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Show v t v N v v 'w ' rfvJV V 1 (JC3CKC) Bucks edge Lakers. NBA in mess PREP OF THE WEEK v - LOS ANG2LES (AP) The Lakers could Los Angeles have made it simple by winning. Instead the Milwaukee Bucks put the National Basketball Association Western Conference playoffs in a mess. Los Angeles can clear everything up again tonight this time by losing. After trailing by 11 points in the first half and nine with eight minutes to play, the Bucks ruined the playoff schedule by coming back to 4 edge the Lakers Tuesday night for their 14th consecutive victory, the best ever NBA season-endin- g winning streak. $r&ma t&($ ft 1 s ft S, . 85-8- ; $ . 1 ' The victory wound up Milwaukees regular season 60 22 and split the season senes with the Lakers at 3-- Los Angeles is now and a victory in their final game tonight over Golden State would leave the Pacific Division champion Lakers with the same season mark as the Bucks and force a preplayoff contest Friday night at Milwaukee to determine the best conference record. 59-2- 2 the conference title, home court playoff advantage and the playoff pairAt stake is ings. If Los Angeles loses to the Friday night The importance of the game an incredible overshadowed performance by Lakers' center Wilt Chamberlain, bidding to become the first man in the NBA to ever hit more than 70 percent from the field for a season. mark was totally unblemished against the Bucks as he took no shots at all, not even a free throw. Chamberlains After hauling in 13 bound in the second half. In other NBA games Tuesday night, the Chicago Bulls defeated the Cleveland Cavathe Detroit Pisliers tons smashed the Baltimore the Boston Bullets Celtics tripped the Atlanta and the Houston Hawks Rockets stopped the Buffalo Braves In the American Basketball Association, the Utah Stars turned back tne Denver Rockand the Indiana ets Pacers turned back the San 112-9- 117-11- 0 Germania Athletic Club has called for an open soccer practice Thursday at 6 p.m. at Sunnyside Park in Salt Lake Diego Conquistadors AV, M ft 19 C Hermann Neumann, president, said old tea.n members and new players who would like to play for Germania are urged to attend. 110-10- T He said Germania the spring in Idaho Valley Soccer Assn, Pocatello Saturday. Wejiead all the players we can et, both from the senior and junior division, to attend Thursdays practice, he said. ' " - City." will open season against wm, 7r - 4 , f.'ft t . - Carbide Sew Sharpening' 1W I ?Mtt ft hmm ft McCiNtt Cfetotwi SwHMi 115-10- 9 rebounds I Germania slates tryouts in the first half which ended with Los Angeles on top 46-3Chamberlain got just one re- Warriors, Milwaukee, the Midwest Division champions, gets the conference title and no extra game is needed and the playoffs themselves can start vlWI INCW3, VVCWI'lUA'fM, UTAH SAW r WQRKS 42? Norm 300 Wat 0 J Si t it ;i t 4 n. J ft nsj ft CHRIS PERRY Logan High School Chris Perry is one of those athletes who had greatness thrust upon him. As a forward for Logan High School all season long, Chris had been content playing a good supporting role while center Bill Calderwood did most of the starring. 6-- 2 But when Calderwood landed sideways on his ankle state tournament, dunng the second game of the recent the spotlight shined on no one but big Chris. So Perry went to work. He paced his team to a fifth place consolation finish. In the process he collected 97 points, second best output of the entire tournament field. After scoring 12 the first game, he hit 32, 27 and 26. , No one had a bigger load to carry after Calderwood was out, observed Logan Coach Rod Tueller, And no one played any better than Chris. He was our offensive key. We were basically able to stay with our offense without changes and that definitely helped us wifi the consolation. Chris, a 4.0 student in the classroom, is the son of Mayor and Mrs. Ted Perry, Logan. . Net coach to leave Lou going home - YORK (AP) Lou - Camesecca is coming home. He has always been a St. Johns man, says Athletic Director Walter T. McLaughlin, welcoming back Camesecca as coach of the St. Johns bas' ketball team. NEW -- -- '. Camesecca confirmed Tues-- . day that he is quitting as coach of the professional New York. Nets at the end of this years American Basketball ' Association playoffs and college draft. ' - I've had a whack at pro said the coach basketball, and general manager of the with Nets. My association Nets owner Roy Boe has been a pleasant one a and we are parting in the most amicable fashion. the opportunity ' arose for me to return to St. I wanted to come ; Johns, - But when back. Camesecca led St. Johns University into three NCAA and two NIT tournaments in five years and also had sue- -' cess in his three pro years. He led the Nets into the ABA playoffs in each season. In the Nets finished third in the East Division but ' made it to the championship finals before losing to Indiana j through their worst regular season. They are currently buried in fourth with a record and one regular season game remaining. Boe, vacationing in Florida, 'said that he had met; with Camesecca last weekend in New York and came to a complete agreement. Boe was reportedly consid ering Coach A1 McGuire of Marquette University and veteran Dick Barnett of the New York Knicks National Basketball Association team as possible replacements for Carnes ecca. , a. . nl'1 TC b 0 V ' ' id , ' .ft. x t4 v. ) J l m r X r i ) , 1 Jf (AP) -- SASK. Defensive lineman Ron formerly of Oregon State University, has signed a 1973 contract with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Woods, i ' f 1 Lurrcn- r.tiLtt 4; 7 39 ct Your Neighborhood if HEBER VALLEY The Nets made the fourth and final playoff berth this season although suffering 1 V signs Ron Wood REGINA, 1 ? 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