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Show D4 TheSalt Lake Tribune NBA BASKETBALL Heat Get Over | c | Hill, Pistons | Eastern Conference ist Sirk Home WoL Pet w. | _STANDINGS ATLANTIC Quarterly Report First: The Jazz’s only lead disappears when,after a jumper by Jeff Horacek makesit 6-4 they manageonly twopoints over five minutes. Shaquille O'Neal has 13 points and six reboundsin the first 11:02 of the game, but he picksup twoquickfouls atthe end Miler Totals MI The MiamiHeatlost arters to fouls, couldn't mt Hill and still won in hey outlasted Hill andthe Pistons 128-122 Tuesday Home Away Cont | Mawautoc Chicage wild season opener bench. Hormacek leads the Jazz with nine points; nobody else has more than three. Lakers 25, Jazz 18 Second:vtah trims the deficit to 27-26 on a jump shot by Howard Eisley. But the Jazz | cold again. Glen Ricenails a pair of three-pointers in a 90-second span and L.A. builds a 39-30 lead with 3:08 left. Los Angeles Coach Phil Jackson uses the cushion to M1 points. in 32 ate sey Sinckhouse had s. including a pointer overtin vcepelo on physical ed in @l fouls, six dis fications, $1 free hat lasted nearly 3 dese fervent in the third. and YG FT Reb HF Min MAMA OF A PRPs MIDWEST | | w de yet O'Nealout of the game, and weston Conference Pet GB Lsti0 Sttk Home Away Cont the Jazz let the Lakers off the hook. They score only one basket 00 700 5w before halftime. Lakers 43, Jazz 36 Third: the Jazz score the first four points of the second half and close to within three when ar Reboui iosShuts cereal Karl Malone goes inside for a layup. But the Lakers score on GB Lett ‘Sttk Home Away Con! their next five possessions to bump the lead back to 54-44 Jackson gets another chance to pull O'Neal out of the game and Steals: Teehnleal Fo legal Defense Phoents ent A- the Oficial prevent him from pic an otherfoul. In all, O'Nealplays only 5:36 in the period, but the Lakers maintain the lead. Lakers 63, Jazz 59 Fourth: theJazz fall behind 66-59, but Pete Chilcutt banksina straight-away jumper to fuel a CELTICS 103 RAPTORS 90 LORONTO, | Pierce seored Walter MeCarty tied comeback. Utah owns a 71-69 lead when Derek Fisher buries a three-point jumper. The Jazz re- for onthre beat Toronto, FG fT BOSTON Min MAMA gain a 74-72lead, but Rice hits a three-pointer. Finally, Fisher buries anotherthree-point shot with Defense: 1 PG PT Reb MAC walt Lake Tribune Jazz guard Jeff Hornacek dribbles upcourt during Utah's 91-84 season-opening lo to the L.A. Lakers on Tuesdayat the Delta Center. oN OTES MAVERICKS: Reserve power forward Kebu Stewart did not show upfor Tuesday's gameafter attending a moming shootaround. “Right now, we don't know where he is,"team spokesmanGregg Elkin said | NUGGETS: Antonio McDyess, who had18 points, | against Phoenix, has scored in double figures in 52 consecutive gaines. | PG FT Reb MAMA OT A PEPE a9 13 12 3 44 20.23 9:19 120 COftictals:. Garretson, Mank Arm il Kenny (neh4,Gating Arm Abdul Wala \ “ ‘Steals (Armstring Outhaw 2, Atkins Tee PACERS 119 NETS 112 in fourth quarter and arise 4, Ole MeGirady, A. Wile V.carier 2 8 Williams ay surviveda.38:point perfor wwe by Stephon Marbury ith Van Horn scored 16points w Jersey, but was only Sof. mthe field. Scott Burrell points andGill had 11 1 nine and 17 the Pacers hit 8of their 11 shots and, otrebouned 4 in hington FG FT Reb ATLANTA Min MAMA OT A 2¥ Es Techintcal Fr Megat 0 CHARL Phill As Stockton Helps Withath ying the relof basketball OrMetals: Hesse ‘Woe, Mike allah MAVERICKS 108 ignoring pain in his right heel to play in his 290th straight scored points as Dallas be Golden State. Cedric Ceballos, playinghis first gamesince break icked 4 Coles “Turmovers:21(Wesky dene 8 bv Masi Phills Miller 2 Campbell Cale man, Hullo, Robinson) ‘Steals: 1 (Wesk'y 6, Jones 4. Phil Biv ‘nn ” said Fisher, who has alternated farweee he and the starting ke oT heals ‘Tommy Ne Ron Olesiak lla: been in thosetypeofsituations.” GlenRicehas, plenty of times. The veteran forward hit 5-0f6 three pointers and scored a game-high 28 off thebench, GFT Reb GOLDST Min MAMA OT A PRPS mr BM 24 Venimngs Mil a aN) 4 en 4 +208 BUCKS 98 _ ROCKETS93 HOUSTON SamCassell lit up his former team with 85 points, one shart of his career high, Milwe beat Houston. All five fiocsion Gari ecta figures, led by rookie Steve Fran cis with 14. Vantoe ail2 Perowntages: PU 418 PTT ‘PolGoals: 71 mt (Stirks 3, Nl 4, Cummings 2. Parn Mars nds 2 Poe, uring lr le 4, Mil 1 Marshal Cummings. Starks oul: Mills, 428 fourth Pgrantsie Mil 28 orth Megat Defense: None PG Reb DALLAS Min MAMA OT A PEM rin oeHH ‘4 : DENVER Nick Van_ Exel scormd 4 points and George MeCloudhit a three-pointer with condsleft in overtime as Den: beat Phoenix at the new Pepsi enter, MeClourd, who signed as a ‘nt after spending twosea ns with the Suns, had 16 points ind nine rebounds, Van Exel hit ve three pointers and added nine assists and nine rebounds for the tiggets, who ended a nine-game ing streak to the Suns, dating to Yoo 21, 1986. PG FT Reb Min MAMA OT A PFPA SONICS 104 CLIPPERS 92 LOS ANGELES ReserveVer non Maxwell scored 11 of his 29 points, He also madeall seven of his free rows, ‘The Lakers made eightof-13three point shots, It was big for us comingin here points in the fourth quarter for Seattle Jazz Fall to Lakers In the Opener Ol Mt 48 WY INI OK ww Percentages HU Point rie“is 1a, Aen 01, Case ea HioekedShove ark Mannings 4 Robinsan, WAllen, Thor enim) by iathowsht 11000. 28:97 26:18 104 we @ Continued from D-1 At the same time, Sloan blamed some of the Lake uccess fromout sideonthe Jazz's lackofdefense. “We lost our concentration on Rice a time or two,” he said, “And on Fish 4 (unr 4) 26 23 29 119 ew 27-24 AT 90-112 ‘A ANDY (O88) T= 2 dia Nob Dwianey. Nolan Pine, Marc NUGGETS 107 SUNS102, OT MLW, it back out to Fisher I definitely felt comfortable taking onoReba locked Shots 5 (sin Sth Strickland 5, Whitney Kichmend, White, Kin ing both wrists y last season, Jed the Mavericks with 27 points in 2 , Row 1G ok 1 arisen 1 Malin 1 0, Miller Jy Reboninds: 11 ed Shots sD Wek Miler ils 0 acho Rose. Mor 2, Ma Feehnieal Fouts: Miller (9: fourth nt fal Perkins? fourth eal Defense: | me said Fisher, who had 12 points and seven assistsin 40 minu me from study ’ preseason game jazz last week. Withthe aid of his coaches, Fisher noticed that Jazz point guard John Stockton liked to drop down to double-team center Shaquille O'Neal when the ball is along the baseline Once O'Neal got the ball, he passed e294 103 in 26-25 25 90 WARRIORS 96 DALLAS Michael Finley lowchand TE er. You don't want to dropoff those two guys. But givethemcredit for making the locked Sbou 6(Pinky 2. idey 2 ers almost” hey it on 's patheticfree throw shooting. He Talaeeetaro freethrowinfhe} st20 seconds and five overall in the fourth q ll dominated the Ji centel points and 13 rebounds. “Th bled, and | lookedfor my teammates,” O'Neal said.“It is goingto takeatotal teameffort for us to get where wearetrying to go. My team played well.” CoachPhil Jackson would disagree. Jackson, in his first game with the akers leading the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships, was some. “| knewat some point in the that I would get that type of look,” taking a 41-27 lead vir quarter FY Reb HANA, sto WAat OT Aree THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Three hours before the showstart . Derek Fisher hada feelinghe might astar Fisher, the Los Angeles Lakers starting point guard, went out to the Della Center floor Tuesday to practice his three-pointshooting. Sure enough, Fisher made good on his thoughts during the Lakers’ 91-84 winover the darz With Los A. geles leading 84-82, aseline three-pointer Fisherdri rm 32 seconds. The Jazz vcovered, falling in the season. FG FT Reb Min MAMA OT A PEPts 1816 0 16 44-0 BLAZERS106 GRIZZLIES 66 VANCOUVER,British Columbia Steve Smith overshadowed fel low newcomer Scottie Pippen, scoring 22 points for Portland PORTLAND(106) Pippen 61122 Wi Mable Monte Drew Fouls92 fur K Thomas Mean! Deron Totals Golden Stat mt 8 Dal as aa i Ween A ARMM UIKUET) TB ShunCoals deren 24 OeMctals: Joe Vow. Mark Wundertich, bye May vwPre ‘Derek Catlins hots (Cugvwon vagey. Willan HORNETS100 nner 1 Was Drew, Ole 1, Matitey 2, Anderson 2, Francie 2 Tabby 6:10 1 1, Par MAGIC 86 fry. ca 00, Lape 48 46 1, Price02 99, Fete 14 re, lajuwon ‘abe 507 CHARLOTTE, N& David (O14 Paleto14.00 Totals TrriicaFou None Wesley and EddieJones powereda algal Ont Portland 231 me third-quarter run that helped Bune Charlotte open its season of high Ae(hm) T expectations with a victory over ‘rma: Deh tava,David Jone, Pi notin revamped Orlando FO PT Heb WIZARDS 94 ORLANDOMin MAMA 0: Wallan ren HAWKS 87 2 Oo D 16 WASHINGTON laer, Vancouver (leg! (iefenae, Harrington, ‘ AduetWhet 27O 00 o MM Howard scored 21 points eehelp ‘A ina(8 Ar tottie it with 10 seconds remaining, buthis three-point shot rims out Lakers 91, Jazz 84 Fisher Takes Full Advantage, BY PATRICK KINAHAN (Mourning 2. Weather i) 14 (Mourning 4, ma2 r,6rownsh Wesithe La Ma 45 secondsleft to give L.A. an 87-82lead. Chilcutt has a chance shots they had to make.” heJazz trailed all the way, partly becauseof their stagnant of and partly because of the play of O'Neal andRi Still, Utah grabbed the lead three different times midway through the fourth quarter, and each timethe Lal ers hadan answer. With 7:40 remaining, Rice con nected on a three-point shotafter the Jazz had overcome a 10-point deficit and taken a 67-66 lead. Then, with 6:36 left, Fisher stepped behind a screen and hit athree-pointer that pushedthe what dismayed with his BOSTON Some still call him “ooach,” which is what he when he won nine NBAtitles in me first 16 seasons with the Boston Ce Others think of him as the veenaral manger whotraded to got Bill Russell, is expected to be hisfinal season. He scored a team-tWe 23points, including nine of Utah's 18 in the first quarter. Low Point m Karl Malone struggled. He finished with 14 points, but he made only 4-of-10 shots and could not take advantage of matchups against the likes of A.C. Green and John Salley. Turning Point Los Angeles owned an 84-82 lead with 45 seconds left. Rice Fisher. Instead of the Jazz 's get- ting a chance to foul Shane who made 5-of-11 free throws, Fisher got the ball in the corner and nailed an open three-pointer. team’s performance. He pointed out that both teams struggled, Seve mes late in the ne, heappeared iiniated about his m's defense. had some big shots,” Jackson said, “They weretrying to dropoff the shooters and cover Shaq, andthe c ners were wide open. We were nateto shoot well fromthethree-pc line. That was about the only thing that done well.” The Lakers also played well defen: at times, holdingtheJ 13percent shooting. They limited Utah to 67 shots, ninefewer than they took, Los Angeles, which played without Up Next Jazz vs. Houston @ Thursdayat the Delta Center § OpeningTip-off: 7 p.m BTV; Radio: FSN; 1320-AM (KFNZ) @ Records: Jazz 0-1; Houston OL @ Season Series: First meeting injured all-star guard Kobe Bryant, also enjoyeda 45-38 reboundingedge. I'm pleased aboutthe waywe per: formed down the stretch,” Jackson aid. “Both teams looked like they vere boththumbing aroundout there. ey weren't in conditiontoplaythis game. | thought the game was obvi ously one of those that you waveoff later in the season But, for now, the Lakerswill takeit, 1 00 12 205076 1795 4s 2 Prrceningrs 4, PT. Goals: 18, 815 (Ri66, Piahor we Boched hots: 6 (Ne 2, Pox, Salley Hage: ha Turnovers:16 (Ri 4 aN shor Pax, Salley 2, Stn ‘Steals (ce Harper 2. (Nea, Ps, Gryen, Sule, Shaw. Techical Poul:Wine egal Defen FT Reb UTAH Min MAMA OT A PEP Kew M13 00 9212 2 Mane 41) 808 Polynie TOO Swckion 81 IN BS Homak M 81S 68 O11 3 Onterg 96 MTT Risley mM OO 03 407 H MIM Ob a Chieu «M38 0002 0 402M 12005 Vaughn 108 00 00 0 1 0 Tous OST DB Oa 30 aH OH Preontane: 0, rain Coa: ioGatton 18 Hon race 12. Binley 1, Ruse 01, Chikcuit 01, Lewis), ‘Team Rebounds: locked Shots: § (Ontertag 4, Horace, Malone). Turnovers: 17 (Malone Ostertag 3, Beckion3. Horace Kah, Vaan Suva: 7 Ruel, Harmace 2, Otero, ete,Polya ToccaPoul: ConchSan (fit Megat Defense None LA lakers 35 18 90 a 0 Utah 18 18 23 25 A. tpt cna)T-298 Oficial: Joe Crnwiord, Michwel Sith, ‘To Nermhard Lakers back Infront, 72 71. Finally, with5:06remaining, O'Né al scored an old-fashioned thro point play gave 75-74 lea “Wehave to besmarter,” Stockton said, "I thought the guys weretrying hard, That goes for everybody. But we weren't very smart about how we helped and whereit camefrom, That's something we have been very good But not tonight. Of the Lakers’ eight three-pointers, Fisher got the biggest with 45 seconds left ‘Trailing 84-82, the Jazz wanted the ball to go to O'Neal, and that's where Rice was looking while he controlled the basketball on the wing. But Stock: ton preventedthe entry pass. No problem. Rice dropped the ball to Fisher in the corner, and his jumper gave the Jan Lakersan 87-82 lead. Though theJazz had a chance to tie with 10 seconds left Pete rimmed out Chilcutt’s three-pointer Fisher's basket was the bingest play of the game. ‘Wesaid, ‘Ifthe ball goes in there to O'Neal, foul him,’ “said Sloan. “But it dida't workoutthat way.” “We were trying to get lucky at the end,” Stockton said, “and it didn't . There are a lot of things we can get ‘better ‘at, and we'll start again tomorrow. Light a Cigar: Celtics Will Honor Red THE ASSOCIATED PRESS High Point @ Hornacek lookedready for what Seeaon ee leat in the second extra peri of the quarter and ends upon the | 0 locked Shots: §(Marion2 HoeRogers Robinsen Turnovers: (Gund Sarion Rost Romer s Kevin MeHale and Robert Parish, and drafted Larry Bird, He wasthe team's president when he and the team won thelast oftheir 16 NBA titles. ‘To most, he is simply “Red.” And tonight, before the team’s home open: er, the Celtics will honor their cigar smoking,82-year-old patriarch. coone senate Mark Strickland and # Weatherspoon sparked Secs ccasasacd E ASSOCIATED PRESS | / J | Bose Wednesday, November 3, 1999 JAZZ SCHEDULE Sun M Ta W Th F_ Sat |