Re: Fortson stats

[damekmo@teleport.com]

>Joe's inspired me to look at some of Fortson's other games:
>
>15 points (and 13 free throw attempts), 21 rebounds (11 offensive!!)
>against the Rockets front line of Olajuwon, Pippen, Barkley.

Alex...just curious, how many points did the guy he was guarding get that night?


>19 points (8 for 11 shooting), 17 rebounds against Minnesota.

Again...he was guarding whom, and how many points did he get?

>22 pts, 17 reb vs the Kings. Although Divac had a huge game,
>with 21 pts, 15 rb, 8 assists.

I can only guess that Webber would've had quite a game also.

>20 pts, 23 reb vs Golden State. Who needs Dampier?
>
>He finished the season with 12 straight double figure scoring games.
>He had double figure rebounds in nine of these games. He pulled down
>eight offensive rebounds against the BLAZERS. If he can't give the
>Celtics a rebounding advantage next year, I don't know what will.
>
>Alex

I'm not here to bury the young man. He can rebound. He's a brute who gets
his spot on the court and can't be moved. However... I'd just like to know
who Fortson guarded during his "big numbers" games and how "they" did.
Also...were these games over by the 7 min. mark of the third quarter?
Someone on this list quoted somebody who wrote that Fortson's defense is
underrated....yes? I'm not too sure about that. It's his defense that
concerns me, not his rebounding. Also...how many fouls did he pick up
against the better offensive players he was guarding, and how long did they
stay in the game before it became a blow out? Concerning his late season
double doubles, if I remember correctly, the Celtics also had quite a nice
little run at the end of last season, when nothing mattered. Numbers on a
team like Denver can be misleading...yes?

Paul M.