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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle - Wednesday, January 15, 1992 Page Ten PORTS Bailey's return home bittersweet as Jazz triumph Jazz widen lead in Midwest r,C3f3 LfTUw if - Bailey's first return to Utah after getting traded to Minnesota last By Ty Bronicel November. Chronicle Sports Writer Last Saturday night, Tyrone Corbin, whom Bailey was traded for, saw his homecoming experience end the same way's Bailey did with a loss, a Overall, it was a bittersweet return home for former Jazzman Thurl Bailey. Here he was, returning to the place where he spent nine years, enjoying hugs and laughs with his family and old teammates, only to realize that he was no longer a part defeat in 101-9- 6 depressing Minneapolis. Entering Tuesday's night game, however. Bailey was hoping to use his knowledge of the Jazz's play book to his new team's advantage. "We got a hell of a scouting e ovation during report," said Bailey. "I was familiar with everything they ran and I think introductions, only to be showered with shouts of "...Hey, Hey, Hey, it did help us to know what they were going to Goodbye after throw at us." he fouled out The Timber-wolvethe down NBA MIDWEST DIVISION now a stretch of the STANDINGS of the Utah Jazz family. And here he was receiving a semi-standi- ng pre-gam- 11 s, Minnesota V- - kLs mere Timberwolves' Bailey's new team tough ss loss to 116-11- 0 the Utah Jazz Tuesday night in the Delta Center. Bailey scored 19 points on Utah San Antonio Houston Denver 23 15 .605 20 IS .571 1.5 20 2 14 16 ,558 22 .389 Dallas 12 24 .333 10 8 28 .200 14.5 7 11 Utah 116, Minnesota 110 New Jersey 97, Dallas 83 Houston 111, Denver 64 Golden State 124, San Antonio 123 rebounds, but Karl Malone and John Stockton's- clutch toppled the Timberwolves. Malone, breaking out of a mini-slumscored 10 of his game-hig- h 28 points in the fourth quarter. Stockton had 13 assists and 23 p, points, including four win. You can't look past expansion teams; they want to play you as hard as anybody." The game gave Utah a game lead in the tight Midwest Division race as San Antonio lost by one to Golden State. But the real plot of this game was one-and-a-h- alf one-and-a-h- lifetime against the Jazz, kept things interesting until the final Sparked by Pooh Richardson's 17 first half points, Minnesota down 0 only 59-5- 7 at the half, and just after three periods. In the fourth quarter, after trailing 85-8- by seven with less than four minutes to play, Minnesota made one final run. three-pointer- s. - "It was a tough game to win," said Malone, "but it was a good Jazzman Karl Malone powers up a shot under the hoop against former teammate Thurl Bailey during Utah's 116-11- 0 win over Minnesota in the Delta Center Tuesday. The victory, coupled with San Antonio's loss to Golden State, gives the Jazz a game lead in the Midwest Division. Division) was free- throw shooting in the final minute CHIOKIQf PHOTOkottSin. Midwest and seconds. shooting and added a game-hig- h last in the 10-- 2 Minnesota -1 2 L Pet G3 W on 7-- the year (dead However, Richardson's three-pointwith 19 seconds to go er missed, and, following four straight foul shots by Stockton and Malone, the Jazz had improved their record 5 to on the year. As for Thurl Bailey, he thought his 1991-9- 2 season would be spent team. in a cold city with a red-hInstead, he's in a an even colder city, playing for a downright icy squad. 23-1- ot Basketball Bids For Burgers At B&D B-b- all Bids action is fantastic Hi again! It's us. Remember us? We are your friends who are trying to give you some free food. Apparently, some of you forgot who we are or just didn't see us last week because we didn't have the number of entries that we usually do. That is O.K. though. Our motto here is, "forgive and but watch your butt." So here it is, another chance to put some time to good use and play Basketball Bids for forget, Burgers at B&D. For those not paying attention last week, here is the deal. Just fill in the 'Your Pick' column with the teams you feel will win this week's selected games. Also, guess how many Force game in case we points will be scored in the Utah-Ai- r have a tie. Once you have done that, drop off your entry to the Chronicle offices, located in Room 240 of the A. Ray Olpin Union Building, no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Did you get that? Bids entries will be due on Thursday, rather than the usual Friday deadline for Pigskin Picks. After having done all that, sit back and watch for the scores on your favorite channel to see how you did. The picker with the best record will receive a lunch for two at B&D Burgers, located at 222 S. and 1300 East. Last week's winner, Sandra Board with a 14-- 4 mark, knows that the lunch includes two burgers, two fries (bags that is) and two drinks. As for our trusted Chronicle experts, they didn't do all that bad. Leading the way was sports columnist "Mai" Ty Bronicel with a 12-- 6 record, followed closely by Editor-in-ChiRebecca "Babs" Walsh and assistant sports editor Cliff "My name ain't Nathan Arizona" Schmidt with 11-- 7 marks. Sports Editor Matt "Not Ott" Coles finished 10-- 8 while writer "Bad" Brad Mortimer kept his head above water with a 9 mark. So c'mon, play the Bids and see how much fun it is. It's quick, painless and could just make your day, Clint. ef THIS week's Coles GAMES at Utah Wyoming at BYU SDSU at New Mexico Air Force N. 10-- 8 11--7 Utah Utah BYU BYU Mexico Mortimer Schmidt Bronicel Walsh Your Pick 12-- 6 11-- 7 144 Utah Utah Utah BYU BYU BYU 9-- 9 ' N. Mexico N. Mexico N. Mexico N. Mexico UTEP UTEP UTEP UTEP UTEP Hawaii at UTEP Hawaii at N. Mexico N. Mexico Hawaii N. Mexico N. Mexico N. Mexico Wyoming at Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville Utah Utah Utah Utah Utah Colorado St. at Utah Air Force SDSU at at BYU UTEP BYU BYU BYU BYU BYU UTEP UTEP UTEP UTEP UTEP . Lady Utes at Wyoming Cowgirls Lady Utes Lady Utes Lady Utes Lady Utes N. Carolina at Wake Forest W. Forest W. Forest Carolina W. Forest Carolina Michigan at Illinois Illinois at Carolina Villanova N. Carolina Hawks at Jazz Bulls at Cavaliers Spurs at Bulls Jazz Illinois Vlllanova Jazz Michigan Michigan Carolina Carolina Jazz Rockets at Jazz Bulls Jazz Bulls Jazz Bulls Jazz Jazz Bulls Bulls Jazz at Suns Suns Blazers Suns Blazers Blazers Cavaliers Cavaliers Cavaliers Michigan Carolina Hawks Cavaliers Bulls Jazz Suns Name TIE BREAKER (Air Force at Utah) Phone TOTAL POINTS IN GAME 9-- ' |
