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It's show time for N BA's nine doctors of dunk

c. 1184 N.Y. Timet News Service NEW YORK Enter a concrete court where there’s a bent rim or where the pole supporting the backboard is crooked, and the damage is probably due to the effort of some player or players who sought to impersonate Dr. J or Dr. Dunkenstein, or some other moonbound marvel, and failed. And many so-called purists find that the game of “jammin’ ” as well as “3-point gunnin’ ” and “race horse, of course” does not suit their esthetics. They prefer the sweet team game to what is often blockheaded individualism. So it will come to them as the taste of ashes to learn of the Slam-Dunk Championship which will be held in Denver on Saturday, the day before the National Basketball Association’s annual All-Star Game. It will pit nine contestants. Pit, by the way, is no cliche here, but the perfect verb. For as Coach Hubie Brown of the Knicks says, “These guys play with their whole armpits up above the rim. ” The dunksters are Julius (Dr. J) Erving of Philadelphia, who won the last pro dunk contest, held by the American Basketball Association in 1976; Darrell (Dr. Dunkenstein) Griffith, Utah; Edgar (the Wild Helicopter) Jones, San Antonio; Clyde (the Glide) Drexler, Portland; Dominique (the Human Highlight Film) Wilkins, Atlanta; Michael (Coop-a-Loops) Cooper, Los Angeles; Larry (Fancy) Nance, Phoenix; Orlando (Oh! Oh!)

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Indiana And Big Ten College Basketball By The Associated Press Thursday’s Games Illinois 46, Michigan St. 40 Indiana 57, Northwestern 44 Indiana St. 79, Bradley 64 Kankakee, lU. 78, Vincennes 72 Oakland City 74, Indiana-Southeast 64 Ohio St. 65, lowa 54 Purdue 61, Michigan 57 St. Joseph's 76, Ind.St-Evansville 72 Thursday's college Basketball Scores By The Associated Press EAST CoppinSt. 95, Md.-Eastern Shore 90 Delaware St. 63, Utica 56 Fairleigh Dickinson 81, St. Francis, N.Y. 70 George Washington 73, Massachusetts 68 LaSalle 95, lona 80 Manhattan 73, Army 61 Robert Morris 71, Siena 53 St. Bona venture 62, Rutgers 58 St. Francis, Pa. 81, Marist 72 St. Joseph's 74, Rhode Island 71 Temple 70, Duquesne 57 W. Virginia 92, Penn St. 80 SOUTH Ala -Birmingham 74, N.C. Charlotte 60 Austin Peay 67, Mid. Tennessee St. 58 Baptist 74, S. Carolina St. 64 E. Tennessee St. 65, Appalachian St. 83 Georgia Southern 63, Hardin-Simmons Georgia St. 72, Florida A4M 59 Georgia Tech 58, Clemaon 52 Louisiana Tech 74, McNeese St. 61 N. Carolina St. 79, Duke 76 Nicholls St. 71, SE Louisiana 58 S Alabama 87, Old Dominion 82 Samford 85, NW Louisiana 70 So. Mississippi 60. SW Louisiana 54 Tennessee Tech 61, Murray St. 60 VCU66, S. Florida 54 W. Carolina 87. Campbell 78 Xavier, La. 78, Southern, NO 64 MIDWEST Akron 73, E. Kentucky 64 Hillsdale 68, Lake Superior 64 111.-Chicago 79, Wis.-Green Bay 89 Illinois 46, Michigan St. 40 Indiana 57, Northwestern 44 Indiana St. 79, Bradley 64 Morehead St. 88, Youngstown St. 77 Ohio St. 65, lowa 54 Purdue 61, Michigan 57 So. Illinois 71, Drake 61 Wichita St. 68. Illinois St. 66 Xavier, Ohio 72, Cincinnati 63 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 66, N. Texas St. 52 Houston Baptist 55, Mercer 50 Lamar 110, Texas-Arlington 79 So. Methodist 61, Texas Christian 59 Tulsa 75, Creighton 64 FAR WEST Boise St. 81, Nev.-Ren069,20T Brigham Young 74, Wyoming 61 California 68, Washington St. 63, OT Cal.-Irvine 81, Fullerton St. 80 Colorado St. 56, Utah 54 Fresno St. 76, New Mexico St. 67 Idaho 69, N. Arizona 61 Long Beach St. 88, Pacific 68 Loyola, Calif. 55, Portland 51 Montana St. 62, Idaho St. 59 Nev.-Las Vegas 100, Cal.-Santa Barbara 68 Oregon 69, Arizona 55 Oregon St. 67, Arizona St. 62 Pepperdine 57, Gonzaga 56 St. Mary's 81, Santa Clara 64 Stanford 78, Washington 74 Weber St. 67, Montana 59, OT National Basketball Association At A Glance By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W. L.Pct...GB Boston 34 9 . 791 Philadelphia 29 14 .674 5 New York 24 18 .571 9V4 New Jersey 22 22 .500 12V* Washington 19 25 . 432 ISVz Central Division Milwaukee 24 19 .558 Detroit 23 19 . 548 Mr Atlanta 24 20 .545 Chicago 16 24 .400 6H Indiana 12 29 . 293 11 Cleveland 12 30 286 11W WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division Utah 27 16 628 Dallas 25 19 . 568 2Mi San Antonio 20 24 .455 7tfe Denver 19 25 .432 84 Houston 18 26 409 94 Kansas City 17 25 . 406 94 Pacific Division Los Angeles 26 16 .619 - Portland 27 18 .600 4 Seattle 22 19 .537 3 4 Golden State 20 25 . 444 7 4 Phoenix 19 24 442 7 4 San Diego 15 28 349 114 Thursday’s Games New York 104, Washington 97

Floyd looking for win out west

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Ray Floyd has carved out an enviable record in a PGA Tour career that spans more than two decades: 18 victories, including a pair of PGA national championships, a Masters green jacket and more than $2 million in earnings. Strangely enough, however, he’s never won in the West. “I’m going to fix that situation this year," he said. And Floyd took a major step in that direction with an 8-under-par 64 that gave him the first-round lead Thursday in the $400,000 Isuzu-Andy Williams San Diego Open golf tournament.

Denver 126, Chicago 125 San Antonio 123, Golden State 116 Seattle 114, Kansas City 106 Utah 125, New Jersey 115 Los Angeles 131, Houston 102 San Diego 119, Phoenix 101 Sunday’s Game All-Star Game in Denver National Hockey League Wales Conference Patrick Division W L T Pts GF GA NY Isles 31 18 2 64 225 178 NY Rangers 29 17 5 63 210 191 Philadelphia 27 14 7 61 213 170 Washington 25 21 4 54 179 166 Pittsburgh 10 33 5 25 148 214 New Jersey 10 35 4 24 136 209 Adams Division Buffalo 32 13 5 69 201 160 Boston 32 14 3 87 215 148 Quebec 27 18 5 59 236 179 Montreal 23 24 3 49 189 188 Hartford 15 27 6 36 162 204 Campbell Conference Norris Division Minnesota 26 19 4 56 229 220 St. Louis 21 25 5 47 185 200 Chicago 19 27 5 43 173 195 Toronto 16 27 6 38 194 237 Detroit 16 29 4 36 173 215 Smythe Division Edmonton 38 8 4 80 296 196 Calgary 19 19 10 48 179 198 Winnipeg 19 23 8 46 226 250 Vancouver 17 28 6 40 197 213 Los Angeles 14 27 9 37 209 242 Thursday's Games Winnipeg 6, Hartford 2 Montreal 4, N.Y. Rangers 2 Quebec 5, N.Y. Islanders 1 Saturday's Games Winnipeg at Boston Detroit at N.Y. Islanders Hartford at Quebec Los Angeles at Edmonton Pittsburgh at Montreal Washington at Toronto Chicago at Minnesota Sunday's Games Montreal at Boston Quebec at Hartford Pittsburgh at Buffalo St. Louis at N.Y. Rangers Philadelphia at Chicago New Jersey at Vancouver Thursday's Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Signed Mike Boddicker, pitcher, to a one-year contract and Lenn Sakata, infielder, to a two-year contract. CALIFORNIA ANGELS—Signed Doug Corbett, and Mike Witt, pitchers, to oneyear contracts, Juan Beniquez, outfielder, to a two-year contract and Geoff Zahn, pitcher. CLEVELAND INDIANS—Signed Ron Hassey, catcher, to a three-year contract and Rick Behenna, pitcher, to a one-year contract. MINNESOTA TWINS-Signed John Butcher and Mike Walters, pitchers, Dave Engle, catcher, and Tack Wilson and Mike Hart, outfielders. NEW YORK YANKEES-Named Jeff Mangold strength and conditioning coach. SEATTLE MARlNEßS—Announced that Steve Henderson, outfielder, has agreed to terms on a one-year contract. TORONTO BLUE JAYS-Signed Roy Lee Jackson, pitcher, to a one-year contract. National League CINCINNATI REDS-Announced agreements with Frank Pastore, pitcher, on a four-year contract, and Bruce Berenyi and Charlie Puleo, pitchers, Tony Perez, first baseman, and Nick Esasky, third baseman, to one-year contracts. NEW YORK METS—Signed Danny Heep, first baseman-outfielder, to a oneyear contract. PITTSBURGH PIRATES-Reached agreements with John Tudor, pitcher, on a two-year contract and Ray Krawczyk, pitcher, and Bobby Bonilla, outfielder, on one-year contracts. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL— Suspended Mark Messier of the Edmonton Oilers for six games. LOS ANGELES KINGS-RecaUed Bill O'Dwyer, center, from New Haven of the American Hockey League. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS-Acquired Kevin McCarthy, defenseman, from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a third-round draft pick. FOOTBALL United State* Football League MICHIGAN PANTHERS-Signed Jim Stanley, coach, to a multi-year contract; Mike Cobb, tight end, to a series of oneyear contracts through the 1966 season. PITTSBURGH MAULERS-Signed Tim Agee, safety.

Perhaps significantly, the nobogey effort came on a course Floyd called “my nemesis,” the North course at the Torrey Pines Golf Club. At 6,667 yards, it’s the shorter and easier of the two par-72 courses used for the first two rounds of this event. All the parse are reachable. It’s more sheltered from the Pacific winds. But it also can be troublesome. “Over the years, it’s been my nemesis,” Floyd said. “I’ve lost this tournament two times in playoffs. And that’s after playing the North in 68 and 69. If you’re playing well, you feel

Woolridge, Chicago, and Ralph Sampson, Houston. Sampson has no immediately recognizable nickname, but since, at 7 feet 4 inches, he is the tallest player in the contest, the handicap of a plain name might not prove severe. One primary pro stuffers is not competing. Darryl Dawkins opted out because, he says, of a painful wrist. Some believe, though, that this is Dawkins’s way of showing displeasure with the league because of all the fouls referees call on him. And so Dawkins’s special dunks will not be on display. There will be no “In-Your-Face Disgrace” or “Left-Handed, SpineChiller Supreme” or “Chocolate Thunder-Flying, RobinzineCrying, Teeth-Shaking, Glass-Breaking, Rump-Roasting, BunToasting, Wham, Bam, I Am Jam,” or “Dunk You Very Much.” It’s noteworthy that the very best players, other than Erving, are not associated with the dunk not Moses Malone, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Isiah Thomas or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. But a lot of people, many of whom leave the game in the third quarter to beat the traffic, like the dunk, and they get very excited when they see a player slamming the leather through the net. The NBA is putting on this contest to appeal to those people. The players are judged on “creativity, athletic ability and crowd response.” The rules are that the shot must be taken within 24 seconds, and that “each dunk has to originate from the confines of the court.”. In other words, said Brian Mclntyre, public relations director

Bullets have long night in loss to explosive Knicks

By The Associated Press The New York Knicks continue to be an up-and-down team, but this time they were too far up to go down. Bernard King scored 27 points and Bill Cartwright added 21 as the Knicks, who usually play their best against the National Basketball Association’s top teams and leave something to be desired against the alsorans, took command early and coasted to a 104-97 victory over the struggling Washington Bullets Thursday night. “We’re a Jekyll and Hyde team,” said Coach Hubie Brown, whose Knicks closed to within games of secondplace Philadelphia in the Atlantic Division. The Knicks led by as many as 24 points in the first half, but allowed the Bullets to cut the gap to five points twice in the final 1:32.“1n the first half we were perfect, but in the end we played dumb basketball,” Brown said. “We missed free throws, threw the ball away, and did a lot of silly things.” In other games, the Utah Jazz downed the New Jersey Nets 125-115, the Los Angeles Lakers crushed the Houston Rockets 131-102, the Seattle Super Sonics defeated the Kansas City Kings 114-106, the Denver Nuggets nipped the Chicago Bulls 126125, the San Antonio Spurs beat the Golden State Warriors 123116 and the San Diego Clippers trounced the Phoenix Suns 119101. “Playing consistently has been our problem all year,” said King, who scored 18 points in the first half. “We’ll do good against the better teams and then let down the next game against a team we should beat. I hope this is the start of something good. This was a very important win.” Jazz 125, Nets 115 Adrian Dantley scored 39 points, Rickey Green 18 and John Drew 16 as Utah won its 15th straight game at the Salt Palace. After leading 68-58 at the half, the Jazz got its fast break going early in the third quarter for an 81-62 lead with 9:30 to go in the period. Lakers 131, Rockets 102 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 26 points paced Lo 6 Angles, which also got 23 from James Worthy and 20 from Jamaal Wilkes and

like par is about 68. “If you expect to do well in the tournament, you feel you ought to have a really good round on the North," Floyd said. And he did. He had no bogeys, no 58 on his card and a single one-putt par. “It’s very nice to get off to a good start, "he said. A single stroke off the lead at 65 were Gary McCord and Brad Bryant, a pair of journeymen tourists still seeking their first Tour title. The group at 66, six under, included Loren Roberts, Steve Liebler, Chip Beck, Don Pooley and veteran Gibby Gilbert.

took a half-game lead over Portland in the Pacific Division. The loss snapped the Rockets’ five-game winning streak as rookie star Ralph Sampson was held to 16 points on 8-for-24 shooting. Lewis Lloyd led Houston with 20 points. Super Sonics 114, Kings 106 Jack Sikma scored 31 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead Seattle The Sonics led 53-52 at halftime and outscored Kansas City 28-14 for an 81-66 lead with 3:38 remaining in the third quarter. The Kings tied the score 91-91 with 7:27 remaining, but Gus Williams hit two baskets and Sikma added another. Williams scored 22 points, including 18 in the second half. LaSalle Thompson led the Kings with 23 points and a game-high 20 rebounds. Nuggets 126, Bulls 125 Denver snapped a 12-game losing streak on the road as Kiki Vandeweghe broke a 119-119 tie with a 15-foot shot and added a clutch free throw in the final seconds of play.Vandeweghe scored 13 of his 26 points in the final quarter, while Dan Issel had a season-high 37 points for the Nuggets. David Greenwood and Orlando Woolridge led Chicago with 32 and 24, respectively. After Vandeweghe gave the Nuggets the lead for good, Alex English hit a pair of free throws with 42 seconds left for a four-point bulge. Spurs 123, Warriors 116 San Antonio scored eight of the final 10 points to defeat Golden State behind George Gervin’s 39 points. Artis Gilmore added 21 and Mike Mitchell 20 for the Spurs, while Joe Barry Carroll had 24 and Don Collins 20 for the Warriors and John Lucas had 14 assists. Clippers 119, Suns 101 Ricky Pierce scored 12 of his 18 points in the third quarter to help San Diego overtake Phoenix. The Clippers trailed 79-69 midway through the third period, but outscored the Suns 22-4 to take a 91-83 lead and Phoenix didn’t threaten seriously in the final 12 minutes. Michael Brooks had 10 of his 16 points in the third period as the Clippers outscored the Suns 3620. Terry Cummings led the Clippers with 24 points and 11 rebounds, while Norm Nixon added 20 points and 11 assists.

Of the leaders, only Roberts piayed the 7,002-yard South course. And he needed his career-first hole-in-one. It came on the 202-yard 16th hole with a 3-iron. Fuzzy Zoeller, who scared his first career victory in this event, was in a group at 67. Tom Watson, winner of the first tournament of the year and twice a San Diego champion, and Craig Stadler were at 68. Stadler played the South, Watson the North. The players switch courses today, before the field is cut to the low 70 scorers for the final two rounds at the South course.

of the NBA, “you can start from almost anywhere except the balcony.” When Erving won, his final fling was a wild windmill. He took a running start at three-quarters-court dribbling isn’t required and then, as he drew nearer the basket, “took off,” as he described it, “and began to soar.” Was he on a basketball court or a landing strip? And what does this have to do with basketball? “Not much,” said Red Auerbach, general manager of the Celtics. “The dunk is supposed to be spectacular, but I think it sets a terrible example for kids. You can’t teach ’em fundamentals. A lot of kids think that if you can’t dunk, you can’t play basketball. It’s all wrong. ” But Auerbach admits that the dunk has become a factor of sorts, particularly in the pros. “A few guys, like Dr. J, have perfected it,” he said, “and it’s even a better percentage shot than laying the ball up against the backboard.” To Brown, the slam is a legitimate stratagem. “I tell my players to dunk every chance they get,” he said. “In pro ball, a good dunk can be demoralizing to the defense. The guy who gets dunked on is embarrassed, and he can’t stand the heat. He doesn’t want it happening to him again, so he’ll stay with his man when he shouldn’t and won’t rotate, or double-team, the next time around. I’ve seen defenses break down after one

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dramatic dunk.” The dunk can also have a salubrious effect on the slammer’s team. Wayne Witt, the Spurs’ public relations director, said, “When the Helicopter stuffs, the HemisFair erupts,” meaning that a slam dunk by Jones turns on the crowd in the HemisFair Arena. There are also negatives for he who would try a dunk, even when he makes it. One is possible injury. When you’re up so high, down is very far. Truck Robinson fell so hard after a recent dunk that he sprained his wrist and was out for six games. Some players attempt to dunk but miss and the ball often takes a long bounce off the rim. “In college,” said Erving, “there were guys on other teams who would try to dunk and couldn’t. That was great for us; it always started our fast break." One of the most unforgettable efforts at a dunk was by Wilt Chamberlain. Wilt, then with the Lakers, drove down the mid die, leaped and suddenly found himself too close to the backboard. Trying to screech to a halt in mid-flight, he arched backward and reached his long arm up, but couldn’t quite get the ball over the front of the rim, and he crashed to the floor. He was not only humiliated by having missed the dunk, but also held on to the ball and was called for traveling.

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