Show T? 2F Ogden Standard-Examin- Thursday May 24 1984 er Cougars lead in tourney P Phoenix Suns refuse to set in the West as the Bucks fall short in East decision at the Forum Wednesday top-rank- ed first-roun- d play of the NCAA Cham- Golf Tournament pionship night and the Suns forced a Game 6 Friday Walter Davis led Phoenix with 27 points and he and Maurice Lucas sank clutch shots in the final minute to repulse a furious Laker comeback bid In the East the Boston Celtics reached the NBA finals and avenged last year’s tri8 humiliating sweep with a — umph over Milwaukee eliminating the Bucks in five games The Suns expected by most to set in the West in Game 5 instead used blistering shooting to gather momentum for a sixth game In the process they handed the Lakers their first home playoff loss after seven victories this season “The opinion was that we didn’t stand much of a chance except we didn’t be- NCAA golf which got under way here Wednesday BYU led by Rick Fehr’s 69 put together a team 285 to take total of a narrow one-shlead over the ot of Texas after University Wednesday’s opening round The Cougars team was on the front nine but faded on the back nine in 18-ho- le Texas heat the humid as a team to finish at Texas was second at 286 followed by Louisiana State with a 1 under 287 Missouri Oklahoma UCLA and San Diego State were all tied at even-pa- r 288 while Oklahoma State the defending champion finished 289 Bear Fehr toured the par-7- 2 Creek Golf World layout in 4 en route to his 69 while 90-degr- ee -- 35-3- teammate Eduardo Herrera 3 checked in at 38-3- — 71 The Cougars Robert — 5 Meyer shot an even-pa- r 72 while Keith Goyen rounded out the Cougars’ counters with a 1 over-par — 73 The other 5 n conmember of BYU’s a Rick had Gibson tingent 37-3- 38-3- -- five-ma- 40-35—- Weber State led by Scott 75 Ger-oux- ’s round of 70 managed a team total of 297 nine shots over par and 12 beBYU Geroux hind team-lead5 and was shot a steady 10 for sevtied golfers among enth place with scores of 70 er 35-3- The Wildcats’ other scores in7 cluded Paul Mueller with a — 74 Ian Harper — 78 and 7 Todd Erwin Mats Jonmarker 40-3-8 — 78 Meanwhile in the individual 37-3- 38-37—- 75 41-3- competition North Carolina’s John Inman grabbed the early 66 lead by firing a Inman a senior from Greensboro NC collected five birdies and an eagle against just one bogey Inman said the round was his best of the year “I played great I putted great The greens were rolling great” he said After his putt to save par lipped the cup for a bogey at No 7 Inman drove a three-woo- d to within 4 feet of the hole on No 14 and sank the putt for an eagle Two strokes behind Inman at 67 were Mike Swartz of Arkansas Jim Macfie of Clem-so- n and Chris Kite of Wake Forest Bunched at 69 were BYU’s Fehr Jorge Coghlan of Texas A&M Fred Wadsworth of USC Woody Austin of Miami and Kyle Coody and Brandel Chamblee both of Texas Defending NCAA champion Jim Carter of Arizona State was at under 71 we’ll win that int 3-- surge to forcing Milwaukee to take outside shots The Celtics held a re6 bounding edge over the slower Bucks “We tried to keep them from penetrating” said Boston coach KC Jones “They have a lot of people who can take it to the hoop and we tried to take away their inside game” Bird hit 5 points including a during the surge from which Milwaukee never recovered The Bucks were then unable to draw closer than 5 Boston’s double-teamin- g limited Milwaukee center Bob Lanier to just 9 points none in the first 20 minutes Substitute center Alton Lister contributed 17 points for the Bucks who were led by Marques Johnson’s 24 53-3- Larry Nance finished with 25 points for Phoenix and Lucas added 23 while James Edwards and Macy had 20 each Kareem Abdul-Jabbled Los Angeles with 28 points and Magic Johnson added 26 ar Celtics 115 Bucks 108 At Boston Larry Bird finished with 21 points and 13 rebounds and keyed a 13-- 0 spurt that sparked the Celtics into the championship round Last season Milwaukee swept the Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals Boston is 0 at home in the playoffs this year but is 5 on the road The Celtics will have the home-cou- rt advantage Conference their Western oppoagainst Mike Dunleavy hit 21 points includnent three but Junior Bridge-ma- n The Celtics starting five combined for ing was held to 4 points on 1 or-12 93 points Cedric Maxwell and Gerald from the floor Henderson each hitting for 19 points and shooting “We played as good a game as we can Robert Parish and Dennis Johnson with 17 each Kevin McHale was the sixth play tonight” Milwaukee coach Don Nelson said “I have no complaints We were Celtic in double figures with 15 Bird attributed Boston’s third-perio- d beaten” 2'2-minu- te third-quart- er 9-- 2-- -f- Portland owner calls tails Rocketts win choice ffiirstt NEW YORK (UPI) — The Houston Rockets may soon sell tickets for their practice sessions Wouldn’t you pay to see Ralph Sampson take on Akeem Olaju-won- ? when Portland owner Larry Houston coach Bill Fitch was smiling broadly Wednesday at Olaju-wo- n the prospect of the drafted Sampson with the No 1 pick last June Both Weinberg and Houston Weinberg incorrectly called tails on the coin flip which decided the selection giving the Rockets the No 1 pick for the second consecutive year The Rockets 7-f- playing alongside 4 Ralph Sampson after the Rockets won the right to choose the Cougars’ star with the first pick in the June 19 NBA draft “Olajuwon and Sampson have the ability to play together” said Fitch “They have the skills to compliment one another They immediately make each other 7-- flip between Olajuwon and president Charlie Thomas told NBA Commissioner David Stem they wanted to call the flip Stern made a preliminary flip with Weinberg the winner on his call of tails Weinberg then called tails again in the flip for the top selection but the coin landed better” At the same time he asked Rockets fans to give the two young giants time to get used to each other “To tell you the truth” he deadpanned “what I’d really like to do is have another coin S &d SS& Akeem Olajuwon Sampson with the loser being cut in half to give us two guards” The Rockets won the right to 5-- 10 select Olajuwon as the first pick heads making Houston the winner Within five minutes after the selection Fitch donned a shirt with the word “Akeem” printed on it and posed for pictures “I called tails because we had a contest in Portland to determine what we should call and said Weinberg tails won 52-4- 8” do NBA “Someone has to win the flip” In Portland Ore Stu Inman general manager and director of player personnel for the Trail Blazers said the team was “absolutely not” disappointed in losing the flip and now will seek the services of Kentucky 7-f- center Sam Bowie The wrong call in the coin flip was the second setback in three days for the Trail Blazers who were fined $250000 by the league Monday for improper contact with college stars Pat Ewing and Olajuwon Houston finished worst record in the Conference Portland its pick from Indiana with the Western obtained — which had the worst record in the East — in a trade for center Tom Owen Olajuwon a native of Nigeria helped carry the Houston Cougars to a NCAA Final Four berth in each of his three years at the school draft Olajuwon led the nation in rebounding field goal percentage and blocked shots as a junior and said he is glad to be joining Sampson on an imposing front line “I am very happy they won the pick” Olajuwon said at a news conference in the offices of his agent attorney Mike McKenzie in Houston “I’ve been dreaming about this moment for three weeks” Olajuwon plans to return to Nigeria on Monday his first trip home in four years After two weeks there he will return to Houston with his mother to await the draft Sure to become a millionaire when he signs a contract Olajuwon said his thoughts weren’t on money However a new shiny $65000 custom Mercedes with dark windows and purchased by Akeem Inc was awaiting him outside McKenzie’s office WSC's Kerri Clark in tourney contention TARPON SPRINGS Fla — Weber State’s Kerri Clark was WSC’s Carolina Fernandez ranked No 2 in Division Two and invited to play in the naamong the top 25 golfers followd tional tourney along with Clark ing Wednesday’s d 86 action of the NCAA Women’s struggled to a In the team Tournament standings FurChampionship man fired a 304 to take a which got under way here at one-shlead over Miami Fla Resort and Golf Club d women’s which was second at 305 folClark the golfer in Division Two shot a lowed by Florida at 307 Pre77 to finish 25th tourney favorite Tulsa was field of 102 players eighth at 311 the among Clark last year’s national long Clark trailed tournament leader Heather Farr of Arizona State by driving champion will defend six strokes Farr shot a her title during today’s second-roun- d 71 while Kristi Arrington of action of the New Mexico was next at 72 Save on Quality first-roun- first-roun- for 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before Davis canned a tough jumper After Bob McAdoo’s layup with 39 seconds left Phoenix called time and used all but one second off the clock before Lucas hit a 1 from the left side of the foul line 126-12- Brigham Young University the collegiate golf team in the country lived up to its advance billing by taking over the top spot following NBA playoff The Valley of the Sun may turn into an abyss for the Los Angeles Lakers by Friday night With a chance to close out Phoenix in 1 five games Los Angeles dropped a — (UPI) when By IRA KAUFMAN UPI Sports Writer BYU golfers live up to advance billing HOUSTON wm ee course “I like the heat It’s easy to stay loose that way” Inman said “The damp ground is really making the ball stick The course was playing easy” Swartz shot his first sub-7- 0 round of the year in grabbing a tie for second “I had a chance for a lower score I caught myself thinking ahead I have to admit it I have to stay away from that and concentrate on each hole as it comes” he 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