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Show Thursday, January 12, 1995 6 - The Daily Utah Chronicle Sports Jazz tarnish Nuggets in Hornacek ties record 3-po- :a i - win 114-8- 8 Ice capades: NHL season is salvaged T" j ... int BY MIKE NADEL Associated Press BY JAMES EDWARD Chronicle Staff Writer - NEW YORK Save, and a beauty! Professional hockey players accepted what the owners called their final If the Denver Nuggets wanted to show the Jazz that last year's playoff series wasn't a fluke, last night's game was not a good demonstrat- 103-da- ion. The Jazz jumped out to a 33-1- 6 lead at the end of the first quarter and kept building on that lead. After it was all said and done, the Jazz left the building with a rather si eCu J'7 """X l If V -U -- i cx; (l V v x r4- l11 -' victory. Utah convincing 114-8head coach Jerry Sloan said, "We respect this team, so our guys came out to play." Antoine Carr, who finished the 8 . six-ye- ar nt Entering yesterday's game, Jeff Hornacek needed to make four straight three pointers to extend his streak to 12. Which would have broken the old record of 11. After converting on his first three and tying the record, he needed just V 1 V I one more.: Midway through the third quarter he had a wide open look at the record, and according Hornacek, "I just left it a little 10-da- 4 ff f - 8 round of applause, that he said, "Made me feel at ease right away." The Jazz now hit the road where CHRONICLE PHOTO I they look to extend on their current, Antoine Carr powers his way to the hoop past Brian Williams on his way to two of his 17 points. Carr's road win streak. defense helped Utah hold the Nuggets to just 36 first half points. . 10-ga- , y 48-gam- game 17 points said, "We came out smoking the first quarter, we were just out there having fun." The Jazz continued to shoot well from the field last night They shot 56 percent from the field and 45 from three-poiland. It's hard to imagine a downside to a 26 point blowout, but there is a small one. short." Last night was Walter Bond's first game back with the Jazz since they contract. signed him to a y When Bond first entered the game in the second quarter he received a contract offer Wednesday, ending a lockout and saving the bitter season what's left of it, anyway. A rejection from the players would have led to the first cancellation of an entire US. pro sports season because of a labor dispute. The season will start late next week, schedule and probably with a e four full playoff rounds, National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman said. The roughly 700 players still must vote on the agreement, and until won't ratification, practices begin but approval was seen as a formality. No date for a vote was immediately announced. "I'm confident the membership will accept," said union leader Bob Goodenow. Bettman said he was "thrilled" by the sctdement The players were locked out Oct 1 when the two sides couldn't agree on a new contract. A salary cap was the main sticking point, the same issue that led to the baseball strike. But after owners withdrew the cap proposal the focus shifted to free agency, under which players can sign with the highest bidder. The owners didn't want players to become unrestricted free agents until they turned 32; players wanted it at 30. The agreement allows free agency at 32 in the first three years of the contract, and at 31 in the last three years. Either side has the right to scrap the season. contract after the 1997-9"Arc we happy about the scars that have been created for hockey?" asked Mike Gartner, president of the NHL Players' Association. "No. But we're happy that hockey is hopefully going to be played very sooa" Men's basketball team plays Hawaii tonight . BY TY BRONICEL Chronicle Sports Editor - - ; r " Utah's men's basketball team returns to the friendly confines of the Jon M. Huntsman Center tonight for their WAC home opener v against Hawaii (7:35 p.m.). And if history is a lesson, the Rainbows and subsequent conference visitors are in trouble. Take a look at the numbers: Twice . in the past five seasons Utah has gone through the entire season -.1992-93Since the Huntsman was unbeaten at home (1990-91- , Utah is 305-8in WAC (79 percent) and 144-5-0 opened (1969-70- ), play on its home floor. Even during last year's injury-- and defection-plague- d season, see "men" on page 7 ). 1 women face rough WAC start vs. Aztecs U. BY JAMES JARDINE Chronicle Staff Writer After the women's basketball team played their toughest i opponent to date last Saturday in a 6 win over Montana, ' you might expect a cream puff to be next on the schedule. But with conference play commencing tonight there won't "be any automatic wins for coach Elaine Elliott's crew in the near future. The U. will welcome San Diego State, the ' CHRONICLE PHOTO J defending WAC champion, to the Huntsman Center at 7 p.m.' Kicking off WAC play with the Aztecs, who went 26-- 5 last Julie Krommenhoek, Utah's outhpaw sharpshooter, wd guide year and lost only one WAC game, is like taking an automat-- ; the women's team against the defending WAC champion San column for most teams in the confer- - Diego State Aztecs at 5:15 in the Huntsman Center. ic "L" in the won-los- s see "women" on page 7 Krommenhoek is averaging a team-hig- h 15.8 points per game. 72-4- . CHRONICLE PHOTO J Mark Rydalch has been Heady since his return from a severe knee injury. He was instrumental in Utah's win over Air and dishing out 5 assists. Force, hitting a crudal . |
