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Show ports She Satt Lake Tribune ° SECTION D SCOREBOARD Page D-5 Rockets Spit Out Higher Seed Again DICK ROSETTA BY MICHAEL A. LUTZ Sweet Heavens! Bowling With The Big Boys? THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON — Hakeem Olajuwon wouldn't allow the Houston Rockets to lose. Olajuwon scored 25 points, including two key baskets down thestretch, as the Rockets beatthe Los Angeles Lakers 10294 Thursday night to win their openinground NBAplayoffseries 3-1. The Rockets, seeking their third @ Biazeis Thinking Momentum Is Theirs D-6 straight NBA championship, will meet Seattle in the second round. The Super- haveto rely on your teammates.” The Lakers cut Houston's lead to 91-86 and obviously the Rockets have learned field, including 4-for-4 on three-pointers. Coach Del Harris said. ‘We just have to go back andstart over.” The Lakers pulled to 98-94 on a three- See ROCKETS,Page D-6 ets up 95-86 with 57 seconds remaining. “It’s playoff basketball. It’s different Rockets Coach Rudy Tomjanovich said. “The Rockets aren't going to win being an how to stepit up in the playoffs,” Lakers offensive team. Teamwork is something you haveto have on defense. Youreally throws for Houston and Clyde Drexler capped the win with a steal and layup Sonics beat Sacramento 101-87 Thursday night to win theirseries 3-1 “Basic team defense was the key,” pointer by Cedric Ceballos with 16 secondsleft, but Sam Cassell made two free on a jumper by AnthonyPeeler with 4:28 left, but Olajuwon then made a baseline jumper and hook shot to put the Rock- with six seconds remaining Kenny Smith scored 17 points for Houston on 6-for-6 shooting from the “We had the mental preparation that helpedus us closeout the other team,” Raabe Rips Theinvitation was like manna from heaven: “We have an opening for yon WV J ° g HR in the celebrity pro-am tournament,” intoned Norm Cummings,public relations director for the American Bowling Congress. Holy 10 pins! The bowling opportunity of a lifetime. I'in on the Salt Pal- ace lanes with Mike Aulby, Walter Ray Williams, Parker Bohn If! and the boys. The All-Americans of their Ends Gamein Time to Visit Wife & Nene sport. Bowling “Dream Teamers.” Yessss! A night with the Hall of Famers-to-be, including Aulby, the bowler of the decade (1980s). Doesit BYC THES .TLAKE get any better than this? Uh, when, Norm? WhendoI roll with the stars? Whendo | strike up the band? When do I splinter that lumber? “Well, tonight,” Cummings said. “You're on the 7 p.m. squad.” Tonight? You mean I don’t get to an Raabelearned his wife and new baby daughter had just ar- rived in Salt Lake. roll a practice game? You know, to get & feel for the oil; to see if those syn- where you've set up 48 lanes for 42,000 bowlers? “You'll get one practice ball,” said Cummings. “Just like the other 959 entrants.”" It’s 10 a.m. Where the devil is my bowling paraphernalia? Ball, shoes, Band-Aids, emery cloth, erying towel. Shirt, holy baby split! Where's the silk shirt with the ABC Century patch? yan The Salt Leke Tribune A-ha, here's the ball ... my Brunswick Johnny Petraglia signature LT- SHE’S DOWN AND OUT 48 ball, tucked lovingly right in with the paint roller, crescent wrench and Bingham third baseman Heidi McKissick puts the tag down onKari Satterfield of Taylorsville on Thursday. The No. 1 Miners stayed unbeaten with an 8-3 win over No. 3 Warriors in Region 3. Prep Roundup: D-2. bowl with?” chortled 1987 Salt Lake Confident Grizz Ready to Pounce on Peoria WD-40. Whereare the damnshoes? I can smell ‘em, but I can't find ‘em “You really brought that ball to BY BRETT PRETTYMAN THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Then Jerry Zabriskie, one of Salt Lake City’s ex-touring pros, made a Utah Grizzlies Coach Butch Goring says suggestion, “Have them drill one of those new Storm balls for you.” Nah, he knows little about the Peoria River- can’t be. It’s 3 p.m. Not enough time. into Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals tonight at the Delta Center. ; Silly me. From behind the Storm counter bounces Brian Berg of Edjnund, Okla. “Let’s measure you up. Whoops, you have a restricted joint there in your thumb.” Whatta you mean, a restricted joint? “You're an old goat,” said Berg. * Another dearfriend. In the space of 45 minutes, Berg, who will drill some 700 Storm balls ing the five-month ABC, somehow got myflat thumbinto an ovalhole and two other fingers into the drilled-out resin — all to within thousandths of an much, his players have donetheir homework. ‘Peoria wins most of their games IHL PLAYOFFS Gan Peoria at Ula! font 7 men, but that does not bother him going we have been, by keeping teams under 30 May 15,7 pm. shots, we can beat anybody,” hesaid. “I All Times MOT don’t know a wholelot about Peoria, but i would expect an intense, hard checking and physical game.” In their five-game International Hock- 1 Chicago Bumps Off Avalanche ey League playoff series with Kansas oust the favored Milwaukee Admirals in the first round. The Rivermenwent2-1 in the series whentrailing after two periods. Utah was 3-0-1 against Peoria during the regular season. City, the Grizzlies only allowed 25.2 shots a game on goalie Tommy Salo. The netminder responded by giving up just 1.60 goals a game. by hard work. Theyaren't loaded like Las Vegas or Orlando,” said forward Mike MacWilliam. “We have to be ready to play. . ready to work just as hard.” The Grizzlies are especially familiar with at least one Peoria player. Barry Nieckar was sent from Utah to “If we continue to play the same way inch of a perfect fit. Peoria won twoofthree road games to D7 the Rivermen on March20 for future considerations. He was instrumental in sparking the team in a drive for a playoff berth. In Game of Peoria’s series with the Admirals, the 6-foot-3, 200-pound forward earned the game-winning assist. In the series, Nieckar had twogoals andfive you to feed the baby.’” He probably won't mind. Raabesaid he isn’t doing anything differently at the plate. “Just one of those things,” he said, “where the ball just happens to be going out.” Said Buzz managerPhil Roof:“There's nobody swinging the bat better than Raabe. Thatlittle man sure can deliver.” Scott Watkins earned the win with 1% innings of shutout relief as the lefty continues his steady return to his 1995 form. Theouting lowered his ERA to 4.22. The victory improves the Buzz to 4-0 in one-run games. With Long-Overdue Soccer Game BY MIR KRILIC THEAS CIATED PRESS SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — There was no timeto practice; the field had just been cleared of land mines. ball speed consistency, target accura- gle to the pocket and ball rotation speed. All excellent tools — if I keep the ball on the 60-foot-long, four-footwide lanes. But the thousandsof soccer fans in the for kickoff but not for practice. The stadium saw someof the worst clashes between Bosnian government troops and the Bosnian Serb army. A quarter of its stands were completely demolished. Two craters, each several yards wide, still yawn behind one goal. Even the smoke and rattle of a 15- stadiumdidn’t care that the teams were a little rusty They donned their caps and scarves and turned out with vigor Thursday to watchrival Sarajevo teamsplay for the first time in four years. The ruined Grbavaca stadium was packed with 15,000 people, all thrilled to savor one of the normal pleasures of peace once Bring on Aulby, Williams, Bohn III, Norm Duke, Dave D'Entremont and the boys. They march us in to the strains of “When the Saints Go Marching In.” Fully expecting to see Chris Schenkle and the ABC-TV boys, I strut up to again. lanes 23-24, and promptly reel off “Tt is not just the game I amhere games of 148, 160 and 153. A doublebogey golf round. for,” said Kemal Festic, 29. “It is also the feeling of freedom I have, now that I can come here.” Organizers waited until the last minute to announce the match between FC No matter the score. It was a bow! ing experience for the ages in ABC's centennial year and in Utah's ceniennial year. Remarkable, indeed, consid- Hidaget Delic The aad Press Ozenan Hosic of Sarajevo,left, battles a player from Zeljaznicarfor the ball in a match at Grbavica Stadium, which wasonly recently cleared of mines. Strawberry to Play Bail Again Mike Veeck's St. Paul (Minn.) Saints will sign Darryl Strawberry todayas he tries to play his way back into the big leagues “It pains me that people will feelthat it sends the wroi ng message, Veeck, the sen of baseball innovator Bill Veeck, said Thursday. “But it has pained me over the years fo have the kind of baseball we play here NBAPlayoffs Indiana 83, Atlanta75 Houston 102, L.A. Lakers ¢o4 Seattle 101, S criticized. | realiy don’t think it's facr to assume a player of his caliber would want to play in what Strawberry, who owes nearly $500,000 in child and spousal support payments will play for $2,000 a ‘ the early-morning feeding tonight. She said ‘I just drove 24 hours, so it’s time for Bosnians Herald Return of Peace cy, launch angle consistency, entry an- lard salary in the Northern month. That's dard League, a Double- A caliber league. 16. “I want to get homereal quick. I have See BUZZ, Page D-6 me on my way to the C.A.T.S. (Computer Aided Tracking System) lanes. Gotta practice, you know. Haven't rolled ball in 12 years. Now I'm on the two specially prepared ABC lanes. Pat Henry and Pat Duggan are analyzing my ball speed, people have called a ‘beer league.’ “What’s going on with all this, huh?,” asked a jubilant Raabe, who hashit all four homers since Brianna’s birth April See GRIZZ, Page D-7 Whiie Goring pretends not to know ounces top or bottom weight, Berg sent D-2 The homer was Raabe’s fourth of the season,and thirdin four games,afterhitting threeallof last year.It also extended his hitting streak to 11 games. Raabe’s career-high for homers in a seasonis six in 1993 at Double-A Nashville. extra-inning games. They are also 7-4 in With a freshly drilled Storm 2 X, the committee that delivered manna from bowling heaven. left field to give the Dreliod (0-2, 8.00) Buzz a thrilling 4-3 win over the Albuquerque Dukes at Franklin QuestField. assists, He is tied for third among IHL playoff scoring leaders, The aggressive with one ounceside weight, one ounce finger-to-thumb weight and three Bi Bruno Leads Masters Quatitying Weemscits After being apart 10 weeks — except ae for three days when Albu 3(44) he returned te Min- Highlight: Brian nesota for the birth of Brianna — Raabe hone eae took it upon himself gpecord: 15-12 to make sure he Tonight: didn't have to wait to querque at Salt see them. Lake, Lake,p.m. 7 The scrappy Raabe ‘Scolt lifted a homerun that Ringeneaee just barely the wall in ase 60)rrecoriien vs. peren thetic lanes are slick or dry; to acclimateto the cavernousSalt Palace hall City Bowling Association president Don McDermondasI floated into the Salt Palace. “i've got that one and a couple of gold Brunswick Mark Xs as borderin my garden,” he joked. Somefriend. E Just before stepping to the plate in the bottom of the 11th inning Thursday, Bri- Sarajevo and FC Zeljeznicar — the home team known as Zeljo. Hundreds of deadly mines hadlittered the field, minded some fans of when the stadium markeda frontline. “Every time oneof these crackers explodes next to me, my stomach jumps,” said Festic, wearing a blue-and-white Zeljo scarf. “I feel like it is another shell exploding.” City officials decided to hold the game Thursday to mark the fourth anniversary of the day the Grbavica neighborhood andits stadium came un- der Bosnian Serb control. Grbavica, just south of Sarajevo's city center, was the last of five Serbheld districts turned over to govern ment control in March as part of the See SOCCER, Page D-7 swept away by mine cleaners in time National League Philadelphia Florida 0 PCL Salt Lake 4, Albuquerque 3 Calgary 2, Edmonton1 (10) ton9, Calgary 8 3, Vancouver 2 Detroit §, Texas2 NewYork 5, Chi minute pre-game fireworks show re- Las Vegas 7, Tucson 4 Tecoma 110, Colorado Springs 9 NHLPlayoffs Florida 2, Philadelphia 0 CD :20 p.m. — bs Chicago 3,Colorado 2 (OT) CESPRD 3pm — Horse Racing, In Action Today CBS) 5 p.m. — Tennis, AT&T Challenge CERAD::30 p.m. — NHL Play Kentucky IHLPlayoffs Grizzlies vs. Peoria, at the Delta Center, 7 p.m. PCL Baseball: Buzz vs. oe que, at Franklin Quest, 77 p.m TV Sports CESPHD1 p.m. p. — Senior Golf, Paine Webber Invitational offs, | aks Rangers at Penguins 5:30 | Baseball, Mets p.m. — Baseball, White Sox al Yankees YES) 5:30 p.m. — Baseball, PhilIles at Braves Tel CTH)7 p.m. — NBAPlayoffs | Spurs at Suns , |