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Show " l.iy WJ'Vi Th'1 Salt Lake Tribune Sunilav, January I 1, l'Wl Jazz Maybe Layden All-Sta- r? I Jazz players aie not doing well in the All Star balloting so far, but there is still a chance that a Jazz man will be starting in the NBA All Star Game in Denver on Jan 29 Who is he Why, Coach Frank Layuen, of course Wouldnt that be something Laj den spreading the gospel of Americas Team, as he has dubbed the Jazz, to a national audience over the NBAs big three-daweekend Believe it or not, it is a real F; m&ssz: IkV&Kfr 1 y possibility r The coaches of the two teams that will meet in Denver at the end of the month are determined by a simple method just take the coaches whose teams have the best records in their respective conferences after the games of Sunday, Jan 15 In the East, the contenders are K C. Jones of Boston and Billy Cunningham of Philadelphia In the West, it will probably come down to Layden, Pat Riley of the Lakers, and Jack Ramsay of the Trail Blazers Right now, that Western race is deadlock The virtually a three-waJazz, the Lakers, and the Blazers are all nine games above 500, with L A on the ranking basis of percentage points And who has the schedule advantage to break this tie over the next two weeks Layden does The Jazz have seven games left before the Jan 15 deadline, while the Lakers and Blazers have eight each That odd game that Utah doesn t play could end up being in Layden s favor If Portland and L A were to split their next eight games while the Jazz went then Layden, whose team would be a halfgame ahead of the other two, would be the West's coach. A look at the schedule reveals that the Jazz have the better of it over the next two weeks Utah plays four of seven at home (although one of those home games is in Las Vegas), with the three road games coming at San Antonio, Dallas, and masssEsa & 9 $ utfatruMhJMit All-Sta- p At A & 1 I rw. Associated The Philadelphia 76ers Julius Erving collected his first NBA championship ring and highly-toute- d rookie Ralph 1983: Off-Cou- By William Barnard Associated Press Writer Philadelphias first championship of the "Dr. J era. the arrival of rookie Ralph Sampson, a pair of labor disputes and the retirement of the league's top man highlighted 1983 in the National Basketball Association. The game itself had to share headlines with problems, the biggest of which saw the players union set an April 2 strike deadline for agreement with the owners It wasn't until March 31 that the two sides announced a settlement that included two unprecedented concepts in sports labor giving the players a guaranteed 53 percent of gross revenues and setting maximum and minimum salary levels for each team Unlike other league commissioners who avoided a direct role in labor disputes with players, Larry OBrien led the management team throughout the long negotiations, which started in the summer of 1932 Seven months after the settlement, OBrien announced his resignation, effective Feb. 1, 1984, after eight years of leading the NBA through the start of free agency, merger and expansion A week later, the owners appointed David Stern, the NBAs vice president in charge of business and legal affairs, to succeed OBrien. O'Brien and Stern also played a key role in the contract settlement e with the 29 referees and their union, led by Richie Phillips. Rather than let the officials work without a contract, which expired Sept. 1, the NBA locked out the regular referees and hired substitutes The contract moved the base salary of the most experienced referees from a 1982-8level of $65,000 to $90,000 by the end of the three-yea- r off-cou- rt full-tim- 3 on-cou- 76ers, Doc Win; Ralph Arrives term Although the officials got no retroactive pay for the of the season they missed, they received more playoff pay as much as $30,000 a man by 1985-8Before the settlement, there was widespread controversy over the quality of the substitute officials and their effects on the game Drugs touched pro basketball, as they did other sports in 1983, but the NBA announced a program that could lead to players being banned for life for drug use. Julius Erving arrived in Philadelphia on Oct. 21, 1976 In his first six years with the 76ers, he won virtually every individual title around but never a team championship Three times Philadelphia fell m the championship series and two other years the 76ers lost m the Eastern Conference finals The 1983 playoffs were different, however, as Philadelphia added a final, vital piece to the puzzle Before the start of the season, the d 76ers traded a draft choice and Caldwell Jones to the Houston Rockets for Moses Malone, e Most Valuable Player a Malone was easily the best rebounder in the NBA and he always seemed to save his best for the end of games, when other centers were worn out With Erving, Malone, guards Maurice Cheeks and Andrew Toney and sixth man Bobby Jones, the 76ers never showed any signs of superstar jealousy. Instead, they won 50 of their first 57 games and coasted to a 7 record. There was no letdown in the playone-quart- first-roun- two-tim- Milwaukee, which had upset the 76ers archrivals, the Boston Celtics, m four games. The Bucks fell and that one defeat was to be the only loss suffered by Philadelphia in three rounds of postseason play, an unprecedented feat. The Los Angeles Lakers, who stung the 76ers in the 1980 and 1982 championship series, lost star rookie James Worthy with a broken leg late in the season and they needed six games to defeat Midwest Division champion San Antonio in the Western Conference final. Just 36 hours later, the Lakers lost to the 76ers and a pattern was set in which Los Angeles was to lead at halftime in every game of the series, only to falter in the last two periods By Game 4, starting guard Norm o Nixon and backup center Bob also were injured for the Lakers, but the 76ers still needed seven points from Erving in the final two minutes to win the game, and the title The workmanlike Malone was named both the seasons and the playoff MVP, while Erving, the pop- 113-10- 115-10- overtrme triumph over 7 Creighton in conference 1 Saturday afternoon at Omaha. DePaul went to bread-and-butt- first-roun- 14-6- 8 4-- All-St- But Cleveland rallied late in the season to pass Indiana in the standings, so the Rockets had to survive the coin flip with the Pacers to claim the Sampson, a threetime collegiate player of the year San Diego. The Lakers have the worst of it They are obviously struggling without the injured Magic Johnson, and they play five of their next eight on the road. The Trail Blazers, trying to In the opening weeks of the season, Sampson scored 22 points per game and was among the league leaders in rebounding to help keep the Rockets near the 500 level, a far cry from the embarrassment of return the venerable Ramsay to the game he has coached only once before (1978), play four of their next eight on the road, including a three-gam- e Texas trip right before the Jan 15 cutoff. idea Layden has had the suggested to him several times in the last few days, and he says, "I don t think about that It would be a wonderful thing, but weve got two tough weeks. Ill just let things fall as they may 14-6- 8 Other notable occurrences in the teams with new coaches and four with new ownerseason. Tership to start the 1983-8ry Cummings won the Rookie of the Year award with more than 20 points and 10 rebounds per game deheart troubles spite NBA saw nine All-St- 4 late-seas- 14 day 1 Program Timer Up to 8 Hours oi Recording One Touch Recording High Speed Picture Search Single frame Advance Simplified Slow Motion Pause Still 1? pushbutton Electronic TV Tjn ng 4 f jnction Wired Remote Control Video Audio Input Output Jacks Automatic Tape Rewind 65-1- offs. The 76ers swept the New York Knicks 0 in the first round, then came Central Division champion Model Video VH5031 Cassette 388 Recorder 0 DePaul led when CreightBenoit Benjamin was fouled while making a shot with 23 seconds left. Benjamin hit his free h throw and DePaul missed its shot to send the game into overtime. The Blue Demons had a second chance with the ball, a tied game at ll and 53 seconds left in the extra period DePaul ran the clock down g until Corbin took his shot. Corbin topped all scorers with 14 points. DePaul also had Dallas with 13, and Tony Jackson and Kenny Patterson with 10 each. All er player, Tyrone Corbin, to win the contest. Corbin hit an jumper with three seconds to win the game. With eight seconds left we wanted the ball in Corbins hands because he is an excellent free throw shooter and we thought he might get fouled, said Meyer. trailed most of the DePaul, Blue-jay- s first half, falling behind the 10 as as by many points, 6 and again at 8 with 57 seconds remaining in the hall. I was afraid of this ball club and we certainly didnt play well, said Meyer. "I thought we had a chance to win the ball game," said Creighton Coach Willis Reed. "But we had some key turnovers there at the end of the first half and could have had a lead going into halftime. That could have made some difference. DePaul outscored Creighton in the opening minutes of the second half to take a 2 lead with 17 36 to 9-- 2 26-1- 28-1- 9-- 2 33-3- go The game stayed close with the Blue Demons leading by as many as three on several occasions J tor 3 tfaifc 4 The coaches who do qualify to coach the game have taken then coaching staffs with them, which means Layden would take Phil Johnson and Scott Layden with him to Denver, and Frank said, "Itd be a thrill for all of us " Then he joked "It would certainly inteifere with our entertainment on the weekend " What it would do is provide the NBA wuh some real entertainment on a weekend that is designed strictly for that purpose Add Layden: Making it to the All Star Game would be a nice hon-o- i for Layden, but whether he gets there or not, there is one honor that seems certain to come his way . NBA Coach of the Month for Dec em bei These monthly awaids were just instituted this season and Lay den was a runner-uto Dallas Dick Motta for the November award This month, the Jazz coach is the obvious favorite after going the franchise's best month ever The, league will make its announcement early this week p 11-- The Coach Who Survived: The first coaching casualty of the 1983-8season came last week, when the San Antonio Spurs fired first-yea- r coach Morris Mcllone. His NBA head coaching stint lasted all of 31 games, and Jazz Coach Frank Layden, who knew the popular McHone well when both lived in Georgia back in 1978-7- 9 (Layden was an assistant with the Hawks, McHone with the University of Georgia), said of the firing, "I feel this way the guy gets a chance to be a head coach and and its over before he can blink thats sad McHone s assistant coach was former Jazz player Allan Bristow, another coach for whom it could have been over before he could blink But Bristow is staying on as the assistant to the new Spurs coach, See Page D 6, Column 5 . 4 Dolby Stereo True Track 4 Head System 14 day 2 program T mer Front loading mover enre 10 function Wireless remote control High speed picture search Simplified slow motion Audio and video input output lacks Automatic rewind 8 hours ot recording Membrane touch controls Centralized fun tion display TVS Model VH5335 Video Cassette Recorder with ON 4 heads and CLEARANCE 53-5- ' - BEECHFADAMS NEVER BEFORE OFFERED ALL VCRS & 00 ons ar , PRICES stereo 668' SAVE OVER $300 Microwaves on Sale 4 last-ditc- msf-- 8 300 C. 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Western Michigan dropped to 6 1983 ALL ington and Steve Schmidt combined for eight points in the last three minutes of the game to lift Central vicMichigan to a tory over Valparaiso Central Michigan jumped out to an early 0 lead in the first half when Valparaiso failed to score in the first 4 41. Valparaisos John Meyne led all scorers with 21 points Central Michigan is while Valpariaso is now now 5-- 4 w 30 min. Timer & Variable Heat Settings game-winnin- ketball action its ular "Dr J ," finally got his championship ring Without Malone, Houston was the worst team in the league, finishing d Armed with their own draft pick and Clevelands, which the Rockets had acquired from Philadelphia in the Malone deal, they hoped to clinch the No 1 choice without a coin flip, annually held between the worst team in each conference. 57-a- non- bas-- Utah-Portland BEECHFADAMS Wins in Overtime 59-5- -- rt Woes in Spotlight rt Colleges: DePaul Tribune Wire Services Veteran DePaul Coach Ray Meyer said it certainly wasnt pretty "This is what you call winning ugly, he said af-- 1 ter his fourth- ranked Blue De- rr.ons pulled out a y Press Larer photos Sampson (right) arrived on the scene in 1983. Those were highlights in the NBA during 1983. just two of the ...I 21 Cu. Ft. 33 FREEZER 347 SAVE $200 67-4- 3. 1, 2-- rMm & $ mm irasgapuwBms t P4 : |
