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Show STANDARD-EXAMINER WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1994 SPORTSEDITOR: 625-4260 a c TELEVISION LISTINGS COMICS ready to take early vacation rINES Familiar foe ousts Scots from 4-A soccer tourney 2c Maverick man Former WSU coach takes over NBA's worst team By TOM McEACHIN Star oe 3c Newest Angel sa-F xaminer ~ with team in second place. supposed to bethenight the Jazz finished off the Denver Nuggets and advanced to the Western Conference Finals. It was supposed to be the night the Nuggets packed up after their nice little run in the playoffs and started their summer vacation Thanks for coming. Hopethis ex- perience pays off when you become a real playoff contender. We'll see if Don Pardohas a nice parting gift acura California changes managers SALT LAKE CITY — It was 4 Ue | BASEBALL Playoff update American League | gj Game One: Jazz 100, Denver Cleveland 7, Milwaukee 91 Detrt 13, Toronto 6. Baltimore 3, Boston; | M& Game Two: Jazz 104, Denver Mi c +, Te 94 gy Game Three: Jazz 111, Denver | | icaAz 109 (OT). for. you. National League Chicago 11, San Diego 4 “I was watching TV today and every expert said this would be the end ofthe series,” Denver coach | | | @ GameFour: Denver 83, Jazz 82. But the Nuggets would have no part of it. Wait till next year? | 101(2 OT). Jazz lead series, 3-2. San Francisco 5, Houston 2 Philadelphia 6, Montreal 5 Colorado 7, Los Angeles 6 Dan Issel said. Cincinnati 4, Atianta 3 (10) | @ GameFive: Denver 109, Jazz | @ Game Six: Thursday, Jazz at SAREE | Denver, 7 p.m. (KJZZ, TNT) SPORTS SHORTS | @ Game Seven: Saturday, Denver Unser Sr. ends driving career They’re not donewith this year. Leave quietly? They wouldn’t leave St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 0 NewYork 4, Florida 3 at all. The Jazz tried to show them the door Tuesday night at the Delta at Jazz, TBA, if necessary (NBC) > Center, but the Nuggets kicked and screamed until the Jazz finally gave in, losing 109-101 in double-overume. 4 a Suddenly, the Jazz are in trouble. cesta oe aereeee ” d That would be Utah's last break. They still lead the best-of-seven series 3-2. but the moment: a ee the series — has shifted to Denver. Game6 will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at McNichols Arena. If they Jazz can’t come up with a better effort then > series w hift - — Ut back . hee Gaine 7 Sosencien af eee alee os ay Serrnom. “Under all the ances Wiee an ia st lake ae > we were re d Oane: aes — ; te re . oshe sr were ad — we Seee showed a lot of courage to be just , abl to step up and win this basketable ball game,” said Denver forward LaPhonsoEllis. 7: The Jazz choked on a five-point lead in the first overtime after Karl Sinise foaled cut. but lucked ont INDIANAPOLIS — Al Unser : able Sr., ‘saying he is no “longer to get the most outof his own Standard-Examiner gs = +t hisGilet announced ability, an 0 tate raticnreatt = FHkic Le bs “7, With Malone out of the game, the Jazz had no semblance ofan offensive attack, going scoreless for the first 342 minutes of the second overtime, and the Nuggets built a seven-point lead. “We got out in thefirst overtime and then all of a sudden, we went ; : crazy andthey. kept their poise and “ they- did s the ’ job,” * Malonesaid. : The Nuggets blocked three of tg four shots in thefinal Utah's OT andfirstthe Jazz missed eight :, z e didn’t let them get off when the Nuggets missed twofree 4 : x j straight. Utah also committed two 'g ve . turnovers in that stretch and sae = meee looked flustered. ve . . eg CHUCK WING/Standard-Examiner 3 . ; ; very Denver’s Bryant Stith (left) completes a slam to him during the Nuggets’ double-overtime vic- See JAZZ on 2C dunk as Jazz center Felton Spencer crashes in- tory Tuesday night at the Delta Center. | azz can't believe ‘those QUYS ‘are still around pressure off of them,” Issel said. “They don’t tomorrow, too — by rallying twice from 9 e . ee ee scene in that great movie, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” where the two RANDYHOLLIS 109-101 109-10 1 in asking the Utah thatabout question themacives now: Jazz “lustare Wid in théheck the Jazzazz outlasted the: they outlaste as they ™ are those guys?” double-overtime in Game 5 of their best-of-7 / “Those guys” are the pesky Denver Nuggets, who refuse to go away in this year’s NBAplayoffs. Five times now, the Nuggets have been teetering on the brink of elimination, facing a do-or-die situation wherein, if theylost, their season was over. And five times now, the Nuggets have . prevailed, including two times in overtime on their opponents’ home floor. “Those guys” did it again Tuesdaynight, know that they're not supposed to makebig naan: a Riss coticggonl aa they overcame a five-point Jazz lead in the first overtimeto force a second extra session, when they're beat. plays down thestretch. They just don’t know _ nail dain & dan, Galena when they pulled away by scoring the first seven points of the second OT. It was only their second win in the Nuggets’ last 18 trips to Salt Lake City. Sports Editor outlaws are being relentlessly pursued by a sheriff's posse, prompting Butch to keep asking Sundance: “Who are those guys?” Well, that must be the same nagging team thing you oneand “T'lloftell a lot character a lot—ofthis heart, ; has got second-year Denver coach Dan Issel said. proudly. “They don’t know when they're beat. It’s just unbelievable the character Western Conference semifinal series, sending it back to Denver for Game 6 on Thursday they’ve shown. night. Indeed, “those guys” from Denver being affected by the pressure. Every expert. in the country said this would be the end of our season tonight. ... We were not supposed to win. first round against Seattle, and nowtwice in the second round against Utah, the Nuggets have won when there was no tomorrowif theylost. 2 * vO st ant eee on eee hades rs ce ane cies anh rains cs aiep th meaionek 4 sun ‘teins that they Read. And | come will be then the daywill expectations verywhen high,our like Utah's probably realizedthat finallyPatan ene Sunday that it And then Issel issued what almost sounded like a warning: G e jus “— producing like | should pressure grows on Utah,”hesaid. “There 27 years. Only A.J. Foyt, wi ° are, and then the pressure will come y ~pndeaimen jim Unser drove at PENenApORS retired last May aher8record 35 Strang starts st Mario Andretti, whose 23th Indy Stan n tw o weeks will be | S rat a —— 1) more races at See HOLLIS on 2C this experience, we've tried to keep the _ Indianapolis m eons — i Crial Royals Stay alive in playoffs ! Ww ! v me the first driver to race against his son at Indianapolis, pec e % Unser still holds the Speedway iv -falSil } Ul ) was! than there was tonight, or than there was on us Sunday (when the Nuggets nabbed a narrow 83-82 win to prevent a four-game Jazz sweep) ry record for the most finishes sruvssgerh op three, with three e n i l d r a y 0 5 g n i r a e N an—oWeber tGDrEN—W S e State football “OOGDEN WSU FOOTBALL all of last year,” Stewart Dave Arslanian is equating collected _ coach the Wildcats’ fund-raising drive to said. SIMON JEFF ByPos aa cise = Weber State is just beginning a that of a football drive. : i enaihs cont will be no morepressure on us Thursday “But our kids our tough, and throughout On Tuesday night, they made sure there would be a tomorrow — andit will be able to do it inthe past,” Big A Down the road, we hope to be like Utah, when we I win 50to 55 games during the regular season. Right now, our expectations are not very high. But if we stay healthy, “The longer this series goes, the more the : “Before the game, we talked about not absolutely will not die. Three times in the ae 10-point deficits in the third period. Then usual soccer game Tuesday. the Firebirds 22-2 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Bernardo Brito went 5-for-5 Tuesdaynight with three home runs. drovein eight runs and director big push for seasonticket sales with erored ox ¢ aan Salt Lake Tom Stewart met Tuesday and up- a car dealership sale Thursday City blasted Phoenix with a Arslanian KAYSVILLE — Roy played its Brito, Buzz bury and athletic Get a quick lead, blow it and dated financial figures, kicked off through Saturday at the Dee Events 22-hit attack ines 22-2 Pacific then win the match with late- season-ticket sales and expanded on Center. Two free football season Coast gameheroics. what is being done to help Weber tickets go with every new car pur- 5-A Boys SOCCER ~ sana out to a 7-0 lead in the first, capped by State reach its financial goals and chase and WSU will receive some keep the football program healthy. funds for each season ticket from Denny Hocking’s three-run the Goaters. a er homer off Phoenix starter Scott “It’s kind of like starting at our own goal line and we have 100 Even in the quarterfinals of the nnaus win The B - Arslanian said. “We Leal haegeoncnagiin eeCe be secking more scason ticket ——- Robinson (3-1), who gave up nine runs, eight of them state 5-A tournament the Royals yards to go,” caped with a 3-2 overtime win 40-yard line. Sometime in the next OfOU). a semifinals Thursday.: Royf meets midfield. Arsl 80 AYE, Caos Weare not going ARNE HENS. to stop. for Salt homersein the eighth . Last fall it was decided the athletic ble supporter in thelast two weeks. were a double and a single now have moved the ball out to the are like that. On Tuesdaytheyes- month we expect to move past over Skyline to move into the Oremat 4:30 p.m. at Davis High School. In the other semifinal, Viewmont takes on Highland at h oeram oe dh een now received close to $200,000 in guaranteed money and pledges. ‘It’s become old habit for the department was going to lose 6:15 p.m $500,000 in funding and it was players. It’s driving.coach Harold mitments in trying to reach its goal ene We'd go to peopit and ass them Siakow Sante Meeationt Pini aul stale fresident _ Weber Thompson has become a morevisiThe eeae at the annual and the presifromthe university Stewart said. Scottsdale Stadium sinceit at opened in 1992 é ing. “We're going to be far and away 2 —“Y ae oe the commitment better than we've ever been,” Ar- slanian said. pe i J ; JAY DROWNS/Standard-Examiner - hee ute overtime. With nine minutes left in the overtime the Region | Champi- -ons cashed in on a Skyline foul | See ROYALSon 2C : ’ ; Roy High’s Curtis Larsen (right) and Skyline’s Judd Soderborg money now or it can be used to start an endowment for the pro- semifinals, Thursday, Davis High School, Roy vs. Orem around Ifthe to season. pledges all for the 1993 900 sold compared for — eae be generated playoff action Tuesday at Davis Wigh. The Roya “If we collect on all of those it will be three times the number we is High. Is won 3-2. $200,000 already= Defeat . ae thosetickets are purchase searprd e collide as they try to get control of the ball during state 5-A i of the there have been 2,158 season-ticket ¢ Sai are eel Part The Buzz's 22 runs were the most runs scored by one team EES months until the season opener, ex- dent’s office,” City, while Tim Mcintosh went 3-for-6 and two runs and one RBI Salt Lake City starter Shawn Briant (2-3) pitched six innings raised was through an anonymous ° C donor, who committed $100.000 ~ > 3 each year for 10 years. Stewart said With a little more than three when the Eagles mounted -a Brian Raabe went 3-for-5 allowing two runs on three hits have to fight to win them.” Roy took.a 2-0 lead midway stayed that way until 18 minutes were left in regulation. That's Lake City The other hits by Brito, Salt Lake City’s designated hitter, aceeon-ticees applications attached handing out season-ticket applications to some of the close to 500 fans in attendance. Thompson has also placed newspaper advertisements asking for more support with through the first half and it J.T. Bruett hit a two-run and scored twice for Salt Lake coming out of the football proae gram’s budget. Since that time, WSU officials have outlined a plan to get that money from other sources. So far, Arslanian says, that plan is work- three innings White a Purple and Kammeyernuts. “I was sweating the whole second half.” Kammeyer said after watching the Royals’ two-goal -Jead disappear. “We let every- body back in games and then we earned, on seven hits over of that can the program gees = eit useall : Reet cco EES SA eee: CONE See WSU on 2C TAKE A TICKET High school soccer: State 5-A boys tou oy soccerr tournament 4:50 p.m.; Viewmontvs Highland, 6:15 p.m —— _ Sienrhch amines staff and wire services |