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Show Sunday. March 23, 175 , THE HtKAll), Prove. Utah-P- age Celtics Gam Tie for Division Title I'tiui Pmt !ater8ke! the story, sUistkion'!i$e. 2i -- 4 The Boston Celtics had sis piayers in double figures Fridatr night, while t! Buffalo Braves rwie Bob McAdoa's ii points for the enure game. 2s the Okies clinched at least a lie tor their fourth straight Atlantic Division 1 title with a very uninspired wm. "We won the gam?.' said roach Tom ftoinsohn, "but it ? 109-10- t scored 52 pants in a losing two nights before. "That's got to he frustrating be him and for the team," said skwpy. Fir the Celtics. Jo Jo White Paul Silas, who turned in a scored 28 points. Dave Cowens yeoman's performance playing ifcAdoo while teammate Dave canned 16 and John Havlicek, Don NfisOft. Don Cfcaney and Cowers was saddled with five Paul Westpha! each had 15. After foils. "Thai usually means no is McAdoo's 43. Jira McMiliian was one getting the good shots, and a like that is wasted performance nest ith 15. and Randy Smith sf you don 1 win. had 14. sa1 sn artistic win. We just seoresheet tells trotted faster than they did. We and sometimes brofc? wet!, but sometues we g$ By A gtencc at the caws ' McAdoo can hit ail he wants," Bui the story, as it has been all added Havlicek, "and it's not season for Buffalo, was MeAdoe, gamg lo make a difference, six Faulty Clock Provides Petty With Pole Position for 500 Race ATLANTA i IFI ! - Thanks to faulty clock, stock car king Riiotvrd Petty a ill start from the poJe position in Sunday'! Atlanta 3 Ff 500. Petty actually drove only the stecond fastest lap dunng qualifying trials Friday. But a dock malfunction m David Pearson's first around the 1 Atlanta International oval cost Pearson the pole. Unofficially, Pearson's first lap was recorded at just under 168 miles per hour Petty captured the $1,000 poie position money with a spmi of 153 035 and admitted he got a lucky break when Pearson's lap was a-i- p 522-mi- ?3 - 1 THERE S NO STOPPING big George McGmnu (30! of the Indiana Pacer as he makes up his mind to go to the basket despite the outstretched arms of Caldwell Jones. T led a rallv in the fourth quarter to e,hc the Pacers a victory in a Friday night game, scrubbed. "I would have had to run faster than what I did," said Petty. The cagey Randleman, N C, refused to lie pinned down on w hether be could have gotten more from his Dodge. 115-10- 3 Sounds Surprise Stars; Nets Move Nearer Title SALT LAKE CITY (UPli -FStew Johnson and orwards ' Carterf combined for nearly half ol the Memphis points to push the Sounds past the error plagued Utah Stars 98- Basketball in American 83 .Association action Friday night. .lohnson pumped in 28 points and Carter aided 19 as the Sounds fought off a fourth George ; Utah attack during which the Stars came within one three times John Roche' tossed in two and consecutive three-pointe- rs the Stars shot eight unanswered points to overrome a deficit and cons within one early quarter ; ' intnefinaistana. ; ; The Utah ciib was only one behind twice rwre in the quarter, but the Souks consistently turned back tte guard headed Utah surge an! took advantage of the Stars1 19 errors to stay ahead, McmpSis committed only nine errors, i Memphis ld at the end of the half by only me point, but dosed the third quarter with a 52-5- then leacf at 76-6strummed it up to 13 points early in the fourth.! . Roche had a team high 26 points for tit losers, while guard Ron Boone sdded 19. With San Diego losing to ''We're not giving up but it doesn't look too said Kentucky encouraging," coach Hubie Brown. Brown was trying hard not to admit that the Colonels were virtually wiped out of contention for the ABA East title Friday certainly night after Julius Ervings' stunning performance, including 16 straight in five minutes, reduced the New York Nets' magic number to four for battle second consecutive championship with a win. 115-10- 1 Virginia Indiana 136-11- whipped San Diego Memphis defeated and 115-10- 3 Utah 98-9- Atlanta Flames played conserg vative, hockey. chances and They seldom seldom gave upeasy goals. That style of play, under former coach Bemie Geoffrion, made them nspectabie in their first season and brought them into the playoffs in their second. But more recently the Flames have had to abandon their coaservative style of play in a fight to overtake the New York Islanders fcr the third playoff spot in Division 1 of the NHL. Atlanta ripped off 46 shots clcse-cleckin- tk Friday night against the Vancouver Canucks in a victory topull within five points of the Islanders Captain Keith McCreary, who at 34 had been suffering through one of his most unproductive seasons as a pro, scored four goals. The Flames have made a slight but significant change in their style under Freddy Creighton,, who replaced Geoffrion earlier this year. The emphasis now is on getting a fian in the slot a la and then make Phil Esposit his shots j count. Geoffrion preached the quantity of shots can be just as productive as the quality of sf)ts ' We've been spending a lot of lime on trying to improve our passing and our production," Creighton said. "I hope it's starting to jay off." II is. I reir 12 goals ugamsi Vanwuvertvai me most evt-swrcd in t game by an Atlanta . team, and the most ever given up bv we onurks. In its last four 4 Shepherd 7. Totals 40 1823 9S. Jones 3 Utah (93) Govan 1 Malone S M 15, fa kins 2 M 4. Boone I J-19. Smith 4 2 11, Jones 1 4 5, Roche !! 36, Denton 3 1. Totals 36 M 9. Williams 1 93 Spurs 136, 115 Squires James Silas pumped for playoff-boun- 32 in San d home games, Atlanta has scored 30 goals. Eric Vail, scored his 32nd and 33rd goals of the year as he continued his drive for rookie of the year honors in the NHL, Vancouver's Gerry O' Flaherhat trick to ty scored a three-gobrighten up an otherwise dismal outing for the Canucks, who remained one point ahead of Chicago in the Smythe Division. In the only other NHL game, St. Louis hopes of gaining ground on the Canucks were derailed by California a team which got goals from sven different players to win and 104 98, Phila- delphia eulgimned Atlanta Portland outlasted Phoem H2-IM? Anwta and t1wt " " Seattle PistoftUZl, Rackets i! John Mengek scored 28 points to pare four Pistons with 20 or mae pants hi id pull Drtroit a full game ahead of Milwaukee in the race for the fifth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Dave Ring chipped in 16 points and 13 assists to the Detroit cause while Calvin Murphy topped Houston wth 3, BuHrts 122, Jmz 10S Hvin Ha.ves scored 28 points and Mike Riordan added 25 to hard New Orleans its 53rd loss in 73 games this season. The win also improved Washington's league topping record to 54- 114-10- 76mH4,HawksIII Fred Carter scored 20 points and joined Biliy Cunningham and Daig Collins in scoring 82 of ha team s points as Philaddphi give Coach Gene Shue his 350th NR. wut. Dwight Janes ted Atlanta with 24. Trail Blar$lt2. Suns IM Geoff Petrie hit two" free throws with nine seconds left to dux the game for Portland and 112-10- hand Phoenix its 10th cunsccutive kws. Sidney Wicks topped the winners with 23 while Dick VarsArsdale the losert H ith26 Ukm 112, Supersedes W Reserve center Zelmo Beasy hit two free throws in the final 14 seconds of the overtime period give Los Angeles its fifth win in the last seven games. Beaty replaced starter Elmore Smith who fouled out with 9:1 remaining in the fourth quarter. Gal! Goodrich led LA with 30 and Archie Clark paced Seattle Bulls 104, Kings 98 scored 28 points to lead the Bulls in a showdown between the Midwest Division's top two teams. The victory c ame despite the absence of star Bob Love with 29. nilJII EJMIMVI lVHk f!!Jll!CT SAVES GAS! $n It Fw CmM Marfflw B0YERS 22-- Memphis Utah 22 29 IS 27-- 83 Technical fouls: Shepherd. Team fouls: Memphis 20. Utah goals: Smth. Roche 3. 96 X Wertd ITMUS 3B Th:!-poi- Si fisherman'! paradise rated among the best areas In the U.S.A. The Lake is slocked with bass, walleyes, crapie, trout, cattish. 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Is oihtr 90-8- 2 92-8- 9 points By United Press .Antonio, The loss with the 61st for the Squires against 14 wins, the worst record in pro basketball. Virginia coach Al Bianchi was ejected with three technical fouls with 5:41 left in the game. Bianchi was upset with a call and had to be restrained by team members when he tried to punch referee Jack Madden. Pacers 115, Q's 103 George McGinnis sparked a fourth period rally for Indiana. at With San Diego leading the start of the final period. McGinnis, the league's top scorer, converted a three point play and then hit two straigi.t buckets to cut the gap to one Warren Jabaii hit a basket to give the Q's a tod, but Kevin Joyce hit two straight field goals to put the Pacers on top by a point. Then Billy Knight ' bagged a field goal and converted a three-poiplay and San Diego Indiana led never recovered. McGinnis finished with 29 points. "We'll have to win all nine games we have left," Brown said. "There's no margin for error now. We'll have to beat them the next two times we play them but we'll need a little help from the other teams. The Nets have to lose four of the seven they have left." Brown knows, even though sports tradition prevents him from saving so, that his team is out of the running now. After Meirphis t'SBi staying even with the Nets most 19 Johnson 14 M a. Car.tr i of the season, the Colonels have Owr 2 4 8. Finch 6 14. Williams 4 in the back five dropped games 10. 2 (Ml 4. Daniels 3 8. Indiana 115103 Friday night, the Stars are still 2'i games ahead of in their the celler-dweller- s for the fourth place berth. their clinching spd Pearson posted a 158.285 on his Bobby Allison, who qualified his second lap in his Mercury but he Matador at 158.922 mpit was upset that his first lap. run Buddy Baker qualified third in on new tires, did not count. a Ford at 158.808 with Pearson NASCAR officials allowed him to fourth at 158.285. iitange all four tires and run e Other qualifiers Thursday third lap but he could manage included, in order, ijennie Pond, only a 157. 172., 158 102; "We changed the tires but we Chevrolet, Johnny couldn't change the car," said Rutherford, Chevrolet. 157 652; Pearson. ' The car got hot Donmie Allison, Chevrolet, 157.253; Jody FUdle, Ford, everything got hot." 3.i6 826. Benny Other driver Parsons, Chevindicated, however, that the first two laps rolet, 156.755; Jackie Rogers should not havt bothered Chevrolet, 15 504; Joe Mihalic, Pearson's car. Chevrolet, 156.218; Cale flossed the groove," said 155.183; Chevrolet, Petty. "He just didn't stick as Dave Marcis, Dodge, 155.712; Dick Brooks, Ford, 155.571; good the second time. He was Darrell Waltrip, Chevrolet, very, very high and he hadn't 155 995; Coo Coo Mariin, been running that high." Chevrolet, 154.828; David Sisco. winner of Chevrolet 154.426; Cecil Gordon, Petty, a four-tim- e the summer Dixie 500, has never Chevrolet 153.638: Harry Jefferwon the Atlanta 500. He wtii son, Ford, 153.161. and Richie share the front row Sunday with Parch, Chevrolet, 152.871. iil beat one guy anytime." NP.A games, Drtroii mauled Houston Washington trounced New Orleans Chicago toppled Kansas gup il il g ii ii ifrrr r "X rfUr7n ii i g rrr i i 1 1 i 12-- 4 , r NO CHARGE extended Relive the Great Sourdough Adven- ture as you cruise the incredible Inside Passage with its ? e forests, its glaciers, its towering snowy peaks. 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