PORTLAND — How does one stop an 18-0 team that has twin towers to dominate inside and outside shooting that prevents teams from packing the paint?
Coach Ryan Martin felt one way his ninth-ranked Lakers could pull off a monumental upset Friday in the Class B quarterfinals was to slow the basketball to a turtle’s pace.
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