OCR Text |
Show “Standard-Examiner Sunday, March 29, 1992 3B SPORTS Wanriors find a way to win — again | Golden State just can’t seem to lose whenever it comes to New Jersey _The Associated Press NewJersey is the golden state for the Warriors. They just can’t do anything wrong at the Meadowlands. Even ‘when the New Jersey Nets seem_ ingly have them beaten, Golden ‘State finds a way to win. *~ Saturday night was the latest ex‘ample, as Mario Elie hit a three-point play with 1:58 left in ‘Overtime to put Golden State ahead, and Billy Owens added 5 ee ‘points downthe stretch as the War- “ Tiors beat the Nets 153-148. *“ The win was the Warriors’ ninth Straight at New Jersey, a run that dates to 1983. However, this one . thay have been the most improba- “ble, as Golden State came back ‘from a 9-point deficit in the final | ~-1:02 of regulation, forcing overtime ‘on a 3-pointer by Tim Hardaway with 2.3 secondsleft. “Sometimes I think it’s fate,” Warriors Coach Don Nelson said after the Warriors wontheir third . in a row, finishing a six-game road trip 3-3. “Certain times you lose games you shouldn't,” he added. “Other times you steal one. We were dead and in the grave, and somehow we :eame back. We got some lucky breaks, made the right shots and _ they missed them, made the big ‘plays and they didn’t.” “Golden State did the same thing in their visit here last year. They scored the final 11 points of the ro “‘game in rallying from a 111-101 deficit to a 112-111 win. j - Bullets 113, Homets 97 Ledell Eackles scored 21 of his 34 points in the first half as Wash- ington snapped a seven-gamelos« ing streak. ing he has a hamstring injury. Tied 52-52 at halftime, the Rockets took a 59-58 lead with 8:29 left in the third period on Kenny Smith's layup. Drexler then scored 11 points during a 13-2 run, and Terry Porter’s fastbreak layup gave the Blazers a 71-61 lead with 3:38 left in the period. that Jordan, the NBA’s top scorer with a 30-point average, scored at least 40 points. The Bulls won for the 10th time in 11 games and improved their home record to 30-5 with their third victory in four tries this season over the Cavaliers, whose fivegame winning streak ended. It was only the second setback in their last 12 outings. NBA ROUNDUP Harvey Grant added 24 points for the Bullets, who also snapped a four-game homelosing streak. The defeat was the second in as manynights for Charlotte, its longest losing streak since it dropped three straight games Jan. 28-Feb. 2. Larry Johnson led the Hornets Knicks 92, SuperSonics 87 Suns 121, Nuggets 101 with 19 points, but missed his first eight shots. The Bullets played without their top scorer and rebounder, Pervis Ellison, who sustained a pulled groin muscle in Thursday night’s At Seattie New York blew a 21point iead, then rallied behind Patrick Ewing’s 28 points to beat Seattle. The Knicks, who matched their longest winning streak of the season with their sixth straight victory, trailed 79-78 with 5:32 left before baskets by Gerald Wilkins, Ewing and Mark Jackson gave them an 84-79 lead that the Sonics couldn’t overcome. New Yorkled 86-84 before Jackson’s steal and layup gave the Jeff Hornacek scored 25 points, while Tom Chambers, Kevin Johnson and Dan Majerele had 23 apiece to lead Phoenix past Den- ver. loss at Atlanta. Charles Jones start- The Suns, who wontheir fourth consecutive game, made 63.1 percent of their shots and 88 percent from the free-throw line against the Nuggets, who were led by Marcus Liberty with 18 points and Dikembe Mutombo with 17. Phoenix extended a five-point ed in his place and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds. Heat 109, Magic 100 At Orlando, Fla., Glen Rice recovered from a slowstart to score 15 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter, leading Miami over Orlando. Rice, coming off a 35-point per- margin to 62-45 at halftime, outscoring the Nuggets 30-18 in the second period while making 12-of- formance on 12-for-18 shooting the night before, made only 6-of-17 shots in the first three quarters against Orlando. He was 6-for-7 in the last period, however, and his Knicks a four-point lead with 29 seconds left. Ricky Pierce’s three-point closed Seattle to 88-87 five seconds later, but the Knicks clinched it with two free throws each by John Starks and Anthony Mason in the last 22 seconds. 17 field-goal attempts. Blazers 115, Rockets 95 Clyde Drexler scored 19 of his 26 points in the second half as the two free throws gave the Heat a 101-91 lead with 49 seconds left. The triumph was the fourth straight for Miami and enabled the Heat to hold on to eighth place in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Portland Trail Blazers handed the Rockets their fifth straight loss without Hakeem Olajuwon. Bulis 12€, Cavaliers 102 minutes in thefirst half, collecting his third foul with 3:35 left in the first quarter. Michael Jordan scored 44 points, 13 of them in the decisive third Ron Harper scored 28 points and Danny Manning had 19 points and 10 rebounds as Los Angeles dealt Milwaukee its 20th straight road defeat. the Rockets, who suspended Olajuwonlast week after doctors said he Charles Smith had three free throws and two reboundsin thefinal 65 seconds, helping the Clippers extend their lead in the Western Conference playoff race to a full game over the idle Lakers was fit to play. Olajuwon filed a grievance against the Rockets, say- Houston. Otis Thorpe scored 19 points for quarter when Chicago made 72 percent of its shots and went on to rout Cleveland. It was the 1th time this season “After diagnosing the torn ten- SAN ANTONIO (AP) — David Robinson, the San Antonio Spurs’ All-Star center, underwent surgery on his left thumb Saturday and is expected to be sidelined six weeks. Robinson was recovering at home, said a spokeswoman for his agent, Advantage International, in Washington, D.C. The NBA playoffs begin the week of April 20, and Robinson will miss the early games of the playoffs, if the Spurs qualify. Dr. David Green, a San Antonio hand surgeon, repaired about a quarter of an inch of the tendon in Robinson’s thumb. Robinson was examined by team doctors for the Miami Heat, Char- don,all three physicians concurre that the hkeft-handed Robinson could sustagn irreparable damage to the tendon without surgery,” the statement said. “This is a hard injury to fix be- cause the bigament is only a quarter of an inch long,” Green said. “The ligament is torn completely in two.” Robinson expressed doubt about playing on the U.S. Olympic team 3 this summer. “Thax’s not even a consideration any more,” Robinson said. “I have to worry about playing for the people that sign my paychecks.” Robinson was injured last week when he collided with another player in a loss to the Hornets at San Antonio. lotte Hornets and the Spurs before it was decided to operate, Advantage International said. Cee)ae ; Poulan Pro 6th onfor lex les, ind ing nty ent ake SC, ike jen be- : Mulching Mow ent .S_Hp’Briggs & Stratton xTC 50 ire: nis engine, ball bearing wheels, 20 cutting path, special TOL aaTLAXs | blade. PP800 Model.--»$349:95 - : 18 h.p.. LAWN&GARDEN Clippers 103, Bucks 95 Drexler, who helped the Trail Blazers win their seventh consecutive game at home, played only 14 Spurs star will be sicielined six weeksbythumb surgery iby, les, lay, a Dell aby ed 99 or 29- Financing NPATTS 18 HP. 45..Mowing Deck, * Briggs & Stratton iC Engine, § forward, 1 reverse. Reg $1999 and 242 games over ninth-place @Utah State stormspast side ion cial miad. Owlow @ pretenders in Big West By SHAWN HARRISON Standard Examiner correspondent GYMNASTICS LOGAN — It wasa record night at the Big West Conference gym- nastics championships, but the outcome was no surprise. The 10th-ranked Utah State Ag- gies hosted the championships and _Wwalked away with the conference title. USU was the pre-meet favorite and treated the 1,619 fans with 3a school-record score of 192.7. Not only were the Aggies putting ‘on a record exhibition, but so + Where the rest of the league teams. : Cal State-Fullerton finished second * with a season-high 191.0; UC-Santa + ‘ » Barbara set a school record and claimed third place with a 189.75, and San Jose State ended a disappointing year with a season-high * 170.6 + Aggies senior Barb Zahl competed in the Spectrum for the last * time, but left something for USU : fans to remember. Zall finished ; second in the all-around with a ca- -reér-high 38.8, just missing the . school record of 38.9 set by Tana | + Davis in 1990. “I’ve been trying hard to do this i (break her career record) all year,” ~ Zahl said. “It’s really exciting to get ; it, and I’m also really excited for ; the team to get a team best.” + Senior Brenda Scholl scored a , season-high 38.4 to finish fifth in * the all-around for the Aggies. + “Barb Zahl and Brenda Schoil i put together sensational perfor; mances tonight,” USU Coach Ray « Corn said. ; Utah State started on the uneven ~ bars with a school-record 48.55 and «never looked back. Corn said the INSTANT ON-SPOT CREDIT 90 DAYS SAME great start got the fans into the meet and helped his team. “Westarted off on the bars reaily . strong,” Corn said. “Bars and beam are the two toughest events for us, AS CASH (c0.Ac) see Details Below |. so when youget off to a good start (on the bars), it pulled the crowd in. The crowd was with us and supporting us the rest of the way.” USU continued to shine, as the ~ Aggies posted a season-high 48.6 on the floor. Zahl and Heidi Pfan- nenstiel set the pace with meet- high scores of 9.85 and 9.8. Zahl’s 9.85 was also a career-high mark. Going into the final event, the vault, USU needed a 48.0 to break. the 193.0 barrier. A couple of mistakes stopped the Aggies from reaching 193, but were still able to set the school record. “We looked great tonight,” Corn said. “If there is a place where we lost out on a 193, it was because of QUE SERRATED LETTER SiZE P145/80R12 P155/80R13 P165/80R13 P175/80R13 : Standard-Examiner correspondent i; LOGAN — It had to be a good - day for a track meet because, ac: cording to Utah State University * men’s Coach Gregg Gensel, the + track almanaclists this weekend as ; the best day for an outdoor meet. The weather cooperated Satur3 day, as the Aggies hosted the ninth ‘ annual Mark FaldmoInvitational. ‘ Teams from USU, the College of « Southern Idaho, Southern Utah, ; Idaho State and Ricks competed in the non-scoring meet. Individuals : from Boise State, Brigham Young : University, Utah Valley Community College and Weber State also ; joined the action. “This is the best day to have an ; outdoor meet,” Gensel said. “In * the seven years I’ve coached here, , we’ve always had good weather on * this weekend.” Gensel was excited with USU’s : performance and said everybody ‘ on the men’s team performed well « at the meet. : The javelin event belonged to the * Aggies. Adam Weston claimed first : with a throw of 221 feet, 9 inches. ' Teammates Brest Smith and John - Amneus followed in second and : fourth places. Gensel said his three . javelin throwers are ranked second, ; third and fourth in the Big West _ Conference after this meet. Tim Price came through for the * Aggies in the hurdles. He finished : first in the 400-meter hurdles and » second in the 110-meter hurdles. Eric Roberts brought home a sec- P'185/70R14 P195/70R14 B; Be) RAISED WHITE U:TTER SIZE RAISED WHITE LETTER SIZE P175/70R13 P215/70R14 P215/60R14 P21S/REP 15 P225/70R15 P205/75R14 P205/70R14 F2CET5RI5 P215/75R15 73.35 55.01 PISS/75R14 P195/70R14 +P195/60R14 +PI95/60R15 P205/70R14 - Other sizes available. Aggies earning all-Big West Conference honors were Zahl and Kim Johnson on the vault; Johnson, Zahl and Scholl on the bars; Tonja Ockaskis on the balance beam and Pfannenstiel and Zahl in the floor exercise. Zahl was also named all- old conference in the all-around, Big West Coach of the Year was Santa Barbara's Tim Rivera, while P155/80R13 WHITEWALL NO TRADE NEEDED BLACKWALL NO TRADE NEEDED Fullerton’s Celeste Delia claimed ace, segue P155/80R13 WHITEWALL NO TRADE the Big West Gymnast of the Year ing and the meet’s all-aroundtitle. lled USUwill prepare for the NCAA West Regionals, scheduled April 11 at Salt Lake City. ip Aggies shinelike the sun |; in outdoor meet at Logan 4 | P155/80R13 a] P1as/75R14 may P1B5/TORI4 P185/70R13 fe P175/70R13 a lack of crispness on vaulting.” ii : ¢ By SHAWN HARRISON WHITEWALL SIZE The will it 4 ase ship Re- TRACK AND FIELD METRIC ond-place finish in the 1,500 me- Gensel said USU is right where he wants them to be at this time of the season. “It’s nice to win events, but we 155R13 27.95 improved on times and throws, which is what we want to do right 165R13 175/70R13 32.95 34.95 better each week and stay consis- § 185/70R13 36.95 “now,” Gensel said. “We want to get | 185/70R14 tent.” USU women’s Coach Vaughn Courtney was also happy with her team. She said a numberof personal-bests were set at the meet. Tracy Dulmage didn’t break any records, like the coaches expected, but she did take first in both the triple jump and the long jump. Joining Dulmage with a pair of firsts was Jenni Meiners. She raced to a first in the 100-meter hurdles and the 400-meter hurdles. ters. Former Aggies who participated unattached also had a good day. Sunset native and formerall-American Craig Carter won the hammer throw and took third in tne shot put. His brother Mark Carter took second in the shot put. EXCELLENT ALLSEASONRADIAL WET WEATHER TRACTION F 38.95 CALIBRE P165/80R13 P175/80R13 33.95 35.95 P185/80R13 37.95 P185/75R14 38.95 WATESTE RN 37.95 P205/75R14 P165/80R13 TEMA STE lehoon 46.95 P205/75Ri4 P205/75R15 42.95 44.95 P175/80R13 P185/80R13 39.95 41.95 P205/75R15 P215/75R15 48,95 50.95 P215/75R15 47.95 P165/75R14 42.95 P225/75R15 53.95 ob- rts, ‘ZO1305 rer, golf P225/75R15 48.95 |.P195/75R14 44.95 P235/75R15 54.95 | P195/75R14 39.95 P235/75Ri5 49.95 Other Sizes Available — FREE MOUNT! es a es es eeTK OOEC Oo TS oo os oo oo or oe or si State Safety inspection& if ; O1L—LUBE— FILTER §&1 COOLING SYSTEM SPECIAL 1 = $ q 6° 5 &© ; : : : Emissions Test aeer=eaanven , ood for . to i creeee oO FREE 24-Point ; iseeeHl $4995 a RES rf Preventative, Maintenance Inspection i iaeateLcroubanale af creat eeeee —_ Extra i With This Coupon @ Coupon Expires 4-11-92 A a With This Coupone Commonerhentanee cod $49°° WYNN’S "OWER FLUSH *44,95 ig ™ Rp - eee Surfy Extra £ nt i f = ks @ oles are a i! With Ths Coupon e Coupon cae site i oe ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee eee ee ee ee en ee se oe es Just Say ChargeIt! Coree Robison picked up first for the Aggies in the 400 meters. USU women ciaiming second-place finishes were Amanda Hopkins in the high jump, Sharon Easley in the javelin, LaSabre Bell in the 100 meters and the 200 meters, Alisa Nicodemusin the 1,500 meters and Caprice Compton in the 800 me- DECATHLON ALL SEASON RADIAL ters. nat yurday may use Goodyear’s own credit card or: American Express @ Carte Blanche @ Diners Ciub @ Discover Card @ MasterCard @ VISA You RAIN CHECK — if we well out of your size wewill issue you a rain GOODSYEAR check, assuring future delivery at the advertised price. 90 DAYS SAME AS CASH *For purchases made on an eligible account, finance charges will accrue in accordance with the credit card agreement. See your INSTANT CREDIT participating Goodyear retailer for complete details about terms and eligibility. STATE AND LOCAL TAXES AND ENVIRONMENTAL SURCHARGES WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE. up TO 3,000 o.ac. SEE STORES FOR DETAILS. eS “Pridgdlimited warranties, terms,and auto service offers shown at T.A.8. Ogden. ee listed independent deaters werraniies TAS TIRE | 1690 Wash. Bivd., OGDEN Mon.-Fri. 8:00-6:00 Sat. 2-4 399-3314 | credit terms. Purchases made or advertised from March 1 TAS TIRE li LYNN WOOD 3789 Wall Ave., OGDEN Mon.-Fri. 8:00-6:00 Sat. 8-4 394-3421 256 N. Fairfield Rd., LAYTON y is dist of olf for Che ges cut wos LYNN WOOD 1275 S. 1000 E., CLEARFIELD Mon.-Fri. 7:30-5:30 Sat. 8-5 fa off 773-2213 taff |