The Salt Lake Tribune NBA Sunday, March 11, 2001 NBA. Anderson Packing PERFORMANCES Again in Offseason BY STEVE LUHM i Allen Iverson, 76ers, scored 47 points for Philadelphia in a 108-103 win over Atlanta. sideseloeh Chris Webber, Kings, had 41 points on 16-01-27 shooting and 12 rebounds in Sacramento's 110-104 win over Denver. tonafter this season, opting out ofthe threeyear, $6.6 million contract he signed with the Rockets before the 1999-2000 season. Vince Carter, Raptors, scored 13 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter to lead Toronto to a 110-99 victory over Seattle. Dirk Nowitzid, Mavericks, had 32 points and eight rebounds in The Jazz offered Anderson five-year, $25 million deal to stay in Utah after their second straight run to the NBAFinals in 1998. But he ended up with the Rockets, in part be- leading Dallas to a 102-73 rout of Gokden State. THURSDAY WB Steve Francis, Rockets, had 22 points and a season-high 15 tebounds ‘@s Houston beatthe Los Angeles Clippers, 99-87. cause he wanted a more significant role than he expected to have with the John Stockton/Karl Malone-led Jazz. It hasn't worked out that way. WEDNESDAY Chris Webber, scored 24 of his 41 points in the second half as Allen Iverson, 76ers, scored 38 points, including 14 in the the Rockets’ offense. He averages 8.8 points fourth quarter, as Philadelphia rallied for a 102-94 victory over New —down from a career-high 12.3 last season ~~ onan improving, young team that will none-$ Jersey. i Tracy McGrady, Magic, had 37 points and 11 reboundsas theless miss the playoffs. Orlando defeated Detroit 112-102. IW Steve Francis, scored 17 of his 31 points in the final period as Anderson says he will weigh a couple of * factors when picking a new team: the opportunity to win and his role. Agent Dan Fegan Houston came back to beat Attanta 104-98. I Kobe Bryant, Lakers, scored 17 of his 29 points in the third quarter, helping Los Angeles beat Toronto 97-85. added a third factor: money. “He’s been playing fora lot less than mar-, ket value,” Fegan said. “It’s a point of fact «2 that he’s been underpaid. . a emai ss TUESDAY 1 Shaquille O'Neal, Lakers, had 26 points and 17 rebounds on his 29th birthday as Los Angeles beat Golden State, 97-85. the end of the season and take a long look.” “You haveto consider everything,” Andersonsaid. “I'm happy. We're playing «* MONDAY Hi Kart Malone, Jazz, scored 30 pois as Utah beat Alena 109-102. Scot Pollard, center, fights for a loose balll with Orlando’s Michael Doleac and Darrell Armstrong earlier this season. LEADERS PTS AVG 1888 315 1716 205 1765 294 1587 280 1504278 1467 277 1575 27. 1522 245 1511 264 tase 240 The Spurshave Malone, Utah 60 506 392 1406 234 WON Six In a Tow, Walker, Bos. 61 532 198 1421 233 1 51S 227 1367 62 550 283 1398 «58 503.212 1251 62 454 3411359 60 454 259 1314 518 282 1322 60 508 267 1279 @ 537 177 130 50 304 224 1050 227 225 23 219 219 213 213 210 210 G OFF DEF TOT 56 221 569 790 53.213 467 680 208.523. 731 62 216 530 748 @ ie sy mo Gamet in. 62106 Marion, Phoe Brand, Che Davis, Tor. Oaidey, Tor 58 56 59 60 Like wi “Tm spoiled,”"he said. “I spent myfirst -" three years in the playoffs and wentto two “ Finals. I got accustomed to that. Your first years in the league mold you, and I love play” off games — the whole atmosphere.” The Rockets will likely have some money SWEET to spend on salaries at the endof the season, ~ with Hakeem Olajuwonnot expected to re- ~ turn. But they have earmarked it for another oneof their bargain-basementfree agents — : Maurice Taylor — Sta big-nameoutsider i such as Chris Wi Including a pair of wins over the Lakers. \ AVG 14.1 128 122 120 is 531 37-112 Andersonto return. 4 SCOT POLLARD “He's one of our mosthard-working guys,” Tomjanovichsaid. “He’s going to give you an honest, hard-working effort every night... . A guylike Shandonis greatly ap... preciated bythe coaching staff.” Anderson averages one shot per 4.15 min-. Free-spirited ex-Jayhawk has beena vital part &SOUR wets utes, far less than teammates Steve Francis offseason to back up Viade Di- BYSTEVE LUHM THE SALT LAKE TRIBU! The Jazz's Jacque Vaughn andthe Kings’ ScotPollard arrived in Lawrence, Kan.. in the fall of 1993 as strangers from dif- FG FGA PCT ONeal LAL 583 1012 576 Wels. Port 315.585 Szrzerbak Minn 357, 696 513 Walace. Pon. «473 935 506 McDyess. Den. 506 1005 503 Stockton, Utah 245. 487 503 Nash, Dal * 208 587 501 Cassell, Mi 400 806. 4B Marshall, Utah 305 618 404 Weatherspoon, Clev252 511 493 Malone, Utah 506 1030 491 Vaughn wasa soft-spoken. thoughtful. senior class-president ype from Pasadena, Calif., who liked to read and write poetry oneneat to separate himself fromthis LDS Churchroots one wiseenough tostraighten himself outafter a run-in with the péfice after his family’s move from Utah to suburban San Diego whenhe was12. Jacque Vaughn and Big Scot Pollard were thrown together as roommates. Vaughn ‘Stockton, Utah Ferny, SA 48 48 w 103 Se 466 Miller, ind. Houston, N.Y Bary, Sea 0 175 457 Nash, Dail Whitney, Wash 101 113 B94 Garrity. Ort Kroc. All 7 4% 163 442 Allen, Mi. 258 200 fsG Daniets, SA 3 46 432 Armstrong, Ort 186 210 866 Wiams, Sea Davis, Wash. 58125464 62 Alen, Ma Russell, Utah 140 443 105 438 147 342430. 73173 422 | sckteptehecietermenstetats “We were complete opposites, just like Richmond, Wash. 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Det Booth, Dal @ © 27 20 Ostertag, Utah eo 121 202 Pierce, Bos Jones, Mia Stockion, Utah 62 57 61 «114187 108 174 99° 174 105 1.72 10+ been through it. 16 47 The Jazz have assured themselves a winning season — their 16th consecutive, tied for the NBA record The exact percentage the Utah Jazz are shooting this season — tops in the NBA. Portland is second with a .469 shooting percentage FOLLOW-UP SHOTS CLOSE, BUT NO CIGAR Most Pro Coaching Wins Without a Championship (through 1999-2000 season}: 1, NBA — Don Nelson, 977 wins 2. NFL — Chuck Knox, 193 wins : NHL — Billy Reay, 599 wins MLB — GengMauch, 1,907 wins x Through 1990-4800 Laughing asifrecalling distant-but pee nee mene ts “Mostof thetime. find myself defending him.” awaywith it — Rush did not know where the gum camefrom — except Madison Square Utah. Scotis the youngestof six children Pollard’s former Kansas teammate — matteroffact. I'm dying minein the other di-. oe oe anata said. “But that’s ve always knov ‘ Theson of Pearl Pollard. a legendary high school andcollege basketball star in Jacque Vaughn phabetical order and withfour-letterfirst names: Alan, Carl. Lyne. Mark. Neal and Scot. The Knicks’ Mark Jack- sonsaid. “Hesaid he didn’t doit.”. trouble. He admits they often brokeinto vending machines but never got caught. At least, not until Pollard was16. Because he was a juvenile offender, the court documentssur- niling now more than I have in the ars in New York,” Childs said. “It roundingthecase remain sealed and Pollardis willing to shed Hawks cut him. “Wetalked a lot about notplaying and, if we ever got theop- only minimal light on the matter. Nodetails,” Pollard told the Sacramento Bee. “Just grand eft portunity, how we'dcapitalize on /aughn said. For Pollard, the turning point came when hesigned asafree agent with theKings just five days after being waived by Atlan: gotten to the point where I just wasn’t har any fun.” Yes, Childs was takinga shot at Van Gundy, his former coach: “Lenny [Wilkens] lets you play. How can you not Forhis misdeed,Pollardreceived500 hours of community ta. service. He claims being caught andpunishedfor his mysterious He didn’t makea major impact in Sacramento duringthe lockout season,but last year, he emerged asa vital memberof crime helped him refocus on more productive endeavors such as basketball, which has madehima King in Sacramento. Befom ex-Knick Chris Childs promised to “be nasty, out there.” Trash-talkingthe entire game, he had12 points and three assists as the beat New Yorkfor the fifth straight time. 4 In high school, Pollard andhis friends hadan ability to find Vaughn stayed in oneplace. suspended for throwing gum, nowthat'sa first.” facing the team thattraded him to Toronto, ° tually picked Kansas over Arizona. draft pick to Adanta for Christian Laettner. A month later, the tions were. But son, a former teammate, spoke to Miller — about theincident. “He was like 0.J.,” Jack: Asa high school senior, he madea recruitingvisit to Brigham Young, butclaimsthat was only afavorto his mother. He even On Jan. 1999 just beforethestart of the lockout: shortened season thePistons traded Pollard anda first-round := Garden Networkhad a shotcatching him in the act. New York coach Jeff Van Gundy "* said, “I certainly don't know what his inten-"" five boys andagirl. They werenarned in al ThePollards are known as devout Mormons, exceptfor the youngest one. He went to church onlybecause of parental insistence and, whenheleft for Kansas, he stopped goingaltogether. another Kansas product. “Nobody will ever change him.” Pollard and Vaughn were first-round draft picksin the NBAdraft. Pollard went19th to Detroit. Vaughn cameto Utah as the 27th selection. Neither played muchinitially, butat least SanAntonio leadsthe league with a 29-5 record in games decided by 10 points or more. The Jazz have the second-best mark at 24-5. hair. Riley called him the “reincarnation of- rection.”. . Indiana's Reggie Miller was suspended andfined $10,000 for hitting referee Eddie F. Rush in the backof the head ~ with a wad of chewing gum during a game against the Knicks. Miller might have gotten* “That's just the way Scot is.” said Jazz center Greg Ostertag. BY THE NUMBERS Ostertag said. “It fits him perfectly. He's just a happy- bed. Scot sroom always looked like a tornado had it”? CD case or the rug or the ’ ‘ through it.” 8 20 sat down and [trainer] Ron Culp grabbed me, pain wentthrough my rib cage — like myshoulder had gone into my rib cage.” Ouch. The Heat's Cedric Ceballos é showed upfor work recently with dyed blond. Dennis Rodman.” Asked if heif ever consid: ered the lighter look. Rileysaid, “No. Asa rooms. G “The hairfits Scot toa “T,’” 95, and he is out until the playoffs after dislocating the same shoulder against Detroit. “I ran to the side and coach [Pat Riley] asked me, ‘What's wrong” I said ‘I think I ~broke.it’ When I looked at his face. that scared me more than anything As soon as I _ and ineticulous, whether (pecvene.,cometbecolon et you're talking about the A lot of people say to me, ‘What's going ? The friendship might not have lasted if Vaughn and Pollard hadn't had their own “Mine wasalways neat and meticulous, whether you're talking about the CD'case or the rug or thebed.” Vaughn said. “Scot's room alway's looked likea tornadohad been Eddie Jones has suffered a right shoulder = injury. He missed 18 games with a separation Rick Adelman said. “He just keepsgetting better and better.” y have donea greatjob putting together their team,” Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said. “and he'sa big part of that. He's tough. He plays hard. He'll battle you. He gives them a great [inside] rotation with Webber and Divac.~ In Sacramento, Pollard’s enthusiasm for the game and his zanyapproach to life has made him somethingof a cult figure. Most noticeably, he wears his hair in a pony-tail-on-top that, as Sports Illustrated recently described, “makeshim looklike an elongated version of John Belushi’s old Samurai character from Saturday Night Live.” hs — kindof kid everyfather hopes Will, walkup to the front oe on au night and take his daughter to the dance. lard wasa free-spirited. shoot-from-the-hip young man — FT FTA PCT Around the League : For the second time in his career, Miami's “Scot was one [free agent] we hadto have.” Sacramento coach ferent worlds. At the University of Kansas,Little 3G 3FGA PCT Jazz owner Larry Miller’s money on the ta; ble when he signed with Houston. peering improvingKings.Pollard averaged 5.4 points and s as a backup to center Viade Divac and powerforavard Chris WVebber. At the endof his breakthrough season, Pollard was a soughtafterfree agent, but he decided to re-sign with the Kings for $30.7 million over six years. SACRAMENTO,Calif. — Theyare the NBA's Oddest Couple: G AST AVG $6 559100 61 568 93 63.45 87 62«526 85 63 590 84 61 499 82 58440 76 57 40 75 50 373 75 61 454 74 per 4.02 minutes) get more opportunities to shoot than Anderson. who kat si8 million of = vac and Chris Webber. lost 10inarow. Friendsforlife. not matter howdifferentlythey live it Keds. Phoe Stockon, Utah ackson, NY. Van Exel, Den. Baby, Van Payton, Sea Brandon, Minn Cassell, Ma Nash, Dall Mier. Chew (oneper2.66 minutes), Cuttino Mobley (one per2.43 minutes), Taylor (one per 2.49 minutes) and Olajuwon (one per 2.82 minutes). + Even back-ups such as Walt Williams (one per 3.16 minutes). Matt Bullard (one per3.38 minutes) and Kenny ‘Thomas (one “= D. Johnson/AP The Kings signed Scot Pollard, fight, to a long-term deal in the of Sacramento’s success We Hawkshave 155.492 GAT 112 233 374 607 108 209 400 609 103 120 465 585 98 ° Coach Rudy ‘Tomjanovich would like , it REBOUNDING| Mutombo, ‘O'Neal, LAL McDyess.Den. B.Walace. Det Duncan, S.A, [But] when thetime comes, I mileranaee ce: erything.” FIT TOBEA G FG 60 G45 58 618. 60.573. 56 572 48-546 53.583 58. $95 62 607 @& 499 & sor Payton, Sea. Gamett. Minn. Robrson Mi Nowitzki. Dal ‘Allen, Mi Duncan SA MeDyess.Den. Finley, Dal Rose, Ind FT 516 422 511 306 240 301 335 258 409 sos well. I can't make a comment about anything~ negative. I have to think about the team. = se ——— Ba Bob Galbraith/The Associated Press Iverson, Phi Bryant LAL Sackhouse: Det Carter, Tor. Webber. Sac. ‘O'Neal LAL McGrady, Or damison.GS. Pierce, Bos Marbury, NJ + ot Though Anderson has started every game over the last two years with Houston, he has become little more than an afterthought in + ‘Sacramento came back to post a 100-89 victory over Phoenix. | | like that?” Countered Van Gundy, “Every dog has his day.” 4 STATISTICS | | Player Maione Russel | Marshal | Stockton Sus Manning Vaughn Poynice Ostertag AVG Lows | Beno Crotty Stevenson Padget Te | PONT PCT FOMAFGA«FTMFTA PCT PTS 50-1000 41S wesoe 7B! 148 205 AST TIT 187-207 TB 3568 4 YaST 25487 503. 4B BBB a, 1832 47 AB os om m 125278 450i TTS 1929 AHO 1490S 100203 4M i S82 4114 m6 Record: 43-18 S10 so a-79 718 mm O85 a8 3S OM 2 19 mf an M412 2401 15:21 | | 1418 2% % WwW W127 22 wT 1004 ™ 2 1200-1795 748 = 1380-1782 780 THIS WEEK.TODAY at SACRAMENTO 3:30 p.m. | won 18 7 ns 1% ms 14 | Home: 23-9 Away:20-9 Malone Rumsel Marshal Stockton Sans Manning Vaugn Potynice Ostertag REBOUNDS OFF OEF TOT AVG % 4 517 86 7% 175 260 44 13 00 423 7:1 2 1M 17% 29 19 6 «108-19 4 12 «(161 26 3 102-18 19 7 49 286 44 116,190 06 8 Banot Crotty Stevenson Pace TEAM OPPONENTS 5 4 8 16 18 er wee 1% 6 9 @ OF 15 8 1 619 613 0 om 1m 7S 665. «1642200 37.7145 Lewis 9 2 4 14 WEDNESDAY at GOLDEN STATE 8:30 p.m t ASSISTS AST AVG 29 45 12 21 9 15 568 93 142 1 20 39 % 04 13 02 7 05 Conf.: 25-1 PF 00 15 0 m4 1 16 0 10 1 13 2 0 100 17% 1 2 4 1 STO 6 18 &@ @ 8 & 106 157 5 @ 3 @ M 1 18 1 @ 0 05 9 0 § 09 0 0 6 04 2 0 9 00 © 0.4 OSS 8 ae 188 STG S14 7° B 8 & 3 OD 1000 BLN wy Ws 8% 16 8 OM 8 ©. 1s 068 6 fe O58 2 Se (2 3 af a9 FRIDAY. oper 8p. m.