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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1995)
Warriors get No. 1 pick in draft SECAUCUS. N J (AP) - The Golden Slate Warrior*, who lout iwo coache* in a turbulent sea son in which they sent Chris Webber packing, opened the off season on the right foot Sunday by getting the No 1 pick in the NBA draft The Warriors, with the fifth worst record in the league, had a 9 4 percent chance of winning the first selection in the weight ed system that gives the worst team* the best chance at the top picks However, the Warriors over came the odds for the June 2H draft in Toronto in which the first four plavers might be underclassmen — big men Joe Smith of Maryland, Antonio McDyess of Alabama. Raaheed Wa!Ini e ul North Carolina ami teammate Jerry Stnchhouso, a swingman. - The Los Angeles Clippers, the league's worst team, will get the No. 2 i hoice Philadelphia, which had the fourth worst record, won the No 3 pick Washington, which had the second worst record, dropped to No. 4 and Minneso ta. the third worst club, draw the No 5 pick. Expansion liamt Vancouver and Toronto will got tha sixth and seventh pick*, with the order to be decided after the NBA Final* The eighth through 13th picks went in the order the team* fin iihed the regular season Detroit received the eighth selection and will be followed by New Jersey. Miami. Milwaukee. Dal las and Sacramento. Had Detroit gotten lower than No. 8, San Antonio would have had the right to swap with the Pistons something commission er David Stern noted He turned to new Pistons coach Doug Collin* shortly after the position was sinnouru ed and sail! "Feel ing lietter. " Dave Twardzk, the Warriors' new general manager, also wo* feeling better lust days after hir ing Kick Adelman as his new coach, he now has the top pick Now our homework starts Twardzik said Wo have to fi>> uro out w ho we want." Twnrdzik said no one player in the deop draft stands out, but the Wamom do need a big man, which meant Smith might be the No 1 pick The Warrior* went 28-Sfl last season in a year In which Don Nelson resigned and was replaced on an interim basis by Bob Lanier The season was also marked by a multi-player trade that sent Webber to Washington for Tom Gugliotta and three first round draft picks Gugliotta was eventually traded to Minnesota Clipper* coach Bill Fitch wasn't overly disappointed hav ing the second pick The No t thing about this draft is there are four or five guvs who will get a lot of con sideration." said Fitch, whose team had 17 win* last season. if you asked all of the people up here and took a consensus vote. 1 doubt that you would get one or two players that would stand out Milwaukee had the No 1 pit k last season and took Glenn Kobinson Dallas selected Jason hold w ith rtf s.-. ..;ul pa k and lDetroit followed 1th < Snul llti; Kidd and Mill shared the - Flyers win, top Rangers in overtime PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Eric. Desjardins scored the winner 7:03 into overtime, his second goal of the game, as the Philadelphia Elvers heal the New York Rangers $-4 Sunday in the opener of their play off series Desjardins, whose other goal in the third peri od put the Flyers ahead 4-3. treat Rangers goaltender Mike Richter with n 30-foot shot through a screen. The Flyers' other three goals were scored by John LeClair, his first career playoff hat trick, while Pat Verbeek scored twice for the Rangers Game 2 of the best-of-7 Eastern Conference semi final series is Monday night. Verbeek’* second goal of the game, which came with 19 1 seconds left in the third period, sent the game into overtime Amid a tangle of player* In front of Flyers goalie Ron Hextall, he shoveled a short backhander into the top corner Trailing 3-1, the Flyers came back to take the lead with the game's first throe even-strength goals Desjardins put Philadelphia ahead 4 t at 13 11 of the third period after Richter's clearing pass along the boards was stopped by Mikael Renberg He passed to a streaking Desjardins, whose 25-foot shot beat Richter between the pads LeClair tied the game at 12 50 of the third peri od. Eric Lirtdros controlled a loose puc k behind the Rangers' net, then slid a behind-the-back pass to a charging LeClair. who snapped a short snot past Richter. Slimmer Duck Call Is Here k I\oi;isUt now lor l X > Siimnu'i i l.issrs. I’ll k lip ,1 I ixv suninuT hullotin w ith sc lu'Juk' o! i Insst's m 333 (>ivj.;on I kill. 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