Show Section Inside Wolves bite Lakers Garnett leads Minnesota series tied fielid-go- Game 7 A night of thrilling B2 action on theice Sports briefs six seasons Jim Biehn aced No 2 at the Logan Golf & Country Glib on to record Monday He used a the on ne USU tennis teams headed to Big West game Game day night in Los Angeles where the 3 is Thurs- Wolves are against the 3-- 24 all-ti- Lakers “I don’t think they can play any better than that” Los Angeles coach Phil Jackson said “They played a desperate game” A somber Shaquille O’Neal who spent a day and a half in South Carolina for his grandfather’s funeral showed up about 90 minutes before tipoff and wasn't much of a factor despite 27 points and 14 rebounds Kobe Bryant the other half of the Lakers’ dominant duo had 27 points on shooting — far below his sensational performance in Sunday’s opener The Lakers won that al first-roun- Ace at LG&CC hole-in-o- MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Garnett was criticized in the playoffs last year for not bang selfish enough down die stretch On Tuesday night he showed he can indeed take ova a game in the fourth quarter Garnett had 35 points and 20 rebounds and he made four of his five attempts in the final period as the Minnesota limberwolves defeated die Los Angeles Lakers 119-9- 1 to even series at one their d game each “He just stepped up and played big" trammate Wally Szczerbiak said “He’s been doing that all year for us land that’s why I think he should be the MVP of the league" Troy Hudson added 37 points for Minnesota which was eliminated in the first round the past 39-poi- nt 117-9- 8 to swipe home-cou- rt advantage from the Timberwolves O’Neal wasn’t around in the locker room afterward to comment but Bryant spoke for him and said the big man wasn’t distracted “It didn’t seem like his trip had any effect" Bryant said Hudson’s 37 points set a franchise record for a playoff game He averaged only 142 points during the regular season and his bat effort was 31 “I was just staying aggressive like the coaches told me to” Hudson said The Lakers had their most lopsided postseason loss since-200when the Indiana Pacers AP photo See WOLVES on B4 Minnesota guard Troy Hudson reacts to the crowd after hitting a shot against the Lakers 0 Utah State’s men’s and women’s tennis teams are headed to the Big West Tournament and will begin play on Thursday at the Blackhawk Country Club in Stockton Calif USU men’s team The sixth-seedfaces third-seedUC Irvine on Thursday at 9 am The ninth-seedUSU women’s team faces eighth-seede- d UC Riverside at 1 pm The men’s championship match is slated for Saturday while tire women’s championship will be played on Sunday ed Ute game ed ed called due to weather By Jeff Hunter staff writer Bumitz breaks hand NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mets right fielder Jeremy Bumitz will miss four-to-s- ix weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand Tuesday night when he was hit by a pitch from Houston closer Billy Wagner Wagner hit Bumitz with his first pitch of the game with one out in the ninth inning Bumitz immediately grabbed the hand in pain and was' checked out by the Mets’ trainers He stayed in thtf game which New York lost 6-- 2 showed a nondisplaced fracture in a bone right below the pinky finger Bumitz broke the same bone in his right hand in 1999 when he was hit by a pitch from Kansas City lefty Jose Rosado and missed nearly five Horne has been anything but sweet for the Utah State soft-ball team this season Rain forced the cancellation of Tuesday afternoon's clash with Utah in the top of the fourth inning and an unfavorable weather forecast also leaves Thursday's UTAH STATE double-head- er X-ra- ys weeks “It’s tough to get out of the way of those lefties" Bumitz said 5-- Tuesday's Mores NBA playoffs OO Vlmi Inreou QC ! IHihmi MllnttUnW vBleOy OO OOf Mitch MascaroHerald Journal Minnesota 119 LA Lakers 91 Utah State's Candice Hatch lays down a bunt during Tuesday's game against Utah The Aggies and Utes only got in three innings of play before the rain forced the game to be called NHL playoffs Philadelphia 6 Toronto 1 Minnesota 3 Colorado 2 OT Vancouver 4 St Louis 1 AL Chicago White Sox 3 Baltimore Tampa Bay 4 Toronto 3 Boston 5 Texas 4 Kansas City 4 Minnesota 3 Seattle 8 Cleveland 5 NY Yankees 8 Anaheim 3 Oakland 6 Detroit 5 (11) 1 NL Pittsburgh 5 San Francisco 2 Philadelphia 5 Colorado 2 Houston 6 NY Mets 2 Los Angeles 2 Cincinnati 1 Atlanta 5 SI Louis 3 Chicago Cubs 7 San Diego 2 1 Salt Lake 0 On television t US inn I MBIB BiBBBil I 12:10 pm tVGN— San Diego at Chicago Cubs 5 pjn ESPN— SL Louis at Atlanta or Houston at NY Mets ESPN2 — Los Angeles at Cincinnati or Houston at NY Mets NBA Sun TNT — Playoffs first round game 2 New Orleans at Philadelphia 730pjn — TNT Playoffs first round game 2 Portland at Dalas SOCCER 1230 pm FA Champions League playoffs quarterfinal 2 Manchester United vs Real Madrid at Manchester England ESPN2-UE- SACRAMENTO Calif (AP)1— Even before Peja Stojakovic joined the NBA he knew a thing or two about playoff pressure All-St- ar forward was the Most Valuable Player of the Greek Professional League averaging nearly 24 points a game while leading PAOK to the championship series But his team lost the series to Panathinaikos which held Stojakovic to 32 percent shooting He still remembers the frustration It was a learning experience for a old forward with NBA dreams and it pro-vided a wealth of experience that has helped the Serbian forward make significant strides in his playoff performance this season “The crowds are different over tftere and they love the playoffs” Stojakovic said with a grin “There’s a lot of pressure because of tiro fans and the money and everything All the stories about (European) crowds are true It’s a lot of pressure to dowell” Backed by the Kings’ deafening crowd at Arco Arena he scored 29 points Mon- day night as Sacramento beat the Utah Jazz 108-9- 3 to take a 0 lead in their aeries In his sixth straight summer of playoff action his teammates and coaches believe Stojakovic is ready for prime time “Anybody that’s been watching him the month and a half of the season knows he hasn’t bear struggling with anything” coach Rick Adelman said “He just shot well and I think tonight lie reaHy did a 20-yea- PCL See AGS on B4 Stojakovic emerging as Dustin a finalist playoff power for Kings for AD job at ISU 1998 the Sacramento Kings’ Montreal 4 Arizona 0 Florida 4 Milwaukee 2 Fresno against Colorado State and this weekend's series with UC Santa Barbara in jeopardy Inasmuch as USU's scheduled home opener against Southern Utah on March 26 was canceled and its Big West set with Long Beach State on April 6 postponed due to inclement weather the Aggies have only a doubleheader sweep at the hands of Brigham Young on April 1 to show for the home portion of their schedule thus far this season 2-- - r- - much better job of understanding how he was going to be playing and making hard cuts quickly rather than letting them both-L- n er him so much “That's a process that he’s going to have to go through because he’s an All- Star now one of the best offensive players in the league He needs to add to his game to go to the next level” Game 3 is Saturday night at the Delta Center with Game 4 on Monday After winning the first two games of a playoff series for the first time since the franchise moved to Sacramento in 1983 the Kn8s took the day off Tuesday ' Chris Webber will have therapy and treatment on his lower back and he hopes to be ready for Satur- day’s game Webber left Game 2 early in the second quarter after landing awkwardly while fighting for a rebound with Greg Ostertag After a slow start last fall Stojakovic had another strong season for the Kings' selection' He even got his second All-St- ar even though he probably didn't deserve it at the time he missed 10 early season games with a foot injury but Webber and Bobby Jackson couldn't represent the Kings because of injuries “I’ve been looking forward to the play- offs more than I ever did before" Sto-la- at jakovic said “Our team has to count on me in the playoffs because nobody wants See KINGS on B4 By Jeff Hunter staff writer Kevin Dustin Utah State’s associate athletic director for external operations is one of four candidates being considered for the athletic director position at Idaho State Dustin is in Pocatello today to interview for the post currently held by Howard Gauthier Gauthier the Bengals’ director of intercollegiate athletics since 1998 announced on Feb 12 he plans to leave the university on or before his contract expires on June 30 Now in his third year as USU’s associate athlete director for external operations Dustin served one year as director of athletic development Prior to that he spent two seasons as an assistant coach under former head basketball Larry Eustachv “I have a great job at Utah State and USU is an unbelievable place but it's one of those situations where you take a look at what other opportunities are out there” said Dustin who had dinner Tuesday night in Pocatello with about a dozen ISU “I just threw my hat in the ring a couple months ago and it’s played itself out until here we are “There’s only a handful of places where I would consider making a career move This one is close to home and Idaho State has a lot of the same challenges and opportunities that Utah State sup-pate- rs does” Prior to joining Eustachy 's staff in 1996 Dustin spent 14 seasons as a high school basketball coach After graduating from Utah State in L983 Ik served as the girls' basketball coach at Sky View for two seasons before moving on to Alta where he was an assistant on the boys' team six years Dustin then returned to Sky View and spent two seasons as an assistant under Alan Wamsley before taking over as head coach He was named foe 4A Coach of the fa See DUSTIN on B4 |