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Show The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Be Wednesday, April 23, 2003 Utah Signs | Bucks Survive Missed Freebies the Czech Republic, have signed to playvolley ball with the Uran = Universityof Sports in brief Utah. Kulovitz from thefree-throwline Padres at Cubs, 12:10 p.m. WGN. Cardinals at Atlanta. 5 p.m, ESPN. Dodgers at Reds, 5 p.m_ ESPN2 Diamondbaas at Expos, 5 pm. FSN. Payton and Cassell more than made upforit bycarrying Milwaukee's offense in a game @ HBA Playoffs Hornets at Sixers, 5 p.m. TNT. in which there were 30 lead changes and 18 ties, and neither team led by more than five points. By Curis SHERIDAN The Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Mil. waukee Bucks fixed all their Game 1 mistakes except for one, which was just good enough to get a win. Gary Payton had 22 points, Sam Cassell The Bucks still couldn't stop Kenyon Martin, who had 22 points and 12 rebounds, but they prevented Jason Kidd from again dominating the point guard matchup, and theylimited the Nets to just nine fast-break Blazers at Mavericks, 7:30 p.m, TNT. . mf points. taet meme Nneacnes “| don’t think we're ever going to be equal with themin rebounding,so we'll just have | radoby the Rocky Mountain News. An all-stateselection, she wasafirst-team all-conference and 11 botched foul shots among 20 attempts game,” Bucks coach George Kar!said. pick and was named herteam’s MVP. “Carleeis a big, strong athjete [who] can jump,” Utah apiece. “T'd rather we havejust one problem than as manyas wehadafterthefirst game,” Toni Kukocsaid. “We're very excited about her potential.” Maixnerova was named her high school team MVPin 2001 and 2002, and her 200i team placed first in the Czech Republic Championships. “Michaela has a tremendous amount of experienceplaying on the top junior clubin the Czech Republic,” Launieresaid. “She should beable to help us immediately because of her experi. ence,” even their first-round series at one game Payton and everyone around him had a to make up for it in some other part of the Martin scored on a putback with 11.1 sec. | ondsleft to cut the Bucks’lead to 86-85, and Jason Collins fouled Cassell before the Bucks ee non M406 or 322 a alea ls | inbounded the ball. Cassell made the free throw, and Milwaukee retained possession. same 7 BMW 418 ie be sa o ‘ : 2 Totala MOR 1022 4S BS OS Tim Thomas was fouled intentionally home-court advantage heading into Game 3 Thursday nightat Milwaukee. “That other game was a blowout because the rebound and was fouled, missingthefirst and then making the second to keep New wedidn't come to play. Today we came to play, and this is the way playoff basketball should be tit-for-tat, going back andforth. and giving the fans a good game,” Payton Jersey in it. But on thefinal play, Rodney The Bucks picked up the loose ball as thefi. said. nal buzzer sounded, manyas 31 This time, it was the Bucks who thrived on the fast break, dictated the tempo and | Jefierson 2. Rogers 2. Mactn, Wilare) Stata: 4 | that hit the rim and missed. Mason grabbed Rogers tripped over Payton’s foot while run- ning to catch Lucious Harris’ inboundspass. BASKETBALL Aggie aide: Utah State’s wom en's coachingstaff now includes two former Utah Starzz players. Tricia Bader-Binford, who played for the Starzin 1998 and part of '99,joins thestaff of Raegan Scott-Pebley. Bader- Binford, who spentthepast four seasons with the Cleveland Rockers, also worked as a Boise Tinsley Tickles Twine With Treys; Celtics Surly NBA Notes Combined News SERVICES JamaalTinsley sank jumper after jumperfollowing practice Tuesday, sound, despite evidence to the contrary State assistant coach in the win. showing the hard work that made hima in Game1. ters. three-point specialist instead ofa liabil- Iversonscored 55 points and made 21 ofhis 32 shots in Philadelphia's 98-90 SOFTBALL USU-Utah: Utah State's game in Logan against the University of Utah was rained out with the Utesleading 4-2 in the third inning. Thereareno plansto re- schedule the game. MWC player: BYU juniorout fielder Oli Keohohou has been named Mountain West ConferenceSoftball Player of the Week for the second time this season. BASEBALL No game: Utah’sseries finale at in-state rival Southern Utah was canceled due to rain and snow in Cedar City. The game will not be made up. The two teamssplit the first two games of the series Monday, with the Utes taking the opener, 4-2, and ity from the outside. “Lookat him,”Indiana Pacers teammate Jermaine O'Neal said. “He’s down there workingon his game. That's whatit’s about in this league, to make shots when youwork on your shots. We have lot ofconfidencein him that he can knock down those shots.” Tinsleyis 7-for-10 from three-point rangein the first-round series against the Celtics, which is tied at one game each and resumes Thursdayin Boston. “That gives them a wholedifferent dimension,” Celtics coach Jim O’Brien said. “It stretches our defense. If Tinsley continuesto shoot 70 percentfromthe three-point line, we'll probably be in a lotof trouble,” Silas stands pat The NewOrleans Hornets insist their strategy for defending Allen Iversonis the Thunderbirdsrallying for an 8-4 win. GOLF PGA Tour: Draper's Mike Weir dropped to second on the moneylist behind Davis Love TT with $3,286,625. Provo's Dan victory Sunday, but Hornets coach Paul Silas said his team doesn’t intend to changethe wayit plays him in Game 2 on Wednesdaynight. “T like our defensive philosophy; it’s solid, andit will work,”Silas said.“I against everyone,but especially Tracy,” Detroit's Chauncey Billups said. “We need to play the way they did. They put Pippen in pain meon the wood fiveorsix times. You aren’t supposed tolet a guy walk right in Scottie Pippen’s surgically repaired left knee hurt so much Tuesdaythat he wasn't sure whetherhewill play Game 2 of Portland’sfirst-round series against Dallas tonight. “There's not enoughtimefor me to heal and be ableto play at the level that Clinic in Rochester, Minn. DeShawn Stevensoncalled Jerry Monday’s 108-95 loss in Sacramento. “T'm not a guy who's going to make a needsto be said, it always seems to be Karl who hasto sayit. There’s other guys on the team as well.” Houston Open, along with St. George's Jay Don Blake and to talk. “He said he'd like to talk to me, and I out such a long layoff in the middle of mined. Only twice before havethey sat former Cougar Richard Zokol. USU tekes ninth: Phil Kali- said OK,”Sloan said of their short con- vas shotthe best round byan DeShawn is coming from.” straight day as hetied for 23rd tolead the Aggies to a ninth. placefinish at the Big West Con: ference Golf Championships in El DoradoHills, Calif. UC Irvine wontheleaguetitle with a 581 third-year guard's status will be made theseries, and both times,the Jazz returned with loss. One was a TV-dictated break, same as the currentone,in their first-round series against Seattle in 2000. The other? Whenrioting broke out in Los Angeles until after that meeting. Stevenson was after the Rodney King verdicts in 1992, sent home from Sacramento by the team and suspended for Game2 when he confronted the coach one day after playing just one minute in the Jazz's 96-90 playoff-opening loss. “Hopefully everything wil! work the Jazz's first-roundseries with the Junior Tad Hunt paced the Thunderbirds with a 17th-place finish at 20-over-par 230. Big Sky golf: Weber Stateis in fourth place in the Big Sky Women's Golf Championship in Goodyear, Ariz., heading into today’sfinal round. Junior Lexie Jensen leads the Wildcats with a two-round total of 151. Portland State leads the tournament At 604, 30 strokes ahead of WSU. Griffins fifth: Westminster's men's team finished fifth in the Westminster Invitational at Bountiful Ridge Golf Course. ‘The Griffins totaled 980, led by versation. “We'll sit down and see where Sloansaid no decisions about the out,” Sloan said. “We'll see tomorrow." Efforts to reach Stevenson were unsuccessful. Long wait The Jazz don't need any more reasons to dislike the five-day break between games 2 and 3, but the franchise's history gives them another. Thisis the SLC on Saturday @ Continued from B1 Clippers was suspended because the area aroundthe L.A. Sports Arena was too dangerous. After a three-day delay in whichthe Jazz mostly sat around in their hotel, the series finally was moved to Anaheim, where the Clippers tied the series, 2-2. The teams flew to Salt Lake City for the deciding gamethe next night, and the Jazz rallied to eliminate the Clippers. Crean, who led Marquettetoits first Final Four appearance in 26 ) years,said Tuesday nightthat he had signed a new deal. q ‘Terms were notdisSports | closed.“It’s a long-term Inbrief contract, andit’s more than generous,” Crean said about 100 students and reporters at ihe Marquette campusin Milwaukee. The 37-year-old coach was among + thefirst names mentioned to replace Bill Self, who wasintroduced asthe new Kansas coach on Monday. COLLEGE BASKETBALL J Drake hires Davis: Tom Davis, fired after setting the record for basketball victories at lowa, was hired * by Drakeforhis first coaching job in four years. ETSU hires Bartow: Murry Bartow, wholed the University of Alabama at Birmingham to three straight postseason tournaments, was hired as East Tennessee State's basketball coach. He replaces Ed DeChellis, who was named Penn State's coach on April 2. iJ NFL Courting Carson: Coach Marvin Lewisinsists the Cincinnati Bengals will have the top pick in the NFL draft signed to a contract before the first round begins Saturday. David Dunn,the agent for quarterback Car- » son Palmer,arrived in Cincinnati on Mondayfornegotiations. The team and Dunn reportedly were at odds over howto structure a deal. “We've had very productive discussions,” Lewis said. Brees has surgery: San Diego 4 Chargers quarterback Drew Brees « had minor surgery to remove calcium deposits from his lowerright leg and is expected to be held outof offseason workouts for four to six weeks. HORSE RACING Kentucky Derby: Illinois Derby runner-up Fund Of Funds will miss the Kentucky Derby because of a torn © tendonin his left frontleg. Trainer problem on Mondayand found a small tear in the tendon during an ul- ~ trasoundtest this morning. speech,” Karl Malonesaid. “Every time one needs to be made, something Instead, Maloneintends to evaluate his own play and what he can change, he said, and hopes his teammates do the same. “TonightI looked to pass too much.I wasn't aggressive,” said Malone, who scored just 15 points in Game 2. Evenin losing, Malonesaid he hopes his younger teammatesare learning about whatplayoff basketball is all about. Andrei Kirilenko, Carlos Arroyo, even injured rookies Raul Lopez and Curtis Borchardtare getting a close-up look at postseasonintensity. Havana bids for 2012: Cuba will bid ~ for the 2012 Olympics,a decision that will place Havana asthe long-shot candidate in a strong field thatal- ready features New York and Madrid, Spain. The Cuban Olympic Commit- tee will hold a news conference Mondayto discuss thebid, the groupsaid. - Sprinter dies: Mike Larrabee, who defied critics by winning an Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter dash at the unlikely age of 31, died Tuesday at his Santa Maria,Calif., home. The 69year-old Larrabee died of pancreatic cancer, HOCKEY Flames purchase: The Calgary Flames becamethe sole ownerof the Saint John Flames of the American Hockey League. Calgary saidit = ‘The Jazz were eliminated in four first-round games by Dallas in Malone's rookie season, but he scored 31 points in one game and gota playoffeducation, he reached an agreement with Saint 1 John Pro Sports Ine.to buyits 50percentinterestin the AHL club, which it has beenaffiliated with the past 10 said. “I learned in that playoff situation. years. Before that, Calgary provided Stock [teammate John Stockton]did players to the Salt Lake Golden Ea- Nospeeches too,” Malonesaid. “Hopefully they’re getting playoff experience thatwill help them down the road. ... This will be ‘The Jazz's 2-0 deficitcalls for mirrors, notpeptalks, the team captain said after will be back in the New Jersey Devils’ their team someday.” pmiller@sltrib,com lineup Thursdaynight against Tampa | Bay,the forward’s first game since Feb. 5, when hebrokehis wrist ina said. “The importantthing is totry to lay some meat on people, This is professional basketball, it’s not grade school. the perimeter in Game 2. Bobby Jackson raced into the laneas if he were invited. You're allowed to make contact with other people.” In fact, Sloan suggests that the Jazz go alittle beyond whatthey are “allowed” to do, to play the game at the margins of the rulebook. Nodirty play, no hurting anybody — but no grade-schoolniceties, el- ther, Just hard-nosed playoff hockey. glaciers moving, for intimidating smaller players into treating the lane OK, basketball. Same mentality. “You've got to set screens where like a dark alley. There was a time when you're right on the borderline of being called for a foul. You've got to push all theplayoff attention was on Malone's elbows, John Stockton’s brick-wall picks, the Jazz's better-wear-a-helmet style. Campus CALENDAR Now? The Sacramento Bee on Tuesday described the Jazz as “soft, weak, feeble, mild” all in one headline. , © Basebell, Weber State at SLCC (2), 5 pm. Tom Crean signed a new contract to remain coach at Marquette, ending speculation that he was a leading con- ° tenderto take the Ilinois job. to return: Sergei Brylin | gameagainst Washington. Jazz Series Movesto West Hernandez with a9-over 222. Rocky Mountain College won the tournament with a 897, ~ The Salt Lake Tribune Today at Marquette, Richard Violette said henoticed a eighth timein the team’s 20 postseasons that they havehad such a longlayoff, andtheyare 4-3 when play resumes. Five of those games, however, were betweenseries, when the Jazz had to hindfifth-place Western Illinois. NewYork Knicks forward Antonio defeat against the Mavericks on Satur- wait fortheir next opponentto be deter- three-roundtotal of 928 andleft the Thunderbirds 12 shots be McDyess has surgery MeDyess underwent a secondoperation to fix his brokenleft kneecap, the team said. McDyess hadsurgery to attach a bone graft to the kneecap at the Mayo TheTrail Blazers havelost eight Sloan on Tuesday, and the Jazz duo, final-roundscore gave SUUa for a dunk ora layup — notin the play- offs.” straight postseason games after an 96-86 I playat,” Pippen said. who had a “confrontation” at Sunday's practice, arranged to meetthis morning final-round 317 over the 6,908yard, par-70 Katke-Cousins Golf Course in Rochester, Mich. The “Weneed to be a little more physical just haveto feel that he won'tscore that many, or be thathot.” Forsman,Wilson and Miller are entered in this week's Shell Championships after shooting a There were times when Tracy McGrady maneuvered untouched aroundthe Detroit defenders, on his way to a 43-point performancein Orlando's Game1 victory on Sunday. ThePistons plan on making life tougher for McGrady in Game2 tonight. in for Self... OLYMPICS ByPutt MILLER TheSalt Lake Tribune son is 88th with $238,720 and ex total. ‘SUU sixth: Southern Utah's golf team finished sixth at the Mid-Continent Conference Golf Attacking Mac Stevenson to Meet Sloan About Suspension former BYUgolfer Dean Wil- Utah State golfer for the second day night. Jazz NorEs Forsman is 59th with $398,589, Cougar Andy Milleris 164th with $49,971 | A “ 2 oat fi played determined defense to seize the T gamethan theydid in the series opener, when Milwaukee fell behind by as | _ with 10.4 secondsleft, but he missed both free throws. A 78-percent foul shooter during the regular season, Thomas went just 3-for8 from the line. The Nets inbounded to Kidd, who dribbled right, spun left and tried an 18-footer much Fo FT Reb |) mee” pee ae ecs ow | | ymafametian& Cust Pest a coach Beth Launiere said to defeat New Jersey 88-85 Tuesday night and Alfason 2. Etotrson, Themes, Payton, D.stason, | Best™ middle blocker in Colo- CreanttoFill | added 21 and the Bucks overcame three missed free throws in the final 10.4 seconds was named the“Best of the Television The Nets outrebounded the Bucks 45-34, but a Carlee Kulovitz, a 6-foot4 middle blocker from Durango, Colo., and Michaela Maixnerova,a 6-foot outsidehitter from } @ Baseball Milwaukee finished at 45 percentfrom the line after shooting only 50 percent in Game 1 I i Star Spikers Bucks 88, Nets 85: Payton scores 22 points as Milwaukee evens the playoff series despite poor shooting & Potential Tunine IN “It's been really disheartening. We don’t seem to have the toughness to other them,” Jazz coach Jerry Sloan yourself as hard as you can to be right at the edge of where you can get a foulcalled on you,” Sloan prescribed. “When you brush-screen, you don’t get anyone open. . . . If we don’t remind them we're here, they'll run us outlike we're not.” That's what happened Monday,and to 4 lesser extent Saturday, Smooth-as-silk Peja Stojakovic lived off the Kings‘ transition game, scoring 29 points from ‘The Jazz committed only 19 fouls, appar- TENNIS Agassi cruises: A change of surface 5 presented no problem for Andre ently because it's difficult to foul some- Agassi, whotook just 47 minutes to one who is running three steps ahead. in the first round of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Hous- ‘The Kings are “a finesse basketball team. Theylike to get stuff off picks, cutting to the basket, finding guys in transition. We didn't do a good job of putting a body on people, being physical, disrupting their rhythm,taking them outof what they want to do,” said Jazz guard Calbert Cheaney.“If we do that, we have a good shot at winning the game. Butif we don’t, they'll just feed off our mistakes, get out and run. We have to slow that down,and that's by being physical.” “They don’t like to play that way. It gets them off stride if you put a body on them,” Malone said, “But if you play their style, you'll get beat by 20," pmiller(asttrib.com ’ 7 beat Croatian Zeljko Krajan 60,63! ton. BOXING ; Lewis signs contract: Heavyweight | Kirk Johnson's camp confirmed that ' he received a signed contract Monday from World Boxing Council heavy. * weight champion Lennox Lewis, which finalizes their June 21 bout. not to require a hearing for Mike Ty- * son to be licensed for a fight against Oleg Maskaev on the undercard. =! news servicts ' |