Show pje gait fake f IS Monday Morning— April 22 1991 Section C Page 1 azz Let Division Title Slip Away J'J'iwmmbwwmbi By Steve Luhm huh ji mi ii iiwi umuiuiniami— an Tribune Sports Writer OAKLAND Calif — Destiny in hand the Jazz let the Midwest Division championship slip through their fingers Sunday Mitt Richmond scored 32 points Chris Muffin added 28 and Tim Hardaway finished with 21 as the Golden State Warriors ripped the lifeless Jazz 125-10- 6 The loss not only gave San Antonio the division title and the No 2 playoff seed in the West it dropped Utah into fifth place in the conference behind Phoenix first-roun- d playNow instead of opening a off series with the Warriors Utah starts in Phoenix Thursday night Against Golden State which finished the regular season e with a winning streak the Jazz played as though all that didn't matter Utah shot 45 percent They let the Warriors shoot 57Vi percent They failed to hold Golden State to fewer than SO points in any of the four quarters The Jazz trailed by at least 10 through the final 2Vt quarters "I'm a little disappointed we didn't compete better" said Jazz coach Jerry Sloan "But you have to be realistic too It was the third game in four nights for our players They didn't look like they had the energy to compete" One other thing noted Sloan "They played awfully well" he said "They shot well They spread the floor on us well They had an answer for I can't be that upset with our everything we tried to do guys We had a bad day Let's see what happens t'litjiwjiiii''1" w iiajjjiiiuuwsMijii— Mn fwnmiwiia iiiii m num m wroMgaaMiu j mu ' yj best-of-fiv- e Utah finished at 54-2- 8 0 Milwaukee 11 Toronto 8 Chicago 5 Detroit 4 Minnesota 4 California 3 Seattle 7 Oakland 2 Kansas City at New York ppd Boston at Cleveland ppd rain Texas at Baltimore ppd rain o Pittsburgh 13 Chicago 12 Atlanta 3 Cincinnati 2 St Louis 7 Philadelphia 6 Los Angeles 6 San Diego 0 San Francisco 1 Houston 0 New York 9 Montreal 5 Like last season when they had X V type of team that once they get ahead they're tough to catch But it's very disappointing to be as flat as were in a big game like this" The Jazz never got started Golden State jumped to a 12-- 5 lead Utah had as many baskets (two) as turnovers in their first eight possessions Karl Malone opened with four straight misses only one of which came inside 10 feet "I didn't get off to a good start" he said "Maybe I didn't take great shots at the beginning I don't know If I didn't IH take the blame for that" Said Mark Eaton "I think we started out trying to them a little bit instead of concentrating on what we do best" Sloan agreed p that included Noting the Warriors starteda Richmond Hardaway Mullin and Sarunas Marciulionis along with center Alton Lister he said "They had four guards out there it looked like we had five the way everybody was wanting to shoot the ball from the perimeter" On the other end the Jazz paid dearly for their jump shooting The Warriors' break kicked into high gear and 3 lead at the end of the the Warriors opened a X f V NHL Playoffs Boston 3 Montreal 2 Pittsburgh 3 Washington 1 TV Sports 6 pm — WLAF Football Sacramento at NYNJ (Wil 6:30 pm — Baseball Cubs at Cardinals 30 1 8 pm — Baseball Padres at Giants CHM3 8:30 pm — Baseball Braves at Dodgers (WD j fl Nv x V l) - - vALhS ' v— -- -- x— t )1 v out-sco- re Golden State 'Clwoses' Not To Face Ja mini-lineu- 1 31-2- 0f quarter "must in vim "My biggest concern was how we played the first quarter" said Sloan "We weren't very good defending the basket We weren't quite ready to play" Golden State made 13 of 23 shots in the period More importantly the Jazz didn't earn a trip to the foul line That's a sure signal that most of the shots were coming from long range "We didn't play well early" said Thurl Bailey "We didn't come out like it was a championship game and they did They came out like the game was very important to - J)r"-- By Steve Luhm Tribune Sports Writer OAKLAND Calif — The Golden d State Warriors decided their playoff opponent Sunday Too bad for the Jazz win over The Warriors' 125-10- 6 Utah at the Oakland Coliseum sent Golden State into an opening-roun- d series with Midwest Division champion San Antonio instead of runner-u- p N first-roun- trailed only As bad as things were going however Utah Golden State 125 Utah 106 San Antonio 135 Dallas 101 Phoenix 135 Portland 118 Atlanta 117 Boston 105 Minnesota 89 Washington 87 Chicago 108 Detroit 100 Cleveland 123 Philadelphia 110 Sacramento 105 Clippers 101 Orlando 120 New Jersey 110 Houston 131 Denver 125 LA Lakers 103 Seattle 100 National League 55 wins they ended up one game behind the Spurs Karl Malone had 32 points after a rocky start John Stockton had 15 points and 11 assists "They jumped all over us" said Jeff Malone who scored 14 points "We couldn't stop them and they're the them" NBA American League five-gam- tomorrow" zzSports Capsulezz I "'' i Associated PreM er - Utah )' with two minutes gone in the second quarter Then the Warriors opened a cushion which never disappeared on a jumper by Richmond two baskets by Hardaway and two more by Mullin In a critical span of 3:22 the Jazz didn't score from the field Karl Malone supplied two points with his only two free throws of the first half Golden's State's burst put the Jazz in a 43-3- 1 hole It was 64-4- 9 at half time when Richmond hit a three-pointIn the third quarter the Jazz stayed close enough to See C-- 2 Column 6 33-2- 9 John Stockton knocks ball away from Warrior guard Chris Mullin but it was Mullin and his team- - i mates who knocked the Jazz out of Midwest title Jazz will now open playoffs against Phoenix Suns ' Before tipoff speculation centered on whether the Warriors wanted to play the Spurs with whom they split a four-gam- e season series or the Jazz whom they've ousted from the playoffs twice since 1987 The "vote" was about 50-5- 0 "I hope we answered some of the critics" said Warrior coach Don Nelson "We took this game quite seri-Se- e C-- 2 Column 3 in Error Scoring NFL AWOL Draft Begins 'Rocket' as Tarnishes Dallas Opts Ismail Flees To Canada LOS ANGELES (AP) — The fastest player in football is now the richest Raghib "Rocket" Ismail spurned the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday and signed the most lucrative contract in pro football history with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League Toronto owner Bruce McNall said Ismail's contract includes a guaranteed $18 million in US dollars over four years and incentives that could increase the value of the deal to more than $26 million reThe speedy wide receiver-kic- k turner from Notre Dame said there were several reasons he chose the CFL over the NFL but one of the most important was financial security for his family "I'm going to make my family happy" said Ismail runnerup in last year's Heisman Trophy voting "Regardless of how things turn out for me they're going to be able to live comfortably and not have to worry about anything" Ismail who skipped his senior season at Notre Dame to turn pro replaces San Francisco quarterback Joe Montana as football's highest-pai- d player Montana makes almost $4 million per year Most people expected the Cowboys to make Ismail the No 1 pick in Sunday's NFL draft but they took Miami defensive tackle Russell Maryland instead after contract negotiations with Ismail broke down The Cowboys obtained the first pick in a trade with the New England Patriots "We made good faith negotiations with the Rocket but his numbers were totally out of our range" Dallas owner Jerry Jones said "We found out pretty quick he was headed for Canada" Some of the incentives in Ismail's contract are based on his ability to See C-- 3 Column 1 For Maryland DRAFT 1991 j1JEBesI round reuit3 By Dave Goldberg AP Football Writer There are only 27 picks In the first round In 1991 beeaus® the New York Jets have already used a pick from this year In last year's supplemental draft PICK TEAM O Ded!aaCcwt)9yttrN£) £3 Ctovotand Srownt Attartt O O Lm O Fttoont Denver BronoM Anaeiea Rem ' Phoenix CarriinJ Tampa Bay Buccaneer SHI Phli Eagle San Diego O (ft Green Bay) Chrsf Detroit Uon PLAYER POS SCHOOL Ruwell Maryland DL Waml Eric Turner S UCLA Bruce Ptckera CB Nebraska MlkeCroel LB ToddLyght CB Notre Dame Nebraska EricSwinn DL No college ChwieeMcRae OT Tennessee Anton Devts OT Tennessee Stanley Richard CB Texas Herman Moore WR Virginia Pat Harlow OT Southern Cal fH Nw EnglniKl §H Dallas Cowboy A Hants Faloon AMn Harper WR Tennessee Mike Prltchard WR Colorado NJL Patriot Leonard RusmII RB Arizona Huey Richardson LB Florida Seattle Seahawka Dan McGwire QB San Diego WMhRadaklntfrPaiiM) Bobby Wilson DT Michigan SL CincJnmti Bengal Alfred William LB Colorado Peckers (frPhtaj Dallas Cowboy (fr WashJ Vincent Clark CB Ohio SL Kelvin Pritchett DT Mississippi Kansa City Chief Harvey William RBLSU ChtcfgoBear Stan Thomas OT Texas Miami Ddphm Randal WR Miami Hi fH H Patriot fr Dates) PrtUburghSteeler O Ui O O &B S3 HI E2 E3 EH Lo AngeJe Raider 71 SnFr(Klco9er 0pi St Hill St QB Southern Cal Ted Washington DL Louisville Buffalo BIB Henry Jone S Illinois New York Giant Jarrod Bunch FB Michigan "Six-Yard- years" Detroit - UnderdaMman 300-poun- d first-roun- Todd Madnovlch Traded to NEW YORK — Once the Rocket lifted off to Canada the NFL draft turned into a defensive drama The first six picks Sunday were defensive players with Miami tackle Russell Maryland being the No 1 overall pick by the Dallas Cowboys The defensive run doubled the previous record at the start of a draft There were six defensive backs and six defensive linemen taken in the longest first round in draft history — four hours 55 minutes The record was due to the many deals that took place most of which were orchestrated by the Cowboys Three of the top six players were defensive backs including UCLA safety Eric Turner taken second by the Cleveland Browns Such a strong run was made on lineman defense that Eric Swann who never played a down in college was the No 6 overall pick by the Phoenix Cardinals who have a reputation for making d picks surprise Swann was only the second player without college experience ever se" Sitko was lected — Emil taken by the Rams in 1946 but opted for Notre Dame The most notable offensive pick came late in the round when the Los Angeles Raiders picking 24th chose controversial quarterback Todd Marinovich of Southern Cal The USC sophomore was arrested earlier this year on drug possession charges The Raiders raised eyebrows again selecting Ismail in the fourth round "Anytime you can get a player as explosive as this you have to take a shot" Raiders coach Art Shell said "He'll still be a young man in four el others are seniors APMaflha P Hernandez He would in fact be 25 should he See Column 4 C-- 3 Gymnastics Meet By Dick Rosetta Tribune Sports Editor TUSCALOOSA Ala — An incorrect score from Saturday night's NCAA women's gymnastics balance beam championship has been upheld by the NCAA's executive committee leading Utah Coach Greg Marsden and Georgia Coach Suzanne Yoculan to launch verbal broadsides at meet officials University of Utah junior Missy Marlowe and University of Alabama junior Gina Basile were awarded a 9875 following identical beam scores in the field at Alabama's eight-woma- n Coleman Coliseum It was discovered by this reporter about one hour after the mjet had concluded that Basile's scores had been miscalculated Basile should have received a 9825 leaving Marlowe as the clear-cu- t champion and tie dropping Basile into a third-plac- e with Oregon State's Chari Knight and moving Georgia's Hope Spivey (985) into second place "It's an unfortunate administrative error" said Nancy Lattimore assistant director of NCAA championships who was in charge of the gymnastics meet "The official score sheet was signed and verified by the coaches" said Lattimore "It's now considered officommitcial They're the tee just not willing to take away that Basile's championship" Marsden whose Utes finished second to Alabama in the team championship on Friday night was livid "They're the committee covering their rears saying it was an honest mistake" said the Ute coach "This makes a joke of our national championships" Marsden said "the appearance is so horrible It's an Alabama gymnast Alabama is running the meet it's Alabama people tallying the scores and it was the gymnastics committee's re sponsibility to see all that was being done properly and that the right people got their awards And they did not do that" Marsden was made aware of the oversight about 10:30 pm some 90 minutes after the meet had concluded Lattimore said the committee reached its decision "after about 45 minutes of deliberations" Marsden said he was informed of the decision at 2 am Marsden admitted it was his responsibility to "make sure my athletes' scores are correct just as It is for Alabama's coach Sarah Patterson to make sure her athletes' scores are correct" It was a basic blunder Basile the n field fifth entrant in the was scored 985 980 980 and 990 by the four judges as the official sheet clearly indicated The high score and the low score are thrown out leaving a 985 and a 980 to be averaged That comes out to 9825 But when Basile's score was hoisted high for all the 7413 fans (and media) to see it was 9875 "The score goes through three channels" said Salt Lake City judge Ann Marie Jensen who was a spectator at this meet "The head beam judge Sandy Oldham passes it on to the scorer at the beam table who through headphones relays it to the official scorer Darrell Gardner who in turns posts it Later the original score sheets are compared to the official one typed into the computer at the official score table" Jensen added that "a lot of people missed a very obvious mistake" Marlowe's scores were 990 990 980 and 985 Again with one of the highs of 990 and the low of 980 thrown out her two scores of 990 and 985 averaged to 9875 Basile was the person caught in the middle "If I was Gina I'd take what 1 See C-- 2 Column 1 eight-woma- |