May 14, 2014
fto rtia n h © b sm ie r CAREERS Special.
Blazers
Fight Off
Elimination
Sterling Faces
Fresh Rebukes
(AP) — An interview that was
supposed to be an attem pt at
rehabilitation instead had Los
Angeles Clippers ow ner Donald
Sterling facing fresh rebukes as
he went from apologizing for
recent racist rem arks to slam
ming Magic Johnson, repeatedly
bringing up the ex-NBA star's
HIV status and calling him an
unfit role m odel for children.
"He's got AIDS!" Sterling said
loudly at one point in the inter
view, cutting off CNN's Anderson
Cooper as the interview er at
tempted to cite Johnson's accom
plishments after Sterling asked,
"What has he done, big Magic
Johnson, what has he done?"
Series back to
San Antonio for
game five
(AP) — Nicolas Batum had a
simple question for his Portland
teammates: “Why not us?”
No other team has come back
from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff
series. But the Trail Blazers took the
first step Monday night by beating
the San Antonio Spurs 103-92 to
stave off elimination and narrow the
Western Conference semifinal se
ries to 3-1.
“Why not us? No, it’s never been
done before,” Batum said. “We
know it’s going to be tough. It won’t
be easy, especially against this
team.”
The French forward had 14 points,
14 rebounds and eight assists and
pestered fellow countryman Tony
Parker all night. Damian Lillard had
25 points to lead the Blazers, who
won their first second-round play
off game since a victory over Utah
in the 2000 conference semifinals.
“We had nothing to lose tonight.
We had no pressure. It was do or
die,” Batum said. “So we just go out
there and play.”
Portland held Parker to 14 points
after he had scored 29 points or more
in three of his last four playoff games.
Coach Gregg Popovich sat Parker
and Tim Duncan after Portland built
a 20-point lead in the final quarter.
The Spurs are looking to advance
to the conference finals for the third
straight season. Game 5 is W ednes
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Trail Blazer Will Barton reacts after dunking the ball against the
San Antonio Spurs in the fourth quarter during Game 4 of a
Western Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series
Monday. Portland won 103-124. (AP photo)
day night in San Antonio.
“The energy was weird tonight,”
Parker said. “You have to give a lot
of credit to Portland. They played
great. They came out of the gates
and I thought Batum was great to
night. He gave them a big boost.”
The Blazers were the last team to
take a series to seven games after
dropping the first three. Portland
rebounded in the first round against
Dallas in 2003, but ultimately lost
the deciding game in the first-round
series.
The Blazers have been hurt by
the loss of backup point guard Mo
Williams to a groin injury for the
past two games. Williams provided
both energy and points off the bench
all season in relief of Lillard.
Portland got just six points off
the bench in Game 3, but Will Barton
provided a spark with 17 points on
Monday night.
Barton became the first Blazer
with 17 points and six rebounds off
the bench in a playoff game since
Brian Grant in 2000 against Utah.
“Any time you get a boost off the
bench it’s always good for a m o
mentum swing,” San A ntonio’s
Danny Green said. “When he comes
in and gets the crowd into it, they
pretty much get it going, and it
helped them a lot.”
Coach Terry Stotts promised that
the Blazers would play with pride in
Game 4 and they did from the start.
The com m ents earned Sterling
quick co n d em n atio n from the
league that was already trying to
rid itself o f the owner.
C om m issioner A dam Silver,
who gave Sterling a lifetim e ban
and $2.5 m illion fine two weeks
ago, issued a statem ent saying,
"while M agic Johnson doesn't
need me to, I feel com pelled on
behalf of the NBA family to apolo
gize to him that he continues to be
dragged into this situation and be
degraded by such a m alicious and
personal attack."
Johnson wrote on his T w itter
account that "I'd rather be talking
about these great NBA Playoffs
than Donald Sterling's interview."
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