| Show Playoffs Heating Up On Off The Court Corey Coney Bullock Sports Editor During my usual two week re recuperation recuperation recuperation re- re period from March Madness and after not being able to make sense of the disaster of baseball gave me a splitting head head- ache I drifted off to a restless sleep when all of the sudden I awoke from my troubled slumber I sat straight up in my bed and the beads of sweat that covered my face like dew on a fall mourning were ere col cold as ice The playoffs playoffs playoffs play play- offs I screamed I anxiously turned on the television to catch the last part of on I Iwas Iwas Iwas was devastated at the thought that amid the chaos in the sports world I had lost track of the play play- offs I watched anxiously as showed highlights of the games I watched as the showed John Stock Stock- ton driving to the basket to win the first game of the series and then saw how the Jazz were eliminated from the play I noted how San Antonio Phoenix Phoenix Phoe Phoe- nix and Indiana had no problem advancing to the second round I saw the miracle of Reggie Miller score eight points in the last eighteen eighteen eighteen teen seconds to steel a victory form the I thought to myself I Ilove Ilove Ilove love this game Than the announcer on the television television television tele tele- vision was talking some sort of nonsense about a controversy in inthe inthe inthe the The same old story about favoritism to certain teams and players in the Alonzo Mourning in a post game interview after losing to the Bulls and being eliminated from the play-offs play said that they got what they wanted Michael and in the second round of the play Nick Van Exel of the Lakers in the same atmosphere said that you have to have a superstar superstar superstar super super- star to win in this league Other players from other teams have been heard mumbling about the officials and how they favor certain teams or players Tom assistant coach with the Denver Nuggets comments Certain Certain Certain tain players who have patent moves are allowed by the officials to make those moves But that doesn't make it right In a game against Indiana Patrick Ewing made a game winning shot after he traveled You could say that the shot was won of his patent moves Is it true there is favoritism Is there special treatment for the su superstars superstars su- su or say the big market teams Does the television market that a certain team plays in in influence influence ence the success of the team Four of the smaller markets in the finished with four of the five best record during the regular season but Utah and Seattle were eliminated eliminated eliminated in the first round Than again the second smallest market in the San Antonio is still alive Is it really two teams battling it out in an objective way to see who the better team is or is the out come already predetermined Has the become the after all Hulk Holgan was in Orlando to watch the Magic play Is there any truth to the accusations or is if just sour grapes A little food for thought |
