| Show Standard-Examin- Sports JAZZ PLAYOFF NOTES SALT LAKE CITY - When Kart Malone drove in for a layup in the second quarter Tuesday night Portland forward Brian Grant lunged into Malone hoping to foul him to keep him from scoring an easy layup 'With Malone in the air Grant leaned sideways to make contact and swung out his hips to undercut Malone's legs Knocked off balance by the hit Malone was spun around as he went up for the layup and he threw his elbow back hitung Grant on the chin Sloan said the answer isn’t for Malone to play more but for the Jazz bench to play better “They trapped us in that second quarter and we didn't know what we were going to do" Sloan said “Not all of that was the fact Karl was out We’ve still got to attack” Because the Jazz had just one day off before facing Portland Sloan said they simply didn't have enough time to prepare for the Blazers' trapping defense Grant was called for a foul on the play Malone was fined SiOOOO When Bryon Russell went up for a layup later m the game Portland forward Rasheed Wallace wrapped his arms around Russell and slammed him to the floor Star Wars? No thanks Wallace was fined $500 for the play “I thought he took Bryon right to the floor” said Jazz coach Jerry Sloan who charged out on the floor after the play to make sure the incident wouldn’t escalate “It was a foul and 1 didn’t know if there were going to be some other things happen out there or not I'm always concerned for our players that's my first concern” Hollis while he was playing forward And in light of what happened in Utah’s previous senes against Sacramento that’s why tonight’s Game 2 is so important Lest we forget Ostertag had a superb performance in Game 1 against the Kings - tantalizing Jazz fans with 16 points nine rebounds six blocks and From IB monster - Greg Ostertag Todd Fuller and Greg Foster - was so significant and why they must go back out there tonight in Game 2 arid prove that it wasn’t a fluke The threesome - OsterFoster-Fulle- r two assists - then tormented them by virtually disappearing for the remainder of what turned out to be a tough tense or GTG or whatever else you want to call ’em (hey how ’bout OFF) - combined for 13 points 11 rebounds and two blocked shots In 3 win Tuesday’s Modest numbers to be sure but a solid contribution nonetheless especially since Foster’s line featured zeroes across the board in his brief three-minustint on the court in Game 1 “Todd Fuller came in and did a great job for us” said Malone “and Greg (Ostertag) got himself going and got two big offensive rebounds and blocked some shots for us “We’re not asking for an all-stperformance from those guys Just give us a little help We just that’s all we ask want our big guys to give us a little bit of something” On Tuesday they were more than a little help Indeed the Jazz big guys’ contributions came as almost a relief especially since so many people were worried that the Jazz might get thorougly thrashed inside by Portland’s own towering triumvirate of Arv-ydSabonis Rasheed Wallace and Kelvin Cato The Trail Blazers’ trio got in early foul trouble and wound up with 20 points 15 rebounds and two blocks between them But keep in mind that some of Wallace’s contribution (10 points three boards and a block) came five-ga- triumph that Utah won in spite of his performance The “Big O” was just that in Game 5 Sunday’s against the Kings going scoreless 93-8- with From IB Utah crowd nothing that happens in the stands is as vicious as what happens on the court when the Jazz and Blazers square off Considering all the hard fouls and wild elbows in the opener tonight’s game is likely to be even rougher “It’s going to be a physical game” said Rasheed Wallace whose flagrant foul on Utah’s Bryon Russell in the fourth quarter was the turning point in Game 1 “We’re not going to back down for nobody ''“I’m not saying it’s going to be an fistfight or anything like that but it’s just going to be a good physical ballgame” The Blazers’ strategy appeared to be to foul Jazz star Karl Malone as often as possible then complain about the fouls They had five different players defend Malone at times and four of them got into foul trouble Malone shot 17 free throws in the game making 1 3 “I figure in their big guys they’ve got about 30 fouls between them” Malone said “And they don’t mind using up all of them We have to have the mentality that we have to make them pay for it by making our free all-o- ut throws” The Blazers however weren’t quick to accept they actually fouled Malone that many times suggesting the Mailman often flopped to get calls they didn’t think he deserved “Did we foul him a few times? Yeah we did” Grant said “But did we foul him all those times? No” On one play in the second I three rebounds 2-- 76-7- Duncan 5 from the Alamodome crowd The Lakers had another chance to score but lost the ball inbounding it as Avery Johnson knocked the entry pass away Sean Elliott then Spurs and Kobe Bryant at the buzzmissed a er Duncan led the Spurs with 21 points and eight rebounds while Elliott added 19 points The Spurs once again used a large arsenal against the powerful Shaquille O’Neal assigning David Robinson Duncan Malik Rose and Will Perdue to guard him at various points O’Neal was held to just four points in the first half He began to find his game in the third scoring 10 points in the period on shooting but finished with only 16 points for the game O'Neal who complained Percentages: FG 430 FT S77 goafv Fox 1 Ftsner 2)4 iRtce 5 Brvant Blocked shots: 5 'O Neat 2 Fox 2 Harper 3 Red) Turnovers: 18 Bryant 5 O Neat 4 Fox 2 Harper 2 Rice 2) Stoats 6 (O Neai 2 Fsher 2 Fox 2 Techracat touts: Utegai defense 557 second illegal defense second Segal defense 1 SAN ANTONIO PACERS 85 76ERS 82 Reb O T A PF Pts FT M-- there” “He played a lot better” said 1 Homacek “We need that from him We need his presence in there He seemed to be around the ball defensively We need those big bodies That was a good game for him” Now in order for the Jazz to continue their playoff run they need Ostertag Fuller and Foster to come up with much more of the same And they need to do it every night not every fourth or fifth game and make themselves a FG 400 FT 773 3 point goals: McKte 1 Snow 1 Hugnes 1 Blocked shots 5 (Ratliff 3 Snow II Turnovers: Geiger) (Geiger S Snow 3 Lynch 2 Rahtf) Steals: 8 (Hughes 3 Lvnch 3 Snow Geiger) Tectocal fouls: None Megai defense Percentages 125 (Lynch Iverson Defensive award given to Mourning: At Miami for Alonzo Mourning being chosen NBA Defensive Player of the Year isn’t much of a consolation prize "That’s great” he said “Can I trade it m to be playing Atlanta?” The Miami Heat center was a lop- Percentages: FG 435 FT 944 3 point goats: lEiiiott 4 Darnels 1 Kersev 1 Jack Blocked shots: 2 (Robinson Rose) Turnovers: 17 tDuncan 5 Eie 3 Jonnson 3 Robinson 2 Jackson 2 Elliott Perdue) Stoats 8 (Jonnson 5 Robinson Duncan Eie) Techracai touts: Kersey 7 59 second Nfcgai defense 1 16 76 25 18 LA Lakers FT FG Met M-- O-- constant contributor not Cliff Robinson er 625-426- 26 22 1 4 9 240 85 Totals Percentages: FG 395 FT 625 3 point goats: 6 286 (Miller Mullin Rose Perkins Blocked shots: 5 (D Davis 2 Rose A Davis Best) Turnovers: 12 (Best 3 Jackson 2 Mullin 2 Rose McKev A Davis D Davis Perkins) Steals: S (Mullin 2 Miller Jackson D Davis) Technical touts: None Flagrant fouls Jackson 803 third tie gat defense None 29-- 82 16 21 16 Philadelphia 26 19 16 24-- 85 Indiana A — 16795 (16530) T-- SPURS 79 LAKERS 76 At San Antonio -- Gary Pavton Seattle Dikembe Mutombo Atlanta -- Dikembe Mutombo Atlanta 199- 9- Alonzo Mourning Miami 199- 7- 1998 SPEAKING Those guvs were shooting so well It didn't matter who was guarding them Unfortunately they were shooting well together Usually it s lust one guy shooting that well — Atlanta guard Steve Smith on the Knicks who made shots 2 ( 506) Tuesday night in New York's victory over the Hawks in the opening game of the Eastern Conference semifinals ' Authorized Retailer :6955 ALERT £$ CELLULAR LC s IN-STO- RE Wiroloss Etc 361 West 500 South Bountiful Office Necessities Copy Copy IS Communications Digital Plus 26 South Main 44 North Main 2064 Prospactor Ava 204 1106 North Main Haber Park City Tooala Pay son 435462-22043S46S40O4 MW REBATE ERICSSON 688 SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE 69' 296-565- 6 quarter Malone hit Grant on the chin with an elbow as Grant fouled him and Malone was fined $10000 by the NBA on Wednesday The Jazz are less concerned with the rough play however than they are with their own execution particularly in the second quarter when they committed five turnovers in the first six minutes and Portland built a lead “They knew every place we were going to throw the ball” Utah coach Jerry Sloan said adding with a grin “I don’t know if they were scouting us or what It appeared to me they knew our plays better than we did” Portland coach Mike Dun-leav- y was frustrated by the amount of fouls called against his team and by Wallace’s flagrant foul that turned the momentum in Utah’s favor But he was even more concerned by how easily his team lead in the gave up their second quarter and their shooting in the fourth “We let it slip away and we have no one to blame but ournt nt Dunleavy said “We have to fight through all the adversity of calls and crowd and everything else and make it happen for ourselves” While the Jazz were pleased with the way they matched Portland’s toughness in the opener they weren’t overly excited They only had to think back to their previous series when they whipped Sacramento by 30 - 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Tim Duncan San Antonio Theo Ratliff Philadelphia Michael Curry Milwaukee Kevin Garnett Minnesota Eddie Jones Cnariofte Hakeem Olaiuwon Houston Scottie Pippen Houston Refc M-- 17 NEW YORK (AP) Voting for the 1999 NBA Plaver of the Year as selected bv a Panel writers and broadcasts in the United States and Canada Alonzo Mourning Miami 89 10 Dikembe Mutombo Atlanta 6 Gary Pavton Seattle INDIANA team's season ended against the New York Kmcks Now it's the Knicks against Atlanta while Mourning settles for the most prestigious trophy of his seven-yeNBA career “Those individual awards just sit on my mantelpiece and collect dust” he said “I'd trade all that to be playing now” Mourning received 89 of a possible 118 votes in balloting by a panel Paging 26 m DEFENSIVE PLAYER VOTING sided choice for the honor on Wednesday three days after his 1st Incoming APFPH 8 David Robinson ¥ At Indianapolis appropriately enough Allen Iver O-- T son Defensive of sports nt Pacers 85 76ers 82 Reb M-- (20 557) FG MrM-- Aside from the performances of Iverson and Rik Smits this game was much like Monday’s Game 1 The Sixers who came back from a deficit in Game 1 and lost by two rallied from 17 down to within two in the final period Game 1 when he went to the foul line 14 times got to shoot only 10 free throws Wednesday night and made just two M-- San Antwvo At Indbnax PHILADELPHIA game” about the officiating after FT FG Mtt u 2-- jump hook to draw a roar Friday's feme at Phiiaoepha 6 pm Saturday's pomes Utah at Portland 1 pm San Antonio at LA Lakers pm Sunday's femes Indiana at Phiiaoepa HX a Atlanta at New York 1 p m San Antonio at LA Lakers 3J0 pm Utah at Portland 30 pm Monday's feme Atlanta at New V ork 6pm Tuesday's femes LA Lakers at San Antonio TBA ff necessary at Portland Utah TBA necessary Wednesday's femes Philadelphia at Inoiana TBA if necessary New York at Atlanta TBA N necessary Thursday May V San Antonio at LA Lakers TBA If necessary Utah at Portland TBA If necessary Indiana 85-8- right-hande- leads se- Antono 79 LA Lakers 76 (San Anfonto leads series Today's (femes (Terns MOT) New York at Atlanta 6pm Parkand at Utah UC pm San l-minute took a pass from Mario Ehe d and scored on a Wednesday's rest Phnaoeionia 82 (Indiana 85 while playing just six minutes But Tuesday was another day and this time the big fella decided to show up ready to play “He came in with a new attitude” Russell said “and he played hard when he was in ar Jazz Tim basket with 84 seconds left as the San Antonio Spurs beat the Los Angeles Lakers 79-7- 6 Wednesday to take a 0 lead in the their Western Conference semifinal series Trailing Indiana nes series-clinchi- te as go-ahe- ad made two free throws for the Karl Malone wasn't about to get caught up in the hype over this week's release of the new Star Wars mo te suggesting he might not watch the latest installment until it appears on his satellite system’s “Just like the movie it's light years away” he said He did say however that his kids are getting caught up in the hype “They want the toys” be said “They don’t want to see the movie they just want the toys” and that was only because he was hit for a technical foul SAN ANTONIO Duncan made the nes son's long night ended with a short shot Iverson shot an airball from range just before the final buzzer Wednesday night as the Philadelphia 76ers staged another desperate rally that wasn’t quite enough No victory to take back to Philadelphia just another dis2 and a appointing loss 0 deficit against the Indiana Pacers in the best-of-- 7 second round “I thought I would save the day but I couldn’t” Iverson said summing up both his last shot and his shooting “It was just one of those nights I tried to bring it But I just couldn’t bring my ‘A’ The Associated Press it" t or 2GregsNTodd 2-- When Malone took his first rest of the game late in the first quarter on Tuesday the Blazers held a 20-1- 9 lead Six minutes and five Jazz turnovers later the Blazers were up 42-2- 7 “I think we were caught off guard by how quick they are” Malone said “You make a pass and they’re right there on staff Conference Semrinafts (Best--- ) Tuesday's results Utah 93 Portland S3 tlftan toads senes New Yorti 100 Atlanta 9? (New York toads se- Spurs Pacers grab 0 leads in semifinal series Better prepared By tom mcEachin 38 NBA PLAYOFFS KBA PLAYOFFS Malone lands big fine after controversial play Standard-Examm- Thursday May 20 1999 t f 5 i ' iLUj iT t it Mi |
