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Show Page B2 THE DAILY HERALD, Provo. Utah, Friday f + MORNING BRIEFING Then JAZZ Continued from BL + + “I believe this will make He was bumpedontheshot my ownership more interest by Portland's Jim Jackson, however, and the ball rolled harmlessly off the rim. Anthony made one of two free throws with .7 remaining ing for thefans andcertainly for me.” — Florida Marlins bwner John Henry, who will ppen the teams’ books to 20 fans at a meeting on Saturday for the final margin “We got the shot we wanted,” said Jazz coach Jerry Sloan. “We hadthe best ball handler in bas: Basketball * A casino security guard has filed a lawsuit against bas- ketball driving to the hoop. I thought he was bumped.” ketball star Dennis Rodman, Hornacek sawthe samething. accusing himof grabbing her breast while she was working at the Las Vegas Hilton grabbed and shook herbreast in front of a crowd of people Ostertag, who actually set a team-record ofhis own with eight rebounds in the first quarter. ‘We've really got to turn it numerous patrons, spectators andother employees,” the law suit claims mind when he launched his comeback from a career-threat- Jazz by three, The combined 25 ening shoulder injury. The Orlando Magic guard added the NBA's Most Improved Player Award to his postseason haul Thursday, making him the first to win both that honor and the Sixth Man Award. st summer, Armstrong in so much pain following points ond round will go on sale this morning at 7 at the Delta Center like we were going to tieit.” Sometimes, the NBA just doesn't make sense. The and all Smith's Tix outlets. random draw will take place at 6:15 a.m tie the rotator cuff surgery that he thought the hospital was making a mistakebyreleasing him. “] ready to check back in. It was that muchpain ... [ couldn't sleep, I couldn't eat, herecalled. “Thingslikethat, id makes you appreciatelife. 1 makes you appreciate basket: Game 5 will be played Tuesday at the Delta Center, PORTLAND (84) ball, andit makes you appri game at 64 after weath- ering a 15-0 Blazerburst in the third quarter. But the Blazers grabbed con- > * Former BYU basketball edach TonyIngle’s Basketball Campwill be July 5-9 for boys ate anything you do.’ Armstrong averaged car 18 23 20 — 6a highs of13.8 points,6.7 assis 3.6 rebounds and 2.16steals trol with a Rider trey and a and girls grades 4 through 12 DOUGLASPIZAC The Associated Pre son steal and layup on the at the Champions Athletic Up and under: Utah's Thur! Bailey attempts the finger roll as Portland's Rasheed Wallace comes after him Thursday in Game 2 inbounds pass. Academy Ingle will also conduct a TonyIngle Free Throw Camp contact Champions Athletic Academy, 434-7301 burn past Hawks + With no onebetter than 3- 30 minutes a gamewhile come ing off the bench in 35 of 5B games this season. Sprewell, Knicks July 1-3 at the Academy For further information, He improved on his career scoring by 6.9 by 3.5 averages in points, in a y al by 1.8 and in in rebounds steals by 1.2. “There are very few peoples in the world ofbasketball, parse ticularly summer, that worked harder on their games than he did, and he continues to work onit,” Magic generak managerJohn Gabriel said. ATLANTA (AP) — Thanks to Latrell Sprewell, the New York Knicks are headed home with a chance to sweep the Atlanta Hawks. on the mark once againfor the Knicks. He shot 8-of-16 from the field and used his quickness to get to the line time and luman afterthe first roundof Sprewell scored 31 points for time again. making 15 of 19 free throws andbroadcasters. the Ma ‘ard Colonial The 66 by Flesch matched the highest score in relation to. the second gamein a row and the Knicks grabbed command of At the defensive end, Spree helped shut down Steve Smith votes. their second-round series with Atlanta, beating the Hawks 77, in the first half, then turned his. attention to Chris Crawford. 70 Thursday Smith, the Hawks’ leading scorer during the regular season, was held to 2-of-16 shooting und nine points. under par, Steve Flesch birdied the last two holes in fading sunlight for a 4-under 66 that gave hima one-stroke lead over Vijay Singh and Jeff par by a first-round lead on athe PGA Tourthis year the night for a 2-0 lead other 4-unders were in the in thebest- Phoenix Open and The Players After winning both games at the Georgia Dome, the Knicks put themselves in position to Championship. wrap up the series at Madison Square Garden. Game 3. is * Akiko Fukushima shot a underpar 64 Thursday to take a one-shot lead after the Sunday opening roundofthe inaugural afternoon in New York, with Game4 thefollowing night The Knicks, who upset top LPGA Philips Invitational The 25-year-old native of Kanagawa, Japan, played the back nine first at the Onion Creek Country Club, and start ed with a bogey: But she recov JOHN BAZEMORE The Associated Press ered with seven birdies, includ- First down! Atianta’s Mookie Biaylock barrels his way through the key as New York's Chris Childs defends in the Knicks’ Game 2 win. ing fiveofherlast nineholes, to take the lead from early — The Blazers only scored 14 in Thursday's first quarter and the final period Thursday That flurry was the key seg ment in the game. The Jazz had Just finished fighting back to comments in the presence of (AP) thing from Darrell Armstrong's still managed to outscore the shot than that. It sure looked fourth quarter on night, yet managed Fla. Making historywasthefarthest ter, previously set in 1988, Tickets for Game 5of the see- nine in a span of 1:05 during ORLANDO, up onthedefensive end and cut down on turnovers.” penetration and it looked like in the Tuesday assaulting the plaintiff. the defendant was making lewd Improved Armstrong wins again and broke a record lowfor a quar- Blazers scoredall of five points last November. t the time of sexually nt “John made a nice dribble Jackson fouled him,” Hornacek said. “You can't ask for a better Donna Ehlert claims in the lawsuit filed Wednesday that Rodman embarrassed and humiliated her when he Brian Wallace scored on layups after a wild shot by Bryon Russell and a turnover by Stockton. “Turnovers basically hurt us real bad.” said Utah center Greg Armstrong received 54 of @ possible 118 votes from a national panelofsports writers He Eighteen players received Eric Snow of Philadelphia was second with 15 votes and Gary Trent dB Dallas was third with 14 vote The Most Improved Playel Award has beengiven since the 1985-86 season. The Sixth Marr Award began in the 1983-84 NEW YORK (77) season. A native of Gastonia, N.C, Armstrong was not drafted in 1991 after completinghis collegé ATLANTA(70 career at Fayetteville State. He® seeded Miami in the opening round. trying to become the first ved to reach the conferencefinals. Allan Houston was held to two points after scoring 34 in 721 16 23 =7 20 16 16 18 a0 raein the Global Basketball ssociation, the Continentaly ‘ ketball Association, the” United States Basketbal League andin Cyprus and Spaii before signing with the Magic on April 8, 1995. Game1, but Sprewell was right pacesetter Dale Eggeling, whocarded a five-under 65 on the 6,101-vard course. + The Provo City parks and direction of PGA professional recreation department, under LA must hold serve Troy Watkins.will conduct : at homelike Spurs Junior golfclinic for boys i ind girls ages eight through 17 a TheReserve at Bast Bay Woe 15-17 The three-day clinic will emphasize swing fundamentals (woods and irons), the short game (putting, chipping and pitching), and golfetiquette Eachparticipant will receive a golf T-shirt, six hours of instruction, a bag tag, and certificate of completion Registration deadline is June 4, Cost is $30. Tennis + Lindsay Davenport returning from a wrist injury, easily advancedto the semifi nals of the Madrid Open on Thursday by beating Israel’ Anna Smashnovya6-1, ( PHILADELPHIA INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) After letting an opportunity at for eight points’ Wednesday night. “We don’t feel like we'veplayed great. We Philadelphia have been nearly feel we've played well eno It goes like this: The 76ers’ fall behind by early double fig. ures, then rally late before suecumbing to the Pacers’ playoff to win. “They put themselves in a home Thursday facing a harsh reality Trailing 2-0 to the San Antonio Spurs, they now must win four of five games from a team that has gone 35-6 since the beginning of March experience. Allen | sonthinks it’s time for rewrite, His new storyline — previewed Thursday — is for TheSpursare 4-1 in theplay offs after winning 12 of their 13 regular-season games; like we're down in the beginning of the eight, and they haven't lost two in a row since setbacks to pede and Utah at the end of game,” ary left them6-8, id Thursday the next two days, featuring Utah's top seniors. ment from this side. Insoftball, the Class 5A allstars will take on the 4A 7 ment, you can seni concluded practicefor me 3 of its Eastern Conference semifinal series. mn DAVID J, PHILLIP The Associated Pies Hold on there: San Antonio’s Mario Elie, right, impedes Kobe They know they could be head- playoffs, and squadat 4 p.m. today, while Sunday at the Forum. the 3A teamplays the best “As in tennis, they held serve,” Fox said. “We come home ing 76-75 thanks to a 3-point shot by Kobe Bryant with 36.9 now to our home fans, home seconds cooking. We can do what we do missed two free throws with 18.9 seconds left WhenBryant stepped to the ahead Game 2 and made 23 of his 25 Rambis said of Duncan. “That was one thing wedidn’t do.” are Saturday best, play Laker basketball, go back to San Antonio tied 2-2.” It appeared in the final minute of Game Wednesday night that on the remaining, Bryant line, he had scored 28 points in foul shots (92 percent) in the “We're waiting till we get 13, 14, 15 points down, and then we start playing.” Considerthe Pacers warned. Bryant's progress Wednesday during the Spurs’ Game 2 win Lakers might come hometied 1-1, but it wasn't to be First, with the Lakers lead- Games3 and4 inthe best-ofseries Iv after the team fhey've proven themselves nd again this season,” commit commit sion Thursday. It’s important for us to play e won their last five road games and seven of their last reaching a little bit They've made a position where they could have stolen two games.” Despite the two-game deficit, the young Sixers seemed loo and restless during a 45-minute practice Matt the 76ers to play with abandon Geiger ribbed a teammate as soon theclock starts tick over 3-point attempts that ing nd race past the slower bangedoff the rim while Rick I rs all the wayto victory Mahorn pave bear hugs to And that’s just the begin ning * Three high-school all-star contests will take place over Star Championships will take place at 6 p.m. at East Hise in Salt Lake. field identical Preps games areat the Cottonwood Complex in Salt Lake City On Saturday, the Utah High Séhool Track and Field All — Los Angeles Lakers were back forward Rick Fox acknowledged. “To say we share the same urgency would be from 2A,also at 4 p.m. Both (AP) The scripts for Indiana’s two playoff victories over the Alamodome slip away, the Davenport has beenside lined for two months by a sprained left wrist Pacers look to increase advantage on road Then, San Antonio's Tim Duncan, being guarded by J.R ed east with theseries tied at 1-1 after missing six free Reid, made a short jump-hook throws in the final 67 seconds and running into trouble from theright baseline with 8.4 against the Sixers’ full-court seconds left to put the Spurs “We were supposed to come down and double-team him right away,” Lakers coach Kurt press late in thei 82 victory in Game2 “They haven't given up, if anything they probably feel good about what they've done, and they should,” said forward Chris Mulljn, 2-of-9 from the Iverson as thefranchise guard cried out in mock pain Pressure, Iversonsaid, is not a wordin his vocabulary. “I don’t feel like there’s pres- * sure in basketball. Why not be loose? They still have to win two games,” said Iverson, the NBA's regular-season scoring ‘ champion who has averaged 28.5 points in theplayoffs But to avoid another early'’ letdown, the Sixers will need a better shooting performance from their flashy guard. After scoring 35 in Game 1, Iverson was held to 7-of-28 for 23 points by an Indiana team that played him more physically. “You don't s ‘op himwith one guy,” said Pacers guard Mark Jackson. “He’s a great, great basketball player.” ' |