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Coaching
Contract
Extended
The Portland Trail Blazers have signed
Head Coach Terry Stotts to a multi-year
contract extension, the team announced
last week.
“Terry has done an outstanding job
during his first two years with the organi-
continued
Trail Blazers starters, from left, Wesley Matthews, LaMarcus Aldridge, Damian Lillard, Robin Lopez, and Nicolas Batum, sit
on the scorers table during a timeout in the last and final game of their Western Conference semifinals playoff series
against the Spurs. San Antonio won 104-82. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Blazers Future Bright after Playoff Run
Team expected to build on taste of success
( AP) — Damian Lillard provided the em ­
blematic moment for the Trail Blazers' resur­
gence, a buzzer-beating 3-pointer that pro-
pelled Portland into the second round of the
playoffs for the first time in 14 seasons.
Following the 3 against the Houston Rock­
ets, which gave the Blazers a 4-2 series vic­
tory, Lillard grabbed the public address m i­
c ro p h o n e at c o u rtsid e and sc ream ed
Joyce
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49ers Draft
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Kenneth Acker, a cornerback for
the Southern Methodist University
Mustangs and a former player at
Grant High School in northeast Port-
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