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Show Srotis SECTION Da&Hcrati SATURDAY. DECEMBER 29, 2007 Darnell Dickson SPORTS EDITOR 344-255- 5 ddicksonheraldextra.com Jackson ties Auerbach as Lakers blast past Jazz coaching his teams. It's one thing to have great players, but it's another to be able to coach them and win with ' them." Lakers special assistant coach Abdul-Jabbathe NBA's career scoring leader, agreed with Sloan. "Their eras are so different, it's difficult to make a comparison," Jabbar said. "Phil coached in an entirely different era, and I really don't think it translates. It's kind of like comparing somebody like Joe Torre to . Connie Mack. "Phil always seems to get good mileMARK i. TERRIU Associated Press age out of good players," he added. "It The Lakers' Lamar Odoms (7) goes involves a lot of patience, and you've for two against Utah's Andrei got to be lucky enough to find play- Kirilenko during the first half on See JAZZ, C3 Friday in Los Angeles. "Fortunately, I've had really good teams and they've accumulated a lot LOS ANGELES Phil Jackson more wins in a short period of time: But still and all, it's really just longevthe game." pulled even with Red Auerbach in regular-seasoAs fate would have it, Jackson will victories, 5 12 seasons ity and ft speaks for hanging in there," after tying the Boston Celtics coach Jackson said. get a chance to pass Auerbach when for the most NBA championships won. the Lakers host the Celtics on SunAuerbach's final season as an NBA Kobe Bryant had 31 points and sevcoach coincided with Utah coach Jerry day night in the 177th regular reason en assists before sitting out the fourth meeting of the NBA's greatest rivalry. Sloan's rookie season as an NBA player with the Baltimore Bullets. But he quarter and the Lakers beat the Utah They've faced each other 10 times in 9 Jazz found it difficult to compare Auerbach Friday night, giving Jack- the finals, with Boston winning the son his 938th career win and a share of first eight and the Lakers prevailing in and Jackson. 1985 and 1987. seventh place on the career list. "They didnt have the same people. "The longer you stay here, the more Jackson, who was inducted into the If they coached all the same guys, wins you're going to accumulate," Hall of Fame on Sept. 7, has won nine maybe you could compare them. But Jackson said modestly. "But I've never league titles as a coach. Three of them they've both been blessed with great came with the Lakers and the other players, and that gives you a chance really followed that stuff, you know? I think the night that made the most six with the Chicago Bulls who won every night," said Sloan, whose 1,051 sense to me, in terms of numbers of 72 games with Jackson at the helm in victories are fourth on the career 1995-9list. "Phil's always done a great job wins, was when I got my 500th and THE Bill Fitch was coaching on the other side. He was my college coach, and he came over and shook my hand after ASSOCIATED PRESS Ka-ree- m r, Abdul-- 123-10- r COLLEGE BASKETBALL 5 o mmlies ior We Dies Freshman Woods scores 15 points but UVSC falls to Northridge Neil K. DAILY Warner HERALD Utah Valley State freshman Kevin Woods had just scored a 15 points. h So why wasn't Woods celebrating? No smiles, no In what was a career night for Woods, a backup freshman point guard who came into the game averaging 2.5 points per game, Cal State Northridge took all the fun out of an otherwise memora- - , ble night by handing UVSC a 5 win Friday night in the McKay Events Center. Losing has a way of spoiling all .individual accolades. "Kevin Woods did a nice job as a freshman. He's getting better game-i- n and game-out,- " said UVSC coach Dick Hunsaker. "It's very unfortunate that his play tonight ended up the short end of the stick because I thought Kevin did a nice job." In a tight game that could have career-hig- DOUGLAS C. PIZACAssociated Press BYU's Jonathan Tavernari (45) lays one in over SUV's Tate Sorenson (23) during the second half last Friday in the Marriott Center. V Cougars hope to reverse last year's BSU loss t Jason Franch.uk HERALD' DAILY If ever there happened to be BOISE, Idaho a year for Dave Rose to sit by fjie fire, eat some fruitcake and conspire about the merry season thus far, this was the week. aBYUhead at Boise St (8-- coaching years has coaching life, at least from the outside, appeared so good. The Cougars are ranked 20th nationally, and unlike his first two years, the program appears to, relatively speaking, have everything in order heading into the new year. 3) 7 p.m., Taco Bell Arena (12,380) Radio: KSL 1160 AM102.7 FM TV: BYUTVKBYU Tlpns: The Broncos are 3-at home with losses to 2 nationally ranked (No. 4) ' Washington State (86-7and Loyola Marymount ...BYU's 10 victories this year have come by an average margin of 22.1 points. ...Reggie Larry had 22 points and 12 rebounds to BSU to a 7468 win over Albany on Saturday. It was the team's fifth consecutive road win. (76-74- ). T - 7 s. w 73-6- lVH.. ' ' Not in his 2 No.20BYU(10-2- ) high-five- j V ' A 7 p.m. contest tonight at Boise State, one of the most angst-ridde- n gone either way, Northridge's Jayme Miller scored six pivotal points for the Matadors that proved to be a killer in the final 3:30 of the game. Miller finished with 12 points on shooting to help the Matadors improve to 3 on the year. "We fought, we were competitive and I thought we worked hard," Hunsaker said. "The second half, we had some breakdowns that were costly and they got a little bit of offensive rhythm. They're a good team. They're going to fight back. They're not going to lay down. They simply made more plays, made better plays thin we did down the stretch." UVSC was fortunate to have a 28-2-4 lead at the half since the Wolverines shot 34 percent from the field, 27 percent from the line and 63 percent from the free throw line and were I a 8-- games of a year - i V i MARK JOHNSTONDaily Herald with Northridge's Tony Osunsanm, bottom, and Tremaine Townsend See UVSC, C4 (33) as he goes to the basket during Friday's game at the McKay Events Center. UVSCs Kevin Woods (5) collides See COUGARS, C4 HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ' - surge lifts Lone Peak to win COLLEGE FOOTBALL " Data, Watts lead TCU to victory Fourth-quart-er Beky Beaton DAILY second- HERALD ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. After a tight contest for three quarters, the Lone Peak boys basketball team broke out in the final period and overpowered the Centennial Knights of Roswell, Ga., 7 in the first round of the Invitational on Friday in Albuquerque, N.M. Two keys to the win were rebounds and success at the line. The Highland team with Centennial 21 of those coming off the offen 75-5- free-thro- w 46-3- sive glass and providing some -chance opportunities inside. Lone Peak took just three more foul shots than Centennial but made nine more of them, finishing 20of-2- 8 (71.4 percent) in the contest while the Georgia team was 25 (44 percent). "They hung with us for a while, but our offensive rebounding really hurt them as the game went on," said Lone Peak coach Quincy Lewis. "We got shots, and that helped turn the game in our favor." 11-- -- is ' T- - I , Kristie Rieken THE ASSOCIATED PRESS , ,,- . - ,. . u Houston on Friday night in the Texas Bowl "I was pretty excited considering I hadn't scored since the first game of the season," a beaming Watts said. "It feels good to score a touchdown, it's like hitting a home run." The junior wove through the defense and danced into the end zone for an touchdown run that made it 0 20 and gave TCU (85) its 13 first lead of the game against its old Southwest HOUSTON Justin Watts had scored exactly one touchdown in his career at TCU before the Texas Bowl TD No. 2 for Watts helped the Horned Frogs end the season with a bowl victory for the third straight season, something TCU they haven't done in HOUSTON almost 70 years. The backup running back Conference rival He and Ryan Christian split scored the touchdown early in the fourth quarter to See TCU, C5 help TCU to a 3 win over 17-1- BEKY BEATONDaily Herald to the hoop against Centennial during the first round of the See LONE PEAK, C7 Invitational on Friday in Albuquerque, N.M. Lone Peak's Tyler Haws (23) drives d 20-1- |