Show STANDARD-EXAMINE- R SATURDAY APRIL 28 1990 SPORTS EDITOR: 625-4260 Jordan leads Bulls to victory Pkn The Michael Jordan Show Scottie Pippen gave the Chicago Bulls a winning start in the NBA playoffs Friday night Jordan scored 38 points and Pippen had 17 points 13 assists and 10 rebounds to lead the Bulls Assocawd co-starr- to a 111-9- postseason lull ends with victory over Suns Two-ye- ar victory over the 7 Bucks a team they have managed to handle with ease in recent years The victory was an extension of the Bulls' mastery over the Bucks in recent seasons Chicago held a 1 edge in the regular season and has defeated Milwaukee 12 times in their last 13 meetings “The first game is very important" Jordan said “If you lose it you can't keep the homecourt ad- By JOHN YOUNGREN 16-fo- ot SALT LAKE CITY — In case there were any doubts about the Utah Jazz’s ability to produce in 4-- postseason The Bulls broke the game open in the fourth quarto- with a 13-- 2 run that gave them a 2 lead with 631 left “We turned up our defense a notch" Jordan said “Our fourth quarter defense unleashed everything We started to rebound and got our transition game going" “You work hard all year to get first-roun- - 96-8- the team came 4 The Jazz managed a lead only when 27-2- first-quart- er Brown passing the ball in from midcourt with 11 seconds left found Leckner at the top of the circle and the Wyoming product banged it home at the buzzer "That was just out of the blue" said Leckner Sull it set the tone for the second quarter when the unlikely Jazz lineup of John Stockton Leckner Brown Edwards and Griffith effectively ran the team three-poi- the Jazz lost to Golden State in three straight “We sort of have a little to prove this year" said Jazz forward Karl Malone who struggled on a 2 1 point night "At least we won one game We didn’t get swept" Of course it helped the Jazz Friday that Phoenix point guard Kevin Johnson viewed as a key s to this matchup was limited to just five assists and terrific" 43-3- 58-4- Jazz-Sun- was his Pippen’s first in the playoffs and the second of his career He also had one against New Jersey in February “I wasn’t doing the things I wanted to do in the first half" said Pippen who had only two points one rebound and six assists in the first half “I had to do something I was happy with my rebounding and my defense" Milwaukee Coach Del Harris complained about the condition of the Chicago Stadium floor which had wet spots and caused Jay Humphries to pull a groin muscle “It was slippery it wasn’t in a triple-doub- le professional condition" said Harris who added that he would file a protest with the league over the condition By CHRIS J MILLER r Standard-Examine- SALT LAKE CITY — Perhaps it was the forgotten matchup that meant the most to the Utah Jazz during Friday night’s victory over the Phoenix Suns In the week preceding the first game of this NBA playoff series much was made of two critical matchups — Karl Malone vs the Suns Tom Chambers: and John Stockton vs Phoenix dynamite Kevin Johnson Even the talk about each team’s benches drew more attention than the upcoming battle between Bob Hansen and his Phoenix countera pair of Hornacek performJeff part ers toiling away in the shadows of the NBA Maybe somebody overlooked something All Hansen did on Friday was score 16 points on an shooting night including three key three-poibombs to lead the Jazz to their 113-9- 6 victory He also hit the biggest shot of the game when after the Suns cut the lead to 103-9- 6 with e 2:04 to go on Mike McGee’s third bomb Hansen hit a short jumper to boost the Jazz out of reach After McGee’s shot the Jazz were unable to get a good shot off and Phoenix knocked the ball out of the floor Lakers 101 Rockets 63 At Inglewood Calif James Worthy scored 34 points including eight as Los Angeles took command early in the fourth quarter and the Lakers opened the NBA playoffs by defeating Houston The victory in the first game of series was a milethe stone for Lakers’ Coach Pat Riley With 99 career playoff victories Riley tied former Boston Coach Red Auerbach as the winningest playoff coach in the NBA The Lakers trailed 2 early in the second quarter but after 7 to begin the final leading period they reeled off a 12-- 1 spurt to go up by 13 just 2:44 into the quarter Worthy who made 17 of his 22 shots during See NBA on 2B off-gua- rd best-of-fi- ve low-profi- all-ti- le nt 35-2- long-rang- 69-6- Mark Eaton goes up for a shot against Mark West of the Suns Tlmpview runner See JAZZ on 2B dips state 4-- A record Darts’ Justin Beard wins second straight Davis High Invitalionai titie for shot put Invitational at Cottonwood High with that I didn’t take the lead winning the discus by 2 feet 3 By DENNIS LARSEN School ' until coming out of the first mile inches over the Bruins’ Kim r KAYSVILLE — Despite a damp dreary and drizzling day nothing detained Timpview High distance runner Brandon Rhoads in Friday’s first day of action in the 34th annual Davis High Invitational track and field meet Rhoads clipped 323 seconds off the existing state 3200 meters record of 9 minuted 1898 seconds previously held by Mark Johansen with his scintillating run of 9:1575 that included mile splits of 4:38 “I was a little disappointed that 1 tightened up on the last lap I didn’t even know I was on (record) pace and my coach (Brian Kuhlmann) was telling me to slow down" said Rhoads “I want to do well next week at the BYU Invitational because the Jones twins (from Ben Lomond) will put me through a fast race" Chris Jones edged Rhoads in the 3200 at the State Invitational on 4-- A View-mont- ’s Standard-Exam-inerWeb- er just 210ths of a sec- ond while Rhoads beat Warren Jones by 217 seconds in the 1600 meters in last Saturday’s High Mountain Track and Field their halfcourt trap defense no points in a sporadic nine minutes Johnson battling the Forgotten matchup proves important “I got beat at Weber State so and I ran three 60s and a 70 (secnext week is a big one The Jones ond split) to finish The whole twins are really good runners race I felt pretty strong” he said in Meet host Davis went and ever since I started running in the 10th grade they’ve been the shot put got a third in the there" Rhoads said javelin finished 5 in the high “These were beautiful just jump and got a sixth in the 3200 perfect conditions" Rhoads said meters to take a 3 of Friday’s overcast skies that re- lead over Region 1 rival View-mofrained from dropping any rain after five events Darts’ strongman Justin Beard during his race that started at 3 the defending state shot put pm “It was a little cold at the start champion won his second but this is a nice track (to run on) straight Davis High Invitational and 1 was very impressed with title with a throw of 55 feet 1 inch — five inches off his PR of this track” he said Rhoads’ personal record in the 55-- 6 he set last week 3200 meters is a 9:14 he ran in Viewmont’s Paul Mann won this year’s indoor Simplot Games the with teamjavelin (191-9'at Idaho State University mate Steve Ballard clearing 7 in “I just wanted to come out and the high jump Layton’s Marty run a good race After the first Harward soared 14-- 9 in taking lap it was just (teammate Dan) the pole vault Alder and myself Without Alder Mountain View opened up a it wouldn’t have even been a race He took out the mile for margin over defending me and Dan knows what he girls champion Bingham 8 needs to do We’re more teamby winning the long jump mates than competitors" said finishing second in the 600 and Rhoads placing 4 in the discus "This is my best time of the Roy High senior Laura Weaver ycar outdoors so I’m pleased popped a PR throw of 1 7 in 3-- 9-- 24 nt 4-- A 2) 6-- nt 4-- A 30-1- 1 2-- 1 8-- Henry who had a winning throw of 123-- 4 in last week’s High Mountain Invitational “I’m happy with my new PR but I like the shot put better even though it’s more Irustrating sometimes" said Weaver the deshot put champion fending “I just want to work on getting better and improving and I beat my previous best mark by a foot” she said “I don’t worry about beating her (Henry) because if she can do it once she can do it again I just worry about improving myself" The Bruins’ Becky Perry recorded the best long jump mark of the season with an jump and she needed it on her final attempt to beat Bingham’s Jenni Johnston who went on her final jump Bingham sophomore Lvnette chamPetersen a three-tim- e pion last year in the 800 1600 and 3200 meters turned the race as she 1600 into a one-giwon by 666 seconds over her closest pursuer Mountain View's 4-- A 18-fo- ot 17-9- '2 4-- A rl Amy Allen throughout the game taking vantage of the nine first-ha- lf flu was finally yanked by Suns Coach Cotton Fitzsimmons early in the second quarter never to return “I said ‘that’s enough" said Fitzsimmons who refused to use Johnson’s absence as an excuse for the Suns’ problems “He should have stayed in the hotel" It also helped the Jazz that they got some inspired play from their second unit throughout the game In feet the Jazz reserves — most notably the grouping of Eric Leckner Mike Brown Blue Edwards Darrell Griffith and Delaney Rudd — combined for 40 points and Edwards and Griffith each managed to hit double figures That helped make up for the shooting miseries of Malone plagued by a variety of Phoenix turnovers It created 1- 9-- 9-- 0 83-6- The Suns had one more run left in them and they made it — largely sparked by sixth-ma- n Eddie Johnson — early in the fourth quarter After the Jazz had burrowed out to a lead early in the fourth 8 21-po- int Suns defenses and simply as he put it “tiying 89-6- Johnson and Phoenix guard Mike McGee — who hit three — cut straight Utah’s lead to seven 103-9But the Jazz clamped down again defensively and took adcall vantage of an that went against the Suns Then Bobby Hansen nailed a baseline shot — one of two crucial Hansen stretch buckets Johnson and McGee each missed home-ru- n tries and the Jazz went off to what turned out to be a 10-- 0 run with Edwards Stockton and Bailey all getting into die act So escape with Game 1 Game 2 is in the Salt Palace Sunday night at 6 hard" three-pointe- rs How bad was it? Malone was missing early in fact he went from the field in only the first halt How many times do you see this? At the half Ma- 6 10 back-u- p out-of-bou- Leckner bad 15-fo- double the points of the Mailman (8-“It was one of those things” Leckner said “When the opportunity arises it’s time to make things happen” With a sellout Salt Palace crowd — - the standard 1261 6 — humming from the beginning the Jazz fought off some hurried Malone shots and ran to a 1 lead early Utah went up 17-4) 1- -4 12 t ot New coach Dickemore: ‘I bleed and die Weber’ By DALE BUBL1TZ StanOatO-Examine- r PLEASANT VIEW — Lee Lee Dickemore the longtime athDicke letic director and the newly named head basketball coach more at Weber High School shares some common ground with Ko college basketball coaching legreplaces end Ray Meyer Jay Walk The former DePaul coach who is spent 41 years coaching the now at Blue Demons Meyer who acDavis cumulated 724 victories never wanted to coach anywhere for the high schooL Why not else do it (coach) where you love it Dickemore echoed those the most And that’s at Weber same sentiments Friday after High" Lake Meyer who had a being selected to direct the Warrior hardwood fortunes be- seemingly endless attachment ginning with the 1990-9- 1 sea- for DePaul Dickemore’s feeformer lings toward Weber are son The d His relationship Weber High standout and selectee replaces Jay to Warrior athletics has the Welk who left to assume simiring of blind trust lar duties at Davis High "I am a Warrior — a red and Weber? black man all the way Why "Because this is the only through" said Dickemore "J plate I would coach" said bleed and die Weber” Dickemore "J was always at There is another Mever-hk- e Weber High because my quality about Dickemore biothers ahead of me played See COACH on 2B All-Sta- te I I -3 Jazz offset a 0 Phoenix run with a run of their own By the end of the third Griffith’s layup made it a 7 Utah ball-ga- multiple-tea- m lone's ad- with an effective running game “Our trap gave us some life" said Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan who is now in the postseason as Utah’s head coach “it gave us some momentum and that probably carried us through the ballgame” Malone woke up to score 10 of his eventual team-hig- h 21 points in the third quarter and the 0) too nt to a 1 lead When Thurl Bailey returned — along with Malone — at the 7:34 mark he scored eight points on the way to the half allowing Utah to maintain its 7 halftime lead The Jazz were liberally using -- you don’t want to lose it in one game" Bulls coach Phil Jackson said “I was impressed with our overall performance Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen were April 7 by 19-1- in the first quarter d chronicled the homecourt advantage and Standard-Examine- er but the Suns rallied and closed the margin to 8 late through with a surprising flourish Fnday night getting up and then bolding on for a 113-9- 6 win over the Phoenix Suns That’s Western Conference Game No 1 And for the first time in two years there were smiles in the Jazz locker room after the game Last season as has been well vantage" ‘ when Mark Eaton whooshed a rare — for him — jump- k deep-roote- |