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Show Page THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Monday, February 4, B2 1991 fM steps HspiHal besE piaee .to as Aues health hen MBA's for the final 4Vi minutes and scoring the By The Associated Press Call it a health hex, or just a jinx. Whatever, the best place to find the NBA's top players these days is in a hospital. went down Two more Sunday Magic Johnson was knocked unconscious and Bernard King left with sudden breathing problems. Neither problem was diagnosed as serious. But they added to an list of stars who have been struck this season Larry Bird, Isiah Thomas and Akeem Olaluwon are still out, Charles Barkley and James Worthy recently returned and Patrick Ewing missed his last game because of game's last 10 points. Byron Scott led Los Angeles with 18 points. Johnson left wfth seven points, even rebounds and 11 assists. Scottia Plppsn scored 24 for the Bulls, but none in the fourth quarter. Jordan had All-Sta- rs 23 and Grant 19. the Boston. The Celtics wore down Washington with 17-- 2 run midway through the second half. The Injury-riddle- d Buliets started with fust eight players in uniform, Including Charles Jones, who was unable to play. Tlmbarwefvee 110, 7 Cera 102 Sam Mitchell played every minute and scored career-hig- h 37 points and Minnesota pulled away In the second overtime. The Tlmberwotves, who lost to Cleveland In overtime on Saturday night, scored the first 11 points In double overtime. Philadelphia lost Its fourth straight overtime game after winning Its first four. Berkley, In his second game beck since an ankle Injury, scored 30 points for But he missed a potential Philadelphia. game-winnishot at the end of regulation and fouled out on a charging call with five seconds left In the first overtime. flu. Johnson's injury, though, was the most frightening. He tripped over teammate Terry Teagle as he dropped back to defend against a fast break, hit his skull on the court and then was accidentally kicked in the head by Chicago's Horace Grant. Johnson briefly lost consciousness and stayed on The Forum floor for about five minutes. He eventually walked to the locker room and was taken to a hospital for an overnight stay. "It was a very scary moment," said Michael Jordan, Johnson's good friend. "At moments like that, you think about him as a person first and forget about the game." Johnson was hurt late in the third quarter. Without him, the Lakers pulled away and won 6 for their 15th straight victor'. Team physician Dr. Robert Ker-lan- d said Johnson sustained a concussion and some possible amne99-8- sia. Kerland said Johnson was unable to remember events surrounding the incident. Johnson was to be examined by a neurologist, and it was uncertain when he would be able to play again. Lakers team doctor Stephen Lombardo said Johnson was "alert" when he was taken away I.V-- v.ii J g King, the league's scorer, also left in the third quarter as Washington played at Boston Garden. He called timeout, walked off the court and was taken to a hospital with breathing difficulties and an erratic heartbeat. Doctors said King had an allergic reaction, but did not say what caused the problem. King is expected to play in the Bullets' next game, Wednesday night in Philadelphia. "We called a timeout, turned around and no. Bernard," teammate A.J. English said. "It's crazy. We've lost half the team in the last couple of days." third-leadin- Rockets 143, Warriors 13S Reserve Sleepy Floyd scored 27 of his season-hig- h 30 points In the last 16 e minutes as Houston won its first game since Dec. 15, 1988. Floyd made 22 of 27 foul shots. He hit seven in the second overtime as the Rockets outscored Golden State 16-25 Larry Smith had an NBA season-hig- h rebounds for host Houston. Vernon Maxwell scored 30 points for the Rockets and Mitch Richmond had 29 for the Warriors. Five players fouled out, Including three double-overtim- AP Laserphoto by ambulance. Last week, Washington's starting guards Darrell Walker and Workman were injured. The 1 loss to Bullets finished their Boston with only six players. In double-overtigames, MinHay-woo- ds 119-10- nesota beat Philadelphia 110-10- 2 and Houston defeated Golden State Also, Phoenix downed Deand Milwaukee beat troit 112-9- 7 Charlotte Lakers 68, Bulls 86 143-13- 5. 120-11- 1. Los Angeles matched the second-long-ewinning streak In franchise history. The 33 straight in Lakers won an NBA-reco1971-7- 2 and took 15 in a row in 1987-6Johnson was hurt with 19 seconds left in the third quarter, and the period ended with Los Angeles ahead 76-7The Lakers broke away by holding Chicago scoreless Rockets. Houston's last was a 124-11- 5 double-overtim- e game victory over Golden State. Suns 112, PietoK 97 Kevin Johnson scored 28 points and had 14 assists as Phoenix turned Detroit turnovers Into 24 points. It was ths Pistons' first loss since Isiah Thomas was sidelined for the season by wrist surgery and snapped their 83-8- 0. 94-7- 8; Southern Mississippi beat No. 21 Oklahoma No. 22 New 77-6- 6; 95-8- 7; Orleans defeated Southwestern 69-6- 0; 66-6- 4. Sunday's games: No. 1 UNLV 115, Rutgers 73 Stacy Augmon scored 27 points and had 11 rebounda and 11 assists as UNLV rolled at home. Anderson Hunt added 29 for the Runnln' Rebels, who began the game with an average victory margin ot 31 points. doesn't usually play on red clay. 10-1- 7. "The basketball program has never been any lower than it is tonight," CSU coach Boyd Grant said after the loss. "I know that doesn't make Air Force sound very good, but Air Force had to recruit a lot of people. They are playing some freshmen. We have no excuse that we are younger than they are." In other WAC games last week, Brigham Young defeated Colorado Utah defeated Texas-E- l State New Mexico beat Air Paso and Hawaii defeated Force Wyoming 69-5- 2; 78-6- 8; 87-8- 0. OWL: (Continued from Page B-- l) Moon. was 6 of 11 for 72 yards while playing the first and third quarters for the AFC. Unlike some past Pro Bowl games, where it was obvious the teams had been working together for just a week of short practices, the 1991 game was relativeThere were no interly error-freceptions and no lost fumbles by either team. B-- l) 1 d. Ohio State Is ). 10-- 0 I expected to win, this would be dead last," said the lanky player called "Zinger" by his fellow pros. "I love the golf course, but when I got on the greens, I was just totally confused. "Every year when I'd leave here, I'd swear I'd never come back. But in about six months, I'd change my mind." Azinger, however, now has learned to factor in the pull of the ocean on the putts at Pebble Beach, as he demonstrated in a final round 67 over the links that stretch along the cliffs above Car-mBay. 0 He made a foot putt for birdie on the fourth hole and twice made putts of about 15 feet as he pulled away from any would-b- e challengers. at home. No. 4 Indiana 77, Minnesota 86 Calbert Cheaney and Eric Anderson scored 22 points each and freshman Damon Bailey sparked a aecond-hal- f 8--1 run. The Hooslers (20-2- , Big Ten) In the first half and trailed 34-2- 1 by 9 In the second half when Bailey led a 17-- 1 spurt. Indiana atayed tied with Ohio State for the conference lead. Kevin Lynch had 20 tor Minnesota (10-No. 10 Kentucky 96, Georgia 84 Jamal Mashburn acored 31 points, the most ever by a Kentucky freshmen, as the Wildcats turned back visiting forward Georgia. Mashburn, a from New York, scored 17 points in the first half as Kentucky (17-- 3 overall, 9-- 1 lead and then hit a SEC) built a 50-3- 8 key basket In the aecond half to atop the Bulldogs (11-DePaul 72, No. 18 Georgetown S3 David Booth acored 18 of his 22 points the second half as DePaul (12-7- ) ended a aix-yelosing streak against AP Laserphoto State's Perry Carter hauls down a rebound against Purdue's Craig Riley during Sunday's Big Ten contest. Ohio The victory was coach Georgetown. Joey Meyer's first victory , In seven meetings with Hoyaa coach John The Blue Demons took Thompson. control by outscorlng Georgetown (13-by 24-- 7 over the first 10 minutes of the second half. N. C. State 79, No. 23 Georgia Tech 73 Rodney Monroe acored eight of his points In ths finaf 3:03 to lead North 4-- 3 Carolina State (11-Atlantic Coast Conference). The Woltpack nearly blew a lead In the last eight minutes, ft was the second home loss In ), the last five dsys for Tech (13-led by jCenny Anderson with 23 points. el 31 45-5- par-savi- Confident Australian netters issue bold challenge to Davis Cup field team tennis title, 7-- 3) 0, 92-5- 5, Keith Baker put San Diego State (Continued from Page "If I had to list the tournaments 1 ar international In El Paso, Shawn Bradley scored 16 points, including two free throws with 11 seconds left, to lead the Cougars to victory over UTEP. was in second BYU (13-1place in the standings. In Fort Collins, the Falcons, holding last place in the standings, overall and 7 in improved to the league with the victory over the Rams. Colorado State fell to 0 and The first half was with the AFC getting a field goal from Kansas City's Nick Lowery in the opening quarter, then Johnson putting the NFC up 3 with a dive in the second. made it 6 in Lowery's the third quarter, then Johnson scored on his run to put the NFC ahead 144. low-scori- 28-ya- rd 7-- 7-- er Kelly brought the AFC to life in the final quarter, hooking up with Reed to make it 3 early in the period. After Barry Sandrrs of the Detroit Lions scored on a run to give the NFC an eight-poifield lead, Lowery kicked a goal with 2:58 left, then Kelly hit Givins with the winning pass. 14-1- rd nt Kelly, smiling afterward, said he was nervous as he watched Andersen line up for the field goal. "I thought, 'Oh, no, not another loss,"' the Buffalo quarterback said. "Man, I'm glad the kick went our way today." one-poi- nt The previous Sunday, Kelly watched as Buffalo teammate Scott Norwood missed a field goal as time ran out in the Super rd Bowl. GOLF: 6 Three strokes back at were Amy Alcott, Laurel Keen and Donna Andrews. Alcott's 28 career tournament wins leave her just two victories shy of qualifying for the LPGA Hall of Fame. Kean is still seeking a tournament victory and Andrews is a second-yepro. first-roun- 15-- 54-4- 9. 57-3- 9 straight games. No. 3 Ohio St. 66, Purdue 89 Jim Jackson acored 22 points and Ohio State closed the game with a 15-aurge. The Buckeyes rebounded from their only loss of the season, to Michigan State, and moved to 18-overall and in the Big Ten. Jimmy Oliver scored 22 points for Purdue (11-- . King birdied the second hole, but reached water on the third, droptied with defender ping to Pat Bradley and rookie Dana She had three bogeys, a birdie and a par. "I didn't hit the ball great. I felt my experience kept me as close as I am. I'll need about five birds in the next 11 holes to win," King said. "The rain delay is a bad break for Meg." Mochrie, in turn, produced two birdies and a bogey in Sunday's seven holes to close within two strokes of Mallon. Kobayashi bo geyed her first two and was 5-- 5-- 15-fo-ot 0) at halftlme and opened the second hall with a 20-- 2 burst. Rutgers 13-- 7 had won six led UNLV starting hole." first-roun- 9-- Phoenix Cardinals rookie Johnny Johnson had a fine game for the NFC, scoring on runs of 1 and 9 yards and picking up 32 yards on 10 carries. "It's an honor to play in a game like this, when I grew up watching a lot of these players," Johnson said. "It also was a great feeling to contribute by scoring two touchdowns." 85-7- 8; er By The Associated Press d Australia, confident after a knockout of Belgium, has issued a bold challenge to the rest of the Davis Cup field. "We are ready to play any team anywhere on any surface," Australian captain Neil Fraser said after team completed his second-seede- d a 0 sweep Sunday in the World d match at Perth. Group That is a big change from the 1990 Davis Cup final, when Australia complained when the United States installed a red clay court in a St. Petersburg, Fla., facility. The Australians then complained of the slow surface and the fact the United States, which went on to win the Utah remained in first place in the Western Athletic Conference after dropping to 1 in league play and 20-- 2 overall. New Mexico (6-16-climbed into fourth place in the standings. Wyoming lost a chance to gain ground, bowing to San Diego State 8744 in double overtime Sunday night for the Cowboys' second straight setback. The loss in San Diego left the Cowboys at 3 and ahead with a (44, bank shot with 50 seconds left in the second overtime, and the Aztecs later blocked two Wyoming shots to secure the victory. Balzer finished with 17 points, and teammate Marty Dow had 22 points and 15 rebounds. Reginald Slater led Wyoming with 31 points. In other WAC games Saturday night, Brigham Young defeated Texas-E- l Paso 6945 and Air Foree defeated slumping Colorado State last-seco- No. 24 Kansas Louisiana and No. 20 beat Iowa State New Mexico State held off Long Beach State hi center." NBA Buffalo's Smith said that while the players enjoy the week in Hawaii leading up to the game, they play hard when it begins. "I wasn't on vacation all week," Smith said. "People thought we were taking it lightly this week, but once you get out there and start competing, no one's taking it lightly." 63-5- 9; Louisville beat Missouri 68-6- all-st- ar l) 17 45-3- e. (Continued from Page B-Vanderbilt beat No. 14 Louisiana and No. 15 Virginia State beat Wake Forest No. 16 East Tennessee State No. beat Appalachian State Fla. (AP) -Meg Mallon's quest for her first tour victory held through seven holes in the fourth round of the LPGA Classic when $400,000 heavy rains halted play. This morning, with her two-strolead in place, Mallon was due to complete her bid for the winner's $60,000 share of the prize money in the event on the Wycliffe Golf and Country Club course here. Before Sunday's- - downpours, Mallon started the day at 205, two strokes ahead of Betsy King and three in front of a group that included 1989 Classic winner Dottie Mochrie and Hiromi Kobay-asof Japan, last season's Rookie of the Year. Mallon went on to pull off two birdies and two bogeys to remain and two strokes ahead at of the field. "I feel like I've gotten some tough holes out of the way," Mallon said. "No. 8 will be a good WORTH, 65-5- five-ga- winning etreek. Tom Chambers and Xavler McDaniel both added 20 points for the Suns. Joe Dumars scored 20 for host Detroit. Bucks 130, Hornets 111 Jay Humphries got 27 points, Ricky Pierce had 25 and Milwaukee scored a season-hig- h 46 points In the third quarter to beat visiting Charlotte. Bc CAGE: LPGA play Lof-lan- 3 Los Angeles' Magic Johnson and an unidentified teammate sandwich Chicago s Michael Jordan during Sunday's game. Rain halts LAKE , taja By The Associated Press The Lobos have proven they can play with the best of the Western Athletic Conference by edging Utah, New Mexico coach Dave Bliss maintains. "We've been playing very good, but I guess now that we've beaten a team that is considered a good team we can stand a littler taller ... and I'll tell you what, Utah is a lot better than when we played them there (a 3 loss)." Luc Longley and Willie Banks spurt that ignited a second-hal- f erased a 6 Utah lead in Saturday's game. Longley scored 17 points and reserve Jimmy Taylor added 10 in the final three minutes of the game to seal New Mexico's 2 victory over Utah, snapping the Utes' winning streak. "Longley really played inspired. He made himself some money out there today," Utah coach Rick Majerus said after the game, predicting Longley "will be a career 13th-rank- ed uUete 101 Despite levng mldwsy through the third quarter, King scored 20 points, ft wasn't enough, however, as Reggie Lewis had 30 points and Kevin McKale 22 for Cettlee 119, ever-growi- Lobos prove they can play with WAG's best The Australia-Belgiu- match m tourd was one of many naments played around the world as Davis Cup action continued despite the threat of terrorism. Germany, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Argentina and Spain also d victories on completed Sunday. the Two World Group matches United States at Mexico and Israel were postponed beat France cause of the threat of terrorism first-roun- first-roun- and tentatively rescheduled for March 29-3- 1. Six zonal matches were postponed because of the Persian Gulf Sri War: Bahrain-Banglades- yria, Malaysia-Saud- Lanka-S- h, Singapore-Kuwa- it Arabia in the group, and Egypt-Seneg- i and Asia-Ocean- ia Coast in the and Algeria-Ivor- y can Zone. Afri- Richard Fromberg and Wally Masur completed Australia's easy weekend with singles victories. AustraFromberg, the lian, beat Eduardo Masso and Masur beat Filip DewulT Both reverse singles were reduced to three sets after Australia clinched the match the day before. Australia will face either Israel or France in the next round. Meanwhile, Boris Becker and Michael Stich led Germany to a 2 victory over Italy in Dortmund. Becker beat Omar Camporese 4, giving Germany a match. tie at 2 in the best-of-- 5 Stich then defeated Paolo Cane 6 top-seed- 6-- 3, 6, 6-- 1, 6-- 3, 6-- 2. 3-- 3-- 6, 4-- 6-- 3, 6-- 6-- 3, 7-- (7-4- ), 6-- 7 (1-7- 7-- 5, ), 6-- for the 1 victory. Germany will face' Argentina in the next round. Yugoslavia completed a 1 victory over Sweden 1 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Goran Ivanisevic beat 2 in Sunday's Stefan Edberg 4, first match after Yugoslavia had clinched the victory on Saturday. His little stretch of poor play was solved, he said, by a tip from Jim Flick early last week in Phoenix: "A little change in my backstroke," he said. "He's got me back in the position I've been in when I'm playing my best," said Azinger, who now leads the PGA Tour with victories in five consecutive seasons. This one, the seventh of his career, was set up by a second shot on the second hole and an eagle putt. ot He went "in front to stay with pars on those tough holes around the turn the 8th, 9th and 10th. He played them in par; none of his challengers were better than And he nailed it down with a shot that set up a brilliant birdie putt on the green of the par-- 3 hole that juts out into bay. Azinger, whose last previous victory came in the 1990 Tournament of Champions, broke his string with a 274 total, 14 under par. Brian Claar and Cory Pavin tied for second at 278, four strokes 67 and back. Pavin had a Claar birdied the last hole for a 68. Third-roun- d leader Rocco Mediate, Davis Love III and Mike Smith were another shot behind at non-winni- ey 279. Smith moved up with a 65, the best round of the day. Mediate slipped to a 74. Love was within two strokes of the lead until he bogeyed two of the last three holes and finished with a 73. John Cook, with a 73, finished at 280. He teamed with television actor Jack Wagner to win the pro-aportion of the tournament by one stroke at 255. Wagner, who plays in "General Hospital," helped his pro 25 strokes. "I'd never heard of him," said Azinger, who played in the same foursome, "but that guy can play." m North Idaho grabs second in SWAC 4-- 4-- 6-- 6-- Magnus Gustafsson beat Goran in the final match 3 Prpic 6-- 6-- Sunday, giving Sweden its only point. Yugoslavia advanced to a meeting against Czechoslovakia, which completed a 1 victory over Austria on Sunday. Milan Srejber beat 6 ), (6-Alex Antonitsch 6 in Sunday's final singles match to 4-- 7-- complete (7-5- the tournament. 3) By The Associated Press Center Airton Dudzevich scored 26 points to lead North Idaho past Ricks College 102-8-9 and into second place in the Scenic West Athletic Conference behind Southern Idaho. Southern Idaho, ranked third nationally, defeated Dixie College 116-8- 7 2 and Snow College over the weekend to move 24 games ahead of North Idaho with a 10-- 1 record. The win was North Idaho is CSI's 117th straight at home. Utah Valley and Eastern Utah are tied for third place in the 89-7- 7--3. The two teams batleague at tled in Price, Uish, Friday night, with Eastern winning 2 in overtime. 4. 84-8- Maurice Fraizer hit a at the buzzer to send the game into overtime, then converted to help seal the win. another Eastern Utah also defeated Salt Lake 3 and Utah Valley won at Colorado Northwestern 79-7- 90-6- 8. In other games, Dixie won at 5 Treasure Valley and Colorado Northwestern beat Salt Lake 102-7- 7341 in Raneely, Colo. |