Show A A ' " I i Standard-Examine- r 1990 21 Monday May 5B Sports Two guards proving point in NBA PORTLAND Ore (AP) — The Phoenix Suns and Portland Trail Blazers are proof that point guard may be the most important position in the National Basketball Association these days Kevin Johnson and Terry Porter will lead their teams into Game of the Western Confer- Commissioner Stem suffers slip of the tongue On Sunday however the highly praised National Basketball Association commissioner made a big one on national television While conducting the league’s draft lottery Stern got the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves confused with the National Hockey League’s Minnesota North Stars Right slate — wrong nickname and wrong 1 ence finals tonight “He’s been playing extremely well in the playoffs” Porter said of Johnson his Phoenix counter- part “but Stars” when he opened an envelope containing the Minnesota Timberwolves’ logo Everybody laughed including Stern “I was trying to keep straight in my head who was still available to finish in the top three” Stern explained “I also had just sent a congratulatory note to the new North Stars owner Howard Baldwin and I guess I got confused” NEW YORK (AP) — David Stern makes very few mistakes haven’t been playing like a slouch myself so it’s definitely going to be a good matchI Timberwolves’ president Bob Stein wasn’t ruffled by the mistake “We have no plans at this time to change our name” he said sport Stern mistakenly said “Minnesota North up” While the lightning-quic- k Johnson was leading the Suns to e their surprisingly dominant victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in one semifinal series Porter’s offensive heroics were crucial in Portland’s e triumph over San Antonio in the other “(Johnson) has the ability to ignite their team so much” Portland Coach Rick Adelman said “but Terry Porter showed in the fifth and seventh games against San Antonio that he can really raise his level of play too So I think you’re going to have a great guard matchup” Porter scored 38 points in e 2 Portland’s in over San Antonio victory Game 5 then scored 36 in the 5 Blazers’ overtime victory in the decisive seventh game Saturday They are the second- - and offensive playoff performances ever for Portland Meanwhile the key to stopping Phoenix is controlling Johnson five-gam- hard-foug- third-highe- ht seven-gam- 138-13- Adelman said that they like to run and if we don’t play well as a team defensively Kevin Johnson is going to kill us” Adelman said After going against Utah’s John Stockton and the Lakers’ Magic Johnson in the last two series Kevin Johnson said he looks forward to facing Porter double-overtim- Indy From 3B last 26 games Last year Detroit won the title in 17 games holding playoff opponents to an average of 929 points — the best defense since the advent of the clock 35 years ago The Pistons allowed fewer than 100 points in 15 of the 17 games “We know they’re a good defensive team” Chicago guard John Paxson said “It’s like they pick their time to run when they need it They keep you in a halfcourt game because of their great re- Chevy-powere- enough time to test it and have it all ready to go” Moran was the third driver to get in on Sunday by bump- -' ing an earlier qualifier John Paul Jr who since his only Indy start in 1985 served almost 2'h years in prison in connection with a drug smuggling operation headed by his father bumped rookie Buddy Lazier 75 minutes before qualifica-- ‘ tions ended Then Walther trying for his first start at Indianapolis since '1979 bumped Andretti youngest son of 1969 winner Mario ' Andretti Rutherford said if he had Jeff any advice for Andretti it would be “Hang in there It’s not an easy game "He’s young he’s got a lot of time to think this over and he probably will benefit from it It’s never easy to come out here and put your best shot out and it’s not good enough” Rutherford said Andretti virtually certain his Saturday qualifying speed of 210268 wouldn’t stand up went out in a new car and spun Luckily he did not hit ’any walls and was able to drive onto pit road Later the youngster got the car up over 210 in practice and was next in line with the engine revving when Moran went by on his third qualifying lap and the gun sounded ending qualifications "It’s the worst feeling in the world” Andretti said "It’s one thing if I wasn’t up to speed and didn't make the show But it’s a fact we were up to speed That’s what hurts the most” Almost as disappointed but for other reasons was A1 Un-sJr who safely qualified on er 1 1 rebounds 12-- 48-3- 6 7 But again defense was the key as the Bulls went scoreless for the first 3:23 of the third period The last team to win consecutive NBA titles was Los Angeles in 1987 and 1988 Before that the Boston Celtics did it in 1968-6- 9 advantage in at the offensive 455-25T- From 3B with yet another long forehand ifror “I was so far away from playing my best tennis It was difficult to gel into it” Graf said “If I play like that 1 can’t expect to win Monica didn't make many mistakes" Asked if she had forgotten what it was like to lose after so many w ins Graf said: “You never forget what it's SWAP - 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Tennis EDEN — The Wolf Creek Couples Golf Association will be holding a couples tournament on Thursday Play will begin at 5:30 pm with a shotgun start 479-773- four-tim- I Hor-nace- “We struggled offensively but not defensively” Detroit Coach Chuck Daly said “We did a great job on the boards limiting them to one shot Each team struggled offensively and I think you’ll see in the next game that both teams will loosen up and it will be more of an offensive game” 5 e Unser’s father winner A1 Unser will start on the outside of the 0th row after qualifying for his 25th Indy start semifinals -clinching Wolf Creek couples tournament Summer Specials Tuas Weds Fri 3 Games for $2 — 8 am-Open Bowling 24 Hrs A 7 Days A Week 0 4400 Wash Blvd e TUESDAY cord 33rd consecutive 0-- HILLTOP LANES row 500 with a new Alfa Romeo engine Foyt who will make a 128-12- 4-- end nt bounding” Neither team shot well Detroit shot 423 percent for the game and the Bulls shot just 378 The Pistons also had a best-of-sev- “We broke one streak so why k not break another one?” Jeff said “We just play our style of basketball It doesn’t The Pistons bidding to become only the third franchise in NBA history to repeat as champions overcame the cold first half with 65 percent shooting in the third quarter to go from a four-poideficit to a 67-6- 0 lead From 3B Saturday but was far short of his expectation of challenging Fittipaldi for the pole position d Lola His lost 6 mph between practice Saturday morning and his qualification run that afternoon Unser who set an unofficial lap record of 228502 in and is the practice on May Indy series points leader after two races this season was brokenhearted “The track really changed on us and the temperatures changed” said Unser whose 220920 mph average put him on the inside of the third row next to former winners Foyt and Danny Sullivan and right behind his teammate 1986 winner Bobby Rahal Fittipaldi will start from the same position in which he finished last year at the head of the pack His Penske Racing winner teammate three-tim- e Rick Mears will start from the middle of the first row and Arie Luyendyk of the Netherlands will start from the outside of the front row Next to Rahal on Row 2 will be Michael and Mario Andretti John Andretti will start on the inside of the fourth advantage in this series The Blazers won the season series with the Suns 2 in0 overtime cluding a victory at Phoenix April 18 in Portland The Suns are since beating the Blazers in a playoff game six years ago But the Phoenix players note they had lost 21 in a row in The Forum before beating the Lakers there twice in the conference matter if it’s on our court or on the road” Despite Portland’s regular-seaso- n success against Phoenix and better overall record the Suns are considered the favorite by many because of their impressive 1 series victory over the Lakers Adelman’s biggest concern is how his team will regroup just two days after its emotional victory over the the way he’s playing” Johnson said “But after playing Stockton and (Mag “It’s a great challenge NBA Indy 500 champ Johnny Rutherford waits to find out his qualifying time was too slow Three-tim- e Portland in its first conference finals since its championship season in 1977 has the homecourt 3-- “If we don’t realize situations 108-10- Tne Associates Press st ic) why worry?” 5 |