Banner Graphic, Volume 21, Number 82, Greencastle, Putnam County, 8 December 1990 — Page 6

THE BANNERGRAPHIC December 8,1990

Cincy, 49ers head for ‘midseason Super Bowl’

By The Associated Press As the two-time defending league champions, the San Francisco 49ers are the big game on everyone’s schedule in the NFL. That goes double for the Cincinnati Bengals. “THIS IS OUR midseason Super Bowl,” Bengals defensive lineman Tim Krumrie said.

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Pacers not close to Blazers as Portland nears record

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Portland Trail Blazers, in thrashing Indiana, boosted their record to 171 to tie for the second best start in NBA history. The Trail Blazers beat the Pacers Friday night 127-105 for the best NBA start since Milwaukee went 17-1 in the 1970-71 and 1971-72 seasons. The New York Knicks hold the record with their 23-1 start in 1969-70. “WE’RE JUST TRYING to take it day by day as a team, and I think we have very confident players,” said Portland’s Clyde Drexler, who led all scorers with 23 points. “We just want to work hard and improve as a team regardless of the record.” The Trail Blazers, who led by as many as 26 points in the fourth period, took a 22-18 lead on a jumper by Kevin Duckworth with 5:25 remaining in the opening period. From that point, the Trail Blazers outscored Indiana 14-2 for a 36-20 lead at the 1:46 mark of the first. “We played very sloppy tonight,” Indiana’s Detlef Schrempf said. “They are a very physical team, and we did not do a very good job of getting back on defense. “THEY ARE A running team

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and got a lot of easy lay-ups, and we did not defend very well.” The Pacers pulled to within seven points at the half on a free throw by Vem Fleming. But Indiana got no closer as Portland came out strong in the third period with a slam dunk by Jerome Kersey followed by a 3-point play by Terry Porter for a 66-54 advantage. “We shot the ball pretty well, but they’re a great team,” said Indiana coach Dick Versace. “The turnovers were very close at halftime, and if we’d gotten the home whistle, it might have been the difference.” BUCK WILLIAMS followed Drexler with 20 points for Portland, while Indiana was led by Chuck Person with 22 points. Indiana will host Cleveland tonight for the second meeting between the two teams this season. Versace explained his decision to sit his starters down with more than eight minutes remaining against Portland as preparation for the Cleveland matchup. “Cleveland will be our fifth game in seven days, and we don’t want to bum out our starters,” he said. “If we can win at home against Cleveland, that’ll be three victories out of five games, and we’ll be on a roll again.”