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Show The Salt Lake Tribune BELMONT STAKES B-2 @ GOLF B-3 B MAJOR LU GUE BASEBALL B-4 M OBITUARIES B-7 ME STARZZ B-8 to SPORTS SATURBAY W FRENCH OPEN B-8 e earing a Sweep, Spurs Smack Blazers BY BOB BAUM THEASSOCIATED PRESS PORTLAND, Ore. — No Tim Duncan, no problem. With Duncan on the bench in foul trouble, San Antonio steamrolled the PortlandTrail Blazers with a 16-0 thirdquarter run Friday night on the way to an 85-63 rout that puts the Spursone win from a sweep in the Western Conference finals. “Well, 3-0 is better than 2-0, and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world, but it still doesn’t put us anywhere,” San Antonio Coach Gregg Popo- vich said. Portland's 63 points was its fewest ever in the playoffs, and the second-low- NBA PLAYOFFS est total in NBA playoff history. Utah scored 54 against Chicago in the finals make shots and to force them to have to 43-25. The 19 baskets was an NBAplay come double-team us or to have to switch on some double coverages,” Dunleavy off low Rasheed Wallacescored 22 points but allowed by the Spurs in the postseason. “We did some things {defensively}, but said. “At times we has some pretty good looks. for onlythe fourth timethis said. “We've faced them nine or10 times shots.” last year. It was the fewest points ever I doubt if we surprised them,” Popovich this year.” Duncan managed just five points, but it could not have mattered less, not the waythe rest of the Spurs played and the way Portland's offense vanished in a nightmaresecond half. “They did a better job of makingshots, especially threes, while we were struggling offensively.They made some tough shots,” Portland Coach Mike Dunleavy said “It was our offense, or inability to ‘Wehit a slump. We didn't make David Robinson had 15 points, nine rebounds, five assists and seven blocked shots as San Antonio won its ninth con- secutive playoff game and improved to 5-0 onthe roadin the postseason. Jaren Jackson cameoff the bench to tie a San Antonio record with six three- pointers, scoring 19 points, and Avery CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7 EASTERN CONFERENCE Sunday, ‘May30 New York 93, Indiana #0 ysday, Jur 1 freon68, Now Yoon 86, sees he , June 5 Indiono at Nw Yor 456 81 londay,June 7 Indiana at New York, 7 p.n nea, dune 9 New York at indiana, 7 p Friday, June $4 Indiana at New York, TBA it necessary nday, June 43 New Yor at ingiana, TBA itnecessary WESTERNCO Conrenence SanAntonio 80, Portland76 inday, May 34 san Antonio 86, Porond5 ne 4 SonAntonio 85, Portiond 63Spursleadso inday, June 6 SanAntonio at Portland, 4 33 nm ne 8 Potiond of Son Antoto, Tampe , June "4 SonAntonio a Potiand. TBAnecessary fortond ef Son Artonie {BAWnecessary got no help as theBlazerslost at home season. Two of those losses were to the Spurs. San Antonio has beaten Portlandsix in a row, all close until this one. San Antonio outscored Portland 24-8 in the third quarter. It was the second horror quarter for the Blazers of the playoffs. They set an NBA record with five points in the fourth quarter of the first game of the conference semifinal series against Utah This one, though. hurt much worse. Johnson had 14 points and eightassists Arvydas Sabonis had cut the Spurs’ The Blazers shot 25 percent (19-for77) from thefield and were 8-for-40 in the second half while being outscored See SPURS,Page B-6 Chan Falls Flat, Hurting Cougs At NCAATrack JUNE 5, 1999 Stars Shine In Game 7 Win vs. Avs BY MICHAELC. LEWIS ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE BOISE — Disaster struck the BYU women’s lance corps at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Friday night, and it ruined any hope the Cougars might have had about Dallas strolls to NHL Finals with a 4-1 rout over Colorado matching their third-placefinish at the BY JASON LA CANFORA meetlast season. Staggering badly and collapsing twice downthe final straightawayof the women’s 3,000 meters, senior Maggie Chan fell from third place to a nonscoring ninth as runner after runner raced past her as she lay on the track KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS DALLAS — The celebration began he fore the second period was complete The party poured over into the second intermission, the entire third period, and long into a sticky Texas night. Game 7 / just metersfrom thefinishline at Bron- the Western Conferencefinals was never co Stadium. One of four Cougarsin the race, Chan had been among the favor- reallyin doubt. The Dallas 's outclassed their gutsy opponent, the Colorado Ava ites — she owned the third-fastest time in the nation — but instead virtually crawled acrosstheline, barely ahead of lanche, in every aspect of the game. They had to win the last two games to advance and end the scrutiny and probing that has two of her more upright, but no less surrounded their rise to the NHL's elite They didit, anddid it with panache, finish disappointed teammates. “T don't know,”said a tearful Chan. ing off the Avs, 4-1, Friday night at Ke union Arena, ending what was aterrifically “T don’t know what happened. I was fine in the whole race, then just all of the suddenmylegsjust couldn't move, entertaining and well-playedseries. “We knowwhat people would'vethougiit if we hadn't won the game,” Stars center Mike Modanosaid. “The speculation, a lot of finger-pointing and some animosit sure. And it’s nice to get where we wanted and I overstrided, andI fell.” Chan had been running with eventual winner Carrie Tollefson of Villanova until the final two laps, when Tollefson began to pull away. Chan was well off the pace during the final lap, but even aslate as the final turn, she gave no hint of her impending exhaustion. Then, suddenly, she beganto lurch forward as if leaning too early for the tape. Within to go. TheStars are makingtheir third appear ancein thefinals, and theirfirst since mov ing to Dallas. The Sabres reachedthefinals in 1975. Neither franchise has wona Stan ley Cup. The finals open Tuesdaynight in less than 30 meters, she went from a reasonablestride to down onall f Dallas. The winner of the West has cap tured the past three Cups. The Western Conference finals were a “I couldn't walk one morestep,” said Chan. “That's the only thing I knew.” Sharolyn Shields finished fourth for stylistic tug-of-war. The Avalanche at tempted to spread the ice, open up and BYU in 9 minutes and 34.41 secondsto earnAll-American honors, but she was horrified to see her teammatefall just trade chances. TheStars wantedtoseal off thecenter, shield the neutral zone, andwait for turnovers to pounce on. The style in front of her. “I almost wanted to cry,”’ she said, “I knowshe really wanted this race. She has been through so much in thepast year. It just broke my Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune Ron Dunn, right, cheers on his son, Jonathon, whocrossesthe finish line in the 100-meter dash on Friday. switched in each game —the teamthat dictated the pace wasvictorious. Dallas won this time, and won convincingly This was a controlled game. TheStars Utah Special Olympians Serious About Winning heart.” Along with the Cougs’ hopesof equaling the 45 points they scored at last year’s national meet. Chan's collapse and the 11th- and 12th-placefinishes of Tara Haynes and Lindsay Jones meant team, this is serious business. Because while the Special Olympics areulti BYJOE BAIRD THE SALTLAKE TRIBUNE the Cougs emergedfrom their strongest event with only five points. What's more, Kirsten Bolm did not qualifyfor PROVO — Morethan 1,000 athletes are participating in the Special Olympics Utah Summer Games this wee end at BYU. For someof them, this is the finals in the 100 hurdles, Kristel Berendsendid not make the finals in the triple jump and AmyCurtis fin only aprelude to something bigger ished last in the javelin. Treva Bryant The World Special Olympics Sum mer Gamesare coming upin Raleigh N.C. (June 26-July 4), and for many of gave the Cougs their only other point on See BYU, Page B-6 the 44 Utahns chosen for the U.S. matelyabout physical fitness, participation and friendship, they also are about competition. Andat theinterna: ‘Thefirst line in the Special Olym pics Charter is ‘Let me win,’" says MikeRice, who coaches the Utahsoftball team that will competein Raleigh See OLYMPIANS, Page B-3 year’s Summer Gamesin sydney checked hard, their heavy hitters banged away. Andagain, their top line wasnotthe onefeaturing Mike Modanoand Brett Hull Joe Nieuwendyk’s trio led the attack early We'regoing to have alot of fun, but we're also going there to win. There's no doubt about that.” He's not exaggerating The Utah team — oneof three U teamsin the softball competition — has been practicing weekly since last year, when it qualified for the World Games. That has meant indoor workoutsduringthe fall and winter months, anda regimen tional level, that competition can be everybit asintenseas anythingatnext dumped the puck, their grinders fore then muckers like Mike Keane(two goals) and Pat Verbeek took over. Nieuwendyk found Jamie Langenbrunner on a two-on one, defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh failed to tie up his man, and Langenbrunner smackedthepuckintothe empty sideof the net 8:25 into the game. Nowtrailing, Colorado beganto yank the tempoits way. Briefly. The Avs skated See STARS, Page B-4 Racing Isn’t a Drag for NHRA’s Troxel BY MEGAN CROTTY wie ViewFre From Behind Steering Wh Wheel 4 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE WESTVALLEYCITY Drag racing is much morethanthe image portrayed in “Rebel Without a C muchmorethan just puttingthepedal to the metal No oneknows this better than Melanie Troxel, one of NHRA’s (National Hot Rod Association) most promising driv ers, whohas beeninto racing since she was little My dadraced, so I grew up spending the Michael J. Mitler/The Salt Lake Tribune Motorsports fans brave a damp, cool evening watching Top Fuel dragsters raceonFriday night at Rocky Mountain Racewaysin WestValley City. 4 NBA Playoffs San Antonio 85, Portland 63 SCORE:LIN NHL Playoffs Dallas 4, Colorado1 PCL Edmonton 7 Salt Lake 1 ’ majority of my weekends at the track,” she said, “WhenI turned 16, 1 decided to try runningin the high school dragseries. I startedslow and moved my way upthe Now, the 26-y ar-old from Littleton, Colo. one-level below all-out pro — the Federal-Moguls Rocky Mountain Raceways are hosting the Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series this weekend with thefinal round to night at 9:30 p.m, Troxel alrea thetonefor the race, going a record 2 mphinher dragster ‘There aretwo main body types in drag racing: the dragster and the funnycar The dragster has a 300-inch wheel base andlooks less like anactual car than the funnycar. The funny car gotits name fromlookinglike your average car with huge wheels in back and a souped-up en: gine. Troxel has racedboth, but sheprefers dragsters An average person with a Utah cense li can't hop into a dragster or funny car andgo; each racer must go through a licensing procedure and a FAAphysical. Drivers go through a cockpit orientation test and six runs with a track official and another licensed driver watching Like many racers at this level, Troxel See DRAG RACING, Page B-4 A quicklook at keyfinal results in the world of sports Interleague Baseball Chicago Cubs 5, Cleveland 4 Houston 7, Minnesota 6 Boston 5. Atlanta 1 Florida 10, Tampa Bay 0 Detroit, 4, St. Louis 1 NY. Yankees 4, N.Y Mets 3 Philadelphia 9, Baltimore 5 Pitt. 6, Chicago W. Sox 3 (11) Cincinnati at Kansas City, ppd. Toronto 6, Montreal 2 7 Arizona 11, Texas 3 San Diego 3, Seattle 2 Los Angeles 5, Anaheim 4 Oaklandat San Franciaco, late National League Colorado % Milwaukee 6 (10) . ( |
