Show I The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday March 30 1986—15 This time there was no denying ‘mad’ Denver By United Press International have on him” Moe said "But he was sensationaL Actually Denver coach Doug Hoe took the whole first team played a chance and gave Calvin Natt pretty well” Hoe also said center Wayne more playing time than usual Natt responded with a season-hig- h Cooper who pulled down a 17 rebounds "played 35 points in 36 minutes to game-hig- h great’’ help the Nuggets to a "That’s the Cooper you win over Utah NBA scoring leader Alex always want to see” he said Cooper added 23 points for English also hit 35 points Friday 128-12- 0 Denver which led by as many as 15 points y through the third quarter Utah narrowed the margin to 6 with 10:42 left in the game but Denver scored the next 10 to seal the win Division-leading points Midwest Adrian Dantley scored 35 Rockets 7 Rookie “I didn’t want to play Calvin points for Utah as many minutes as I did and I Karl Malone added 20 points don’t know what effect that will but managed only two of 10 free to snap Denver’s three-gam- e losing streak and improve the Nuggets to 1 on the season Coupled with Houston’s loss to Detroit the victory moved Denver within 1 V4 games of the mid-wa- 44-3- 100-9- 38-3- throws Teammate Thurl Bailey finished with 19 points including 13 straight free throws "We hurt ourselves with all the fouling we did” Utah coach Frank Layden said “Our continuity was stopped by the offensive fouls The difference from the other night (Wednesday when Utah beat Denver 1 in Salt Lake City) was that they got a lot of easy 116-10- baskets” WS !MRB&§12S5!ra®ffi WE DARE YOU OUR PRICES TO COMPARE OUR QUALITY OUR SERVICE SPRING SALE ®sAii 36” w COOPER TRENDSETTER SALE COOPER SPORTSIMSTER aw SALE kWC00PER DISCOVER SNOW TIRE CHANGEOVER LUBE-OIL-FILT- IkUnS'IiOI NnOIFltir IChnaUki 13” Mount MOST VEHICLES WITH COUPON 15 12” I Computer Balance Front Disc or Roar Drum '0 FREE 'FREE FREE FREE BRAKE SERVICE OFF MUFFLERS (PIPES With Coupon 295 IT RADIAL $434° i Most Cart MOUNTING REPAIR onourtim ROTATION SAFETY CHECK NORTH MAIH LOGAN 752-977- 1 easy’ but they're never easy” Milwaukee heed coach Don Nelson said “You have to go out and play hard no matter who's on the floor” The victory gives the Bucks a 3 lead over the 76ers in the race for the second-berecord in the Eastern Conference meaning a home court advantage if they meet in the playoffs “If we can stay out of injury problems it looks pretty good for us now” Nelson said “This was a big game for us” Ricky Pierce scored 31 points on 14 of 18 shooting to pace Milwaukee Malone was poked in the right eye with 8:17 left in the first quarter and an examination revealed his retina was swollen “This is going to be tough” st Hoe said Denver will be "in good shape when our bench gets it back together” Reserve Bill Hanzlik said the Nuggets’ bench “helped a little bit tonight but our front line was great” “We wanted badly to win tonight because we were so bad at Utah” he said “Things have been getting tough around here lately We’re mad and getting tired of being yelled at But Coop was ferocious tonight When he plays like this we’re just about unbeatable” Elsewhere it was: Boston 116 said Philadelphia forward Washington 97 New Jersey 118 Julius Erving “New factors Chicago 107 Detroit 116 have entered the picture now Houston 107 Atlanta 100 Indi- We were thinking about chemisana 92 LA Clippers 107 try cohesion and attitude and Phoenix 96 and Milwaukee 116 now injuries have cropped up and injuries are a scary thing” Philadelphia 94 Milwaukee 116 Philadelphia 94 Philadelphia guard Andrew The Milwaukee Bucks did Toney who has missed most of more than just beat the the season with stress fractures Philadelphia 76ers Friday of both his feet saw his first action since he was activated night They beat them up 4 En route to a victory despite his disapproval Wedover the Sixers the Bucks KOd nesday He played 13 minutes Philadelphia center Moses hit 1 of 6 shots from the field Malone with a poke to the eye and finished with 3 points and gave rookie forward Greg Speaking of injuries Stokes three stitches above the On March 14 NBA fans read left eye Worsening matters for about Phoenix guard Rod Bob McAdoo Foster whose career is in Philadelphia hyperextended his left knee jeopardy after his Jeep slid 116-9- Mark Eaton gets the jump on Wayne Cooper (middle) but the rest of Friday belonged to Coop and Clemon Johnson missed the game with a back injuiy “People watching this game will say 'With no Moses and all the injuries this game was sideways and fell on his leg during an accident in the middle of the Arizona desert That night they saw Houston forward Ralph Sampson being carried off the Boston Garden floor on a stretcher After landing on his back leaping for a rebound there was concern the star had suffered a back injury and possible paralysis Sampson bruised his back and only will miss a few games Foster however is in serious trouble Said Suns’ forward Mike Sanders who was with Foster and teammate Ed Pinckney when the Jeep rolled over: “He’d stuck his leg out like he was on a bike If he'd kept his leg in he would have been OK The Jeep fell on him he had to pull himself out from underneath it He was bleeding bad” It took four hours for Foster to get to the hospital He will wear a cast for six months after suffering what one doctor called “a Joe Theismann-typ- e injury” in reference to the broken leg suffered by the Washington quarterback on a Monday night against the Giants last year Bulldogs go to the bench - FRESNO (UPI) Fresno State University hired former assistant Ron Adams as its head basketball coach Friday to replace his former boss Boyd Grant Adams 38 who spent eight years in twe stints as Grant’s top assistant was selected for the post after a nationwide search said Fresno State athletic director Jack Lengyel Grant recommended Adams as his replacement when he resigned March 10 after comrecord of piling a nine-ye4 including the 1983 National Invitational Tournament championship In the eight years Adams ran ar 194-7- the Bulldog defense for Grant Fresno State employing zone system Adams’ match-u- p led the nation in defense four times and finished second twice Lengyel said Adams was selected from three finalists for the post The others were Bob Boyd former Mississippi State coach and Bill Brown head coach at Sacramento State Early Bird Galfar Spadal NEWGRIPStA AC INSTALLED SnllMliUGtlfCiwit |