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Show 8 oa 0 rar cL il http://jwww.standard.net Standard-Examiner Sunday, December 21,1997 7C Many teamsfinding it hard tofill arenas e Chicago Bulls had their resolve a fight during practice 500th consecutive sellout last week. The Jazz have been at 99 NBA NOTES percent capacity every season since moving into the Delta Center. Sunday announcer DonPoier, disgusted by a call from referee Luis Grillo in a gamelast week, derisively waved his handsat Grillo as the when theyboth played for the Warriors. After being restrained by teammates, Sprewell Tom McEachin threatened to return with a gun. That said, Kersey won't exactly Standard-Examiner be the defense’s star witness. official was striding to the scorer’s table to record to his call. iE Le ik Standard-Examiner Jazz writer Tom McEachin’s look at at Cleveland But while last year’s participants in the NBA Finals “Spree, you know, he’s a good guy,” Kerseysaid. “I played with Grillo came right over to Poier and told the broadcaster: “You > When:4 aren't struggling at the box office, p.m. (MST) a different trend is taking shape him for a year, and I like him. wave your hand at me one more dog and not come back.” knowledgeit was over, inan _-He’s a competitor. He's fiery > Where: aroundthe league. attempt tolet people knowseats 8UY- That's partofhis Gund Arena > TV/radio: KJZZ; © The Charlotte Hornets have the second-best winning East. Theyalso pe rcentage ” oein the ae 13 7 are available. competitive spirit. ates Soeur ae ren one Warriors en emer revoked by the and KFNZ-AM wo t sonsiooe sare pi at 1320, '>-/- ay d oe wae 2 Sere KSOS-AM 800, KLO-AM 1430. Mibwankee Rakeues Saae. me » One to watch:The Jazz get their stiencianes of S4E01. That's a first look at Shawn Kemp ina Cleveland uniform. > Notebook: The Cavaliers sad oat in sae oasis bait ie hae eswudaennss ies : wee recently had a nine-gamewinning streak snapped. The Sacramentogoing, Kings had an even longerstreak reporting sellouts for every game since movingto California 12 years ago. Like the Hornets, the Kings had empty seats before the sellout streak officially ended, a oint the team finally conceded attendance in Hornets: history . The Hornets were 3,351 eesshort Pp let fans k 5 ick ore 0 !et fans Know tickets were available. ofa sellout and the crowd was actually much worsethan it The league’s worst teams are having an even harder time sounds since there were about Monday 7,000 no-showsforpaid tickets. That made for more than 10,000 selling tickets. Toronto’s announced crowd of 14,562 vs at Atianta ee empty seats in the 24,000-seat ic. p Wher: 530 p.m. (MST) > Where: Notonly are there fewer fans, but the ones who show up aren't. Astanra Hawks Suspendedfora year bythe time and youcan go for a hot was league. Kerseysays a 1. Seattie Lak -LA. ers Bryantoa scores career highs ale Raptors were 2-21at the time but they were sehisolid ba Jorden feeling good about themselves compromise is in order.” last week when the Boston “You just can’t take a guy's whole life away,” Kersey said. “He worked hard to get to that point. You can’t just all of a Atianta ( eltics came to town. | I'mpredicting a win, Marcus Camby said. “We should have no problem with Boston.” | sudden say: ‘Bam, I’m taking it’. Oliver Miller was even o n notright. SOs eeWhat he did 1g |is That's cockier. not right. What theyre doing is “From 7 p.m. until 9:30 p.m., not right. There has to be a compromise somewhere.” | Vancouver 5. Utah Just when things look like they might be unraveling, they to his team he haderred in the delivering on his promise. wayhe handledthereleased win at Miami too.” Came two nights later when a Miller was one rebound, six 6. Miami Mourningis back | Bosttn’s Walter McCarty for the Celtics game. swingman Todd Dayearlier this walked off the SkyDomefloor Witness for the defense? month. Riley cut Day by ordering him out of the locker after the Celtics’ 88-83 victory smiling, shouting to no one in | | >FSRM: TV/radio: forward Armon Gilliam,from who1989 played for the Hornets You bet an incident involvingcanJerome Kerseywill be eeSet ere attendance. eeees guarantee! | anybody,Ijust said I was wrong,”Rileysaid. “I was wrong “You can’t make statementslike thatin this league.” amongthe primehighlights of the defense used by the NBA and the Golden State Warriors in > One to watch: Atlanta center play.” The Hornets broketheir 8 the most is Dikembe Mutombo frustrating shot-biocker in the 1/2-year sellout streak last month league. — or moreaccurately, they > Notebook: The Jazz are 4-3 on the secondnightof back-to-back games; the Hawks were 7-0 going rasa/ayeree Th a 66 Latrell Sprewell’s grievance in the venue I used.” proceedings. Get a hot dog In 1995, Sprewell brandished a two-by-four at Kersey to 9) d e eee cheiies eae ky be they won't now,but y vs. Houston > When:1 ; p.m, > Where: Center >Delta TV/radio: os 5; KFNZ-AM 10. Phoenix at tmceachin@standard.net. schedule early in the season. be reached at 625-4262 or bye-mail Paying nowfor easy 11. Portland : 2 Clog io | | . . rmer University of Utah star Keith Thisis the first person, really (to say that). It Van Horn seemsto get better each gameas a pro, scoring personal bests in 4each pointsfirst five games: 11, 16, 23,24 30 ofhis . 2) pomis: pee Knight? Anderson? Person? They're the reason the Cavs are doesn’t cross my mind. I don’t get | OeEES concerned. I just let it go. I don’t think about it. I just go and play my game.” . . After the rematch with the Pistons, Brian | Williams spoke to Van Horn. “He said he didn’t hate me or anything,” Van Hom said. “He's a good guy.” ccenen Williamssaid MAHI ie + 40 Jayson playingalongside 13. Chicago Benchie helpingg York New 14. New Yor Garden party: Nine straight wins at home : 15. San Antonio Getting confidence. Van Horn makeshim glad he stuck around ens Afterhis first game againstthe Pistons, to the ChicagoBulls. 1320 . for the Standard-Examiner. He can s : a21-point loss : KSL Channel 9. Charlotte Best start ever. Jom McEachin covers the NBA Hissixth game was a 22-point performance against Detroit, which was a rematch of a gamea weekearlier. Some opponents complain he’sdove getting saoieuoh Held Garaiheotcals : P Personally | think we're ee toe SoA — Jones,just LAKErs guan before . Doing it with smoke and mirrors : . an Horn making an impression | 1.cieveie ang the champs in June Hottest team in the leaque over the past month 8. Orlando Said Boston's Bruce Bowen: Vancouverplay-by-play 4 V =¥ Quotable ursca “T didn’tapologize to ; 7. Indiana | as enthusiastic. “I don’t think it’s as intense as se ned tn bos,” aid Bucks to 91. “When I was here, it was . 4. Houston Hit speed bump in loss to said. “Ill get a triple-double, assists andonevictoryshort of y League's best road record I will be whipping butts,” Miller Indiana last Mondaywaslowest moreof a college-type crowd. People were on their feet every national anthem 2 in team history. Second-lowest 1320, KSOS-AM 800, KLO-AM 1430 Sonics,including singing the | ; —— KFNZ-AM Bakerdoesit all for the | Bia talk ig . The Toronto Riley wrong Heat coach Pat Riley admitted crowd of 15,771 was announced how the NBA's 29 teams stack up this week with the Nets and endedhis feud with coach Detroit's Brian Williams took exception to @ john Calipari last season shot to the head from Van Horn thatsplit his , ae fare KSOS-AM 800. KLO-AM 1430 . lip open. “He’s the reason I'm still here,” Williams > One to watch: With Hakeem Olajuwonout with a knee injury, Ay “If he wasn’t the Great White Hope,” ae . sey ne ” He kinghi ae a Williamssaid, “they would haveejected his 4 i res ie 7 ang a i ot * Van Horn. Williams the Odd s . 17. Milwaukee : . butt — his rookie, five-game butt. I couldn't SIC, believe the calls he was getting on offense.1_ do believeit’s like his first week in the NBA.” grownup world. When Suns coach Doug Collins complained Van Horn was getting “superstar” treatment, also Quotebook a ea , > “This ain’t like the old days when you'd hear on the public address, ‘Will the lady wholost her five kids come and get them? They’re beating the Nets.’ ”’ - New Jersey time since hosting the Lakers in Danny Ainge was insinuated there would be somepayback. are Jayson Williams. goes out and scores20. 1988. ejected from a gameat the game wasover and Saturday walked back to his vs. Portiand “If I see him in the summer, I'm going to Loss at Torontofifth inarow. 18. Minnesota : — The Kids are struggling in a — Cleveland guard Scott Brooks,after playing 5.5 seconds in a game. Nets center Jayson Williams jumped to Mercer gets benched, then . > “You have no idea howcrazy this is hotel. Formerteammate and “He is a superstar,” he said. “What's Brian Williams goingto say about it? That's making me.” - Toronto guard Damon 21. Washington current Minnesota G.M. what I'm ae tes At Williams ain't him. I didn’t think that required a follow-up 7-0 in new arena. 22. Vancouver Stoudamire, on the Raptors’ losing ways. > “He just said that an appliance fell on question.” — Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy, explaining a silver dollar-sized welt on Chris Mills’ face. (A toaster fell off a cabinet and paying nothing back. — Van Horn shruggedit off. “People are going to say what they want Said Ainge whentold of McHale's remark: to say,” Van Horn said. “I don’t get > TV/radio: KJZZ: KFNZ-AM 1320, “I tookit. | took it back to myhotel room with concerned with what other people are saying. KSOS-AM 800, KLO-AM 1430. me.” Separating themselves from the pack of really bad teams. 23. Sacramento hit Mills in the face.) If you were baffled by Utah's — Tom McEachin * two losses at Arco Arena this year, try to figure this out: . ; _ 24. Philadelphia Kenny Anderson averaged 20.3 points in four games against the Yawn: Colemanis back. i areceplec the only matchup 25. Golden State season. Field goals Sacramento center Olden adeo ice me. didn’ Malone irate ' seheni players with Utah ties in the Continental Basketball Association: 16.0 Walter Bond, Yakima ‘Ruben Nembhard, Yakima 14.5 10.5 1.0 Nate Green, Yakima *currently playing in Greece Russell Se ee Keefe J00 10 rookie tree age’ Michael Stewart. “I'm not going tosit on the ” bench: “0 Se 4 Foster Carr Vaughn Ostertag atrade. And: “Everybody's saying, ‘Well, no one's calling; the phones aren't ringing off the Moris JAZZ aidvag ig ilees,A hook.’ | told them, whatever the case may be, find a way.” MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE Built For Living.” GGS Min M A Pct. M Hudson Opponents 3-pt_ A Free throws chives ee M Pet. 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