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Show B4 TheSalt Lake Tribune JAZZ PLAYOFFS Sunday, May 23, 1999 Jazz Blown Out Earlyin Embarrassing Loss @ Continued from B-1 ROLE JAZ Sloansaid. “They want more than we did i thething what's so disheart 4 ening. We jus up. I can't at That's theworst thing in pro basketball, when you don't showup to play Karl Malone, soonto re the league's 04 BY DICK ROSETTA THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PORTLAND — Facing back-to-back gamesSaturday and WAyear ago, the Jazz played San Antonioatthe lant domeon consecutive dn May 9, trailing 2-0 in t! series, the Spurs drilled U tah es 64. The ne: x ld Kan Malone’s 34 points pacedtheJazzto an 82 ing Utah a 3-1 edge the series in Gam Ty, giv in theseries. The Jazz ia ‘elouaa out zz and Spurs went at it on May11-12 Jazz won both gamesin Salt LakeCity, 105: -75 and 101 n routeto a 4-2series victory In1994, in theconferencesemifinalseries with Denver that went seven games after the Jazz led3-0, the Jazz and d me 3 at Denver,Jeff Hornacek’s 27 points fueled a 111-109 overtimewin, butthe oe In 1996, the POPE Keb Min WA MA OT APP PO. Wilum Toe 036 8S es 45 é 404 ) 0 1235 959 240is 284636 355010112125 next day, Reggie Williams scored 21 points and Denver stayed alive with an 83-82, come-from-behind win. _ MIn 1991, Utah lost to Portlandin five games, including at in the second of back-to-back games in Salt Lake ci‘ity. The Jazz wonon May 11, 107-101, behind Malone's 30 points, but lost the next day, 104-101, as Kevin Duckworth scored31 is M@ In 1985, Denver took a 4-1 series win over the Jazz. with Utah’s only victory coming on May 4inSalt LakeCity 131-123 with Adrian Dantley scoring 32points. The next day at theSalt Palace, Dantley’s 33 points couldn't over. 40 by Alex English as the Spursprevailed, 125-118 azz played back-to-backin onefirst-round series — in 1992 against the Clippers, thanksto theriotingthat caused a five-daydelay between Games 3 and 4. The Jazz 3 in Anaheim, 115-107 behind Malone’s 44 points. The next night in Salt Lake City. Malone's 25 points and 16 rebounds led to a 98-89 win and a 3-2 series victory. 33with 7-55 left inthe third before. trimm the deficit to 78-6 eight minutesto play After one of 11 turnovers byPortland. the J2zz go the ball back Bu missed after a ivasaiine drive, and Anthony coun tered with a three-pointer blitz They were very active defensively,” Eisley said. They got their hands on a lot of passes. They put their bodies on our cutters. They didn’t let us s Portland Radio Analyst Unhappy With Sloan’s Late-Game Strategy Bambiwas finished We weren't ready to play,” grumbled Sloan BY STEVE LUHM THE SALT LAKE TRIBU It was like we had never played with each other be PORTLAND — ell’s strug and Shandon Anderson. the second-unit's ers finishedtheir cutive points primary scorers, shot a com They will try again to uudal wave-like surge with 19 said 2 During the Playoffs 19 a tonight is not unusual for the Jazz in the Western Confer was terrible,” said Bryon Russell, who missed all eight shots in the game Wedidn’t play hard at all Meanwhile, the er wereelectric, especially 5-2 blitz that sir five-point defi The Jazz had posses: sions duringthe devastating stretch. Their only points cameona pair of Greg Os tertag free throws Other wise, they missed13shots — 12 jumpers — and commit ted six turnovers They are a tremendous defensiveteam,” said Sloan ‘Give them credit forthat Defensively,” said the Blazers g Anthony at was about as good a has we've ha We did a nice job with very few letdowns.” said Dunleavy Backuppoint guard Howard Eisley, who has struggled throughout the series, quarterbacked the Jazz through mostof the Blazer h. ‘ ence semifinals. Infact, it's the second time in two years andthe sixth time in the club’s playoffhistorythat theythe team has encountered two games within 36 hours. The history Nothingw it's aclose g Tes MVP award, had25 points for the Jazz, but even hestruggled whenit mattered Malonehad eight points on 3-of-8 shootingin the de cisivefirst half. He had six quick points as the Jazz built 1 14-9 lead, but then went morethan 18 minutes with out seoring We went through a you take aw UMMARY bined 2-of-10 Trent Neloon The Tribune Utah’s Shandon Andersonbarrels over Portland's Greg Anthony in Game 3 iveraction on Saturday. Anderson was hit with anoffensive foul ontheplay. Portland romped, 97-87 y that one a. 3-0 run. that with heart Impossible, actuz We ON opis r sense of aidMalone The Jazz trailed 47-3 Iftime and fell behind 58 JAZZ DROUGHT z Coach Jerry Sloan never stopped trying to win Game 3 of the Utah-Portlandplayoffseries Saturday at the Rose Garden, and Trail Blazers radio analyst Mike Rice apparently didn't like that approach, Sloanremovedhis starters with 1-25left in the game. But whenPortland's Rasheed Wallace missed two free throws. the Jazz still were in position to hope for a miracle Todd Fuller scoredto makeit 88-78, and Sloan had his teamstart fouling The Trail Blazers shot 12 of their 50 free throws in the final 111. Even when Portland maintained a 94-83 lead with19 4 seconds left. Sloanwanted his playersto foul and stop the clock ~ Where’s Karl? No Word Yet What’s Next On Malone’s Tour Before This Game 4 BY GORDON MONSON and STEVE LUHM JAZZ PLAYOFF NOTEBOOK QUOTABLE table, Rice apparently shouted and Seated at the se made a “give-up gesture at Sloan after Utah's next-to-last foul Sloansaw Rice express his disdain for the Jazz's tactics and ted angrily He walked fromthe Jazz bench to midcourt. Hepointed and yelled at Rice, a notoriously emotional broadcaster whoonce was kicked off press row for barking at referee Steve Javie during After the ai cally re Portland-Indiana game. 87 win over the Jazz. Sloan sarcasti who was“offended” by his deci ust got a litt Tne di Sloansaid afterward. that any more sionto 8 ever powertowin playoff game “But we @ Malone d ‘ ffense We a can k better Jobof djustments. n right back ughthe land's newly anointed NBA coachof the year. Mike len on March 12 d confidence about going up 3-1 if ne physical. hands-on. chest-bumping de y display edfromihe six-minute mark c of the first rter ihrough the 6:50 mark of the second. In that stretch, they choked off Utah's offense denying 12 Jazz shot attempts andforcing Utahinto eight turnovers Anthony Dunleavy regards as one of the “top € guards in the league. "said the last eight minutes were “defensively as gooda stretch COLLEGIAL APPLAUSE BY DICK ROSETTA Walt Willams » é dogfight’ tonigl d. capture a 91-77 ‘deck Williams Comes Off Bench, Ignites Big Run With Bombs th ® Continued fromB-1 ty. expects “nothing short of They canbeat us here BELL RINGERS PORT Blazers Know Jazz Are Down But Not Out ut Utah's lights just as the Jazz pulled nse the fourth quarter of t 6.08 of the first uarter to Je jornacek 's jumpe 7 of the second Utahgot fc points in 14 minutes and 11 seconds — two y Ostertag and Todd Ful 1's short hook 1d Monson: Sloan’s Truth a Painful to Hearfor Jazz fort Ka @ Continued from B-1 The Jazz committed nine turnovers in the second quar jand opena lead that grew as large as 21 us. but not the type of pressure al away,” Jazz forward Karl Malone threw the ball away way too much You can't Jat be n shut down the wa “ e most eff with ample justification. were crowing served comment about ony said. ‘It’s an hone th] We mirror ourselves pugh defense and stay with on defense. but exhib ance against them Rider echoed the comments of Grant and Williams in stressing the Blazers’ depth Six Blazers scored in double and Williams had nine 2 lot of weapons — guys.” said be res ~ unselfish Web i Anyone That puts pressure ¢ guys cantake an't de on the Jazz They latistics as asked Rider The talkative ex-UNLV Rebel was would ratherthis lopponent) be Sar we 7 But we're stuck w JAZZ VS. 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