1.   Allen Iverson, explosive scorer that he is, will never be one.

2.   Gilbert is an explosive scorer who has been forced to play out of position at point guard.

3.   Gardner can been an explosive scorer while Stoudamire had a productive rookie season.

4.   He could disrupt the most explosive scorer.

5.   Neil Smith, the general manager, obtained an explosive scorer, Luc Robitaille, and a nasty defenseman, Ulf Samuelsson.

6.   The Lakers play well at the Forum and the Blazers have two explosive scorers in Rod Strickland and Clifford Robinson.

7.   Their lack of quickness in the frontcourt and absence of an explosive scorer proved to be problems in both games.

8.   With a big front line and an explosive scorer in Shawn Kemp, they are built for the playoffs.

9.   We have explosive scorers and we have guys willing to do the intangibles.