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Show She Salt Lake Tribune SPOk PREP BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL D-3 @ BASEBALL D-6 MENHL PLAYOFFS D-8 D B® OBITU. ARIES D-8 MCLASSIFIEDS D-9 * MAY 13, 1999 Kings Stun Jazz, an Show Utah or in BY STEVE LUHM THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE '@ Jazz Upset Over No-Fine Decision on Webber Portland SweepsSeries Over Phoenix SACRAMENTO — Soclose to taking a stranglehold on theirfirst-round playoff series against Sac- GAME GLANCE : Kings 84 Jazz 81 (OT) Fast Fact: Karl Malonedidn't scorehis first basket until the 10:33 mark ofthethird quarter. Game4: Friday, 8:30 p.m. MDT,Arco Arena ame 4 ramento,the Jazz let Game 3 slip through their fingers. Vlade Divac scored twice over Karl Malone late in overtime, leading the Kings to a 84-81 victory Wednesday night at Arco Arena. ae Sacramento took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series, and can eliminate the two-time defending Western Conference champions Friday night in Game 4. Divae finished with 22 D4 D-4 shots, starting late in regulation when Utah squandered a four-point lead. “They did a great job defending him,” said Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan. “They've been doing a good job of defending the things we like to do.” Malone wasalso the victim of two late hooks by Divac, one that gave the Kings an 81-79 lead and anotherthat madeit 83-81 with 21.5 seconds remaining. “We just felt we had an advantage in there,” said Sacramento Coach Rick Adelman. After Divae gave the Kings a two-point lead, the Jazz's Todd Fuller had a chance to tie the gamewith 4.2 secondsleft. But he misseda pair of free throws. Scot Pollard was fouled on the rebound and made one free throw for the Kings, giving the points, while Corliss Wil- Jazz one morechancetotie. Kings, who outscored Utah They never got a good look. A poorly executed inbounds play went to Stockton. In traffic, he launched a three-point liamson added 18 for the 7-4 in the tense overtime. Malone ledthe Jazz with 22 points — 12 in the fourth quarter — but he missed seven straight See JAZZ, Page D-4 Razzle-Dazzle Kings Are Taking Chargevs. Jazz Playoff fever has gripped the Sacramento Val- DICK ROSETTA ley — a virulentstrain, as evidenced bythe frenthe word way before the tipoff of Wednesday's Game 3 at Arco Arena. They cameto deliver their upstart Kings an injection of NBA adrenaline, the likes of which this town has never seen. Of course, they have had only three playoff series and the Kings had never won a homeplayoff game until Wednesday's 84-81 overtime defeat of the Jazz. Whenthe razzle-dazzle Kings returned to the state’s capital city early Tuesday with a 1-1 series tie with the heavily favored Utah Jazz, there was a natural outpouring of jubilation. If Delta Center fans think they can bring the day at the Delta Center — the stuff steers lay oughtto lend an ear to where they really get down and dirty, Like the guy who was clanging a cowbell in the ears of Jazz players and coaches Byany description, the euphoria obviously helped the home club immensely in the beginning. Not immediately, as the Jazz rippedto a 5 roof down with their raw-throated cheering, they during timeouts. And they know about cows here down. Buzz Fans Won’t Need a Scorecard For Twins’ Visit THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Every fewyears, Buzz owner Joe Buzasgets the Minnesota Twins to play an exhibition game against their minor-league affiliate in Salt LakeCity But this is going to be more like an alumni Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tri Utah's Karl Malone gets tangled up with Sacramento's Carl Pollard in NBAplayoff action Wednesday night at Arco Arena. The Kings battled to an 84-81 overtime win in game ofthefirst-round series. See ROSETTA, Page D-4 and — as their players demonstrated late Mon- BUZZINGBACK ‘number of Minnesota Twins have played pre Sala Can Save Face in Rematch With Finns for the ScLake Buss Ihe Tora mate Burr ick foro’ pie oor Field. Prayer(year In SltLate) r hughignt pe pecenechietA) eer ae con Lalioy Hawkins (94-97) Career wins loaderwith 32 Paserg Oana Petsbest nfeldorm in 94 Corey Koskle (98) 305 with 26 Hs. 108 RBs in'98 Se “ LILLEHAMMER, Norway — ‘Tommy Salo's return to Hakon Hall Was not golden, but he gets another Reree (96-98) chance tion game at Franklin Covey bon Perine (98) Bon} 0 Rameeeo me oonae oe BY BRETT PRETTYMAN Teo Keen Game Wise Five years Toom-eaderin wins, ks in'98 den win the oneeeaS An 36-1994 Winter Wednesday, {@ Buzz Drop Another Game to Omaha D-8 ‘The game brings back Buzz single-season ago, Salo helped Swe. gold medal during the Olympics in Norway. the Swedes got off toa slow start and lost 3-1 to a feisty and Gated Walking About Butch inNoway D-2 —__________~_ to the gold medal set, also a best-oftwo series to beplayed Saturday and Sunday. The losers play for the bronze. ter playing for the Denver/Utah Grizzlies of the International Hockey League. The IHL uses a shootout to determinethe winner intied games, andSalosecured the Olympic gold medal ina shootout with Canada. Sweden cameout slowly Wednes- “It is niceto be playing here again and to remember what happened here, but this is a new tournament and we can't expect what happened day and wasluckyto escape the first period withatie, but Finland scored twicein seven minutes early in the secondperiod. With their team down five years ago to happenagain,” by said two the Swedes did, and Niklas Sundstrom ae today, ne tones go into prerrcne to scoree ncn a Power Play mies . - game bringing to Franklin Covey Field for today's 3 er in 1996 and Corey Koskie in 1998) and Other series, Should. Finlandand Saloishopingfor theshootoul. He ‘Twelve of the 25 players the Twins are ing eight of them, as recentlyas 1997 It’s kind of a reunion,” said fifth-year Buzz pitching 1994, Hawkins in’ 1995, andwins Benj(Guardado Sampsoninin 1998) Scott Ullger, the Buzz’s first manager, is manager Phil Roof. “It's kind of nice to touch bases with them again.” now a coach with the Twins. Buzz officials are expecting a crowd of about 7,000 for the rare afternoon game. Al- books. We're out to entertain the fans,” though there will probably be 5,000 empty seats for the Twins’ second appearancein Sait Lake City in five years, Buzas is not disap pointed in the lack of interest I'mjust happy with what we'vegot,” said Buzas. “They don't have a marqueeplayerlike Kirby Puckett [whoplayedin the 1995 exhibi tion game] or Paul Molitor [a Twin from1996. 98) that would draw a lot of people. In 1995, 14,596 fans watchedthe Buzz win 4 3. This time, some of the most recognizable names on the Twins roster make up a big chunk of the Buzz's six-year history. Marty Cordova, Denny Hocking, LaTroy Hawkins, Eddie Guardadoand Mike Trombley were membersof the first Buzz teamin 1994 Todd Walker is one of the most popular Buzz “It’s a fun game. Nothing goesin the record But there won't be muchneed forintroduc tions, Most of the Twins and Buzzmen have played together in spring training, Triple-A or the majors. Twins outfielders Latham and Torii Hunter. third baseman Koskie and pitchers Sampson and Dan Perkins played for Salt Lakelast sea. son, Walker, Cordova and Hawkins playedfor the team two years ago and Frank Rodriguez spent time in Minnesota last season, and Shane Bowers pitched for the teamfor part of 1997. Twins manager Tom Kelly promotes the idea of bringing the big-leaguers to town, said See BUZZ, Page D-8 RIBBEDSCORE:LIN Detroit 79, Omaha 3, Salt Lake 2 Atlanta 63 New York 07, Miami 73 Portland 103, Phoenix 93 * American League Minnesota 9, Tampa Bay 4 ~~ certainly has enough experience af See SALO, Page D-8 champion. BY MICHAEL C, LEWIS THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE LOGAN Having recently re- turned to full speed from a hamstring injury, BYU's Leonard MylesMills said he was just being careful Wednesday when he eased up on the last few strides of the 100 metersat Championships. He also said he was alittle tired from competing over the weekend, and that he still is not quite relaxed enough when he runs. So he ripped off a 10.04, is all to further establish Myles-Mills a favorite to A as the hesaid. “That's Itcertainly was thehighlight of the meet, held at Utah State’s Ralph MaughanStadium — without the Ag. gies’ best male athletes and several of the Cougars’ best female ones Hurdler Corey Murdock and thrower James Parker did not com pete, leaving the USU mento score 47 points and finish third to BYU (58) and Weber State (55). Utah was fourth with 11 points. The BYU wo- menleft hometheir topdistance run Onlythe second-best collegiate time in thenation this season, and enough repeat and Weber State (34 I'm surprised. incredible ners after they competed at the U.S. Collegiate Series meet in Provo on Saturday, yet still scored 54 points to beat Utah State (49.5), Utah (38,5) All the same, Myles-Mills made himself the star by improving on his personal best by 0.06 seconds with the help of a just-barely-legal talk wind. Asenior from Ghana, Myles-Mills hadbeenpleasantly surprised to rub 10.14 and win the 100 at the meet in Provo on Saturday in his first really hard race since hurting his leg dn March. So, running 10.04 was something else, He acknowledged felt something” in his leg that madehim ease up at the end of his race, but said it was nothing to worry about And that made his time even more See MYLES-MILLS, Page De? A quicklookat key final results in the world of sports Cleveland 6, Baltimore5 NBA Playoffs Oakland2, Detroit 1 Boston 9, Seattle 2 Anaheim 1, New York 0 Kansas City 7, Toronto 1 The throug the second perio but Fig. aidgot a power-play goal o its ow Myles-Mills ‘Takes It Easy’ in Running a 10.04 the Utah Collegiate Track & Field And among the current Salt Lake players, David Ortiz, A.J. Pierzynski, Travis Baptist Travis Miller players ever. Sacramento 64, Utah 61 (OT) said Roof. “We enjoy it. It's fun forus. It's a big deal to play against big-leaguers." Ga oaiawin to ay, they will advance termine who advances to the fin als: no goal We store in overtime, a on working.” fans If Wednesday's losing teams win leaders in batting average (Cordova in 1004 and Chris Lathamin 1996); home runs (Walk. p.m. gamehaveplayedfor Salt Lake — includ- Swedish Salo he teamsplay again today ia the Unusual peatal-iwe series < enadla chanted goals, fast Finnish team in semifinal action of the 1999 World Hockey Champi- Texas at Chicago, ppd. National League hilodelphia 8, St. Louis 4 York 10, Colorado 5 San Francisco 5, Atlanta 1 Milwaukee 8, Cincinnati 7 Houston 6, Pittsburgh2 Arizona 8, Montreal 6 Loa Angeles 3, Chicago 2 * Florida 8, San Diego 6 NHL Playoffs Buffalo 3, Boston 2 St. Louis 3, Dallas 2 (OT) . . |
