Sports
REGULAR SEASON Games SHAQUILLE O’NEAL: 79 GLEN RICE: 80 A.C.
June 21, 2000
Lakers
One Harper gone, another apparently close to arriving.
Sept. 22, 1999
Derek Harper accepted his new role as the Laker starting point guard with barely a shrug, saying that he cares more about how former starter Derek Fisher handles it than anything else.
Feb. 22, 1999
Had it not been for a six-second span two years ago on national television, Derek Harper probably would be known as just another National Basketball Assn. point guard trying to keep a starting job.
May 8, 1986
Derek Harper, who scored a career-high 35 points as the Dallas Mavericks whipped the Lakers, 118-104, in Game 4 of the Western Conference final Sunday at Reunion Arena, will never be able to live down the blunder he made here four years ago in the playoffs against the Lakers.
May 30, 1988
Coach Kurt Rambis, hoping to make sure 37-year-old Derek Harper doesn’t burn out before the playoffs, is planning to sharply reduce Harper’s workload in the near future.
April 14, 1999
Clippers
The principals involved in the breakup of the National Basketball Assn.’
Jan. 25, 1986
Derek Harper of the Dallas Mavericks was fined $5,000 by the NBA for a flagrant foul committed Friday night against Winston Garland of the Houston Rockets.
March 9, 1993
Richie Adubato, coach of the Dallas Mavericks, thinks an NBA referee has a “personal vendetta” against guard Derek Harper.
May 1, 1990
The Seattle SuperSonics have offered guard Gary Payton and first-round pick Doug Christie to the Dallas Mavericks for guard Derek Harper, according to the Ft.
Oct. 30, 1992