Show I The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday February 22 1995 — Page 9 Garnett has become the best show in Chicago these days CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Jordan has retired Frank Thomas is on strike MikeDitkaisonTV These days the greatest show in Chicago sport is presented by an kid named Kevin Garnett Never heard of him? You will Garnett a center for Chicago’s Farragut High School is part Moses Malone part Alonzo Mourning part Magic Johnson And if his skills and body keep developing he might just follow those players into NBA stardom Garnett shakes backboards with dunks blocks shots into the 15th row caps fast breaks with y passes swishes jumpers and scatters bodies under the boards look-awa- nett's name paUing him on the back and asking for autographs Though his dunk brought the crowd to its feet it was Garnett's variety of pinpoint passes — from the high post the low post and on the move in break situations — that showcased what makes him special “It's a South Carolina thing You give the ball up and trust your teammates to give it back” said Garnett who would have had a dozen assists had his teammates either not been fouled or missed easy shots “Everybody asks me about that but it's no big deal” It is a big deal said Dick Versace the former Bradley University and Indiana Pacers coach who is now a broadcaster the nation’s top high school teams College recruiters have been watching Garnett for years NBA scouts are beginning to take note too “The fact is there are players his size in the NBA who don’t have nearly as Lari Ketncr a Playing against Division 1 recruit Garnett had 22 points 16 rebounds nine blocked shots and six assists Those are close to Garnett’s seamany skills” said Farragut coach son averages for Farragut (22-1- ) AP’s William Nelson the beneficiary of GarNo 1 Class AA Illinois team In the third quarter alone the thrilled nett's decision to relocate from South Carolina to Chicago for his senior season audience saw Garnett: block three shots catch Helds’ long pass lay in the ball and “I Ic’s better than a lot of NBA players” been get a technical foul for taunting throw in Progressively larger crowds have in school the jam that left the backboard packing high Chicago a gyms area to get a glimpse of Garnett and his shaking for 45 seconds steal the ball at flashy teammate 3 swingman Ronnie midcourt and feed Maurice Woodfork for Fields Saturday more than 5000 fans a dunk make two jumpers in the lane squeezed into Dc Paul's Alumni Hall and and tip in a missed Famgut shot Hundreds of fans remained after the watched in awe as Garnett dominated 2 Admirals’ of Roman one Catholic victory chanting Gar Philadelphia’s 6-- 10 two-hand- ed 6-- 84-7- NBA “Garnett is spectacular” he said “He has an unbelievable awareness of where everyone is on the floor and an uncanny willingness for a star player to pass the ball to his teammates Plus he's “When I saw Moses in high school 1 6-1- 1’ knew I was seeing someone special When I saw Mourning I knew 1 was seeing someone unique I get that same feeling watching this kid” Sitting next to Versace was DePauI athletic director Bill Bradshaw who would love to sec Garnett revive his school's struggling basketball program “I've never seen that happen" Bradshaw said after Garnett's monster dunk “The w hole backboard was swinging like a pendulum” Your cache Valiev Sears Continued from page ( Bulls 105 Hawks 88 Toni Kukoc hit his first seven shots and scored 21 points to spark Chicago The visiting Bulls who blew a lead in a loss at Charlotte the previous night saw most of a 19-poi- nt 16-poi- nt second-quart- lead er evaporate against the Hawks but held on at the end Mookie Blaylock led the Hawks with 22 points Celtics 129 Suns 121 Dee Brown getting his second straight start after eight games on the bench scored a career-hig- h 41 points to lead Boston over Phoenix Brown had 27 in the first half when Boston opened a lead that winded the Suns which lost for only the fifth time at home this season 25-poi- nt Xavier McDaniel scored 17 points for the Celtics AC Green scored 24 points Dan Majerle 23 and Kevin Johnson 21 each for the Suns Nuggets 118 Gippers 80 Denver gave new head coach Bcrnie Bickers taff a victory over Los Angeles in his debut and got its biggest win of the season Bickerstaff also the Nuggets’ general manager took over Monday as the head coach had 17 Mahmoud Abdul-Rapoints for Denver and Dikembe Mutombo had 13 rebounds five blocked shots and 12 points Eric Piatkowski’s 14 points led Los Angeles which shot 36 percent Blazers 99 Umberwolves 86 Clifford Robinson scored 29 points and Rod Strickland added 23 as Portland beat Minnesota Otis Thorpe had his best game uf - since being traded to Portland with 13 points and five rebounds Aggie Continued from page 6 now” Simms said of the reigning Big West Player of the Week “I’m just trying to follow his lead” Franson totaled 11 points and eight rebounds in just 18 minutes The points were enough to keep the junior postman in the conference scoring lead (193 to the 180 average of Fullerton’s Winston Peterson) but the Franz has slipped into second in rebounding (103 to 104 for UNLV’s Kebu Stewart) lt Aggie forwardoffensive who hero Novich Hunter was being called for by the student section as soon as USU went up 0 with matched his season-hig- h four points thanks to his first for the year And senior center Nate Wickiz-e- r who had nine points to his name for the season before Tuesday scored seven points grabbed six rebounds and blocked two shots “One of the positive things that we can take out of this game is that some guys came in and got some nice minutes” Davis said “If anything certain guys gained some confidence in this game” One of those was Simms the Aggies’ long distance specialist USF6® I? tack-lecu- compactTreffigerators Kenmoreltrash wiingmgwra 2-- dishwashers dehumidifiers ©SsF'effi TyV CR combos Overrthe-rangelmicrowav- es (ngt off wguWpi who has struggled to find his range lately “Coach Davis took me aside at halftime and told me to shoot with confidence It was as simple as that” said Simms who buried his final four attempts after first two his missing “Once I got that first one to go down I guess everything just started clicking from there” Not that the Aggies were in desperate need of more offense They hit already led 9 when Simms three the first of straight treys to its match USU scoring averhelp left in 12 minutes with nearly age the game “We weren’t prepared for the Bca- way they shot tonight” said son “They just put it up from anywhere and made it” ll I I int 70-2- Sophomore forward Damien 16 Levesque led Cal Poly with points which shot 43 percent from the floor in the second half after field knocking down just minutes 20 first the goal attempts Save ALL pre-seaso- n 100-30- 0 Craftsman tractors Save Save 20-5- 0 pre-seaso- 'it mowers Si lye1 V VrV ? vir‘ I v V-- ' ji ‘it I V'- - 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