Banner Graphic, Volume 18, Number 187, Greencastle, Putnam County, 15 April 1988 — Page 8

THE BANNERGRAPHIC April 15,1988

Bulls deliver another key blow to Pacers

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Michael Jordan, the NBA’s scoring leader, believes he doesn’t have to carry his Chicago Bulls into the playoffs. “Anyone who figures we’re a one-man team is going to be surprised,” said Jordan, who had a rare off-night shooting and still scored 35 points as the Bulls beat Indiana 116-110 Thursday, dealing a serious blow to the Pacers’ playoff hopes and boosting Chicago’s hopes of catching second-place Atlanta in the Atlantic Division. “I really couldn’t get anything generated offensively. I missed a lot of easy shots,” said Jordan, who was 4-of-14 in the first half and 12-of-28 for the night as he topped the 30-point mark for the 52nd time this season. “I really wanted to come out and get everybody off to a good start I was sending my shots a little long. That tells me I was over hyper,” Jordan said. Chicago had six players in double figures as it moved to within one game of Atlanta with six games toplay. “The guys really came through when it counted. Horace Grant played excellent, Brad Sellers played excellent and Charles Oakley gave us a lift when we needed,” Jordan said. Grant came off the bench to score 18 points and had a gamehigh 13 rebounds, playing 31 minutes. Vincent also scored 18. “Our confidence level is high now. We know we can win games. Even when we were down by nine, we don’t get all shaken up,” Jordan said. The Pacers are on the verge of being eliminated from playoff contention after their eighth loss in 10 games. Indiana is tied with Washington for the eighth and last Eastern Conference playoff spot with five games to play. The Bullets won the season series between the teams and would qualify for the playoffs on that basis. Philadelphia, which plays here Saturday, trails Indiana and Washington by a halfgame.

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“Our (playoff) chances are slowly slipping away. Now we’re depending on someone else losing,” said Indiana’s Wayman Tisdale, who had 18 of his 30 points in the opening quarter. “It is starting to tell that our confidence level is not as strong as it was. We need to get back to the basics and play hard on both ends of the floor.” Jordan had 10 points in the final period, came up with a big steal and capped the scoring by making two free throws with five seconds left when he was fouled immediately after the steal. “I anticipated the ball going to Reggie Miller right at the end. I saw it in Chuck’s eyes and was able to steal it,” Jordan said. The Pacers missed nine consecutive shots in the fourth quarter, going more than six minutes without a field goal. “We played a lot harder and did a lot of things well but still came up short” said Indiana’s John Long, who had 23 points. Tisdale was 10-of-14 with 24 points in the first half. “We just stopped him from getting to the post We didn’t send anybody to him or overplay the defense on him,” Jordan said. “Oakley just played tough defense against him.” Pacer* Thursday boucorc Chicago 114, lOndiana lit CHICAGO (116) Oakley 4-8 7-9 15. Sellers 5- 0-0 10, Corzine 5-12 2-212. Jordan 12-28 1112 35, Vincent 5-10 8-10 18, Grant 8-13 2-2 18, Paxeon 2-4 0-0 4, Pippen 1-3 0-0 2, Waiters 1-1 00 2, Turner 0-0 0-00. Totals 43-91 30-35 116. INDIANA (110) Person 3-10 3-4 11, Tisdale 13-21 4-5 30, Stipanovich 1-5 2-2 4, Fleming 7-11 6- 20, Long 11-22 0-0 23, Williams 4-10 4-6 12. Anderson 1-3 2-3 4. Miller 1-7 2-3 4. Skiles 1-4 00 2 Totals 42-93 23-30 110. Chicago 24 27 36 27 —H6 Indiana 31 31 23 25 —ll6 3-point goals Person 2 Long. Fouled cut Stipanovich. Rebounds Chicago 58 (Grant 13), Indiana S 3 (Tisdale, Stipanovich 312). Assists Chicago 19 (Vincent 6), Indiana 19 (Person 7). Total fouls Chicago 22 Indiana 27. Technical Chicago illegal defense. Attendance

Baseball Major League Baseball At A Glance By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct. GB New York 8 1 .889 Cleveland 8 2 .800 *4 Boston 6 3 .667 2 Detroit 4 4 300 3*4 Toronto 4 6 .400 4*4 Milwaukee 2 6 .250 5*4 Baltimore 0 9 .000 8 West Di vis km W L PcL GB Kansas City 6 3 .667 Oakland 6 3 .667 California 4 4 300 I*4 Seattle 4 5 .444 2 Chicago 3 5 .375 2*4 Minnesota 3 5 .375 2*4 Texas 3 5 .375 2*4

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Michael Jordan of Chicago prepares to lay in two of his 35 points Thursday in leading the Bulls to a key,' 116-110 win

Thursday’s results New York 7, Toronto 3 Boston 2, Milwaukee 0 Texas 2, Detroit 1 Chicago a( California, ppd., rain Kansas City 4, Baltimore 3 Cleveland 3, Minnesota 1 Oakland 5, Seattle 4 Today’s games Texas (Hough 1-1) at Boston (Sellers 0-1) New York (John 0-0) at Milwaukee (Birk beck 01) Kansas City (Leibrandt 1-1) at Detroit (Alexander 0-1), (n) Minnesota (Viola 1-1) at Toronto (Stottlemyre 0-1), (n) Cleveland (Yett 1-0) at Baltimore (McGregor 01). (n) California (M.Witt 0-1) at Seattle (M.Moore 1l).(n) Chicago (Horton 1-1) at Oakland (Welch 1-1), (n) Saturday’s games Texas at Boston Kansas City at Detroit Minnesota at Toronto New York at Milwaukee Chicago at Oakland Cleveland at Baltimore, (n) California at Seattle, (n) NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L PcL GB Pittsburgh 6 2 .750 Chicago 5 3 .625 1 New York 5 3 .625 1 Philadelphia 3 5 .375 3 St Louis 3 5 .375 3 Montreal 2 6 .250 4 West Division W L PcL GB Houston 7 1 .875 Los Angeles , 6 3 .667 I*4

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over the Indiana Pacers in Market Square Arena. (Ban-ner-Graphic photo by Gary Goodman)

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Cincinnati 5 4 356 2*4 San Francisco 5 4 356 2*4 San Diego 3 6 .333 4*4 Atlanta 0 8 .000 7 Thursday’s results New York 1, Montreal 0 "* San Diego 2, Los Angeles 0 Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 2 Houston 9, Cincinnati 3 Only games scheduled Today’s games (Smiley 0-0) at Chicago (Sutcliffe 0Philadelphia (Rawley 0-2) at Montreal (Youmans 0-1), (n) St. Louis (Mathews 1-0) at New York (Gooden 2-0), (n) Cincinnati (R.Robinson 0-1) at Houston (Scott 2-0), (n) Atlanta (Glavine 0-1) at Los Angeles (Hershiser 2-0), (n) San Francisco (Reuschel 1-0) at San Diego (Grant 0-1), (n) Saturday’s games Cincinnati at Houston St. Louis at New York Pittsburgh at Chicago Atlanta at Los Angeles Philadelphia at Montreal, (n) San Francisco at San Diego, (n) Basketball National Basketball Association At A Glance By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L PcL GB •Boston 55 21 .724 New York 36 41 .468 19*4 Washington 35 42 .455 20*4

Pirates, Astros remain hot in National League

By The Associated Press The two hottest teams in the National League have, not surprisingly, the two hottest players. Barry Bonds and Glenn Davis are off to torrid starts, and their blistering bats have lifted the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros to the top of their divisions. Bonds had two homers, including one leading off the game, the seventh straight game he has hit safely in his first at-bat, as the Pirates beat Philadelphia 4-2. Pittsburgh completed a three-game sweep of the Phillies and is 6-2 overall. Davis drove in five runs with a three-run homer and a pair of singles, leading the Astros to a 9-3 victory over Cincinnati. Houston is 7-1 and Davis leads the NL with five home runs and 15 runs batted in. Pirates 4, Phillies 2 The Pirates won 27 of their last 38 games in 1987. And they’ve continued to win this year. Junior Ortiz also hit a homer and drove in the tie-breaking run with a basesloaded walk in the third inning. Astros 9, Reds 3 Davis’ three-run homer in the first inning started Houston’s rout and he also drove in runs with singles in the fourth and seventh innings. He is batting .375 and equaled a career high with his five runs batted in. Mets 1, Expos 0 Both teams got only two hits, but one was Len Dykstra’s leadoff homer in the sixth inning off Dennis Martinez. Bob Ojeda made the run stand up. Ojeda allowed a one-out double to Andres Galarraga in the second inning, then retired 18 straight before Mike Fitzgerald singled in the eighth. Padres 2, Dodgers 0 Jimmy Jones, Mark Davis and Lance McCullers combined on the

Philadelphia 34 42 .447 21 New Jersey 18 59 .234 37*4 Central Division ♦Detroit 50 26 .658 ♦Atlanta 47 29 .618 3 ♦Chicago 46 30 .605 4 Milwaukee 40 36 326 10 Cleveland 38 40 .487 13 Indiana 35 42 .455 15*4 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division W L PcL GB ♦Dallas 50 26 .658 ♦Denver 50 27 .649 *4 ♦Houston 44 32 .579 6 ♦Utah 42 35 .545 B*4 San Antonio 29 47 .382 21 Sacramento 22 55 .286 28*4 Pacific Division •L. A. Lakers 57 19 .750 ♦Portland 48 28 .632 9 ♦Seattle 41 35 .539 16 Phoenix 26 50 .342 31 Golden State 19 57 .250 38 LA. Clippers 17 60 .221 40*4 ♦ Clinched playoff berth • Clinched division title Thursday’s results Chicago 116, Indiana 110 Houston 123, Sacramento 105 Portland 128, Utah 123 Today’s games Chicago at New Jersey Atlanta at Philadelphia Boston at Cleveland Milwaukee at Detroit Washington at New York Sacramento at San Antonio Houston at Denver Phoenix at Los Angeles Lakers Golden State at Portland Dallas at Seattle

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shutout. Jones, 1-1, won his fourth game in as many lifetime appearances against Los Angeles and lowered his lifetime ERA against the Dodgers to 0.63. Yankees 7, Blue Jays 3 Dave Winfield drove in four runs and rookie Al Leiter struck out 11 over eight innings as New York took three of four at Toronto and improved to 8-1. Red Sox 2, Brewers 0 Roger Clemens pitched a six-hit-ter and struck out 13 as Boston sent visiting Milwaukee to its sixth straight defeat Rangers 2, Tigers 1 Jose Guzman combined with Mitch Williams on a four-hitter as Texas beat Jack Morris at Tiger Stadium. Indians 3, Twins 1 Tom Candiotti pitched his second straight complete game and Willie Upshaw scored twice as Cleveland beat visiting Minnesota. Athletics 5, Mariners 4 Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire hit consecutive home runs in the eighth inning as Oakland beat Seattle at the Kingdome. Royals 4, Orioles 3 Frank Robinson tried to find some good signs in Baltimore’s ninth straight defeat after left fielder Jeff Stone lost a ball in the lights to lose the game. With the score tied 3-3, Jim Eisenreich came around from first base when Stone lost Frank White’s drive in the lights with two outs in the top of the ninth inning as the Kansas City Royals beat the Orioles. “I like the way we battled bacjc tonight against a good pitcher like (Bret) Saberhagen,” Robinson said. “It was a good effort and hopefullywe’ll be able to build on this.” Robinson is 0-3 since taking over for Cal Ripken on Tuesday.

Hockey NHL Playoffs At A Glance Day-By-Day By The Associated Press First Round Thursday’s results Patrick Division » New Jersey 6, N.Y. Islanders 5, New Jersey wins series 4-2 Washington 7, Philadelphia 2, series tied 3-3 > Adams Division Montreal 2, Hartford 1, Montreal wins series 4-2’ Boston 5, Buffalo 2, Boston wins series 4-2 , Norris Division Detroit 5, Toronto 3, Detroit wins series 4-2 ’ Saturday’s games Patrick Division t Philadelphia at Washington Transactions : BASEBALL American League > BOSTON RED SOX Signed Rick Ccrone," catcher, to a one-year contract. Named Joseph P.’ Helyar director of ticket operations. » CHICAGO WHITE SOX Traded Tun Hulett,' infielder, to the Montreal Expos for cash or for a player to be named later. National League CINCINNATI REDS Placed Buddy Bell, ' third baseman, on the 15-day disabled list Recal-, led Lloyd McClendon, third baseman, from Nash-, ville of the American Association. HOUSTON ASTROS Placed Josouin An-; dujar, pitcher, on the 21-day disabled list Recalled' Ernie Camacho, pitcher, from Tuscon of the PacificCoast League.

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