PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS vs. SEATTLE SUPERSONICS GAME NO. 25 --- DEC. 18, 1996 A NORTHWEST RIVALRY --- The Trail Blazers, 13-11, host Pacific Northwest rival Seattle Wednesday, looking to snap a two-game losing streak and avoid dropping three in a row which would be their longest run without a win this season. Portland, 7-4 overall in the Rose Garden and 2-3 in December, also will be out to keep from losing their second straight at home for the first time this season. Despite losing two straight, the young Blazers are two games better than they were a year ago after 24 games. Sunday's 99-89 setback at the hands of Western Conference leader Houston was Portland's first at home to a conference team in seven games. The Blazers have a 10-7 record against teams in the west. The matchup with Seattle will be the club's third straight against top teams in the conference. Prior to Sunday's clash with the Rockets (21-2), the Blazers dropped a 120-119 overtime decision in Los Angeles to the Pacific Division-leading Lakers. PROBABLE STARTERS --- F--No. 3 Clifford Robinson (6-10), F--No. 30 Rasheed Wallace (6-10), C--No. 11 Arvydas Sabonis (7-3), G--No. 34 Isaiah Rider (6-5), G--No. 7 Kenny Anderson (6-1). THE ALL-TIME SEATTLE SERIES --- The Trail Blazers are behind in their all-time series with their arch Pacific Northwest rival Seattle SuperSonics, 75-70, and have dropped two in a row and four of their last five matchups. Portland pulled out a 95-92 victory the last time the Sonics were in town and have a 48-24 homecourt advantage in the series, even though Seattle has been successful on four of its last five trips down the Interstate-5 corridor. In games played in the Puget Sound city, the Blazers are down, 51-22, have lost two in a row and four of the last five. THE LAST SONICS GAME --- The Trail Blazers shot 51 percent from the field, had one more three-pointer and just one less field goal, outrebounded the Sonics, 38-30, and still lost to the defending Western Conference Champions, 104-93, in the Key Center. Turnovers were a big factor as Portland gave up the ball 26 times for 29 Sonic counters. Isaiah Rider, making his first appearance as a Blazer, came off the bench to lead the team in scoring with 21 points. Clifford Robinson tallied 17 and Gary Trent added 15 for Portland. Shaw Kemp had 24 points and Detlef Schrempf 23 to pace Seattle. The Blazers dug a big hole when they were outscored, 27-11, in the second quarter and fell behind, 54-37 at intermission. Portland finished with a .508 field goal mark (33-65) compared with the SuperSonics .442 (34-77). ON OFFENSE --- The Blazers offense is averaging 97.7 ppg, the seventh most productive in the league behind Houston, Chicago, Seattle, Utah, Golden State and Milwaukee. . . Portland has hit at a 51 percent or better clip in seven of 24 games thus far and its field goal accuracy mark of .450 is the league's 13th highest . . . In winning 13 games, the Blazers margin of victory has been 14.5 ppg, eight times the cushion has been 11 points or more and four have been plus-20 victories . . . Five of the Blazers 11 losses have been by five points or less and three have been by one point . . . Overall, Portland's edge over its opponents of 3.9 points per game is the NBA's ninth best mark. ON THE DEFENSE . . . Portland has held opponents to .430 field goal shooting in 24 games, the 7th most stingy in the league . . . In winning 13 games, the Blazers have held 11 of their opponents under 100 points and have allowed only six of 24 foes to top the century mark thus far . . . Their defensive average, 93.8, is the 11th lowest in the league and is 3.2 points below last year's club record of 97.0 ppg in 82 games. REBOUNDING AGAIN --- Portland, perennially among the NBA's top teams on the backboards, is second in the league in total rebounding percentage---the share of total misses in a game a team rebounds---(.540), is second in defensive rebounding percentage (.728) and second in offensive percentage (.351). The Blazers, who have had 50 or more boards in six outings, were outrebounded in their last two games, marking only the fourth and fifth times in 24 games that has happened. They have an overall advantage of 7.1 boards per game and a 4.8 per game margin on the defensive glass. Portland, among top five teams in the league for the past nine years, is their again this season despite not having an individual among the league's top 30 rebounders. AMONG THE NBA LEADERS --- RASHEED WALLACE, second in field goal percentage---.570 (139-244). ---ARVYDAS SABONIS, 17th in field goal percentage--- .505 (100-198) --- KENNY ANDERSON , 16th in assists (6.0), is 14th in steals (1.88), and 24th in scoring (19.1) --- CHRIS DUDLEY, 37th in rebounding (7.5), and 18th in blocked shots (1.50) --- ARVYDAS SABONIS, 35th in rebounding (7.7 avg.) and 20th in blocked shots (1.46) --- CLIFFORD ROBINSON, 11th in minutes played (39.7). ROCKETS SHOOT PAST BLAZERS --- Portland went down to its second loss in three days at the hands of a division leader when the Houston Rockets posted a 99-89 victory in the Rose Garden Sunday. After being outscored, 21-12, in the second quarter and trailing at intermission, 46-37, the Blazers went on a 9-0 run to open the third stanza to tie the game. But the Rockets, playing without Charles Barkley (sprained ankle) rallied behind Hakeem Olajuwon (26 points) and Clyde Drexler (22 points) to pull out their league-best 21st victory in 23 games. Kenny Anderson had another big game for the Blazers, registering his third double-double and his fourth straight plus-20 game with 26 points and 10 assists. The Blazers shot 38 percent (32-84) compared with the Rockets 52 percent mark (34-66) and were outrebounded for only the fifth time this season, 39-33. LAKERS TAKE OT WIN --- Kenny Anderson scored a season-high 34 points at Los Angeles Friday but Laker center Shaquille O Neal, who also had 34 points, blocked Kenny's potential game-winner with 2 seconds remaining in overtime as the Blazers dropped a 120-119 heartbreaker at the Great Western Forum. Portland suffered its third loss in five overtime sessions this season and its first in the last four visits to Laker land despite shooting a season-high .532 from the field (42-79). Los Angeles hit at a .469 clip (45-92). Rasheed Wallace had 29 for the Blazers, including 9-of-10 from field and a career-high 11 free throws in 15 attempts. Portland was outrebounded for only the fourth time in 23 games, 40-38. The Blazers were ahead, 82-77, entering the final stanza and were up by eight, 97-89, with 7:16 remaining. GROUNDING THE GRIZZLIES --- The Trail Blazers outscored Vancouver in every quarter, held the visiting Grizzlies to a .353 field goal night and pounded the boards for a 51-41 advantage in posting a 99-78 victory last night in the Rose Garden. The win, Portland's fourth straight over the second-year expansion club, raised its record to 13-9 overall and 7-3 at home. Kenny Anderson paced the Blazers attack with 22 points as Portland converted .456 of its shots from the field (36-79). Rasheed Wallace corralled 13 rebounds, one off his career high, to lead the Blazers board dominance. Pete Chilcutt came off the bench to lead the Grizzlies with 13 points and 10 rebounds, both season-high performances. THE OVERTIME STORY --- Friday's 120-119 overtime loss at Los Angeles was the fifth extra-session outing in 23 games thus far for the Blazers, who have played more OT contests than any team in the league . . . The Trail Blazers had six games that went beyond regulation in the entire 1995-96 season; the most for the club in any one season was eight in 1992-93. . . It was the second one-point overtime loss to a division leader on the road this season. Nine games earlier, Portland dropped a 102-101 heartbreaker at Houston . . . It was the seventh overtime test between the Blazers and Lakers and the first since Portland pulled out a 133-120 victory in two OTs on Feb. 14, 1990. YOUTH MOVEMENT --- Portland, with an average age of 25.63 years, is the NBA's youngest team ahead of Vancouver (25.80) and Golden State (25.87). The 29-team league average is 27.74. Last year, the Blazers ranked as the NBA's 18th youngest team with an average age of 26.92. Portland not only is young, but the roster, which includes eight players in Blazers uniforms for the first time, is the least experienced of any team in the league, averaging 2.47 years of NBA action per player. The number is lower than the two second-year expansion teams Vancouver (2.57) and Toronto (2.85). Chris Dudley, in his 10th year, and Clifford Robinson, in his eighth, are the club's two most experienced players. O'NEAL LEAGUE S YOUNGEST --- When 18-year-old Jermaine O Neal enter the game at in the second quarter of the Dec. 5 game at Denver, he became the youngest player ever to appear in a regular season NBA game. The honor of being the league's youngest previously belonged to Laker guard Kobe Bryant who made his debut on Nov. 3 against Minnesota at the age of 18 years, 2 months, 11 days. O Neal was 18 years, 1 month and 22 days old when he stepped onto the court. Jermaine was the Trail Blazers 1st Round choice in the 1996 NBA Draft (17th pick overall), coming straight into the NBA out of Eau Claire High School in Columbia, S.C. He missed the first 17 games of the season on the injured list after suffering a bone contusion in his left knee in the next-to-last preseason game on Oct. 25. He was activated Dec. 3. FOUR BLAZERS ON ALL-STAR BALLOT --- Guards Kenny Anderson and Isaiah Rider, forward Clifford Robinson and center Arvydas Sabonis are the Blazers on the 1997 McDonald's NBA All-Star Ballot. Ballots are being distributed to fans in the league's 29 arenas and to more than 12,000 McDonald's restaurants throughout the United States. Voting is now underway in arenas and will start Dec. 26 at McDonalds. Fans worldwide also have opportunity to vote for their favorite players via NBA.com, the league's official web site. In-arena balloting concludes Jan. 10. Starters for the Eastern and Western Conference All-Star teams will be announced Jan. 26. The 47th annual NBA All-Star Game is scheduled for Cleveland's Gund Arena Feb. 9. ANDERSON S ASSISTS COUNTING UP --- Point guard Kenny Anderson, has dished out 48 assists in his last five games and now has 143 in 24 games. That means $2,860 so far for the Kids Making Miracles $1 million drive to fund a state-of-the-art health care facility at the Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland. Anderson, honorary chairman of Kids Making Miracles, pledged $20 for every assist he makes during the season. As part of the NBA's major youth initiative TeamUp, the Trail Blazers have made a three-year commitment to help build public awareness of Kids Making Miracles efforts. Kids Make Miracles is a volunteer organization of hundreds of grade and high school students throughout Oregon and southwest Washington. BLAZERS FIRST PUBLICITY DIRECTOR DIES --- John White, the Trail Blazers first publicity director and the father of Seattle SuperSonics P.R. Director Cheri White, died Thursday in a Portland hospital after a long illness. He was 70 years old. Born in Great Falls, Mont., a Navy veteran and a graduate of Northwestern University's School of Journalism, White was a reporter and editor for daily newspapers in Oregon before taking over as publicity director for the Portland Buckaroos of the old Western Hockey League in the early 1960s. When Portland was granted an NBA franchise in 1970, he assumed additional duties as P.R. director for the basketball team, a position he held until 1986. For 16 years he served as a correspondent for Sports Illustrated and Time and Fortune magazines. Later, he worked for the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame before failing health forced his retirement. P.J. CARLESIMO --- Head coach P.J. Carlesimo posted his 100th NBA career success Dec. 6 as his Blazers stopped Charlotte, 97-93. In his third season at the Portland helm, he became the fourth coach in franchise history to reach the century mark. The others are his three predecessors, Jack Ramsay (453-367), Mike Schuler (127-84) and Rick Adelman (291-154). Last season, Carlesimo guided Portland to a 44-38 record for the second year in a row. In 1994-95, he became only the second coach since Cotton Fitzsimmons in 1970-71 to move directly from the college to an NBA head coaching job and have a winning record in his first season. MAVERICKS RIDE IN --- Next up for the Blazers after Wednesday's battle with the SuperSonics are the Dallas Mavericks in the Rose Garden on Friday (7 p.m., KEX Radio). On Saturday the Blazers are in Sacramento (7:30 p.m., KEX Radio) before coming home on Monday for a pre-Christmas date with the Washington Bullets (7 p.m., KEX Radio, BlazerVision). THE PLAYERS KENNY ANDERSON --- Sunday vs. Rockets: Tied for game-high honors with 26 pts (10-24 fgs, 3-8 3pt, 3-3 fts), game-high 10 assists, 1 rb, season high-equalling 5 steals, 44 minutes---3rd double-double of the season and team-best 12th 20+ game of the season . . . His third straight 20-plus game and fifth in the last seven games while averaging 24.9 ppg . . . Friday at Lakers: Season-high 34 pts, 5 assists, 7 rbs, season-high 49, his team-best 11th 20+game and his seventh in the last 12 games . . . Thursday vs. Vancouver: Game-high 22 points, season-high 9 rbs, 3 assists, 2 steals, 37 . . . Scored 32 points vs. Houston Nov. 26 . . . Had his first double-double of the season---11 pts, season-high 12 assists (and just two rebounds shy of his sixth career triple-double) Nov. 17 at Indiana. . . Team's leading scorer at 19.1 ppg, the assists leader (6.0 avg.) and tops in steals (1.88 avg.) . . . Ranks 24th in the NBA in scoring, 16th in assists, and 14st in steals . . . Signed as a free agent July 23 . . . Played last season with New Jersey and Charlotte, averaging 15.2 points and 8.3 assists in 69 games . . . Played the previous four years with New Jersey . . . Nets 1st round draft choice (2nd overall) in 1991 . . . Starting East guard in the 1994 NBA All-Star Game . . . New Jersey's all-time assists leader with 2,363 . . . Packs five-season career averages of 15.3 points and 7.9 assists . . . Last game at Seattle: 13 pts, 4 assists, 3 rbs, 1 steal, 26 minutes. MARCUS BROWN --- On injured list (strained right groin) sustained in practice Oct. 29 . . . Portland's 2nd round draft pick (46th overall) in the 1996 NBA Draft . . . Second leading collegiate scorer in the nation last year at Murray State with a 26.4 average . . . Two-time Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year . . . All-time Murray State leader in steals, second in scoring and in the top 10 in seven other categories. MITCHELL BUTLER ---. . . Sunday vs. Rockets: 2 pts (0-4 fgs, 0-1 3pt, 2-2 fts), 1 rb, 9 minutes . . . Friday at Lakers: 2 pts (0-1 fgs, 2-2 fts), 4 minutes . . . Activiated Dec. 13 after spending previous five games on injured list (tendonitis, both knees) . . . Obtained in trade, along with Rasheed Wallace, with Washington for Rod Strickland and Harvey Grant on July 15 . . . Averaged 6.4 points in 212 games over three seasons with the Bullets . . . Not drafted by an NBA team, he was signed as a free agent by the Bullets in 1993 after playing in more games than any player in UCLA history . . . Captain of the 1992-93 Bruins . . . Last game at Seattle: 1 assist, 4 minutes. RANDOLPH CHILDRESS --- Did not play (coach's decision) Sunday vs. Rockets . . . Friday at Lakers: 2 pts, 1 assists, 4 minutes . . . Thursday vs. Vancouver: Season-high 7 pts, 1 assist, 16 minutes . . . Nov. 23 vs. Denver: 5 pts, career-high 6 assists, career-high 3 steals, season-high 18 minutes . . . Averaged 3.0 points in 28 games as a Blazers rookie last season before undergoing surgery to repair a torn anterior capsule and labrum in his left shoulder suffered in a Dec. 30 game at Cleveland . . . He missed the last 52 games of the season after averaging 3.0 points and 1.3 assists in his first 28 games . . . An All-American at Wake Forest, he was drafted by Detroit in the 1st round (19th) overall in 1995 and acquired in a trade involving Otis Thorpe on Sept. 20, 1995 . . . . Last game at Seattle: 2 pts, 3 minutes. ALEKSANDAR DJORDJEVIC --- Sunday vs. Rockets: 0 pts (0-1 3pt), 4 minutes . . . Friday at Lakers: Did not play (coach's decision) . . . Thursday vs. Vancouver: Tied season-high with 8 pts, 1 rb, 14 minutes . . . Sank 5 of 7 three-pointers in his first eight games . . . Played in first regular season NBA game Nov. 29 versus Golden State, with his first field goal at the 3:17 mark of the final period on a driving layup. Finished with 2 pts, 1 rb in 5 minutes . . . Activated Nov. 26 after spraining his right ankle in the Oct. 25 preseason game with Vancouver and being on the injured list from the start of the season . . . Missed first four preseason games with strained groin and sore neck. . . Acquired by Portland as a free agent Sept. 24 . . . Helped lead Yugoslavia take the Silver Medal at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta . . . Yugoslavia's second leading scorer with an 11.3 ppg average and team leader in assists with 5.6 a game . . . Averaged 22.5 points as a point guard in four years in the Italian League . . . Last game at Houston: Did not play (coach's decision). CHRIS DUDLEY --- Sunday vs. Rockets: 0 pts, 4 rbs, 1 block, 16 minutes . . . Friday at Lakers: 4 pts, 2 rbs, foul-limiting 17 minutes . . . Thursday vs. Vancouver: 0 pts, 9 rbs, 22 minutes . . . Blocked a season-high five shots Dec. 1 at Golden State . . . Had a season-high 13 rebounds at New Jersey Nov. 15 . . . Second on team in rebounding (7.5 rpg) and blocked shots leader (1.50) despite starting just one game thus far . . . Ranks 37th in the league in rebounding and 18th in blocks . . . Blazers leader in rebounds and blocked shots last two seasons . . . Averaged 9.0 boards (21st highest in the NBA) and 1.25 blocks (25th in the league) last season . . . 10th year in the league, the team's longest tenured player . . . Has career average of 4.8 points and 7.1 rebounds in 586 games . . . Named 1996 winner of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award presented annually by the Professional Basketball Writers Association in recognition of outstanding community service and charitable work . . . Last game at Seattle: 0 pts, 3 rbs, 1 steal, 1 block, 18 minutes. REGGIE JORDAN --- Placed on injured list (injured joint, left thumb) Nov. 26 . . . Scored 2 pts and had 2 rbs and an assist, in 7 minutes before injuring his left thumb in the Nov. 26 Denver game . . . Signed as a free agent by Portland Aug. 30 . . . Previously played in the NBA with the Lakers and Hawks . . . In 47 previous NBA games averaged 4.7 points and 1.2 assists . . . Started the 1995-96 season with Sioux Falls of the CBA where he averaged 19.7 points, 6.8 rebounds and 6.6 assists in 38 games and was named a starter in the 1996 CBA All-Star Game. AARON McKIE --- Sunday vs. Rockets: 3 pts, (1-3 fgs, 1-1 3pt), 2 rbs, 2 assists, 17 minutes . . . Friday at Lakers: 0 pts, 1 rb, 2 assists, 18 minutes in his sixth start of the season. . . Thursday vs. Vancouver: 3 pts, 5 assists, 3 rbs, 2 steals, 29 minutes. . . Played a season-high 41 minutes, scoring 7 points and dishing out 5 assists vs. Orlando Dec. 10 . . . Leads Blazers regulars in three-point accuracy at .500 (19-38) . . . Played in his 105th consecutive game Sunday, the Blazers longest current run . . . Blazers fourth leading scorer last season (10.7 ppg) . . . Started 75 games last year at the two guard . . . Averaged 9.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists in his first 126 games as a Trail Blazer . . . First round draft choice (17th overall) by Portland in 1994 . . . Last game at Seattle: 8 pts, tied for team-high assist honors with 5, 1 rb, 2 steals, 30 minutes in second start. JERMAINE O NEAL --- Did not play (coach's decision) Sunday vs. Rockets . . . Friday at Lakers: 2 pts, 2 rbs, 3 minutes . . . Thursday vs. Vancouver: Career-high 5 pts, 2 rbs, 3 minutes . . . Has converted 5 of his first 9 shots in the NBA while playing a total of 18 minutes in four games . . . Became the youngest player ever to participate in an NBA regular season game Dec. 5 at Denver, entering the contest at 7:24 of the second period. He was 1-of-1 from the floor in three minutes of action . . . At 18 years, 1 month and 21 days, he is the youngest since the Lakers Kobe Bryant, who was 18 years, 2 months, 11 days when he appeared in his first game on Nov. 3 . . . Activated Dec. 3 after spending first 17 games of the season on the injured list (bone contusion, left knee) suffered in the Oct. 25 preseason game vs. Vancouver game . . . Scored the first points as a professional player on his 18th birthday on Oct. 13 against Sacramento . . . Portland's first round pick (17th overall) in the 1996 NBA Draft out of Eau Claire High School in Columbia, S.C. ISAIAH RIDER --- Sunday vs. Rockets: 12 pts (4-13 fgs, 2-4 3pt, 2-2 fts), 6 rbs, 1 assist, 31 minutes . . . Friday at Lakers: 11 pts, 5 rbs, 5 assists, 35 minutes . . . Not with team (suspended) Thursday vs. Grizzlies . . . Scored 8 points and dished out a career-high 11 assists Nov. 26 at Houston---his previous high assists was 9 at Minnesota vs. the Warriors Feb. 7, 1995 . . . Tallied a season-high 23 points at Sacramento Nov. 9 . . . Has had four 20+ games this season . . . Came to Portland from Minnesota in a July 23 trade for James Robinson and Bill Curley and a conditional 1st round draft choice . . . Minnesota's 1993 first round draft choice (5th overall) from UNLV . . . Averaged 18.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.9 assists in 229 games for the Timberwolves in three seasons . . . Named to the 1993-94 NBA All-Rookie First Team . . . Winner of the Gatorade Slam-Dunk Championship at the 1994 NBA All-Star Weekend . . . Last game at Seattle: Team-high 21 pts (7-10 fgs, 3-5 3pt, 4-4 fts), 3 assists, 1 steal, 26 minutes off the bench. CLIFFORD ROBINSON --- Sunday vs. Rockets: 13 pts (5-12 fgs, 0-2 3pt, 3-4 fts), 2 rbs, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 38 minutes . . . Friday at Lakers: 18 pts, 3 rbs, team-high 6 assists, 49 minutes---second game in a row and fifth time this season he's led team in assists; he did it only six times total in the previous two campaigns . . . Thursday vs. Grizzlies: 17 pts, 2 rbs, 6 assists, 38 minutes . . . Poured in his 400th career three-pointer Friday versus Vancouver. Robinson has least one long-ranger in 22 of 24 games this season and in 93 of 102 . . . Scored game high 33 pts, his seventh 20-point-plus game of the season and his fifth in eight games, Dec. 10 vs. Orlando . . . Scored 23 pts in a season-high 51 minutes (just two shy of his career high) vs. Indiana Nov. 3 . . . Shot .507 (28-53) in his last four games . . . Team's second leading scorer with a 16.5 ppg average . . . Ranks 11th in the NBA in minutes played (39.7) . . . Leading scorer the past two seasons . . . Averaged 21.1 points in 1995-96, league's 16th highest . . . Has played in all but 11 of 596 games seven-plus years as a Blazer . . Now sixth among Portland's all-time scoring leaders with 9,545 points . . . Ranks in Portland's top ten in 16 of 17 career categories . . . Only remaining Blazer from the 1990 and 1992 Western Conference Championship teams . . Last game at Seattle: 17 pts, 3 rbs, 1 assist, 36 minutes. ARVYDAS SABONIS --- Sunday vs. Rockets: 18 pts (6-12 fgs, 0-4 3pt, 6-7 fts), team-high 9 rbs, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 32 minutes . . . Friday at Lakers: 13 pts, team-high 9 rbs, 3 assists, 1 steal, season high-tieing 4 blocks, career-high 41 minutes (previous high was 39 last season vs. Houston) . . . Thursday vs. Vancouver: 13 pts, 6 rbs, 4 blocks, 22 minutes . . . Scored season-high 23 points Nov. 27 at San Antonio . . . Converted a career-high 11 free throws (in 12 attempts) Nov. 9 vs. Sacramento, while registering a team-high 21 pts and a game-high 13 rebounds . . . Grabbed season-high 17 rebounds at Minnesota Nov. 7 . . . Team's leading rebounder (7.7 rpg) and second in blocked shots (1.46) . . . Stands 17th in NBA field goal accuracy at .505 (100-198) . . . Named to the NBA's All-Rookie first team last season, the first Trail Blazer to gain such an honor since Sam Bowie in 1985 . . . Runner-up for the 1996 Schick Rookie of the Year and NBA Sixth Man honors . . . Was the first Blazers rookie in 15 years to score more than 1,000 points in a season . . . Averaged 14.5 points and 8.1 rebounds in 73 games last season . . . Gained his third Olympic Games medal during the summer in helping Lithuania to the Bronze at Atlanta . . . Last game at Seattle: 8 pts, team-high 9 rbs, 1 assist, 1 steal, 24 minutes. GARY TRENT --- Sunday vs. Rockets: 0 pts (0-4 fgs), 1 assists, 8 minutes . . . Friday at Lakers: 4 pts, 1 assist, 9 minutes . . . Thursday vs. Vancouver: 10 pts, 6 rbs, 1 assist, 26 minutes . . . Nov. 26 vs. Denver: Game and career high 22 pts (9-12 fgs, 4-4 fts) and game and career-high 13 rbs in 25 minutes . . . Averaged 7.5 points (14th highest for an NBA rookie) and 3.4 rebounds in 69 games as a Blazer last season . . . First round draft pick (11th overall) by Milwaukee in 1995 . . . Portland acquired his draft rights in an exchange involving Shawn Respert's draft rights . . . All-American and Mid-American Conference's leading scorer for three years in a row at Ohio University . . . Last game at Seattle: 15 pts (6-8 fgs, 3-4 fts), 5 rbs, 1 block, 25 minutes. RASHEED WALLACE --- Sunday vs. Rockets: 15 pts (6-11 fgs, 0-1 3pt, 3-8 fts), 7 rbs, equalled season high with 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, season high-tieing 40 minutes . . . Friday at Lakers: 29 pts (9-10 fgs, 11-15 fts), team-high 9 rbs, 1 assist, 1 block, 36 minutes---11 fts a career high . . . Thursday vs. Vancouver: 14 pts, game and season-high 13 rbs (one off his career best), 3 blocks, 31 minutes . . . Second behind Shaquille O Neal among NBA's top field goal percentage shooters (.571 on 139-244) . . . Had career highs of 32 points and 15 field goals in 20 attempts at Golden State Nov. 5, his first 30-plus game . . . Acquired by Portland, along with Mitchell Butler, from Washington in exchange for Rod Strickland and Harvey Grant on July 15 . . . 1996 NBA All-Rookie second team selection . . . Started 51 of 65 games he appeared in with the Bullets as a rookie and averaged 10.1 points a game . . . Selected in the first round (4th pick overall) by the Bullets in the 1995 NBA Draft . . . Second team All-American as a sophomore at North Carolina before becoming an early entry draft candidate . . . Last game at Seattle: 4 pts, 4 rbs, 1 assist, 1 block, 19 minutes. DONTONIO WINGFIELD --- Placed on injured list Friday (sprained left thumb suffered in Thursday game with Vancouver) . . . Thursday vs. Vancouver: Did not mark in 2 minutes of play . . . Not with team Tuesday (stomach virus) . . . Did not play (coach's decision) in previous three games . . . Posted a career-high 4 steals and 8 points in a season-high 26 minutes at New Jersey Nov. 15. . . Averaged 3.8 points and 2.4 rebounds in 44 games with Portland last season . . . Signed as a free agent in 1995 after playing the 1994-95 season with Seattle . . . Second round draft choice (37th overall) by Seattle in 1994 . . . Became an early entry draft candidate after one year of collegiate basketball at the University of Cincinnati . . . Last game at Seattle: 5 pts, tied for team-high assists with 5, 5 rbs, 1 steal, 22 minutes. John Christensen Chuck Charnquist ************************************************************ Send subscribe/unsubscribe messages to majordomo@blazers.com ************************************************************