Show f©trs sends series back to Phi Sly bourses Sixers BOSTON (UPI) — One of the wonders and quirks of a playoff series is that there still is room for instruction and learning even though the opponent stays the same The Boston Celtics courtesy of coach Bill Fitch’s wizardry with the cassettes digested a combined crash course of “Life Without Tiny” and “How to Stop Toney” and passed with flying colors The immediate result is one bullet dodged — and a return to Philadelphia for another chance Friday night The Celtics with offensive stars Robert Parish and Larry Bird combining for 46 points routed the 76ers 114-8- 5 Wednesday night to pull to within 2 in their Eastern Conference championship series But it was the Celtics’ ability to adapt to the absence of Nate Archibald and to combat the dangerous Andrew Toney that was most responsible for the resounding triumph Archibald was injured Saturday in Game 3 to prepare for a and the Celtics had no y d new leader In addition Toney them for 39 points Sunday so he also was on their minds What Fitch did was install a harassing g defense of double- - and even time Cheeks Maurice and they every Toney brought the ball into Celtics’ turf The ploy worked for Philadelphia reacted poorly and when they did find the open man the shots weren’t falling “We didn’t handle the new strategy well and we didn’t take the shots when we had them” said Julius Erving who had a very quiet 12 points and sat out the last 15 minutes “And even when we had the shots we didn’t make 3-- off-da- buzz-sawe- triple-teamin- vN SY - them” Nowhere was this more dramatically illustrated than in the second period The Celtics with Parish scoring 15 points and Philadelphia committing seven turnovers led 2 after one quarter At halftime after the 76ers had a second quarter and no field goals in the last 6:14 it was 7 “and it wasn’t much longer before we started thinking about the next one” Erving said The 76ers were out of sync and off balance and the reason was the Celtics’ defensive pressure Fitch said the tactic wasn’t anything new but something had to be done to stop Toney and Cheeks And it worked “We didn’t handle it as well as we should have” said Toney who led the 76ers with 18 from the floor “I points but hit on just Vv A'' £' 1 V " was anticipating it but we just didn’t do it You 3 — t teju have to convert the shots and we didn’t” United Press International The Boston guards were the keys along Celtics' center Robert Parish teammate Cedric Maxwell (right) leans into 76ers' during NBA playoff duel Boston buried the Sixers (00) goes up over two with the redoubtable Bird who bounced back 114-8- 5 to stay alive in the semifinal showdown Bobby Jones and takes dead aim at the basket from a lackluster weekend in Philadelphia Philadelphia players for a slam dunk while Boston effort with a the team losing its penetrating threat was Backcourt starters ML Carr and Gerald to make Toney work as hard as he can” Celtics didn’t have time to adjust until MonAdded Carr who had six points but also day And by that time they were down 1 conceded the outside shot It didn’t convert Henderson hounded the Philadelphia — Bosof offentwo to us so the extra punch was a welcome on for were five it “The the them five contributed rebounds three constantly accounting days important addition sive end “the time we had to prepare helped really helped” Fitch said ton’s seven steals And Danny Ainge in possPONTIAC Mich “We hadn’t been hitting the shots and that’s game as a pro came in tremendously And we’ll do the same thing to Philadelphia coach Billy Cunningham said ibly his best (UPI) — The Detroit he felt the Celtics were a better defensive what we had to do” said Parish who hit on see how Philadelphia reacted” and kept up the pace Pistons announced Fitch likes to call the system “help situa- team without Archibald “because Henderson “There’s no question we were mentally preWednesday the sign“We needed to make the outside shots” his thinking is a better defensive player” But Archibald’s pared” said Ainge who also had 11 points in a tions” and he said it center ing of added Bird who made “One thing effort “The two days off to that there should be off days in the playoffs absence on offense was another matter Steve Hayes to a multi-yThere was no direction in Games 3 and 4 and about the Boston Celtics: we never quit” evaluate what to do helped me a lot We have Because Archibald was hurt Saturday the ear contract 33-2- 57-3- y 20 20-poi- nt nd play-make- Hayes signs Piston's pact 3-- rs all-arou- nd 12-of-- 19 re-inforc- ed ot 26-minu- 19 te Idaho State favored for team title Wildcats enter MISSOULA Mont — Weber State College wraps up its conference sports season this week with the 19th annual Big Sky Conference outdoor track and field championships to be held Friday and Saturday at Dornblaser Field on the University of Montana campus Outdoor track is one of the few sports in which Weber State has never before captured a conference crown But with a wealth of talent under his wing this season Coach Chick Hislop is optimistic about improving on last year’s second place finish in the meet Idaho State which has already won the indoor track and field title as well as the cross country championship will be the favorite to take home top team honors along with meet host Montana Nevada-Ren- o and the Wildcats in said his that Hislop recently judgment only a few points should separate the four Big Sky schools from one another when final results are tabulated following Saturday’s second day of competition Weber State claimed first place in the recent Beehive Invitational Meet held at Wild WSC signs Gardner leaves Lakers Big Sky meet this weekend for Snow College post cat Stadium with several competitors from Big Sky and Western Athletic Conference present The Wildcats fifth in the Big Sky last season look for strong performances from their sprinters and middle distance runners Weber State’s Jeff Swanger is the heavy favorite in the decathlon an event he won twice for WSC before sitting out last season Swanger holds the Big Sky record of 7266 points and has twice finished third in the NCAA championships Swanger has been rated the top decathlete in the nation by one track and field publication this spring and Steve Dick will give Weber State some solid backing in the decathlon Dick took third in last year’s decathlon competition in the Big Sky meet and racked up 6915 points in one meet this spring WSC should also get plenty of points from steeplechasers Rex Hohnholt and Brian Appell both of whom have qualified for the NCAA meet Hohnholt who won the steepleg chase title two years ago before red-shirtin- Spartans' David Andreasen Murray High’s outstanding distance runner who broke state records on three occasions this past season has signed a national letter of intent to run for the Wildcats next season head track and field coach Chick Hislop has announced Andreasen was undefeated in the 3200 meters in state competition over the past two record three seasons and broke the State set a new He school different times this year state record of 9:1962 in last week’s State and Track and Field Meet held at Weber State’s Wildcat Stadium He also captured a state title in the 1600 3-- A 3-- A 4-- A last season recently broke Doug Friedli’s school record in the steeplechase with a time of 8:410 In the sprints Bruce Perry has a crack at dashes while winning the 100 and will Wildcats Smith the hope in give Anthony the 200 and races Perry who lost dash at home in his entire only one 103 in career at WSC has ran a wind-aide- d the 100 meters and a 211 in the 200 meter event Smith a junior college transfer from Compton JC in California just recently arrived at Weber State but has already made his presence felt He tied the school record in the 400 meters with a 474 clocking and has turned in a 210 time in the 200 The track and field championships are the last event in the chase for the Big Sky award Idaho State with 69 points looks like a sure winner for that award but Weber State and Boise State will fight it out for second The Wildcats have accumulated 53 points one behind BSU Andreasen is also the reigning State cross country champion and recorded the fastest time in the high school ranks last fall He placed in the top three in three different national cross country meets was second in the Junior Olympics Trials and second in the National Junior Olympics meets where the 3-- A 400-met- 100-met- 6-- 3-- swept all three doubles matches to become lead their team to the first NCAA women’s championship Stanford’s No 1 singles player Alycia Moul-te- n came back from two consecutive defeats 0 7 this week to down Katherin Keil 3 Elise Burgin defeated Heather Ludloff 3 1 in the No 2 singles and in No 6 singles Caryn Copeland defeated Helen Mansett in three sets UCLA captured victories in third fourth and fifth singles The doubles competition was close with Moulten and Copeland of Stanford defeating 3 in No 1 Lynn Lewis and Ludloff 5 d in the doubles The Bruin team is 6-- 6-- 6-- 7-- first-seede- 6-- 6-- 6-- individual competition Stanford’s Bergin and Linda Gates beat Kathy O’Brien and Mansett 3 3 6 in No 2 doubles and in No 3 doubles Kate Gompert and Michelle Weiss beat Shelly Solomon and Keil 6 6 6-- 3-- 6-- 7-- 7-- The tournament continues today with individual competition in two rounds of singles and one round of doubles The No 1 singles seed is Vicki Nelson of Rollins University The No doubles team is Ludloff and Lewis from UCLA batting in One titles in his seven years there announced Wednesday that he has a accepted head A All-Bi- g Western Carolina League in 1971 with a 343 average coach and “I see this as a chance to pursue teacher at my career on a higher level’’ Snow College All-Spor- ts winner was a college runner “Dave has had the advantage of having some great coaching from his high school coach Dennis Dawson” Hislop said upon signing Andreasen “Because he has participated around the country and has experienced tough competition he should be at least one if not two years ahead of most freshmen collegiate runners “We have a good tradition of distance runners at Weber State and a runner of his caliber should keep it going and will more than likely strengthen it even more” Hislop said baseball Lakers to three Region er star position as native of Spanish Fork Gardner graduated from Weber State College in 1969 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education He subsequently received his master’s degree in professional leadership from Brigham Young University He played baseball for three years at WSC and was named Sky Conference from 1967 through 1969 He played professionally for four years in the Houston Astros organization and led the baseball coach er Stanford steams to women's tourney title SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — Stanford University leaned heavily on its doubles teams Wednesday to unseat defending titleist UCLA 3 for the 1982 NCAA Women’s Tennis Championship at the Canyon Racquet Club in Salt Lake City The Cardinals and Bruins split the ticket in the singles competition standing at 3 going into the doubles phase The Stanford women High — Steve Gardner who coached the 200-met- er distance-runnin- g meters with a time of 4:2011 and was second in the 800 meters Earlier this spring he was voted the outstanding athlete in the Simplot Games held at Idaho State’s Minidome in Pocatello There he won the 1500 meters and set a new record in the 3000 meters WASHINGTON TERRACE Bonneville Gardner said “I would eventually in Ephraim like to go on to coach a major effective college or professional team next fall ‘‘I enjoyed everything I Gardner experienced at Bonneville and will 34 guided always have a soft spot in my heart Bonneville to for it” Gardner said “The faculty another and coaching staff there is just Region One title in addition to a great it is one of the reasons third-plac- e finish in this year’s Bonneville is so successful in all State Tournamert his best sports” finish ever as coach of the team Gardner indicated he may teach The Lakers were 1 in league play physical education classes at Snow and 15-- 3 overall under Gardner this as well as serve as head coach of the baseball team there year 4-- A 9-- Trappers sweep PCL pair from Saif Lake Gulls EDMONTON Alberta (AP) — The Edmonton Trappers hit six home runs three in each game to defeat the Salt Lake City Gulls 1 and 4 in a Pacific Coast League baseball doubleheader Wednesday night 9-- 5-- In stretching their winning streak to four games the Trappers got only five hits in the second game against loser Bob Stoddard 3-- 4 site-fiel- d homer was his 20th of the season Stoddard and Trapper starter Reggie Patterson were in a pitching duel through four full innings before the Trappers scored four times in the fifth and sixth and the Gulls came back with a pair in sixth Salt Lake got a single run in the second inning temporarily tied the game in the top of the sixth on A1 Chambers’ two-ru- n homer and The first was a solo home run in came close to tying it in the the second inning by Lorenzo Gray seventh followed by Fran Mullins’s single In the first game home runs by and Rick Seilheimer’s two-ru- n Gray Steve Dillard and Chris Nyhomer in the fifth and Steve Dil- man and strong pitching from lard’s single and Ron Kittle’s two-ru- n Steve Siwy powered the Trappers shot in the sixth Kittle’s oppo to their victory |