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near-disaster for one that went 63-19
last eason after winning 19 of its first
20.
"We were the victims of the uc­
cess we had," coach Rick Adelman
aid. Buoyed by a tring of ix con­
secutive victories when playing the
econd game in consecutive nights,
the Trail Blazers have now won nine
of 11 gam s to pull into a virtual tie
with first-place Golden State in the
Pacific Divi ion.
"This is a good, experienced
.' - '·"rned to play hard
• "W B V TH KIND of
pride where guy want to come back
hard every night," guard Terry
Porter said. The Blazers played on
Tuesday and Wednesday nights this
wee against Cleveland and New
York, who had a combined home
every night," Adelman aid. "Ex­
perience gives you mental toughness.
Teams that win the first game when
they're playing on consecutive day
tend to relax. We never relax that
second night."
record of 29-4 until Portland beat
both of them, 121-114 at Richfield
Coliseum and 96-91 at Madison
Square Garden.
• • When we beat the Cavaliers and
Knic at their hom ,it shows a
lot," aid Porter, who cored 18 of
his 22 points in the second half as the
Blazers overcame a 10-point
halftime deficit against New Yor .
"We know we can't ever relax in a
game " forward Buck Williams said.
"We were disappointed in our start,
but we still feel we can win the
NEW YORK (AP) - The NBA
draft and Olympic qualifying tourna­
ment will be in Portland in June, and
if the Trail Blazers cooperate by
making the NBA Finals, the ci ty
would be basketball's capital for a
month.
That prospect seemed unlikely
after the Trail Blazers started 15-10,
respectable for most teams, but a
eight tim - four indoors and four
outdoors - tied for second in the
voting with 131 vote ca. Hun-
garian immer Tam Damyi
finished fourth with 19 vot . Lewis
won the award in 1985.
our
T E W RD, D in
honor of the track and field H of
Famer who won four gold medals at
the 1936 Olympics, i presented an­
nually to the athlete who best per-
onifie e cellence in athletic
performance and promot incere
cooperation and under t nding
among people of all nations.
P well will receive the ward at
a Feb. 4 dinner in New Yor . Joining
Powell t th ceremony will be R lph
Boston, who broke 0 ens' world
record in the long jump in 1960, and
the two men who have held the
record since then, Igor Ter­
Ovanesyan and Beamon.
am
division. "
Touted as having the NBA' best
tarting lineup, the Trail Blazers'
regulars were just average in the first
two months.
Porter, Williams, Jerome Kersey,
and Kevin Duckworth all were under
last season' coring averages, while
Drexler took up the slac with 25.6
points per game, 4.1 ahead of last
years pace.
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