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Show SPORTS. SECTION DailySHerald FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2006 SPORTS EDITOR | Darnell Dickson - 344-2555 - ddickson@heraldextra.com NBA PLAYOFFS 2006 NFL DRAFT - SATURDAY AND SUNDAY blé adjustment FormerUtah star Smith has spentlast year livinglife as a 1 draft pick JEFF ROBERSON/Associated Press Chicago's Ben Gordon, right, has his shot knocked away by Miami defender WayneSimien during. the fourth quarter Thursday. Bulls fight Jason Franchuk hack into series with oone taken in the NFLdraft this weekend from BYU or Utahwill have to go through exactly the samesituation as Alex Smith That's good or bad, depending on whata player might think of easy Win scrutiny and ATM transactions. The former Utah quarterback went No. | to San Franciscolast April. Inthe fall, the sud- w Andrew Seligman The | scrutiny is THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 8 CHICAGO — Instead of looking like his old self, Shaquille O'Neal simply looked old,flustered and frustrated. definitely i different.... Everyone O'Nealhad oneof his worst play- denlyrich Smith Sometimes missed the college cama- raderie and often lacked the success that he used to cre- off performances,and the Chicago Bulls took advantage, beating the MiamiHeat 109-90 on Thursday night in a gamethat got heated in the end. The Bulls pulled within 2-1 in the first-roundseries and host Game 4 on Sunday. there were today,” O'Neal said. 80 photo- said. “It’s a dif- graphers too. 'm young knows i whatkind of Money| ki d make, an “I guess we were just out ofit Hefinished with eight points and four rebounds. He had onebasket at my first. aie practice. % Alex Smith On the scrutiny that comeswith being a top draft pick for the 49ers throughthe first three quarters and scored six CHICAGO 109 MIAMI 90 meaningless points in the fourth, narrowly missing his career playoff low. O'Neal had sevenpoints against Houstonon April 19, 2004. After averaging 24.5 points and 11.5 rebounds in the first two games,O'Neal picked uphis third foul just over three minutes into the second quarter and spentthe rest of the half on the bench. Miami's James Posey was ejected with 3:15left after knocking down Kirk Hinrich on a fast break and receiving a flagrant foul two. Six seconds later, Antoine Walker fouled out andgotcalled for a technical foul. So did Udonis Haslem, who served a one-game suspension for throwing his mouthpiece towardan official in the series opener. | | The Bulls went 3-0f4 from the free throwline during the See BULLS, C 7| : ate. A different world, indeed Advice he'd Setoiie year's class of draftees? “Just be prepared to work pared towor ferentlifestyle, and there are guys nearly 20 yearsolder than mein the leaguethat are in completely different cir- cumstances. It’s notlike college whereyou'reall around the same age. It’s a more complex game. but I think sometimesthere's too much madeofthat. “First-year players are usually just trying to adjustto all of the dif- ferent stuff going on that it makes them lookslowerthan they really are on thefield.” Smith says he sawhis life “turned upside down” when San Francisco opted to take a young(a couple weeksshy of drinking ageat the time) player from a so-called mid- major conference with the top pick. Thefourth-place finisher from Getty Imagesfile photo Former Utah q quarterback Alex Smith struggled at times in 2005 with San Francisco after being picked No. 1 in last year’s NFL draft. But hefinished the season strong, guiding the 49ers to winsin theirfinal two games. the 2004 HeismanTrophyballoting started thefifth game of the year See SMITH, C9 MAJOR LEA LEAGUEBASEBALL Vikings’ Smith MLB won't celebrateif rattles Cavemen Bonds passes the Babe Neil K. Warner DAILY HERALD Over the course of seven innings, Pleasant Grove pitcher Egan Smith threw 89 pitches and only one of those was a badone. You've got tolikethose ids. Smith struck out seven and ave upjust four hits to lead Pleasant Grove toa crucial §1 win over American Fork on Thursday afternoon. The win helped Pleasant Grovesalvagea region split with American Fork. Both teams aretied for secondplace in Region at 3-3. Smith's only mistake came in the second inning when Hap Holmstead drilled a pitch over the left-field fence to give the Cavemena 1-0 lead. The home run didn’t faze Smith. After the secondinning, he shut out the Cavemen for Ben Walker THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Barry Bonds will have to wait until he passes Hank Aaronbefore baseball throwsa party for him. Major League Baseball is not planning any celebration for Bonds if and when he tops Babe Ruth’s mark of 714 home it~ runs, commissioner Bud Selig Barry Bonds Espesiury said Thursday. “Hank have broke Babe told another cra jury ie a Ruth'srecord,” Selig said. “We had never knowingly used perdon't celebrate anybody the , formance-enhancing drugs. second or third time in.” Bonds hit his 711th homer Bonds has been the subject Wednesday. His San Franof steroids speculation for several seasons. The recent book See BONDS, C3 See VIKINGS, C4 Se : AUTUMN LORIMER/Daily Herald Pleasant Grove'sEgan Smith throwsa pitch in the Vikings’ 5-1 win against American Fork on Thursday. huow ’ ' ‘ " BU] Vs |