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YEAR OF THE DUCK DANNY O’NEIL He wasn’t the biggest guy on the field, and he wasn't the most athletic Despite these limitations. Danny O’Neil will forever be remembered as the field general of the most incredible return to glory for the Oregon foot ball team and arguably one of the best quar terbacks in Oregon history After a slow start to fhe season (including a mysterious virus that saw the senior signal caller miss two starts). O'Neil rooted off six straight wins after his return to the starting tOTOIT” lineup. Named Ida co*MVP of the 1995 Rose Bowl. O’Neil claimed many records m h*s four-year stay at Oregon Among others, the California native can > ns the Oregon record for most 300-yard passing games (9) and ranks second on the all-time Oregon passing list in terms of yards. He also holds the record tor touchdown pass es m a career. In short, O’Neil was a vital part of Oregon’s truly incredible year Spurs look to avoid let down in title run HOUSTON (AP| - A loss tonight, and thi< S,m Antonio Spurn' season goes from grand achievement to bitter disap pointment After a 62-20 record, the liest in the NBA. anything short of a c hampionship will mean the sea son was a failure. Spurs coach Boh Hill said Wednesday. "We've had a great year in San Antonio, he said. "We've given the organization structure, sub stance. disc iptine We've laved terrific groundwork for the future I think we've done a mul titude ol great things. Hut onc e w e rec ognizod how good we could !«-. we escalated our goals Our goal now is to win a championship. Unless we win a championship, there's going to l>e a void until next year. There’s no nuestion about that I'he Spurs' season will end if they can't beat the Houston Rockets at the Summit in tonight 's Game 6 of the Western Confensnc u finals Rm ent history is on San Anto nio’s side With Houston leading the liest-of-7 series 3-2, no homo team has won a game Houston is just 3-4 at home in the playoffs, and the Spurs have won four in a row on the road. So what appears in convention al thinking to be an advantage for Houston might be, in this upside down series, just the opposite Hill tried to break the jinx in Game 5 by putting his team in a hotel the night before Rackets coach Rudy Tornjanovieh w ill try the row fish approach. "I'm not eating sushi." he said. "1 did it twice and wo lost " Them there's the Dennis Rod man factor The last time he played in Houston, he had 12 points and If) rebounds. 12 on offense, ns San Antonio won Game 4 103-81 to complete a Summit sweep Tile next dav. Rodman showed up 35 minutes late for prac tice and was trenched by Hill at the start of Game fi. Shaq’s magic powers Orlando to 3-2 lead ORHANIX). Fla. (AP) — Shaqulile O'Neal not only stayed in the game. lie dominated it O’Neal's 3r> points ami I t rebounds pow ered Orlando within one victory of the NBA Finals as the Magic, held off the Pacers 108 100 Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead in the Hasten! Conference finals After suffering through two foul-shortened games in Indianapolis, O'Neal took charge of this one. scoring 20 points in the first half and 13 in the third period. “I just wanted to play aggressive, to play my game, take it strong to the basket,'* O'Neal said. "And I did that " His big night was nearly ruined by a furi ous Indiana comeback from a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit. After the Pacers nulled within three points with 16 seconds left, the Magic held on down the stretch despite hitting only 4-of-12 free throws in the last 3:44, With Indiana down 106-103. Mark ja< kson had a chance to tic 11, but he missed a 3 pointer with about seven seconds left. To i lose the series in sis games, Orlando will hove to win Friday night at Market Square Arena, a building in which it has iost eight straight Game 7, if nei essary. would Ihs Sunday at Orlando. "We just need to go there with the same intensity and the same composure and maybe we i an get one," O'Neal said Nu k Anderson milled 18 points fur the Magic and Brian Shaw came off the bench to score 15. Anfernee Hardaway also had 15. Rik Smits, whose buzzer-beating basket made him the hero of Game 4. was the cen ter in foul trouble this time. He fouled out with 3:44 remaining and scored 20 points. Reggie Miller led the Pacers with 21 points. Indiana trailed by 14 with 4 21 left but scored 1U straight points, capped by Jock son's 3-pointer with 1:05 left Anfernee Hardaway's free throw with 30 <l seconds to play made it 105-100, but as the Pa« ers have shown throughout the playoffs, they don't go down easy. O'Neal, who had missed four free throws during Indiana's spurt, grabbed the rebound of Jackson's intss with 22.7 seconds left After two timeouts. Hardaway went to the line but made only one, and Derrick McKey fired a 3-pointer with lfi seconds left to cut the lead to 106-103. Shaw blew two free throws before Jack son, hesitating tiehind the arc and apparent ly looking for Miller, missed a 3-pointer Hardaway got the rebound, then finally hit two free throws together Miller sank a 3 pointer at the buzzer June 1. 1995 Volume ve, K'.ue 165 World of Outlaws Wood of Outlaw driver standings through May 29. with driver name, number ot victories \n parentheses, and points ' Jac HavOenscNQ Q), 2 900_ 2 Uan (8i 2871 3 Danny Uwosn; (2), 2858 4 Pave Bariev (t) ?83?_ 5 Sitw?Smgt(l) 2746 fe Ar<?y Hi'ScnQurQ 2 7?4 ' Jen Sornoe 268?_ 8 (>•«; Hoc.. 2 680 9 Joe Gaone, 3.536 10 Aaron Berryriiii 2 495_ 11 Rangy Haroacan. 2 304 1? TtrEngler. 1,274 13 Jcftroy n<y.'efa 1 ?Cf> 14 Sarnmv 1 0%__ 15 Jett Shewn) 1,075 18 BooovDa. sJi 1034 17 Sieve Kmser (21, 1.018 18 Ck& Wasson, S30 19 1g»> McCai‘ 726_ 20 lame Esies Jr, 724 Former coach Moeller fined SOUTHFIELD, Mich (AP) Former Michigan football coach Gary Moeller today was ordered to pay $409 in tines and tees on charges stemming from a drunken scene earlier this month in a restaurant Southfield District Judge Bryan Levy ordered no pro bation or other punishment tor Moe-ier. saying what Moeller went through after his arrest has exceeded the crime Moeiier lost his job as Michigan football coacf Moeller pleaded no contest earner this month to misde meanor charges q! disorderly conduct and assault and bat tery He was accused ot becoming drunk and abusive May 5 in a Southfield restau rant, harassing restaurant workers and other customers, then lighting with police who initially tried to send him home in a cab ana then arrested him Knicks center gets the knife NEW YORK (AP) Patrick Fw>ng had surgery Wednes day to remove tom cartilage from Ns right knee, and the New York Kmcks center is expected to recover tutty We don't anticipate any delay on his starting the sea son on time," said Dr Nor man Scott, the team physi cian Ewmg. who played through two rounds of the playoffs with pulled muscles in his leg. underwent arthroscopic surgery last July and was sub-par for the first month of the season
