nba.805nba.news,
The universal language
The L.A. Lakers will broadcast 12 games in Chinese this season,
presumably for fans of Shaquille O'Neal.
"After all," says Phil Rosenthal of the Chicago Sun-Times, "people
whose forefathers were capable of building the Great Wall probably
have a real appreciation for bricks."
Nick out of time?
L.A. Lakers guard Nick Van Exel, frustrated with a nagging knee
injury, is contemplating an early retirement, says the Orange County
Register.
"If it's going to bother and bother me, I wouldn't mind just playing
my contract out and then sitting back, playing golf," Van Exel said.
"There's so much to life other than just basketball nowadays.
"... I've thought about it, just playing my contract out, just giving
it up. ... Sometimes, because of the things I've been through.
Sometimes, because I'm tired. Sometimes, because of my knee. You think
about a lot when you have time to think."
Van Exel has missed two practices and two exhibition games this
season. Team doctor Steve Lombardo and Van Exel's personal doctor in
Oklahoma City, David Flesher Sr., said his left knee is suffering a
bone bruise.
Van Exel, who had arthroscopic knee surgery in 1992 and 1993 on his
left knee, has a five-year, $10.5 million contract that expires in
1999.
Pssst ...
Kenny Walker, the New York Knicks' top draft pick in 1986, finally
served his one-week jail sentence for pleading guilty last year to
menacing his wife. The reason the jail term was delayed? So Walker
could play ball in Japan.
nba.806junior,
-> #805, nba.news> Kenny Walker, the New York Knicks' top draft pick in 1986,
Jel' to onaj što je nosio sedmicu, i zakucavao kao životinja?
nba.807gligo,
-> #791, junior
> A do pre samo 2 meseca, igrao si sa ortacima basket na DIFu.
> E, sad pokusaj da shvatis njegovu psihologiju i kako se on
> oseca.
Zato i ne odobravam odlazak igraca (dece) iz srednje skole
direktno u ligu. Bas zbog sazrevanja kao licnosti koja bi
mogla normalno da se nosi sa onim sto navodis.
Ali lova cini svoje....
> Uostalom, pokazace se on veceras protiv Sietla.
Nije toliko ni vazno ali opet je imao ocajan sut, 0-3.
P.S. Ono sto ti kazes, setih se Atlante '96, odnosno finala
D.Team-Yug, pa ono kad Rebarce i Tomasevic ulaze u igru...
Jos se kao Rebarce dogovorio s'fotoreporterima da ovi
uhvate trenutak kad Rebarce zakuca preko Barklija, pa da
prave postere....;)
...a ono....
..e to je samopouzdanje ;)
nba.808gligo,
-> #773, miskop> -> CHARLOTTE (86) AT UTAH (105)
>
> -> DIVAC 15 0-4 1-2 3 2 5
> 1 2 0 0 1
>
> Ovogodisnji prvenac... :)
Ma on svake godine tako, do all star weekend-a ga nigde nema,
a posle na svakoj drugoj po triple-double.
nba.809vpoznanovic,
1997 NBA Preseason
Tuesday, October 14
Cleveland at Indiana 93:90
Denver at Golden State 98:97
L.A. Clippers at Sacramento 92:103
Minnesota at Miami 90:102
Portland at Vancouver 83:103
San Antonio at Orlando 88:87
Seattle at Detroit 96:98
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEVELAND 25 24 20 24 93
INDIANA 26 23 18 23 90 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: CLE - WESLEY PERSON 13, SHAWN KEMP 13, VITALY POTAPENKO 10
IND - FRED HOIBERG 17, REGGIE MILLER 16, CHRIS MULLIN 12
HIGH REBOUND: CLE - VITALY POTAPENKO 7, TWO PLAYERS WITH 6
IND - DALE DAVIS 7, TWO PLAYERS WITH 5
HIGH ASSISTS: CLE - BOB SURA 2, SHERMAN DOUGLAS 2
IND - CHRIS MULLIN 6, MARK JACKSON 4
ATT: 13,596
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
DENVER 31 25 22 20 98
GOLDEN STATE 24 28 23 22 97 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: DEN - ERIC WILLIAMS 24, BRYANT STITH 14, DEAN GARRETT 12
GSW - LATRELL SPREWELL 33, MARK PRICE 13, TWO PLAYERS WITH
11
HIGH REBOUND: DEN - DEAN GARRETT 10, DANNY FORTSON 9
GSW - ERICK DAMPIER 10, LATRELL SPREWELL 8
HIGH ASSISTS: DEN - BOBBY JACKSON 7, BRYANT STITH 4
GSW - B J ARMSTRONG 5, MARK PRICE 5
ATT: 5,890
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
LA CLIPPERS 24 23 24 21 92
SACRAMENTO 23 19 27 34 103 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: LAC - LAMOND MURRAY 20, RODNEY ROGERS 13, BRENT BARRY 11
SAC - LAWRENCE FUNDERBURKE 24, MAHMOUD ABDUL-RAUF 17,
ANTHONY JOHNSON 15
HIGH REBOUND: LAC - STOJKO VRANKOVIC 11, KEITH CLOSS JR 8
SAC - OLDEN POLYNICE 12, MICHAEL STEWART 5
HIGH ASSISTS: LAC - DARRICK MARTIN 4, POOH RICHARDSON 3
SAC - TERRY DEHERE 7, ANTHONY JOHNSON 5
ATT: 11,123
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MINNESOTA 21 20 27 22 90
MIAMI 27 22 24 29 102 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: MIN - KEVIN GARNETT 17, TOM GUGLIOTTA 16, STEPHON MARBURY
16
MIA - TIM HARDAWAY 21, TODD DAY 16, MARK STRICKLAND 14
HIGH REBOUND: MIN - CLIFFORD ROZIER 10, PAUL GRANT 6
MIA - MARK STRICKLAND 8, ISAAC AUSTIN 6
HIGH ASSISTS: MIN - STEPHON MARBURY 6, TWO PLAYERS WITH 2
MIA - TIM HARDAWAY 8, ERIC MURDOCK 5
ATT: 14,312
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
PORTLAND 29 21 16 17 83
VANCOUVER 25 29 29 20 103 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: POR - STACEY AUGMON 18, JERMAINE ONEAL 12, KENNY ANDERSON
10
VAN - SHAREEF ABDUR-RAHIM 27, OTIS THORPE 14, BRYANT
REEVES 13
HIGH REBOUND: POR - ARVYDAS SABONIS 7, SEAN HIGGINS 6
VAN - OTIS THORPE 12, PETE CHILCUTT 10
HIGH ASSISTS: POR - ISAIAH RIDER 6, STACEY AUGMON 4
VAN - ANTONIO DANIELS 9, TWO PLAYERS WITH 4
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SAN ANTONIO 27 25 10 26 88
ORLANDO 31 17 19 20 87 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: SAS - DAVID ROBINSON 14, WILL PERDUE 13, SEAN ELLIOTT 11
ORL - ANFERNEE HARDAWAY 21, RONY SEIKALY 19, HORACE GRANT
11
HIGH REBOUND: SAS - WILL PERDUE 10, MALIK ROSE 9
ORL - HORACE GRANT 11, DEREK STRONG 7
HIGH ASSISTS: SAS - AVERY JOHNSON 4, JAREN JACKSON 3
ORL - ANFERNEE HARDAWAY 6, DEREK HARPER 6
ATT: 16,126
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SEATTLE 33 21 21 21 96
DETROIT 27 38 20 13 98 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: SEA - SAM PERKINS 18, DETLEF SCHREMPF 17, VIN BAKER 17
DET - AARON MCKIE 17, BRIAN WILLIAMS 16, LINDSEY HUNTER 15
HIGH REBOUND: SEA - VIN BAKER 8, TWO PLAYERS WITH 6
DET - BRIAN WILLIAMS 8, TWO PLAYERS WITH 7
HIGH ASSISTS: SEA - GARY PAYTON 9, GREG ANTHONY 6
DET - JOE DUMARS 6, TWO PLAYERS WITH 5
ATT: 12,373
Wednesday, October 15
Philadelphia at Toronto, 7:00 p.m.
New Jersey vs. Boston at Lexington, Ky., 7:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Vancouver vs. Dallas at Rapid City, S.D., 9:30 p.m.
nba.810nba.news,
CLEVELAND (93) AT INDIANA (90)
CLEVELAND
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
PERSON F 24 3-5 6-8 1 5 6 1 1 0 2 13
FERRY F 18 2-6 2-2 2 0 2 0 4 3 0 7
KEMP C 24 4-9 5-7 1 1 2 1 3 1 3 13
SURA G 24 1-2 2-8 0 6 6 2 1 0 3 4
ANDERSON G 19 1-5 3-4 2 2 4 0 4 1 0 5
POTAPENKO 18 2-7 6-8 5 2 7 0 3 0 3 10
BUTLER 21 2-6 1-2 1 2 3 0 3 1 2 5
DOUGLAS 16 1-2 5-6 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 7
ILGAUSKAS 14 2-5 2-4 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 6
JAMES 16 2-3 2-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 7
CALDWELL 11 1-1 2-4 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 4
SCOTT 11 2-5 0-1 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 4
FORD 4 1-2 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
KNIGHT 8 0-0 4-4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4
HENDERSON 8 0-2 1-2 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 1
ALLEN 4 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 240 24-60 42-64 17 26 43 10 33 11 20 93
(.400) (.656) TEAM REBS: 17 TOTAL TO: 20(23 PTS)
INDIANA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
D DAVIS F 30 5-10 1-2 4 3 7 0 6 1 2 11
MULLIN F 23 5-7 2-2 0 2 2 6 0 1 0 12
SMITS C 14 2-2 0-0 3 2 5 2 3 0 1 4
JACKSON G 19 0-3 2-4 0 4 4 4 3 2 2 2
MILLER G 32 4-13 7-8 0 2 2 2 3 2 3 16
POPE 22 1-4 2-4 3 2 5 1 5 0 4 4
WEST 12 2-5 1-3 2 1 3 1 5 0 1 5
ROSE 17 3-7 4-8 1 1 2 1 4 0 3 10
BEST 27 1-7 4-4 0 3 3 3 4 3 4 7
HOIBERG 25 6-8 2-2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 17
A DAVIS 19 0-3 2-2 2 1 3 0 6 1 1 2
TOTALS 240 29-69 27-39 15 22 37 21 43 11 21 90
(.420) (.692) TEAM REBS: 13 TOTAL TO: 22(16 PTS)
CLEVELAND 25 24 20 24 - 93
INDIANA 26 23 18 23 - 90
BLOCKED SHOTS: CLEVELAND - FERRY, ILGAUSKAS. INDIANA - D DAVIS 4,
MULLIN, POPE.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: CLEVELAND 3-9 (.333), PERSON 1-3, FERRY 1-2, KEMP 0-1,
SURA 0-1, ANDERSON 0-1, JAMES 1-1. INDIANA 5-15 (.333), JACKSON 0-1,
MILLER 1-4, ROSE 0-2, BEST 1-3, HOIBERG 3-5.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: JOE FORTE, JOE BORGIA, ROBBY ROBINSON.
A - 13,596. T - 2:28.
CLEVELAND (93) AT INDIANA (90)
Shawn Kemp and Wesley Person scored 13 points apiece as the
Cleveland Cavaliers hit 42-of-64 free throw attempts in a 93-90
win over the Indiana Pacers.
The teams combined for 76 personal fouls, 43 by Indiana and 33
by Cleveland. The Pacers (3-0) sank 27-of-39 free throw
attempts, led by Reggie Miller's 7-of-8 performance. Indiana's
22 turnovers gave it 20-or-more turnovers for the third
consecutive game. Cleveland finished with 20 turnovers.
Indiana (1-2) was led by Fred Hoiberg's 17 points. Miller,
despite shooting just 4-of-13 from the field, finished with 16
points.
Chris Mullin of the Pacers was injured in the second quarter
when he was hit on top of head by an errant Danny Ferry elbow on
a drive to the basket. He left the game and received four
stitches, but returned to play in the third quarter, finishing
with 12 points and six assists.
nba.811nba.news,
DENVER (98) AT GOLDEN STATE (97)
DENVER
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
WILLIAMS F 38 9-15 6-8 3 4 7 1 2 2 3 24
BATTIE F 20 3-6 1-2 1 3 4 0 5 1 1 7
GARRETT C 37 6-9 0-0 2 8 10 3 3 1 3 12
JACKSON G 32 4-13 3-3 4 2 6 7 4 2 5 11
STITH G 37 4-14 5-5 0 4 4 4 4 1 3 14
FORTSON 23 3-5 5-8 4 5 9 2 5 0 1 11
NEWMAN 16 1-5 3-4 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 5
LAUDERDALE 8 2-5 2-4 1 1 2 0 2 1 4 6
WASHINGTON 8 1-3 0-0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2
GOLDWIRE 16 1-2 4-4 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 6
WOLF 5 0-4 0-0 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 240 34-81 29-38 21 30 51 20 29 9 25 98
(.420) (.763) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 26(19 PTS)
GOLDEN STATE
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MARSHALL F 27 0-7 2-2 2 3 5 3 5 1 1 2
SMITH F 18 2-10 2-2 4 1 5 1 5 1 2 6
DAMPIER C 33 3-7 1-2 5 5 10 0 2 1 1 7
ARMSTRONG G 26 3-11 4-4 1 2 3 5 1 0 2 11
SPREWELL G 37 13-23 2-3 3 5 8 2 2 3 3 33
FERRELL 14 0-3 6-6 0 3 3 1 5 2 3 6
PRICE 19 4-9 5-6 1 1 2 5 5 1 2 13
SIMPKINS 13 0-2 2-2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 2
THOMAS 11 2-4 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4
SPENCER 13 0-3 0-2 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0
FULLER 17 5-8 1-2 2 2 4 0 2 0 1 11
BURTON 3 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0
STEWART 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LANG 7 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2
COLES DNP - INJURED LEFT ANKLE
FOYLE DNP - INJURED LEFT FOOT
TOTALS 240 32-88 27-33 22 25 47 19 32 11 20 97
(.364) (.818) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 20(18 PTS)
DENVER 31 25 22 20 - 98
GOLDEN STATE 24 28 23 22 - 97
BLOCKED SHOTS: DENVER - GARRETT 3, LAUDERDALE, WASHINGTON. GOLDEN STATE -
DAMPIER 3, MARSHALL, THOMAS, SPENCER, FULLER.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: DENVER 1-3 (.333), STITH 1-2, NEWMAN 0-1. GOLDEN STATE
6-13 (.462), MARSHALL 0-1, ARMSTRONG 1-2, SPREWELL 5-6, PRICE 0-3, THOMAS
0-1.
TECHNICALS: GOLDEN STATE - ILLEGAL DEFENSE 2.
OFFICIALS: ED T RUSH, KEN MAUER, VIOLET PALMER.
A - 5,890. T - 2:19.
DENVER (98) AT GOLDEN STATE (97)
Eric Williams scored 24 points and B.J. Armstrong threw away a
pass in the final seconds as the Denver Nuggets kept the Golden
State Warriors winless with a 98-97 preseason victory.
Armstrong tried to hit Donyell Marshall on the right baseline
with a skip pass from the free throw line but turned the ball
over.
Rookie Danny Fortson chipped in with 11 points and nine rebounds
and gave the Nuggets a 98-93 lead with a tip-in with 1:50 to
play.
Latrell Sprewell led all scorers with 33 points for Golden State
(0-3), while Marshall and Joe Smith combined for four points on
2-of-17 shooting. Mark Price scored 14 points and Erick Dampier
added 10 for Golden State.
Dean Garrett totaled 14 points and 10 rebounds and Bryant Stith
added 14 points for the Nuggets (2-1).
nba.812nba.news,
LA CLIPPERS (92) AT SACRAMENTO (103)
LA CLIPPERS
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ROGERS F 24 5-11 2-4 1 1 2 1 3 0 2 13
VAUGHT F 9 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
VRANKOVIC C 22 4-5 0-0 2 9 11 0 4 1 2 8
BARRY G 23 3-10 4-4 0 3 3 1 3 0 2 11
MARTIN G 27 3-7 4-4 0 1 1 4 3 0 2 10
PIATKOWSKI 24 4-9 0-0 2 3 5 2 3 0 7 9
WRIGHT 14 1-3 2-3 0 5 5 0 2 0 2 4
MURRAY 24 7-14 5-6 1 2 3 0 1 4 2 20
CLOSS 18 3-8 0-0 4 4 8 0 2 1 0 6
RICHARDSON 17 0-7 0-0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0
TAYLOR 5 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
COLLINS 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
MANNING 8 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 2
MCCRAY 16 1-2 2-2 4 1 5 1 1 0 0 4
HUFFMAN 4 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GARRIS 4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
ROBINSON DNP - INJURED RIGHT FOOT
TOTALS 240 34-84 19-23 15 32 47 15 24 7 23 92
(.405) (.826) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 24(20 PTS)
SACRAMENTO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
OWENS F 12 1-5 0-4 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 2
FUNDERBURKE F 35 8-11 8-9 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 24
POLYNICE C 25 6-12 2-2 4 8 12 0 6 0 0 14
DEHERE G 25 4-11 3-4 1 2 3 7 3 1 2 11
HURLEY G 19 1-4 1-2 0 1 1 4 0 2 1 3
ABDUL-RAUF 29 7-11 2-2 0 3 3 3 4 1 2 17
JOHNSON 29 6-9 2-2 1 2 3 5 2 4 2 15
SAINT JEAN 12 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0
SALVADORI 7 1-2 2-2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4
GRIMM 16 3-4 1-2 0 3 3 0 2 1 3 9
STEWART 16 1-5 2-4 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 4
GAMBLE 15 0-4 0-0 0 3 3 1 2 1 0 0
RICHMOND DNP - SORE RIGHT ACHILLES
SIMMONS DNP - REHABILITATION RIGHT KNEE
SMITH DNP - NOT WITH TEAM - PERSONAL
C WILLIAMSON DNP - LEFT KNEE TENDINITIS
TOTALS 240 38-80 23-33 10 30 40 25 21 11 16 103
(.475) (.697) TEAM REBS: 11 TOTAL TO: 16(12 PTS)
LA CLIPPERS 24 23 24 21 - 92
SACRAMENTO 23 19 27 34 - 103
BLOCKED SHOTS: LA CLIPPERS - VRANKOVIC. SACRAMENTO - STEWART 6, POLYNICE
2, OWENS, JOHNSON.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: LA CLIPPERS 5-15 (.333), ROGERS 1-2, BARRY 1-4, MARTIN
0-2, PIATKOWSKI 1-4, MURRAY 1-2, GARRIS 1-1. SACRAMENTO 4-8 (.500), OWENS
0-1, DEHERE 0-1, ABDUL-RAUF 1-2, JOHNSON 1-1, GRIMM 2-3.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: BILL OAKES, BLANE REICHELT, JIM CAPERS.
A - 11,123. T - 1:58.
LA CLIPPERS (92) AT SACRAMENTO (103)
Lawrence Funderburke led all scorers with 24 points and Mahmoud
Abdul-Rauf scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half as the
Sacramento Kings earned their first win of the exhibition season
with a 103-92 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.
Los Angeles (1-3) led 71-69 going into the fourth quarter. But
Sacramento went on a 15-2 run capped by rookie Anthony Johnson's
three-pointer as the Kings (1-3) took an 84-73 lead with 5:53 to
play.
Johnson, a second-round pick from the College of Charleston,
chipped in five assists. Sacramento outscored Los Angeles,
61-45 in the second half.
Lamond Murray had 20 points and Roy Rogers added 13 for the
Clippers.
nba.813nba.news,
MINNESOTA (90) AT MIAMI (102)
MINNESOTA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
K GARNETT F 41 6-16 5-8 1 3 4 2 2 0 3 17
GUGLIOTTA F 29 6-20 4-6 2 2 4 0 3 2 3 16
ROZIER C 32 2-4 2-4 4 6 10 0 3 1 2 6
MARBURY G 31 7-13 2-4 3 2 5 6 5 0 8 16
CARR G 23 1-2 2-4 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 4
PORTER 17 1-4 1-1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3
GRANT 16 2-3 0-0 3 3 6 0 4 0 2 4
WILLIAMS 17 3-5 5-5 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 12
MITCHELL 24 3-8 0-0 1 3 4 0 4 1 0 6
JORDAN 8 2-4 0-0 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 4
OSBORNE 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
HEAL DNP - LEFT CALF STRAIN
WEST DNP - PULLED GROIN
TOTALS 240 34-80 21-32 15 23 38 11 31 7 22 90
(.425) (.656) TEAM REBS: 17 TOTAL TO: 22(23 PTS)
MIAMI
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
BROWN F 13 1-4 5-6 1 1 2 0 5 1 0 7
STRICKLAND F 29 7-10 0-2 4 4 8 1 4 1 1 14
AUSTIN C 25 4-6 2-2 4 2 6 3 2 1 2 10
HARDAWAY G 27 9-17 0-0 1 3 4 8 3 1 9 21
LENARD G 27 4-11 0-0 0 3 3 4 3 0 1 10
DAVIS 27 1-3 4-6 0 3 3 0 5 0 1 6
SANFORD 9 2-4 1-1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 5
DAY 20 5-9 5-6 1 2 3 1 4 2 0 16
MURDOCK 22 2-7 2-2 0 2 2 5 2 3 0 6
NEMBHARD 16 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4
CAUSWELL 23 1-2 1-1 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 3
HUCKABY 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 240 38-76 20-26 12 25 37 22 32 9 18 102
(.500) (.769) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 19(19 PTS)
MINNESOTA 21 20 27 22 - 90
MIAMI 27 22 24 29 - 102
BLOCKED SHOTS: MINNESOTA - K GARNETT, ROZIER, WILLIAMS. MIAMI - CAUSWELL
2, DAY, STRICKLAND.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: MINNESOTA 1-5 (.200), K GARNETT 0-1, MARBURY 0-1,
PORTER 0-1, WILLIAMS 1-1, MITCHELL 0-1. MIAMI 6-14 (.429), HARDAWAY 3-7,
LENARD 2-5, DAY 1-1, MURDOCK 0-1.
TECHNICALS: MINNESOTA - GUGLIOTTA, MIAMI - SANFORD, STRICKLAND, ILLEGAL
DEFENSE 2, MURDOCK.
OFFICIALS: RONNIE NUNN, SEAN CORBIN, ANTHONY JORDAN.
A - 14,312. T - 2:20.
MINNESOTA (90) AT MIAMI (102)
Tim Hardaway scored 21 points and Todd Day added 16 as the Miami
Heat used a strong fourth quarter to turn back the Minnesota
Timberwolves, 102-90.
Mark Strickland had 14 points for the Heat (2-0), who broke open
a tight game with a 24-11 burst. Miami played without
three-fifths of its regular starting lineup. Dan Majerle, Jamal
Mashburn and Alonzo Mourning all sat out with injuries.
Kevin Garnett led Minnesota (1-2) with 17 points while Stephon
Marbury and Tom Gugliotta, an off-season acquisition from the
Boston Celtics, had 16 apiece.
Hardaway scored 12 points in the first quarter, helping Miami
establish a 27-21 lead.
nba.814nba.news,
PORTLAND (83) AT VANCOUVER (103)
PORTLAND
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ONEAL F 28 5-11 1-2 1 1 2 1 3 0 1 12
WALLACE F 34 4-13 1-2 1 4 5 2 2 1 2 9
SABONIS C 16 2-8 3-3 4 3 7 1 1 2 0 7
RIDER G 29 2-9 5-5 2 1 3 6 1 1 3 9
ANDERSON G 16 5-5 0-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10
AUGMON 28 8-17 2-2 2 2 4 4 2 3 1 18
CROTTY 20 1-6 2-2 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 4
CATO 13 0-1 0-0 1 2 3 1 4 2 0 0
HIGGINS 25 4-9 0-0 3 3 6 0 0 1 2 8
LISTER 6 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 0
WINGFIELD 13 1-4 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 2
WILLIAMS 12 2-5 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
ASKEW DNP - ANKLE INJURY
GRANT DNP - STRAINED HAMSTRING
TRENT DNP - SORE LEG
TOTALS 240 34-88 14-17 15 21 36 18 18 14 11 83
(.386) (.824) TEAM REBS: 3 TOTAL TO: 12(14 PTS)
VANCOUVER
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ABDUR-RAHIM F 31 11-17 5-6 3 3 6 0 0 1 4 27
THORPE F 29 6-7 2-2 2 10 12 3 2 0 3 14
REEVES C 30 5-11 3-4 2 6 8 0 3 1 1 13
PEELER G 29 3-10 0-0 0 1 1 4 2 2 1 7
DANIELS G 25 3-4 2-3 0 1 1 9 3 1 4 8
MAYBERRY 19 3-6 0-0 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 8
B EDWARDS 19 3-8 0-0 0 3 3 3 2 0 1 6
CHILCUTT 25 3-8 4-4 4 6 10 3 2 1 2 10
LYNCH 18 2-5 0-0 0 4 4 0 0 1 2 4
NEWBILL 5 1-2 0-0 4 3 7 0 0 0 1 2
BOOTH 4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
GREEN 4 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2
OGG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BROWN DNP - SHOULDER INJURY
ROBINSON DNP - ANKLE INJURY
ROGERS DNP - SORE KNEE
TOTALS 240 42-82 16-19 16 38 54 27 16 8 20 103
(.512) (.842) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 20(16 PTS)
PORTLAND 29 21 16 17 - 83
VANCOUVER 25 29 29 20 - 103
BLOCKED SHOTS: PORTLAND - SABONIS 2, CATO 2, ONEAL, WALLACE, HIGGINS.
VANCOUVER - DANIELS 2, ABDUR-RAHIM, LYNCH.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: PORTLAND 1-8 (.125), ONEAL 1-1, SABONIS 0-2, RIDER 0-1,
CROTTY 0-1, WINGFIELD 0-2, WILLIAMS 0-1. VANCOUVER 3-10 (.300), PEELER
1-4, MAYBERRY 2-5, CHILCUTT 0-1.
TECHNICALS: VANCOUVER - ABDUR-RAHIM.
OFFICIALS: SCOTT WALL, JOE CRAWFORD, BRUCE ALEXANDER.
A - 0. T - 1:56.
PORTLAND (83) AT VANCOUVER (103)
Shareef Abdur-Rahim scored 27 points and the Vancouver Grizzlies
held the Portland Trail Blazers to 33 second-half points en
route to their first victory of the preseason, 103-83.
Abdur-Rahim scored five points during a 13-4 run to start the
second half and Bryant Reeves chipped in six of his 13 points
during the spurt.
Stacey Augmon led Portland (2-1) with 18 points and Jermaine
O'Neal added 12 for the Blazers, who trailed at halftime, 54-50.
Otis Thorpe totaled 14 points and 12 rebounds and Pete Chilcutt
contributed 10 points and 10 boards for the Grizzlies (1-2), who
outscored Portland in the third quarter, 29-16.
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SAN ANTONIO (88) AT ORLANDO (87)
SAN ANTONIO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ELLIOTT F 23 4-12 3-4 1 1 2 1 4 0 1 11
DUNCAN F 13 3-5 0-1 0 4 4 0 4 0 2 6
ROBINSON C 24 4-6 6-8 2 5 7 2 1 0 4 14
DEL NEGRO G 28 3-5 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 7
JOHNSON G 30 4-7 2-4 0 2 2 4 0 1 3 10
W PERDUE 24 4-9 5-9 5 5 10 0 3 1 1 13
IGO 7 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
C PERSON 25 2-6 2-2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 8
ALEXANDER 18 0-3 0-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
HERRERA 12 0-1 0-0 2 3 5 0 1 1 1 0
JACKSON 20 4-9 1-2 0 3 3 3 3 1 1 9
ROSE 16 4-6 2-4 3 6 9 2 4 0 2 10
TOTALS 240 32-70 21-36 13 32 45 18 23 6 18 88
(.457) (.583) TEAM REBS: 13 TOTAL TO: 19(23 PTS)
ORLANDO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ANDERSON F 30 4-15 0-0 0 3 3 0 4 0 2 9
GRANT F 35 5-8 1-2 3 8 11 4 2 2 0 11
SEIKALY C 24 7-12 5-9 2 2 4 2 4 4 1 19
A HARDAWAY G 40 6-15 9-12 3 2 5 6 2 2 0 21
D HARPER G 38 0-7 0-0 0 2 2 6 1 1 4 0
EVANS 19 3-8 2-2 4 1 5 1 2 0 1 8
STRONG 20 4-7 1-2 3 4 7 2 4 0 1 9
BRUNSON 9 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0
OUTLAW 15 3-3 2-4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 8
SCHAYES 6 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0
KEMPTON 4 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2
ARMSTRONG DNP - BRUISED RIGHT KNEE
SHAW DNP - SORE LEFT ANKLE
TAYLOR DNP - TENDON TEAR RIGHT SHOULDER
WILKINS DNP - BRUISED RIGHT KNEE
TOTALS 240 33-80 20-31 16 26 42 24 25 11 13 87
(.413) (.645) TEAM REBS: 11 TOTAL TO: 13(10 PTS)
SAN ANTONIO 27 25 10 26 - 88
ORLANDO 31 17 19 20 - 87
BLOCKED SHOTS: SAN ANTONIO - ROBINSON, W PERDUE, IGO. ORLANDO - D HARPER
2, GRANT, OUTLAW.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: SAN ANTONIO 3-8 (.375), DEL NEGRO 1-1, C PERSON 2-4,
ALEXANDER 0-2, JACKSON 0-1. ORLANDO 1-5 (.200), ANDERSON 1-4, A HARDAWAY
0-1.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: ED F RUSH, MIKE SMITH, SCOTT FOSTER.
A - 16,126. T - 2:16.
SAN ANTONIO (88) AT ORLANDO (87)
Malik Rose's layup with 16 seconds left rallied the unbeaten San
Antonio Spurs to an 88-87 victory over the winless Orlando
Magic.
Rose's basket completed a fourth-quarter comeback which saw the
Spurs battle back from a 12-point deficit with 8:55 remaining.
After the go-ahead shot, the Magic called timeout to set up a
play. But Derek Harper missed a jumper and San Antonio pulled
down the rebound, preserving the win.
David Robinson scored 14 points and Will Perdue added 13 for the
Spurs (3-0), who held a 52-48 halftime lead before being held to
just 10 points in the third quarter.
San Antonio's Tim Duncan, the top overall pick in the draft,
left in the second quarter but returned after taking seven
stitches over his left eye.
Anfernee Hardaway scored 21 points and Rony Seikaly contributed
14, only five in the second half, for Orlando (0-3).
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SEATTLE (96) AT DETROIT (98)
SEATTLE
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
D SCHREMPF F 27 6-9 3-3 1 2 3 0 4 1 2 17
PERKINS F 25 6-7 3-4 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 18
BAKER C 27 7-16 3-7 4 4 8 1 3 2 3 17
PAYTON G 29 5-12 0-2 2 4 6 9 2 2 3 10
HAWKINS G 28 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 3
COTTON 14 2-3 3-4 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 7
EHLO 14 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0
WILLIAMS 19 3-3 3-4 2 4 6 0 2 1 1 9
ANTHONY 13 0-2 0-0 0 3 3 6 4 0 0 0
HOWARD 8 1-1 3-4 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 5
SNOW 5 0-2 0-2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
KERSEY 16 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 1 4 0 2 2
ELLIS 15 3-9 0-0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 8
TOTALS 240 35-72 18-30 12 25 37 24 31 8 17 96
(.486) (.600) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 18(22 PTS)
DETROIT
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
HILL F 26 4-9 5-6 2 2 4 5 4 1 2 13
G LONG F 22 3-5 0-0 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 6
B WILLIAMS C 29 6-12 4-5 1 7 8 0 6 1 6 16
HUNTER G 23 5-9 4-4 1 2 3 5 0 1 1 15
DUMARS G 28 4-9 0-0 0 1 1 6 1 1 1 9
MCKIE 31 5-8 7-9 0 2 2 4 0 1 3 17
RATLIFF 14 2-5 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 4
SEALY 25 2-7 4-4 3 4 7 0 4 2 1 8
J WILLIAMS 13 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2
OBANNON 11 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
REID 17 3-8 1-3 2 5 7 0 3 0 0 7
ROBINSON 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 240 35-74 26-33 12 27 39 23 24 9 17 98
(.473) (.788) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 18(9 PTS)
SEATTLE 33 21 21 21 - 96
DETROIT 27 38 20 13 - 98
BLOCKED SHOTS: SEATTLE - BAKER, WILLIAMS. DETROIT - RATLIFF 2, MCKIE,
REID.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: SEATTLE 8-17 (.471), D SCHREMPF 2-4, PERKINS 3-4,
PAYTON 0-1, HAWKINS 1-2, COTTON 0-1, EHLO 0-1, ELLIS 2-4. DETROIT 2-7
(.286), HUNTER 1-2, DUMARS 1-3, MCKIE 0-1, SEALY 0-1.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: RON GARRETSON, TOM WASHINGTON, RODDY MOTT.
A - 12,373. T - 2:12.
SEATTLE (96) AT DETROIT (98)
Malik Sealy hit a pair of free throws with 6.1 seconds left to
lift the Detroit Pistons to a 98-96 win over the Seattle
SuperSonics.
Sealy went to the line after he was fouled by Dale Ellis while
chasing a loose ball. Aaron McKie scored six of his 17 points
in the fourth quarter to lead the Pistons (2-1).
Brian Williams, whose hook shot tied the game, 96-96, with 47
seconds remaining, added 16 points for Detroit.
Sam Perkins led Seattle (1-3) with 18 points, hitting three of
his four three-point attempts. Vin Baker and Detlef Schrempf
each added 17 points for the Sonics, who went on a 17-1 run over
the first seven minutes of the fourth quarter to turn a 10-point
deficit into a 92-86 lead.
Seattle rookie guard James Cotton injured his right knee in the
first half and will have an MRI on Wednesday.
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National Basketball Association Leaders
(Through Tuesday, October 14)
SCORING
(MINIMUM OF 1 GAMES PLAYED OR 56 POINTS SCORED)
PLAYER GP PTS AVG
------ -- --- ---
Antoine Walker, BOS 2 59 29.5
Allen Iverson, PHI 2 56 28.0
Shareef Abdur-rahim, VAN 3 81 27.0
Shaquille Oneal, LAL 2 52 26.0
Eric Williams, DEN 3 67 22.3
Damon Stoudamire, TOR 2 44 22.0
Glenn Robinson, MIL 1 21 21.0
Latrell Sprewell, GSW 3 62 20.7
Lawrence Funderburke, SAC 3 60 20.0
Hakeem Olajuwon, HOU 1 20 20.0
Keith Van Horn, NJN 1 20 20.0
Marcus Camby, TOR 2 38 19.0
Glen Rice, CHA 1 19 19.0
Detlef Schrempf, SEA 2 37 18.5
Patrick Ewing, NYK 2 37 18.5
Tim Hardaway, MIA 2 37 18.5
Anfernee Hardaway, ORL 3 55 18.3
Vin Baker, SEA 4 72 18.0
Olden Polynice, SAC 3 54 18.0
Michael Jordan, CHI 3 53 17.7
Shawn Bradley, DAL 2 35 17.5
Kobe Bryant, LAL 2 35 17.5
John Starks, NYK 3 52 17.3
Danny Manning, PHO 2 34 17.0
Jeff Hornacek, UTH 1 17 17.0
Isaac Austin, MIA 2 33 16.5
Michael Finley, DAL 2 33 16.5
Fred Hoiberg, IND 3 48 16.0
Steve Nash, PHO 2 32 16.0
Stephon Marbury, MIN 1 16 16.0
Brent Price, HOU 1 16 16.0
REBOUNDING
(MINIMUM OF 1 GAMES PLAYED OR 32 REBOUNDS)
PLAYER GP REB AVG
------ -- --- ---
Antoine Walker, BOS 2 28 14.0
Shawn Bradley, DAL 2 24 12.0
Greg Ostertag, UTH 2 24 12.0
Jayson Williams, NJN 1 12 12.0
Dikembe Mutombo, ATL 3 35 11.7
Chris Dudley, NYK 1 11 11.0
Horace Grant, ORL 1 11 11.0
Shaquille Oneal, LAL 2 21 10.5
Dean Garrett, DEN 3 30 10.0
Keith Closs Jr, LAC 3 29 9.7
Otis Thorpe, VAN 3 29 9.7
Matt Geiger, CHA 2 19 9.5
Ac Green, DAL 2 19 9.5
Charles Oakley, NYK 3 28 9.3
Will Perdue, SAS 3 28 9.3
Matt Bullard, HOU 1 9 9.0
Mark Strickland, MIA 2 17 8.5
Clarence Weatherspoon, PHI 2 17 8.5
Erick Dampier, GSW 3 25 8.3
Olden Polynice, SAC 3 25 8.3
Clifford Rozier, MIN 3 25 8.3
ASSISTS
(MINIMUM OF 1 GAMES PLAYED OR 16 ASSISTS)
PLAYER GP AST AVG
------ -- --- ---
Jason Kidd, PHO 2 20 10.0
John Stockton, UTH 1 8 8.0
Damon Stoudamire, TOR 2 15 7.5
Tim Hardaway, MIA 2 14 7.0
Terrell Brandon, MIL 1 7 7.0
Sam Cassell, NJN 1 7 7.0
Kerry Kittles, NJN 1 7 7.0
Allen Iverson, PHI 2 13 6.5
Gary Payton, SEA 3 18 6.0
Darrell Armstrong, ORL 2 12 6.0
Chris Childs, NYK 2 12 6.0
Stephon Marbury, MIN 1 6 6.0
Steve Nash, PHO 2 11 5.5
Robert Pack, DAL 2 11 5.5
Grant Hill, DET 3 16 5.3
Bobby Jackson, DEN 3 16 5.3
John Starks, NYK 3 16 5.3
Bob Sura, CLE 3 15 5.0
Rodrick Rhodes, HOU 2 10 5.0
Clyde Drexler, HOU 1 5 5.0
Jamal Mashburn, MIA 1 5 5.0
STEALS
(MINIMUM OF 1 GAMES PLAYED OR 5 STEALS)
PLAYER GP STL AVG
------ -- --- ---
Eddie Jones, LAL 2 7 3.5
Anthony Johnson, SAC 3 10 3.3
Rony Seikaly, ORL 3 9 3.0
David Wesley, CHA 2 6 3.0
Kendall Gill, NJN 1 3 3.0
Ervin Johnson, MIL 1 3 3.0
Kerry Kittles, NJN 1 3 3.0
Anfernee Hardaway, ORL 3 8 2.7
Bobby Jackson, DEN 3 8 2.7
Latrell Sprewell, GSW 3 8 2.7
Rex Chapman, PHO 2 5 2.5
Pete Chilcutt, VAN 2 5 2.5
Andrew Declercq, BOS 2 5 2.5
Ac Green, DAL 2 5 2.5
Allen Iverson, PHI 2 5 2.5
Eric Murdock, MIA 2 5 2.5
Mark Strickland, MIA 2 5 2.5
Tim Thomas, PHI 2 5 2.5
Derek Anderson, CLE 3 7 2.3
Anthony Peeler, VAN 3 7 2.3
BLOCKED SHOTS
(MINIMUM OF 1 GAMES PLAYED OR 4 BLOCKED SHOTS)
PLAYER GP BLK AVG
------ -- --- ---
Shawn Bradley, DAL 2 8 4.0
Marcus Camby, TOR 2 8 4.0
Keith Closs Jr, LAC 3 9 3.0
Greg Ostertag, UTH 2 6 3.0
Mark Strickland, MIA 2 5 2.5
Dale Davis, IND 3 7 2.3
Dean Garrett, DEN 3 7 2.3
Dikembe Mutombo, ATL 3 7 2.3
Tony Battie, DEN 3 6 2.0
Kelvin Cato, POR 3 6 2.0
Erick Dampier, GSW 3 6 2.0
Luc Longley, CHI 3 6 2.0
Michael Stewart, SAC 3 6 2.0
Rasheed Wallace, POR 3 6 2.0
Antonio Mcdyess, PHO 2 4 2.0
Shaquille Oneal, LAL 2 4 2.0
Cherokee Parks, MIN 2 4 2.0
Duane Causwell, MIA 1 2 2.0
Kornel David, CHI 1 2 2.0
Theo Ratliff, DET 3 5 1.7
Arvydas Sabonis, POR 3 5 1.7
FIELD GOAL PCT
(MINIMUM OF 12 FIELD GOALS MADE)
PLAYER GP FGM FGA PCT
------ -- --- --- ---
Rik Smits, IND 3 14 19 .737
Detlef Schrempf, SEA 2 12 17 .706
Damon Stoudamire, TOR 2 12 17 .706
Isaac Austin, MIA 2 12 18 .667
Lawrence Funderburke, SAC 3 21 32 .656
Allen Iverson, PHI 2 19 29 .655
Mark Strickland, MIA 2 14 22 .636
Tim Duncan, SAS 3 18 29 .621
David Robinson, SAS 3 16 26 .615
Shareef Abdur-rahim, VAN 3 27 44 .614
Fred Hoiberg, IND 3 16 27 .593
Todd Fuller, GSW 3 13 22 .591
Aaron Mckie, DET 3 13 22 .591
Olden Polynice, SAC 3 21 36 .583
Danny Manning, PHO 2 15 26 .577
FREE THROW PCT
(MINIMUM OF 5 FREE THROWS MADE)
PLAYER GP FTM FTA PCT
------ -- --- --- ---
John Crotty, POR 3 12 12 1.000
Dana Barros, BOS 2 11 11 1.000
Bobby Jackson, DEN 3 11 11 1.000
Malik Sealy, DET 3 11 11 1.000
Detlef Schrempf, SEA 2 9 9 1.000
Steve Nash, PHO 2 9 9 1.000
Luc Longley, CHI 3 7 7 1.000
Darrick Martin, LAC 3 7 7 1.000
Terry Porter, MIN 3 7 7 1.000
Shawn Respert, TOR 2 7 7 1.000
B J Armstrong, GSW 3 6 6 1.000
Terrell Brandon, MIL 1 6 6 1.000
Duane Ferrell, GSW 2 6 6 1.000
Alan Henderson, ATL 2 5 5 1.000
Anthony Mason, CHA 2 5 5 1.000
Chris Mullin, IND 3 5 5 1.000
Stojko Vrankovic, LAC 3 5 5 1.000
THREE POINT PCT
(MINIMUM OF 1 THREE POINT FIELD GOALS MADE)
PLAYER GP 3FG 3FA PCT
------ -- --- --- ---
Chris Morris, UTH 1 4 4 1.000
Damon Stoudamire, TOR 2 3 3 1.000
Donald Whiteside, ATL 2 3 3 1.000
Vinny Del Negro, SAS 3 2 2 1.000
Matt Steigenga, ATL 2 2 2 1.000
Keith Van Horn, NJN 1 2 2 1.000
Chris Childs, NYK 2 1 1 1.000
Derrick Coleman, PHI 2 1 1 1.000
Tony Delk, CHA 1 1 1 1.000
Nate Erdmann, UTH 2 1 1 1.000
Don Maclean, NJN 1 1 1 1.000
Jimmy Oliver, WAS 1 1 1 1.000
Jermaine Oneal, POR 3 1 1 1.000
God Shammgod, WAS 1 1 1 1.000
Joe Stephens, HOU 1 1 1 1.000
Micheal Williams, MIN 2 1 1 1.000
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Stockton sidelined 6-8 weeks
SALT LAKE CITY (Oct 14, 1997 - 19:22 EDT) -- The Utah Jazz are
suddenly an army without a general.
John Stockton, who has missed only four games during his entire NBA
career, had knee surgery Monday night and will be sidelined for the
first six to eight weeks of the regular season. He has played every
game for seven straight seasons.
"It's weird without Stock here," Karl Malone said at practice Tuesday.
"It's not going to be the same until he gets back."
The 35-year-old star guard, the NBA career leader in assists and
steals, had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee to remove loose
cartilage. Dr. Lyle Mason, the team's orthopedic surgeon, said this
particular injury does not heal easily.
"It's possible he could return to 100 percent effectiveness, but he
could also have some permanent limitations," Mason said. "We just have
to wait and see."
Stockton, in the second year of a three-year, $15 million contract,
has played 609 consecutive regular-season games, the third longest
active streak behind Phoenix's A.C. Green (696) and New Jersey's
Michael Cage (657). The career leader is Randy Smith (906).
He has played in all 127 playoff games in Jazz history and last season
led the team to the NBA Finals for the first time.
"It's too bad for John, but it gives our young guys a chance to show
what they can do," Utah coach Jerry Sloan said. "I've seen
organizations destroyed over situations like this, but that won't
happen to us."
"He told me last night, 'I'll see you in two weeks,"' Malone said. "I
told him to just sit down. It's a great loss for us, but this will
definitely help the organization later by getting some young guys more
minutes."
The Jazz re-signed backup point guard Howard Eisley during the
offseason. Eisley has played in 147 consecutive games for Utah and
will start in Stockton's place.
"It's unfortunate, but we must move on," Eisley said. "I still have a
lot of learning to do during the preseason."
The Jazz also drafted Jacque Vaughn and intended to keep three point
guards on their roster.
"This is a terrible thing, but at the same time it's an opportunity
for me," Vaughn said. "I just want him on the bench to yell at me."
Stockton is the third big-name player who will miss the start of the
season with a major injury. Miami's Alonzo Mourning (knee surgery)
will be out eight to 12 weeks and Chicago's Scottie Pippen (foot
surgery) will be out two to three months.
"We'll probably have to stop him from coming back too quick," Malone
said. "Maybe he needs the rest after all these years."
Stockton, a nine-time All-Star, is beginning his 14th year in the NBA.
He first noticed soreness in his knee when the Jazz opened training
camp Oct. 3 in Boise, Idaho.
Stockton had fluid drained from his knee Sunday night in El Paso,
Texas, before Utah's game against the Dallas Mavericks. Stockton
didn't play in that game, and Mason said he decided to do an MRI exam
in Utah on Monday as a precaution.
"John was reluctant to do it because he didn't feel any real pain,"
Mason said.
"With Stock, I was just thinking, 'Come on, ice it down and get back
out there,"' Malone said. "But John won't ever tell you if he's hurt."
Stockton was Utah's first-round draft pick in 1984. He was on the gold
medalist Olympic teams in 1992 and 1996 and was selected in 1996 as
one of the NBA's 50 greatest players.
Including the preseason, Stockton will be out eight to 12 weeks. Mason
said Stockton asked him if that recovery time was a worst-case
scenario.
"I told him that was the only scenario," Mason said.
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NBA roundup
Wizards: Team doctors said Gheorghe Muresan's injured right ankle is
improving, but the starting center still might not be able to play in
the season opener. Lorenzo Williams is starting in Muresan's place.
Rookie guard God Shammgod will be examined after sustaining a broken
nose in practice.
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Bulls head straight to practice upon arriving in Paris
PARIS (Oct 14, 1997 - 19:22 EDT) -- Straight from an exhibition loss
in Chicago and an overnight flight, the Chicago Bulls landed in Paris
on Tuesday afternoon and immediately went to practice as they prepare
for the McDonald's Championship this weekend.
The two-time defending NBA champions worked out lightly for one hour
in Coubertin arena, an old facility on the west side of Paris.
After practice, about 20 local teens crowded near the team bus to
squeal and scream for Michael Jordan, who might be more famous in
France than the top French athletes. Bulls shirts, hats and jackets
are popular among French children.
"Bon Jour. Bon Jour," Jordan said, acknowledging the crowd but not
stopping to sign autographs. He was accompanied by his son Jeffrey.
The Bulls, playing in Europe for the first time, are looking to
continue the unbeaten streak NBA teams have in the McDonald's
tournament. The Milwaukee Bucks won in 1987, followed by the Boston
Celtics, Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix
Suns and Houston Rockets.
There are six teams in the tournament: Chicago, Paris-St. Germain,
Atenas de Cordoba of Argentina, Benetton Treviso of Italy, FC
Barcelona and Olympiakos Pieaeus of Greece.
The Bulls have a bye in the first round. On Friday they play the
winner of the game between Paris-St. Germain and FC Barcelona. The
title game is Saturday.
Even with Jordan, the Bulls don't expect to dominate the tournament.
Scottie Pippen is out while he recovers from foot surgery and Dennis
Rodman has not yet joined the team because of bronchitis and
pneumonia.
"To go to Paris and hang out for a week should be a great time,"
Chicago's Steve Kerr said Monday night. "Now the games, they might be
pretty tough. I mean, we're playing some good teams, and we're not
exactly in great shape, and we're not exactly playing that well. So we
will have a lot of pressure on us to win."
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Bulls turn out to be a tough ticket
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Oct 14, 1997 - 06:05 EDT) -- Fans trying Saturday
to get a couple of the 1,000 individual tickets available to see
Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in their only appearance of the
season at Arco Arena -- barring that likely matchup in the NBA Finals,
of course -- found that as difficult as attempting to slow His Airness
on the court.
Kings president Rick Benner said Monday that those tickets for the
Nov. 23 game were gone at 10:07 a.m., or seven minutes after they went
on sale. He said the tickets were available throughout the entire BASS
ticket system, which also incorporates the Bay Area.
Benner said buying Bulls tickets always is difficult because the
demand is so high and the quantity so low.
"This happens every year," he said. "We know that there are going to
be some people who don't get tickets and are going to have complaints.
That was one of the reasons why I stayed around to try and monitor
what was going on. We had special 'Bulls-only' windows so that people
getting those tickets wouldn't hold things up.
"But I just looked at a report that indicates where tickets were
purchased, and no one dealer sold more than 23 tickets. That was the
most, and most of the rest of the dealers sold between two and 12."
Benner said the allotment of individual tickets available was small
because the Kings include Bulls tickets into their 15- and eight-game
packages as well as group ticket plans in an attempt to make the
packages as attractive as possible.
He said the ability to sell via BASS also makes it possible for a huge
number of tickets to be sold quickly -- as many as 74,000 tickets in
one day to a Garth Brooks concert.
Richmond may play Friday -- Guard Mitch Richmond did not practice
Monday at Arco but did show up. He said he thinks he will play in
Friday's exhibition in Portland.
Richmond said he could play with his injuries (sore Achilles' tendon
and groin) if this were the regular season but believes he will best
prepare himself for the season by resting until later in the week.
Richmond has not attended or played in either of the first two
preseason games.
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Flying Saint-Jean must adapt to Kings offense
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Oct 14, 1997 - 05:52 EDT) -- Late in Sunday
night's preseason game in Fresno, barely half of the approximately
4,000 people in Selland Arena remained.
The Milwaukee Bucks were going to beat the Kings and the fans who were
left were more interested in finding out if the teams were going to
give postgame autographs than watching the game's dwindling moments.
So when Kings rookie swingman Olivier Saint-Jean went up for a leaning
jump shot on what proved to be the game's final possession, it was no
big thing.
Nope, the big thing came when Saint-Jean realized the shot was going
awry. He allowed his momentum to carry him toward the basket, quickly
jumped again, grabbed the ball with two hands as it came off the rim
and dunked it before anyone else could do anything.
The play occurred right in front of the Bucks bench, and it was clear
by the looks on the faces of the Milwaukee players that they were
impressed.
It was all instinct and athleticism, and probably the only other
players on this team who could have made it are Lawrence Funderburke
and Michael Stewart.
This phase of the game is no problem for Saint-Jean, who finished with
13 points on 5-for-14 shooting. But as much as athleticism plays a
role in the NBA, there is so much more technique, experience and feel
that must be acquired. Those are the things that transform an athlete
into a complete basketball player.
"You're dealing basically with bigger players, smarter players,"
Saint-Jean said. "That is the difference from college. Experience is
the key word. The pace of the game is slower than it was in college,
but the players are smarter.
"You see players that make the game look easy. The easier you make it
look, there is the proof of the level of knowledge you have. If you
watch some players, they show that you don't need that much effort to
get to where you need to be."
Kings coach Eddie Jordan said he is learning more and more about
Saint-Jean. The coach wants to make sure that his young colt remains
free to run, but learns how to harness his skills and when to unleash
them.
"He certainly has athleticism," Jordan said of the first-round pick.
"He has a gift once he's close to the basket. In the paint, he can
rise above people and shoot. He can go get his own missed shot. He's
shown that."
But Jordan said there are some things only time can teach and
Saint-Jean agrees.
"He has admitted that he hasn't grasped the concept of NBA basketball
and you can see that," the coach said. "He'll break his routes in a
play and his reaction to the ball or to the defense can be delayed. He
has good instincts, though, and a knack to cut and help people get
open.
"He'll do that for the sake of doing it without running the offense,
though. He needs to look at the game from a guard's perspective, even
though he's naturally a forward, in terms of setting people up. Make a
pass to help another player instead of making a pass to get rid of the
ball."
Saint-Jean is an aerodynamic player, whose creativity and ability to
hang in the air are rare and electrifying. However, man can stay only
so long and do only so much in the air.
"I wish I was better on the floor, because you're not going to always
be in the air," Saint-Jean said. "It's good to be in the air, but most
of the people in the air really beat you on the floor."
When he becomes capable of working within the offensive framework as
well as he jumps, the Kings will have something special.
"The offense we play can make things look easy because it shows
exactly how to react when the defense plays a certain way," Saint-
Jean said. "But it takes time. We are all trying to learn the offense
right now."
nba.823nba.news,
Open mouth, and insert foot (again)
Once in a while, on special occasions -- you know, like during every
preseason, every All-Star Weekend, and before every playoff series --
Patrick Ewing makes his public declaration that the Knicks are going
to win the NBA title.
Such predictions are met with playful disdain from his friends in
Chicago, with sincere gratitude from tabloid headline writers, and
with utter disregard from the rest of the world, which has learned not
to take them very seriously.
He said it again last week -- throwing in some colorful repartee this
time, something about kicking butts and taking names -- and now you
wonder whether he wished he saved his perfunctory optimism until he
saw what his team looked like in an actual game.
Because just 10 days into the preseason, the Knicks are a physical
mess. For all the talk about the setbacks which have befallen Chicago
and Miami, the problems of these teams don't quite match what's been
happening in New York.
To begin with, two of their top eight -- Buck Williams and Charlie
Ward -- have yet to practice because of injuries.
On Sunday, Chris Childs had his face rearranged by an inadvertent
David Robinson fist, which fractured the point guard's orbit bone.
Allan Houston is unable to catch-and-shoot, as he still hasn't fully
recovered from June wrist surgery.
Even Ewing has sat out a game, as per the new Jeff Van Gundy policy
for saving his center's cranky knees on back-to-back nights in
preseason.
And the players who are still standing are playing wretchedly.
Worst of all, they can't seem to agree on whether they should worry
about their 0-3 record, the most recent loss being Monday night's
24-point pounding at home at the hands of the Nets.
Van Gundy clearly is worried -- he even dusted off his biannual
Somewhere I Have Failed speech, admitted that he is "disgusted" with
his team, and observed that his team looked "bored by the process."
As for his players, they're either raising red flags or dismissing the
preseason entirely.
"Hell, yeah -- we've got a problem," said Larry Johnson, who handled
the point guard chores better than John Starks or Scott Brooks could
against Jersey. "Losing is losing, We better be worried. You just
don't turn it around like that. It's preseason, yeah, it doesn't
count. But there's a carryover effect, I do believe. We've got some
work to do."
"We need a sports psychiatrist on this team or something," Houston
said. "You look at the faces of the people we have, and things we've
done before, but we can't make it consistent. I don't know if it's a
case of the guys who have been around being leaders or what. But
something is going to have to happen very soon."
For a contrasting viewpoint, here's John Starks:
"I'm not worried about it, no. There's no danger," he said after his
4-for-16, seven-turnover debacle against the Nets. "We have veteran
players here. Each and every last one of them doesn't have a ring on
their finger, that's why there's no danger."
There's not much relief in sight, either. Though their injuries won't
last as long as those to Alonzo Mourning and Scottie Pippen, the
Knicks had grandiose plans to jump to the front of the Eastern
Conference and stay there.
Throughout camp, they had vowed never to play another Game 7 on
somebody else's court next spring. They promised each other they would
start strong and finish stronger, and take no prisoners along the way.
Van Gundy wrapped up these themes in one pithy phrase: He emblazoned
the slogan "It's time" on T-shirts, hats, playbooks, and on his
players' minds.
Now they really know what time it is: It's high noon.
"If we don't get our offense together, it can carry over," said
Charles Oakley. "It's not clicking at all. The ball stays in one
place, and the defense just isn't together. We can't use the
growing-together excuse again."
Duncan has arrived
In his debut Saturday, Tim Duncan scored 19 off Chris Webber, a
performance that one Spurs teammate described with the kind of joy you
feel when the toughest kid on the block decides to make you his best
friend: "He just destroyed Webber," Monty Williams said. "It wasn't
even close."
So it was with no small amount of anticipation that we watched Duncan
for the first time Sunday in Syracuse, and no great surprise that he
turned out to be the best player on the floor by a large margin.
The stats (19 points again, plus nine boards and two blocks) were
irrelevant. You just never saw such a combination of athleticism and
agility in such a large package since, well, Robinson.
And you were left with one recurring thought: How will Utah possibly
defend the Spurs now? Can the Jazz still get away with Karl Malone
checking Robinson? If so, Duncan is the type of player who will draw
four fouls on Greg Ostertag during warmups.
Scattershots
Word out of Salt Lake is that Malone has a handshake deal with Larry
Miller to extend his contract once the current one runs out after
1998-99. Two more years at $10 million per, taking him right up to his
38th birthday.
Hate to be the one to bring this up, but he'd get more than double
that amount if he played the market. . . .
Look who's in Clippers camp: a going-on-37 Rodney McCray. Guess Ralph
Sampson wanted too much money to accept an invite. . . .
Chris Collins, son of Doug, was cut by Minnesota Wednesday and was
promptly signed by Grand Rapids. . . .
It turned out Mookie Blaylock didn't have a broken middle finger after
all -- only a slightly chipped bone at the large joint. So he iced it
and can play much sooner than expected. . . .
Rick Pitino has given Dee Brown his captaincy back, and Dee's showing
good judgment already. A few days after Larry Bird trashed him ("He'll
get hurt -- he doesn't work hard, never did"), Brown refused to fire
back.
"I have no personal vendetta with Larry -- that's something I can't
win," he said. "He's an icon in Boston, and I hope he's doing a good
job in Indiana." . . .
Derek Anderson is beginning to look like a great defensive player --
so much that nobody around Camp Cav would be surprised if he's the
opening-night starter at small forward. . . .
Interesting approach from Chuck Daly in Magic camp -- his practice
floor didn't have a 3-point arc. "I want them thinking two, and
getting to the basket," he explained. His favorite player so far? Bo
Outlaw, in a landslide. Coach said he reminds him of Rodman. . . .
We'll admit it: We doubted the Larry Brown-Allen Iverson marriage
would work.
Now we hear this from Iverson, which is encouraging: "I think God sent
me Larry Brown," he said. "He's what we need. Of all the coaches
available, he was the best coach for me. You hear people say he's too
hard on point guards, that we wouldn't mix -- none of that's true.
Coach tells me what he wants, Iverson goes and tries."
nba.824nba.news,
ANALYSIS: Nuggets deal raises eyebrows around NBA
(Oct 14, 1997 - 11:58 EDT) -- Dave Checketts, president of Madison
Square Garden, said last week what a lot of people around the NBA are
thinking in the wake of the one-sided Antonio McDyess deal: The Denver
Nuggets can't afford to field a competitive team.
It's a natural conclusion after watching the Nuggets lose Dikembe
Mutombo and McDyess in successive summers, after watching them ignore
top coaching prospects such as Rick Pitino and Larry Brown to hire
Bill Hanzlik, who came much cheaper.
"I don't agree with any team ever doing that," Checketts said after
the Nuggets traded McDyess to Phoenix on the eve of training camp for
five future draft picks.
"I think it was unfortunate. I think it was a mistake. If you cannot
stay in basketball, and make basketball decisions instead of financial
decisions, you're just in the wrong business, and you'd better get
out. I don't know what all the pressures they had on them, but I hate
to see that happen to any franchise."
Ascent Entertainment Group, which owns the Nuggets and Colorado
Avalanche, denies the charge.
"The Antonio McDyess decision was 100-percent a basketball decision,"
said Charlie Lyons, Ascent's CEO. "If it had been a recommendation of
the basketball organization that (signing McDyess) was the way to go,
that would have been the way we went."
Checketts, of course, has his own ax to grind, dating to his courtship
of hockey star Joe Sakic for MSG's New York Rangers. There has been
bad blood between the two organizations since Ascent matched MSG's $21
million offer.
"I guess he's feeling bad about hockey," Lyons said after Checketts'
recent fusillade.
Still, it is a remarkable coincidence that Ascent managed to hire the
only two management regimes in the NBA opposed to paying market
prices. Bernie Bickerstaff took the blame for letting Mutombo go.
Allan Bristow took the blame for the McDyess deal.
It's not their money. Is it really likely both of these men decided,
independently, to take stands against escalating salaries while their
colleagues all around the league are only too happy to sign similar
players to similar contracts?
There is only a certain amount of honesty you can expect from Ascent
in these circumstances. If the Nuggets were owned by an individual, he
might plead poverty and talk about the difficulties of competing in a
small market with an antiquated arena. But the minute a publicly
traded company even suggests financial difficulty, its stock price
plummets and whatever difficulties it had before soon multiply
geometrically.
League sources say the proof of Ascent's contention lies in the trade
talks it held with Seattle in the days just before it dealt McDyess to
Phoenix. The Nuggets were willing, finally, to trade McDyess for Shawn
Kemp. By then, it was too late. Seattle liked Milwaukee's Vin Baker
better, largely because he's a three-time All-Star who won't be a free
agent next summer.
The Nuggets pursued those talks seriously, however. So seriously that
they began putting pencil to paper about re-doing Kemp's contract. The
deal they were prepared to offer the five-time All-Star was in excess
of $100 million, the same amount they refused to pay McDyess, the
sources said.
"That was something we were excited about doing," one Nuggets official
said.
Nevertheless, the spin now being put on the McDyess deal suggests
either that Ascent isn't very smart or it doesn't think Denver fans
are very smart. The pitch is the company is doing on the basketball
side just what the Avalanche -- while operating in Quebec as the
Nordiques -- did on the hockey side.
The Nordiques traded the rights to Eric Lindros for a passel of draft
picks, which formed the foundation of today's talented team. The
implication: The McDyess deal could do the same for the Nuggets.
People who buy this line don't understand the difference between the
two sports. Hockey has very restrictive free-agent rules; you get to
keep your draft choices. Basketball has very liberal free-agent rules;
a draft choice can flee after just three years. That's what the
McDyess case was all about.
The Nuggets might have been right not to pay McDyess. If a player of
his slim accomplishments is worth $100 million at this early stage of
his career, the NBA is heading toward fiscal ruin.
But being right doesn't win games. As Checketts suggested, if you're
going to compete in the league, you have to live with the market,
whatever you think of it. For now, the Nuggets stand for fiscal
restraint. And losing basketball.
nba.825nba.news,
AROUND THE NBA: Now Karl is unhappy in Seattle
(Oct 14, 1997 - 12:05 EDT) -- Shawn Kemp has departed the Great
Northwest, but controversy continues to reign in Seattle. But now,
it's coach George Karl who is in the eye of the storm.
Karl is bitter about his contract, which is entering its final season
and is valued at $3.5 million. It's not a money thing, insists Karl;
it's the fact that his contract is due to expire after this season
that bothers him.
"Money-wise, I'm happy," said Karl. "It's not a contract thing; it's a
philosophy thing. I don't think any coach should be in the last year
of his contract. (Cleveland general manager) Wayne Embry told me a
long time ago that the last year of a coach's contract is basically a
severance year."
Karl is of the opinion that situations like the one in which he finds
himself can become distracting to a team. And players sometimes,
realizing that a coach's security is limited, can use that to their
advantage. Karl is disturbed that management has not approached him
about an extension and apparently won't until after the season.
"They have not even approached the subject," said Karl. "Basically,
they've told me that they have no interest in talking to me."
Karl does point out, however, that the trade that brought Vin Baker to
Seattle has eased his mind some.
"Three weeks ago I was a lot more upset than I am now," he said.
Karl and general manager Wally Walker are said to be very different
people whose relationship was strained somewhat last season when the
SuperSonics signed center Jim McIlvaine to a lucrative free-agent
contract. Karl was lukewarm on signing.
* * *
THE ROUND MOUND RETURNS -- Charles Barkley showed up to Houston's
training camp about 20 pounds overweight, prompting teammates to
wonder if he was entering his second or third trimester.
"Don't worry about me," Barkley said. "I'm the least of their worries
around here. I don't think they're concerned about me. I feel mentally
refreshed."
OK, but what about his promise to work out over the summer and come to
camp in the best shape of his life?
"I lied," Barkley said.
* * *
PAY UP -- The Timberwolves were going through a drill of low-post
moves in training camp and Kevin Garnett, the team's $126 million man,
was becoming frustrated over his continued inability to finish his
shot.
"I can't buy a layup," he mumbled.
"Yes you can," teammate Tom Gugliotta responded.
* * *
TOUGH CALL -- Seattle's Baker was in a difficult position. He was in
the SuperSonics' locker room preparing for an exhibition game Friday
against the Chicago Bulls at the United Center when he pulled a pair
of new Michael Jordan basketball shoes out of his duffel bag. But
Baker, realizing that he was in Chicago, hesitated.
"I don't know if I should wear these tonight," said Baker. "The boss
might get mad."
Someone pointed to an image of Jordan on the shoe. That boss?
"That's the boss," said Baker, who wore the shoes for the game.
* * *
LEARNING THE ROPES -- Rookie Keith Van Horn has been making a big
splash in New Jersey's camp, even though he's experiencing culture
shock, going from the mountains of Utah to the swamplands of New
Jersey. Rick Majerus, Van Horn's college coach at Utah who visited the
Nets camp, said it might take the rookie some time to get his feet on
the ground.
"New Jersey is completely different from Utah," said Majerus. "Brother
in Utah and brother in New Jersey are entirely different concepts."
* * *
MONEY MATTERS -- Orlando's Nick Anderson, who shot a sorry 40.4
percent from the free-throw line last season, has plenty of incentive
to improve on his free-throw shooting. Under terms of his new
contract, he can earn a $1 million bonus for shooting 67 percent from
the line and another $1 million if he averages 2.9 free throws per
game (based on playing 35 minutes). Also, Anderson can pick up another
$200,000 if Orlando reaches the Eastern Conference final, $300,000 if
it reaches the NBA Finals, $50,000 if Orlando wins 50 games and
$100,000 if it wins 60 games. And that's all on top of Anderson's $4
million base salary.
* * *
AROUND THE LEAGUE -- Seattle's Sam Perkins and Nate McMillan plan to
retire after this season ... With 18-year-old Tracy McGrady and
41-year-old John Long in camp, Toronto could open the season with the
league's youngest and oldest players ... Newcomer Dennis Scott is
wearing uniform No. 7 with Dallas because it's the number his best
friend, Kenny Anderson, wears in Portland, not because it's the
over-under for Mavericks' victories this season ... Minnesota coach
Flip Saunders on second-year guard Stephon Marbury: "He's been nothing
short of phenomenal." ... Orlando coach Chuck Daly does not want a
three-point shooting team, which is why the Magic don't have a
three-point arc on their training camp court. "I don't want them even
thinking about three-pointers," said Daly ... Indiana's Reggie Miller,
distraught over the destruction of his new $2 million home in a fire
last May, admitted that he considered retiring from basketball at the
time ... Portly 36-year-old Rodney McCray has dusted off the cobwebs
and is in the Clippers' camp. He's been out of the league for four
years ... Miami is frustrated over how long it's taking newcomer Terry
Mills to come back from arthroscopic knee surgery in April. "He's a
long ways away," coach Pat Riley said ... New Boston coach Rick Pitino
is said to be running his team ragged in camp, to the point where some
of the big men have had to be hooked up to IVs before and after
practice ... Pistons veteran Joe Dumars is easing his way through
training camp with the hope of being fresh in April. "Baseball's the
only game that gives out rings in October," he said ... Golden State's
promotional theme this season is "No More Mr. Nice Guy." No players
are included in any of the team's advertising, prompting a feeling on
the team that no one's job is safe ... The Celtics have petitioned the
league for a minor uniform change next season. They want to add a
small shamrock on the waistband.
nba.826nba.news,
Almost caught with his pants down
Tracy McGrady only wishes he would have done one thing different in
Monday night's Toronto Raptors-Seattle SuperSonics game -- tie the
drawstring waist in his pants.
The 18-year-old millionaire rookie made his home debut playing against
Gary Payton while tugging at his shorts, one hand defending the
opposition, the other keeping his pants up.
"I guess I didn't tie them," McGrady said afterward with a smile. "I
guess, in the rush to get ready, I forgot. I'm still a little nervous
about this. You know how it is."
After the game, which the Raptors won, McGrady received word that
coach Darrell Walker wanted to see McGrady in his office -- he wanted
to find out why the shorts didn't fit.
On second thought
Exchange overheard at Minnesota Timberwolves camp:
Kevin Garnett, after missing an easy shot: "I can't buy a layup."
Tom Gugliotta: "Yes, you can."
Staying loyal
What is Reebok man Shaquille O'Neal going to do this year now that the
L.A. Lakers' uniforms are made by Nike?
Simple. Tape over the swoosh.
"I'm not going to sit here and fight with the league," he said. "Nike
doesn't pay me to wear the swoosh. I'm loyal to my other companies."
Memoirs of a rookie
Larry Bird plans to write a book about his rookie year as an NBA head
coach, says the New York Post.
The Indiana Pacers coach began circulating a proposal for the book,
"Full Court Press," late last week. Bird's agent, Frank Weimann of the
Literary Group, said Bird could get a $750,000 advance.
The book will be written over the course of the upcoming season and
likely hit stores in the fall of '98.
nba.827payce,
-> #806, junior=> > Kenny Walker, the New York Knicks' top draft pick in 1986,
=>
=> Jel' to onaj što je nosio sedmicu, i zakucavao kao životinja?
Yup, Kenny "Sky" Walker.
nba.828vpoznanovic,
1997 NBA Preseason
Wednesday, October 15
New Jersey at Boston 123:115
Philadelphia at Toronto 118:124
Phoenix at Houston 111:100
Vancouver at Dallas 83:79
NBA AT LEXINGTON KY
FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW JERSEY 30 37 23 33 123
BOSTON 35 28 19 33 115 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: NJN - SAM CASSELL 32, KERRY KITTLES 18, DON MACLEAN 16
BOS - ANTOINE WALKER 29, TRAVIS KNIGHT 19, TWO PLAYERS
WITH 14
HIGH REBOUND: NJN - JAYSON WILLIAMS 15, DON MACLEAN 6
BOS - TRAVIS KNIGHT 10, PERVIS ELLISON 6
HIGH ASSISTS: NJN - SAM CASSELL 15, KERRY KITTLES 4
BOS - DANA BARROS 7, TWO PLAYERS WITH 5
ATT: 15,010
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
PHILADELPHIA 26 27 32 33 118
TORONTO 38 28 27 31 124 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: PHI - JIM JACKSON 20, JERRY STACKHOUSE 19, TWO PLAYERS
WITH 18
TOR - DAMON STOUDAMIRE 24, JOHN WALLACE 24, POPEYE JONES 16
HIGH REBOUND: PHI - DERRICK COLEMAN 8, SCOTT WILLIAMS 8
TOR - POPEYE JONES 11, JOHN WALLACE 8
HIGH ASSISTS: PHI - ALLEN IVERSON 9, TWO PLAYERS WITH 4
TOR - DAMON STOUDAMIRE 8, TRACY MCGRADY 6
ATT: 15,962
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
PHOENIX 31 25 29 26 111
HOUSTON 18 34 18 30 100 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: PHO - STEVE NASH 35, KEVIN JOHNSON 18, JASON KIDD 16
HOU - KEVIN WILLIS 28, BRENT PRICE 13, EMANUAL DAVIS 12
HIGH REBOUND: PHO - THREE PLAYERS WITH 6
HOU - CHARLES BARKLEY 12, KEVIN WILLIS 5
HIGH ASSISTS: PHO - STEVE NASH 7, KEVIN JOHNSON 5
HOU - BRENT PRICE 9, RODRICK RHODES 4
ATT: 16,285
NBA AT RAPID CITY SD
FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
VANCOUVER 23 27 16 17 83
DALLAS 20 19 26 14 79 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: VAN - SHAREEF ABDUR-RAHIM 21, ANTONIO DANIELS 13, PETE
CHILCUTT 10
DAL - ROBERT PACK 19, SHAWN BRADLEY 17, MICHAEL FINLEY 12
HIGH REBOUND: VAN - SHAREEF ABDUR-RAHIM 15, OTIS THORPE 10
DAL - SHAWN BRADLEY 17, TWO PLAYERS WITH 11
HIGH ASSISTS: VAN - LEE MAYBERRY 3, TWO PLAYERS WITH 2
DAL - ROBERT PACK 7, THREE PLAYERS WITH 3
ATT: 3,175
Thursday, October 16
Atlanta at Toronto, 7:00 p.m.
Golden State at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. New York at Albany, N.Y., 7:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
Portland at Seattle, 10:00 p.m.
nba.829nba.news,
NEW JERSEY (123) AT BOSTON (115)
NEW JERSEY
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
GILL F 23 6-10 1-2 1 1 2 2 6 0 3 13
VAN HORN F 31 5-12 0-0 1 3 4 1 5 2 3 10
J WILLIAMS C 29 6-13 0-2 5 10 15 0 6 1 1 12
CASSELL G 34 10-16 11-11 0 3 3 15 1 0 3 32
KITTLES G 37 8-11 1-2 1 4 5 4 0 6 2 18
EDWARDS 20 5-8 4-4 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 15
MACLEAN 28 6-11 4-4 1 5 6 1 4 1 2 16
CAGE 14 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 0 3 0 1 0
HENSON 12 0-3 4-4 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 4
BENOIT 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
HALEY 6 0-0 3-6 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 3
WERDANN 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
SMITH DNP - COACH'S DECISION
HARRIS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
DARE DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 46-85 28-35 11 33 44 29 30 12 18 123
(.541) (.800) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 18(37 PTS)
BOSTON
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MILLS F 26 3-6 2-2 2 3 5 1 2 0 1 8
WALKER F 32 14-27 0-4 1 4 5 3 5 1 7 29
KNIGHT C 32 6-10 6-10 2 8 10 3 3 3 3 19
BROWN G 38 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 5 6 0 0 2
MERCER G 18 7-11 0-0 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 14
DECLERCQ 9 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0
BILLUPS 4 3-6 0-0 0 2 2 5 0 0 3 7
MINOR 5 3-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
BARROS 26 3-7 6-6 1 2 3 7 3 2 2 14
BOWEN 23 3-5 1-4 1 2 3 0 4 2 0 7
MASSENBURG 11 0-2 2-2 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2
ELLISON 12 2-3 3-4 2 4 6 0 1 0 3 7
EDNEY 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
COLEMAN DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 45-84 20-32 9 30 39 27 30 11 25 115
(.536) (.625) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 25(22 PTS)
NEW JERSEY 30 37 23 33 - 123
BOSTON 35 28 19 33 - 115
BLOCKED SHOTS: NEW JERSEY - NONE. BOSTON - KNIGHT, ELLISON, BOWEN.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: NEW JERSEY 3-8 (.375), GILL 0-1, CASSELL 1-2, KITTLES
1-1, EDWARDS 1-1, MACLEAN 0-1, HENSON 0-2. BOSTON 5-11 (.455), MILLS 0-2,
WALKER 1-1, KNIGHT 1-1, BILLUPS 1-3, BARROS 2-4.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: MONTY MCCUTCHEN, TERRY DURHAM, BENNIE ADAMS.
A - 15,010. T - 2:13.
NEW JERSEY (123) AT BOSTON (115)
Sam Cassell scored 32 points as the New Jersey Nets defeated the
Boston Celtics, 123-115, at Lexington, spoiling Rick Pitino's
return to Kentucky.
Kerry Kittles added 18 points and Don MacLean had 16 off the
bench for the Nets (2-0). Rookie Keith Van Horn, the second
overall pick in the draft, chipped in with 10.
Former Kentucky standout Antoine Walker scored 29 points and
off-season acquisition Travis Knight contributed 19 for the
Celtics (0-3).
Ron Mercer, another former Wildcat who was one of Boston's two
first-round choices, was 7-for-11 from the field and had 14
points. Dana Barros also had 14 for Boston.
Pitino coached at Kentucky for eight years, leading the Wildcats
to the 1996 NCAA championship and a runner-up finish last season
before taking the Celtics' job over the summer.
nba.830nba.news,
PHILADELPHIA (118) AT TORONTO (124)
PHILADELPHIA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
JACKSON F 33 8-13 3-7 1 0 1 3 4 1 3 20
COLEMAN F 29 5-9 8-10 2 6 8 1 4 1 2 18
MONTROSS C 13 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 2
STACKHOUSE G 29 7-13 5-9 1 2 3 4 2 2 2 19
IVERSON G 28 5-13 7-9 0 2 2 9 5 3 3 18
THOMAS 16 3-8 6-7 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 12
WEATHERSPOON 24 2-7 1-2 4 3 7 3 4 2 4 5
OVERTON 20 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 2
DAVIS 18 1-3 1-2 2 3 5 3 1 1 0 3
WILLIAMS 13 4-6 3-5 4 4 8 0 2 0 2 11
CUMMINGS 17 2-5 4-8 3 1 4 2 5 1 0 8
TOTALS 240 39-82 38-59 18 24 42 31 34 12 21 118
(.476) (.644) TEAM REBS: 21 TOTAL TO: 22(31 PTS)
TORONTO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
W WILLIAMS F 29 3-10 4-6 0 5 5 5 6 3 1 12
CAMBY F 32 4-8 3-5 3 2 5 5 5 0 1 11
TABAK C 3 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2
MCGRADY G 24 4-8 2-4 1 2 3 6 2 0 2 10
STOUDAMIRE G 35 9-15 6-6 0 3 3 8 3 3 4 24
JONES 31 6-9 4-6 4 7 11 4 4 1 3 16
ROGERS 11 2-2 3-5 0 2 2 2 4 0 1 7
B WILLIAMS 12 2-6 0-0 0 4 4 2 2 1 1 5
WALLACE 24 8-12 8-9 3 5 8 0 4 1 3 24
GARNER 11 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0
SLATER 8 1-4 4-4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 6
RESPERT 15 2-4 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 4
COKER 5 1-1 1-2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
TOTALS 240 42-81 37-49 11 30 41 36 40 13 19 124
(.519) (.755) TEAM REBS: 11 TOTAL TO: 19(17 PTS)
PHILADELPHIA 26 27 32 33 - 118
TORONTO 38 28 27 31 - 124
BLOCKED SHOTS: PHILADELPHIA - WEATHERSPOON 2, JACKSON. TORONTO - CAMBY
7, MCGRADY 2, W WILLIAMS, JONES, COKER.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: PHILADELPHIA 2-5 (.400), JACKSON 1-2, IVERSON 1-3.
TORONTO 3-9 (.333), W WILLIAMS 2-4, MCGRADY 0-1, STOUDAMIRE 0-1, B
WILLIAMS 1-2, RESPERT 0-1.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: BERNIE FRYER, NOLAN FINE, DEREK RICHARDSON.
A - 15,962. T - 2:33.
PHILADELPHIA (118) AT TORONTO (124)
Damon Stoudamire and John Wallace each scored 24 points to lead
the Toronto Raptors to a 124-118 win over the Philadelphia
76ers.
Stoudamire was 9-of-15 from the field and 6-of-6 from the foul
line while handing out eight assists. Wallace, who was 8-of-12
from the field and 8-of-9 from the line, scored all of his
points in 24 minutes off the bench. He had 10 points during the
the final four minutes of the game, helping the Raptors (2-1)
pull away.
Jim Jackson and Jerry Stackhouse scored 19 points apiece to lead
the Sixers (1-2). Philadelphia outscored the Raptors, 17-9, to
start the fourth quarter, tying the game for the last time at
102-102 following a 20-foot jumper from Stackhouse with 5:20
left.
Toronto's Tracy McGrady, an 18-year-old rookie, made his first
start of the preseason. He replaced Doug Christie, who sat out
with a strained calf. In 24 minutes, McGrady collected 10
points, six assists and three rebounds.
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PHOENIX (111) AT HOUSTON (100)
PHOENIX
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
BRYANT F 20 2-5 1-2 2 4 6 0 4 1 1 5
NASH F 35 13-19 5-5 0 3 3 7 2 2 5 35
MCDYESS C 27 3-10 0-0 2 0 2 2 4 0 2 6
KIDD G 24 7-10 2-2 1 2 3 3 0 5 0 16
JOHNSON G 30 7-11 2-2 3 2 5 5 0 1 2 18
WILLIAMS 18 2-3 0-0 1 5 6 0 2 1 1 4
ROBINSON 28 3-9 2-6 4 2 6 2 4 2 3 8
MANNING 15 3-4 0-0 0 1 1 3 2 3 1 6
DIRDEN 17 2-5 0-0 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 4
JACKSON 13 0-4 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 0
CEBALLOS 9 3-4 0-0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 7
LLAMAS 2 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
MILLARD 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 240 45-84 14-19 15 22 37 26 21 18 19 111
(.536) (.737) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 19(23 PTS)
HOUSTON
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ELIE F 19 2-7 2-2 4 0 4 3 0 1 3 7
BARKLEY F 25 3-11 3-3 5 7 12 1 3 0 4 9
OLAJUWON C 21 4-9 1-2 2 1 3 3 2 1 2 9
DREXLER G 25 2-9 0-0 0 2 2 2 4 0 2 4
MALONEY G 17 3-7 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 9
WILLIS 25 11-13 6-6 3 2 5 1 2 2 2 28
PRICE 28 5-11 3-3 1 1 2 9 3 3 3 13
DAVIS 26 4-5 1-2 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 12
HARRINGTON 20 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 0 1 0 2 0
RHODES 19 2-4 0-0 0 3 3 4 3 3 3 4
JOHNSON 8 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
ZWIKKER 3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
BULLARD 2 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3
STEPHENS 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 240 38-83 16-18 15 24 39 25 22 11 24 100
(.458) (.889) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 24(33 PTS)
PHOENIX 31 25 29 26 - 111
HOUSTON 18 34 18 30 - 100
BLOCKED SHOTS: PHOENIX - WILLIAMS 3, BRYANT 2, MCDYESS 2, ROBINSON.
HOUSTON - BARKLEY, DREXLER.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: PHOENIX 7-15 (.467), NASH 4-8, KIDD 0-1, JOHNSON 2-2,
DIRDEN 0-1, JACKSON 0-2, CEBALLOS 1-1. HOUSTON 8-20 (.400), ELIE 1-3,
DREXLER 0-2, MALONEY 3-6, PRICE 0-5, DAVIS 3-3, BULLARD 1-1.
TECHNICALS: PHOENIX - ILLEGAL DEFENSE, HOUSTON - BARKLEY.
OFFICIALS: DEE KANTNER, BENNETT SALVATORE, LUIS GRILLO.
A - 16,285. T - 2:00.
PHOENIX (111) AT HOUSTON (100)
Steve Nash hit 13-of-19 field-goal attempts, including 4-of-8
three-pointers, en route to 35 points as the Phoenix Suns downed
the Houston Rockets, 111-100.
Nash, whose previous high in an NBA game was 21 points, also
handed out seven assists and hit all five of his free-throw
attempts for the Suns (3-0). Kevin Johnson, who started at
forward, chipped in with 14 of his 18 points in the second half
for Phoenix, which went on an 11-2 run at the end of the third
quarter to open an 85-70 lead.
Nash's backcourt partner, Jason Kidd, was Phoenix's other
double-figure scorer with 16 points. Kidd also led the Suns --
who outscored the Rockets 19-2 to open the game -- on the
defensive end with five steals.
Kevin Willis, who sank 11-of-13 shots from the field and was
6-of-6 at the free-throw line, finished with 28 points off the
bench to lead Houston (2-1). Charles Barkley also pulled down 12
rebounds for the Rockets.
Brent Price contributed 13 points and Emanual Davis 12 for the
Rockets. Price paced Houston with nine assists.
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VANCOUVER (83) AT DALLAS (79)
VANCOUVER
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ABDUR-RAHIM F 38 8-14 5-6 3 12 15 1 1 0 3 21
THORPE F 29 4-9 1-4 3 7 10 2 3 0 3 9
REEVES C 22 2-6 2-2 1 2 3 0 5 0 3 6
PEELER G 22 2-7 0-0 2 2 4 0 1 0 2 4
DANIELS G 29 4-10 5-6 0 2 2 2 3 1 1 13
LYNCH 13 1-3 2-2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 4
MAYBERRY 20 3-3 0-0 0 2 2 3 0 2 1 6
CHILCUTT 28 5-10 0-0 1 4 5 1 1 3 3 10
NEWBILL 15 1-4 0-1 2 1 3 0 2 1 3 2
B EDWARDS 24 4-10 0-0 2 1 3 0 3 0 0 8
TOTALS 240 34-76 15-21 14 35 49 9 20 7 19 83
(.447) (.714) TEAM REBS: 1 TOTAL TO: 19(6 PTS)
DALLAS
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
GREEN F 29 4-6 0-0 3 8 11 0 3 1 1 8
FINLEY F 40 5-17 2-4 5 6 11 3 2 1 1 12
BRADLEY C 38 7-14 3-4 6 11 17 3 5 0 6 17
REEVES G 32 4-8 1-1 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 10
PACK G 34 8-16 3-5 0 2 2 7 2 2 7 19
OLLIE 11 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 2
STRICKLAND 6 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
DAVIS 21 1-6 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2
STRONG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MACKEY 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
WELLS 3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
CUSTIS 18 2-6 2-2 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 6
NWANKWO 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
TOTALS 240 33-81 11-16 16 33 49 18 23 6 20 79
(.407) (.688) TEAM REBS: 2 TOTAL TO: 20(10 PTS)
VANCOUVER 23 27 16 17 - 83
DALLAS 20 19 26 14 - 79
BLOCKED SHOTS: VANCOUVER - ABDUR-RAHIM, B EDWARDS. DALLAS - BRADLEY 5,
GREEN.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: VANCOUVER 0-3 (.000), PEELER 0-1, DANIELS 0-1, CHILCUTT
0-1. DALLAS 2-5 (.400), FINLEY 0-1, REEVES 1-2, STRICKLAND 1-2.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: HUE HOLLINS, GREG WILLARD, JOHN HEATLEY.
A - 3,175. T - 2:20.
VANCOUVER (83) AT DALLAS (79)
Shareef Abdur-Rahim scored 21 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and
Antonio Daniels added 13 points as the Vancouver Grizzlies
earned their first preseason victory, 83-79 over the winless
Dallas Mavericks at Rapid City, South Dakota.
Robert Pack had 19 points and Shawn Bradley collected 17 points,
17 rebounds and five blocks for Dallas, which outscored
Vancouver 26-16 in the third quarter to cut the deficit to
66-65.
Michael Finley chipped in 12 points and 11 rebounds but shot
just 5-of-17 from the field for Dallas (0-3), which shot 41
percent from the field.
Pete Chilcutt had 10 points and five rebounds and Otis Thorpe
grabbed nine boards for the Grizzlies (1-2).
The teams combined for 31 fourth-quarter points.
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Kemp close to seven-year, $107 million deal
NEW YORK -- Shawn Kemp moved a step closer Wednesday to getting his
renegotiated megacontract, a seven-year deal with the Cleveland
Cavaliers that will be worth about $107 million.
"It's close," Kemp said with a smile when asked by The Plain Dealer to
comment on its report Wednesday and those in The New York Times and
the Daily News of his imminent signing.
It will make Kemp the fifth NBA player in the $100 million club and
will end the salary saga of the ex-Seattle All-Star whose anger with
his old contract played a big part in driving him away from the
SuperSonics.
According to a source close to the Cavs, the sides have agreed on the
amount of money Kemp will be paid -- approximately $8.3 million in the
first season with 20 percent raises in each of the next six years.
Several details remain to be worked out.
"We're close, but I won't comment further than that," said Tony Dutt,
Kemp's agent.
Cavs spokesman Bob Price said the team would have no comment until an
agreement is finalized.
Cleveland had about $9.5 million of salary cap room when it acquired
Kemp from the Seattle SuperSonics in a three-way trade that sent
Terrell Brandon, Tyrone Hill and a first-round draft pick to
Milwaukee and Vin Baker to Seattle.
Since then, the Cavs have signed free agent Henry James and made a
trade with Phoenix for Wes Person and Tony Dumas, shrinking their cap
room to about $5 million.
When the agreement is finalized, that money will be added on to Kemp's
current $3.3 million cap slot. With the 20 percent bumps, it adds up
to about $107 million.
That number would put Kemp among Kevin Garnett ($126 million),
Shaquille O'Neal ($120 million), Alonzo Mourning ($112 million) and
Juwan Howard ($100.8 million) as players with nine-figure contracts.
Kemp signed his current contract three years ago and quickly regretted
the decision. The $35 million deal had annual salaries of about $3.5
million until a balloon payment of more than $17 million was due in
the final season, 2002-03.
When other premier players started signing contracts that made Kemp's
look paltry by comparison, he grew angry. Never was that more evident
than last season in Seattle, where Kemp was jealous of the $80 million
contract signed by Gary Payton and the $33 million deal signed by Jim
McIlvaine.
Under collective bargaining rules, the Sonics weren't allowed to
discuss a renegotiation until Oct. 8 -- three years to the date after
Kemp signed his last contract. Kemp demanded a trade anyway, and he
got it last month.
The Cavs also had to wait until Oct. 8 to discuss a new contract, but
the sides have been negotiating since then on the new deal.
Kemp, a 6-foot-10 forward, has averaged 16.2 points and 9.6 rebounds
in eight NBA seasons. In three exhibition games with Cleveland he is
averaging 11.3 points and 4.0 rebounds while shooting 41 percent from
the field and 71 percent from the foul line.
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Bucks bounce two
Milwaukee, WI (TSN) - The Milwaukee Bucks have dropped their roster
to 15 players by placing guards Melvin Booker and Reggie Freeman on
waivers.
Booker, who was signed earlier this month, is being let go so he can
sign with the Scavolini Pesaro club in Italy. He had played briefly
in the Bucks' only preseason game.
Freeman was signed late last month, and had three assists and a pair
of rebounds in seven minutes during the preseason outing.
Wednesday's moves leave the Bucks three players over the opening-day
roster limit of 12. They must be at a dozen players by October 30.
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National Basketball Association Transactions
Oct 15 1997
Indiana Pacers: Waived guard Gerald Madkins.
San Antonio Spurs: Waived forwards Danya Abrams and David Wood.
Seattle Supersonics: Waived forward Ed Stokes.
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NBA Players Association to begin strategy sessions for new CBA
Faced with the likelihood of the owners re-opening the collective
bargaining agreement next spring, NBA Players Association executive
director Billy Hunter announced there will be a special meeting of the
Agent Advisory Committee on October 24th.
The meeting will be held New York at a time and site yet to be
determined.
"The Advisory Committee is made up of agents who represent a wide
cross-section of our athletes," said Hunter. "It is important we
approach the upcoming negotiations with a united front among our
players, agents and union leadership. We'll determine some of the
priority issues to pursue at the bargaining table based on the input
we receive from the Advisory Committee and our other agents."
The NBA came close to a lockout prior to the 1996-97 season but no
games were missed. It is the only major professional league that has
not lost games due to labor problems. The owners had the option to
re-open the current collective bargainning agreement and are expected
to exercise it as salaries continue to climb.
Four players have contracts in excess of $100 million -- Minnesota
Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett, Los Angeles Lakers center
Shaquille O'Neal, Washington Wizards forward Juwan Howard and Miami
Heat center Alonzo Mourning, with Cleveland's Shawn Kemp expected to
join that group. Chicago Bulls guard Michael Jordan has the highest
one-year contract, re-signing with the team for a reported $33 million
this season.
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Jordan longs for Parisian days of old
PARIS (Oct 15, 1997 - 14:40 EDT) -- Michael Jordan longs for the good
old days in Paris. When he could walk unnoticed down the streets,
bereft of body guards. When he could dine out. When he could be
himself.
"I used to come every other year when I first got into the league and
I used to sit out at some of the restaurants outdoors and not be
bothered," Jordan said.
All that has changed.
The Chicago Bulls are in town, and Jordan-mania is mounting with the
five-time NBA champions preparing for the McDonald's Championship -- a
field that includes the Bulls and five European and South American
club champions.
"Basketball has grown here due to the Olympics, Dream Team or
whatever. It's become a major sport worldwide now," he said Wednesday
after practice.
"It's just hard for me to go anywhere now unnoticed -- in the sense of
getting out in the public and trying to enjoy myself without people
bothering me.
"This was like my last area that I could go to where no one really
knew who I was to some degree. And now it's been exposed."
Jordan has come to Paris twice before to play, the last time in 1990
as part of a sponsor's promotion -- but that was before the Bulls won
their first NBA title in 1991.
Now getting around Paris is different. This time he's swamped by
security guards, reporters, cameras -- and all his visits are well
choreographed by the promotion-mined NBA.
"I'll probably go on some tours where I get to stay in the car and I
look at the areas that I am going to," he said.
Even other Bulls are protected with zeal. At a promotional appearance
on the Champs Elysees where Jordan was not involved, a security guard
reportedly kicked a cameraman.
Jordan, in the city where Princess Diana was killed, is cognizant of
risks to well-known celebrities.
"I am aware of it and take cautions and precautions to make sure I can
enjoy myself publicly as well as making sure my family is very safe,"
he said. "It is just one concern that comes along with the job."
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Mullin rebuilds career in Indiana
(Oct 15, 1997 - 07:28 EDT) -- His entire NBA history -- 12 seasons and
16,120 points -- rest on the fragile fault line that is the Golden
State Warriors.
But now, in the early days of his deliverance, Chris Mullin doesn't
even bother recounting the good times because they are so entangled
with the bad times.
"It's strange, in a way," says Mullin. "But I haven't looked back one
second."
The Indiana Pacers are his present and his future. They are what
matter in a basketball life that is 34 years old and as vulnerable to
injury as San Francisco is to tremors.
The Golden State Warriors are not even worth mentioning, at least not
by name.
"From where I'm coming from, some of the teams I played on, we played
some of our best games in November," says Mullin. "That makes for a
long season."
From where he's coming from, some of the teams he played on ...
For now, Mullin would like to forget, he'd like the past to blur, the
future to pull into a nice tight focus.
The Pacers crave the same.
A team doesn't trade for a player in his twilight unless there is an
expectation of lighting up the night sky. The trade of Erick Dampier
and Duane Ferrell to Golden State for Mullin in August made clear the
Pacers' intent.
This season is about this season. No breaking in first-year coach
Larry Bird for the real run in a year or two. Reggie Miller is 32. Rik
Smits is 31; his chronically bad feet are 47.
The Pacers are two seasons removed from consecutive runs to within a
game of the NBA Finals. Defense and just enough offense from Miller's
outside shooting and Smits' inside play got them that far.
Mullin is, or at least was, a scorer. His career average is 20.5. In
his prime, he averaged more than 25 points over five straight seasons.
But beginning with the most recent season first, he has averaged 14.5,
13.3, 19.0, and 16.8. He has been -- two words that are always
unsettling next to one another -- a Dream Teamer and an all-star.
Those days are done.
Now we find out what he has left.
Mullin is a Pacer because he wanted to be a Pacer. Because he saw a
future that might extend beyond the playoffs' first round, because he
was excited about playing for Bird, a former rival who always seemed
to "snooker" the Warriors.
"That was a big factor in me getting here," Mullin says. "I wasn't
looking to make a change laterally."
In some ways, he hasn't changed at all. With his flattop, Mullin still
has that boy's look to him, a gleam in the eye that says he just wants
to play ball as hard as he can for as long as he can.
He looks, well, almost innocent. But he's not. He had his own travails
early in his career, overcoming an alcohol problem. Now, he's
recognized as a leader who has only lacked an adequate amount of
talent and good attitude around him.
So, he is expected to make the Pacers better even if he averages
closer to 13 points than 25. His presence should mean more quasi-open
3-pointers for Miller, more low post opportunities for Smits and, yes,
plenty of good shots for himself.
But Chris Mullin is something else, too. He's a guy who knows his way
to a rebound, a guy who can flip a pass through a crease, a guy who
can make something out of nothing.
Deep breath here, but he's a little bit like his coach.
"I don't know if I'd compare those two," Pacers guard Travis Best
says, taking the cautious approach. "But Chris is a winner like Larry
was. He comes up with the plays that win games. He's a crafty kind of
player."
No one calls you crafty when you're 26 and healthy. But then when
you're 26 and healthy you believe you always have time to make a
special season. All of a sudden, time and talent start to slide away.
So it is for both Mullin and the Pacers. He understands he was brought
here to be part of an immediate solution to the Pacer problem: almost,
but not quite, good enough to beat the league's best.
"That's what you play for -- to win today," he says. "As you get
older, you get a better feeling for that, you know about injuries, and
you get to that time of life when you can't just say, 'Next year.'
Because, sooner or later, next year's not going to be there."
And then there is time to look back ... too much time.
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The Timberwolves' Marbury could steal the show on Garnett
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- So Kevin Garnett is locked in through the year
2004, by which time he'll be 28 and a lot of us will be dead. Aside
from having to actually fork over the $126 million to pay him, the
Minnesota Timberwolves' worries are pretty much over, right?
Wrong. Garnett could end up being the third best player on the
Timberwolves this season, and the first- and second-best guys will be
shopping for new contracts themselves next summer.
First there's forward Tom Gugliotta, the lone Minnesota star who is
actually old enough to be supposed to be out of college.
Gugliotta, 27, a versatile 6-foot-10 power forward, led the team in
scoring and rebounding last season, became the franchise's first
All-Star when he was selected to the Western Conference squad by the
coaches and was the focal point of Houston's defense in the
Timberwolves' brief sweep out of the playoffs.
Gugliotta, who signed in 1995 for the then-astounding price of $27
million for five years, was shrewd enough to have an escape clause
built into his contract, and it opens up next July. If Garnett soon
will be worth an average of $21 million per season, what is Gugliotta
-- currently the better player in the prime of his career -- worth
right now?
"Tommy's probably licking his chops, but he knows he's not going to
get the kind of numbers they gave Kevin,'' veteran Timberwolves guard
Doug West said.
In fact, Gugliotta may be the one asked to accept something less than
sheer market value to stay in the mix for the NBA championship club
that Kevin McHale conjures during slow moments in his fishing boat.
Otherwise -- and people in the organization have felt this for months
-- if there has to be a fall guy, if one of the team's three building
blocks has to be sacrificed, it will be Gugliotta. Garnett, the team's
future as well as its personality and charisma, had to get done first.
And then there's Stephon Marbury, who frankly could end up being the
best player of the three. The value of this 6-2, ankle-breakingly
quick point guard already has been demonstrated twice, in dramatic
fashion, in less than two weeks of training camp.
Over the first six days of practice, Marbury by far was the team's
most impressive player. Even though he's on the brink of only his
second NBA season, he already rates as the best point guard in
franchise history. Sorry, Pooh Richardson. Sorry, Michael Williams.
And sorry, Stephon, if that seems like faint praise.
"He's been just short of phenomenal,'' coach Flip Saunders said after
his third set of two-a-days.
Said West: "He understands the league. He understands the offense.
He's picked up on his defense. He's making everybody better, getting
them open shots. He's gotten to the basket and he's been able to
finish, more than last year. As long as he stays injury-free, I see
big things for him this year.''
How big? "The All-Star Game is in New York this year, right?'' West
said. Then he smiled knowingly, his question purely rhetorical.
Marbury grew up in the Coney Island area and nothing would please him,
or his hovering, intensely supportive family, more than to be in
uniform for the Western Conference squad at Madison Square Garden on
Feb. 8.
It probably doesn't hurt, either, that Marbury essentially is on a
salary drive this season. If, like Garnett, he wants to sign a
contract extension with the Wolves next summer -- and he said last
week that he does -- his market value will be set largely by what he
and the team accomplish. He, too, has tossed out the magic $100
million mark as a target.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime thing,'' Marbury said. "There aren't too
many Kevin Garnetts that are going to come along. There aren't too
many Stephon Marburys that are going to come along. You want to be
better. You want to win a championship. We're seeing ourselves
progress.''
Marbury's progress comes from several places. Physically, he's
maturing, and he learned the hard way last season how important
conditioning was. Not only was he in worse shape for training camp,
but he suffered injuries that cut into his stamina, too.
"It took me five years to realize that you come to camp in shape,''
West said. "Steph's in shape. He was working out, he was running
stairs. He's gotten bigger. And like Terry Porter said, 'It might not
be possible, but Steph's gotten faster.' ''
Marbury also is developing emotionally. A year ago, he was the new
kid, the equivalent of a college sophomore stepping into a man's
league. He pieced together a solid season around two semi-serious
injuries -- a sprained right ankle and a bruised right thigh -- that
cost him 15 games, still averaging 15.8 points and 7.8 assists.
Supremely confident, the recipient of positive feedback on every
basketball court on which he's stepped, the playmaker got comfortable
later in the season. No surprise, he led the Wolves in scoring (21.3
points) in their three playoff games.
And he has kept on going. In a scrimmage last week, Saunders wanted to
see a faster pace, so he told Marbury that if his side scored 20
points in six minutes, their running regimen at the end of practice
would be halved.
"He is so dang competitive,'' Saunders said. "They were down 8-0 with
about 3 1/2 minutes to go. What he did, he went crazy and said he was
going to do the rest.''
Marbury led and finished one fast break after another. "Flip
challenged him,'' said West, who watched from the sideline. "I looked
at him and said, 'Steph, think you could pass the ball a little bit?'
He said, 'We needed to get 20.' They had 23 points. He had 19, K.G.
had four.''
Oh, that other manner in which Marbury recently demonstrated his
worth? He dislocated his left pinkie and missed the Timberwolves'
first two preseason games. The offense bogged down, opposing point
guards harassed the Wolves' backups and Garnett was largely
uninvolved. Two pretend games into his second season and already the
20-year-old is virtually indispensable.
Marbury, who finished second to Philadelphia's Allen Iverson in NBA
Rookie of the Year balloting, has talked about accepting more
responsibility for the Wolves' direction. That's another change.
"Last year, after about the third practice, I talked to him about
leading a team,'' Saunders said. "He said, 'But these guys are my
elders. I can't yell at them.' I said, 'Well, when they step on the
floor, they don't ask how old you are. It's what you can do.' Now he
has kind of taken over the team.
"Y'know what? I think the signing of K.G. helped solidify that,'' the
coach added. "He feels the team has made a commitment to be good, and
they have an opportunity to be around for a long time and win some
championships. Now he relishes that role of being a leader.''
Said Marbury: "All I've got to say to people talking about this year
is, just watch.''
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Opet nije objavljena kompletna statistika jedne utakmice, ali za razliku
od prošlog puta, ovaj put sam našao neku skraćenu verziju.
1997 NBA Preseason
Thursday, October 16
Atlanta at Toronto 103:102
Golden State at Charlotte 91:97
L.A. Clippers at Milwaukee 97:109
New Jersey at Cleveland 109:117
Philadelphia at New York 83:88
Portland at Seattle 92:90
Washington at San Antonio 76:96
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ATLANTA 20 31 30 22 103
TORONTO 28 25 21 28 102 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: ATL - ALAN HENDERSON 21, CHRISTIAN LAETTNER 14, ELDRIDGE
RECASNER 12
TOR - WALT WILLIAMS 17, MARCUS CAMBY 14, TWO PLAYERS WITH
12
HIGH REBOUND: ATL - ALAN HENDERSON 8, THREE PLAYERS WITH 5
TOR - POPEYE JONES 14, ZAN TABAK 6
HIGH ASSISTS: ATL - MOOKIE BLAYLOCK 6, ELDRIDGE RECASNER 6
TOR - DAMON STOUDAMIRE 7, CARLOS ROGERS 5
ATT: 13,378
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
GOLDEN STATE 24 25 21 21 91
CHARLOTTE 19 29 21 28 97 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: GSW - LATRELL SPREWELL 26, JOE SMITH 15, DONYELL MARSHALL
10
CHA - J.R. REID 22, GLEN RICE 20, MATT GEIGER 13
HIGH REBOUND: GSW - JOE SMITH 10, DONYELL MARSHALL 7
CHA - J.R. REID 10, MATT GEIGER 8
HIGH ASSISTS: GSW - LATRELL SPREWELL 5, MARK PRICE 5
CHA - DAVID WESLEY 7, GLEN RICE 6
ATT: 21,347
NBA AT LA CROSSE WI
FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
LA CLIPPERS 16 22 29 30 97
MILWAUKEE 25 26 32 26 109 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: LAC - ERIC PIATKOWSKI 17, LORENZEN WRIGHT 15, LAMOND
MURRAY 13
MIL - RAY ALLEN 21, GLENN ROBINSON 18, MICHAEL CURRY 12
HIGH REBOUND: LAC - STOJKO VRANKOVIC 7, KEITH CLOSS JR 6
MIL - JAMIE FEICK 12, ERVIN JOHNSON 7
HIGH ASSISTS: LAC - POOH RICHARDSON 5, TWO PLAYERS WITH 3
MIL - TERRELL BRANDON 6, FOUR PLAYERS WITH 3
ATT: 3,187
NBA FINAL IN OT 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- --- -----
NEW JERSEY 24 19 37 21 8 109
CLEVELAND 25 26 22 28 16 117 FINAL IN 1ST OT
HIGH SCORERS: NJN - KENDALL GILL 30, SAM CASSELL 22, KERRY KITTLES 15
CLE - WESLEY PERSON 26, SHAWN KEMP 25, DEREK ANDERSON 16
HIGH REBOUND: NJN - JAYSON WILLIAMS 7, KENDALL GILL 6
CLE - ZYDRUNAS ILGAUSKAS 13, VITALY POTAPENKO 11
HIGH ASSISTS: NJN - SAM CASSELL 10, KERRY KITTLES 5
CLE - BOB SURA 12, DEREK ANDERSON 6
ATT: 14,109
NBA AT ALBANY NY
FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
PHILADELPHIA 25 16 15 27 83
NEW YORK 20 21 19 28 88 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: PHI - JERRY STACKHOUSE 22, DERRICK COLEMAN 15, JIM JACKSON
14
NYK - PATRICK EWING 20, LARRY JOHNSON 15, TWO PLAYERS WITH
11
HIGH REBOUND: PHI - DERRICK COLEMAN 9, ERIC MONTROSS 9
NYK - PATRICK EWING 11, CHRIS DUDLEY 6
HIGH ASSISTS: PHI - ALLEN IVERSON 5, TWO PLAYERS WITH 3
NYK - CHARLIE WARD 4, ALLAN HOUSTON 4
ATT: 10,380
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
PORTLAND 24 21 21 26 92
SEATTLE 21 19 24 26 90 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: POR - ISAIAH RIDER 26, RASHEED WALLACE 18, TWO PLAYERS
WITH 9
SEA - GARY PAYTON 20, AARON WILLIAMS 12, TWO PLAYERS WITH
11
HIGH REBOUND: POR - ARVYDAS SABONIS 11
SEA - AARON WILLIAMS 10
HIGH ASSISTS: POR - JOHN CROTTY 11
SEA - GARY PAYTON 7
ATT: 9,431
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 25 17 16 18 76
SAN ANTONIO 14 32 23 27 96 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: WAS - CALBERT CHEANEY 12, CHRIS WEBBER 11, ROD STRICKLAND
11
SAS - TIM DUNCAN 20, DAVID ROBINSON 14, SEAN ELLIOTT 10
HIGH REBOUND: WAS - HARVEY GRANT 7, LORENZO WILLIAMS 7
SAS - TIM DUNCAN 10, WILL PERDUE 9
HIGH ASSISTS: WAS - ROD STRICKLAND 13, GOD SHAMMGOD 5
SAS - REGGIE GEARY 6, CORY ALEXANDER 5
ATT: 15,813
Friday, October 17
Atlanta vs. Detroit at Knoxville, Tenn., 7:30 p.m.
Miami at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
Utah at Indiana, 8:00 p.m.
Milwaukee at Minnesota, 8:00 p.m.
L.A. Clippers vs. L.A. Lakers at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Washington at Denver, 9:00 p.m.
Sacramento at Portland, 10:00 p.m.
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ATLANTA (103) AT TORONTO (102)
ATLANTA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
CORBIN F 19 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 2
LAETTNER F 26 5-7 4-5 0 5 5 4 2 2 4 14
MUTOMBO C 27 3-6 5-8 1 4 5 0 3 0 2 11
SMITH G 21 4-8 2-5 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 10
BLAYLOCK G 26 3-9 1-1 0 5 5 6 2 3 2 8
ANDERSON 6 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
BARRY 6 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
HENDERSON 24 9-15 3-4 2 6 8 1 1 1 3 21
STEIGENGA 7 2-2 0-0 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 4
RECASNER 27 3-6 4-4 0 1 1 6 2 0 2 12
BROWN 28 5-8 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 10
BOND 11 1-6 0-0 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 2
MILLER 8 3-5 2-2 3 1 4 0 2 0 1 8
WHITESIDE 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
CRAWFORD DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 39-77 22-31 11 28 39 26 20 7 20 103
(.506) (.710) TEAM REBS: 13 TOTAL TO: 20(20 PTS)
TORONTO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
W WILLIAMS F 31 6-10 3-3 0 4 4 3 1 2 2 17
CAMBY F 35 6-18 2-2 1 2 3 0 3 1 3 14
TABAK C 11 3-5 0-2 4 2 6 1 4 0 2 6
STOUDAMIRE G 20 2-9 1-1 0 1 1 7 3 0 0 5
MCGRADY G 20 2-6 3-4 1 1 2 0 3 1 1 7
JONES 21 5-8 2-2 7 7 14 3 0 2 0 12
WALLACE 21 3-6 5-6 0 3 3 1 2 0 3 11
RESPERT 17 4-7 2-2 0 1 1 1 3 1 2 12
ROGERS 17 3-6 0-0 2 2 4 5 1 1 2 6
B WILLIAMS 12 0-3 2-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2
SLATER 19 2-5 2-3 2 3 5 2 2 1 0 6
GARNER 15 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 4
BARRETT 1 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 240 38-88 22-27 17 26 43 29 25 11 16 102
(.432) (.815) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 16(26 PTS)
ATLANTA 20 31 30 22 - 103
TORONTO 28 25 21 28 - 102
BLOCKED SHOTS: ATLANTA - MUTOMBO 2, BLAYLOCK, HENDERSON, STEIGENGA,
BROWN. TORONTO - CAMBY 3, WALLACE 2, TABAK, MCGRADY, W WILLIAMS, ROGERS.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: ATLANTA 3-9 (.333), SMITH 0-2, BLAYLOCK 1-3, RECASNER
2-3, BOND 0-1. TORONTO 4-9 (.444), W WILLIAMS 2-4, STOUDAMIRE 0-1, RESPERT
2-2, B WILLIAMS 0-1, BARRETT 0-1.
TECHNICALS: TORONTO - ILLEGAL DEFENSE 5, TABAK.
OFFICIALS: ED F RUSH, MARK WUNDERLICH, GARY ZIELINSKI.
A - 13,378. T - 2:15.
ATLANTA (103) AT TORONTO (102)
Alan Henderson scored 21 points and his free throw with 21.2
seconds to play provided the difference as the Atlanta Hawks
remained unbeaten in the preseason with a 103-102 victory over
the Toronto Raptors.
Henderson hit one-of-two from the free throw line to give
Atlanta (4-0) the lead, and Toronto wasted a pair of good
scoring chances down the stretch. Marcus Camby, who scored 14
points, missed a 14-foot jumper with 9.9 seconds to go and Shawn
Respert failed to convert a short running jumper as time
expired.
Christian Laettner had 14 points and Eldridge Recasner chipped
in 12, including seven in the fourth quarter. Henderson, who
scored 16 in the first half, grabbed eight rebounds.
Walt Williams, whose three-pointer had given Toronto (2-2) a
97-96 lead late in the fourth, had 17 points. Respert, who
drained two three-pointers in the final 4:02, scored 12 as did
Popeye Jones, who added 14 rebounds.
Raptors guard Doug Christie missed his second straight game with
a charleyhorse.
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GOLDEN STATE (91) AT CHARLOTTE (97)
GOLDEN STATE
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MARSHALL F 24 3-9 2-2 1 6 7 4 2 0 3 10
SMITH F 34 5-15 5-5 1 9 10 0 3 0 8 15
FULLER C 16 3-6 2-6 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 8
SPREWELL G 37 10-17 3-4 0 3 3 5 2 6 6 26
PRICE G 32 2-7 3-3 0 3 3 5 0 2 4 8
SPENCER 21 3-6 3-4 1 1 2 0 5 1 0 9
FERRELL 24 1-4 0-0 1 3 4 4 3 3 0 2
ARMSTRONG 16 1-5 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2
STEWART 6 0-3 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 0
DEMPS 11 3-3 0-0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 6
DAMPIER 19 2-2 1-2 1 4 5 1 2 0 1 5
TOTALS 240 33-77 19-26 6 32 38 23 24 13 26 91
(.429) (.731) TEAM REBS: 12 TOTAL TO: 29(30 PTS)
CHARLOTTE
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
REID F 39 9-18 4-4 3 7 10 2 4 2 3 22
RICE F 35 6-18 8-8 1 5 6 6 3 1 7 20
GEIGER C 26 3-5 7-8 2 6 8 0 4 1 0 13
WESLEY G 40 4-8 2-2 1 3 4 7 4 5 4 11
MEE G 15 1-5 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 2
DIVAC 22 3-5 0-0 1 4 5 1 4 0 2 6
FARMER 9 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
CURRY 22 4-9 2-2 2 2 4 1 1 3 2 11
BOGUES 6 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
WILLIAMS 13 2-5 2-2 2 2 4 1 0 1 2 6
BECK 13 1-3 2-6 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 4
TOTALS 240 34-79 27-32 12 31 43 23 26 15 25 97
(.430) (.844) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 25(21 PTS)
GOLDEN STATE 24 25 21 21 - 91
CHARLOTTE 19 29 21 28 - 97
BLOCKED SHOTS: GOLDEN STATE - SPENCER 3, MARSHALL, FULLER, DAMPIER.
CHARLOTTE - DIVAC 2, REID, MEE, CURRY.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: GOLDEN STATE 6-14 (.429), MARSHALL 2-3, SPREWELL 3-5,
PRICE 1-3, FERRELL 0-1, ARMSTRONG 0-2. CHARLOTTE 2-8 (.250), RICE 0-1,
WESLEY 1-2, MEE 0-2, CURRY 1-2, BECK 0-1.
TECHNICALS: CHARLOTTE - ILLEGAL DEFENSE.
OFFICIALS: RONNIE NUNN, BILL SPOONER, CRAIG CARMICHAEL.
A - 21,347. T - 2:14.
GOLDEN STATE (91) AT CHARLOTTE (97)
J.R. Reid had 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Charlotte Hornets
rallied for a 97-91 victory over the winless Golden State
Warriors.
Glen Rice added 20 points and Matt Geiger chipped in with 13 and
eight rebounds for the Hornets (2-1).
The Warriors, who blew a 10-point second-quarter lead, tied the
game for the final time at 82-82 on a three-pointer by Mark
Price with 5:38 remaining in the fourth quarter. But Travis
Williams had a dunk and Dell Curry nailed a three-pointer before
Reid, signed during the off-season after playing last year in
Europe, made a pair of free throws for an 89-82 advantage with
3:12 to play.
Off-season signing David Wesley had 11 points and seven assists
and Curry also had 11 points for Charlotte.
Latrell Sprewell had 26 points and Joe Smith contributed 15 and
10 rebounds for the Warriors (0-4). Donyell Marshall finished
with 10 points, but just two after the first quarter.
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LA CLIPPERS (97) AT MILWAUKEE (109)
LA CLIPPERS
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ROGERS F 21 3-8 5-7 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 11
MURRAY F 30 6-11 1-1 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 13
VRANKOVIC C 20 2-4 3-3 1 6 7 0 2 1 2 7
PIATKOWSKI G 22 7-12 2-2 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 17
MARTIN G 24 1-7 0-0 0 2 2 3 2 0 3 2
WRIGHT 25 6-8 3-4 0 4 4 1 5 2 2 15
RICHARDSON 19 2-6 0-1 1 1 2 5 2 0 4 4
BARRY 21 3-8 0-0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 6
CLOSS 16 3-4 1-2 4 2 6 0 3 0 1 7
MCCRAY 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
TAYLOR 20 5-8 0-2 1 4 5 0 5 0 0 10
COLLINS 5 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 3
GARRIS 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MANNING 3 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
HUFFMAN 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 240 40-80 15-22 8 27 35 17 26 6 18 97
(.500) (.682) TEAM REBS: 13 TOTAL TO: 19(24 PTS)
MILWAUKEE
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
HILL F 21 3-3 4-6 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 10
ROBINSON F 26 7-13 4-5 0 3 3 3 1 4 1 18
JOHNSON C 19 2-4 2-4 4 3 7 3 3 0 1 6
ALLEN G 23 8-15 3-5 2 2 4 3 2 0 0 21
BRANDON G 23 3-6 0-0 1 3 4 6 1 0 2 6
GILLIAM 21 4-8 0-0 0 5 5 1 5 1 1 8
FEICK 22 3-5 1-2 4 8 12 1 3 1 2 7
PERRY 25 4-10 1-2 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 9
NORDGAARD 12 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
BREAUX 19 1-3 2-2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 4
CURRY 11 2-5 8-10 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 12
EARL 7 1-2 0-0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 2
HONEYCUTT 6 2-2 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
MCDONALD 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 240 40-79 26-38 13 31 44 26 25 8 9 109
(.506) (.684) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 9(10 PTS)
LA CLIPPERS 16 22 29 30 - 97
MILWAUKEE 25 26 32 26 - 109
BLOCKED SHOTS: LA CLIPPERS - VRANKOVIC, WRIGHT, CLOSS. MILWAUKEE -
JOHNSON, NORDGAARD, EARL, MCDONALD.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: LA CLIPPERS 2-9 (.222), ROGERS 0-1, PIATKOWSKI 1-3,
MARTIN 0-1, BARRY 0-3, COLLINS 1-1. MILWAUKEE 3-4 (.750), ALLEN 2-3,
HONEYCUTT 1-1.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: TOMMY NUNEZ, DON VADEN, MIKE SMITH.
A - 3,187. T - 2:12.
LA CLIPPERS (97) AT MILWAUKEE (109)
Ray Allen scored 15 of his 21 points in the third quarter,
leading the Milwaukee Bucks to a 109-97 victory over the Los
Angeles Clippers in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Allen had two three-pointers and Glenn Robinson scored all but
two of his 18 points in the first half for Milwaukee (2-0),
which took a 51-38 halftime lead. The Bucks opened the game
with a 9-2 run and never trailed.
Eric Piatkowski scored 17 points and Lorenzen Wright added 15
for the Clippers (1-3), who committed 19 turnovers.
Michael Curry chipped in 12 points and Jamie Feick grabbed 12
rebounds for the Bucks, who had just nine turnovers.
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NEW JERSEY (109) AT CLEVELAND (117) - FINAL IN OT
NEW JERSEY
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
GILL F 40 12-23 5-6 2 4 6 2 3 1 4 30
VAN HORN F 34 5-15 0-0 1 4 5 1 6 3 3 11
J WILLIAMS C 33 3-4 1-1 0 7 7 1 6 0 1 7
CASSELL G 37 7-19 7-9 0 1 1 10 4 4 8 22
KITTLES G 29 6-10 2-4 0 4 4 5 3 3 1 15
MACLEAN 25 2-10 0-0 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 4
HARRIS 29 4-8 2-2 1 4 5 3 0 2 1 10
DARE 20 1-3 1-2 2 1 3 0 5 0 0 3
WERDANN 6 0-2 1-2 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 1
SMITH 8 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
HALEY 2 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
HENSON 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
TOTALS 265 42-97 20-28 8 27 35 25 34 15 21 109
(.433) (.714) TEAM REBS: 13 TOTAL TO: 21(31 PTS)
CLEVELAND
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
PERSON F 38 10-21 0-2 1 5 6 2 2 2 3 26
KEMP F 35 8-17 9-12 3 7 10 1 4 1 2 25
POTAPENKO C 28 4-6 1-1 1 10 11 0 4 1 4 9
SURA G 33 2-5 2-2 2 4 6 12 2 1 6 7
ANDERSON G 39 6-11 4-6 3 2 5 6 2 3 5 16
ILGAUSKAS 21 2-5 4-6 4 9 13 0 3 0 3 8
KNIGHT 12 0-2 1-2 0 3 3 5 1 1 4 1
BUTLER 11 1-2 0-2 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 2
FERRY 18 1-6 2-2 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 4
JAMES 7 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4
DOUGLAS 8 2-3 2-2 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 6
HENDERSON 8 3-3 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7
MARSHALL 3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
SCOTT 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 265 42-86 26-39 15 45 60 30 27 11 32 117
(.488) (.667) TEAM REBS: 12 TOTAL TO: 33(23 PTS)
NEW JERSEY 24 19 37 21 8 - 109
CLEVELAND 25 26 22 28 16 - 117
BLOCKED SHOTS: NEW JERSEY - CASSELL 2, VAN HORN, J WILLIAMS, DARE.
CLEVELAND - ILGAUSKAS 2, SCOTT 2, PERSON, KEMP, POTAPENKO.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: NEW JERSEY 5-16 (.313), GILL 1-4, VAN HORN 1-5, CASSELL
1-1, KITTLES 1-1, MACLEAN 0-1, HARRIS 0-2, SMITH 1-2. CLEVELAND 7-21
(.333), PERSON 6-14, KEMP 0-1, SURA 1-3, ANDERSON 0-1, FERRY 0-1, JAMES
0-1.
TECHNICALS: NEW JERSEY - J WILLIAMS, HENSON, CLEVELAND - FERRY, SURA.
OFFICIALS: JIM CLARK, GARY BENSON, DAVID JONES.
A - 14,109. T - 2:34.
NEW JERSEY (109) AT CLEVELAND (117) - FINAL IN OT
Wesley Person scored seven of his 26 points in overtime and
Shawn Kemp added 25 as the Cleveland Cavaliers remained unbeaten
in the preseason with a 117-109 come-from-behind victory over
the New Jersey Nets.
Person nailed a three-pointer to open the extra session and
Derek Anderson converted a driving layup, giving the Cavaliers a
106-101 lead with 4:02 left. Sam Cassell's three-point play drew
New Jersey within 106-104, but Anderson sank two free throws and
Person made a layup for a 110-104 advantage with 3:04 to go.
The Nets held a 95-87 lead with three minutes remaining in
regulation but Person hit three three-pointers to give
Cleveland a 101-99 edge with 13 seconds left. Kendall Gill's
15-foot jumper with three seconds to play forced overtime.
Anderson finished with 16 points for the Cavaliers (4-0), who
trailed 80-73 after three quarters.
Gill had 30 points and Cassell contributed 22 for New Jersey
(2-1).
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PHILADELPHIA (83) AT NEW YORK (88)
PHILADELPHIA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
STACKHOUSE F 30 4-13 12-12 2 1 3 0 5 1 4 22
COLEMAN F 33 5-16 4-5 2 7 9 3 5 1 0 15
MONTROSS C 19 3-6 0-0 3 6 9 0 4 1 0 6
IVERSON G 37 2-6 4-6 1 1 2 5 2 2 6 8
JACKSON G 33 6-12 2-3 0 4 4 2 3 2 0 14
CUMMINGS 13 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 2
WEATHERSPOON 18 3-4 0-2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 6
THOMAS 14 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 2
DAVIS 15 0-3 2-2 1 3 4 3 4 0 2 2
OVERTON 11 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 2
WILLIAMS 13 2-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 4
MILIC 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 240 28-69 24-30 9 30 39 16 30 9 18 83
(.406) (.800) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 20(20 PTS)
NEW YORK
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
JOHNSON F 38 4-8 7-9 1 4 5 2 3 1 0 15
OAKLEY F 36 4-8 0-0 3 2 5 2 1 1 1 8
EWING C 29 7-13 6-7 0 11 11 1 6 0 4 20
HOUSTON G 33 2-8 6-6 1 2 3 4 2 0 2 10
WARD G 32 5-9 1-2 0 4 4 4 4 3 4 11
DUDLEY 19 1-3 1-2 2 4 6 0 3 2 1 3
BROOKS 5 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
STARKS 24 3-13 3-5 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 10
MCCARTY 20 4-7 3-4 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 11
MYERS 4 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
TOTALS 240 30-71 27-35 11 30 41 14 22 9 14 88
(.423) (.771) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 15(21 PTS)
PHILADELPHIA 25 16 15 27 - 83
NEW YORK 20 21 19 28 - 88
BLOCKED SHOTS: PHILADELPHIA - WEATHERSPOON 3, MONTROSS 2. NEW YORK -
EWING 2, JOHNSON, DUDLEY, STARKS.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: PHILADELPHIA 3-14 (.214), STACKHOUSE 2-5, COLEMAN 1-3,
IVERSON 0-1, JACKSON 0-3, DAVIS 0-2. NEW YORK 1-10 (.100), HOUSTON 0-2,
WARD 0-2, STARKS 1-6.
TECHNICALS: PHILADELPHIA - STACKHOUSE, NEW YORK - ILLEGAL DEFENSE, OAKLEY.
OFFICIALS: JOE FORTE, MIKE CALLAHAN, TIM DONAGHY.
A - 10,380. T - 2:23.
PHILADELPHIA (83) AT NEW YORK (88)
Larry Johnson sank four free throws in the final 21 seconds and
Patrick Ewing scored 20 points as the New York Knicks held off
the Philadelphia 76ers, 88-83, at Albany, New York, for their
first victory of the preseason.
The 76ers trailed by as many as 10 points in the final quarter
before pulling within 84-81 in the final 30 seconds. But
Johnson was fouled with 20.6 seconds left and made both free
throws to extend the Knicks lead to five points.
Allen Iverson got it back to 86-83 with a pair of free throws,
but Johnson iced the win with two more foul shots with eight
seconds left.
Johnson finished with 15 points and Charlie Ward added 11 for
New York (1-3), which was outscored 11-2 to start the game.
Jerry Stackhouse scored 22 points and Derrick Coleman added 15
for the 76ers (1-3), who were held to 31 points over the second
and third quarters.
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PORTLAND (92) AT SEATTLE (90)
PORTLAND (92)
Augmon 4-8 1-4 9, Wallace 6-14 6-6 18, Sabonis 3-7 0-0 7, Crotty 1-4 5-5
7, Rider 9-15 4-4 26, Higgins 2-6 0-0 4, Al. Williams 0-2 0-2 0, Cato
4-5 1-2 9, O'Neal 2-5 2-2 6, Grant 2-3 2-2 6. Totals 33-69 21-27 92.
SEATTLE (90)
Baker 4-14 3-5 11, Schrempf 4-13 3-4 11, Perkins 2-3 0-0 6, Payton 7-16
4-6 20, Wingate 1-5 0-0 2, Ellis 3-11 0-0 7, Kersey 3-10 2-2 8, Aa.
Williams 6-12 0-1 12, Anthony 2-3 1-2 5, Howard 0-2 0-0 0, Snow 1-3 2-2
4, Ehlo 1-3 0-0 2, McIlvaine 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 35-98 15-22 90.
Portland 24 21 21 26--92
Seattle 21 19 24 26--90
3-Point goals--Portland 5-12 (Rider 4-8, Sabonis 1-2, Wallace 0-1,
Higgins 0-1). Seattle 5-14 (Perkins 2-2, Payton 2-5, Ellis 1-3, Ehlo 0-1,
Schrempf 0-3).
Fouled out--None.
Rebounds--Portland 42 (Sabonis 11), Seattle 48 (Aa. Williams 10).
Assists--Portland 23 (Crotty 11), Seattle 22 (Payton 7).
Total fouls--Portland 22, Seattle 23.
Technicals--Wallace, Crotty. A--9,431.
PORTLAND (92) AT SEATTLE (90)
Isaiah Rider scored seven of his 26 points in the final three
minutes to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 92-90 exhibition
victory over the Seattle SuperSonics.
After Gary Payton gave Seattle its last lead, 78-77, with a
layup with 3:38 left, John Crotty sank a pair of free throws 10
seconds later for the Blazers (3-1).
Rider took over with 3:02 to go with a layup, two free throws,
and a 10-foot jumper to give Portland an 85-78 cushion.
Newly acquired Vin Baker hit two free throws and Dale Ellis
nailed a three-pointer to pull the Blazers within 85-82 with
1:39 remaining.
Rider answered with a three-pointer with 82 seconds left to push
the Blazers advantage to 88-82.
Detlef Schrempf converted three of four free throws as Seattle
moved within four points and, after Jermaine O'Neal made a layup
with 18.3 seconds left, Payton made two free throws to cut the
deficit to 90-87 with 12.9 seconds. But Rasheed Wallace made
two free throws to ice the game for the Sonics.
Payton hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to account for the
final score. Payton had 20 points, Aaron Williams chipped in
with 12 and Baker finished with 11 for the Sonics, who fell to
1-4 in the exhibition season.
Wallace had 18 points for Portland.
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WASHINGTON (76) AT SAN ANTONIO (96)
WASHINGTON
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
GRANT F 22 4-9 0-0 2 5 7 0 2 0 1 8
WEBBER F 23 5-13 1-2 1 2 3 2 4 1 0 11
WILLIAMS C 19 0-1 0-0 3 4 7 0 2 1 1 0
CHEANEY G 19 6-8 0-3 0 2 2 1 4 1 2 12
STRICKLAND G 26 4-9 3-4 0 1 1 13 2 3 1 11
T MURRAY 22 2-12 1-1 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 5
WALLACE 17 1-3 0-0 2 1 3 0 3 0 0 2
WHITNEY 21 3-9 0-0 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 7
LECKNER 15 1-4 0-0 1 3 4 0 4 0 2 2
SHAMMGOD 17 1-4 1-2 0 2 2 5 3 0 5 4
OLIVER 16 3-8 0-0 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 7
HAM 7 1-1 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
MCCASKILL 7 1-1 0-0 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 2
RHODES 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
KORNEGAY 4 1-1 0-1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2
TOTALS 240 33-84 7-15 13 27 40 27 31 7 16 76
(.393) (.467) TEAM REBS: 13 TOTAL TO: 16(17 PTS)
SAN ANTONIO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ELLIOTT F 24 3-9 2-2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 10
DUNCAN F 32 7-16 6-8 5 5 10 1 5 0 4 20
ROBINSON C 20 5-9 4-5 0 4 4 1 1 1 2 14
DEL NEGRO G 21 2-3 1-1 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 5
JOHNSON G 23 3-6 1-2 1 4 5 3 1 2 1 7
W PERDUE 19 1-3 2-2 3 6 9 1 2 0 2 4
C PERSON 14 3-6 0-0 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 9
GEARY 24 0-3 4-6 0 4 4 6 3 2 1 4
ALEXANDER 25 2-5 2-4 0 3 3 5 1 0 1 7
HERRERA 11 2-5 2-4 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 6
ROSE 7 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2
IGO 12 2-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
JACKSON 8 2-4 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
TOTALS 240 33-76 24-34 9 39 48 22 19 6 13 96
(.434) (.706) TEAM REBS: 11 TOTAL TO: 13(10 PTS)
WASHINGTON 25 17 16 18 - 76
SAN ANTONIO 14 32 23 27 - 96
BLOCKED SHOTS: WASHINGTON - WEBBER 2, RHODES 2. SAN ANTONIO - HERRERA 3,
ROBINSON 2, DUNCAN.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: WASHINGTON 3-12 (.250), CHEANEY 0-1, T MURRAY 0-3,
WHITNEY 1-4, SHAMMGOD 1-2, OLIVER 1-2. SAN ANTONIO 6-11 (.545), ELLIOTT
2-4, C PERSON 3-5, ALEXANDER 1-1, HERRERA 0-1.
TECHNICALS: WASHINGTON - WEBBER, ILLEGAL DEFENSE 2.
OFFICIALS: ED MIDDLETON, DAN CRAWFORD, RASHAN MICHEL.
A - 15,813. T - 2:01.
WASHINGTON (76) AT SAN ANTONIO (96)
Rookie Tim Duncan scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half
as the San Antonio Spurs remained unbeaten in the preseason with
a 96-76 rout of the Washington Wizards.
Duncan also grabbed 10 rebounds and David Robinson added 14
points for the Spurs (4-0), who used a 15-5 run to take a 65-55
edge late in the third quarter. Washington, which did not
challenge for the lead in the final period, played without star
forward Juwan Howard, who has a sprained right ankle.
Calbert Cheaney scored eight of his 12 points in the first
quarter, helping the Wizards (0-2) to a 25-14 lead. But the
Spurs responded with a 17-6 run early in the second quarter.
Rod Strickland had 11 points and 13 assists and Chris Webber
chipped in 11 points for Washington, which scored just 34 points
in the second half.
Spurs veteran forward Chuck Person left the contest in the third
quarter when he was undercut going for a rebound and landed on
his back and head.
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Cavaliers sign Kemp
CLEVELAND (Oct 16, 1997 - 1997 EDT) -- Shawn Kemp signed a contract
extension with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night, becoming the
fifth member of the NBA's $100 million club.
"I feel like I'm blessed," Kemp said minutes after scoring 25 points
and grabbing 10 rebounds in a 117-109 exhibition victory over the New
Jersey Nets. "I appreciate the organization stepping up and getting it
done and allowing me to concentrate on basketball I intend to show
that appreciation by working hard to show I am worth it."
Neither Kemp nor the club would reveal terms, but reports Wednesday
said the deal was for seven years and about $107 million.
"It's a whole lot of money, we're talking big numbers, that's all I
can say," Kemp said.
The deal would reportedly pay the five-time All-Star approximately
$8.3 million in the first season with 20 percent raises in each of the
next six years.
The other players with nine-figure contracts are Minnesota's Kevin
Garnett ($126 million), Shaquille O'Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers
($120 million), Miami's Alonzo Mourning ($112 million) and
Washington's Juwan Howard ($100.8 million).
Kemp, a 6-foot-10 forward, was acquired in a three-way trade with
Milwaukee and Seattle on Sept. 25. Terrell Brandon, Tyrone Hill and a
first-round draft pick went from Cleveland to Milwaukee and Vin Baker
went from Milwaukee to Seattle. Kemp had expressed displeasure with
the contract he signed three years ago with Seattle during the
offseason and demanded a trade. That $35 million deal had annual
salaries of about $3.5 million until a balloon payment of more than
$17 million was due in the final season, 2002-03.
"Cavs owner Gordon Gund has made a commitment to get the team back in
contention for an NBA championship," team president Wayne Embry said
Thursday. "We all look forward to many exciting years of Shawn Kemp
leading the Cavaliers."
Kemp, 27, had spent his entire eight-year pro career with Seattle
after jumping from high school in Elkhart, Ind. to the NBA. He has
averaged 16.2 points and 9.6 rebounds and was a second team All-NBA
pick in 1994, 1995 and 1996.
"I came into this league a man-child and with this, I'm a man," Kemp
said. "Yes, it was important for me to move up with the name players
in salary. More important, though, is helping this team because they
have been so good to me.
"I've never been happier. One of the refs tonight said he had never
seen my so relaxed, smiling, having fun. When you are relaxed you
ultimately play better."
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NBA highest salary packages
(Oct 16, 1997 - 23:52 EDT) -- A list of the NBA's $100 million dollar
packages. List does not make distinction for money deferred without
interest:
Kevin Garnett, Minnesota Timberwolves, six years (1997-2003), $121
million.
Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers, seven years (1996-2003), $120
million.
Alonzo Mourning, Miami Heat, seven years (1996-2003), $112 million.
Shawn Kemp, Cleveland Cavaliers, seven years (1997-2004), $107
million.
Juwan Howard, Washington Wizards, seven years (1996-2003), $100.8
million.
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National Basketball Association Transactions
Oct 16 1997
Cleveland Cavaliers: Waived forward Sherell Ford, forward-center
Adrian Caldwell and guard Jerome Allen.
Minnesota Timberwolves: Waived guards Jimmy King and Victor Page.
Toronto Raptors: Named Butch Carter assistant coach.
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Jordan has sore toe as Bulls prepare for run in Paris
PARIS -- Michael Jordan has a sore toe, and the Chicago Bulls are
already missing Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman. Could a stumble be
coming in the McDonald's Championship?
Jordan cut his practice time in half Thursday as the Bulls prepared
for their opener Friday in this six-team international championship,
and Bulls coach Phil Jackson sounded worried.
"He had one toe bothering him (Monday) and now the other toe is
bothering him," Jackson said. "It hurts him and he can't jump. We have
a big concern about it, but that's a minor problem. Hopefully by
tomorrow (Friday), he'll be better."
Jackson then slapped on his game face. This may be a preseason
tournament, but the NBA is 14-0 in seven previous events and Jackson
doesn't want a blemish.
Would he rest Jordan?
"Not if it threatens winning," Jackson said. "I don't think it's
anything about saving face. I think it's that the NBA has something
they have to uphold. It is a status we have to uphold."
No mistaking how big this biennial showdown has become between the NBA
and five of the world's best clubs laden with American and
international talent.
More than 1,000 reporters and photographers have been accredited, more
than for the NBA Finals -- and 40 percent more than six years ago when
Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers played in Paris' Bercy Sports
Palace.
"I want to win, whatever it takes to win," Jordan said. "If that means
60 (points), great. If it means 70, great. If that means 10, I'll take
it. I don't think the toe is going to hurt the way I play."
Jordan has been swamped for autographs not only from fans but from
players on the other five teams.
"I try to oblige them (other players)," Jordan said. "I don't have a
problem separating autograph seekers from the competition. But once
the ball is tossed up, the only autograph you are going to get is
maybe a jump shot or two in your face."
Of the five teams in the field, Benetton Treviso -- the Italian
champions -- and Olympiakos Piraeus of Greece are the two favorites to
meet the Bulls in Friday's semifinals and Saturday's final. The Bulls
had a bye in Thursday's opening round. Olympiakos is the defending
EuroLeague champions.
Henry Williams, a 6-foot-2 guard from North Carolina-Charlotte, is the
MVP from the Italian champions. An ordained minister, he gets $2
million a year in Italy -- and he can't see anyone beating the Bulls.
"They shouldn't lose," Williams said. "The NBA is so good. Now I'm not
just going to go out and fall down if we play them. And there's always
a slim chance. But I tend to operate in another world, so anything is
possible."
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Bulls on tenuous footing without Pippen
DEERFIELD, Ill. (Oct 16, 1997 - 22:22 EDT) -- Jerry Krause, shaken but
not stirred, delivered the news as if someone had shot the president.
Michael Jordan, who normally must invent obstacles at this time of
year, looked ahead and found the perfect challenge for his farewell
tour.
And with one minor formality -- and that's all playing on the road
means to the Chicago Bulls -- Steve Kerr discovered a blessing in
disguise, which we now know to be a wooden shoe and a pair of
crutches.
After weeks of suspicion, it is learned that Scottie Pippen underwent
foot surgery Oct. 6 in New York. If all goes well, he will miss an
estimated 30 games, and you know what that could mean.
A Game 7 in Madison Square Garden?
"We know how to win on the road in the playoffs," Jordan said. "So if
it comes down to that, we know how to do it."
Yes, the price of Pippen's injury could very well be the No. 1 seed in
the postseason. The Eastern Conference is significantly upgraded, and
the Bulls aren't getting any younger. They staggered down the stretch
last season, succumbing to the nagging injuries of age before grinding
out another title. And they begin the last call of a dynasty without
their best defender, their primary ball-handler, their only reliable
scoring threat outside of Jordan.
Will it matter?
Probably not.
Fact is, they play better on the road, away from all the distractions.
In the last two title runs, they are 63-19 in the away jerseys, 10-6
in the playoffs. And while Krause has no money left in the budget to
rent another player, the Bulls are better equipped to handle such a
crisis than they were a year ago.
Joe Kleine was a solid addition, and will offer a bit more than the
sideline furniture known as Robert Parish. Same goes for Scott
Burrell, providing he shows some aptitude for the triple-post offense.
And while it certainly provided leverage in the late stages of his
contract negotiations, it also gives Dennis Rodman a reason to remain
interested for 82 games.
"I think Dennis will now come in with a whole new approach," Jordan
said. "I think he'll have a willingness to come in and make sure this
team succeeds."
Sure, there is risk. If Toni Kukoc doesn't stay healthy or doesn't
earn his money, the Bulls might have trouble outscoring the New Jersey
Nets. And if Jason Caffey and Jud Buechler don't provide immediate
relief, there is a chance of running Jordan into the ground, a man who
must carry the weakest Bulls team to open a season since Sidney Green
was still employed.
How does Jordan resist the temptation of scoring 40 every night,
turning his legs into Jell-O by the closing bell?
"I don't know," he said. "I haven't figured that out yet. It's
something I've always been willing to accept, to do whatever I have to
in order to help this team win. I don't think that's going to change."
That will be left to the creative mind of Phil Jackson, who is already
dealing with a major chasm between players and management. As is the
norm with this organization, there was much cloak-and-dagger
surrounding Pippen's injury, a soft-tissue problem in his left foot
suffered during the Eastern Conference Finals.
A cynic might wonder why Pippen waited so long to have surgery. And he
might find the answer in Pippen's growing disgust with the
organization, a man who had no incentive to spend his summer vacation
immobilized on the couch. Better on company time, for, after all, what
have they ever done for him?
As much as he acted like a concerned father the day after surgery,
Krause was baffled by the injury as recently as the week before,
saying it wouldn't have hampered any plans to trade Pippen in the
off-season.
"An injury like this, you take your time with it, treat it
conservatively," Krause said. "It just got to the point where
(surgery) wasn't avoidable."
But if extended rest was the original recommendation, shouldn't the
Bulls have sent a team doctor to Arkansas in mid-August? Just for a
courtesy call?
"Scottie wants this, this was his wish," Krause said. "As far as we're
concerned, the doctors went to medical school and the player knows his
body."
Krause was very careful to absolve Pippen from any blame, and it is
important to take Pippen's word on this matter. Despite his
disenchantment, he is in a contract year. And he'd probably wouldn't
intentionally hurt his teammates just to even the score with Krause.
Probably.
"Every year, it seems we start off with some kind of challenge,"
Jordan said. "And this year is no different."
As long as Pippen comes back and comes back healthy, the outcome
should be no different, either. For this is the only team that could
win the NBA title with a No. 8 seed.
"The only way I can see it negatively affecting us is if we don't win
enough games to win the home-court advantage," Kerr said. "The good
thing is, this gives Scottie a lot of time off. He gets to play a
50-game season, and probably, in the long run, it's going to help us
out."
Probably.
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Bulls plan to win despite missing stars
PARIS (Oct 16, 1997 - 11:16 EDT) -- Even without Scottie Pippen and
Dennis Rodman, the McDonald's Championship in Paris is no place for
the five-time NBA champion Chicago Bulls to lose -- even if it's just
an exhibition game.
The NBA is 14-0 in this event, which is billed by NBA commissioner
David Stern the "international club championship."
"First and foremost is to stay focused and make sure we are not the
first team to lose in the McDonald's Open," said Michael Jordan,
wearing a black beret after Wednesday's practice at Paris' Bercy
Sports Palace.
"When you're in France, do as the French," he quipped. "Hopefully,
jet-lag will not be a problem. Too much tourism and tourist things
around the city could be. Nightlife hopefully isn't."
Even NBA junkies might draw a blank on the other five clubs in the
field, but they're all national or continental club champions in a
world of slowly shrinking U.S. basketball dominance.
In the 1990 McDonald's in Barcelona, the New York Knicks needed a
3-pointer with eight seconds left to force overtime and beat Italy's
Scavoline Pesaro by four.
Six years ago in Paris, Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers
squeezed by Spain's Joventut Badalona 116-114.
It could happen this time in an event that dates back to 1987.
The Bulls are 1-2 in the preseason and seem in turmoil with coach Phil
Jackson saying he won't return next year, Rodman out with bronchitis
and a case of pneumonia, and Pippen gone for three months after foot
surgery.
Security around the Bulls in Paris is heavy, due partly to the death
here of Princess Diana almost seven weeks ago.
The promotion-minded NBA has a tight schedule for the Bulls, from
photos at the Eiffel Tower to department store appearances at Galeries
LaFayette -- forcing quick trips across congested Paris traffic.
Would a loss mean the Bulls were no longer world champions? Jordan
bristled at the suggestion.
"No one can take away what we accomplished last year," he said. "No
one can take away the five championships that we have attained over
the last seven years. People who say that certainly don't understand
the game of basketball."
"There is a certain expectation for us to come here and play well and
win -- even though we are not 100 percent healthy. That is the
challenge we face. I think we are capable of doing that, without a
doubt."
The Bulls have a bye in the first round. On Friday they play the
winner of today's game between Paris-St. Germain and FC Barcelona. The
title game is Saturday. Also on Thursday, the Italian team Benetton
faces Atenas de Cordoba of Argentina, with the winner facing
Olympiakos Piraeus of Greece.
Each of the five clubs has a smattering of near, former or promising
NBA talent. And the enormous incentive of recording a first.
The Bulls will be watching Barcelona. They hold the NBA rights to
Barcelona's 7-foot-1 Roberto Duenas. Barcelona also starts former NBA
player Jerrod Mustaf.
"I think if we go out and play our type of basketball, it doesn't
matter who we play, whether European or American -- doesn't matter,"
Jordan said.
This is Jordan's third time playing in Paris. Twice before he was on
promotional tours for his sponsors, and the last time was 1990 before
he shot to worldwide fame.
He once went unnoticed in a Paris cafe. But not now.
"I used to come every other year when I first got into the league and
I used to sit out at some of the restaurants outdoors and not be
bothered," Jordan said.
"It's just hard for me to go anywhere now unnoticed."
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Bulls surrounded by tight security
PARIS (Oct 16, 1997 - 18:10 EDT) --The barriers are up in front of the
hotel. The guards prowl the halls with their earphones, checking
anyone who looks out of place.
It's not a visiting chief of state. It's the Chicago Bulls. Rather,
it's Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls.
"The crowds that have been around have been the most I've seen since
I've been involved in the NBA for the last 16 years," NBA spokesman
Brian McIntyre said.
The three-day McDonald's Championships has a six-team field, but there
is only one team the Paris guards are interested in protecting.
The security around the Chicago players is indeed tight. And at times
rough-house tactics have been used to keep fans -- and sometimes
accredited media -- from the players.
"I think there is a certain sensitivity among the local security
people we've hired here because of the events that occurred here,"
said McIntyre, referring to Princess Diana's death in Paris almost
seven weeks ago.
Diana and her companion Dodi Fayed and their driver were killed and
their bodyguard was injured in the crash Aug. 31.
Diana only had one bodyguard. Jordan has many.
Jordan has escorts wherever he goes. He went out shopping for cigars
Wednesday and had a van to himself -- and a van of security agents
with him.
Appearances at local stores and schools involving other players are
strictly controlled. At an appearance at a McDonald's restaurant on
the Champs Elysees, a security guard was reported to have kicked a
cameraman.
"Perhaps people are trying to do the job right and when the crowds
merge, there is a lot of pushing and shoving," McIntyre said. "I have
been even knocked to the ground twice."
More than 1,000 photographers and reporters have been accredited, more
than the finals of the NBA -- and 40 percent more than the 1991
McDonald's Championships in Paris six years ago when Magic Johnson and
his Lakers were the featured entertainment.
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Another McDonalds in Paris; Another NBA team facing a French team
PARIS (AP) The last time an NBA team played in a McDonald's tournament
in Paris, the Los Angeles Lakers beat Limoges by 31 points behind the
brilliance of Magic Johnson.
This time, the Chicago Bulls with - or maybe without - Michael Jordan
are playing another French team, Paris-St. Germain. The result might
be closer this time.
With Jordan's toe hurting and Dennis Rodman sick and Scottie Pippen
recovering from surgery, the Bulls were vulnerable against PSG in the
semifinals of the McDonald's championship.
PSG reached today's semifinals by beating FC Barcelona 97-84 in
Thursday's opening round. Argentina's Atenas de Cordoba defeated
Italy's Benetton Treviso 87-78 to reach the semifinals against
European champions Olympiakos of Greece.
The Bulls had a bye in the first round. Considering the lack of
practice Jordan has, maybe they needed it.
Jordan missed the first day of practice in Paris with reports of a
cold, although it turned out to be a toe injury.
Then he missed half of Thursday's practice getting treatment on
another toe.
But Jordan downplayed his injury.
"I don't think the toe is going to hurt the way I play," Jordan said.
Bulls coach Phil Jackson thinks otherwise.
"He had one toe bothering him and now the other toe is bothering him,"
Jackson said. "It hurts him and he can't jump. We have a big concern
about it, but that's a minor problem. Hopefully by today), he'll be
better."
The NBA is 14-0 in seven previous McDonald's events, and Jackson
doesn't want to be a coach of the first NBA team to lose in the
tournament.
Jackson knows the French might be ready to surprise the Bulls.
"We have to respect (PSG) as a competitive team in this country,"
Jackson said. "They have some talented kids and some good old
veterans."
Richard Dacoury and Frederic Forte faced the Lakers in 1991 while
playing for Limoges.
Dacoury is 37 years old and doesn't start. But he provided a spark off
the bench and scored eight points Thursday.
Paris-St. Germain earned the right to meet the Bulls when it made a
15-1 run to go up 44-33 after trailing 32-29.
Spaniard Alfonso Reyes led the scoring with 22 for the winners.
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Pitino returns to Rupp
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct 16, 1997 - 11:16 EDT) -- It was like old times for
Rick Pitino in Rupp Arena, except that his team lost.
Two minutes before player introductions Wednesday night, Pitino walked
across the sideline to the home bench along with the University of
Kentucky mascot. He got a standing ovation from the 15,010 fans.
But this time, Pitino wasn't coach of the Wildcats as he was for the
past eight seasons. He was the coach of the Boston Celtics.
During the exhibition game against the New Jersey Nets, Pitino was the
same as he always was at Kentucky, working the sidelines, giving
encouragement to players and shouting plays.
"It was very good to be back in Kentucky," he said after the Nets'
123-115 victory. "It was great for our players and coaching staff to
be back here because it was our home for eight years. We wish we could
have won, but it was great seeing old friends."
Also playing for Pitino were former UK stars Antoine Walker, Ron
Mercer and Chris Mills and Louisville standouts Greg Minor and Pervis
Ellison.
"Antoine is going to be tremendous, and Ron is going through the
learning stages," Pitino said. "Pervis and Greg are doing fine, so all
four guys are doing very well."
In the locker room before the game, Pitino and assistant coach Jim
O'Brien, who was with him at Kentucky, wrote down plays on the
blackboard to review with the players. Another former UK assistant,
Winston Bennett, was seated in a chair writing down notes.
A few minutes later, former Kentucky player Travis Ford dropped by to
speak with Pitino.
Boston forward Andrew DeClercq, who played at Florida, recalled a
victory over Kentucky while Ford was with the Wildcats.
Pitino, looking at Ford, said, "I don't remember that" and they all
laughed.
Walker finished with 29 points, Mercer 14, Ellison seven and Minor six
as the Celtics played an uptempo style that was Pitino's trademark at
Kentucky.
The loudest cheers for players during pregame introductions went to
Walker and Mercer, who were teammates on Kentucky's 1996 national
championship team.
"It was real nice to get back to a place you know," Walker said. "I
left on real good terms, and the fans have such a respect for us,
being from UK. It was nice to see the appreciation and support."
Mercer also enjoyed being back in Rupp Arena.
"I felt comfortable today, more than in the other exhibition," he
said. "It's obviously because we are on familiar ground. I needed this
exhibition, after the others this year, and really enjoyed the
atmosphere."
Among those in the stands were Cameron Mills, Stephen Masiello, Jared
Prickett and Jeff Sheppard, who played for Pitino at Kentucky.
For Chris Mills, it was his first visit to Kentucky since his freshman
year during the 1988-89 season. He left after being part of an NCAA
investigation that put the school on a two-year ban from postseason
play.
"I don't think too much about that year," Mills said with a smile.
But Mills said he is glad to have the opportunity to play for Pitino,
who arrived at Kentucky the season after he left.
"If I knew he was coming here, I might have stayed (at Kentucky)," he
said.
The players said Pitino's practices are demanding.
"He's a hard worker," Mills said. "He's just trying to bring out the
best in us. It's a lot more aggressive than what I was used to in
Cleveland."
Despite the third straight loss without a victory in the exhibition
season, Pitino said the Celtics are making progress.
"I've seen so much improvement from our first two games," he said.
"They rotated properly on defense, and when they missed shots, they
got back. I was very pleased tonight."
nba.857nba.news,
Riley returns home for gym dedication
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (Oct 16, 1997 - 11:16 EDT) -- When Pat Riley looks
back at his 15 years of NBA coaching, he can see the four NBA titles,
the three Coach of the Year awards and the triumphs in Los Angeles,
New York City and Miami.
But on Wednesday he said it was the 2-foot high letters of his name,
painted on the side of a gymnasium wall here in his hometown, that
brought him the greatest pride.
"Because it means something. It matters," Riley told 1,800 high school
students gathered for the dedication. "People here believed that what
I did meant something."
Riley, known as much for his slicked-back hair and his Armani suits as
for his coaching record, spoke to the students for more than an hour.
He aimed to motivate, to encourage and to offer himself as a role
model.
"I'm not an authority on kids," he said. "The only thing I know
anything about is being part of the team."
And that team, he said, doesn't just have to be the Miami Heat. It's
family, community and school.
As the gym filled with the students, Riley met with the boys and girls
basketball teams in a smaller room before the ceremony. Teen-agers
gripped his hand and offered their names, their eyes shining. He was a
celebrity.
"You'll go down in history as one of the best ever," Kyle Clark told
him. Clark, who is in a wheelchair and graduated from high school in
1996, has stayed with the boys' basketball team as an equipment
manager since he started in 1991.
Riley talked about going downtown as a teen-ager on Thursday nights.
He recalled the movie theaters and drug stores of a Schenectady that
doesn't exist any more, but refused to give up on the city where his
88-year-old mother still lives.
"People tell me not to come downtown anymore because it's dangerous.
Why?" he said. "It's all about attitude. What's worse than the people
who are saying these bad things about Schenectady, what's worse are
the people who are listening to them."
Attitude took a commanding part of his talk. When he'd been cut from
the NBA in 1970 and had nothing but $5,000 in debt and four plastic
plants, he was glad to take a job with the Lakers as a practice player
-- someone unlikely to see playing time. But it meant being a part the
team, and he said he was glad.
"My father was a coach. I've had 16 coaches in my life. I listened to
them," Riley said. "That's all we are. We become products of our
education, products of our environment."
What his coaches taught him, he said, was how to be part of a team,
how to put something in to life in order to get something out. How it
takes sweat and discipline to achieve. How competition brings out both
the worst and the best.
Now, Riley said, he wants to give something to the other people who
are part of his team -- his family, his basketball players and the
kids of his hometown.
"It's not just winning anymore. I've had an opportunity to win
championships. So I know what that feels like," he said. His goal, he
said, is "to see other people enjoy that."
nba.858nba.news,
Shaq now a leader
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (Oct 16, 1997 - 18:16 EDT) -- He led the Lakers in
scoring, rebounds and blocks last season. Shaquille O'Neal now knows
he must lead in other ways as well.
"I've never been the type to call people out," he said. "I've been the
type to lead by example. I was new to the program, I didn't want to
step on anybody's toes. I'll probably have to be a little more vocal,
which is fine. That's a job that they gave me to do. I accept that
job."
O'Neal is just 25, perhaps young for a team leader. But the Lakers are
a young team -- 29-year-old Elden Campbell is their oldest player.
And O'Neal, about to start his sixth NBA season and second with Los
Angeles, is an imposing figure who clearly has the respect of his
teammates.
Last season, the Lakers had two veterans -- Byron Scott and Jerome
Kersey -- who provided leadership, albeit as substitutes. But they're
no longer around.
"I like what I see, we're going to be fine," O'Neal said. "We just
need to go out and play, do what we're capable of doing. If we can do
that, we can go a long way.
"I just have to stay out of trouble, play hard, make sure my guys play
hard. The last time I played a full season, I made it to the (NBA)
finals."
That was during the 1994-95 season, when he led the league in scoring
and the Orlando Magic reached the finals before being swept by the
Houston Rockets.
"I think if our key guys can stay in without missing 31 games (the
number he missed last season), we'll be fine," O'Neal said. "We want
to do enough during the regular season to have the home court
advantage during the playoffs."
That didn't happen last season, and no doubt the loss of O'Neal for
two months with an injured left knee was a factor.
"When I went down, we had the best record in the West," he recalled.
O'Neal returned late in the season, but admitted this week his knee
"was killing me" during the playoffs.
The Utah Jazz beat the Lakers 4-1 in the second round en route to the
finals, where they lost to the Chicago Bulls.
Now O'Neal is looking forward to the start of a new season. The Lakers
open against the defending Western Conference champion Jazz on Oct. 31
at the Forum.
O'Neal said he spent a quiet summer, which hasn't always been the
case.
"I'm a father now, I just wanted to chill out, be a daddy," he said,
referring to his 1-year-old daughter. "That's all I did this summer."
Well, not quite. He spent the last couple of weeks traveling abroad.
But before that, for the first time during a summer, he shot the
basketball. Repeatedly.
"Free throw line, around the baseline, stuff like that," he said.
"I've always known how to shoot."
Some might debate that, especially from the foul line, where O'Neal
has his woes, although he did improve last spring after being
sidelined with the knee injury.
"You know what my problem was? I tried to listen to too many chefs,"
he said. "I'm not going to listen, I'm just going to shoot them. I
figured it out, that's all it was.
"The only thing different is I'm not listening to 800 people. I'm
listening to me. I'm not listening to people like Rick Barry, who say
I should shoot underhanded."
So what percentage does O'Neal have in mind? "Eighty," he replied.
What percentage does he believe he can make? "Eighty," he said.
Would 70 percent be realistic. "Yeah," he said. "You'll see."
nba.859nba.news,
Denver's Jackson jumps through hoops to make grade
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (Oct 16, 1997 - 08:34 EDT) -- If Bobby
Jackson develops into an NBA star, one story from his rookie season is
sure to be retold into the next century.
Jackson was heading for the whirlpool after an especially difficult
workout in rookie camp when trainer Jim Gillen approached him with a
life jacket.
Gillen told Jackson an Occupational Safety and Health Administration
rule required that he strap on a life jacket before entering the
3-foot-deep whirlpool.
Without questioning the straight-faced trainer, Jackson buckled on the
flotation device and tried to submerge himself in the tub.
When assistant trainer Max Benton entered the room moments later, he
took one look at the team's rookie point guard and doubled over in
laughter.
There was Jackson, pushing against the sides of the whirlpool,
struggling to submerge his body in the water, while his life jacket
did everything it could to keep him afloat..
"Max was dying laughing, and I said, 'What are you laughing at?"'
Jackson said. "And he's laughing so hard, he sort of wheezes, 'What in
the heck are you doing with that jacket on?'.
"I'm going to get Jim," Jackson said. "You know, it wasn't really as
bad as it sounds, because the water in a whirlpool isn't too deep."
Jackson's past has allowed him to laugh at himself -- and at life's
misfortunes.
Long before he led the University of Minnesota to its first Final Four
appearance last season, long before the Nuggets made him the No. 23
pick of last June's draft and long before he became Denver's starting
point guard -- Jackson learned how unhumorous life can be.
When he and his twin sister, Barbara Ann, were 2, his father threw a
final glance at their mother, Sarah, and left forever.
So Sarah, who worked long hours as a hotel manager in Salisbury, N.C.,
ran a tight ship with her children.
When Bobby failed to perform up to her standards during junior high,
Sarah called her son's principal and demanded the boy be held back a
year until his schoolwork improved.
"She meant business," Jackson remembers with a broad grin. "Had to be
that way."
And it was that way for most of Bobby's childhood. As he and Barbara
Ann grew older, Sarah made them a deal: She would take care of the
necessities (food, clothes, housing), but if they wanted any of the
extravagances of the '80s, they had to get jobs to pay for it.
That's all Jackson needed to hear, because in the summer of 1988, he
had his eyes on a pair of shoes being marketed by a basketball star
named Michael Jordan.
"I needed a job and I could already swim, so I decided to become a
lifeguard," Jackson remembers. "But to get the job, I had to pass a
test first. So I went to the library, got a book and studied."
He got the job, and a few weeks later, he cashed his first check and
brought home a pair of the most wonderful "Jordans" he had seen.
Jackson graduated from Salisbury High School in 1992 and enrolled at
Western Nebraska Community College. While there, he met Georgann, and
the couple had two children -- daughter Breann,. now 3, and son
Kendrick, 1. Jackson now wears their names tattooed on his left biceps
and right shoulder.
Jackson's first year at Western Nebraska was tough because he tore the
anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and had to redshirt. But
he returned stronger the next two seasons, setting a school record for
steals (156) and being selected a second-team All-American as a
sophomore.
Jackson's play at Western led to a scholarship to the University of
Minnesota in 1995. Though the distance eventually led to an amicable
end to his relationship with Georgann,. Jackson's basketball career
blossomed.
He played in 15 of 25 games in 1995-96, averaging 13.3 points and 2.7
assists. He burst onto the national scene in 1996-97, averaging 15.3
points, 4.0 assists and 2.1 steals. He was selected second-team
All-American, Big Ten Player of the Year and Most Valuable Player of
the NCAA Tournament's Midwest Region while leading the Gophers to
their first Final Four appearance.
Despite his success at Minnesota, Jackson kept focused on his children
-- and a relationship that hadn't worked.
He still had memories of his father, who, for all practical purposes,
no longer existed, and of his mother, who had sacrificed any dreams
she might have had to be there for her children.
He told himself he would not allow that to happen to his family, that
his children and his life were going to be different.
"My relationship did not work with their mother. We never married. But
they only live three hours away now, and whenever I have free time,
I'm going up there or she's coming down to see me. I make a great
effort to be a father to my kids. I don't want them to grow up like I
grew up. I want to be a part of their life. I want them to know who
their father is. I want them to call me when they need something."
They are in good hands, given how Jackson has responded when the
Nuggets have needed something.
Entering training camp, Jackson was penciled in as the backup to
veteran Anthony Goldwire. But after only one week, Jackson was moved
into the starting lineup.
"I'm trying to temper (Jackson's enthusiasm) because I really think
he's good," coach Bill Hanzlik said. "Bobby just has to work on
getting the ball in and making the easy plays. I keep trying to tell
him, 'Don't try to make the play tough. Try and make it easy, throwing
a little bounce pass. You don't always need a no-look,
between-the-legs, over-the-shoulder, through-the- crowd, Michael
Jordan, Magic Johnson pass. Just think E-A-S-Y."
A word such as easy can seem alien to a guy whose childhood was
anything but.
Of course, if Jackson ever feels as if things are dragging him down,
someone in the Nuggets organization always will be around to throw him
a life jacket.
nba.860nba.news,
Brown, Coleman butting heads already in Philly
PHILADELPHIA -- The Larry Brown coaching era in Philadelphia is only a
few months old, and his 76ers are just tip-toeing through their first
exhibition season with him.
While everyone predicts Brown and Allen Iverson will eventually have
problems -- Brown always seems to have his greatest battles with his
point guards -- those problems haven't surfaced yet.
Iverson, in fact, said he felt God has sent Brown to be his coach.
We'll reserve comment on that for another time.
The big contention right now, and this shouldn't come as a shock
either, is between Brown and an unwilling power forward named Derrick
Coleman.
Coleman prepared for training camp by getting himself 15 pounds
overweight and by not showing up for optional workouts or practices
with his teammates.
"What's new,'' Brown said. "He's played 68 games in two years. How
many times has he practiced?''
If this doesn't seem a good way to begin a season, well, there doesn't
seem to be any alternative. Coleman has refused to be a real part of
the team and, to his credit, Brown has refused to pretend that
everything is rosey.
Coleman would like to be traded to a good team, but good teams
apparently don't feel they need Derrick Coleman. For one thing, he's
never been on a good team, and perhaps that's not a coincidence.
Coleman plainly told Brown that the Sixers can't be winners and he
doesn't want to be a part of a loser again.
In his defense, it must be said Coleman tried hard for a couple of
months last season before packing it in. He would work to get into
position, only to see Iverson jack up a jumper from 40 feet. After
that, he shrugged and gave up.
Brown asked Coleman how good he thinks he is, and Coleman confessed
that he's one of the two or three best players in the league.
"If you're that good,'' Brown told Coleman, "any team you're on will
be good.''
But Coleman doesn't see it that way. He also bristles when management
says he was unable to be contacted this summer, furthering his image
as a malcontent.
"Everyone knows my telephone number,'' Coleman said. "I'm not ducking,
dodging or hiding from anybody. If they wanted to talk to me, they
knew how to get in touch with me. They definitely exaggerated.''
Exaggerated?
"Well,'' Coleman said. "They told you a lie.''
Of course, Coleman told that little fib about being one of the best
players in the league. Maybe they're even.
Coleman is a very good player and he can make a big difference for any
team. The shame is that he doesn't seem to take joy in using his
abilities, or take shame in misusing them.
Maybe in 10 years, when youth has deserted him -- when everything but
desserts have deserted him -- he'll regret the missed opportunities,
but I doubt it.
"I don't even want to address the Coleman situation,'' Brown said
finally. "We've made our position very clear. He's here, and he'd be
wise to be ready to play basketball.''
Wise has never described Coleman, and patient has never usually been
applied to Brown.
So, mark this down as a bad coupling of coach and player.
It doesn't seem likely the Sixers will find anyone to trade for
Coleman. But before long, if Coleman is once again a bad influence in
the locker room, Brown might have to find a way to keep him out of
uniform. If the past is a guide, Coleman will give them some reason.
And, no, it's not a great way to begin a season. But Coleman has
accomplished one thing: No one's worried about Iverson and Brown any
longer.
That will probably change. For now, however, the point guard and the
coach seem, as Iverson suggested, like a match made in heaven.
The power forward and the coach? Well, you can figure it out.
nba.861nba.news,
Sir Charles barks at teammates
Something is troubling the Chuckster. Oh, sure, it could be his usual
end-of-honeymoon reality check of whatever team he's on. But Sir
Charles wasn't his usual carefree self the other day. He's trying to
set the tone for his Rockets team -- a veteran bunch that takes its
time getting ready for the annual bump and grind.
To wit: Barkley thinks his guys are getting soft. He's calling it "the
disease of success," which he thinks has struck most of the Rockets
who won championships in '94 and '95. He won't name specific names,
but people that know him say he's pointing the finger squarely at
Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler. Tangential evidence: Barkley goes
to pains to point out he's not talking about Eddie Johnsonn, who, like
him, has yet to win an NBA title.
And after Phoenix's Steve Nash dropped 35 big ones on the Rockets
Wednesday night, Barkley went off.
"You just have to play so hard," Barkley said. "I don't think this
team understands that ... that was embarrassing. It was a layup drill;
a fast-break drill. That's stuff that we talk about. We've got the
best talkers talking. But we've go to address our getting back on
defense. That team out there's not even the best team in the west ...
right now, we've just got a long way to go. Or we're going to do like
we did last year. We're going to win 55 games and lose in the
playoffs."
Barkley sees slippage in game preparation and in execution. Guys not
showing up early for practice -- this from the Chuckster, whose life
work has been dedicated to getting to arenas as close to the start of
layup lines as possible! Houston has never reminded anyone of the
lock-'em-up Pistons in terms of defense, but Houston looked really old
against the coltish Suns. Most nights, the Rockets will outscore the
opposition. But in the heat of May and June, defense wins.
"Around here, it's always frustrating," Barkley continued.
"Everybody's always afraid to say what's wrong. But we've just got to
get better, man. I know we're going to make excuses and say it's the
preseason. But the way they ran us out of the building, it's just
embarrassing ... we're getting that reputation of a team that doesn't
run back on defense, and teams can just outrun us. I know you guys won
some championships, and that was great three or four years ago, but
that ain't gonna work anymore. We've got to get in shape and run, and
we've got to get back."
That brings up the chicken-and-egg question with this team: How much
is too much for the graybeards? No one wants to cut back on the Big
Three's minutes, though Rudy Tomjanovich is giving them some practices
off and not playing them too much in the preseason. Everyone knows,
though, that when the light goes on, Rudy T will ride his Big Dogs
like every other coach.
Predictably, Olajuwon laughs Barkley off.
"To me, with all these years of experience, you can't make a big issue
out of nothing," the Dream says. "The key is to learn from this kind
of game. We did not measure up conditioning-wise, where we are. We
have to work harder in practice, day by day, and prepare for next
time. As long as the team is focused and ready to go when it counts."
You know Charles. You know Clyde. You know Hakeem. Three men with
supreme talents. Three men with supreme egos. Probably just Charles
blowing off a little steam. Everything's probably fine.
Probably.
Da kid wid all da loot: Here's what I know about Kevin Garnett: He
waited 15 minutes for me in Detroit for our Sunday Conversation
interview while I was waiting for Doug Collins to finish an hour and a
half shootaround on the day of his first preseason game. For a guy who
could literally buy the hotel with the money he's going to make from
his contract extension starting next season, that was impressive.
Sure, KG needed the forum to spin his version of a summer that ended
with him inking a $126 million deal to stay in Minnesota through the
start of the millennium. But he could just as easily have let his game
and his wallet do the talking for him. Instead, he answered the
questions, including one I had to ask -- how in the world he could say
"it wasn't about the loot" at his news conference with a straight
face.
"I think Jordan said it the best," Garnett said. "You're in sports to,
you know, get independent financially. I think as far as an athlete,
you play so many years and you look back and you say 'what did I
accomplish?' My thing is being comfortable in my surroundings, or
whatever. I really didn't want to go off and try to meet guys, new
teammates, feel this guy out, feel this guy out, even though it
probably would have been astronomical as far as talent or whatever.
"You know, my thing is I know Minnesota. I've been through the first
year, blown out by 40, and the second year, blowing people out by 40.
I'm coming into my third year. I wanted it to be one of those years
that one and two add up to being something real strong, something real
more confident. My thing was all about a comfort level. I really
wasn't focused on anyplace else. You know, I really don't put money
before basketball. I've been playing this before the money, before the
lights, before you guys. So that's me."
But Garnett can't pretend no one else will notice the money. There
will be a line a mile long of people just waiting to say he doesn't
deserve the money (a discussion of "worth" in our society has to wait
for another column). Because, of course, no one will be able to live
up to the deal. And there's the more pertinent question of how the
Wolves can possibly re-sign Tom Gugliotta and Stephon Marbury.
Garnett claimed his deal allows the Wolves enough flexibility to keep
their core together. We'll see. He was more philosophical about how
he'll deal with the critics.
"You're always going to have somebody in the crowd, or a couple of
people to say whatever they have to say," Garnett said. "That's
people, that's America, that's how the globe goes around. But people
are people. They're going to say what they want. You know, I'm not
God; I'm not Superman. I know you're going to have some tough nights.
The best of the best have them. So I just always put that in my head,
that everything's not going to go my way every night, everything's not
going to go Minnesota's way. I understand that. I understand people
are going to say whatever they're going to say. So I can never be mad
about another person's opinion."
It still concerns me that high schoolers will see how Garnett got paid
(and, soon to follow, Kobe Bryant, Jermaine O'Neal and Tracy McGrady)
and think it a no-brainer to avoid college altogether for their shot
at the pros. Garnett fell back on his standard "do what's right for
you" answer, which is probably what you'd have to do in his shoes. But
it bugs me nonetheless.
Still, that's my problem, not his. His life has gotten more
complicated -- but more better. He has to be a role model and an
ambassador and a hundred other things now because of his contract. He
says the money won't change him. He has no idea how much it will
change him, if no other reason than because it will change so many
around him.
"I think of myself as Kevin," he said. "I have a lovely little sister
that I try to guide the right way, so I've always been one of those
kind of people that if I have advice and you want to hear it, I'll
give it to you. I'm a hardworking person and I always thought that
pays off for something, for being the so-called natural leader. So I
don't look at it as being the ambassador or whatever. People are going
to put you in shoes that they think you can fulfill. I always thought
that the own expectations of yourself should always overcome everybody
else's expectations. You know yourself better than anyone in this
world."
Around the NBA
Doug Collins can't understand why everyone asks him if he plans to
pull back this season, if he plans to be a little less demanding of
his Pistons. "Does Pat Riley pull back?," he asked. "I guess I wonder
why that question is always asked of me."
This is why: Collins played Lindsey Hunter 35 minutes in the first
preseason game last Friday, putting both Hunter and Grant Hill back in
the game in the fourth quarter. And Hunter then went down in a heap
with a minute left to play after driving the lane.
This, after that hour and a half shootaround and before this week's
two-a-day practices.
The Heat wasn't thrilled that Terry Mills was 30 pounds overweight
upon reporting to camp. He wasn't able to do much this summer while
rehabbing from knee surgery. But he's lost a lot of the weight and is
back practicing. And the Hots were encouraged when Mills made 78 of
100 three-point attempts last week -- behind the new/old line, one
short of Keith Askins' team mark.
Jeff Van Gundy is getting worried about Allan Houston's return from
offseason wrist surgery. Houston's scored 20 points in each of the
Knicks' first two preseason games, but he doesn't yet have
three-point capability.
"He still doesn't have 100 percent range of motion," Van says. "He's
an 18-foot shooter right now. He doesn't feel at all confident right
now shooting the three. In the first two games he was a medium-range
shooter. They keep saying he's going to be 100 percent by October 31st
but I'm beginning not to think so."
So, the Knicks are looking for a 2/3 with range.
The Celtics have struggled out of the gate, but Rick Pitino isn't
fazed. "I don't think you'll see the Celtics with as little talent as
they have now," he said. "Right now, I see a team that just doesn't
get it. They just don't understand some of the things we're trying to
do."
The Suns are toying with the idea of playing Danny Manning with four
guards at times this season, with Manning manning point forward
duties. "We can go big, we can go small, or we can go super-small,"
said Kevin Johnson, envisioning Jason Kidd, himself, Rex Chapman and
Cedric Ceballos on the floor with Manning.
Danny Ainge is already looking at different combinations: The 6-4 Kidd
checked 6-9 Shareef Abdur-Rahim at times last week. And Kidd Stuff
made no secret of who he'd like to see the Suns go after next spring
to complement Antonio McDyess: "Scottie Pippen would be a great
addition for us," he said.
nba.862nba.news,
Stranger in Paris
Michael Jordan is enjoying his team's low-key presence in Paris this
week.
"I could get used to this," joked Jordan, his son Jeffery by his side,
as he checked into the team hotel unnoticed. "Maybe this is where I
should retire."
The Chicago Bulls have spent nearly $1 million to fly to Paris to
participate in a three-day tournament called the McDonald's
Championship.
The Bulls have received a rather lukewarm reception from the French,
says the Chicago Tribune. One reporter asked the doorman at the Ritz
hotel what he thought of the NBA's top team.
"We are not a hotel for that sort of person," said the doorman. "I do
not know this Jordan and the Bulls."
A security person at an information booth downtown said he's never
heard of the Bulls.
"Why should I know them?" he said. "They are not French, oui?"
Then, when the Bulls got off their team bus before checking into their
hotel, only a small crowd of 20 fans greeted the team.
"So who do you like most, Michael Jordan?" a TV reporter asked one of
the people.
"We just came because we saw a lot of people," replied the teen.
Motivation factor
New Jersey Nets guard Kendall Gill can't wait to face the Rick
Pitino-led Boston Celtics this season.
"I love playing against guys who think they invented the game of
basketball," Gill quipped. "I just want to go down there and whip
butt."
Pssst ...
Word had it the NBA and Michael Jordan's agent David Falk have begun
talks to discuss how to handle Jordan's farewell tour should he retire
this season, says the New York Daily News.
nba.863gligo,
-> #841, nba.news
> WALLACE 21 3-6 5-6 0 3 3 1
> 2 0 3 11
> BLOCKED SHOTS: ATLANTA - MUTOMBO 2, BLAYLOCK, HENDERSON,
> STEIGENGA, BROWN. TORONTO - CAMBY 3, WALLACE 2, TABAK,
> MCGRADY, W WILLIAMS, ROGERS. ^^^^^^^^^
Ako je to mali sa Syracuse-a....
Secam ga se kad je postavljao rekorde za koledz, sila od igraca...
A i uopste mi nije jasan taj trejd New York-a i Toronta.
Sta ce im onaj Dudley? Imaju ona dva metuzalema Williams-a i nek'
im oni igraju.
nba.864vpoznanovic,
1997 NBA Preseason
Friday, October 17
Atlanta at Detroit 99:105
L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers 116:85
Miami at Orlando 84:97
Milwaukee at Minnesota 99:94
Phoenix at Dallas 86:99
Sacramento at Portland 94:74
Utah at Indiana 80:89
Washington at Denver 112:107
NBA AT KNOXVILLE TN
FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ATLANTA 20 23 31 25 99
DETROIT 30 24 28 23 105 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: ATL - STEVE SMITH 15, THREE PLAYERS WITH 14
DET - MALIK SEALY 22, GRANT HILL 17, LINDSEY HUNTER 14
HIGH REBOUND: ATL - DIKEMBE MUTOMBO 8, ANTHONY MILLER 8
DET - DON REID 5, THREE PLAYERS WITH 4
HIGH ASSISTS: ATL - STEVE SMITH 5, ELDRIDGE RECASNER 4
DET - BRIAN WILLIAMS 6, TWO PLAYERS WITH 4
ATT: 6,348
NBA AT ST LOUIS MO
FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
LA LAKERS 25 23 43 25 116
LA CLIPPERS 20 14 18 33 85 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: LAL - SHAQUILLE ONEAL 28, RICK FOX 15, EDDIE JONES 11
LAC - KEITH CLOSS JR 14, LAMOND MURRAY 13, LORENZEN WRIGHT
11
HIGH REBOUND: LAL - SHAQUILLE ONEAL 10, CORIE BLOUNT 7
LAC - LORENZEN WRIGHT 7, LAMOND MURRAY 6
HIGH ASSISTS: LAL - NICK VAN EXEL 5, DEREK FISHER 5
LAC - DARRICK MARTIN 4, TWO PLAYERS WITH 3
ATT: 17,398
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MIAMI 14 23 26 21 84
ORLANDO 32 20 21 24 97 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: MIA - TIM HARDAWAY 23, ISAAC AUSTIN 12, VOSHON LENARD 10
ORL - ANFERNEE HARDAWAY 19, RONY SEIKALY 16, DEREK STRONG
12
HIGH REBOUND: MIA - ISAAC AUSTIN 9, BEN DAVIS 7
ORL - HORACE GRANT 8, CHARLES OUTLAW 7
HIGH ASSISTS: MIA - TIM HARDAWAY 4, TWO PLAYERS WITH 3
ORL - DEREK HARPER 8, ANFERNEE HARDAWAY 5
ATT: 16,630
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MILWAUKEE 27 19 32 21 99
MINNESOTA 21 27 24 22 94 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: MIL - GLENN ROBINSON 19, THREE PLAYERS WITH 14
MIN - TOM GUGLIOTTA 23, KEVIN GARNETT 18, STEPHON MARBURY
14
HIGH REBOUND: MIL - TYRONE HILL 7, ARMON GILLIAM 5
MIN - TOM GUGLIOTTA 10, KEVIN GARNETT 8
HIGH ASSISTS: MIL - TERRELL BRANDON 6, RAY ALLEN 6
MIN - STEPHON MARBURY 9, TOM GUGLIOTTA 3
ATT: 13,772
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
PHOENIX 28 22 23 13 86
DALLAS 21 30 19 29 99 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: PHO - JASON KIDD 19, REX CHAPMAN 15, STEVE NASH 13
DAL - MICHAEL FINLEY 21, ROBERT PACK 19, HUBERT DAVIS 19
HIGH REBOUND: PHO - TOM CHAMBERS 10, CLIFF ROBINSON 10
DAL - AC GREEN 17, MICHAEL FINLEY 7
HIGH ASSISTS: PHO - STEVE NASH 5, JASON KIDD 4
DAL - ROBERT PACK 7, HUBERT DAVIS 7
ATT: 11,011
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SACRAMENTO 20 26 16 32 94
PORTLAND 26 18 15 15 74 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: SAC - MITCH RICHMOND 20, BILLY OWENS 16, LAWRENCE
FUNDERBURKE 10
POR - ISAIAH RIDER 17, RASHEED WALLACE 15, JERMAINE ONEAL
11
HIGH REBOUND: SAC - OLDEN POLYNICE 13, LAWRENCE FUNDERBURKE 7
POR - JERMAINE ONEAL 9, THREE PLAYERS WITH 6
HIGH ASSISTS: SAC - OLDEN POLYNICE 4, THREE PLAYERS WITH 3
POR - JOHN CROTTY 8, ISAIAH RIDER 2
ATT: 19,103
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
UTAH 19 19 19 23 80
INDIANA 17 16 32 24 89 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: UTH - KARL MALONE 18, JACQUE VAUGHN 15, ADAM KEEFE 11
IND - DALE DAVIS 16, REGGIE MILLER 13, CHRIS MULLIN 12
HIGH REBOUND: UTH - THREE PLAYERS WITH 7
IND - DALE DAVIS 9, TWO PLAYERS WITH 6
HIGH ASSISTS: UTH - HOWARD EISLEY 5, JEFF HORNACEK 4
IND - MARK JACKSON 7, REGGIE MILLER 4
ATT: 12,975
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 21 22 40 29 112
DENVER 29 26 27 25 107 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: WAS - TRACY MURRAY 27, CALBERT CHEANEY 25, CHRIS WEBBER 23
DEN - ERIC WILLIAMS 18, DANNY FORTSON 18, ANTHONY GOLDWIRE
13
HIGH REBOUND: WAS - CHRIS WEBBER 10, TWO PLAYERS WITH 5
DEN - DANNY FORTSON 11, DEAN GARRETT 10
HIGH ASSISTS: WAS - CHRIS WHITNEY 8, CHRIS WEBBER 7
DEN - BOBBY JACKSON 6, DANNY FORTSON 4
ATT: 5,117
Sunday, October 19
Toronto vs. New York at Hartford, Conn., 6:00 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Charlotte at Roanoke, Va., 7:30 p.m.
Houston vs. Phoenix at Tucson, Ariz., 8:30 p.m.
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ATLANTA (99) AT DETROIT (105)
ATLANTA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
LAETTNER F 24 3-9 2-2 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 8
CORBIN F 14 4-5 0-0 1 2 3 1 4 3 1 8
MUTOMBO C 24 3-3 7-8 4 4 8 0 3 0 0 13
BLAYLOCK G 28 3-7 0-2 0 4 4 2 2 0 3 7
SMITH G 21 3-13 9-9 2 1 3 5 4 0 4 15
MILLER 21 1-3 0-0 4 4 8 1 4 1 2 2
BROWN 25 7-8 0-0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 14
CRAWFORD 26 4-8 6-6 3 1 4 0 2 0 1 14
ANDERSON 12 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 0 1 0 3 0
GRAY 20 5-14 3-4 2 1 3 1 2 1 3 14
RECASNER 20 1-6 2-2 0 1 1 4 4 0 0 4
WHITESIDE 5 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 0
TOTALS 240 34-78 29-33 17 27 44 17 33 5 19 99
(.436) (.879) TEAM REBS: 4 TOTAL TO: 19(22 PTS)
DETROIT
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
G LONG F 24 1-4 1-2 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 3
HILL F 28 4-9 9-13 0 4 4 4 2 3 3 17
B WILLIAMS C 31 5-15 2-2 1 3 4 6 4 0 2 12
HUNTER G 31 6-9 2-2 0 2 2 2 3 3 2 14
DUMARS G 24 4-5 0-2 0 3 3 1 1 1 1 11
MAHORN 13 2-2 2-2 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 6
MCKIE 17 3-6 2-5 0 3 3 4 2 0 0 8
SEALY 28 9-13 4-5 3 1 4 2 4 1 2 22
RATLIFF 12 1-3 1-2 1 1 2 0 3 0 2 3
REID 12 0-2 0-0 2 3 5 1 5 0 0 0
J WILLIAMS 11 2-2 1-2 2 1 3 1 1 2 0 5
OBANNON 6 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
POLLARD 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
TOTALS 240 39-74 24-37 10 24 34 24 31 11 15 105
(.527) (.649) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 15(14 PTS)
ATLANTA 20 23 31 25 - 99
DETROIT 30 24 28 23 - 105
BLOCKED SHOTS: ATLANTA - MUTOMBO, SMITH, BLAYLOCK, GRAY. DETROIT - G
LONG.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: ATLANTA 2-12 (.167), LAETTNER 0-1, BLAYLOCK 1-3, SMITH
0-2, GRAY 1-3, RECASNER 0-2, WHITESIDE 0-1. DETROIT 3-5 (.600), DUMARS
3-4, OBANNON 0-1.
TECHNICALS: ATLANTA - LAETTNER 2 (EJECTED).
OFFICIALS: JIM KINSEY, TERRY DURHAM, MONTY MCCUTCHEN.
A - 6,348. T - 2:45.
ATLANTA (99) AT DETROIT (105)
Theo Ratliff scored 22 points off the bench and Grant Hill added
17 as the Detroit Pistons handed the Atlanta Hawks their first
preseason loss, 105-99, at Knoxville, Tennessee.
Ratliff was 9-for-13 from the field for the Pistons (3-1), who
shot 52.7 percent (39-for-74) and held Atlanta to 43.6 percent
(34-for-78).
Hill had 12 points in the first quarter, helping the Pistons
open a 30-20 lead. Lindsey Hunter scored all but two of his 14
points in the first half as Detroit extended its last to 54-43
at halftime.
Off-season acquisition Brian Williams had 12 points and six
assists and Joe Dumars contributed 11 points, including three
three-pointers, for the Pistons.
Atlanta's Steve Smith hit just 3-of-13 field-goal attempts but
was 9-for-9 from the foul line and finished with 15 points.
Chucky Brown and rookies Chris Crawford and Ed Gray each had 14
points for the Hawks (4-1).
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LA LAKERS (116) AT LA CLIPPERS (85)
LA LAKERS
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
HORRY F 19 4-5 0-0 2 2 4 1 3 1 1 8
FOX F 24 7-9 0-1 1 5 6 1 4 2 0 15
ONEAL C 29 9-14 10-14 1 9 10 2 3 0 2 28
JONES G 25 3-9 2-3 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 11
VAN EXEL G 23 1-6 6-7 1 1 2 5 0 2 0 8
BARRY 21 2-6 0-0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 4
BENNETT 13 3-5 0-0 1 4 5 0 1 0 0 6
BLOUNT 15 2-5 3-4 5 2 7 1 4 1 1 7
FISHER 17 2-3 4-4 0 1 1 5 0 1 0 8
FORREST 7 1-2 1-4 1 4 5 0 1 0 1 3
ROOKS 13 2-4 3-6 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 7
SEALS 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
WHEAT 8 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
BRYANT 24 2-5 4-6 1 3 4 3 1 1 2 9
TOTALS 240 39-76 33-49 15 36 51 22 21 9 12 116
(.513) (.673) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 12(0 PTS)
LA CLIPPERS
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ROGERS F 23 2-6 2-5 1 0 1 3 4 0 1 6
WRIGHT F 27 5-10 1-1 2 5 7 0 2 0 1 11
VRANKOVIC C 16 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 2 4 1 3 2
MARTIN G 26 2-7 0-1 1 0 1 4 4 1 2 5
BARRY G 26 3-9 1-1 0 5 5 3 1 0 2 8
CLOSS 23 6-9 2-4 0 4 4 0 3 0 2 14
COLLINS 5 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0
GARRIS 4 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2
HUFFMAN 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0
MANNING 7 2-4 1-4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 5
MCCRAY 3 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
MURRAY 20 3-10 7-8 1 5 6 0 3 0 2 13
PIATKOWSKI 17 1-7 0-0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 2
RICHARDSON 18 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 2
TAYLOR 21 3-10 7-8 0 4 4 1 4 1 2 13
TOTALS 240 31-80 21-32 10 29 39 18 31 8 17 85
(.388) (.656) TEAM REBS: 5 TOTAL TO: 17(0 PTS)
LA LAKERS 25 23 43 25 - 116
LA CLIPPERS 20 14 18 33 - 85
BLOCKED SHOTS: LA LAKERS - BLOUNT, JONES, ONEAL, ROOKS. LA CLIPPERS -
WRIGHT 2, CLOSS.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: LA LAKERS 5-17 (.294), HORRY 0-1, FOX 1-1, JONES 3-4,
VAN EXEL 0-3, BARRY 0-3, SEALS 0-1, WHEAT 0-1, BRYANT 1-3. LA CLIPPERS
2-15 (.133), ROGERS 0-3, MARTIN 1-3, BARRY 1-3, COLLINS 0-1, MURRAY 0-2,
PIATKOWSKI 0-3.
TECHNICALS: LA LAKERS - ILLEGAL DEFENSE 2, BARRY, LA CLIPPERS - MARTIN,
MURRAY.
OFFICIALS: BENNETT SALVATORE, LUIS GRILLO, BENNIE ADAMS.
A - 17,398. T - 0:00.
LA LAKERS (116) AT LA CLIPPERS (85)
Shaquille O'Neal scored 15 of his 26 points in the decisive
third quarter as the Los Angeles Lakers trounced the Los Angeles
Clippers, 116-85, at St. Louis.
The Lakers (2-1) built a 48-34 lead at halftime before taking
command in the third, outscoring the Clippers by 25 points to
open a 91-52 advantage entering the final period.
The Lakers outscored their crosstown rivals, 66-32, over the
second and third quarters.
Rookie Keith Closs scored 15 points for the Clippers (1-4), who
suffered their fourth straight loss following an win over the
Vancouver Grizzlies.
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MIAMI (84) AT ORLANDO (97)
MIAMI
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MASHBURN F 29 2-9 2-3 0 4 4 3 2 0 3 6
BROWN F 16 0-3 0-0 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
AUSTIN C 26 5-8 2-2 2 7 9 1 4 2 1 12
LENARD G 29 3-9 2-2 3 0 3 2 2 0 0 10
HARDAWAY G 32 8-19 4-4 0 4 4 4 3 0 4 23
STRICKLAND 27 1-6 2-2 2 4 6 1 2 1 0 4
DAY 16 1-5 0-0 0 1 1 0 4 1 3 2
CAUSWELL 12 0-0 0-2 1 4 5 0 4 0 1 0
MURDOCK 25 3-7 1-2 3 0 3 3 3 3 4 7
DAVIS 9 3-6 0-0 4 3 7 1 3 0 0 6
SMITH 7 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
HUCKABY 6 1-3 2-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 4
DOBBINS 6 4-4 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 8
TOTALS 240 32-81 15-19 16 31 47 18 33 8 18 84
(.395) (.789) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 19(26 PTS)
ORLANDO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ANDERSON F 27 1-5 0-0 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 2
GRANT F 19 3-4 1-2 1 7 8 1 4 1 1 7
SEIKALY C 23 6-9 4-6 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 16
A HARDAWAY G 26 6-10 7-9 1 4 5 5 0 4 2 19
D HARPER G 26 3-9 0-0 1 1 2 8 1 1 0 7
EVANS 15 3-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 6
STRONG 21 4-7 4-6 1 4 5 1 2 0 0 12
ARMSTRONG 19 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 4 3 1 1 0
OUTLAW 23 2-5 4-7 4 3 7 1 3 4 0 8
WILKINS 22 4-14 2-6 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 10
KEMPTON 4 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
TAYLOR 6 2-3 0-2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
BRUNSON 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0
VAUGHN 3 1-1 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
LAWSON 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 240 37-77 22-40 11 24 35 25 20 13 10 97
(.481) (.550) TEAM REBS: 21 TOTAL TO: 10(7 PTS)
MIAMI 14 23 26 21 - 84
ORLANDO 32 20 21 24 - 97
BLOCKED SHOTS: MIAMI - AUSTIN, STRICKLAND, CAUSWELL. ORLANDO - ANDERSON.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: MIAMI 5-22 (.227), MASHBURN 0-4, LENARD 2-6, HARDAWAY
3-8, DAY 0-2, MURDOCK 0-1, HUCKABY 0-1. ORLANDO 1-6 (.167), ANDERSON 0-1,
A HARDAWAY 0-1, D HARPER 1-3, ARMSTRONG 0-1.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: HUGH EVANS, LEON WOOD, TOM WASHINGTON.
A - 16,630. T - 2:18.
MIAMI (84) AT ORLANDO (97)
Anfernee Hardaway scored 12 of his 19 points in the first
quarter as the Orlando Magic raced to an 18-point lead en route
to their first victory of the preseason, 97-84 over the Miami
Heat.
Hardaway got the Magic (1-3) off to fast start, collecting six
points as Orlando scored the first 12 before opening a 32-14
lead after the opening quarter.
The Magic continued to pour it on in the second period,
extending their lead to 25 points before the Heat cut the
deficit to 52-37 at halftime. Rony Seikaly added 16 points and
Charles Outlaw contributed eight points and seven rebounds off
the bench for Orlando.
Tim Hardaway scored 23 points and Isaac Austin added 12 for the
Heat (2-1), who got as close as seven late in the third quarter
before Orlando pulled away with a 22-12 burst.
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MILWAUKEE (99) AT MINNESOTA (94)
MILWAUKEE
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
HILL F 27 6-9 2-3 3 4 7 1 3 4 3 14
ROBINSON F 31 6-16 7-8 1 1 2 0 3 1 1 19
JOHNSON C 27 4-5 1-2 0 2 2 0 5 1 3 9
ALLEN G 28 6-10 0-2 0 4 4 6 6 2 0 14
BRANDON G 29 6-11 2-2 2 2 4 6 3 1 2 14
BREAUX 17 3-8 5-8 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 11
CURRY 20 4-5 2-2 0 2 2 1 4 1 1 10
FEICK 16 0-2 0-0 2 2 4 1 5 0 1 0
GILLIAM 26 2-8 0-0 0 5 5 0 5 0 1 4
PERRY 19 1-2 2-2 1 0 1 2 2 1 3 4
TOTALS 240 38-76 21-29 9 22 31 20 36 13 16 99
(.500) (.724) TEAM REBS: 13 TOTAL TO: 16(0 PTS)
MINNESOTA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
GUGLIOTTA F 33 7-16 9-12 0 10 10 3 4 0 6 23
K GARNETT F 38 6-11 6-9 1 7 8 1 3 0 1 18
PARKS C 21 2-2 1-2 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 5
CARR G 23 2-6 3-4 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 7
MARBURY G 31 2-12 10-12 1 3 4 9 2 3 7 14
JORDAN 11 2-5 2-3 2 2 4 0 3 1 1 6
MITCHELL 30 3-6 3-4 0 5 5 1 4 0 1 9
PORTER 9 1-1 0-0 1 2 3 1 0 1 2 2
ROZIER 26 1-2 1-4 1 2 3 0 3 0 1 3
WILLIAMS 18 1-5 5-6 0 0 0 2 3 3 1 7
TOTALS 240 27-66 40-56 10 31 41 18 28 8 22 94
(.409) (.714) TEAM REBS: 16 TOTAL TO: 22(0 PTS)
MILWAUKEE 27 19 32 21 - 99
MINNESOTA 21 27 24 22 - 94
BLOCKED SHOTS: MILWAUKEE - JOHNSON 3, FEICK, BRANDON. MINNESOTA - ROZIER
4, PARKS, K GARNETT.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: MILWAUKEE 2-7 (.286), ALLEN 2-3, BRANDON 0-1, BREAUX
0-3. MINNESOTA 0-3 (.000), GUGLIOTTA 0-1, MARBURY 0-2.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: JIM CLARK, DAVID JONES, GARY BENSON.
A - 13,772. T - 0:00.
MILWAUKEE (99) AT MINNESOTA (94)
Glenn Robinson scored 19 points and recently acquired Tyrone
Hill and Terrell Brandon fueled a decisive third-quarter spurt
as the unbeaten Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Minnesota
Timberwolves, 99-94.
Hill and Brandon -- acquired from the Cleveland Cavaliers in the
three-way trade that sent Shawn Kemp to Cleveland and Vin Baker
to Seattle -- scored four points apiece to make up an 8-0 burst
that turned a six-point lead into a 69-55 advantage with six
minutes remaining in the third quarter.
Hill and Ray Allen each finished with 14 points for Milwaukee
(3-0). Brandon had 12 points, eight in the third quarter.
Tom Gugliotta scored 23 points and Kevin Garnett added 18 for
Minnesota (1-3). Stephon Marbury chipped in with 14.
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PHOENIX (86) AT DALLAS (99)
PHOENIX
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
NASH F 39 5-12 2-2 1 4 5 5 2 1 5 13
ROBINSON F 30 2-6 2-4 2 8 10 2 3 0 0 6
LLAMAS C 24 3-5 6-6 0 4 4 0 5 1 1 12
CHAPMAN G 37 4-9 6-8 0 4 4 2 0 0 2 15
KIDD G 29 8-21 2-2 3 5 8 4 3 1 2 19
CHAMBERS 23 4-10 0-0 6 4 10 2 2 0 5 8
BRYANT 17 2-6 2-2 2 3 5 0 2 1 1 6
DIRDEN 15 0-2 0-0 2 0 2 1 1 0 4 0
MILLARD 25 1-4 5-8 2 4 6 0 5 0 1 7
JACKSON 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 240 29-76 25-32 18 36 54 16 24 4 22 86
(.382) (.781) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 22(33 PTS)
DALLAS
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
FINLEY F 44 8-20 3-5 2 5 7 5 3 4 1 21
GREEN F 40 2-5 2-6 3 14 17 2 4 2 0 6
BRADLEY C 19 6-11 1-3 1 2 3 1 4 0 3 13
REEVES G 19 3-5 1-1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 7
PACK G 38 8-16 3-4 1 3 4 7 3 0 3 19
CUSTIS 8 1-1 0-0 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 2
DAVIS 32 8-11 2-3 0 0 0 7 2 1 0 19
WELLS 9 3-6 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6
STRONG 8 0-3 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
MACKEY 4 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2
WHITTED 12 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
OLLIE 7 1-3 2-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
TOTALS 240 41-85 14-24 8 30 38 24 24 9 12 99
(.482) (.583) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 12(15 PTS)
PHOENIX 28 22 23 13 - 86
DALLAS 21 30 19 29 - 99
BLOCKED SHOTS: PHOENIX - ROBINSON 3, CHAMBERS 2, LLAMAS, KIDD. DALLAS -
FINLEY, BRADLEY, REEVES, MACKEY.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: PHOENIX 3-13 (.231), NASH 1-3, CHAPMAN 1-3, KIDD 1-3,
DIRDEN 0-2, MILLARD 0-1, JACKSON 0-1. DALLAS 3-4 (.750), FINLEY 2-2,
REEVES 0-1, DAVIS 1-1.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: DAN CRAWFORD, ED MIDDLETON, RASHAN MICHEL.
A - 11,011. T - 2:22.
PHOENIX (86) AT DALLAS (99)
Michael Finley scored 21 points and A.C. Green pulled down 17
rebounds as the Dallas Mavericks won their first game of the
preseason, defeating the Phoenix Suns, 99-86.
Robert Pack and Hubert Davis each added 19 points and seven
assists for Dallas (1-3). Davis scored 12 points in the fourth
quarter, when he was 6-of-7 from the field.
Dallas closed the last 2:50 of the third quarter on a 12-2 run,
cutting a 71-58 deficit to 73-70. Davis later made the first of
three consecutive jumpers with 7:25 left in the fourth quarter,
giving the Mavericks the lead for good, 80-79.
Jason Kidd scored 19 points to lead Phoenix (3-1). Rex Chapman
and Clifford Robinson each had 10 rebounds for the Suns, with
Chapman adding 15 points. The Suns outrebounded the Mavericks,
54-38.
The Mavericks lost two players with injuries. Rookie forward
Ace Custis went down with a sprained right knee in the second
quarter and is scheduled to have an MRI on Saturday. Pack broke
the ring finger on his right hand in the second half and will
have surgery to repair the injury next week. He's expected to
miss a minimum of four weeks.
Dallas also lost center Shawn Bradley in the third quarter when
he was called for his second flagrant elbow of the game.
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SACRAMENTO (94) AT PORTLAND (74)
SACRAMENTO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
OWENS F 33 6-10 4-6 1 5 6 2 4 2 4 16
SMITH F 22 3-5 2-2 2 2 4 2 3 3 2 8
POLYNICE C 29 4-7 0-4 4 9 13 4 3 0 1 8
DEHERE G 20 1-3 0-0 0 4 4 1 3 0 4 2
ABDUL-RAUF G 19 3-7 2-2 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 8
FUNDERBURKE 31 4-9 2-3 2 5 7 2 1 1 0 10
RICHMOND 30 7-17 5-6 0 3 3 2 1 1 3 20
HURLEY 9 2-3 1-2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 6
STEWART 17 1-2 0-0 1 4 5 1 6 0 3 2
JOHNSON 17 2-5 0-0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 5
GRIMM 11 3-5 0-0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 7
SALVADORI 2 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
TOTALS 240 37-74 16-25 13 34 47 23 27 7 18 94
(.500) (.640) TEAM REBS: 14 TOTAL TO: 21(17 PTS)
PORTLAND
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
AUGMON F 30 2-8 1-3 1 5 6 1 4 0 1 5
WALLACE F 32 7-16 1-2 1 1 2 0 2 4 2 15
SABONIS C 10 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0
RIDER G 36 7-18 2-4 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 17
CROTTY G 33 1-6 3-4 0 3 3 8 3 1 3 5
ONEAL 22 3-8 5-6 6 3 9 1 1 0 3 11
CATO 28 3-7 4-4 2 4 6 0 3 2 1 10
GRANT 23 3-7 1-2 3 3 6 0 2 2 2 7
WILLIAMS 15 1-5 0-4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
HIGGINS 11 0-3 2-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
TOTALS 240 27-78 19-31 15 22 37 12 20 9 13 74
(.346) (.613) TEAM REBS: 11 TOTAL TO: 13(14 PTS)
SACRAMENTO 20 26 16 32 - 94
PORTLAND 26 18 15 15 - 74
BLOCKED SHOTS: SACRAMENTO - FUNDERBURKE 3, POLYNICE, OWENS, STEWART.
PORTLAND - AUGMON, CROTTY, ONEAL, CATO, GRANT.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: SACRAMENTO 4-12 (.333), OWENS 0-1, ABDUL-RAUF 0-1,
RICHMOND 1-6, HURLEY 1-1, JOHNSON 1-1, GRIMM 1-2. PORTLAND 1-9 (.111),
WALLACE 0-2, RIDER 1-5, CROTTY 0-1, ONEAL 0-1.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: STEVE JAVIE, RON OLESIAK, DEREK RICHARDSON.
A - 19,103. T - 2:09.
SACRAMENTO (94) AT PORTLAND (74)
Mitch Richmond scored 13 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter
as the Sacramento Kings pulled away for a 94-74 victory over the
Portland Trail Blazers.
The Kings (2-2) held a 62-59 lead after three quarters but
opened the fourth with a 6-0 spurt, sparked by Richmond's
three-point play.
A layup by Rasheed Wallace started a string of six straight
points for the Blazers, who pulled within 76-70 with less than
four minutes to go. But three-pointers by rookies Derek Grimm
and Anthony Johnson sandwiched around a three-pointer by
Richmond as the Kings built the lead to 85-70 with 1:58
remaining.
Portland's Jermaine O'Neal hit a layup but Richmond responded
with another three-pointer.
Wallace scored 10 of his 15 points in the first quarter as
Portland took a 26-20 lead. But Billy Owens scored all 16 of
his points in the first half, helping the Kings to a 46-44
halftime edge.
Isaiah Rider led the Blazers (3-2) with 17 points and former
King Brian Grant, a free-agent acquistion, had just seven points
and five rebounds in 19 minutes.
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UTAH (80) AT INDIANA (89)
UTAH
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
RUSSELL F 24 0-5 1-2 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 1
MALONE F 25 8-14 2-5 0 7 7 1 3 1 3 18
OSTERTAG C 17 1-2 0-2 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 2
HORNACEK G 24 4-9 2-2 0 2 2 4 2 0 1 10
EISLEY G 26 2-6 3-4 1 1 2 5 3 1 5 7
ANDERSON 17 0-3 0-0 1 2 3 1 3 0 1 0
FOSTER 22 2-6 2-2 1 6 7 2 2 0 0 6
KEEFE 24 4-7 3-6 1 6 7 1 4 3 2 11
CARR 21 4-6 2-3 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 10
VAUGHN 22 6-10 3-3 1 4 5 3 4 2 4 15
ERDMANN 7 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
DREILING 11 0-2 0-2 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 240 31-72 18-31 11 33 44 22 27 9 17 80
(.431) (.581) TEAM REBS: 11 TOTAL TO: 17(18 PTS)
INDIANA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MULLIN F 20 5-6 2-2 0 3 3 2 2 2 0 12
A DAVIS F 18 0-1 0-0 1 5 6 1 6 0 3 0
SMITS C 28 2-10 5-8 1 5 6 0 4 1 1 9
MILLER G 24 5-10 3-4 0 1 1 4 2 0 1 13
BEST G 26 2-9 2-2 0 4 4 3 1 2 1 6
D DAVIS 30 7-12 2-3 3 6 9 3 3 0 2 16
WEST 14 0-2 3-4 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 3
JACKSON 22 1-3 3-4 1 2 3 7 1 1 0 5
ROSE 27 3-12 2-2 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 8
HOIBERG 22 4-7 1-2 0 5 5 1 0 2 2 11
POPE 4 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
BOHANNON 2 2-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 4
RILEY 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
LINDEMAN 1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 240 32-77 23-31 9 33 42 24 31 9 15 89
(.416) (.742) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 15(19 PTS)
UTAH 19 19 19 23 - 80
INDIANA 17 16 32 24 - 89
BLOCKED SHOTS: UTAH - MALONE, EISLEY. INDIANA - A DAVIS 2, SMITS 2, D
DAVIS 2, WEST 2, ROSE.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: UTAH 0-4 (.000), RUSSELL 0-2, HORNACEK 0-1, FOSTER 0-1.
INDIANA 2-13 (.154), MILLER 0-2, BEST 0-1, D DAVIS 0-1, JACKSON 0-1, ROSE
0-3, HOIBERG 2-4, POPE 0-1.
TECHNICALS: UTAH - MALONE, INDIANA - ILLEGAL DEFENSE.
OFFICIALS: BERNIE FRYER, NOLAN FINE, DEREK RICHARDSON.
A - 12,975. T - 2:03.
UTAH (80) AT INDIANA (89)
Dale Davis scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds off the
bench as the Indiana Pacers capitalized on a big third quarter
to post an 89-80 victory over the Utah Jazz.
The Jazz had a 38-33 halftime lead before Indiana outscored them
in the third quarter, 32-19, to take a 65-57 advantage into the
final period.
Indiana led 62-57 with 85 seconds left in the third quarter
before going on a 13-0 run that was capped by Fred Hoiberg's
layup with 8:11 left in the fourth.
Reggie Miller scored 13 points and Chris Mullin added 12 for
Indiana (2-2).
Karl Malone scored 12 of his 18 points in the third quarter to
lead the Jazz. Jacque Vaughn added 15 points and Adam Keefe had
11 for Utah (2-1).
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WASHINGTON (112) AT DENVER (107)
WASHINGTON
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
WEBBER F 40 9-17 5-8 4 6 10 7 5 2 4 23
GRANT F 22 3-4 0-0 0 4 4 3 4 1 0 6
WILLIAMS C 15 0-2 0-0 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0
STRICKLAND G 17 2-6 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 8
CHEANEY G 41 11-19 2-3 2 2 4 4 4 2 0 25
SHAMMGOD 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0
WHITNEY 32 1-8 6-8 1 3 4 8 4 3 5 8
WALLACE 4 0-0 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
HAM 14 2-3 2-4 2 3 5 0 4 2 1 6
OLIVER 11 4-8 1-1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 9
T MURRAY 34 9-17 6-6 0 5 5 1 3 1 4 27
LECKNER 6 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 240 41-85 25-38 11 28 39 27 32 11 20 112
(.482) (.658) TEAM REBS: 4 TOTAL TO: 20(0 PTS)
DENVER
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
BATTIE F 21 3-8 5-10 2 2 4 0 5 2 2 11
WILLIAMS F 37 5-16 8-10 2 3 5 3 2 1 2 18
GARRETT C 28 3-7 0-1 4 6 10 0 3 2 1 6
JACKSON G 32 5-12 1-2 2 3 5 6 6 0 6 12
STITH G 35 4-8 2-2 1 5 6 2 2 0 2 11
GOLDWIRE 13 5-6 2-2 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 13
CODE 8 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2
WASHINGTON 9 3-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
FORTSON 29 6-13 6-7 5 6 11 4 4 1 7 18
NEWMAN 21 3-5 2-2 0 2 2 1 0 2 3 8
LAUDERDALE 7 0-3 1-2 2 2 4 0 1 0 2 1
TOTALS 240 38-84 27-38 18 32 50 17 28 8 26 107
(.452) (.711) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 26(0 PTS)
WASHINGTON 21 22 40 29 - 112
DENVER 29 26 27 25 - 107
BLOCKED SHOTS: WASHINGTON - WEBBER 3, HAM 2, T MURRAY 2, CHEANEY,
WHITNEY, WALLACE, WILLIAMS, STRICKLAND. DENVER - GARRETT 2, BATTIE,
FORTSON.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: WASHINGTON 5-14 (.357), STRICKLAND 1-1, CHEANEY 1-1,
WHITNEY 0-4, OLIVER 0-1, T MURRAY 3-7. DENVER 4-9 (.444), WILLIAMS 0-1,
JACKSON 1-1, STITH 1-3, GOLDWIRE 1-2, WASHINGTON 1-2.
TECHNICALS: DENVER - ILLEGAL DEFENSE 2.
OFFICIALS: GREG WILLARD, HUE HOLLINS, JOHN HEATLEY.
A - 5,117. T - 0:00.
WASHINGTON (112) AT DENVER (107)
Tracy Murray scored 27 points and Calbert Cheaney added 25 to
lead the Washington Wizards to their first preseason win, a
112-107 victory over the Denver Nuggets.
Murray connected on 9-of-17 shots off the bench, including
3-of-7 from three-point range. Chris Webber added 23 points and
10 rebounds for Washington (1-2).
Cheaney hit on 11-of-19 shots for Washington, which trailed
55-43 at halftime before outscoring the Nuggets in the third
quarter, 40-27.
Rookie Danny Fortson led the Nuggets (2-2) with 18 points and 11
rebounds. Eric Williams, an off-season acquisition from Boston,
also contributed 18 points.
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Bulls to face Olympiakos for McDonald's title
PARIS -- The Chicago Bulls, even at half strength, have found their
way into another championship game.
This time it is the finals of the McDonald's Championship after an
89-82 victory over stubborn French champions Paris-St. Germain on
Friday.
"You probably saw the results of a few too many hot chocolates and
crepes," said Bulls center Luc Longley, who finished with 14 points.
European champion Olympiakos drew the spot in the finals opposite the
five-time NBA champions after defeating Argentina's Atenas de Cordoba
in the other semifinal 89-86 on a four-point play with 9.6 seconds to
play by Lithuanian Arturas Karnisovas.
The loudest crowd noise in the Bulls' lackluster first half came from
the 13,515 fans in the Bercy Sports Palace when catcalls screamed out
to greet French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin as he was shown on an
huge arena TV screen.
Michael Jordan, whose presence has drawn 1,000 reporters to Paris --
more than for the NBA Finals -- finished with 28 points and got wild
cheers even for the unspectacular. In some polls he's the most popular
athlete in France.
Stephane Risacher had 14 for Paris-St. Germain.
Paris-St. Germain coach Bozidar Maljkovic said he wouldn't bet against
Olympiakos beating the Bulls. And he said without Jordan, his team
would have.
"Without Michael Jordan, yeah, we would have won," said Maljkovic, who
has won four European championships. "With better success shooting
free throws it would have been at least at tie. Why not?"
"Who would know if that would happen?" Bulls coach Phil Jackson said.
"How can you make a statement like that? You have to go out and play
the game again to know.
"It's obvoius they were in the better condition; they've been playing
two months and we have 11 days in," Jackson added. "I wasn't worried
we'd lose the game, I felt we could pull it out in the end."
The Bulls, with Scottie Pippen recovering from foot surgery and Dennis
Rodman ill and surely distracted by a week of NBA hoopla in the French
capital, started Jason Caffey and Randy Brown in place of their two
missing stars. Still, Chicago led 42-29 at halftime after trailing
7-4.
However, the French team never looked outclassed and were within six
points several times late in the final quarter.
The NBA is 15-0 in this event and only one NBA team has ever lost to
an international team. That came in 1986 when the Atlanta Hawks --
fielding an under-strength club -- lost to the Soviet national team in
Moscow.
There have been close calls. In 1990 in Barcelona, the New York Knicks
needed a 3-pointer with eight seconds left to force overtime and
eventually eke out a 119-115 overtime victory over Italian club
Scavolini Pesaro.
In the first half in particular, the Bulls scored almost exclusively
on transition baskets while making it difficult for the French --
accustomed to 30 seconds to shoot under European rules -- to run their
offense in 24 seconds.
They led twice in the third quarter by 17, but that was trimmed to
four early in the fourth as the the Bulls hit only one of their first
10 3-point attempts.
In the other semifinal, Karnisovas, who played at Seton Hall, had 23
points for Olympiakos, which had a bye into the semifinals. American
Michael Hawkins, who played briefly with the Boston Celtics, has 22.
The Argentines, who beat Italy's Benetton Treviso 87-78 in Thursday's
opening round, were led by American Steve Edwards with 23. Edwards
played college basketball at Miami.
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Miami changes Saturday's game time
MIAMI (Oct 17, 1997 - 15:28 EDT) -- Because of the Florida Marlins'
World Series appearance, the Miami Heat has moved the time of
Saturday's game against the New Jersey Nets to 4 p.m. EDT.
The game, which was originally set for 7:30 p.m., was shifted to avoid
a direct conflict with the opening game of the World Series between
the Marlins and Cleveland Indians.
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NBA roundup
Nets: Kerry Kittles left the Nets' Thursday night loss to Cleveland
midway through the fourth quarter with a strained left groin. The team
listed him as day-to-day, and coach John Calipari indicated he might
be able to play Monday against Utah. "Cal must think I'm made of
rubber bands or something," Kittles kidded.
Jazz: Already without John Stockton for as long as three months, the
Jazz got a scare Thursday when Karl Malone fell and hurt his right
wrist during practice. X-rays showed nothing broken, and he was
expected to play Friday against Indiana.
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National Basketball Association Transactions
Oct 17 1997
Boston Celtics: Signed free-agent center William Cunningham.
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Shaq covering up Nike logo; Dumars won't wear Nike clothes
(Oct 17, 1997 - 20:58 EDT) - Shaq doesn't care to strut in a swoosh.
Joe Dumars says he must be allergic to the ubiquitous Nike logo.
Welcome to the latest chapter of insignia insurrection among
basketball stars.
Shaquille O'Neal is putting tape over the Nike logo on his Los Angeles
Lakers warmup suit because he is under contract with rival Reebok and
doesn't want to appear to be endorsing a rival's product. During
games, the logo is not an issue because the swoosh does not appear on
his team's jerseys or shorts.
Dumars also has a problem with Nike, but it's nothing like O'Neal's.
Dumars has developed a rash while wearing the Detroit Pistons' new
practice shirts and game uniforms, which are designed by Nike.
"I think I'm allergic to the swoosh," said Dumars, a long-time Adidas
endorser.
The Pistons switched from Champion apparel to Nike for this season,
and Dumars began developing a rash.
"It's not big, blotchy sores, but it's itching and aching," Pistons
trainer Mike Abdenour said. "It's one of those things where we have to
protect him and correct the problem."
Nike is supplying uniforms, warmups and practice apparel to 10 teams,
Champion is outfitting 10 teams and Starter is doing nine. Logos do
not appear on game uniforms. Champion had the league-wide contract
last year.
"We're aware of the O'Neal situation and are looking into it," NBA
spokeswoman Hillary Cassidy said. "The Dumars situation is a totally
different issue -- it just seems to be an allergic reaction."
"We're playing a role in resolving the issue. I don't think it will be
a problem," Lakers spokesman John Black said.
Nike isn't fazed by O'Neal's action.
"The irony is that we never would have gotten all this attention had
Shaq not taped over the swoosh, so we'll take it," Nike spokeswoman
Vizhier Corpuz said Friday.
Nike contemplates no action against O'Neal.
"We're not playing logo cop," Corpuz said. "We'll leave that to the
league."
O'Neal's logo cover-up is reminiscent of the flap during the 1992
Barcelona Olympics when several members of the Dream Team, most
notably Michael Jordan, refused to appear on the medal stand wearing
Reebok warmup suits.
A compromise was reached whereby the team members who objected were
allowed to drape the American flag over their shoulders so it would
cover the logo.
O'Neal's agent, Leonard Armato, said his client taped over the swoosh
"once or twice during practices and media events," but would not
violate NBA rules on team logos.
"Shaq issued a symbolic statement of loyalty to the companies that are
his marketing partners," Armato said.
O'Neal had a piece of black tape covering the logo when he walked onto
the court in St. Louis on Friday night for an exhibition game against
the Los Angeles Clippers.
"I'm not supposed to be creating controversy," O'Neal said. "I'm
employed by Reebok and Warner Brothers Sports, and they told me to not
to worry about it, to chill out. I'm doing it becaue I'm loyal to
Reebok and Warner Bros. sports.
Reebok said the 7-foot-1 star was acting on his own, and covering a
Nike logo goes beyond any requirements of his four-year contract.
"To the best of my knowledge, we have not had discussions with
Shaquille," Reebok spokesman Dave Fogelson said.
He said many Reebok endorsers wear apparel with competing logos
because of team contracts with those sponsors. The Dallas Cowboys, for
example, wear Nike uniforms while their star running back, Emmitt
Smith, is a Reebok endorser.
"We certainly respect that this is how sport is governed," Fogelson
added. "We do not have any conversations with our endorsers other than
that they abide by the uniform contract."
The Pistons, meanwhile, are trying to figure out exactly why Dumars
broke into a rash from wearing Nike apparel.
"We've sent our detergent and laundry supplies to a lab, we're waiting
for results on tests on our laundry machines, but we've been using the
same detergent and machines for years and have never had a problem,"
Abdenour said. "We're not quite sure what's going on with Joe."
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Stern looks to add women's game to McDonald's tourney
PARIS -- NBA commissioner David Stern hopes to add a women's game to
the McDonald's Championships and is confident of eventually giving the
women their own event.
"I think we have the capacity to have some game at the next McDonald's
and then a tournament shortly thereafter," Stern said Friday.
Stern said he envisions an exhibition game between a group of WNBA
All-Stars and a European All-Star team at the next McDonald's
Championship in two years.
Stern also said he was not worried about the negative impact on the
NBA if Michael Jordan retires from basketball next year.
"When he retires there will be a void that no one player can fill,"
Stern said. "But other stars have retired and the NBA has gone on."
Stern said that Jordan and the NBA helped each other.
"When Michael Jordan began in 1984, cable and satellite delivery in
the United States and around the world hadn't even begun to develop,"
Stern said.
"In the intervening 13 years, the growth of all those things has been
so extraordinary, the pace so fast, there will never be a growth spurt
like that again,"
Boris Stankovic, who heads FIBA, the world governing body of
basketball, said he was pleased with the development of an event that
started as a three-team tournament 10 years ago with the Milwaukee
Bucks, the Soviet National team and Tracer Milan of Italy.
"Now we have 72 TV stations showing it in 164 countries in
approximately 40 languages, and it's seen by, we hope, 650 million
people," Stankovic said.
Russ Granik, who heads USA Basketball, looked to next year and the
World Basketball Championships in Greece.
He said within the next few weeks there will be an announcement of the
first 10 players for Team USA, and said he and Stern are looking for
an additional exhibition in Europe in addition to a game already
scheduled in Rome next July.
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Pitino's Celtics are truly green
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct 17, 1997 - 08:34 EDT) -- It says Celtics on their
jerseys, but this group bears no more resemblance to the real Celtics
than the current Reds do to the Big Red Machine.
Larry Bird is off coaching the Indiana Pacers. Dave Cowens is coaching
the Charlotte Hornets. That's Tom Heinsohn over there, but he's
broadcasting the games.
The guys running up and down the floor, trapping and pressing and
looking terribly out of control at times, could easily be mistaken for
an expansion team, a collection of rookies and free agents who one day
hope to become just like the old Boston Celtics.
They are losing to the New Jersey Nets, 123-115, in an NBA exhibition
game at Rupp Arena on Wednesday night and looking pretty bad doing it.
But their coach, Rick Pitino, the former University of Kentucky coach
who was paid $50 million over 10 years to reinvent this team, is
thrilled.
He wasn't watching the game. He was peeking into the future. OK, maybe
he was using a telescope to view a future that's two or three years
away, but what he saw was real enough to him even if no one else could
see it.
"Of the three games we've played, that's the best we've looked,"
Pitino said afterwards. "We've improved tremendously from our last
game."
After eight years of watching the UK Wildcats run and press opponents
into submission, Pitino is on the other end now, preaching patience
and taking solace in small victories. On this night, much of his
satisfaction stems from the fact that his team rotated better on
defense than it has in its other games.
"I'm very excited," Pitino says.
The Celtics won only 15 games last year. The team that used to
dominate the league finished 46 games out of first place in its
division. It hasn't been to the playoffs since 1993 and won its last
NBA championship in 1986. Frankly, they are desperate, which is why
they called Pitino.
Pitino has been down this road before. He took over UK while it was on
probation and built it into an NCAA Tournament champion. He improved
the New York Knicks from 38-44 his first year to 52-30 his second.
But he says this is his most difficult challenge, saddled as he is by
salary caps and guaranteed contracts. Still, that hasn't stopped him
from tearing the Celtics apart in a matter of months and stocking the
team with players more suited to his full-court press, then working
them so hard they have to hook themselves up to intravenous feeders
after practice.
"I do realize it's going to take a lot of patience," Pitino said. "You
can't show frustration at all in the early going because it will upset
the team in a negative way."
It would have helped if the Celtics had won the NBA lottery for the
right to draft Wake Forest center Tim Duncan. But Pitino didn't have
that kind of luck. He had to settle for point guard Chauncey Billups
and swingman Ron Mercer, his old standby at UK.
Still in need of a center, he signed free agent Travis Knight, a
rather frail 7-footer who backed up Shaquille O'Neal with the Los
Angeles Lakers last season. From the outside, signing Knight was the
best indication yet of just how desperate this franchise was. But
Pitino talks about Knight as if he has made the steal of the century.
Then Knight goes out against the Nets and scores 19 points to go with
10 rebounds and suddenly Pitino looks pretty smart.
The biggest thing Pitino has going for him as he tries to resurrect
this franchise is his track record. His players have bought into this
reclamation project. Trailing by 13 points with 2:39 left, they're
still playing as hard as they were during the first two minutes. They
cut the lead to six with 1:38 to go before the Nets regain control.
"Obviously, he's proven himself," Knight said. "And he's proven that
his style works. We've just got to learn it."
Let's not kid anyone here. This is still a bad team. Knight isn't
likely to get 19 points and 10 rebounds against Patrick Ewing. The
defense comes and goes. Playing that breakneck style of Pitino's is
bound to take its toll over 82 games. "It's going to be tough," said
Antoine Walker, a second-year forward from UK. "We're going to have to
win games doing the little things."
No one is lighting any victory cigars in Boston yet. Boston has lost
all three of its exhibition games. But Pitino smiles, knowing how bad
his team was a week ago, a year ago.
Pitino could be getting ready for Midnight Madness at UK. He could be
preparing for another run at a national championship in a state where
he's still idolized. Instead, he finds himself getting excited about
improved defensive rotations, albeit $50 million to the good. He's
under no illusions about the job he faces. Or about the job he gave
up.
"At the midway point, if we're above .500, this will still be a
blast," he says. "If we're below .500, I'll describe it as something
else."
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T-Wolves owner will get involved with Twins stadium
MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor has begun
discussions with legislative leaders in hopes of getting a stadium
built and keeping the Minnesota Twins. He also says he intends to buy
a piece of the team, a published report says.
Taylor said he will ask legislative leaders Friday if his
participation in the stadium process and an ownership stake in the
team would make a difference.
Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe said Friday he has had many
conversations with Taylor, a former Senate minority leader, over the
last few weeks, and encouraged him to discuss his interest in the team
with other legislative leaders.
Moe said he thought Taylor's close association with lawmakers might
improve chances of passing a stadium bill when the Legislature
convenes in a special session Thursday.
"I don't know whether or not it will make a difference ... (but) the
present owners are obviously having a hard time selling it," he said.
But Taylor said he isn't sure if his involvement will make a
difference. So far, lawmakers haven't been able to agree on a public
funding source for a ballpark.
Twins owner Carl Pohlad has a deal to sell the team to North Carolina
businessman Don Beaver if the Legislature doesn't agree by Nov. 30 to
build a stadium.
Taylor said that as part of any role in ballpark negotiations, he
would insist that Pohlad relinquish operating control of the Twins,
although not all his stock in the American League franchise.
"I think I have to be in a position to have the authority if I would
be doing the negotiations," Taylor told the Star Tribune. "Yes, I
would have to have some ownership, but not 51 percent."
Taylor said he already has discussed a partnership with Minneapolis
publisher and lawyer Vance Opperman, who did not immediately return a
telephone call Friday.
Pohlad declined to comment Thursday night but confirmed to the Star
Tribune that he had met with Taylor on Wednesday, and said, "if that's
what Glen told you, then write it."
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Stewart hopes to go from ball boy to NBA
(Oct 17, 1997 - 08:05 EDT) -- Michael Stewart remembers like it was
yesterday. When he was in the fifth and sixth grade, he would wear his
Sacramento Kings hat and jacket to school on game days, then eagerly
take his place on the court that night and go to work as a ball boy.
All the stars stopped by the old Arco Arena: Magic Johnson, Larry
Bird, Julius Erving, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Stewart smiles as he rattles
off the names, then recalls seeing the likes of Mark Olberding, Reggie
Theus, Mike Woodson, Larry Drew and LaSalle Thompson suit up for the
Kings.
"I used to laugh coming up here, just to get a chance to see those
guys play," Stewart said. "For a kid, it was incredible."
Stewart, a former Sacramento high school star now fighting for a spot
on the Kings roster, beams when he recalls his favorite memory from
his first job with the team.
"You hear a lot about how athletes have bad attitudes, things like
that," he said. "When the Lakers were here playing, I gave Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar some water, and he said, 'Thank you.'
"That just stuck with me all these years because I'm just a little
ball boy and he's a big- time star. But he took the time to say 'thank
you' for anything I did for him."
Even then, Stewart dreamed of playing in the NBA. A little more than a
decade later, he's on the brink of making that dream come true.
The former Cal center -- he averaged just 4.3 points for the Bears but
set a school career record with 207 blocked shots -- has shown enough
athleticism and shot-blocking skills to gain the inside track in the
battle for the backup spot behind Kings starter Olden Polynice.
At 6-foot-10 and 230 pounds, Stewart might lack the strength needed to
survive in the NBA, but the Kings are intrigued by his defensive
skills.
"He protects the basket as well, if not better, than any player we've
had here since the Kings have been in Sacramento," said Jerry
Reynolds, the Kings director of player personnel. "In that one area,
he's just spectacular.
"He's small and raw, but he's got a skill that this team needs. ... I
think if you're going to press (on defense) and you're going to take
some chances, you've got to have somebody who can protect the goal."
Stewart, 22, has shown he can do that. He blocked six shots in the
Kings' 103-92 exhibition victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on
Tuesday night at Arco Arena.
Kings coach Eddie Jordan thought enough of Stewart to waive centers
Stacey King and Matt Fish after training camp, leaving Stewart and
Kevin Salvadori to battle for the backup job.
"We need for him to work on his offensive concept of the game, where
the next pass is going to be and what we're trying to do," Jordan
said. "Defensively, he's terrific.
"Matt was a real solid guy. For me to make a move on him and keep
Michael Stewart, that shows the respect I have for Michael Stewart and
the upside he has."
Stewart, who was born in France, was nicknamed "Yogi" by his brother
Louis for all the Yogi Bear cartoons he watched as a child. "Yogi" has
plenty of support from family and friends -- he's living with his Mom
-- as he tries to land a job with the Kings.
"There are a lot of rookies in this league who aren't going to get the
same opportunity that I'm getting here," Stewart said. "On top of it,
I'm at home and my family gets to come to every game.
"My three best friends come every game. Sometimes it's tough for guys
going to a new city and adjusting to the NBA. Half of that (for me) is
taken care of."
Stewart, a free agent, said he realized he had a chance to play in the
NBA after a strong outing with the Kings summer-league team in the
Rocky Mountain Revue. He averaged 6.2 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.2
blocks against some better-known young players.
"I was playing against a lot of guys who got picked first round and I
had some success against them," he said. "I figure if they can play in
this league, so can I."
Ask him what he needs to work on, though, and Stewart shows his humble
nature.
"Everything," he said. "I'm a rookie. I need to get stronger, I need
to work on my offense.
"All I can do is come every day, work as hard as I can and if they
like what they see, then that's good. But if not, then I have to move
on."
Stewart would prefer to stay. And maybe do for some ball boy what
Abdul-Jabbar did for him years ago.
nba.882nba.news,
Trip to Evansville brings back memories for Sloan
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (Oct 17, 1997 - 06:52 EDT) -- December 13, 1977.
Jerry Sloan thinks of that horrifying day still.
"It comes across my mind every morning I go to work," says Sloan.
"Evansville had that tragic accident ..."
And Jerry Sloan easily could have been one of the victims.
Twenty years ago, the University of Evansville chose Sloan as Hall of
Fame basketball coach Arad McCutchan's successor. But Sloan kept the
job only a few days, never even coached a practice.
Sloan's change of mind probably saved his life.
On the evening of Dec. 13, 1977, the Purple Aces' team plane took off
from Evansville's airport amid rain and fog. Less than 90 seconds
after the chartered DC-3 left the ground it crashed.
All 29 people aboard were killed, including Sloan's replacement Bobby
Watson, who had survived a 31-month tour of duty in Vietnam and earned
five Purple Hearts.
Sloan would go on to the Chicago Bulls, where he had been a two-time
all-star, and scout for two years before enduring the inevitable
growing pains of a young head coach. He says now, "The opportunity in
Chicago probably came too soon."
But Sloan's has been a charmed life since he decided not to coach at
the school where he was a three-time All-America player and where he
led the Aces to a perfect 29-0 season and two national titles.
Saturday night, Sloan returns to Evansville as his Utah Jazz play the
Indiana Pacers in an exhibition game. Sloan, 55, is now the NBA coach
with the longest consecutive tenure with one team, starting his 10th
year with the Jazz.
Still, it's hard not to wonder what might have been had Sloan made a
different choice in 1977.
Some people have even speculated that had Sloan been the Aces' coach
on that fateful day, he would have opted to travel by bus to Middle
Tenneesse State in Murfreesboro, which is only about 30 miles
southeast of Nashville.
Wayne Boultinghouse, who was Sloan's roommate at UE, and still a close
friend, says, "That's strictly a guess. But I knew Bob Hudson, who was
killed in the crash and was a great friend and the business manager.
They called him 'The Rock,' and I question whether Jerry or anyone
else would have changed the plans."
In other words, don't try to explain the unexplainable.
Boultinghouse is sure, however, that Sloan would have provided a
wonderful encore to McCutchan and his five College Division
championships, 514 career victories.
"Success has been Jerry Sloan's constant companion in everything he's
ever done," says Boultinghouse, who might have been a Sloan assistant
at UE, and now is high school athletic director. "He's still the same
nuts and bolts person I met in the fall of 1960."
So much so that Sloan's desire to deflect attention away from himself
during the NBA finals, and since then, has produced a boomerang
effect: He receives attention precisely because he stands out as being
so different from slick guys like Miami's Pat Riley and Boston's Rick
Pitino, and the metaphysically motivated Phil Jackson of Chicago.
See, for Sloan, it's still just about the game. Corny as that sounds,
true as it is.
"From day one as a player, I loved going to practice," Sloan says. "I
still enjoy that. And even when things go bad, it can be rewarding to
fight through tough times."
If that's the case, Sloan is entering into a period with the potential
for great reward. All-star point guard John Stockton, who has been
Sloan's alter ego in Utah, is out with a knee injury and not expected
to return for at least six to eight weeks.
But Sloan won't borrow trouble, won't look down the schedule to guess
just how tough times might be. It's the way he's always been, narrowly
focused on the task in front of him -- even when that meant roughing
up his roomie.
"We went head to head in practice and I saw stars more than once,"
Boultinghouse says with a laugh. "He never said he was sorry till we
got back to the room."
Tough but not gruff. That's Jerry Sloan. That's the Utah Jazz of John
Stockton and Karl Malone, too.
The Jazz gave the Bulls everything they had in last year's finals.
Their effort earned a new measure of respect from their peers. But the
effort wasn't quite good enough to win the championship, and thus
Sloan can't really enjoy it like he probably should.
"It's the finals, but once you get there, it's like any other game,"
he says. "It's a loss, and you have to go home."
Boultinghouse says his friend is not driven by the desire to win as
much as the desire to "never be perceived as failing."
Until last season, he sometimes was perceived as a big-game failure.
The Jazz would stack victory on top of victory in the regular season
only to have their season topple in the early rounds of the playoffs.
Critics awarded Sloan some, if not most, of the blame.
"He definitely doesn't get his due," says Houston Rockets coach Rudy
Tomjanovich. "Jerry's been a great leader for that team and he does it
the right way: He doesn't make himself the focal point."
Had Jerry Sloan made a different decision 20 years ago he might, even
now, be the focal point of Evansville's college basketball program.
Or he might ...
Well, like he said, the thought crosses his mind every morning.
nba.883nba.news,
Bickerstaff return overshadowed by personnel moves
(Oct 17, 1997 - 08:22 EDT) -- If the Washington Wizards were visiting
McNichols Sports Arena for the first time on Nov. 4, in the Denver
Nuggets' second home game of the NBA season, it would be reasonable to
expect quite a reaction.
Just what kind of reaction isn't so obvious. But the return of Bernie
Bickerstaff, who ran the Nuggets for 6 1-2 seasons, likely would give
frustrated fans a target, even if Bickerstaff has had nothing to do
with the many moves of the past eight months.
Bickerstaff will be there Nov. 4, but he makes his return to Big Mac
as coach of the Wizards on Friday, in a meaningless preseason game
unlikely to draw much of a crowd.
"I know that's a great media story, but, hey, I'm happy for Bernie,"
Nuggets first-year coach Bill Hanzlik said. "He's in a great
situation. He's got a great team, he's back where he's had a lot of
success, and I think that's good for him. And I'm happy here. I tend
to not look at what went on behind me. I'm looking ahead. I like our
team and the guys we have, the character of the guys we got."
Pacing the sideline in front of the visitors' bench, Bickerstaff will
see few familiar faces when he looks at the home end. LaPhonso Ellis
and Bryant Stith are the only players remaining from Bickerstaff's
last training camp in Denver one year ago.
In fact, there are more people from that team on the Wizards' payroll
-- Bickerstaff and his assistants, Jim Brovelli, Mike Brown and John
Outlaw -- than on the Nuggets'.
"It's only preseason," Stith said. "I don't know that there's going to
be such a large turnout. Those who will come, I really don't know what
to expect from them. Bernie, he did do a lot of good things for this
organization, but toward the end of his tenure, I think he became the
fall guy. So it remains to be seen."
"I really don't know what the atmosphere is going to be like," Ellis
said. "I'm as interested to see as anyone else.
"I think because people felt that Bernie and I had rifts in the past,
that I'd anticipate something happening. But as far as I'm concerned,
I'm just going to be out there rooting my team on. I'm happy for him
that he's in a situation with a very talented team, as I was very
happy for Dikembe (Mutombo) and Mahmoud (Abdul-Rauf) and all my other
teammates who found greener pastures."
For several months after his departure in February, Bickerstaff was
blamed and even ridiculed for the downturn in the Nuggets' fortunes
since 1994. But the moves of his successor, Allan Bristow, including
the controversial trade of Antonio McDyess on the eve of camp, have
begun to overshadow the criticisms of Bickerstaff.
In addition, there has been a tendency of late to recall the first
four years of his regime, which culminated in the memorable playoff
run of 1994.
"Bernie's always going to be a dear friend to me," Stith said. "He
could have the shirt off my back. He gave me a start here in the NBA.
He thought enough of me to bring me here to Denver, and it's just too
bad that we couldn't have been together longer and things couldn't
have worked out and had a perfect ending. But that's life. I accept
that. He has moved on, and it's time for us to focus on our future."
Stith is aware of the crescendo of criticism that followed
Bickerstaff's departure.
"I read the newspaper, I listen to the talk shows," Stith said. "I
think that he's gotten an unfair rap."
If Denver is down on him, Bickerstaff will have to do his answering
through Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Rod Strickland and the rest of the
Wizards.
"I'm going to be glad to see him," Stith said. "And I'm going be glad
to see Mike Brown and Jim Brovelli, too. Those guys were a part of my
life, and I just can't turn my back on them."
nba.884nba.news,
Mon Dieu!
With the Chicago Bulls in Paris for the McDonald's Championship, what
is Michael Jordan going to do with his spare time in the City of
Light?
"My kids and my wife are here, so we'll go on some tours to the Luge,
probably some shopping," he said. "If I can find a cigar shop, I'll
stop and buy some for my friends."
Pardon moi? The Luge?
By the time his faux pas hit the media, all of Europe was aware that
Jordan had inadvertently dissed the Louvre, one of the world's most
famous museums.
More Jordan
One of the French newspapers ran the following headline to celebrate
the arrival of Jordan:
"Michael Jordan is in Paris. That's better than the Pope. It's God in
person."
Geography 101
This exchange was recently overheard at a New Jersey Nets practice:
Jayson Williams: Which state is Kentucky in?
Teammate: "Lexington?"
Pssst ...
Former San Antonio Spurs coach Bob Hill has been hired by TSN to be
its National Basketball Association analyst.
Why did Scott Brooks accept $300,000 to play for the New York Knicks
instead of $400,000 to play in Europe? "When I was a kid," he
explained, "I didn't think I'd want to win the Italian League
championship when I grew up."
nba.885vpoznanovic,
1997 NBA Preseason
Saturday, October 18
Boston at Milwaukee 96:118
Cleveland at L.A. Lakers 107:117
Detroit at Orlando 77:83
Houston at San Antonio 90:95
New Jersey at Miami 108:119
Philadelphia at Golden State 89:86
Sacramento at Vancouver 98:81
Utah at Indiana 88:89
NBA AT GREEN BAY WI
FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
BOSTON 20 20 32 24 96
MILWAUKEE 34 16 30 38 118 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: BOS - DEE BROWN 16, TRAVIS KNIGHT 16, CHRIS MILLS 13
MIL - RAY ALLEN 19, TERRELL BRANDON 17, GLENN ROBINSON 15
HIGH REBOUND: BOS - TRAVIS KNIGHT 8, TONY MASSENBURG 7
MIL - TERRELL BRANDON 7, ARMON GILLIAM 7
HIGH ASSISTS: BOS - RON MERCER 3, TYUS EDNEY 3
MIL - RAY ALLEN 7, ELLIOT PERRY 5
ATT: 4,287
NBA AT KANSAS CITY MO
FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEVELAND 30 26 14 37 107
LA LAKERS 27 26 37 27 117 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: CLE - WESLEY PERSON 19, DEREK ANDERSON 17, ZYDRUNAS
ILGAUSKAS 17
LAL - SHAQUILLE ONEAL 34, THREE PLAYERS WITH 11
HIGH REBOUND: CLE - WESLEY PERSON 6, ZYDRUNAS ILGAUSKAS 6
LAL - SHAQUILLE ONEAL 9, FOUR PLAYERS WITH 5
HIGH ASSISTS: CLE - BOB SURA 8, TWO PLAYERS WITH 3
LAL - RICK FOX 7, KOBE BRYANT 5
ATT: 18,123
NBA AT MEMPHIS TN
FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
DETROIT 14 21 31 11 77
ORLANDO 30 15 13 25 83 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: DET - LINDSEY HUNTER 14, AARON MCKIE 12, TWO PLAYERS WITH
10
ORL - ANFERNEE HARDAWAY 19, HORACE GRANT 17, RONY SEIKALY
9
HIGH REBOUND: DET - THREE PLAYERS WITH 9
ORL - HORACE GRANT 10, ANFERNEE HARDAWAY 8
HIGH ASSISTS: DET - GRANT HILL 6, LINDSEY HUNTER 5
ORL - ANFERNEE HARDAWAY 6, HORACE GRANT 5
ATT: 9,063
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
HOUSTON 20 27 23 20 90
SAN ANTONIO 22 18 24 31 95 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: HOU - KEVIN WILLIS 23, HAKEEM OLAJUWON 13, CHARLES BARKLEY
12
SAS - AVERY JOHNSON 24, TIM DUNCAN 17, SEAN ELLIOTT 11
HIGH REBOUND: HOU - HAKEEM OLAJUWON 10, KEVIN WILLIS 10
SAS - TIM DUNCAN 17, DAVID ROBINSON 8
HIGH ASSISTS: HOU - CLYDE DREXLER 4, TWO PLAYERS WITH 2
SAS - AVERY JOHNSON 4, TWO PLAYERS WITH 3
ATT: 22,600
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW JERSEY 21 17 31 39 108
MIAMI 29 20 33 37 119 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: NJN - KEITH VAN HORN 26, JAYSON WILLIAMS 18, DAVID BENOIT
14
MIA - TODD DAY 22, TIM HARDAWAY 20, ERIC MURDOCK 19
HIGH REBOUND: NJN - JAYSON WILLIAMS 10, KEITH VAN HORN 7
MIA - PJ BROWN 11, THREE PLAYERS WITH 6
HIGH ASSISTS: NJN - SAM CASSELL 7, KEVIN EDWARDS 4
MIA - TIM HARDAWAY 5, ERIC MURDOCK 5
ATT: 14,683
NBA AT NORFOLK VA
FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
PHILADELPHIA 29 20 19 21 89
GOLDEN STATE 8 29 22 27 86 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: PHI - DERRICK COLEMAN 20, JERRY STACKHOUSE 18, ALLEN
IVERSON 18
GSW - LATRELL SPREWELL 23, JOE SMITH 19, BJ ARMSTRONG 12
HIGH REBOUND: PHI - DERRICK COLEMAN 11, CLARENCE WEATHERSPOON 10
GSW - JOE SMITH 11, TODD FULLER 8
HIGH ASSISTS: PHI - ALLEN IVERSON 6, DOUG OVERTON 3
GSW - BJ ARMSTRONG 8, TWO PLAYERS WITH 4
ATT: 9,107
NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SACRAMENTO 26 21 27 24 98
VANCOUVER 23 22 19 17 81 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: SAC - BILLY OWENS 18, LAWRENCE FUNDERBURKE 17, TERRY
DEHERE 15
VAN - SHAREEF ABDUR-RAHIM 23, BRYANT REEVES 19, BLUE
EDWARDS 8
HIGH REBOUND: SAC - MICHAEL SMITH 8, LAWRENCE FUNDERBURKE 8
VAN - GEORGE LYNCH 8, IVANO NEWBILL 6
HIGH ASSISTS: SAC - BOBBY HURLEY 5, THREE PLAYERS WITH 3
VAN - ANTONIO DANIELS 5, LEE MAYBERRY 4
ATT: 14,700
NBA AT EVANSVILLE IN
FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
UTAH 30 16 26 16 88
INDIANA 20 20 20 29 89 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: UTH - KARL MALONE 21, HOWARD EISLEY 10, ANTOINE CARR 10
IND - REGGIE MILLER 22, CHRIS MULLIN 15, ANTONIO DAVIS 14
HIGH REBOUND: UTH - GREG OSTERTAG 14, ADAM KEEFE 7
IND - ANTONIO DAVIS 10, RIK SMITS 5
HIGH ASSISTS: UTH - KARL MALONE 5, THREE PLAYERS WITH 3
IND - TRAVIS BEST 6, FRED HOIBERG 4
ATT: 12,252
Sunday, October 19
Toronto vs. New York at Hartford, Conn., 6:00 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Charlotte at Roanoke, Va., 7:30 p.m.
Houston vs. Phoenix at Tucson, Ariz., 8:30 p.m.
nba.886nba.news,
BOSTON (96) AT MILWAUKEE (118)
BOSTON
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MILLS F 27 5-10 3-4 3 1 4 1 4 2 1 13
WALKER F 13 1-4 1-2 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 3
KNIGHT C 26 6-9 3-4 1 7 8 1 4 1 2 16
BILLUPS G 18 2-3 6-7 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 12
MERCER G 39 4-15 0-0 1 0 1 3 1 1 2 8
COLEMAN 5 1-1 0-2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2
BOWEN 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
ELLISON 7 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 0
MINOR 17 0-3 2-2 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 2
MASSENBURG 29 1-3 3-6 2 5 7 0 4 0 1 5
BROWN 22 6-10 3-4 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 16
DECLERCQ 10 1-3 4-7 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 6
EDNEY 12 3-5 3-4 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 9
CUNNINGHAM 6 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
BARROS 6 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 240 32-70 28-42 9 23 32 14 29 5 18 96
(.457) (.667) TEAM REBS: 17 TOTAL TO: 18(32 PTS)
MILWAUKEE
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
HILL F 14 4-6 2-5 3 2 5 0 2 0 1 10
ROBINSON F 22 5-7 5-7 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 15
JOHNSON C 14 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 2
ALLEN G 24 7-9 4-4 0 3 3 7 2 2 0 19
BRANDON G 23 6-9 4-4 1 6 7 4 2 2 2 17
GILLIAM 20 2-4 4-4 0 7 7 1 1 1 1 8
PERRY 27 3-7 2-4 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 8
NORDGAARD 21 6-8 0-0 1 4 5 3 3 1 2 13
FEICK 16 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 0
CURRY 16 3-6 2-4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 8
BREAUX 18 3-5 0-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 7
HONEYCUTT 8 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 2
MCDONALD 11 2-3 1-2 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 5
EARL 6 2-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 4
TOTALS 240 44-72 26-37 5 29 34 29 31 8 10 118
(.611) (.703) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 11(8 PTS)
BOSTON 18 24 21 33 - 96
MILWAUKEE 35 24 29 30 - 118
BLOCKED SHOTS: BOSTON - KNIGHT, COLEMAN. MILWAUKEE - HILL, ROBINSON,
JOHNSON.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: BOSTON 4-9 (.444), MILLS 0-1, WALKER 0-1, KNIGHT 1-2,
BILLUPS 2-2, BROWN 1-2, BARROS 0-1. MILWAUKEE 4-5 (.800), ROBINSON 0-1,
ALLEN 1-1, BRANDON 1-1, NORDGAARD 1-1, BREAUX 1-1.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: BOB DELANEY, BILL SPOONER, ANTHONY JORDAN.
A - 4,287. T - 2:23.
BOSTON (96) AT MILWAUKEE (118)
Ray Allen scored 13 of his 19 points in the first quarter as the
Milwaukee Bucks remained unbeaten with a 118-96 victory over the
Boston Celtics at Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Terrell Brandon added 17 points and Glenn Robinson 15 for the
Bucks (4-0), who built a 14-point lead after one quarter and
coasted to the victory. Jeff Nordgaard, who played collegiately
at Wisconsin-Green Bay, finished with 13 points.
Travis Knight and Dee Brown had 16 points apiece for the Celtics
(0-4), who are still searching for their first exhibition win
under new coach Rick Pitino.
nba.887nba.news,
CLEVELAND (107) AT LA LAKERS (117)
CLEVELAND
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
PERSON F 24 8-12 0-0 3 3 6 1 1 2 0 19
KEMP F 21 2-8 0-0 1 3 4 2 6 1 3 4
ILGAUSKAS C 25 7-11 3-6 3 3 6 0 3 1 2 17
SURA G 24 1-3 1-2 0 2 2 8 2 1 3 3
ANDERSON G 31 4-4 8-8 0 2 2 2 3 0 1 17
BUTLER 17 6-8 2-3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 14
KNIGHT 17 2-5 2-2 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 6
JAMES 6 0-4 2-2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
MARSHALL 15 0-2 6-6 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 6
FERRY 13 1-8 0-0 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 2
SCOTT 8 0-3 1-4 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 1
HENDERSON 16 2-2 0-0 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 4
POTAPENKO 23 5-12 2-2 3 1 4 1 4 0 3 12
TOTALS 240 38-82 27-35 15 20 35 22 33 8 13 107
(.463) (.771) TEAM REBS: 3 TOTAL TO: 13(0 PTS)
LA LAKERS
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
HORRY F 30 1-4 1-2 2 3 5 3 2 2 0 3
FOX F 29 3-5 3-5 1 4 5 7 4 1 2 10
ONEAL C 27 15-17 4-6 2 7 9 0 3 0 4 34
JONES G 24 4-8 2-5 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 11
VAN EXEL G 27 3-8 4-4 1 1 2 3 1 0 3 11
WHEAT 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
FISHER 18 2-4 2-2 0 5 5 2 6 1 1 7
BRYANT 17 3-8 1-1 2 1 3 5 2 0 4 7
BARRY 19 2-4 1-2 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 6
BENNETT 12 2-3 3-4 1 4 5 0 3 0 0 7
SEALS 7 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
BLOUNT 12 3-4 2-2 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 8
ROOKS 15 3-5 5-6 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 11
TOTALS 240 42-73 28-39 12 30 42 27 28 6 15 117
(.575) (.718) TEAM REBS: 0 TOTAL TO: 15(0 PTS)
CLEVELAND 30 26 14 37 - 107
LA LAKERS 27 26 37 27 - 117
BLOCKED SHOTS: CLEVELAND - NONE. LA LAKERS - ONEAL 3, HORRY, BENNETT.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: CLEVELAND 4-12 (.333), PERSON 3-6, SURA 0-1, ANDERSON
1-1, JAMES 0-1, MARSHALL 0-1, FERRY 0-2. LA LAKERS 5-13 (.385), HORRY 0-1,
FOX 1-3, JONES 1-2, VAN EXEL 1-4, FISHER 1-1, BARRY 1-2.
TECHNICALS: CLEVELAND - ANDERSON.
OFFICIALS: TERRY DURHAM, JIM KINSEY, MONTY MCCUTCHEN.
A - 18,123. T - 0:00.
CLEVELAND (107) AT LA LAKERS (117)
Shaquille O'Neal scored 17 of his 34 points in the third quarter
and Nick Van Exel ignited a critical 10-0 spurt as the Los
Angeles Lakers handed the Cleveland Cavaliers their first
exhibition loss, 117-107, at Kansas City, Missouri.
O'Neal was 15-for-17 from the field, scoring all but two of his
points in the second and third quarters. He added nine rebounds
and went 4-of-6 from the foul line.
The Lakers (3-1) trailed until Van Exel hit two free throws
three minutes into the third gave them a 62-61 lead. He
followed those with a three-pointer before Eddie Jones scored
five straight points to cap the spurt. Van Exel and Jones
finished with 11 points.
Wesley Person scored 19 points and rookie Derek Anderson added
17 for Cleveland (4-1), which eclipsed the 100-point mark for
the fourth time in the preseason.
nba.888nba.news,
DETROIT (77) AT ORLANDO (83)
DETROIT
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
HILL F 25 4-7 2-6 1 8 9 6 2 2 4 10
RATLIFF F 22 3-3 3-3 1 3 4 0 2 0 1 9
B WILLIAMS C 9 1-3 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
DUMARS G 18 3-7 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9
HUNTER G 34 5-13 3-3 1 4 5 5 1 2 1 14
OBANNON 26 1-7 0-0 1 4 5 0 1 1 3 2
ROBINSON 15 0-4 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
J WILLIAMS 27 4-7 2-3 3 6 9 3 2 0 1 10
MCKIE 27 5-11 1-2 2 7 9 1 3 3 3 12
G LONG 20 1-5 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 2
REID 17 3-8 1-2 3 2 5 1 1 0 0 7
TOTALS 240 30-75 12-19 14 35 49 19 16 8 15 77
(.400) (.632) TEAM REBS: 3 TOTAL TO: 18(0 PTS)
ORLANDO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ANDERSON F 20 2-8 0-0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 4
GRANT F 32 8-8 1-1 4 6 10 5 2 1 0 17
SEIKALY C 21 4-8 1-1 1 5 6 3 3 0 0 9
D HARPER G 23 3-11 0-0 0 1 1 3 1 2 2 6
A HARDAWAY G 38 6-15 5-6 0 8 8 6 4 6 1 19
ARMSTRONG 23 3-8 2-3 0 3 3 2 3 0 2 8
EVANS 9 2-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 4
TAYLOR 16 2-6 0-2 1 2 3 1 3 0 1 4
WILKINS 17 1-5 2-2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4
SCHAYES 6 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
STRONG 19 2-8 2-2 3 2 5 0 0 1 0 6
OUTLAW 16 0-4 0-0 1 2 3 0 0 2 1 0
TOTALS 240 34-85 13-17 11 33 44 20 23 12 7 83
(.400) (.765) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 12(0 PTS)
DETROIT 14 21 31 11 - 77
ORLANDO 30 15 13 25 - 83
BLOCKED SHOTS: DETROIT - RATLIFF, HUNTER, J WILLIAMS, REID. ORLANDO -
SEIKALY, A HARDAWAY, SCHAYES.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: DETROIT 5-19 (.263), RATLIFF 0-2, DUMARS 3-7, HUNTER
1-4, OBANNON 0-2, ROBINSON 0-1, MCKIE 1-3. ORLANDO 2-7 (.286), ANDERSON
0-1, A HARDAWAY 2-5, ARMSTRONG 0-1.
TECHNICALS: DETROIT - RATLIFF.
OFFICIALS: BENNETT SALVATORE, LUIS GRILLO, BENNIE ADAMS.
A - 9,063. T - 2:20.
DETROIT (77) AT ORLANDO (83)
Anfernee Hardaway scored 19 points and Horace Grant added 17 and
10 rebounds as the Orlando Magic overcame a 13-point third
quarter to defeat the Detroit Pistons, 83-77, at Memphis,
Tennessee.
Orlando combined to score 28 points over the second and third
quarters, but trailed only 66-58 entering the final period. The
Magic shut down Detroit in the fourth quarter, holding them to
11 points.
Hardaway, who attended Memphis State, also had eight rebounds,
six assists and six steals for Orlando (2-3), which shot 40
percent (34-of-84) from the field.
Lindsey Hunter scored 14 points and Aaron McKie contributed 12
for the Pistons (3-2), who had a three-game winning streak
snapped.
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HOUSTON (90) AT SAN ANTONIO (95)
HOUSTON
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
BARKLEY F 30 4-13 4-6 0 9 9 1 6 0 3 12
ELIE F 24 1-3 3-4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 5
OLAJUWON C 29 4-12 5-7 1 9 10 2 4 2 2 13
DAVIS G 22 2-4 0-0 0 4 4 2 4 0 1 5
DREXLER G 34 5-11 1-2 0 1 1 4 3 2 1 12
MALONEY 26 1-4 2-2 1 1 2 1 2 4 5 4
WILLIS 23 10-14 3-4 4 6 10 0 5 0 3 23
HARRINGTON 9 2-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 4
RHODES 11 1-1 5-7 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 7
JOHNSON 20 1-6 0-0 0 3 3 0 2 0 2 3
BULLARD 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
MACK 7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 240 32-74 23-32 7 36 43 11 29 9 19 90
(.432) (.719) TEAM REBS: 12 TOTAL TO: 20(20 PTS)
SAN ANTONIO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ELLIOTT F 28 5-14 1-2 0 3 3 3 3 0 3 11
DUNCAN F 32 6-11 5-9 7 10 17 0 5 1 2 17
ROBINSON C 24 2-11 2-4 3 5 8 0 2 2 4 6
DEL NEGRO G 24 1-7 0-2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 2
JOHNSON G 31 10-15 4-8 1 2 3 4 1 0 2 24
W PERDUE 11 2-4 1-3 4 3 7 0 2 0 1 5
HERRERA 9 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
JACKSON 21 3-6 2-2 2 1 3 0 3 2 0 8
C PERSON 28 3-9 1-1 0 6 6 2 3 0 1 9
ALEXANDER 17 3-8 2-2 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 8
GEARY 6 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
ROSE 9 1-3 1-4 1 1 2 1 3 1 0 3
TOTALS 240 37-91 19-37 20 32 52 16 25 10 15 95
(.407) (.514) TEAM REBS: 16 TOTAL TO: 15(20 PTS)
HOUSTON 20 27 23 20 - 90
SAN ANTONIO 22 18 24 31 - 95
BLOCKED SHOTS: HOUSTON - OLAJUWON 3, BARKLEY. SAN ANTONIO - DUNCAN 2, W
PERDUE.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: HOUSTON 3-8 (.375), DAVIS 1-2, DREXLER 1-1, MALONEY
0-1, JOHNSON 1-4. SAN ANTONIO 2-12 (.167), ELLIOTT 0-5, C PERSON 2-6,
ALEXANDER 0-1.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: SEAN CORBIN, RONNIE NUNN, DOUG SHOWS.
A - 22,600. T - 2:20.
HOUSTON (90) AT SAN ANTONIO (95)
Avery Johnson scored 24 points and rookie Tim Duncan had 17
points and 17 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs remained
unbeaten with a 95-90 victory over the Houston Rockets.
Duncan, the top pick in the NBA draft, was the only starter to
play in the final minutes for San Antonio (5-0).
Malik Rose's tip-in put the Spurs ahead for good, 91-90, with 27
seconds remaining. Emanual Davis turned the ball over and Jaren
Jackson sank two free throws to make it 93-90 with 16.8 seconds
left. Eddie Johnson missed a three-pointer and Cory Alexander
made two free throws for the final margin with 1.8 seconds to
go.
Kevin Willis had 23 points and 10 rebounds and Hakeem Olajuwon
added 13 and 10 for Houston (2-2). Charles Barkley had 12
points and returned to the game after receiving stitches above
his eye.
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NEW JERSEY (108) AT MIAMI (119)
NEW JERSEY
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
GILL F 18 1-6 3-4 0 0 0 2 4 1 2 5
J WILLIAMS F 25 7-13 4-6 6 4 10 0 6 1 1 18
VAN HORN C 41 8-17 9-9 0 7 7 1 5 0 3 26
EDWARDS G 26 1-6 4-4 0 2 2 4 0 2 1 6
CASSELL G 23 4-9 3-4 1 1 2 7 2 1 2 11
BENOIT 27 6-13 0-0 2 3 5 1 5 0 2 14
HARRIS 22 3-6 2-2 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 10
SMITH 15 2-4 0-0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6
DARE 18 2-2 0-0 1 4 5 1 3 0 0 4
HALEY 7 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 1
CAGE 5 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
MACLEAN 3 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
HENSON 10 1-2 2-2 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 4
GATLING DNP - BRUISED RIGHT KNEE
KITTLES DNP - STRAINED LEFT GROIN
WERDANN DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 36-82 28-33 13 25 38 22 35 7 16 108
(.439) (.848) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 16(13 PTS)
MIAMI
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MASHBURN F 32 3-10 4-4 2 4 6 4 2 0 3 11
BROWN F 29 3-5 6-6 2 9 11 1 4 2 1 12
AUSTIN C 26 5-12 4-6 0 6 6 4 4 0 3 14
LENARD G 25 3-6 0-0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 7
HARDAWAY G 25 7-9 2-4 0 3 3 5 2 0 2 20
MURDOCK 26 5-7 8-8 0 2 2 5 3 1 1 19
DAY 27 6-13 8-10 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 22
STRICKLAND 26 3-8 1-2 4 2 6 3 6 1 2 7
CAUSWELL 19 2-3 2-4 2 2 4 0 3 3 2 6
SMITH 5 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ASKINS DNP - WRIST AND ROTATOR CUFF SURGERY
DAVIS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
DOBBINS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
HUCKABY DNP - COACH'S DECISION
MAJERLE DNP - SORE BACK
MILLS DNP - LEFT KNEE SURGERY
MOURNING DNP - LEFT KNEE SURGERY
NEMBHARD DNP - COACH'S DECISION
SANFORD DNP - COACH'S DECISION
SAVOY DNP - TENDINITIS IN LEFT FOOT
TOTALS 240 37-74 36-46 11 30 41 25 27 10 15 119
(.500) (.783) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 15(12 PTS)
NEW JERSEY 21 17 31 39 - 108
MIAMI 29 20 33 37 - 119
BLOCKED SHOTS: NEW JERSEY - VAN HORN 2, J WILLIAMS, BENOIT, DARE. MIAMI -
STRICKLAND, CAUSWELL, SMITH.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: NEW JERSEY 8-17 (.471), GILL 0-1, VAN HORN 1-3, CASSELL
0-1, BENOIT 2-5, HARRIS 2-3, SMITH 2-3, MACLEAN 1-1. MIAMI 9-15 (.600),
MASHBURN 1-3, LENARD 1-3, HARDAWAY 4-4, MURDOCK 1-1, DAY 2-4.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: JOE FORTE, MIKE CALLAHAN, TIM DONAGHY.
A - 14,683. T - 2:16.
NEW JERSEY (108) AT MIAMI (119)
Todd Day came off the bench to score 22 points and lead a
balanced attack as the Miami Heat defeated the New Jersey
Nets, 119-108.
Tim Hardaway added 20 points and Eric Murdock 19 for Miami
(3-1), which had an 11-point lead at halftime and was never
threatened. Both teams scored 70 points in the second half.
Nets' top draft pick Keith Van Horn had 26 points and made all
nine of his free throws. Jayson Williams finished with 18
points and David Benoit netted 14 for New Jersey, which fell to
2-2.
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PHILADELPHIA (89) AT GOLDEN STATE (86)
PHILADELPHIA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MONTROSS F 14 1-3 2-2 4 0 4 0 5 1 3 4
THOMAS F 17 3-7 1-2 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 7
IVERSON C 36 7-11 4-4 0 2 2 6 2 5 4 18
DAVIS G 15 2-5 2-2 1 3 4 0 2 0 0 6
OVERTON G 13 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 0
PARKER 4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
JACKSON 31 0-7 2-2 0 4 4 2 3 1 1 2
WEATHERSPOON 38 4-9 3-5 4 6 10 0 3 2 2 11
STEWART 10 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1
STACKHOUSE 29 6-13 5-7 1 2 3 2 4 3 2 18
COLEMAN 33 7-13 6-10 1 10 11 2 4 3 3 20
TOTALS 240 31-70 26-36 12 28 40 17 31 16 19 89
(.443) (.722) TEAM REBS: 0 TOTAL TO: 19(0 PTS)
GOLDEN STATE
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
LANG F 24 1-2 0-0 3 2 5 2 5 2 4 2
MARSHALL F 18 2-7 1-3 4 2 6 1 5 0 2 5
SIMPKINS C 7 1-2 0-1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2
ARMSTRONG G 26 5-11 2-2 0 1 1 8 2 0 0 12
SPREWELL G 32 6-18 9-12 3 3 6 4 0 3 4 23
BURTON 17 1-4 1-2 0 2 2 0 2 1 3 3
FULLER 17 3-6 3-5 2 6 8 0 4 0 0 9
THOMAS 25 2-5 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 7
SMITH 40 7-19 5-8 5 6 11 4 1 1 4 19
FERRELL 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DAMPIER 10 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0
SPENCER 21 2-3 0-0 4 3 7 0 4 0 2 4
TOTALS 240 30-77 23-35 21 30 51 19 28 7 21 86
(.390) (.657) TEAM REBS: 0 TOTAL TO: 21(0 PTS)
PHILADELPHIA 29 20 19 21 - 89
GOLDEN STATE 8 29 22 27 - 86
BLOCKED SHOTS: PHILADELPHIA - COLEMAN 4, WEATHERSPOON, STACKHOUSE,
MONTROSS. GOLDEN STATE - SMITH, DAMPIER.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: PHILADELPHIA 1-7 (.143), STACKHOUSE 1-5, COLEMAN 0-2.
GOLDEN STATE 3-14 (.214), MARSHALL 0-2, ARMSTRONG 0-3, SPREWELL 2-6,
THOMAS 1-3.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: .
A - 9,107. T - 0:00.
PHILADELPHIA (89) AT GOLDEN STATE (86)
Jerry Stackhouse scored nine of his 18 points in the first
quarter as the Philadelphia 76ers opened a big lead and held off
the winless Golden State Warriors, 89-86, at Norfolk, Virginia.
Allen Iverson, from nearby Hampton, added six of his 18 points
in the opening period, when Philadelphia opened a 29-8 bulge.
The Warriors closed within 88-86 on a pair of free throws by
Latrell Sprewell with 56 seconds remaining, but Iverson hit a
free throw to help the 76ers hold on.
Derrick Coleman scored 20 points to lead Philadelphia (2-3).
Sprewell scored 23 points and Norfolk native Joe Smith chipped
in with 19 for the Warriors (0-5).
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SACRAMENTO (98) AT VANCOUVER (81)
SACRAMENTO
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
OWENS F 24 7-10 0-0 1 3 4 2 2 2 3 18
SMITH F 30 3-4 1-2 4 4 8 2 4 3 2 7
POLYNICE C 24 3-9 0-0 1 4 5 1 4 1 0 6
RICHMOND G 24 5-10 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 11
HURLEY G 16 2-4 1-2 1 1 2 5 0 1 0 5
ABDUL-RAUF 12 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 2
SALVADORI 21 4-8 0-0 3 2 5 3 0 0 0 8
FUNDERBURKE 21 7-11 3-4 2 6 8 1 0 0 1 17
DEHERE 24 6-11 0-0 1 1 2 1 3 0 4 15
GAMBLE 9 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
STEWART 3 0-3 0-0 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
JOHNSON 20 3-6 1-2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 7
GRIMM 12 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2
TOTALS 240 42-84 6-10 16 26 42 22 20 9 14 98
(.500) (.600) TEAM REBS: 5 TOTAL TO: 15(11 PTS)
VANCOUVER
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
ABDUR-RAHIM F 31 7-13 9-10 3 2 5 3 2 2 5 23
THORPE F 24 3-5 1-2 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 7
REEVES C 30 6-12 7-8 1 4 5 2 2 0 2 19
PEELER G 24 2-7 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
DANIELS G 21 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 5 1 0 2 1
NEWBILL 15 0-3 1-2 3 3 6 0 3 0 0 1
LYNCH 20 0-3 2-2 3 5 8 1 0 1 0 2
CHILCUTT 24 2-5 0-0 1 3 4 0 1 1 1 4
MAYBERRY 12 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 4 0 0 1 2
B EDWARDS 9 4-8 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 8
GREEN 15 1-4 2-2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 4
BOOTH 15 3-7 0-0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 6
TOTALS 240 29-71 23-28 15 23 38 19 14 9 16 81
(.408) (.821) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 16(17 PTS)
SACRAMENTO 26 21 27 24 - 98
VANCOUVER 23 22 19 17 - 81
BLOCKED SHOTS: SACRAMENTO - SALVADORI 2, JOHNSON. VANCOUVER - REEVES 2,
ABDUR-RAHIM, CHILCUTT.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: SACRAMENTO 8-15 (.533), OWENS 4-4, RICHMOND 1-3, DEHERE
3-7, JOHNSON 0-1. VANCOUVER 0-5 (.000), PEELER 0-2, CHILCUTT 0-1, MAYBERRY
0-1, BOOTH 0-1.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: RON GARRETSON, JOE DEROSA, DEE KANTNER.
A - 14,700. T - 1:54.
SACRAMENTO (98) AT VANCOUVER (81)
Billy Owens scored 18 points and Lawrence Funderburke added 17
to lead the Sacramento Kings to a 98-81 victory over the
Vancouver Grizzlies.
Terry Dehere came off the bench and had 15 points for Sacramento
(3-2). Owens, Bobby Hurley and Mitch Richmond each scored four
points in a 14-4 run to open the second half. The Kings never
relinquished their 47-45 halftime lead.
Shareef Abdur-Rahim scored 23 points and Bryant Reeves added 19
for Vancouver (2-3).
Sacramento shot 50 percent (42-of-84) from the field.
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UTAH (88) AT INDIANA (89)
UTAH
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
RUSSELL F 21 2-4 4-4 1 0 1 0 4 1 2 8
MALONE F 24 8-11 5-7 0 6 6 5 2 0 3 21
OSTERTAG C 25 2-5 0-0 3 11 14 1 4 1 3 4
HORNACEK G 24 4-8 0-0 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 8
EISLEY G 14 5-6 0-0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 10
VAUGHN 17 2-6 1-2 0 1 1 3 2 2 1 5
ANDERSON 24 1-8 0-2 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 2
CARR 23 4-10 2-2 2 2 4 0 5 0 1 10
KEEFE 27 3-6 2-2 3 4 7 3 3 0 0 8
FOSTER 22 2-6 4-4 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 8
HUDSON 17 2-5 0-0 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 4
DREILING 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ERDMANN DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 35-76 18-23 11 30 41 20 30 6 17 88
(.461) (.783) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 17(0 PTS)
INDIANA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===
MULLIN F 19 5-8 4-4 1 3 4 0 2 1 1 15
D DAVIS F 18 2-3 0-0 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 4
SMITS C 29 4-12 5-6 1 4 5 1 6 0 4 13
MILLER G 34 6-12 7-8 0 1 1 2 2 3 2 22
BEST G 19 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 4
A DAVIS 31 3-6 8-12 3 7 10 0 2 0 0 14
ROSE 16 0-6 0-0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 0
JACKSON 29 1-5 3-4 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 5
HOIBERG 25 1-6 0-0 1 3 4 4 3 2 0 3
WEST 10 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 4
POPE 10 1-3 2-4 2 2 4 1 1 0 2 5
BOHANNON DNP - COACH'S DECISION
LINDEMAN DNP - COACH'S DECISION
RILEY DNP - COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS 240 27-66 29-38 8 28 36 20 21 7 15 89
(.409) (.763) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 15(0 PTS)
UTAH 30 16 26 16 - 88
INDIANA 20 20 20 29 - 89
BLOCKED SHOTS: UTAH - MALONE 5, OSTERTAG 2, HORNACEK. INDIANA - A DAVIS
3, WEST 2, SMITS, MILLER.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: UTAH 0-1 (.000), ANDERSON 0-1. INDIANA 6-13 (.462),
MULLIN 1-2, MILLER 3-5, ROSE 0-1, JACKSON 0-1, HOIBERG 1-3, POPE 1-1.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: TOMMY NUNEZ, ED F RUSH, GARY ZIELINSKI.
A - 12,252. T - 2:07.
UTAH (88) AT INDIANA (89)
Reggie Miller capped a big fourth quarter by sinking a pair of
free throws with 21 seconds left as the Indiana Pacers edged the
Utah Jazz, 89-88, at Evansville, Indiana.
Miller, who finished with 22 points, had 10 in the fourth
quarter. Off-season acquisition Chris Mullin added 15 points
and Antonio Davis chipped in with 14 for Indiana (3-2).
After Miller's free throws gave Indiana a one-point lead, Utah
had a chance to win. Rookie Troy Hudson attempted a jumper from
the top of the key but his shot was off the mark as time
expired.
Karl Malone led Utah (2-2) with 21 points and Howard Eisley and
Antoine Carr added 10 apiece.
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Mavericks G Robert Pack breaks finger in exhibition win
Dallas Mavericks guard Robert Pack, who suffered through an
injury-plagued 1996-97 season, suffered a broken finger in tonight's
exhibition win over the Phoenix Suns and could be lost for a month.
Pack, projected to be the Mavericks' starting point guard, broke the
ring finger on his right hand in the second half of Dallas' 99-86
victory. Pack, who had 19 points and seven assists, will undergo
surgery next week. He's expected to miss at least four weeks.
The 6-2 Pack, a six-year veteran from Southern California, averaged
12.8 points and 6.3 assists in four preseason games. He was acquired
from the New Jersey Nets as part of last February's blockbuster
nine-player trade. He averaged 14.3 points and 8.4 assists last season
but was limited to 54 games due to injuries.
Dallas, which went 24-58 last year, opens its season at Vancouver on
October 31st.
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National Basketball Association Transactions
Oct 18 1997
Toronto Raptors: Released forward Rowan Barrett and center John Coker.
Washington Wizards: Waived guard Johnny Rhodes.
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Bulls make Happy Meal of Olympiakos
PARIS (Oct 18, 1997 - 18:34 EDT) -- The five-time NBA champion Chicago
Bulls can now call themselves true world champions.
The Bulls beat European champion Olympiakos 104-78 Saturday in the
finals of the McDonald's Championship as Michael Jordan scored 27
points and put on the kind of show that French fans paid big money to
see.
"I think hopefully the fans were pretty pleased despite the little
time I was on the basktball court," said Jordan, who played 29
minutes.
Scalpers got as much as $300 for tickets and the Bulls -- unlike their
sluggish, disjointed semifinal win over Paris-St. Germain -- didn't
disappoint the sellout crowd of 13,515.
NBA teams are now 16-0 in this 10-year-old event and the Bulls --
without injured Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman -- played like it
mattered in a game that drew more than 1,000 reporters from over 50
countries.
Randy Brown added 12 points for the Bulls and Steve Kerr had 10.
Lithuanian forward Arturas Karnisovas -- voted the best player last
season in Europe -- led Olympiakos with 19 points and Franco Nakic had
16 for the Greeks, who shot only 36.2 percent to 52 for the Bulls.
Jordan's finest move came with just over four minutes left in the
first half when he gave the locals what they came to see as he skirted
the baseline, swooped under the basket and stalled out in mid-air to
score and draw the foul.
"I think a lot of people in the stands were looking for something
unique," said Jordan, who is shown in polls to be the most popular
athlete in France.
"It just happened to go in and I was pretty amazed to get the shot
up," he added.
Dozens of banners and hand-made pennants waved from the stands in
reply. "Be Legendary MJ," read one. "His Airness Came on Earth to
Bless Us," went another. "Give Us a Show Michael -- Germany Loves the
Bulls," yet another.
Several times Jordan said he put a "little extra mustard on top of the
hot dog" to please the fans and good-naturedly challenge opponents.
"I think I could sense the competition in their eyes at a challenge,"
Jordan said. "A couple of times I gave a head and shoulder fake and I
felt like they were anticipating the worst."
"If they were dreaming of playing Michael Jordan all alone, this was
their opportunity. This is not television, they couldn't change the
channel."
"I gave one guy (Milan Tomic) a fake and I thought he lost his shoes.
He was laughing about it, so I laughed."
It was that kind of night as the Bulls played intense defense
throughout, clogged up Olympiakos' big men in the middle and ran
faster and shot better to go up 54-43 at halftime.
The only sour note was Toni Kukoc, who is nursing a foot injury that
may need surgery, Bulls coach Phil Jackson said.
The Bulls were up 75-60 after three quarters and went ahead 84-62 on a
3-pointer by Kerr with 9:29 to play. The lead grew to 93-68 a few
minutes later on 11 unanswered points keyed by two steals by Brown.
Counteracting Olympiakos' size -- led by 6-foot-10 Serb-born Dragan
Tarlac -- the Bulls started a big lineup that included 6-11 Kukoc, 7-2
Luc Longley, 6-8 Jason Caffey, Jordan and Ron Harper.
But it wasn't the Greek big men that caused problems. It was 5-11
American Michael Hawkins, who played briefly with the Celtics, who was
able at times to penetrate and run and make the Bulls look slightly
vulnerable. He scored 12.
Only one NBA team has ever lost to an international side. That came in
1986 when the Atlanta Hawks -- fielding an under-strength club on a
summer trip -- lost to the Soviet national team in Moscow.
There have been close calls in the McDonald's classic. In 1990 in
Barcelona, the New York Knicks needed a 3-pointer with eight seconds
left to force overtime and eventually eke out a 119-115 overtime win
over Italian club Scavolini Pesaro.
In the third-place game Saturday, Argentina's Atenas de Cordoba got 20
points from Marcelo Milanesio to beat Paris-St. Germain 88-78. In the
fifth-place game, American Henry Williams scored 29 as Benetton of
Italy beat Spain's Barcelona 106-103.
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Report: Shaq won't play in World Championships
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal reportedly
has declined an invitation to play for the United States basketball
team in the World Championships in Athens next summer.
According to Saturday's Los Angeles Times, O'Neal's agent, Leonard
Amato, notified Rod Thorn, who is the chairman of the selection
committee for USA Basketball, of O'Neal's decision.
O'Neal has won two gold medals playing for the United States, winning
the World Championships in Toronto in 1994 and in the Olympics in
Atlanta in 1996. O'Neal has not ruled out playing in the 2000
Olympics, which will be held in Sydney.
The 7-1 center averaged 26.2 points and 12.6 rebounds for the Lakers
last season, his first after signing a seven-year deal for $121
million.
O'Neal played with the Orlando Magic for his first four seasons,
leading them to the NBA Finals in 1995.
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Shaq, Woods, Griffey -- community home to the rich and athletic
WINDERMERE, Fla. (Oct 18, 1997 - 05:52 EDT) -- Behind the closely
guarded gates of Isleworth, you might find Shaquille O'Neal playing
hoops with Ken Griffey Jr. or challenging Tiger Woods to a putting
contest on a front lawn.
You might find Wimbledon doubles champion Todd Woodbridge playing
tennis with golf pro Payne Stewart and later see them hitting the
course together.
The 800-acre community of sprawling mansions and bass-filled lakes is
home to some of the biggest names in pro sports -- and some very
vigilant security guards.
Besides O'Neal, Griffey, Woods and Woodbridge, Isleworth residents
include: golfer Mark O'Meara, the Buffalo Bills' Andre Reed, the
Orlando Magic's Penny Hardaway and the Boston Celtics' Dee Brown.
Planet Hollywood head Robert Earl also owns a home here, as does actor
Wesley Snipes and some of Orlando's top business executives, doctors
and lawyers.
"It's comfortable living with your peers -- especially when we pretty
much are all interested in the same activities," said O'Neal, who
played for the Orlando Magic before signing with the Los Angeles
Lakers last year.
It's also a lot of fun.
O'Neal paid $3.95 million for his lakefront mansion in 1993. The
27,000-square-foot home has a game room, small movie theater and
miniature golf course. He describes the interior design as
"contemporary ghetto bachelor."
He said he rides his jet ski on the lake with some of his famous
neighbors or plays them at the basketball court at his house.
"We might get together and watch movies at my man Dennis' (Scott)
house and cook out on the grill," said O'Neal, who also has a home in
Los Angeles. "As in any community, we're always getting together to
have a good time."
Scott, recently traded to the Dallas Mavericks from the Magic, lives
four houses away.
O'Neal said he sometimes takes Griffey, the Seattle Mariners slugger,
to his basketball court for some one-on-one. But he said he's waiting
to challenge another neighbor.
"As for Tiger, once my tennis elbow (heals), I'll be glad to take him
to school on my miniature golf course in my front yard," O'Neal said.
Isleworth is popular because of its amenities, security and lots that
are either on the Arnold Palmer-designed golf course or on one of
seven lakes, said Frankie D. Batura, a real estate broker.
The clubhouse's chef is known to carry a cell phone around so that he
can take orders from residents on their boats and have the food
waiting for them when they dock. Security guards patrol 24 hours a day
and escort visitors by car to their destinations.
Stars also don't have to worry about being bothered by the
not-so-famous residents.
"They're basically seen as normal and no one intrudes on them," said
Woodbridge, half of the No. 1 doubles team in the world.
Thirteen years ago, orange and lemon trees grew where Isleworth's
vast, Spanish-tiled mansions now stand. A group of investors led by
Palmer purchased the property in 1984 and built the clubhouse, tennis
courts and docks centered around the golf course.
But Isleworth didn't take off as a premier neighborhood for the rich
and athletic until 1993, when British tycoon Joe Lewis' Aviva Land
Holdings bought the development from Palmer's group, which had run
into financial problems.
Lewis converted the half-acre lots into multiacre lots, allowing for
the gargantuan mansions. The development attracted golfers and Magic
players at first.
Athletes attract athletes, and other stars soon followed. Woods is the
most recent to get an Isleworth address, buying five adjacent lots
this year for $3.5 million.
Woodbridge said golf was the deciding factor in his purchase of a
four-bedroom home in Isleworth four years ago. The tennis star lives
on the 5th hole and can play a circuit of four holes that lead right
back to his house.
When Woodbridge and Stewart hit the tennis courts at Isleworth, the
Wimbledon doubles champion sometimes spots the golf pro a few points
and lets him use the doubles lanes. They also play golf together.
"He's about as good at golf as I am a tennis player," said Stewart, a
two-time U.S. Open winner. "He's taken my money out there on the golf
course."
Woodbridge doesn't have to leave the community to train for tennis.
His coach, Ray Ruffels, is Isleworth's resident pro.
"Most people at Isleworth are very successful. It breeds success. You
breathe the air of success," Woodbridge said.
But there is one drawback to living with so many top jocks, he added.
"It's always very humbling because you think you're the best here and
then you find someone who's better than you."
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Allen's got game ... and now he can prove it
He has the starring role in a soon-to-be-released Spike Lee movie
called "He Got Game," and, yes, he does. Ray Allen's got game.
However, unless you're a fan of the Milwaukee Bucks -- and maybe even
if you are -- that fact might have escaped you.
In his rookie season last year, Allen did a lot of standing around on
the court. Not by his choice, of course. The Bucks' offense called for
Allen and everybody else on the team not named Vin Baker or Glenn
Robinson to get the ball to Vin Baker or Glenn Robinson. And get out
of the way.
Somehow, Allen managed to average 13.6 points, a distant third behind
Robinson (21.2) and Baker (21.0). The rookie guard also showed, in
flashes, that he had game; there were the Jordanesque slashes to the
basket, the rim-rattling dunks, the gracefully arced 3-pointers.
Mostly, however, there was frustration. Allen had game. But he didn't
have the ball.
"I felt like a fifth wheel," he said. "It was frustrating, because I
know I can score. I don't think I touched the ball enough. And
sometimes, I passed up shots for the good of the team.
"I didn't feel like I was improving myself as a player. That was the
hardest thing. It was like I was going nowhere."
Allen might have felt the same way going into the 1997-98 season, but
the Bucks traded Baker in a three-team deal that brought point guard
Terrell Brandon and forward Tyrone Hill to Milwaukee.
With Baker went the team's "Black Hole" offense (the ball goes in and
never comes out). It remains to be seen whether the trade helped the
Bucks. There is no doubt, however, that it helped Allen.
"Definitely," he said. "It's going to open my game up and allow me to
be more free, as opposed to just coming down, running a halfcourt type
of game and throwing the ball down low. It's definitely going to suit
the guards and perimeter players a lot more."
Robinson is still going to get his shots. Allen is going to get a big
share of Baker's. The plan calls for Brandon to distribute the ball
around the perimeter, and for bangers such as Ervin Johnson, Hill and
Andrew Lang to do the dirty work inside.
"We're not going to set up and call one guy's number, throw it down
into the block and sit there and watch him score, like we did many
times last year," Allen said. "Whoever is going to be open is going to
have a shot. That's what's going to make our offense beautiful."
Here's a couple of predictions: Allen will average 20 points this
year, and the Bucks will be a better team because more players will be
involved in the offense, which may even make them feel like playing
some defense.
After they floundered to a 33-49 record last year -- the Bucks lost
more games than all of Allen's high school and college teams combined
-- he knew something had to change, which meant someone had to go.
Allen won't say he's glad it was Baker, but he wasn't exactly
heartbroken when the trade went down.
"I thought it was a great decision, a great trade," he said.
Did Baker's selfishness bring down the team? Allen chooses his words
carefully.
"I would think anybody who is an All-Star, you become a selfish
player," he said. "When you've been an All-Star, you feel that
pressure and you kind of want to go out there and say, 'Hey, give me
the ball; I gotta get this.'
"A lot of times that makes for a bad situation, because then you're
playing for another reason instead of the team concept.
"We didn't have good chemistry last year."
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Timberwolves' Garnett gets nice welcome
MINNEAPOLIS (Oct 18, 1997 - 12:16 EDT) -- Kevin Garnett is rich and
happy.
Playing his first home game since signing a six-year, $126 million
contract, Garnett was greeted with cheers during the Timberwolves'
99-94 exhibition loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night.
Garnett scored 18 points, going 6-for-11 from the field and 6-for-9
from the foul line.
"I had a lot of fun tonight," he said. "That's my whole world when I'm
out there. My whole purpose is to have fun. It wasn't as sweet because
we didn't win but it's like that sometimes."
Garnett, 21, once again wowed the fans with his flashy style.
When Stephon Marbury bounced a lob pass off the backboard on a 2-on-1
fast break, Garnett went straight to the basket and dunked it.
"That's just a little playground thing we have," Garnett said. "I saw
that when he got his steps together, he wasn't going to take off and I
saw he was going to throw it off the glass."
When the Bucks called a timeout, Garnett pointed to the crowd and
raised his arms in the air.
"Kevin feeds off the fans," Wolves coach Flip Saunders said. "It's a
double-edged sword. He gets them going and they get him going."
Garnett scoffs at the notion that his contract -- the most lucrative
in sports history -- will make him more business-like on the court.
"Nothing has changed about him," Marbury said. "He's still the same
Kevin Garnett. He's always been focused on the court and never worries
about stuff off the court."
Milwaukee's Glenn Robinson, who once was the NBA's highest paid
player, was impressed by Garnett, who entered the league straight out
of high school.
"He's going to be a monster in this league," Robinson said. "Heck,
he's only supposed to be what, a sophomore or junior in college?"
Garnett averaged 17 points and eight rebounds last season, but he
still isn't satisfied.
"Defensively, I'm nowhere near to where I want to be," he said. "I
work on my offense a lot and I'm focusing on getting to the free throw
line."
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Cash won't make a Kid a man
MINNEAPOLIS (Oct 18, 1997 - 11:52 EDT) -- Minnesota Timberwolves
forward Kevin Garnett and Glenn (Big Dog) Robinson of the Milwaukee
Bucks have shared a friendly rivalry from the moment Garnett got to
the NBA two years ago. Now they share a lot more.
Three years ago, Robinson was the young, exciting small forward from
whom big things were expected. Not only was he supposed to be the
Bucks' franchise player and one-man fresh start, but he lugged around
a headline-grabbing contract that got more attention than his skills
on the court.
Ridiculed in 1994 for trying to become the NBA's first $100 million
man, Robinson finally signed a 10-year deal worth $68.1 million. It
still was an outrageous amount, enough to make Robinson the target of
intense scrutiny and heckling wherever he played.
Now the golden baton has been passed. Now Garnett is the small forward
who willingly thrust himself into the savior's role by demanding and
receiving pro sports' reigning mega-deal. He's the one who will face
the criticism and the catcalls around the NBA, the one who will be
expected to play like a superstar and win like a champion.
Besides, Garnett's contract extension dwarfs the dough Robinson got,
his average annual salary ($21 million) more than triple that of
Robinson. Since Robinson has averaged 21.1 points per game since
joining the Bucks -- and since it's unlikely Garnett is going to
average 63.3 -- some of the pressure figures to be off Robinson this
season.
Then again, maybe not. The Bucks are 62 games under .500 since they
drafted Robinson with the No. 1 pick in the 1994 draft. He has been a
one-dimensional player -- a scorer, period -- who shows little
interest in rebounding and laughably bad habits on defense.
He was overshadowed almost from the start by former teammate Vin
Baker, and unproductive enough that the Bucks decided to blow things
up; Milwaukee shipped Baker to Seattle in a three-way trade that
brought guard Terrell Brandon and forward Tyrone Hill to the Bucks.
Under the new plan, Brandon will deliver the ball, Hill will rebound
it and Robinson, first among Milwaukee's options, will shoot it.
"I'm anxious to see him play," Wolves coach Flip Saunders said. "They
say he worked really, really hard over the summer. He's going to have
to be their main guy to score a lot."
The fact is, Robinson buckled a little under the weight of his
contract. It was out of proportion to his performance, and the former
Purdue star heard about it constantly. From the stands. In the media.
On the court.
"I think Glenn did let it get to him a little mentally," said Miami
guard Todd Day, who played for Milwaukee in Robinson's rookie season.
"At that time, I did think it made it harder on him."
Similarly, fans and opponents rode the Heat's Alonzo Mourning and
Washington's Juwan Howard like never before after they signed their
$105 million deals last summer. That's what Garnett could face this
season, despite the Wolves' frequent (and cute) reminder that his
salary this season will be only $2.1 million.
"If Kevin Garnett lets the pressure of the expectations affect him,"
Mourning told the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, "he's going to go out
every night, thinking, 'Hey, I signed this big contract and I've got
to play like a superhero now.' As long as he helps that ballclub win,
then all the expectations will be secondary."
Saunders agreed.
"It's not what he's going to do, it's what the team does," the coach
said. "Michael Jordan's stats are the same now as they were 10 years
ago. What's he's judged by now is that he's won five rings and is
going for six.
"Do you know how many points Bill Russell averaged? I'll bet it was
under 20 (15.1 ppg). But I know one thing -- he won a lot of
championships."
Then there is the reaction of opponents, those who feel they deserve
that sort of money. Miami forward P.J. Brown saw the reactions after
landing a seven-year, $36 million package last summer.
"I think some guys will act jealous and envious toward it," Brown
said. "There'll probably be some who congratulate him and a lot who
won't.
"Guys get off on that kind of stuff. He'll be kind of like a marked
man for a lot of guys. Guys say, 'Hey, if I can play well against this
guy, maybe I can hit the lotto, too.' "
Remember, Garnett was pumped up to face Robinson the first time he
stepped on a court with him, way back in October 1995 for a preseason
game in Moline, Ill. Chances are, Charlotte forward Glen Rice -- the
All-Star MVP who tried and failed to renegotiate his $4.7 million
salary for this season -- will want to prove a point or two when he
faces the Wolves Sunday in Roanoke, Va.
Garnett already has said that he expects opponents to test him more
than ever. Stopping or beating him suddenly is a bigger deal.
But Wolves guard Doug West said: "He's going to be a focal point in
every gym anyway. If someone needs Kevin's contract to get motivated,
(that guy is) in trouble."
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SuperSonics try to go on without Kemp
SEATTLE (Oct 18, 1997 - 13:46 EDT) -- There is an uneasiness
surrounding the Seattle SuperSonics as they get ready to face life
without Shawn Kemp.
It could turn out to be an overwhelming experience.
"We've struggled a little," coach George Karl said. "A lot of it's
because of new faces."
And, Karl didn't say, the loss of an old face -- Kemp, who won a
staredown with Sonics owner Barry Ackerley and was rewarded with a new
$107 million contract by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Ackerley has only himself to blame that Kemp is gone.
Kemp was distressed in Seattle because he was paid last season as the
NBA's 18th best power forward, while he was regarded as second best to
Utah's Karl Malone.
On Thursday night, Seattle lost its fourth of five exhibition games
when Vin Baker made his debut at the Key Arena in a Sonics' uniform.
Baker, acquired from Milwaukee in the three-team trade last month that
sent Kemp to Cleveland, played well, blocking four shots, grabbing
nine rebounds and scoring 11 points.
But he was no Kemp. The high-leaping, emotional Kemp thrilled crowds
with his athletic, acrobatic moves. Kemp scored on dazzling alley-oop
dunks and could carry the Sonics. The quiet, unspectacular Baker is
not that type of player.
Two years ago, the Sonics, led by Kemp and Gary Payton, made it to the
NBA Finals against Chicago and won a franchise-record 64 games. A year
ago, the Sonics won 57 games despite Kemp's funk over his contract and
reached the Western Conference semifinals in the playoffs.
The Sonics have to wonder how many games they can win without Kemp.
The team that scared Michael Jordan and the Bulls in the Finals in
1996 probably will struggle to win 57 games this season.
A lot of people in Seattle are upset that Kemp forced his way out of
the Northwest. A lot of those same people in Seattle didn't think Kemp
had made enough improvement in his eight years here, pointing out that
he still made questionable decisions and fouled too much.
Those people may miss Kemp more than they thought.
Can the Sonics be a better team without Kemp than they were with him?
That's not likely and the Sonics know it.
"I think that question is better answered in February," Karl said.
The Sonics still have a wonderfully talented Payton, the NBA Defensive
Player of the Year two seasons ago, at point guard, and Baker, a
three-time All-Star, is a good player whom Payton will make better.
They'll be in the starting lineup, along with Jim McIlvaine, Hersey
Hawkins and Detlef Schrempf. For reserves, Karl probably will rely
mainly on Jerome Kersey, Dale Ellis, Greg Anthony, Sam Perkins and
Aaron Williams.
McIlvaine was a flop after his arrival in Seattle last season and the
$33 million contract general manager Wally Walker gave him hastened
Kemp's departure.
Schrempf, 34, is a three-time All-Star headed into his 12th season and
the 31-year-old Hawkins is going into his ninth. They're probably not
going to get any better.
Kersey (35) and Ellis (37) were brought in to help the Sonics bench
because Perkins, at 38, can't play too many minutes at this stage of
his career.
If Kersey and Ellis don't have anything left, the Sonics could be in
trouble.
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The bright, the fast and the heavy of the preseason
Halfway through the preseason, and little has changed. The Bulls are
doing what global powers have always done, by invading France and
beating up on inferior competition. Teams are promising to run more
this year. And every coach has announced that his team -- news flash
-- has just completed the best camp we ever had in all my years here.
. .
There have been, however, a few interesting developments this month.
Here are some random observations on the preseason:
1. The kids are all right. On consecutive nights, we had our first
looks at Tim Duncan and Keith Van Horn last week and saw enough to
arrive at the same conclusion regarding both: Wow. Duncan looks
bionic, with the kind of agility, power and versatility that hasn't
been seen since, well, David Robinson. Only Robinson admits Duncan is
light years ahead of where he was as a rookie.
Van Horn is not a good defensive player-he reaches too much, making
him foul prone, and he'll need time to learn team concepts. That is
his only weakness. Offensively, he looks as though he can average 25
points per game immediately: pristine shooting stroke, parking-lot
range, strong first step and uncanny court awareness. And, like the
great ones, he appears to be playing at a different rhythm than
everyone else. The Nets won't make the playoffs, but they have a
player.
2. Mike Fratello wasn't kidding. You thought he was animated before?
Wait until you see him now, trying to will his team to find another
gear on every transition opportunity. He made good on his promise: The
Cavs have pushed it like crazy-running off makes, running off
misses-and the athletes he has assembled appear well-suited to the new
style.
The early results are interesting: Cleveland, which averaged 87.5
points per game last season, was averaging 108.5 after its first four
games (all wins), a startling difference even considering it's the
preseason.
The Cavs have some burners to sustain that pace-specifically, Shawn
Kemp, Bobby Sura, Wesley Person, Derek Anderson, and Brevin Knight-for
a while, anyway. But if Fratello can challenge his players to do this
every night, he'll have elicited a transformation unlike few others in
recent league history: He'll take what has been believed to be a slow,
systematic, fundamentally flawed .500 team and converted it into a
fast, sleek, fundamentally flawed .500 team.
3. Rickyball might take awhile. The Celtics lost their first three,
which happens even to the best of teams (ask the Knicks), and Rick
Pitino's system is taking hold at an understandably gradual pace. One
night they might appear to have their defensive rotations down; the
next night they seem to forget what they're doing. One night they cash
in on their runouts effectively; the next night they fling the ball
into Row G on the break.
Give it until, say, January. But even then, don't expect the Celtics
to be much more than a very interesting, scrappy, dangerous team.
They're not a playoff contender, not with the dearth of big men that
Pitino is having to deal with. How do we know this? He has been heard
wishing out loud that Pervis Ellison has a big year for him.
4. Tubby still has no credibility. Charles Barkley, who came to camp
25 pounds overweight, is going off on his teammates again. That the
Rockets were run off the court by Phoenix, of all teams, has made him
more obnoxious than ever. It's all predictable stuff: They're not in
condition, they're spoiled by success, they're not playing or
practicing hard.
"Around here it's always frustrating," Barkley says. "Everybody is
always afraid to say what's wrong. But we're getting the reputation of
a team that doesn't run back on defense. Right now, teams think they
can run us out of the building, that we're too old and not in good
enough shape to run."
Teammates are responding with shrugs that say, "That's Charles," and
are vowing to take him more seriously the day he returns all those
mirrors he took down from around his locker.
5. No fun for Phil. We ran into a friend of Phil Jackson's last week,
a guy who's not in the league, but one who talks to him every week or
so. We asked him whether Jackson is pulling our leg with his
predictions about slow starts and his comments about bad vibes, and
lingering doubts.
"Oh, no," the friend says. "He means all of it. He really has some
ominous feelings about this year the way it's began with the Scottie
(Pippen) injury and the other stuff with (Jerry) Krause. He thinks
it's going to be a yearlong struggle."
Fine. We'll still pencil the Bulls in for 60 wins, which, in Chicago,
will earn only you a comparison with the Cubs.
Prince of pessimism
The Magic players are doing what had appeared to be impossible: They
are making management begin to regret it dumped Dennis Scott. Orlando
averaged 85 points in its first three games, nobody can hit a shot and
there is no third scorer to complement Penny Hardaway and Rony
Seikaly.
"It's going to be a struggle, every step of the way for us," coach
Chuck Daly says of the point drought. "I can already see what's
coming. It's a problem we'll have to address, but I don't sense any
easy solution. This has been a concern of mine all along . . .
Somebody has to make some shots, and we're not making them, and I'm
not sure this won't be a persistent problem all year long."
Cynical fellow, but then, you expected something different? Actually,
it's such a common dynamic nowadays: new coach arrives, implements new
system, players jump through flaming hoops to please new coach. From
Day One, Daly has stressed defense, and his players -- trying to show
they're good soldiers and not coach-killers -- have complied. He even
has Hardaway saying things like, "I don't want to be known as a great
scorer. I want to be known as a defensive stopper."
But the offense will come as soon as the honeymoon winds down. All
Daly has to do is remind Hardaway he is a star -- a dominant force at
both ends-which he seems to forget on occasion.
Fallen stock, rising stock
For two years now, Howard Eisley has prepared himself for the moment
when he would have to take over Utah's point guard chores -- this is,
after all, the reason he didn't go after the money placed before him
this past summer by the Clippers and Magic, among others.
He just didn't think it would happen this suddenly. We'd be surprised
if he doesn't play well in John Stockton's absence, or if his team
didn't challenge San Antonio in the Midwest. Two reasons: Eisley is
the best backup point in the league, and Stockton, given his legendary
work ethic, should be at full strength by February.
The new Kemp?
Early leader for the Refrain Man Redux Award is Mitch Richmond, who
has decided that sulking and not accompanying his team on road trips
is the best way to get himself traded. Hey, it worked for Shawn Kemp.
But at least he didn't babble on in a preseason statement about how he
would be a professional amid financial injustice.
And at least he didn't claim an Achilles' tendon injury to get out of
work, only to be seen blowing by people in one-on-one games after
practice.
"We would be a better team if he would take the leadership role and
really take charge," coach Eddie Jordan says, in a tone that suggests
he isn't expecting it to happen.
Scattershots
The Lakers' season of great expectations hasn't begun well. Nick Van
Exel is talking openly of retirement in two years because of chronic
knee pain, and the three doctors he has seen since camp began have
told him that even rest won't help much. . . .
Four reasons to question the Timberwolves' ability to take a step up
in class this year: Cherokee Parks, Paul Grant, Clifford Rozier,
Stanley Roberts. The first two centers can't rebound, the third has
distinguished himself so far only by starting a fight with Vitaly
Potapenko, and the fourth is hurt again. Even with Dean Garrett (now
with Denver), this wasn't a very physical team last season. . . .
From the Thank Heaven It's Preseason File: The Knicks and T-Wolves
each had games last week in which they committed 11 assists and 22
turnovers. You almost have to try to reach that mark. . . .
For all the changes the Suns have undergone, it is no small surprise
their best player this preseason has been Danny Manning.
"He's the glue that keeps us going," coach Danny Ainge says, whatever
that means. Manning now admits now he played with a broken toe in last
season's playoffs but kept it a secret from the team's medical staff
so the injury wouldn't become a target for opponents.
Thank Heaven It's Preseason, Part II: The Grizzlies, the third-worst
rebounding team in the league a year ago, went up against the Blazers,
the fourth-best. Final board tally: Grizzlies 54, Blazers 36. . . .
They carted out the Pillsbury Doughboy for the 76ers' appearance last
Thursday in Albany, N.Y., where they are apparently starved for
timeout entertainment, and it was hard to overlook the fact he and
Derrick Coleman were never on the court at the same time.
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Forget North vs. South; In the NBA it's East vs. West
For years it has been debated as a stereotype, a myth or a prejudice.
East-West relations never have been particularly strong in the court
of basketball opinion.
The view from the East long has been that basketball in the West is
best played by wimps.
The view from the West traditionally has been that Eastern basketball
is nothing but a gathering of bullies.
The perceptions might be inaccurate, but the debate is real.
Recently, Detroit forward Grant Hill stepped forward on the issue,
concerned that his Pistons could lose their toughness with an infusion
of players who trace their basketball roots to the West Coast, players
such as Brian Williams, Charles O'Bannon and Scot Pollard.
"Nothing against the West Coast, but you know the perception of East
Coast vs. West Coast, more so in high school than anything else, that
West Coast teams are particularly athletic but are kind of soft,''
Hill said.
For Hill, that is a concern, with Detroit having lost the force of
power forward Otis Thorpe in the off-season.
"I don't know if we'll be as mentally tough this season,'' he said.
"Are we going to be as mentally tough as before? Before, last year,
because we weren't as talented, we had to be mentally tough. Now that
we have a little bit more talent, is that toughness going to stay
there? Are we still going to be a team that, with four minutes left in
the game, can buckle down and play good defense for the entire 82
games? Collectively, as a unit, can we still be tough?''
Stretching beyond those Western roots, even coaches notice the
difference between the NBA's two conferences. Perhaps, therefore, it
is not coincidence that Minnesota is playing all eight of its
exhibitions against Eastern Conference competition.
Having lost center Dean Garrett in the off-season, coach Flip Saunders
has expressed concern about a lack of toughness, even with a roster
that features Kevin Garnett, Stephon Marbury and Tom Gugliotta.
"All good teams have a lunch-pail type of player,'' Saunders said.
"Whether it's (Greg) Ostertag in Utah, (Dennis) Rodman in Chicago,
Charles Oakley in New York or, in Miami, a guy like P.J. Brown.
They're guys you don't have to run plays for. They just go out and
play off everyone else, play hard and rely on the little stuff.''
San Antonio, another Western Conference team perceived as soft in
recent seasons, also appears to be in search of an Eastern mentality.
"The teams that play more physically, more aggressive from the start
of a game will always come out ahead,'' coach Gregg Popovich said.
Center David Robinson said he would welcome the change in San Antonio.
"It's not so much we'll play more physically because it's already
physical enough out there,'' he said. "It's more of being the
initiator of the action instead of the reactor. The team that is
active, aggressive right from the start of a game, will get credit
from the refs for initiating. But it's not a question of knocking
somebody to the floor.''
Already, nobody can tell Shawn Kemp the difference between the two
conferences only is perceived. In his two weeks as a Cavalier, he's
already witnessed his share of aggressive behavior.
"They said the Eastern Conference was a little different, and we've
already had a couple altercations,'' he said. "I think we're learning
quickly that we're going to have to protect ourselves.''
Around the NBA
So bothered by persistent knee pain that cannot be fully cured, Lakers
point guard Nick Van Exel, who already has seen three doctors this
month, said he might have to consider retirement when his contract
expires in 1999. "If it bothers me and bothers me,'' he said, "I
wouldn't mind playing out my contract and just playing golf.'' ...
Spurs rookie center Tim Duncan has bled in his first three games,
suffering scratches on the arm in the first two and a gash over his
left eye in the third. "He's a bleeder, there's no doubt about that,''
Robinson said. "He gushes blood. I told him we're going to have to
wrap him up like a mummy.'' ...
Guard Bob Sura, who now guides the Cavaliers offense, on the new
up-tempo approach of Cleveland coach Mike Fratello, "When we don't
push the ball after a basket, Mike is yelling at us to push it faster.
It's a total change from what we're used to.'' ...
Thomas Hamilton, the cockroach of NBA training camps, is making
another tryout with the Bulls. The 7-foot-3 center shaved 30 pounds to
get down to a svelte 350. Perhaps because of cargo concerns, the Bulls
left him behind when they headed off to Paris. ...
After piercing his eardrum in a collision with Indiana center Mark
West, Cleveland forward Donny Marshall said, "I turned my head and my
ear suction-cupped his chest.'' ...
Gary Trent, on teammate Rasheed Wallace's six-year, $80 million
extension from the Blazers, "If Kevin Garnett signed for $125 million
... are you telling me Garnett is $45 million better than Rasheed? I
don't think so.'' ...
Shooting guard Ray Allen, on life as a Milwaukee Buck, "It's hurtful
when you go home or when you are just out and someone asks who you
play for.'' ...
Center Chris Dudley, on the delays before his trade went through with
the Knicks, "I think I ought to get an honorary law degree for going
through all this.''