| Show 18— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday January 5 1986 Zebras were ‘great’ but not (or the Jazz United Press International went out It showed them they can do the job with him out of In a span of the the game" Mitch Kupchak of the Lakers third period officials Mike Mathis and Mike Lauerman was also ejected when called for called four offensive fouls on a flagrant foul — the Lakers slapped coach Pat Karl Malone on a layup attempt Riley with a technical and — with six seconds to go in the third quarter ejected Magic Johnson Meanwhile the Utah Jan were running off 17 straight points For all that Riley thanked By six-minu- te low-bridgi- the referees “We got inspired by what happened to us in the third quarter Everything was caving in at once" the Los Angeles coach said after Kareem sparked the Lakers comeback to a thrilling 130-11- 117-10- DEBUSSCHERE DEPARTS Gordon "Scotty" Stirling’s first statement as New York Knicks vice president and gen- night over Jazz led 1 with 9:37 Adrian Dantley was remaining but the defending NBA champions answered with from the line and had 25 points 0 a spectacular spree to for the Jazz while Malone assume control They outs cored added 18 Utah has lost sixth of Utah 7 in the final period to its last seven games and has win going away lost all four meetings with the had 13 of his 25 Lakers this year "We've played them hard all points in the fourth quarter and Malone highlighted the decisive burst year and we’re by filling the lane for a dunk on said "And we seem to outplay the fastbreak James Worthy them I cant understand it I added 24 points 9 in the final guess things happen like that" quarter — Byron Scott had 23 The 90-8- ll-of-- 16-- 33-1- Abdul-Jabb- ar 0--4" points and Michael Cooper collected 9 assists as Johnson’s replacement With Los Angeles leading entering the third quarter the Jazz went on a 22-- 3 spree that featured four technical fouls called on the Lakers Johnson was slapped with two of those and was ejected with 7:14 left in the third period It was the first time he was tossed from a game at any level of his Milwaukee 107 Washington 100 Having lost once to the Washington Bullets and their 7 machine Manute Bol the Milwaukee Bucks discovered the best way to play against Bol was not to "It helps to play against him twice but he was still a big factor tonight’’ Milwaukee coach Don Nelson said Friday night after the Bucks scored a 0 victory over the Bullets career "But we did play him dif“Call the first foul call the ferently tonight When he was first foul” Johnson screamed on the bench was when we at Lauerman before slowly made our surges" Bol scored 18 points blocked walking to his early shower “I’m not proud of myself" he 12 shots and had 9 rebounds to said later "But I look at it in lead Washington to an overtime another sense It got us going" victory against the Bucks in the Utah coach Frank Layden teams’ first meeting Dec 12 But in the Friday night's agreed: “I think Cooper moves the ball upcourt faster than matchup Milwaukee made Magic and they just rammed it some adjustments on offense down our throats It was a Bol still finished with 12 reblessing in disquise when Magic bounds but was limited to 4 53-- scored a season-hig- h 31 points to lead the Bucks to their fifth straight victory Elsewhere Boston flattened New Jersey 7 Atlanta 1 Portland topped Detroit 4 buried Phoenix Cleveland pounded the LA Clippers 1 and Seattle handled 7 Denver 133-10- te great” penetrate more" The strategy worked as Milwaukee's Terry Cummings 111-10- Utah “The stretch of defense from mark of the the third period was the best we played all year It usually takes something to stimulate that kind of activity “The officials inspired us — so I have to say they were five-minu- According to the Bucks' Charles Darts Milwaukee tried to "isolate him (Bol) get him away from the basket and 129-11- 110-10- 1 triumph Friday points and 4 blocked shots Vi-fo- ot shot-blocki- ng 48 107-10- eral manager yesterday said much about the reasons he replaced Dave DeBusschere fired earlier in the day "When the opportunity was offered to go to the Knicks there wasn’t the slightest hesitation’’ Stirling said DeBusschere had been criticized as being cautious to the point of inertia High carom? Call in Kareem who outbids Thurl Bailey and Mark Eaton “I told Dave this morning but the decision had been made at DeBusschere could not be least three weeks ago" said reached for comment Jack Krumpe president of Players — healthy ones — are Madison Square Garden Corp a commodity the Knicks have “He was very quiet very sad needed the past two and I think the rest of what was seasons greatly 2 New York this said is best left between us" year has suffered through a Stirling will leave his post as two-yespate of injuries that NBA vice president-operation-s reduced the calibre of the team to take the job with the Knicks which is in last place in the He was an assistant to Golden Eastern Conference’s Atlantic ar Franklin Mieuli from 1976-8- 2 and was responsible for the team's operations scouting drafts and trades Among the players he drafted were Robert Parish Purvis Short Joe Barry Carroll and Derek Smith "We looked for certain critera in the person who is to run the operations of our day-to-d- ay day-to-d- ay business” Krumpe said Division One of DeBusschere's most questionable moves this season was signing to Cartwright center Bill a multi-yea- personnel throughout the league familiarity with league operations including such critical matters as the collective bargaining agreement and the salary cap and a total awareness of the New York market place He’s on top of where basketball players can be found" r dollar contract after Cartwright missed the entire 1984-8- 5 campaign with two similar foot fractures After signing the contract Cartwright again suffered a fracture in a preseason game He has not multi-millio- n played this season and his "Scotty brings to the Knicks return is still in doubt front office a knowledge of Bernard King who player and management De- Busschere obtained from the Warriors in 1982 and led the league in scoring last year suffered a severe knee injury at the end of last season and has yet to return Although Stirling is anticipated to make personnel moves replacing head coach Hubie Brown is expected not to be one of them See your Farm Bureau Insurance agent for the full range of How much does the Utah Jazz miss Darrell Griffith? Last season the guard who broke his foot in a pickup game during the canned 93 baskets from range — more than 17 other teams converted This year it took the Jazz 20 games before Pace Mannion hit the club's first Griffith a free agent won’t be able to return until February off-seas- N BA Jeff D Williams Career Agent These are the Spurs? Magic Johnson has forgotten how to dribble Akeem Olajuwon has grown lazy on the court Larry Bird just didn’t feel like playing the other day It's obvious these three items are totally false But what would you say to this one? The San Antonio Spurs are winning with DEFENSE Absurd right? 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