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B3 SPORTS (DITOR: TADWALCH 344-2550. ee i B1 THE DAILY HERALD, GAME 3 eady to rumble Win, homecourt advantage boost Kings’ confidence TAD WALCH ‘Red-stained Utes ‘should give Juddy ‘:- The Daily Herald vested from its 101-90 win Monday the most destructive to Utah was the realization they can beat the Jazz The 80-point: loss in the playoff Two days SALT LAKE CITY after giving away the homecourt Jeff Judkins is wearing a blindfold. advantage in their first-round series Andthere's a cigarette dangling precariouslyfromhislip: with the aiming squarely for the former Ute's head, up in armsover thefact that Utah Jazz Yep, there's series next aime, and it did” Of all the positives the Kings har By SCOTT BELL benefit of doubt opener replaced cramento Kings, the out- As down as the young Kings were he's leaped to BYU But after their Game 1 embarrassment, they were perhaps even more exhila Imagine LaVell Edwards resigning rated heading into Game 3 at Arco Arena tonight at 8:30. With Game 4 set for Friday in sacramento, the Kings have a chance to andtaking a post next to Ron McBride. It’s understandable that Juddy, legendonthe Hill, is causing a ruckus close out theseries on their homecourt. by leaving theside of Rick Majerus “LT think the win hopefully did a lot for us,” Sacramento forward Chris Webber said. “Just as coach said the after nine seasons on the Utahbench. +’ First he was a star basketball playerat the U., then brought further other day pridetotheuniversitybyplaying for the Kings parlayed that humiliation into anger and determi nation, and now they have the upper hand in the best-of-five series, “Like | said before, we weren't the Kings this past Saturday lke we e-all season,” Sacramento guard Jason Williams said. “We came out y) and just played ball, That's ve got to do.” after welost, ‘The series is going to turn into a whole different five season in the NBA. the confid Ace Sacramento had from taking U) th to overtime in’ three regular-season meetings with humiliation look doesn't look any brighter for the a Utah firing squad See GAME 3, 133 Then he becamea Ute assistant. 3° Now he's a Cougar? JAZZ AT KINGS *+ Ugh. If it was LaVell leaping to Utah, . there would be BYUfaithful hanging “himin effigy. WHAT: Game3 WHEN:Tonight SITE:Arco Arena PO 8.30 p.m TIPOFF: RADIO:1320 AM (KFNZ), 1400 AM (KSRR) There wouldberioting and looting on CenterStreet. Or at least wailing and gnashing of teeth. TV: KIZZ/TNT SERIES FORMAT:Best of five SERIES RECORD: Utah |, THAT’S HOWit was when Edwards madethose bank commer: Sacramento 1 SERIES SCOREBOARD:Game|, Stials with McBrideafter the 34-31 s to Utah a few years back. Utah 117, Sacramento 87; Game 2, Cougar fans hated those spots They couldn't understand how Edwards could be so chummywith the enemy. Orhowhe couldbesoself-depre- BRIAN FITZGERALDtheDaily Herald Wide open: Utah's Karl Malone shoots a short jumper in the lane Monday at the Sacramento 101, Utah 90. OVERALL HISTORY:Utah 71 Sacramento 48 AT A GLANCE:Sacramento shocked Utah with physical play Monday in Game 2 to even the series and steal the homecourt advantage Amidallegationsof cheap-shot tac tics, Jazz promise more physical response When wasthelast time you saw a quote like this from John Stockton, who wasdeliberately leveled by Sacramento's Chris Webber onthe first play Monday “This gameisn't about whether you out cheap-shot the other team,but if they ” wanttoplay it that way, then that's their business. I'm not happy.” Watchout! Delta Center as Sacramento's Viade Divac, left, and Jason Williams watch. cating. It just hurt too much. One of Edwards’ ants, defensive coordinator Ken Schmidt, made the sametransition from Utah to Jazz angry about Webber’s ‘cheap shot’ on Stockton BYUthat Judkinsis. Well, not quite. “[ just played up there,” Schmidt aid. “I'd beencoaching at other places for 18 years before I came to BYU, so thetransition wasn’t tough for me.” Whenhethinks hard about it, WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Karl Malone has been in trouble more times than he can count for his zealously physical play Schmidt's not surprised that Judkins Now he's wondering why Webberisn’t in the underwent torment from friends and associated while he contemplated same leaving Utah. How bad was it? “There's a double stan. dard, without a doubt,” Chris Malone said. over Just nineseconds into cramento’s 101-90 win the Jazz on Monday night, Webber lowered his shoulder and slammed John Stocktonto thefloor, knock ing the wind out of the much smaller guard. Webberwas assessed a flagrant foul but nothing else, and he flattened Stockton again on a pick late in the first half. admitted he had targeted Stockton for punishment while trying to set a physical Tuesday morning before traveling to Sacramento for tone. “What if Karl Malonedid that andsaid, ‘I tried to do Game 3, the Jazz that?’ ” Malone said. “What gery. do you think theleague Malone wasn't fined or suspended for the hit As Utah practiced and Malonein particular — were still smarting from Webbe bighits. Afier the game, Webber would do?” Malone has been suspend- sons for his aggressive play Most recently, d clbow to Joe Kleine’s face split the Phoenix center's lip April 26 and required Kleine to get 30 stitches and plastic sur ed twicein thelast two sea See CHEAP, B3 Before theink was dryon thepress release announcing he would indeedbe joining the BYU athletic department as directorof basketball operations, Judkins hadleft town onvacation. BUT SCHMIDTthinks Utah fans whohavelovedtheir Juddyshould go on doing so. “They shouldjust be happy that he got anotherjob,” Schmidt said. for new bowl in Alabama Whileorganizers direction he wanted. “I don't know why anybody would be madat him. It’s his livelihood.” Faceit, if something happened to yourjob, you'dlook for another one, bowl gameannounced a tie- then you'dbe loyal to that employe It is sort of strange how all these Utah peopleend upat BYU, like Schmidt, Norm Chow andnewsoftball coach Mary Kay Amicone. That's really the best story. She's married to Mare Amicone, who's an as sistant athletic director at Utah. Maybethey'll haveto quilt a blanket for their bedthat is halfred, half blue. Ofcourse,it works both ways Utah’s football team has three former BYUplayers serving as coaches: Fred and Kyle Whittingham and Steve Kaufusi So lighten up, Utes. Juddy’s still the same good guy. Tad Walchis sports editor of The Daily Herald. or copy | Orem, Timpanogoslose openers MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — “Tm sure something happened up there that madehimfeel like his coaching career wasn’t moving in the Rehrer, Sundberg help MV advance WACsigns up arestill deciding on a final namefor it, college football’s newest ~ ByDARNELLDICKSON The Daily Herald in Tuesday with Conference USAand the Western Athletic Conference. The bowl. which is cur- rently being OREM— Put a bat in CaseyRehrer's hands and he knows what to do withit But what he really wants is to be handedthe ball on called the Mobile, Alabama Bowl, will have the second selectionof available teams from both the WAC and C-USAfor the the mound Dec. 2 MountainView to a 10-0 five inning victory over Northridge Rehrer’s game. The C-USA signed a five- yeardeal to send its teams to the bowl, while the WAC Tuesday Mountain View is one of each participating school. Thecity of Mobile is the main title spor f Because the city is the title sponsor, it decidedto call the game the Mobile, See WAC, B2 to begin the Class 5A baseball playoffs. signed for only one year. The game offers a mini mum $750,000 payout to bowl, pledging 2-for-3 dayat the plate and Brett Sundberg’s one-hit pitching propelled BRIAN FITZGERALD/TheDaily Herald Hurdles or baseball? Mountain View's Brandon Smith leaps over Northridge first baseman Keven Bambrough on his way to first Tuesday during 5A playoff action. Smith reached safely and was awarded secondbase on an overthrow. All through the lineup we're starting to hit well. But I just love to pitch. The game ally in your hands. Mountain Viewcoach Chris Cooperwill start hard throwing Hunteragainst Copper Hills (11-9) this afternoon, but Rehrerwill probablyget a shot to throw when the double-elimination tournament moves up to Lindquist Field in Ogden next week. Mountain View(19-4) wasted no time with the favorites to win the Class 5A tournament, and the pitching of Sundberg, Northridge (8-13), jumping on starting pitcher Danny Rehrer, Aaron Lancaster and Chris Hunteris the chief first inning. Lancasterhad asacrifice reason, I think thekeys for us are keeping up our hot bats andto keepourpitchers throwing strikes,” Rehrer said Wildingforfive runs in the fly to score a run, while Sundberg, Brandon Smith, and BradyJones all had RBI singles, See 5A, B4 |