Show Wednesday May 29 1991 The Herald Journal Looan Utah Rebounders return series to LA 95-8- best-of-sev- en 3-- night at home themselves by not blocking out and getting nose rebounds” he said “You’ve got to give diem credit They’re a good team and they deserved it tonight Angeles with n ganwhigh 29 points and added 8 rebounds and 7 assists According to Drexkr Portland used some interesting strategy iwine Inhnann “We went ahead and let Magic score and if yon let him score the other players don’t get involved" he said Johnson said die Lakers can clinch die series at hone if they do a better job of rebounding Thursday “Early in die game we killed PORTLAND (UPI) — Game 5 of die NBA Western Conference finals brought the Portland Trail Blazers another chancy die Los Angeles Lakers new worries and die Chicago Bulls extra rest The Trail Blazers stayed alive Tuesday night with tight defense and dominating rebounding in n 4 victory over the Lakers The Likas lead the series 2 with a chance to advance to die finals against If the Trail Los Angeles hit only 29 of 70 field goal tries and forward Janies Worthy in the fourdi quarter Worthy suffered a sprained ankle and played only two minutes in die final period and 24 totaL Hie finished with 12 points 11 below his playoff average Toast of Chicago with 20 points and Clyde Drexler added 19 “I Just hope we saved some energy for Thursday in Los Angdes” Kersey said “We know we can come back but if we go down we want to play CHICAGO (UPI) — After beating the “bad boys" in die worst way the Eastern Conference champion Chicago Bulls took Tuesday ofF to celebrate their first trip to the NBA finals It took 25 years to do it but the Bulls advanced to die e defending chaumionship round with their sweep of the rout in world champion Detroit Pistons capping it with a 115-9- 4 “There is nothing to save The Bulls eliminated in the Eastern Conference finals the last two whooped it up on the way back to Chicago Monday night yean ' welL jvhen we go to LA Thursday We know we can win there It’s our history when we don’t shoot well to get a lot of rebounds and we did tW Innight11 The defending Weston Conference champion Blazos registered 12 steals forced die Lakers into 17 turnovers and held a 3 rebounding advantage Portland's 26 offensive rebounds was a team playoff record Buck Williams led die way with a 16 rebounds and game-hig- h added 13 points two-tim- Game4Monday aboard dieir private charter Bulls fans started lining up at Chicago Stadium The Monday night to purchase tickets to die championship round but found out die first two home games already woe sold out The Bulls announced Tuesday tint no more tickets would go on sale until June 3 and by telephone only The focus as usual will be on Bulls guard Michael Jordan who ' 5 NBA will be playing fine chmpiniMhlp since priding North Carolina to the NCAA tide Mlfreshman year “They still have to be there to cheer us on" Jordan said “We haven’t gotten there yet We want to win it for diem as much aa for ourselves The city deserves it we deserve it and we’re on our way We made it to die ultimate goal of die finals and now let’s Just see if we can go all die way and wm it" long-sufferi- 52-3- Magic Johnson led Los ng LSJ w -- Nrj'v V yn Twins'end win streak - on ft ' By United Prase International 3-- 7-- 0-- 2-- 1-- Steeltown celebrates I can’t help think back to 1975 by-pl- ay the in playoffs hoisted die trophy above his head before dw' cheering crowd at Point State Park where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers meet to form die Ohio “We love you guys and this Cup is for you” Lemeux said The Penguins won die first Stanley Cup in dieir 24-ye- ar Mario Lemieux hoists the - y Tif V® ' ?- TT nX-S- X $ -- SV s Wt vSvttfegf V f no-hitt- er Patrick assembled die pieces needed for a champkxishiihcaliber team and because coach Bob Johnson and his staff provided die direction necessary to win There was adversity such as injuries dot reduced playing time for Lemieux Bamsso Ulf Samuelsson and Paul Coffey but nothing they ByDeveMottnari Scrippe Howard News Service 8-- die first year die Pittsburgh Steelere won die Super Bowl” aor Penguins play- nouncer Mike Lange srid 1 had just arrived here They had a gigantic parade downtown and I was overwhelmed by it die response of die people And here they are again’ The Penguins continued a tradition of major Pittsburgh sports team not losing a championship since 1927 3-- the unthinkable history Saturday night routing die Minnesota North Stars 0 in Game 6 Perhaps it was inevitable that die Pittsburgh Penguins would win a Stanley Cup Just as it’s inevitable that die sun will bum itself out and geological forces some day will turn real estate in Wyoming into beachfront property Longtime followers of the Penguins are to be forgiven if they sometimes wondered which would occur first But the impossible has happened The unthinkable is part of history The Penguins are champions They won the Cup because most of their beat players — Mario Lemieux Kevin Stevens Tom Bamsso and Mark Recchi — played the to hockey of their lives aid because man dieir teammates filled supporting roles to perfection They won because general Craig v f Commentary couldn’t overcome by shea effort What talent couldn’t do for this team tenacity did The Penguins who had missed die playoffs seven at the previous eight years were a kmgshot this time That doesn’t mean they overachieved because dw Penguins were better than dw four teams they beat in the playoffs See CUP on page 7 ngr 4 : Z T T z T C f 1 0 Carter competes Dominant Utah State weightman Craig Carter ‘status In 1989 he placed All-Amer- ica 17th University Carter is hsnUy a novice at such high joins fop levels of competition Li addition to his three-yeparticipation in dw NCAA athletes from around the country at Outdoor Championships he has qualiEugene Ore this week to compete in fied to compete for dw last three years in ar dw NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Participating in dw elite competition for dw third tune Carter is set to compete in dw hammer throw which begins with preliminaries Thursday and ends with action Saturday Last season Carter finished seventh overall in the championships and secured final-roun- d the NCAA Indoor Championships representing Utah State in the weight throw Currendy Carter holds a season-behanmwr throw of 212-fra mark set in March' He remains the school’s record holder in the event however with a toss of 214-fe35-pdu- nd st et et Carter has been scheduled to throw in RBI for dw Hornets going at the dw preliminaries at 3 pm Thursday and date and Robert and Rolan Olson Geiga each joined in with perfect plate appearagain on Saturday at 3 pm ances Swarming Hornets Hornet catdwr Kirk Johnson proved Robbie James took dw first pitch everything was going Hyram's way by delivered to Hyium for a ride ova dw reaching first hoe five times without center-fielfence to spark an 11 --run getting a base hit Johnson drew time rally and begin a night of bases on balls and was hit by pitches misery for dw Morton A’s in Northern twice Utah League action Monday Ryan Brown notched the win for dw James added a double and a sacrifice Hornets before he was replaced on dw fly in dw game to post five RBI and lead mound in the fourth Inning Hornets to a 22-- 1 victory in Hyium hosts the ULM Raiders five innings ova the A’s Thursday in a game beginning at 7:30 Hymn's Birt Griffiths added four pm r-4 d first-inni- ng dw-Hynn- n first-yea- r Aggie women Three Utah State women’s track and field team members have qualified to participate in dw Athletics Congress Junior Nationals Championships to be held June 3 at Minneapolis Minn 21-2- High-jump- er Amanda Hopkins Jenny Golden and Irina Gcmcnsen will all travel to compete in dw three-da- y event which will be held at dw Olynqnc Training Center The JNCs are open to die best and collegiate athletes indie nation who are unda the age of 19 triple-jum-pa high-scho- ol i itc his turn before the operation In eight seasons he has compiled a 99-6-5 record 271 ERA and 23 shutouts Henhiser 32 was 2-- 1 with a 117 ERA two walks and 16 strikeouts in 23 innings during die rehabilitation stint teat began May 8 His pitch totals in his mat three games were 44 68 and 83 Ryan 44 left die mound in die fifth inning of a May 13th game against Detroit because of pain in hu right shoulder The injury was diagnosed as tendinitis and a muscle irritation and Ryan was advised to rest Ryan is 3 with a 294 ERA this season He pitched his record seventh on May 1st against the Toronto Bhie Jays To make room for Ryan on die roster die Rangen are expected to place pitcher Bobby Witt on die disabled list For 13 month Orel Henhiser has been trying to make more trips to die pitcher’s mound than die doctor’s office Tonight he starts for die Los Angeles Dodgers against the Houston Astros And at Arlington Texas Nolan Ryan comes off the dis- abled list tonight and start for Texas against die Minnesota Twins Henhiser has progressed on nmw days from reconstructive shoulder surgery regressed and felt intense pain on others He has pitched four time in dw minnr leagues getting his pitch count up to 92 last week Nicknamed “Bulldog” by Manager Tom Lasorda of his competitiveness Henhiser made 195 starts without mi Ming 1 Player til Vf h 14-ga- me Valuable i ri( OrelrN61anback to work atl4 ARLINTGON Texas (UPI) — It took the American League’s hottest pitcher to snap the winning streak of the league's hottest team Scott Erickson cooled off Texas’ bats Tuesday night and ended the Rangers’ winning streak allowing seven singles in bringing the Minnesota Twins their second victory in nine tries 0 It was Texas' first loss since May 11 in Boston Since then (he Rangers had equaled die major league’s longest victory streak since Kansas City won 16 consecutive games in 1977 2 Erickson extended his personal winning streak to seven games striking out seven and walking two during eight innings an a steamy 90-- degree night After Erickson walked die leadaff man in the ninth Rick Aguilera came on to prevent any damage and earn Us ninth save During their streak die Rangers had averaged 81 runs per game bid they advanced only two runners as far astiurd base Tuesday night The loss went to Jose Guzman 1 who gave up nine hits and walked one over 7 3 innings During die winning streak no Texas starting pitcher managed to survive into die seventh liming Dan Gladden gave Erickson a quick 0 lead with alone run to start the first and the Twins seized on a mental lapse by Texas first baseman Rafael Pahniero in the third to add a run Greg Gagne led off die third with n slow grounder between first bare and the mound which Guzman quickly fielded Pahniero failed to cover first on die play Gagne was dun sacrificed to second by Gladden and he scored on Kirby Puckett’s single PITTSBURGH (UPI) —In a salute that evoked memories of die Pittsburgh Steelere more than 50000 fans jammed a downtown rally Tuesday to hail die Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins Mario Lenueux die Moat - V hep-tathle- te |