| Show ”1fee '''7-7:'-4 14--4 i7!:2'5 c77ts :7- '' ' nitiV: 1 frt'737:iiieReFonitte:g6i — zi: : JPi3'Vg '' '': N:'-- Ylii - 'o' '''''"''-'7-:'' m4—0------ -- ' 'r - 'w4vww-44fAti-e- t -- - -- grry71747-4M4-4wo--z44494- - 4- irgiP4g "r- - - - 1'' 7t'':'-'-f- '''' ' --- - 2:!!iIV:::?:t74'''VTe77:-rs-'FF:!!::ZEStti- ''r4'--T-7r- 31)534c tr 9' -- kitm r 1 1 o - 1 1 The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday January I D9' 1990 21 - Japan Excursion Would Be Interesting Tiring Say Jazz Jazz Owner Larry Miller says he'll know "within a month" whether his team will open the 1990-9regular season with two games in Tokyo About a year ago according to Miller be heard the NBA was think- ing of playing some games in Japan For Suns: Just 1 Injured Johnson After Another 1 "Assuming" the league wanted four teams to play two exhibition games overseas he told Gary Bett- man the league's senior vice president that the Jazz would be interested in participating ' ' NBA ' Notes ' (011116 High-scorin- n g 4-- Steve Lulun ' Miller says be didn't hear anything more about it until a month ago when Bettman told him the scheme was "an 80 percent" possibility One hitch The NBA will send two teams not four to Japan for a pair of regular season games not exhibitions Miller asked Jerry Sloan bow he ' felt about the idea and the Jazz coach approved provided the NBA give the Jazz ample time to recover from the journey when they returned home Bettman told Miller that wouldn't be a problem and the Jazz owner again indicated be was interested As it stands now the opposition will be either the Suns or the SuperSonics Games will be played in a 14000-sea- t arena now under construction and the Jazz have been assured at least three or four days off when they return Miller said When they heard about this whole thilig Jazz players reacted with excitement over taking their product into uncharted territory and concern over the travel involved "I think it'd be fantastic" said Bob by Hansen "I've never been to Japan and it makes sense The NBA's definitely making the next step into Jhe international market and it seems I think pan has all the money they'll embrace it" And the travel? "Just as long as they don't schedule it so we come back and play the next night" Hansen said "The only negative" said Darrell Griffith "is the travel Coming and The going But it should be fun whole concept now is to make the NBA into a global sport" Mark Eaton says he expected the league to experiment with games in Japan a country he's already visited "I knew the NBA paid the players' association not to go over there for an game because they were thinking about this thing" the Jazz player rep said "And I think it'll be fun Obviously the travel is difficult I 'ease -- ea e se ea se at 4 Le7e ee'seel ':se'5-a4 e 7 ' - ae '''n ' ier 4 r' IC:tee :::: 43 - e- ' 'e?ee e ' --a'':-''- ' ' 'ij! i le ee ea ere" '' ' 4':-- ' ': ::: nes A ale- ::: oee e 4 7 '4: t:0:1 :4$ ? "Maybe they're going to buy the NBA' ' he says "They've bought into everything else" Seriously Malone expressed surprise that the two games will count in the regular season standings But Miller said the promoters who will pay all expenses of the visiting teams and match the revenue a lost home game would generate insisted on the real thing "I could see an exhibition more 4a- - a Will weak-knee- e Bere ever play well again? The Lakers aren't sure Sampson the game Baltimore Oriole Randy Milligan gave a baseball clinic Everyone attending received a free bat thereby making it the first-eve- r Bat Night in the NBA Then after the game the fans stayed to watch the closedcircuit telecast of the George Foreman-GerrCooney heavyweight fight Apparently the idea worked The first time the Bullets hosted the Heat this season only 8000 attended Monday night a crowd of 11000 showed up with the three-inonpromotion was quickly detected by Heat Assistant Coach Dave Wohl He immediately noticed hundreds of people walking around with baseball bats and said "Not a good idea" against mifinishing with two ght on points shooting Laker rookie Viade Divae meanwhile scored a career-hig25 'points in 28'minutes Said Divec "Ralph is a very good player but he' isn't strong like Akeem 018111W011 or Patrick Ewing Today I had a very easy game" Divac's teammates agreed "You've got to wonder if he should even be out there" said Byron Scott h was impossible to tell which one was bothering him the most" Added James Worthy "He defi- nitely wasn't the Ralph I'm He just ain't got tomed to Even Coach Kings accus- it" e Around the league: The Kings' Tisdale recently became r of a CBA expansion team in Oklahoma City The team nicknamed the Cavalry begins play next season Said Tisdale "Some day I can see myself sitting in the stands puffing on a big cigar and celebrating a championship" Red Auerbach eat After three of his your heart out players (Gerald Wilkins Charles Oakley and Johnny Newman) voiced unhappiness at their playing time recently Knicks Coach Stu Jackson just coach said shrugged The first-yea- r "It doesn't upset me I ask myself when those type of things happen 'What did I expect Boys Town?' 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RA DIALS FOR AMERIC AN CARS - 04'' 11:4 ere st Ralph SMPSOn S200-andinsta- nt 41'''a :le esaa eeee aee nee The Suns' injury woes continued when Eddie Johnson's shoulder popped out of its socket during a low-potussle is d Nationgfirewholesale - ' a —Untied Press international Photo thld IT:311C22: 1111111141171r 06-- t's ' -- BUSTERS ea ' 'e Waisa 9 4 -' - e 28-1- 3 9 problem Hmmm Karl Malone figures the time is right to take pro basketball to Japan D oo R '' '' ee eeee ne 'eee e'-e-'e ' 01 ea e'y e a a - 10-3- a enee '04ne) 'ne gt 1' es 24 0 6 esas e es aa -- ' nie el W' - 5 N sea e 4 'i:'- se 'see V1 eaer e gfitk f V '''141''''' 44 : a en ee e fr' e'n ee's ' ' '' a e i e tigS444416 ?' 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"The first thing" be said "would be training camp if you open the season over there You'd have to start early Plus its a long trip a tough one to get your guys acclimated "But it'd be a experience It's the kind of thing these guys would remember the rest of their lives" On a personal level the Jazz coach just smiles over traveling halfway to play basketball around "It's a helluva long way from southern Illinois" said Sloan a native of McLeansboro It's a long way over But when it really hits you is coming back The recovery time when we get back would be the most critical aspect" Like Eaton rookie Blue Edwards has been to Japan He played in a series of college games there last summer "The people were great" said Edwards "They don't really understand the game so there's a lot of excitement and curiosity: They wondered what was going on So did Edwards ' at least when he sat down to eat "I didn't trust the food" he said "I didn't eat any Japanese food Mostly I just ate fruit "I went to McDonald's once and had a shake fries and an apple pie I didn't trust anything with meat' Edwards laughed at the memory "We'd been there a week" he recalled "and one of my friends said 'Hey have you noticed that we haven't seen one pet' " ' i "rare" basketball a ‘a-Ittee- All-St- Ouch lie called it else d 20-1- 4 1 40-400'--- injury but that doesn't mean much to the injury-plagueSuns who'll miss Eddie Johnson almost as much as they missed Kevin Johnson Eddie said the injury occurred posiwhen he wrestled for low-potion with Minnesota's Sam Mitchell Joateson went to the floor once got up and continued arm fighting with Mitchell That's when he was hurt "We just got our arms twisted up" said Johnson "He was moving forward and I was moving back But there was no doubt something was wrong It just popped" There is one silver lining to this cloud for the Suns however If Johnson can return in four weeks he'll miss only 13 games That's because of a quirk in the schedule and the upcoming break — Steve Luhm Phoenix rose from early-seaso- n ashes when point guard Kevin Johnson's hamstring fiaally healed After beating Minnesota Thursand day night the Suns were closing ground on Pacific Division leaders LA and Portland Now however the Suns have to regroup again sixth-maEddie Johnson averaging 17 points a game dislocated his left shoulder against the Timberwolves He'll be sidelined 8 weeks Dr Paul Steingud the Suns' team physican called it a "very significant injury because approximately 50 percent of these recur" According to Dr Steingard that's because when the shoulder is dislocated "a pathway out of the socket" develops guard situation After a slow start all star Mark Jackson is playing well again As a result backup Rod Strickland has watched his minutes diminIA noticeably Eventually watch for to Strickland to be traded perhaps the Spurs For now land complain: "There's one thing I've learned and that is night in and night out I'm playing for Rodney When I'm out there I ve got to play for me" at home and The Miami Heat is on the road There's still a long way to go but since the league was founded-i1946 only 11 teams have ever finished a season with more road wins than home wins The last team to do it was the New York Nets who at home and 1229 on the were Before that the road in 1976-7at 197475 Boston Celtics were home and 32-- on the road Says Heat Coach Ron Rothstein "I guess you could call us the road warriors" Bullets Coach Wes Unseld gave rookie Tom Hammonds his first pro start Thursday night Drafted ninth overall in the first round Hammonds averaged only 1112 minutes a game until breaking into the starting lineup Asked if he'd given up the idea of bringing Hammonds along slowly Unseld explained that the first-yea- r forward earned the promotion: "You make the most of your minutes when you're in there Then that gives you more minutes I guess it'd be nice to reap the benefits of a with a rookie But by then the coach has usually been fired" Maybe Unacid's been thinldng about that lately won nine of After all the owing a their next 33 Bgames In Sacramento's win T ues- dstart over the Hawks Danny Athir 25 played a season-lowatched the final 9:17 Said Coach Dick Motta "A guy can't be up for every game and if he isn't its the coach's responsibility to get him out here We Were not feather-beddindon't owe anybody anything" Golden State's Don Nelson wanted the game ball Monday after a loss at Indiana En route to victory the Pacers made 22 of their first 27 shots and led by as many as 52 in the fourth quarter Why would Nelson want to remember that game? 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