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Show The Salt Lake Tribune’ BASKETBALL NBA Playoffs Easter Conference Finals New York vs. indiana (Pacers lead, 1-0) Game 1 — indiana 102, New York 88 Tonight — New York at Indiana, 6:30 p.m. ‘Saturday — Indiana at NLY., 1:30 p.m. Monday— Indiana at New York, 3:30 p.m. —N.Y.at Indiana, 7 p.m." dune 2 = Indiana at New York, TBA* dune 4 — New York at Indiana, TBA" Western Conference Finals LA. Lakers vs. Portland (Geries tied, 1-1) Game 1 —LA. Lakers 109, Portland 94 Game 2 — Portland 106, LA. Lakers 77 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS — Assessing their loss, the New York Knicks have figured this much out: Stay away from the number 100. Of all the individual faults the Knicks couldfind from their loss to the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night in Game1 ofthe NBA Eastern Conference finals, the bottom line was the final scgre: 102-88. Ifthe Pacers are allowed to score that manypoints,failure is certain. “That’s not our game, that’s their game,” Knicks forward Latrell Sprewell said. “Any game that’s in the 100s is playing into their hands, so we wantthe scores down.” Game 2 is tonight (6:30 p.m., TNT), and the Knicks don’t believe they an Win if the score gets too igh. “It’s OK if we score more, but what he [Sprewell] is saying is right, If it mes a shootout where they get open shots, they’re beating us,” New York Coach Jeff Van Gundy said. “We know our game, and our game is we're a - much -better defensive team than weare an offensive team.” No opponent had even reached 90 against the Knicks in the playoffs, yet the Pacers wentcruising past that marker with more than six minutes left. Hitting wide-open threepointers, scoring in transition and getting plenty of offense from big men Rik Smits and Dale Davis, the Pacers dominated Game1 in their most lopsided playoff victory over the Knicks since 1995. The Pacers went 10-for-15 from long range and 12-for-12 from the foul line in Game1. Game2 “is going to be a much more physical, much more defensive-oriented game,” Indiana guard Reggie Miller predicted. “We knowthey're going to come out and get into the game as quickly as we did in Game1.” June 4 — Portland at LA. Lakers, TBA* *—if necessary List of Six Hall Inductees NBA NOTEBOOK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS James Worthy, honored with Thomas in 1996 as oneofthe NBA’s greatest50 players, was one of 10 nominees whodid not receive coat votes to qualify for the “As a young guy growing upin the league, you thoughtabout the Hall of Fame as the place where the best of the best went and kind ofthe old folks were,andall the great stories were told about these people,” said Thomas,wholed Indiana to the 1981 NCAA championship andtheDetroit Pistons to the 1989 and 1990 NBAtitles. “T don’t think anyof us as play- forward averaged a career-high 18.2 points, 7.1 better than his previous best, as Indiana secured the top regular-season record in the Eastern Conference. The Lakers coach had suggested the Blazers overdid it in celebrating their 29-point Game victory in ete that evened the NBA Western Conference “They were jackals on the bench. We have to re- memberthat,” Jackson said. Portland’s players shrugged off the remarkas just one of Jackson’s many attempts at head games. Also brushed aside was Jackson’s accusation that Scottie Pippen plays zonedefense. “We're just going to go out there andplay,”Portland were up showinga positive emotion. I don’t think it was an over-celebration on our part in any way.” As for theillegal defense, Dunleavy said the one time it happened Pippenleft Glen Rice wide openfor a jumperthat the Lakers’ forward made. Besides, Dunleavy said, it’s not like Shaquille O’Neal doesn’t cheat on defense. “Tf they want to makeit retroactive,I'd be willing to call all our illegal defenses against us andcall all of Shaq’s against him andlet’s shoot it off after the game,” Dunleavy said. “That’s fine by me.” Wallace was fined $10,000, and the Blazers $25,000, when herefused to talk to reporters the day before Game2,but he did speak briefly Wednesday. Atthe Lakers’trainingfacility in El Segundo, Calif., though, both O’Neal and Rice brushed off reporters mudslinging in the paper, we don’t worry aboutthat, man, because it’sall going to be answered out there on Wednesday, addingfuelto the Blazers’ argument that the floor.” Because he played for Jackson, Pippen knowsall aboutthe coach’s penchantfor psychological warfare, technical fouls, the 6-foot-11 Wallace presents huge and with Game3 notuntil Friday, there’s plenty of time for gamesmanship. “Phil's not on the court. He’s only a piece of the game,”Pippensaid.“Theplayers haveto go out there and do our job and notfocus onall the distractions. We're going to play the way wefeel we can defend this team. We don’t think by any meanswe’re illegal, and we're notgoing to focus onthat.” Blazers Coach Mike Dunleavy seemed amused about Jackson’s remarks. “Anyteam that gets a win onthe road is going to be happy aboutit,” Dunleavy said. “We can’t all sit there is a double-standardat workinthisseries. Whenhedoesn’t take himself out of the game with matchupproblemsfor the Lakers, so muchso that Los Angeles was develoningplansto double-team him. “We practiced rotations, how to double-team,” Jacksonsaid. “That’s notour style of game.” The Lakersalso need to get guard Kobe Bryant back ontrackoffensively. He’s 6-for-18 from the field and averaging just over 12 points per gamein the serics struggling against the Blazers’ team defense. “We're goingto find a wayto get this thing back in order,” Jacksonsaid. “It’s a 1-1 series, nothing's hap: pened, wefeel very comfortable as a coachingstaff.If it was 3-1, we'd be pulling outall the stops.” D 0 Arison wasfined $25,000, Hard- away $20,000 and Mashburn $10,000. 4 Duncan Has Knee Surgery Tim Duncan ofthe San Antonio Spurs had surgery onhis left “knee, which had sidelined him as the defending NBA championships were eliminated in thefirst roundofthis year’s playoffs. Theprocedure,called a partial P155/80R-13 P165/80R-13 lateral menisectomy, was deemed asuccess by team officials. Dr. being inducted orgoing into the Hall of Fame.” The 6-foot-1 guard was an All- David Schmidt, the team physi- Star in 12 of his 13 NBA seasons, ter a day off, the Portland Trail Jackals, er, Blazers weren’t taking Phil Jackson’s bait. Heat Fined for Complaints Miami Heat players Tim Hardaway and Jamal Mashburn and owner Micky Arison have been fined forcriticizing officials following Miami's 83-82 loss in Game 7 againstthe New York Knicks in the NBA’s Eastern Conference semifinals. ers thoughtof ourselves as ever averaging 19.2 points and9.3 assists for his career. He ranks fourth in assists and ninth in stoically like he does andnotreact to things. Our guys ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORTLAND,Ore. — Backonthepractice court af- forward Rasheed Wallace said. “All the tricks and Ex-Piston Thomas Leads Isiah Thomas and Pat Summitt both have their share of championship rings. Now both havespots in the Basketball Hall of Fame. They headed class ofsix inductees chosen Wednesday. The others were three-time NBAscoring champion Bob McAdoo; Morgan Wootten, the winningest high school coach ae Kentucky athletic director C.M. Newton; and Danny Biasone,the inventor ofthe shot clock. Blazers Refuseto Be Riled by Jackson Calling Them ‘Jackals’ P175/80R-13 P185/80R-13 35000MLEAARRANTY cian, performed the operation. Duncan is expected to need six to eight weeks of recovery,andit’s not known whetherhewill be PIB5/75R-14 PISS/75R-14 P205/75R-14 P205/75R-15 35/000 MILEWARRANTY P215/75R-15 P225/75R-15 $ able to playfor the U.S. in the Sydney Olympics. steals in NBAhistory. Indiana scored 35 points in the first quarter and held an 18-point leadafter 12 minutes. Two of the matchups that went decisively in Indiana’s favor came in the powerforward and sixth man categories. Davis had 14 points and 16 re- bounds to Larry Johnson’s three points andfive rebounds, and Austin cane had 22 points to Marcus Camby’s four. Aside from correcting their rebounding problems, the Knicks said they needed to prevent fast breaks and be quicker on their defensive rotations to keep Indiana m swinging the ball to an open three-point shooter. Miller, whose 19 points were six below his postseason average, said the Pacers could notafford a letdown after playing such a perfect opening game.He also doesn’t care muchforthe Knicks trying to play down theriv: Indiana’s Reggie Miller expects the New York Knicks to play much hardertonight in Game 2. ES Thursday, May 25, 2000 angle. “T'm the only one who wants to say both teams don’t like one another,” Miller said. “Everybody's talking about respect, but they don’t like us and we don’tlike them. Because of that you shouldn't let your guard down,and I don’t think wewill.” After leaving the Pistons in 1994, he becamepart-owner and general managerofthe Toronto Raptors. Last year, he boughtthe Continental Basketball Association for $10 million. Summitt, who has led Tennes- see’s women’s team to six national championships in 26 years,credited her assistants and players with keeping herdriven. Summitt was 22 whenshe took overat Tennessee. Now, she has a ‘728-150 record, including a 39-0 mark anda national title in the 1997-98 season. She also coached the U.S. womento a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics. The new members will be inducted in a ceremonyatSpringfield, Mass., on Oct. 13. Rose Is Most Improved Three years after being virtually ignored by his former coach, Jalen Rose received the NBA’s Most Improved Player Award. Given a starting role this season forthefirst time in four years with the Indiana Pacers, Rose became thefirst player other than Reggie Millerto lead the team in scoring since 1988-89. The 6-foot-8 Kruger to Coach Hawks Illinois Coach Lon Krugerwill be introduced as the new head coachofthe Atlanta Hawks at a news conference today, acco! to the News-Gazette of Champaign, Ill. The newspapersaid on its website that Kruger accepted the job after meeting in Atlanta with Hawks executives. The paper said Krugerwill get a five-year deal worth $2 million annually. Charges in Sealy Death Thedriver accused ofkilling Minnesota Timberwolves swingman Malik Sealy in a head-on crash hada blood-alcohollevelof nearly twice the legal limit, the Hennepin County (Minn.)attorney’s office said. Authorities also said Sealy’s blood-alcohollevel was legal by 0.02Ae points. ie Phengsene, 43,of eMinaeote was charged with three counts of criminal vehicular homicide. He was set to appear in court on the charges today, butthe appearance could be postponed if he remains hospitalized, the attorney’s office said. SaagKe Kickoft BLOWOUT! -Saturday gaa2000" HUGE DEALS ON CAMPING SUPPLIES LT236/65R-16/E . 399 LT248/75R-16/E $101 LT265/75R-1610.5111 OTHER YOUTH GROUPS IN Red Fruit Punch FOR GREAT ‘erogPARAMOUNT PREPAREDNESS oe ~Green Lemon Lime ir oe axes tireS.com NEARRS/W.VALLEY, 3665 W, 5400$. sine S60+2000 SAMBY/JORBAB, 9082§, STATEreer SOOGD OREM, 12258, STATE .cisrrrnsreeensCARON SALT LANE/SOGAAMOUSE, 2269 §. 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