Show Halt £ak t Erilmnc ©Ijc Section I) Thursday No ember 10 108$ l or Recorded Scores 1800-602-435- 1 Page Sports Information Call 2372001 Call Local 2372025 1 Late Jazz Burst Puts Kings Away Visitors Hit 'Malone Zone’ By Steve Luhm Tribune Sports Writer The winless Kings lost at the Salt Palace again Wednesday night 1 OS-8- Starting the fourth quarter however Sacramento was in great bhape That s especially true when you consider all the strange things that weie happening The Kings' starting center wab creating havoc despite wearing a flak jacket to protect broken ribs The Kings' starting small for0 ward was a not from the field i The Kings scored only 42 points in the first half shooting only 35 3 percent in the process And just think: All this from a team that had lost its first two games of the season by an average of 20 points while looking suspiciously like the worst team in the Pacific Division Still there they were With lib? minutes left the Kings trailed the Jazz by only six points Joe Kleine — flak jacket and all — buried a jumper It was Kleine's 12th point of the game his eighth of the half and his sixth in a row for Sacramento which was somehow still alive Then however the Kings entered the Malone Zone In the next two minutes the Jazz s Karl Malone took over The Kings were dead In rapid-firorder Malone scored two baskets forced a steal that led to John Stockton's three-poin- t play added a three-poin- t play himself and grabbed a defensive rebound that resulted in a by Stockton on the other end s The Jazz's lead with 9 minutes to jumped to crowd of play The 11741 wasn't scared any more “You have to be concerned right there" said Malone who finished with 35 points 11 rebounds five blocked shots four assists and four steals in 36 energetic minutes think we stopped executing our stuff running and doing the things you need to to to win ball games But then we stepped it up a notch and won That's the important thing If you're ahead when the horn blows that's what counts" so-s- o 15-fo- e once-tenuou- 85-6- 7 1 Kleine Wednesday night during Jazz’s 105-8- Palace win 1 By Lex Hemphill Tribune Sports Writer Even the gang that can't shoot straight has to have a lead gun And for the Sacramento Kings that's Rod- By Ronald Blum AP Sports Writer NEW YORK — Frank Viola the who Minnesota Twins led the major leagues in victories record was in compiling a 24-named winner of the 1988 American League Cy Young Award on ney McCray a McCray 52 percent shooter through the first five years of his career had an NBA record shooting night Wednesday at the Salt Palace He took 15 shots from the floor and he didn’t make one McCray's scattershooting fit in nicely with his new Sacramento teammates as the Kings followed up a 30 percent shooting effort the previous night at home against Seattle with 33 loss to percent futility in their 105-8the Jazz The Kings who have that Hornet-Hea- t look about them have now shot 36 percent and have averaged 86 left-hand- down Viola the first Twins player to win since Jim Perry in 1970 said 1 points through their first three games which have been losses by 18 18 and 24 points Even so Kings Coach Jerry Reynolds doesn't think the ball movement has been that bad on his team "If you're moving it from one nonit scorer to another doesn't make much of a difference" he shrugged Right now McCray who came to the Kings m a trade with Houston a month ago is the chief for Reynolds He wasn't exactly burning it up coming in He was Tues Minnesota’s Frank Viola Young Winner non-scor- ’88 AL C there was no reason to be upset that he wasn't a unanimous pick out of 28 that s "Twenty-seve- non-scor- Column 5 D-- Frank Layden still felt we were all right starting of the fourth quarter They fought back nicely Give them credit But we showed a lot of poise and got the ball inside ' iast year at a point like that we might have blown the lead But tonight I thought we showed maturity When they got close we went right Jazz Coach Its funny back to work 1 ' Concerning Malone Layden said He did all the things you have to do to win " As a result the Jazz coasted to their first win of the season despite what " Layden called "some ' rough edges Still the Jazz had a lot better luck offensively than the Kings Sacramento ended up making only 31 of its 91 shots Heading the list of were Rodney McCray Ed Pinckney and Derek Randy Wittman Smith Just 24 hours after scoring 75 points in a loss to Seattle the Kings roared back for 81 against the Jazz They didn t score more than 23 points in any quarter For the Jazz Stockton finished off a solid night with 23 points and 14 assists Thurl Bailey moved to the bench in favor of rookie Jose Ortiz loss to the SuperSonics after a 104-9last Friday added 15 points "That starting! group did a good job" Layden said "We got exactly what we wanted out of Jose He gave us a good stint By starting him we made our substitution pattern a lot easier In fact thought we looked a lot like last year " How did Bailey's latest sixth-mas 1 appearance go'’ ' Like the others" he said "It s not a big transition Hopefully this will work throughout the season 1 think it will ” Ortiz meanwhile had five points and six rebounds in 16 minutes after not getting off the bench in the opener against the Somes Defensively he drew McCray at the start of the game and obviously he did reasonably well "I guess I like it" Ortiz said "It feels good starting — knowing you can do something to help the team But it puts more responsibility on your shoulders" Asked to critique his performance Ortiz said "I can play a lot better —tribune Stott Pholo t)v Ric " day night against the Somes and for the season (31 percent) Then came Wednesday night's McCray spread it out He took four shots in the first quarter three in the second five in the third and three in the fourth He didn't make any "You can't miss like that for 82 games” he said "I hope not If so I 'll be the first one to do it" He wasn't the first one to go in an NBA game It had been done seven times before but only once since 1960 That was bv Ray Williams of the Nets in 1981 W’illiams and McCray are linked by more than just their joint listing in the NBA record book under "most field goal attempts none made game — 15" They are also two of the distinguished basketball products of Mt Vernon NY It must be the water When McCray made his living as the "other" forward in the Twin Towers alignment with the Rockets he could take only shots And he didn’t take many bad shots Tuesday night He just didn t make any "Hey when you're open you've got to take it" said McCray who once had an night for the Rockets two years ago "It just so happens they weren’t going down But I'm not going to get " discouraged It's only three games deep-freez- e 'ibid AngiT r IB wilt Domthv t a could get on our feet So for six months we ate their food and had no rent payment Mom and dad kept us going " Bud Fassel has kept a lot of young athletes Dick going Ilosetta - tot the nalicim based American League team Di Jones lias been a guest of f at niinv an Angels game However tin overriding reason Kassel know all w otld bo w ell asuio from the dogged determination his dad has shown during Ills (iti you waslbat ht told me be d be up and mound to mot loi m against Utah Mate and irreptionist BYT ' And when Bud has told Jim tilings the last 35 years oi so 1 asset has learned to listen and to beio o woiildu t bo a ooe h il ll wereri t for dad was down and out and barely making ends the World Foot nice! atlei 'be slioil stav biP Boapiio '174 75 I was going to go into ou in s' with a hmhlv but dad l enmidod me bail alwavs w anted p ho a i oaeli Jim s wi re But Mion a n t riionov bv that tune Sin O ami had tw i wanted to oo h Soon a dad heard that lie v dl thorn untd w igr'i nd vi i nno 1 I 111 vv I i r i Larry Stone who played linebacker for honors Utah from 1967-6earning twice played at Anaheim High School in the mid- 60s Bud Fassel was the equipment man for the team He was the equipment man for 25 years all but one of which were league championship seasons for Coach Claire s troops ' Bud was also a second father to many of us " said Stone now in business in Washington remember my parents moved to Covina w hen I was 16 commuted every day down to Anaheim to stay in high school there Bud Fassel was the first guy I ever met He chased me rigid into the weight room and made sure I stayed there he was never “The thing about Bud afraid to tell you what he was thinking He was a gond man with good values He had no hidden agenda in regards to how he operated He tried to be hard out he was an old softie He d always make von think you were special saved tins set of pads just for you son' he would tell the guvs Bud never told you how to do anything lb left that to the Anaheim coaching staff But to encouraged you to think about bow to no it offered Stone lassel nevi'i got a dcgrei mi R eouldn t 9 Executive Sports Editor v paired knee on the beneh for the final 18 minutes The Jazz coach said he was looking ahead to Utah's first stretch of the season which resumes Thursday at Houston "I told Griff We re not going to test fate' ' Layden explained "Not Especially on defense Reminded that McCray fired 15 blanks he smiled and added "Well I guess I put a little pressure on him But rookie Ricky Berry got a few on me late m the penetrations " game By then however the Jazz had used the Malone-leoutburst early in the fourth quarter to put the game away That enabled Layden to keep Darrell Griffith and his surgically-re- - vet " Said Griffith "1 can understand that I've got no problem with it " Center Mark Eaton who played 34 d See The thing is it's the first three games he's played with the Kings and it's not making last month's trade look very good in Sacramento The Kings had a contract hassle v ith power forward Otis Thorpe so they sent him off to Houston for McCray and Jim Petersen Petersen has been out after surgery on his right knee and (16 percent) McCray is now Meanwhile Thorpe whom the Jazz get to see Thursday night is averaging 22 points a game Nice trade so far Is McCray feeling pressure because of the trade-"Nope no pressure whatsoever' he said "1 don t think I have anything to prove to anybody" He refuses to write off his current troubles to a period of adjustment with his new team He's just not playing well and he hopes to dig out of it "I m just going to try to keep doing the things that I have done since I've been in the league that have made me successful" said McCray who did contribute eight rebounds and eight assists Wednesday night Reynolds was asked if perhaps he could make McCray more a part of the Kings' feeble offense if tie's shooting 15 "Obviously ' shots he s part of it Reynolds re hopi- he s just m a slump sponded Column D-- 1 I 1 1 1 ’ I I Bud pist w win ” One of the Jazzmen who watched McCray's bricklaying with some degree of empathy was Darrell Griffith a college teammate of McCrays at Louisville In fact with Derek Smith starting for the Kings at guard Wednesday ttiree of the five starters on the 1980 Louisville NCAA championship team were on the floor at tipoff ' I'm quite sure tonight w ill be long for him ” said Griffith of McCray "The reason w by I say that is because be s got prub' in his game and sitting in the hotel room all by yourself vnu re alwavs going to reflect back on the game Bui as I said lies a good plavei He s going to bounce back I coach But he became so entrenched m bis equipment room work tha' he stayed until retirement "Dad was the motivational type Jim said Wednesday "They told me that a kid would tell Coach Vanlloorbeke he was quitting amt Claire would say 'Cheek m youi equipment with Bud ' Dad always talked th kid out ol quitting "He did a lot more than that He would buv shoes and other Christmas gifts foi kid-- Mom would make sandwiches for dad to takr to work and dad would give them to pluvei Bud Fassel worhi'd two jobs lo keep In But be and mom novel missed family going my games not at Anaheim Fullerton lie oi Southern Cal 197(1 Rose Bowl champs! ot ’I Icy Long Bear'h Stab ' 70 l’f'AA champ' found tune always Thev found time again hist Saturdiv to watch Jim and his troops Bud had heart pal pitations m the first half of the the CSC game Dr Jones drove him to the hospital checking his pulse every block of tic wiv Tuesday Bud s old htiddv Jnnesv patched him up for a lot mon Ide It was lult Tuesday aftei marathon heart mu gen when Jim Fassel lent ovci hi dad of ab knew lo ouldr t bilk lei an tied f 3 'd d In d (tie tubes but pet lc foi i be Up and with u- bo Un 'o am1 IAC ' games ' He's been a 50 percent shooter his caso I assume he'll come out of it" McCray suggested that he might be better off playing a little bit at the (power forward where the Kings start LaSalle Thompson) instead of the 3 (small forward) "The is not going to be the position for me on certain nights” veteran “Tonight said the maybe I could have been a better That's a player if I played the feeling-ou- t process that he Reynolds is going to have to learn about me and everybody else We don't have a big team and sometimes I m going to have to play power forward which I don't mind I just want to go out there and reer n Fassel’s Dad Bud Exemplifies the Right Stuff Utah plavs Utah State Saturday afternoon but it s really just another football game Oh you'd have a hard time minimizing the battle for the Ute 'layimport of the ers And the coaching staff would kick your rear end right through the Huntsman Center walls if you even intimated that the Aggies were "just another opponent " But Ute Head Coach Jim Kassel received an alarming reminder about priorities this last weekend His biggest football victory margin ever as Ute mentor 46 7 over Colorado State last Sal urday was tempered by a vgil at the LDS Hospital bedside of his father It's a simple task to sustain a drive on a football field Utah s offense has done it mam times — for instance five times last Saturday from 50 yards or more for scores against CSt ' William ' Bi d" Kassel sustained a drive for life the last lew 'lays That his father would come through quint'-piby iass In ail surgery with flying coin's was a foregom conclusion foi Jim Basse' "1 knew he was under the care of the le there is in the business in Dr Kent Jones a! o chairman of Utah's Crimson Club booni group) And I also knew that he hail told Jon esv just before he went into surgerv that )c d (letter do a good job or he eouldn t get to am more Calilorina Angels baseball gaines The elder Kassel resides in Anaheim and is fcyon Jazz’s Karl Malone is trying to protect the “mail” from Kings’ Lasalle Thompson as Mark Eaton (53) offers a helping hand Kings’ McCray Ties Dubious Record Twins’ Lefty Viola Nabs AL Cy Young Award Wednesday Viola received 27 of a possible votes and 138 of a 28 first-plac- e possible 140 points from the Baseball W'nters' Association of America Dennis Eckerslev of the Oakland Athletics got the other first place vote and was second with 52 points Mark Gubicza of the Kansas City Royals was third with 26 points Dave Stewart of Oakland had 16 Bruce Hurst of the Boston Red Sox had 12 and teammate Roger Clemens Cy Young winner in 1986 and 1987 had eight "I didn't know what to expect" Viola said from his Orlando Fla home "1 didn't want to worry about it You don't want to get your hopes "too high so that they get shot Said ' mkod ’ Sports Capsuleiz NBA Chicago 0 I New Yoik Boston Washington ('hppors T A' iau'a 95 Cleveland 108 I )el roll 101 7 05 So Plioomv older I 1 lami 93 M aiicnlo 8 Is’ia 103 i 0 M aMlo stab l K 91 Philadelphia 103 San Anloini lab lo I Milwaukoi I 04 117 L'b oI s I o v 2 v oI 0 1 NHL Bui lain ( 'algn Rangers 5 Philadelphia b I dimmtoi 3 Now aoisov 2 i('Tl 'lm ago C M T Montreal I let! 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