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By JEFF SHREWSBURY
Viewpoint Editor
With 2:37 left in the first quarter
of this past Saturday's Charlotte
Hornets-Washington Bullets NBA
exhibition game in Carolina Coliseum,
Terry Dozier forged a memory
for himself.
It was at this time when the former
USC basketball star scored his
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In this, his first NBA appearence,
the lanky 6-foot-9,
215-pound forward caught a chesthigh
pass by the left side of the basket,
made a move and burnt threetime
NBA All-Star and former
scoring leader Bernard King.
Dozier drew King close to him
with a head fake and then scooted
by him, holding the ball aloft in
his right hand. He then dropped it
in the hoop for the layup.
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But it won't be the points Dozier
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NBA exhibition game this season.
Forecaster
By CHRIS SILVESTRI
Sports Editor
It was another sub-par week for
the predictions column as I was
12-5, dropping my overall record
to 47-16 for a .746 percentage.
However, it was not as bad as it
seems considering the number of
upsets that occurred. I mean, who
would have thought that the Clemson
Tigers would turn out to be
such pussycats, or that Houston's
high-powered offense would stall
and manage only 13 points.
Inis week might be just as ditlicult
as Tennessee faces Alabama,
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WESTERN CAROLINA AT
NO. 24 USC: The Gamecocks
have another easy day as they get
set for their showdown with N.C.
State .. . USC, 41-10. ]
NO. 9 SOUTHERN CAL AT 1
NO. 1 NOTRE DAME: The Irish '
remain undefeated as they slide by !
the Trojans . . . Notre Dame, i
21-19. I
KANSAS AT NO. 3 COLORADO:
The Buffaloes continue
their bid for an undefeated season 1
with a romp . . . Colorado, 56-3. 1
NO. 4 NEBRASKA AT OK- I
LAHOMA ST.: The Cowboys are !
still praying for the second coming
of Barry Sanders . . . Nebraska, (
40-13. t
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Dozier grew up in Baltimore
watching the likes of King make
moves on other people, but on this
Saturday, Dozier was the one scoring
the basket with a power-move
layup.
"You really don't think about it
when you're out there," Dozier
said after Saturday's game. "But
when I came out (after scoring), I
said to myself, 'Hey, I just went
by Bernard King.' It gets you kind
of pumped."
Dozier, a rookie-free agent, is
trying to make the Hornets' roster
for the season that starts in
November. His chances are considered
slim as most experts believe
Dozier doesn't have the power to
be a forward in the NBA. He
surely doesn't have the height to
be a center, or the skills to be a
guard. So, forward is where he'll
live or die.
In college, Dozier was never
known as a power player. His
speed and outside shooting abilities
were his main threat But in
the NBA, a guy with the wiry
body of Dozier can't just be a
good shooter or quick ? he has to
be tough and willing to go inside
near the basket where the bigger
guys hang out
"I know I have to keep driving,"
Dozier said. "It would be silly to
just shoot jumpshots. I have to
make the defense respect me inside
first. You have to have power in
this league to make it."
And Dozier's ability to be tough
and powerful is the big question j
mark in Hornets head coach Dick ]
Harter's mind. j
For hustle, Harter says Dozier is I
an All-Star, but for talent, he says i
Dozier is borderline.
'Terry was the only guy giving 1
it his all on both ends of the floor ]
tonight," Harter said after the 1
game. "But he has to play that i
well every night and a lot of guys
have to play badly for him to make i
? difficult d
Wolverine uniform . . . Michigan,
31-12. (
NO. 6 TENNESSEE AT NO. S
10 ALABAMA: The Tide sur- c
prises a Cobb-less Volunteer
team ... Alabama, 24-23. /
l TEXAS AT NO. 7 ARKAN- f
SAS: The Razorbacks will be fc
ready for another Longhorn upset
bid . . . Arkansas, 20-17. ]
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NO. 11 AUBURN AT NO. 14 (
FLORIDA ST.: The Seminoles ;
lave been untouchable since their
)ack-to-back losses . . . Florida \
St., 27-26. (
NO. 12 N.C. STATE AT 2
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But for his first test as a Hornet,
Dozier did everything anyone
could have asked of him. He
played 17 minutes, scoring eight
points on four of seven shooting.
He grabbed two rebounds and had
one steal that lead to a breakaway,
two-handed slam dunk in the third
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But aside from the points in
front of his old home crowd, it
was the quick move that burnt
King when Dozier shed his quiet,
college playing style and showed
that he wanted to play with the big
boys in the NBA.
His chances of making it are improving,
however, as just this ?
week, the Hornets traded popular m
forward Robert Reid to the Portland
Trailblazers for another, less
expensive player in Richard An
derson. Dozier was competing with
Reid for the small forward spot,
but will now have Anderson to ?
overcome.
The speculation in Charlotte is P
Lhat the Hornets were going to cut L
Reid anyway and merely traded I
trim to save money on the contract
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likely means the Hornets like what
they see in Dozier.
But Dozier holds no illusions.
He knows he's going to have to
play the best basketball of his life
to have a shot at a spot on the roster.
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For now, though, Dozier is liv- Li
ing out his dream of playing in the th
MBA ? something he's wanted G<
since childhood. Whether his body na
letrays him or not, he'll have the
nemories to hold onto.
If he doesn't make it, he can tell
lis grandchildren how he burnt
Bernard King. If he does make it,
ie'11 tell them how he played in
he NBA.
Either way, Dozier will have
nemories.
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NO. 13 ILLINOIS AT MI:HIGAN
ST.: The tough-luck ,
Ipartans finally get a win . . . Mi- j
higan St., 20-13. j
SMU AT NO. 16 HOUSTON:
^ndre Ware and the Houston of- <
ense rebound after being stifled
iy Texas A & M . . . 54-17. i
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:o perform well through all their 1
iff-the-field troubles . .. Florida, J
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