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Spurs hit free throws, drop Pacers below .500

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) San Antonio coach Larry Brown doesn’t usually brag about the Spurs’ free throw shooting, but it made all the difference against Indiana. The Spurs defeated the Pacers 103-102 Tuesday night as Rod Strickland hit two free throws with 3 seconds to play. “WE’RE NOT A great free throw shooting team, but Terry Cummings made four big ones, David Robinson made two big ones, and Rod made the biggest two of the game,” Brown said. “Every time Rod goes to the line, it’s an adventure. But he’s a clutch kid.” San Antonio won its third

Baseball doing nothing NEW YORK (AP) Another day of nothing in baseball: no negotiating, no talks scheduled, no settlement in sight. Still nothing definite on opening day, either. But, with the lockout now at 28 days, it’s a foregone conclusion the season will not start on time. ON TUESDAY, Commissioner Fay Vincent and the league presidents agreed to wait until Friday before deciding whether to officially postpone the April 2 openers. “We felt basically we could wait a few more days before we had to make a definite announcement, hoping something could occur in a positive way,” American League president Bobby Brown said. “We didn’t want to make some sort of a big pronouncement and start scrambling and change it. We just want to hold out.” Union chief Donald Fehr and management negotiator Chuck O’Connor spoke several times by telephone Tuesday, but Fehr said “nothing of substance” was discussed. THE SIDES HAVE not bargained since last Wednesday and there are no plans for them to get together. President Bush called on Tuesday for “both sides to get the matter resolved so the American people can hear that cry ‘Play ball’ again. “Yes, I’m a ball fan and I want to go to the opening game someplace,” Bush said during a White House news conference. “Last year I went to the American League. This year I would like to go to the National League, if possible.” INSTEAD, BASEBALL seems headed for its third shortened season in 17 years. And opening day seems certain to be delayed for just the second time.

NFL shortens games with rule changes

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Paul Tagliabue and Jim Finks are carrying through on a promise to make some of those seemingly interminable NFL games a little less so. The new commissioner and the man who was his chief rival for the job continued their reshaping of the league by convincing owners to approve a package of changes that will cut about a half-dozen plays per game and also about a halfdozen minutes. COMBINED WITH THE reduction of the halftime break to 12 minutes from the current 15, the hope is that the length of games will get close to Tagliabue’s goal of three hours. Games averaged 3:11 last year, and have averaged over three hours since 1977. “We don’t want to take plays out of the game,” said Finks, who was named chairman of the rulesmaking competition committee in one of Tagliabue *s first actions upon being elected commissioner last October. “But we’re more interested in the quality of plays rather than the number of plays.”

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straight game despite scoring just one field goal in the final six minutes, Robinson’s baseline jumper that cut Indiana’s lead to 96-95 with 2:21 left. San Antonio scored its final eight points on free throws, although the Spurs made just 27 of 40 from the line overall. “We could have made it an easy game if we made free throws and layups in the first half,” Brown said. ROBINSON LED THE Spurs with 26 points, and Cummings had 23. Strickland and Willie Anderson had 16 apiece for the Spurs. Strickland had missed five of seven free throws prior to his lastseconds heroics. “It has been a mental thing,”

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European

PONTE VEDRA, Fla. (AP) The major European stars are conspicuous by their absence this week in the showcase event of the American PGA Tour, the Players Championship. Masters champion Nick Faldo of England is missing. So are Seve Ballesteros of Spain, Bernhard Langer of West Germany and lan Woosnam of Wales. ALL ARE ELIGIBLE for the tournament that begins Thursday on the TPC at Sawgrass, the home course for America’s touring pros. But none will play in the event that is billed as the annual championship of golf’s touring pros. It

The tightening up was approved during a Tuesday session in which the owners awarded the 1993 Super Bowl to Phoenix. It was a somewhat chancy choice because of that state’s politics which could result in voters rescinding the law making Martin Luther King day a holiday. If that were to happen, the league might take away the game. TAGLIABUE ALSO appointed a seven-member committee to look into expansion and realignment, and owners voted to cut from six weeks to four the minimum stay for a player on the injured reserve list. The major rule change, however, involves when the clock starts and stops. Under the new rules, instead of the clock stopping on all out-of-bounds plays, it will be restarted by the referee after both teams are deemed ready for play. Incomplete passes, however, will still stop the clock. The clock will start when the ball is marked ready after kickoffs and after all declined penalties. The 30second clock will be reduced to 25 seconds after timeouts.

said Strickland, who joined the Spurs 10 games ago in a trade from the New York Knicks. “It’s got the best of me right now. I’m trying to get out of it. Maybe tonight making those clutch foul shots could get me out of it. I’m definitely a better foul shooter than that.” STRICKLAND SAID, “I was trying to make a cut and Vem (Fleming) grabbed my arm. I was supposed to get the ball and either penetrate or look for somebody.” Fleming admitted he held Strickland, but was surprised official Jake O’Donnell whistled him for it. “The ball was already going in to Robinson,” he said. “It was a stupid foul. Really, I shouldn’t have made the foul anyway. You should

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ranks as the most important tournament produced solely by the PGA Tour. And, as if to emphasize their displeasure with the American tour’s hierarchy, all the Europeans plan to play next week at Bay Hill in Orlando, Fla. Their absence hasn’t gone unnoticed. “IN OTHER YEARS, this tournament had the strongest field in golf,” two-time U.S. Open champion Curtis Strange said. “But with the Europeans missing, you can’t say the same this year. “From top to bottom, this field has greater depth than any other Tour event, but you can’t say it’s

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make them make the bucket So it was my fault too. I grabbed him. But that’s the way everybody plays. You’re not used to see them call stuff like that.” REGGIE MILLER LED all scorers with 31 points for the Pacers, who also got 16 from Fleming. Indiana trailed by 11 points in the second quarter and 62-52 by halftime. The Pacers took their first lead at 76-74 on Mike Sanders’ fast-break layup with 2:28 remaining in the third quarter. San Antonio managed just 14 points in the third period and fell behind by as many 6 in the fourth before rallying. Indiana lost for the sixth time in

the strongest at the top with the leading Europeans not here.” It’s all part of a continuing rift between the American tour administration and Europe’s leading players. FALDO AND LANGER resigned their American tour memberships late last year. Ballesteros and Woosnam declined preferred memberships. All have complained of the membership requirement to play 15 American events annually. They say it is too many. As non-mem-bers, they are restricted in the number of American events in which they compete.

seven games, including three of four at home, and dropped under .500 for the first time all season. LASALLE THOMPSON gave Indiana its final lead when he tipped in a miss by Chuck Person. San Antonio called a timeout and threw a halfcourt pass down low to Robinson, but Fleming was called for the foul away from the ball on Strickland on the play. Noting the Pacer defense held the Spurs to 31 percent shooting in second half, Indiana coach Dick Versace said, “I was very pleased with the second half performance. That’s the way we’re capable of playing. IDefense was the key in the second half. That’s the kind of defense we’re capable of playing.

Suns Johnsons get on the ‘Jazz’

By The Associated Press For a team that carries Johnson & Johnson on its roster, the Phoenix Suns are feeling no pain. The Suns ended Utah’s clubrecord 19-game homecourt winning streak Tuesday night, defeating the Jazz 114-106. Kevin Johnson scored 29 points, including 14 in the fourth quarter, and Eddie Johnson had 27, 11 over his average. “WE’RE A GREEDY team,” Eddie Johnson said. “We want to win it all, just like those great Laker, Celtic and Sixer teams. You have to be greedy for a win. We know Utah is a team we’ll see in the playoffs and it was nice to pick up a win in their own place.” Meanwhile, Denver coach Doug Moe reached the 600-victory milestone as the Nuggets beat Houston 117-114. Michael Adams’ had 25 points, including a 3-pointer and bank shot in the final 1:14. The Suns remained l‘/i games behind second-place Portland in the Pacific Division. Phoenix’s first lead was at 85-83 on Tom Chambers’ 20-foot jumper with 9:39 left. The lead changed hands several times after that before the Suns went ahead for good 98-96 when Kevin Johnson made two free throws with 4:40 left CHAMBERS HAD 21 points for the Suns. Karl Malone led Utah with 37 but was held to 11 in the second half. Nuggets 117, Rockets 114 Denver won despite spectacular performances from Houston’s Akeem Olajuwon and Vernon Maxwell. Olajuwon had 25 points and 19 rebounds, Maxwell a careerhigh 32 points on 15-for-21 shooting. Bulls 111, Knicks 108 Michael Jordan scored 34 points and Craig Hodges hit two key 3pointers in the fourth quarter. Hodges’ 3-pointers gave Chicago 91-85 and 104-94 leads and the Bulls clamped down on Gerald Wilkins in the fourth quarter, holding him scoreless after he had 26

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the kind we played earlier in the season.” SAN ANTONIO (103) Cummings 9-20 6-8 24, Elliott 4-9 0-0 8, Robinson 8-21 10-12 26, Anderson 7-12 2-3 16, Strickland 6-13 4-9 16, Jones 1-2 2-2 4, Brickowiki 2-3 0-2 4, Moore 0-1 1-2 1, Wingate 1-4 2-2 4, Williams 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 38-87 27-40 103. INDIANA (102) Person 7-25 0-0 15, Schrempf 2-8 8-8 12, Smits 7-13 0-0 14, Heming 7-11 2-4 16, Miller 12-22 6-8 31, McCloud 1-5 0-0 2. Sanders 2-6 2-2 6 Thompson 3-8 0-0 6, Dreiling 0-0 0-0 0, Wittman 0-0 0-0 0, Green 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-98 18-22 102. San Antonio 28 34 14 27—103 Indiana 26 2i 28 22—102 3-Polnt goals San Antonio 0-4 (Cummings 0-1, Anderson 0-1, Moore 0-1, Williams 0-1), Indiana 2-8 (Person 1-3, Miller 1-3, Schrempf 0-2). Fouled out Smits. Rebounds San Antonio 62 (Robinson 15), Indiana 61 (Schrempf 11). Assists San Antonio 17 (Strickland 7). Indiana 26 (Person 9). Total fouls San Antonio 21, Indiana 31. Attendance

points through three periods. Patrick Ewing led the Knicks with 29 points. Scottie Pippen scored 17 for Chicago. Cavaliers 119,76ers 102 Mark Price scored 30 points, including a pair of fourth-quarter 3point shots that stalled a Philadelphia comeback. Cleveland’s Larry Nance scored 26 points. Charles Barkley led the Sixers with 29. Celtics 112, Hawks 100 Kevin McHale, playing less than three quarters before injuring his right knee, scored 26 points for Boston. Boston took the lead for good with a 10-0 run in the second quarter in which McHale scored six points, putting the Celtics on top 46-39. Trail Blazers 142, Magic 117 Cliff Robinson scored 22 points. Robinson had 13 points in the second period as the Blazers built a 73-52 halftime lead. Reggie Theus scored 25 points for Orlando.

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