CLIPPERS GIVE THIS ONE AWAY; L.A. LEADS EARLY BUT PORTLAND RECOVERS : PORTLAND 97 CLIPPERS 70.Byline: Randy Hill In an NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= date that would make even Clint Eastwood flinch, the good and the bad seemed to join forces to produce more ugly than anyone could use. The bad news was delivered in front of 12,853 at the Pond by the Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers are a professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise, based in Portland throughout its existence, entered the league in 1970 and has won the NBA Championship once, in 1977. , whose fullcourt defensive maneuvers transformed their 20-3 hole into a 97-70 victory. Two weeks after mauling the Utah Jazz in Anaheim, the league's worst team - that would be the 4-31 Clippers - began this one by mugging the team with the league's best record. The Clippers, who tripped Minnesota on Thursday, were attempting to win two in a row for the first time in about 450 days. Two minutes after tipoff, Arvydas Sabonis Arvydas Romas Sabonis (born December 19, 1964 in Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union (present Lithuania)) is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player. The 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) Sabonis is considered by many to be one of the premier centers in the world from the 1980s , Portland's 7-foot-3 center, was accused and convicted of his second personal foul. This legal precedent inspired a basket assault by Clippers forward Maurice Taylor Maurice De Shawn Taylor (born October 30, 1976 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player at the power forward position. He was most recently with the NBA's Sacramento Kings, released on January 23, 2007. and center Michael Olowokandi Michael Olowokandi (born April 3 1975 in Lagos, Nigeria), nicknamed The Kandi Man is a Nigerian professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He currently is a free agent. , who equally split 12 points en route to a 22-5 lead. Mike Dunleavy Mike Dunleavy is the name of two notable persons in basketball, father and son:
The Clippers were ridiculous in the second period, finishing with the same number of points as turnovers (11). Their doom was accelerated by Taylor's third foul on a rebound skirmish with 8:20 before the half. And Portland's fullcourt trap was devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. . The Blazers took advantage of several transition opportunities to pile up 33 second-quarter points. Nine of those came from Walt Williams and seven were added by Wallace, who spent most of his time in orbit around the east-end rim. By the time the third quarter was finished the Clippers trailed 74-54. The Blazers looked as though they were worth every penny that's been spent by owner Paul ``Microsoft'' Allen. The Clippers simply performed like the best team money can bypass. CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: Portland's Stacey Augmon battles the Clippers' Brian Skinner for a loose ball. Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press Box: GAME RECAP |
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