Show Bobby Knight 12 Major Leagues 13 The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday May 13 2000 Insido wrong notes Utah just one game away from being swept by Blazers SALT LAKE CITY (AP— The Trail Blazers and Jazz had the day off The way the Trail Blazers are playing they don’t need the practice The Jazz once again could use the rest Portland took a 0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals Thursday night with its third lopsided victory in the series The Trail Blazers go for the sweep in Game 4 on Sunday “The mind-sfor us right how is to close the series out when we have the y opportunity” Portland coach Mike said “You don’t want to give anybody any life any chance to get back into it You don’t want an injury to come into play” Portland has won the first three games by 191 8 and 19 points leaving the Jazz one game from being swept for the first time in franchise history “I would like to sit hoe and tell you guys it's no big : deal that we’re down 0 but I’d be lying’’ Karl Malone said “We’ve got our work cut out for us m a big way’’' How strong are the Blazers? Consider that point guard 3-- Ags earn a split Johnson Field in softbaH at et Page 12 Dun-leav- Sports briefs Buzz gun down Stars SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Brian Buchanan and Chad Moeller hit two hoe game home runs as the 'Salt Lake Buzz beat the Las Vegas Stars 7 Friday night With the Buzz trailing 3 in the eighth inning Buchanan hit a three-ru- n home run giving Salt Lake a 6--3 lead 8-- 4-- 3-- Damon Stoudamire and forward Scottie Pippen each scored four points in Game 3 Portland’s bench made up the difference outscoring Utah's reserves 35-- 2 'They just keep throwing guys at you” Malone said “That's the kind rtf team they have” Bonzi Wells the 10th player off Portland's bench scored 19 in his second playoff appearance including 10 in the fourth quarter The Blazers pulled away after Utah had erased a 21 point deficit “We made a nice run but you don’t have any room for a letdown at that point once you’re close or tied" John Stockton said “You almost have to dig in a little deeper and we didn't do that” Depth is making a great difference' Pippen was asked how Portland compares to his old Chicago Bulls teams where he and Michael Jordan won six NBA titles “I think this team right how is much stronger and and I said tint early on in the season” Pippen -- second-quart- er well-round- ed "See JAZZ on Page 13 Utah's Olden Polynice buries his head in a towel after fouling out Thursday 4A State Soccer Tournament Friday's scores NBA playoffs go up 0 on Miami 77 New York 76 OT LA Lakers 105 Phoenix 99 AL Boston 9 Baltimore 0 Tampa Bay 4 Toronto 3 Cleveland 7 Kansas City 3 Detroit 9 NY Yankees 7 Minnesota 4 Chicago Sox 3 (10) 'Texas 13 Anaheim 11 ' ' Oakland 9 Seattle 7 3-- - k - i NL Milwaukee 6 Pittsburgh 1 Atlanta 8 Philadelphia 7 Montreal 8 Chicago Cubs 3 Los Angeles 13 SL Louis 0 ' Florida 6 NY Mete 4 Cincinnati 7 Houston 3 (11) Colorado 15 San Francisco 7 Arizona 6 San Diego 4 : pcl : Salt Lake 8 Las Vegas 7 j t PHOENIX ( AP) — Another dose call for Shaq & Co and another victory Now the Lakers are one win away from a four-gam- ' : On tolovlsion "" AVTD RACING 10:30 am TNN — Busch Grand National Series Busch 200 at Loudon NH 1 sweep of the e Phodiix Suns in the Western Conference semifinals Shaquille O'Neal scored 1 1 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter and grabbed 17 rebounds as the Lakers won their first road game of the playoff 105-9- 9 Friday nighl-foa 0 lead over the Suns in r 3-- the scries best-of-sev- en Los Angeles which won Game 2 Thursday 97-9- 6 on pm ESPN — NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Quaker State 200 at Memphis Tern 7 pot TNN — World of Outlaws Winged Thunder at Terre Haute Ind BOXING 7 pm HBO — Champion Roy Jones Jr for vs Richard Hal (24-1-WBA world light heavyweight ctwnpi-onshi- p champion Bernard Hopkins (36-2-vs Syd Vanderpool (28-1-for IBF world middleweight champi' onship at Indianapolis FOOTBALL (41-1-- Brent StevensHerald Journal 0) 0) SkyVww forward Darin Christensen (3) stretches to control the ball against a Highland defender Friday afternoon 0) 1) roue ie 11am FOXSN — NFL Europe Barcelona at Frankfurt GOLF 7 am TGC — European Tour Benson & Hedges International Open third round at Sutton Coldfield England Noon LPGA Electrolux USA CBS third round at Championship Franklin Term 2 pm CBS — PGA Byron Nelson Classic third round at living Texas 3:30pm ESPN — Senior PGA Nationwide second round at Championship Alpharetta Ga HORSERACING 3 pm FOX — Thoroughbreds Pimlico Special at Baltimore MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 5pm TBS — Atlanta at Philadelphia WGN— Chicago Cubs at Montreal NBA BASKETBALL 1:30 pm NBC — Playoffs second round game 4 Irxfiana at Philadelphia By Shawn Harrison sports writer HYDE PARK — It took a while but once the Bobcats got rolling they cruised ftiday afternoon Region 4 champion Sky View opened the 4A State Soccer Tournament by blowing out the Highland Rams 1 The Bobcats (13-- 2 on the year) got goals from five different players “It’s nice to have this big a win” Sky View forward Adam Burris said “This will open teams eyes that we are a force It's good to get the nerves out get the first one behind us" The nerves seemed a bit tight in the early going Bobcat head coach Doyle Geddes tried to encourage his squad by yelling “shoot iL” If the Cats were a bit anxious in the early going it didn't help that the 5-- Logan falls — Page 12 struck first on a freak goal Rams (7-Sky View keeper David Essig came up near the top of the jgoal box and ran into Highlandforward Jesus Gonzales The ball got past him and Gonzales scrambled after iL A Sky View defender tried to clear the ball but hit Gonzales in the back The ball rolled into the open goal givlead just ing the visitors an early six minutes into the contest “We came in very confident and thought we could win” Highland coach Fode Doumbia said “That goal was a fluke" Bobcat midfielder Jake Carlson said “I think everyone just kind of got scared for a minute because sometimes you get 8) 1- -0 NHL HOCKEY 5:30 SOCCER pm ESPN2 — MLS New England at DC TENNIS ESPN — ATP Tennis Series Roma semifinal 1 (same-da-y 12:30 pm Masters at Rome tape) ESPN2 — Women's German Open semifinal match at Berlin (same-da- y LOUDON NH (AP) — NASCAR’s most famous driving family has lost its youngest star Adam Petty stock car racing’s first driver died after a crash during practice Friday five weeks after the family buried ther driver appeared to brush The the wall in Tbrn 3 before spinning out and smashing sideways into the concrete as he prepared for qualifying for Saturday's Busch New Hampshire Inter200 on the 1058-mil- e national Speedway oval No 45 Sprint PCS The Chevrolet which had been traveling at close to 130 mph did not catch fire but Petty was trapped inside for about 20 minutes before rescue workers cut through the roof to free him He was taken to Concord Hospital where fourth-generati- 10:30am tape) Today's quote “We know when we leave pit row we may not come back I thank God every night I'm alive Tonight I'll thank him twice — Driver Randy Lajoie on the death cf j Adam Petty killed In a crash during practice for a Busch race complete its first playprf sweep since 1991 and first e' scries Sweep of a seven-gam- Sunday Penny Hardaway averaging 26 points in the first two then it seems like there’s a down ' lid on the goal" It wasn't so much there was a lid for the next 20 minutes The Rams just kept clearing any deep charge Sky View made “We had a little difficulty relaxing and playing" Geddes explained “That goal they (Rams) got stronger it was not so much our intensity dropped theirs picked up They got excited now looking for blood" The Rams didn't find any Highland would only get five shots on goal for the rest of the game "Credit my guys for surviving that initial wave and working hard to break them down” Geddes said "We just worked hard and kept the ball on the ground and ultimately broke them down" See CATS on Page 13 games of the series scored 31 for the Suns on shooting but missed a with 46 seconds to Suns down 100-9- 7 the and go Cliff Robinson scored 23 but only two after leav- ing to have his sprained right ankle taped late in the third quarter Jason Kidd had 12 assists from the but was only field for four points The Lakers who lost both games in Sacramento in the first round of the playoffs 4 over outscored the Suns the last 2:33 including on free throws Bryant scored 26 and Robert Horry had 15 off the bench O'Neal's stuff the Lakers' 11-- See LAKERS on Page 14 in pm ESPN — Playoffs conference finals game 1 teems TBA 6 upset while er since 1989 with a victory on 1- -0 MC pulls off Kobe Bryant's tough with 26 seconds to go can ld red-and-bl- ue on he died of head trauma spokeswoman Jennifer Dearborn said A yellow tarp was draped over the car as it was taken off the track on a flatbed truck “I knew it was a hard hit" said spectator David Henderson who was at a nearby concession stand “At first everybody thought it was just a crash Then it was like the whole place went silent" Another fan Andrew Watson had lean in his eyes after learning the crash was fatal “There's no way this was his fault” said Watson who said he knew Petty “He was a nice guy a real nice guy He was just following in his family's footsteps” Lee Petty one of the pioneers of NASCAR died April 5 at age 86 from complications of a stomach aneurysm several weeks after surgery Adam Petty had made his Winston See PETTY on Page 13 AP photo Emergency crews at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon NH work to remove Adam Petty from his car after he hit the wal during practice in this image made from television i— I S |