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“Advertising supplement produced by the Agency The Salt Lake NBA PLAYOFFS ne/Deseret News, Thursday, May 6 1999 H7 A look back at 98 NBA Finals —& Thefollowing is a gume-by-game sounded to beginthe second quarter. Bulls’ post-seven-game series look at the 1998 NBA Finals With BryonRussell as the only Utah fatigue, which provedto be just that Game1: Jazz 88, Bulls 85 (OT) If they were attemptiag to match the excitement of 1997s Game | thriller in Chicago, the! Bulls and Jazz outdid themselves. The teams gave fans a down-t¢-the-wire matchup thathad all the dama of a Finals classic. | Arested, albeit rusty Uthh squad shot poorly throughout the night, Starter in the game, the Jazz outscored an unusual Bulls lineup —onethat included Jud Buechler, Randy Brown, Dennis Rodman and Dickey Simpkins — 8-2 tostart the quarter, andfinishedit on a 5-0 mun. Utah combined for a 10-3 edge in scoring during the last minute of poorly, as Malone, Greg Foster, Jeff but used a 52-34 scoringadvantage Hornacek and Bryon Russell missed and a 22-8 command irom the Stockton was shooting well in the in thepaint, a 21-6 fast-break edge, benchplayers to win Game1, 88-85 inovertime. John Stockton’s seven joints in the extra period didn’t hus either. Heset up the overtime’sfirs basket, then scored the remaining seven points. And when Scottie Rppen’s last-second three-pointer nissed, 14 of their first 19 shots. Only Malone, not to mention the rust froma 10-day layoff giving Utah fans hope for a satisfying Finals series What they said: Jerry Sloan: (on the overtime period) “John madeashotor two, andthat makes a big difference. I don't know that we really executed well, just that John was able to par shooting performances fronthe drive and committed a key tumover in overtime. The Jazz, who squanderedthree of four leads entering the fourth quar- ter in the 1997 NBAFinals opening game, almost let another ganeslip way, They entered the fourth quarter with an eight-point lead but the the third quarter, the veteran Jazz Malone wasforced into jump shots onthe offensive end, andinto foul trouble onthe defensiveside of the court. Among those jump shots was an Jazz the lead. Malone’s poor shooting was con: tagiousin the final stanza when the Jazz missed 11 of 15 shots, went scoreless for morethan seven min: utes, and were outscored 23-15 That gave Utahits first homeplay off loss since the playoff opener against Houston, andonly its third Joss in 68 games whenthe Jazz went shot he made.” Phil Jackson: performance a better gameanda better opportu nity to win ontheir court, and we six rebounds and four assists. Pippenalsohit all sevenof his free throws. But after he opened an 85-79lead ous we had our chances andit took for the Bulls with 3:08 left in the a heck of a shot by Stockton there at game, Shandon hopes Game2: Bulls 93, Jazz 88 Bulls’ defense held to Jazz to a Game 2 didn’t have the same pregame intensity as the series opener. Finals record-tying 12 points nthe fourth, Utah never trailedafter the buzzer The rest vs. rust argument after Utah's 10-day layoff was putto well rest and speculation about the bounced back with the raucous crowd’s boisterous backing and took what seemed would be afinal lead with an 11-0 run. Chicago, however. responded with typical Jordan-esque leadership. He scored 13 points in the final quarter, including the key three- point play as the game wound down, The Jazz, meanwhile, turned the ball over an uncharacteristic seven times in the fourth quarter leading to 10 Chicago points. The Bulls also doubled the Jazz on the offensive boards, grabbing 18 to Utah's nine. Whatthey said: Michael Jordan: “I think a lot of people have said things about our physical tiredness or whatever, but Pippen again had anall-around our mental toughness is there and you dont become champions. five that included 21 points, feel like welet it slip away. It's obvithe end to kind of extinguish our lead. Even when the Bulls built a 61-53 advantage midway through into the fourth quarter with the lead. “I couldn't ask for Neither team built any morethan an eight-point megastars’ showing. Sure, Jordan scored 37 points, but he needed 33 make a play out of something that game's biggest stars, Karl Malone probably wasn't there — that last and Michael Jordan, who combined for 22-45 fromthe field. Jordan finished with 33 points but missed a streaks throughout. ently entertaining, regardless of the openshotwith 25 seconds left in the | despite poor shooting from game that would have given the All this excitement despite sub- 1995 opener. combined 22-54 shooting in Game 1 with a joint 19-49 performance that proved a Finals gameis inher- first half (6-7). The Jazz won Game first Finals overtime game sitce the Stockton became the hero of the The game was exciti g from the tip, with six lead cha Jordan and Malone followed up a opening quarter and continued shots for that total, Meanwhile each ofthe first three quarters. For Utah fans, the game Chicago its 88-86lead after their Game | performance. Anderson added four points and Hornacek another three to give the Jazz an 86-85 lead with 1:46 remaining. After a Pippen miss anda Stocktonturnover, Steve Kerr missed a three-pointer but came up with the game’s biggest reboundandfedit to Jordan, who. was fouled as he scored and gave times without having sometypeof mental advantage and I dont think that should be overlooked.” Karl Malone: “All year | make thoseshots;it just cameat a kind of bad time to not make them tonight. 1 wish I could make alot of excuses, but I dont have any. I havent played well. I got away with it in the first game. Today we didn't get away with it. They said they did a good defensivejob, maybeI have to work harder.” Game3: Bulls 96, Jazz 54 . Pe eens {a Utah's Shandon Anderson D's up against Michael Jordan duringlast year’s NBAFinals. Jordan and company proved too muchfor Jazz. It was a gameunlikeany in NBA half Utah then played Chicago nearly Finals history, or in the history of the NBA sincetheinception of the even for most of the third quarter, 24-second clock. For the Jazz, they just hopethey never seeanother like in the quarter. But the Bulls erased it. In one of the few runaways in recent NBA history, Chicago poured it on throughout the second half, showing no let-up despite the big lead. The Bulls pulled out to an 18-point halftime lead, grabbing the gameby the throat with a 12-2 clos ing burst in thefinal 2:39of thefirst trailing 61-42 with 3:59 remaining any doubts about Utah’s chances for a dramatic comeback with an 11-3 close, including five points by Jordanto take a commanding 72-45 lead heading into thefinal quarter TheJazz admittedly gave upin the fourth, resulting in numerous NBA See 1998, Page H-12 Action Continued from Page H-4 cials hope that fans catchthe playoff fever andthat the promotions surrounding the playoffs will encaurage themto support the hometown favorites. Preparations for the playoffs tions will be hung throughout the Delta Center. Fireworks, balloon drops and of course the Jazz Dancers and Bear will all addto the excitement. Jazz faithful hope the third time is the charmfor the Jazz to reach the NBA Finals include street painting and banners hanging along thestreets in down- town Salt Lake City. The Delta Center will be transformed into playoff central with a variety of activities occurring on game nights. Large windowsignswill be put on the Delta Center to announce the arrival of and celebrate the city’s biggest sporting event. Before every home game,clowns, jugglers andface painters will be on theplaza. Live bands each nightwill help create afever pitch and decora- CATCH ON TOTHESE GREAT DEALS! “99 PLYMOUTHNEON =, ial | Gift Certificate Available | formula, Many Packages therapeutic sea clay | | and medical elastic | It is an advanced inch By using a 5 amino he: change the shape loss program which uses | Be 6.20 inches slimmer in just 2 hours_ AS SEEN ON TV. 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