| Show - --- - - 4 - 1 lir Section 0 tort gatx tiblutc 9izt1t Thursday May 1988 5 1 Page alone Bailey Pelee - - - - 1 For Recorded Scores 1TAT ell - "A Ute 'D' Must Shine r In RedWhite Gani - - 0 University of Utah football coach Jim Fassel wanted a "vanilla-like- " offensive wrapup to the Utes' spring drills Thursday in the an e nual intrasquad scrimmage in Rice Stadium The fourth-yea- r Ute coach is likely to get more of a neopolitan offering in the 4 pm kickoff to which the public is invited free of charge "I walked into Jack's Ute offensive coordi nator Jack Reilly office today and suggested we keep it simple tomorrow I mean I didn't say three yards and a cloud of dust but basic keep it basic" Fassel said Wednesday Reilly's response was predictable "Whatta you mean keep it basic? How do keep this offense basic" Reilly retorted Indeed The Ute defense may have been basic — basically bad — the last two or three years but deciphering the offense has been a formidable assignment with Utah ranked in the top 15 in total offense in the country all three years of the Fassel-Reillregime Since Reilly will likely bring his normal three-rin- g circus offense into Thursday's Ira cas four quarters — it follows that a Ute defense that had 476 yards worth of headaches per game last fall (495 the year e Red-Whit- I i' ' ' 1 i ' " two-yea- 2-- 1 "' ''' 't e'°' 'j1 '''' y :: I04i t ) 912-minu- ' ': ' '‘ i 0 r k4 3' Ai000'° i! i 0 before) will be in for some ' ' t - ' indignities The rPpArt nut of Uteville is that sophomore-to-be quarterback Scott Mitthell has had an exceptional spring after a freshman du season in which he shared signal-callinsenior Chris Mendonca ties with fifth-yea- r "He has really developed He's coming on 220 strong" lauded Fassel of the pound Springville High product who returns for 1988 as the Western Athletic Conference's only passing efficiency leader Mitchell threw ' : four interceptions in 188 attempts Fassel is convinced the platooning of Mitch ell and Mendonca a year ago will bode well for Mitchell as he assumes the Ute reins for what surely will be three years of football Utah had nearly 4000 yards of passing of See D-Column 0t'''''' W"- t t : 1 it ' t ' -- ' ' t z g ' I 1 4 - 4)- :: ! :? ::::": ' '''' ?: li y 0f 1 i: iil:f players i 4 1 ' ' I :: ' :' Nf 11 4 4 - k 4A) ' Z t ::''': " y'r :i '41 4 :::: t: i 340 y 3 -A 1 : I - -- 4 49' ) ' - -p -- I i Á IMMENNIE "' N IF dab a al a "NW I ap Marr '''' MIL Playoffs New Jersey " I ' 4 a 4( ::: 0: I P By Lex Hemphill Tribune Sports Writer Wednesdays playoff game between the Jazz and Trail Blazers wasn't exactly a statistical gem for Jazz center Mark Eaton Here's Eaton's line: 31 minutes 4 points 4 rebounds 1 blocked shot and 6 personal fouls On the other end Kevin Duckworth had 21 points and 16 rebounds The box score says Eaton got humbled again right? Well keep looking Look at Portland's 37 percent shooting The Blazers made only 37 of 100 shots which was very nearly the worst in their hallowed playoff history (their worst was a effort in the finals against Philadelphia in 1977) So what if Eaton's personal line wasn't so good Ile was still the difference in the Jazz's victory over the Blazers The proof is in the time Eaton had to spend on the bench because of foul trouble in the second half Eaton picked up his fourth per sonal foul just 2:20 into the second half The He didn't Jazz were leading at the time 58-4- 5 return for 13 minutes When he finally came back the Jazz lead was a 'precarious with 8:35 to go In the 13 minutes Eaton was out the Blazers scored on 21 of 28 possessions They outThe 41 points came in scored the Jazz the equivalent of one quarter The Blazers got 97-9- 5 2-- 0 113-10- 5 - The Trail Blazers were still close after a r by Drexler made it 108-10: with 1:29 to play On the next possession Stockton lobbed the : ball over the Trail Blazers' trapping defense - It was a little high though and Malone made a leaping save along the baseline The ball ended up in Bailey's hands and his from the corner killed the Portland See D-- Column II 5 8 91-8- 6 41-3- 3 2 - Al Hartmann game against Portland They recovered: I Bailey scored 39 points and Malone added 35 in win Eaton Makes Difference for Jazz Middle-Cloggin- g - 4tf 1 ''':: i —Tribune Stott Photo by These guys are on the same team but Karl Malone and Thuri Bailey got a bit tangled in Wednesday's (49-41- 1 : r :: : I three-pointe- Jr vedre Utah 113 Portland 108 New York 109 Boston 100 Washington 106 Detroit 103 Milwaukee 123 Atlanta 115 ''s ' Ow NBA Playoffs : ' i 1walleT ar '':: It ' E 5 ' ': :" i l g I 1 44':: ' record-breakin- r' —48 is 1 t " IF 1 ' 1:-- i ' ' 1 -- :004 'I i ' fq 1 f : 1 '0''' 1 1 h - e :: I 1 : Dick Rogow 1 t - 101-9- j ' 40 By Steve Luhm Tribune Sports Writer The Jazz moved forward in the playoffs be cause of their forwards who were in high- : gear against Portland Wednesday night As a result the Jazz are within a game of r trend reversing a Thurl Bailey highlighted an exceptional allaround effort with 39 points and Karl Malone : added 35 as the Jazz defeated the Trail Blazto take a lead in the best-o- f ers 113-10- 8 :" five series : - Game 4 is Friday at 9 pm at the Salt Palace if the Jazz win they'll advance to the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 1985 :7 The reasons behind this victory pop for- ward quickly: - : Combined Bailey and Malone scored 74 - : of the Jazz's 113 points and made 24 of their : !: 39 field goals '- In the second half Bailey and Malone ' 7 scored 51 of the Jazz's 64 points and 15 of their 20 field goals -' -In one stretch of the second - ' half Bailey and Malone scored 26 straight t -- : points i i In the fourth quarter Bailey scored 14 i -- : points including 10 of the Jazz's last 16 Ma :- - lone scored 10 I points : : The Trail Blazers again had a hard time 1 -- : matching up with Bailey and Malone At van-- 7 - ous times Coach Mike Schuler threw Cald- I - - well Jones Jerome Kersey Maurice Lucas i -- : Kiki Vandeweghe andor Richard Anderson 1 : - at the Jazz's Dynamic Duo Bailey responded by making 15 of 25 shots nine straight free throws grabbing eight rebounds and blocking four shots Malone made only 7 of 18 shots but he had I - a team-hignine rebounds and he connected i i : on 17 of 22 free throws He was 12 of 14 from 4 the line in the second half "We look for that matchup against everyi : body" said John Stockton who contributed : 17 points and 16 assists "Those are two good i They are very good at getting them- selves open' t - : 1 Said Bailey "In clutch situations Coach ' (Frank Layden makes the call Tonight it : seemed like it was either Karl or I" : ' ' For the Trail Blazers who shot just 37 per! : : cent during the game Kersey finished with 23 : points but he had only six in the second half - on shooting Clyde Drexler (7 of 20) and I :: Kevin Duckworth (8 of 18) each added 21 ' points The Jazz started quickly in Game 3 : : They built a 10-- 2 lead in less than four min : - utes and eventually led by 17 points three : times early in the second quarter A key was Portland's poor shooting — 27 - : percent in the first quarter — and the fact that : - point guard Terry Porter watched most of the action because he picked up three fouls in just : over Eve minutes Porter's first two fouls came on the end of : Jazz fast breaks The third came when Stock ton got him into the air on a jump shot : ' "He had to take those fouls on the break" said Stockton "You can't allow a team to get rolling that early and they were definitely ' (going to be dunks" : - By halftime however the Trail Blazers deficits : - trimmed the last of those :- ) 25)1to just eight i The Jazz expected it : Said Stockton "They're a good team Any : I body who expected us to come in here and : bavi a blowout is nuts" 'Added Coach Frank Layden "Those leads never hold up do they? I watched three games on TV last night and the same thing happened These are playoff teams Sixteen leads just aren't going to hold up" or The Jazz held off the Trail Blazers in the second half despite losing center Mark Eaton ' and guard Bob Hansen for lengthy stretches : because of foul trouble : with 5:35 left Portland got as close as the first time the Blazers were within a — before Bailey conbasket since it was : verted four straight free throws to make it ' 1 I I - - 237-200- 1III II MillIEMEIMOMMENS II 4 : Call 0 JAZZ Duo's 74 Points Pushes Utah To Series Lead - Sports Information Call Local 2372025 only 67 points in the other three quarters' worth "When I'm out of there" said Eaton de scribing how he sees things from the bench "they take the ball in there a lot more confidently and a lot more often" The Blazers won't argue with that "Eaton is a big figure and the first quarter when Portland made only 28 percent of its shots should tell everybody that" said point guard Terry Porter "It's not that you force shots but he makes you change your shots When you see Mark Eaton coming you have to look to dish it" ''When he's out we're able to pretty much do what we want" said Clyde Drexler who had 11 points while Eaton was sitting "But when he's in there he clogs it up in the middle" The Jazz of course have gotten weary try- ing to point out Eaton's value to the team in the wake of fan criticism of him this year "You can talk about defense all you want but it all starts with him" said Jazz assistant coach Jerry Sloan "You start off with one guy with an attitude about defense I think that's one thing he adds to this team that a lot of We can't win people don't understand without Mark He's just as valuable as the guys who have to score points" "I think people have to realize how good he is and how he anchors our defense" said Jazz Coach Frank Layden who first moved Karl Malone to center when Eaton got his fourth foul and then brought in Mel Turpin later Portland roach Mike Schuler acknowledged Eaton's presence on defense On how to counteract the giant Schuler said "You'd hope that you make some open jumpers" The Blazers didn't do much of that Their shooting was awful and Schuler was blaming his teams execution as much as Eaton's impact "We've shown a lack of patience the last two games and we've paid dearly for it" said Schuler "It's cost us the last two games" Schuler said that in Game 1 when Portland shot 49 percent his team shot the ball only eight times on the first pass In Game 2 when the Blazers shot 41 percent the number was up to 22 times Ile clearly expected the number to be in that range or higher for Game 3 Asked about shooting the ball too quickly in the set offense Drexler commented "If you pass the ball 20 times and Eaton's there you go inside and he's still going to be there" The way to get Eaton out of there of course is to get him in foul trouble Eaton acknowledged "I'm sure that's one of the points in their game plan and I obliged them tonight" Drexler hopes the Blazers can get Eaton in foul trouble more quickly than they did Wednesday — like he chuckled "I hope in the first two minutes" Boston 2 3 IIIL Playoffs Flint 6 Saginaw 5 (OT) American League 3 Baltimore 4 Minnesota (11) Chicago 6 Boston 2 New York 4 Kansas City 3 Milwaukee 6 Texas 5 Detroit 1 California 0 Seattle 5 Cleveland 4 Oakland 3 Toronto 2 National League St Louis 5 San Francisco 3 Atlanta 7 Montreal 5 Cincinnati 3 Philadelphia 1 New York 8 Houston 0 Los Angeles 8 Pittsburgh 5 Chicago 6 San Diego 3 TV Sports MUD 6:05 pm — NBA Playoff Game Dallas at Houston itiSeND 7 pm — NHL Playoff Game Detroit at Edmonton COSC 7 pm — Boxing Mugabi vs Brown CCM) 8:30 pm — NBA Playoff Game Denver at Seattle BIM Names Track Coach Willard Hirschi an assistant on the Cougar staff for the past 24 years will replace retiring Clarence Robison as BYLIs new head coach of track and field at the end of this season Athletic director Glen Tuckett who made the announcement Wednesday said that Robison would serve as meet director of the 1989 NCAA championships to be held in Provo Robison is stepping down after 40 years as track coach for the Cougars - Eagles Seek to KO leury-Les- s By Joe Baird - ' : Colorado vs Salt Lake Tribune Sports Writer Theoren Fleury is gone but the Colorado Rangers are still hanging San Lake : out: : - The Golden Eagles wouldn't mind - having that the other way around But :- - 'eve without Fleury they like their chances against the Rangers Thurs : - 'day night in Game 4 of the Turner :: Cup semifinals at the Salt Palace Faceoff is set for 7:30 pm vie to a 4 sudden-deat- h Thanks tory over the Rangers Tuesday night in the the Birds are up series and could put the hammer down on the Western Division regular-seasochamps with another win Thursday The catch is that this time around the Eagles will be missing their post season scoring leader and they'll be dealing with a Colorado team that they dominated in all areas Tuesday - MDT lalie 6 Friday Sart Saturday Colorado Tuesday Thursday Friday Saturday May 5-- 2-- 1 leads series an Times it SO Colorado 4 3 Salt Lake 2 on lake 5 Colorado 4 (011 Colorado at Salt Lola 7 30 pm Sall lake at Colorado— Colorado at Salt lake 7 30 1 30 pm pm Sall take al Colorado' 7 30 pm necessary best-ofseve- n but still had to go to overtime to beat r Fleury scored the with 5:02 left in the extra session and he added another goal and an assist to finish with three points for the night But by Wednesday morning the 19- rookie was headed home for year-olMoose Jaw Saskatchewan having completed his 10th and final game game-winne- n d with the Eagles this season under the NIIL's entry-draf- t regulations The 14 goals and nine assists Fleury amassed in those 10 games will be missed So will the spark the feisty 5- foot-center generated both on the bench and in the stands "The realization is you don't really replace a guy like Fleury" Salt Lake Coach Paul Baxter said Wednesday "Ile was a great addition to this team a very skilled player At the same time Baxter and his players feel there is enough depth and talent on this team to fill the void "We never used Theoren as a solution at the beginning and we're sure not going to use him as an excuse now" the Eagle coach raid "Ile was a nice addendum to the contract" Marc D'Amour concurred "Theo deserved all the attention he got" said the Salt Lake goaltender "Ile's got such a big heart for such a 5 150-poun- d angers IIIL Faceoff little guy and that's what you like in a hockey player "But we've got guys who can take his spot Brent Sapergia when given the opportunity can put the the puck in the net and Steve Mac Swain can score goals too Marc Bureaus also a helluva hockey player He doesn't score a lot of goals but he gets the job Bogies vs Colorado Rangers Tonight at the the Sall Palace 730 pm KIKK-A(800) (630) and KNKK-ARangers Glance — The Rangers hotly disputg ed Theoren Fleury's goal Tuesday claiming the Eagle center was in the crease illegaty when he scored his overtime goal But they also sow plenty of room for improvement on thew own part and hope to square the series tonight with a more physical effort "We have to be better defensively realty" said Todd Elk We have to take the body o bit more they were bumping us heavy" The Rangers also have to generate more offense They managed no more thon eight shots in any of Tuesdays four periods done" It's a certainty the Rangers won't miss Fleury "He makes things happen out there he's a good little hockey player" said Ranger forward Todd Elik "Now we can just go out and play them like we did before We just have to pull out all the stops now" Tuesday it was the Eagles who pulled out all the stops The Birds bludgeoned the Coloradoans sith an almost unafathomable 69 shots on goal and three power play conver See D-- Column 6 fogies Glance — Coach Pout Baxter thought the Rangers were plenty physical Tuesday arid was unhappy with the treatment given to irrn Johannson and others during the game "I think we Wrote more contact' said Baxter And were riot going to tolerate the treatment Jo-h'mon and some of the others were accorded Paving the once is certainly acceptable but high sticks to the herd are not We'll respond eortV to Ito Noe of treotment" Added Bob Bo-dier I think it could pick up another notch physically There's a dislike far the other team that lust studs lo glow at this point at 0 series" stxtTof (0 CI) eft ? 'Asy) 004 l IkaraF1 (kN IGLES Numbers to Remember — The Eagles 69 shots on goal Tuesday was a new franchise record The prevms high was 66 against Flint in Abe Birds ate still unbeaten (60) April of 1956 in proyort games in whtch they've scored the first goat they're also still winless (0-- In games whtch the opoosttion has gotten on Me board tirst Through three games the Eagles have outscored the Rangers 1311 Records — Eagles 1 Rangers: Eagles 10°1 Playof1 Berms in the Nets — Eagles Marc ()Amour Rangers Mike Richter ) or Ron Scott (6-) 3 - !01POP p ! I - - ot4ofirA" At 4 k |
