oing to be a tough one going in," L illard said. "T hey're a good team , they only had one loss. But w e're a good team too, and w e w anted to prove that." Paul G eorge had a career-high 43 points for P acers (16-2), w ho ow n the N B A 's best record. T h e B la z e rs p u lle d in fro n t e a rly in the fo u rth q u a rte r, b u t the P a c ers k e p t Trail Blazer guard Damian Lillard drives on Indiana P acers guard George it c lo se a n d G e o rg e hit c o n se c u tiv e 3- during the first h a lf o f M onday’s NBA g a m e in Portland. (AP P hoto/D on AdvertisÄvith diversity z'zz P< uJandOhseiA c r Call 503-288-0033 ad s (3>port la n d o b s e r ver. co m p o in te rs th at n a rro w e d it to 9 8 -9 6 w ith 1:37 left. L illa rd a n s w e re d w ith a 3- p o in te r an d N ic o la s B a tu m m ad e a p a ir o f fre e th ro w s fo r th e B la z e rs b e fo re G e o rg e h it a n o th e r 3 -p o in te r th a t g o t In d ia n a w ith in 1 0 3 -9 9 w ith 21 se c o n d s to go. L illard hit free throw s and G eorge m ade yet an o th er 3 w ith 10 seco n d s left to m ake it 105-102, but the P acers co u ld n 't get closer. P o rtlan d (15-3) is o ff to its best start since the 1998-99 season. "I really w an ted to get this w in," said G eo rg e, one o f ju s t fo u r In d ian a p lay ers to score 43 o r m ore points in a g am e since 2000. "I w as try in g to w ill us into the gam e." B oth team s w ere p lay in g the seco n d o f a b a ck -to -b ac k . T he B lazers b eat the sh o rt-h an d ed L os A n g eles L ak ers 114- 108, snap p in g a sev en -g am e losing streak to the L ak ers at the S tap les C enter. T he P acers (16-2) w ere co m in g o ff a 105-100 v ictory o v er the L os A n g eles C lip p ers on S u n d ay to open a fiv e-g am e ro ad trip. It w as A ld rid g e's 14th g am e this sea son w ith 2 0 o r m ore points. T he tw o-tim e A ll-S tar has eig h t d o u b le-d o u b les this se aso n . Stotts Coach of the Month Portland Trail Blazers Head team ’s four-game sweep of a road bounds (eighth) and 23.1 assists Coach Terry Stotts was named the trip from Nov. 15-20 marked the first (ninth) per game. NBA Western Conference Coach 4-0 trip since January 2003. Stotts becomes the sixth coach in of the Month for November, it was At 15-3, Portland currently sits team history to take home the honor, announced Monday by the NBA. atop the Northwest Division. The joining Jack Ramsay, Mike Schuler, The Trail Blazers’ 13 wins in the Trail Blazers are averaging 104.6 Rick Adelman (3), Mike Dunleavy (2) month tied a franchise best, and the points (fifth in the NBA), 44.9 re and Nate McMillan (3). Terry Stotts THE SPINA COLUMN TM An ongoing series of questions and answers about Americas natural healing profession. Part 10. Fatigue: A cure for people sick and tired of being of being sick and tired. 0 Dr. Billy R. Flowers : I seem to be tired a lot lately. Does that mean I need iron? : The most com m on reason patients come into our office is because of some type of pain. But many of these people are also suffer ing from fatigue. Fatigue that makes the eyes bum slows down the healing process and makes you wonder why you don’t feel as well as you used to. Obviously, there can be many causes of fatigue. Diet is certainly one of them. It’s a subject w e’d be happy to discuss with you in detail. Another cause, how Patients com e back well-rested, tell ever is often stress. Many of you have ing us they ju st had their best n ight’s probably heard of the “Fight Or Flight” sleep in ages. If you think the stress syndrome. When the body is stressed, it o f everyday life m ight be w earing responds with a combat-ready posture. you down and preventing your body In analyzing many such patients’ x-rays, from w arding o ff illnesses, call us we find the head angled forward and the for an appointm ent. O r if there are back arched in this highly-stressed posi any other questions you m ight have tion. After Chiropractic adjustment, this about your health, ju st call us at the condition is often vastly im proved. phone num ber below. Flowers' Chiropractic Office 2124NEHancock,PortlandOregon97212 • P h o n e : ( 5 0 3 ) 2 8 7 - 5 5 0 4