LOS ANGELES (AP) Derek Anderson scored 18 points and Jeff
McInnis got 11 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter, leading the
Portland Trail Blazers to an 88-85 preseason victory over the Los
Angeles Clippers on Friday night.
Zach Randolph had 11 points and 12 rebounds for Portland (2-1).
Center Dale Davis, who missed the first two exhibition games due to
a sore groin muscle, had four points and four rebounds in 22
minutes. Ruben Patterson had five points in 24 minutes after
missing Thursday night's game because of a sore left Achilles'
tendon.
Clippers No. 1 draft pick Chris Kaman, who got off to a late
start in training camp because of back problems, scored 10
consecutive points in a 4{-minute span in the fourth and finished
with 17 in his NBA debut while playing 21 minutes. Tremaine Fowlkes
sat out because of a sprained right knee.
Neither team led by more than six until the Trail Blazers scored
eight consecutive points in a 56-second span, including a pair of
3-pointers by Jerald Honeycutt that helped them take a 76-68 lead
with 7:14 remaining.
Kaman, who missed the preseason opener because of a strained
left calf, cut the deficit to four with back-to-back layups. But
McInnis sank two free throws at the other end, then made it 80-72
with a layup after teammate Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje swatted away an
attempted driving layup by Bobby Simmons.
Portland made only one field goal the rest of the way, but still
managed to hang on.
Keyon Dooling's layup pulled Los Angeles (0-2) within 87-85 with
10 seconds left. McInnis made one of two free throws with 7.2
seconds to go, giving the Clippers one last chance to tie. But
Simmons' off-balance 3-point attempt from the left corner was short
of the rim as time expired.
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