Show Page 8— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday March 22 1999 Blazers regain NBA’s best record ana and the Lakers scored 24 but had just 1 1 after the first quarter In the final three periods he made only three of 13 shots "We just kept pressuring them and pushing them and hoping they would crack” said Anthony who scored 11 of his 13 points in the final period and twice stripped Iverson of the ball "We upped the ante and started getting after (Iverson) getting in his face And it changed what they were Rodman returns as LA steams past the Magic By The Associated Press Once again the Portland Trail Blazers have the best record in the NBA doing” The Blazers reclaimed that title Portland improved to 11-- 1 at home tied with the Jazz for the best home mark in the league AnthoWith Portland ahead 69-6- 3 took the ball from Iverson ny away who fell to the floor after getting poked in the eye After Anthony's layup Iverson shook it off and hit two free throws and a jumper to pull the Sixers to 72-6- 9 with 7:42 to go The Blazers then used an 18-- 1 run to turn the game into a rout at 90-7- 0 Anthony had eight points during the run and Wallace had five Lakers 115 Magic 104 At Orlando Kobe Bryant stole the show from Dennis Rodman who e returned from his curious absence Bryant scored 33 of his 38 points in the second career-hig- h half shooting Shaquille O'Neal had 31 points and 13 rebounds and Derek Harper made Sunday by shutting down Allen Iverson in a 5 victory over Philadelphia Portland ran its record to 20-- 5 with its decisive victory coming a few hours after Utah (19-6- ) blew a fourth-quartlead and lost 1 to Detroit in overtime 91-7- nt er 104-10- “It feels good but we're only halfway through” Blazers forward Brian Grant said "We have 25 more and we have to keep our composure But we're playing well together Thai's the key" Rasheed Wallace scored 14 of his 26 points in the fourth season-hig- h with many baskets coming in transition because of the strong defensive play of Greg Anthony and Stacey Augmon Iverson coming off performances of 39 and 41 points in wins over Indi ing all-st- team” Magic coach ar Chuck Daly said "Shaquille O'Neal Kobe of All-stais an All-stBryant we probably saw his craning out party We all know how good he is going to be” Rodman finished with four points and six rebounds in 23 minutes Clippers 110 Timberwolves 85 At Minneapolis the Clippers won on the road for the first time this sea22 points son getting a season-hig- h from Darrick Martin and 47 points from their reserves rs ar made a key steal in the final seconds Stephon Marbury who led the Nets with 20 points missed a attempt to tie the score with three seconds to play Buns 95 Celtics 92 OT At Boston Mark Bryant scored a 18 points including conseason-hig- h secutive jumpers in overtime and Brent Barry scored Chicago's final six points as the Bulls sent the struggling Celtics to their 10th loss in 12 games 29-poi- nt nine-gam- "Give Temple credit Early they made it an ugly game We "Against Duke we knew Lang-do- n was going to hit shots you just didn’t know how well” Chaney said after losing his fourth regional final his third at the Continental Airlines Arena “He was coming off screens turning and shooting over a player and that just doesn't happen that often We just didn't know how well he was going to do it” The loss was the worst of the season for Temple which got 19 points apiece from Mark Karcher and Lament Barnes The 83 points were the most given up by the Owls in 34 NCAA tournament games under their coach another situation 29 Padgett had a career-hig- h but stopped running and points in foe second round against seven points from Stockton Kansas and scored 14 of his 17 helped Utah move back out to a points in the second half on Fri76-6- 0 lead after three quarters day night against Miami The Pistons helped by missing “Every time I came off a screen five of their last seven free throws they switched everything" Padof the period gett said “When I tried to get to the paint they switched to a big Gentry though still wasn't giving up hope guy and fronted me I also missed “I told the guys that 12 minutes two or three open shots” is a lot of basketball and we There were a lot of misses for After falling behind early could still pull it out" he said Kentucky after a start The Langdon ignited a 17-- 2 spurt by in the sec“We just had to remember that Wildcats were hitting four straight shots includwc weren't going to make it all ond half and shot 43 percent overall ing three straight “We got off to a very good start up in five minutes It was going to be a slow process that was and for once we were the team that got a little too excited" Padgoing to take the whole period" Detroit got right on the task gett said As for the winners there were starting the period with an 0 run The Pistons conto pull to 76-6- 8 no worries about the next oppotinued to miss free throws at one nent: Duke on Saturpoint missing at least one on eight day at St Petersburg Fla The straight trips but still trailed by Blue Devils beat Michigan State 73-6- 7 on Dec 2 holding the just 3 with six minutes left to tie the Spartans to 387 percent shooting Hunter hit a Connecticut plays Ohio State in game with 3:09 to play completthe other national semifinal ing the comeback “I don't even care about the “They had to make the plays hut we're not finishing people" next game right now” Izzo said Stockton said "Instead of play“There are 37 games there's been ing with great intensity to finish pressure on this team and I'm the game we are lacking concengoing to enjoy this day I love tration defensively and giving Duke they're a great team and teams a chance to get the momeI'll deal with them tomorrow" ntum" Detroit had a chance to win in couldn’t get any penetration and I couldn't get the ball on the side” Langdon said “Then I got some looks the first one went down and every time I got a look I felt good releasing it I think my teammates knew I was feeling it” Duke is now two wins away from capturing its third national title this decade a crown most experts conceded to it months ago “You don't get a chance to play top-rank- ed 9 ORLANDO Fla (AP) — Dennis Rodman offered no assur- ances & American fanners pay enough for supplies and equipment So here's a break for a change It's our WIX Farm Filters Sale featuring high quality WIX filters at low low pricesThere are over 2000 filters of every kind to choose from the largest selection in the industry Come and get 'em Rates are shopped among dozens of fop rated companies My 753-488- Wildcat The seven-tim- e rebounding champion left the Lakers after practice March 13 telling coach Kurt Rambis he needed time to resolve personal matters He missed the first four games road trip and the of a Lakers lost three of them after going 0 with him in the lineup He said he hadn't given much thought to the team being unbeaten when he plays "But it's good that we won (Sunday)" he said “That way I don't have 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him away from the until you get to the Final Four" team for eight days ‘Til be here the rest of the seaKrzyzewski said “Now we can talk about winning the national son I've used up my hall pass" he said adding that his return got just championship" Duke won national titles under the kind of reaction from his teamKrzyzewski in 1991 and '92 The mates that he anticipated — none “I wasn't expecting these guys Blue Devils won in '91 by come over and shake my hand to off the one of biggest pulling or anything like that I expected the upsets in NCAA history knocking off prohibitive favorite UNLV team to go on as though nothing in the semifinals before beating happened So that's what we did” Rodman played 23 minutes and Kansas for the championship 81-7- regulation but Thurl Bailey AP photo Portland's Rasheed Wallace fires up a shot over It’s Time Somebody Gave Farmers A Break 8-- Continued from Page At Cleveland Wesley Person scored 22 points and Shawn Kemp point guard Terrell Brandon said “It shows a lack of focus and a lack of professionalism But no one's going to feel sorry for us" Nuggets 102 SuperSonka 98 At Denver Antonio McDyess had 23 points and 13 rebounds as the lead before Nuggets blew a holding on Nick Van Exel added 20 points for the Nuggets who won for just the second time in 11 games and e losing streak to snapped a theSonics Continued from Page 6 ed X-ra- ys "It's embarrassing” Minnesota Continued from Paged in that his second stretch with 188 seconds to go fin- outre-bound- New York 63-4- 4 including 31-10 i the offensive glass Hornets 94 Bucks 87 At Milwaukee Eddie Jones scored 23 points and David Wesley added 16 fra Charlotte which took command with a 10-- 0 run to open the fourth quarter and pull away Sam Cassell playing fra the first time after missing six games with a sprained ankle re injured it late in the game He will have today Cavaliers 88 Nets 85 Maurice Taylor added 20 points Continued from Page 6 second of two free throws in Former Knick Charles Oakley ished 12 boards as Toronto and Lamond Murray scored 19 points off the bench for the Clippers while reserves Rodney Rogers and Lnren-ze- n Wright had 14 each Mich St Duke But in the cut the gap to 69-6- 6 final six minutes he also missed the front end of the bonus and tlie Raptors 85 Knkks 81 OT At Toronto Vince Carter had 23 points and grabbed a key offensive rebound in overtime — just as Toronto had done all day — as foe Raptors won a franchise record fifth straight game 24-poi- nt Jazz lead at intecommanding 49-3- 3 rmission The Pistons though opened up the second half with a 10-- 0 run getting themselves back into the game Stackhouse had five points in the run and Lindsey Hunter added a Detroit got as dose as five 54-4- 9 ’ four-gam- as the Lakers overfive deficit came a “They are what they are a travel- 753-750- 0 Sports Academy — & Racquet 8 C(u6 — ) 6 Arccneaux who scored 36 and 31 points respectively against North Carolina and Florida in the NCAA tournament in Seattle wus 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