Bulls overcome cold shooting, Heat in opening game
By Mike Nadel
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls couldn’t
shoot and they couldn’t keep their cool. They
didn’t forget how to win, though.
The Bulls overcame 36 percent shooting and
technical fouls on Michael Jordan, Scottie Pip
pen and Dennis Rodman to defeat the Miami
Heat 84-77 Tuesday night in the opener of the
Eastern Conference finals.
Miami led by 16 points in the first half and
was still ahead 72-67 midway through the
fourth quarter, but the Heat didn’t make a field
goal for almost 6 1/2 minutes and fell to 0-7
against the Bulls in the playoffs.
Jordan, Pippen and Rodman each atoned for
his technical foul. Jordan scored 37 points and
Pippen added 24, including a 3-pointer to
spark Chicago’s game-ending 17-5 run. Rod
man pulled down 19 rebounds, by far his best
showing this postseason, before fouling out
with 1:19 left.
Alonzo Mourning had 21 points and six
blocked shots for the Heat but missed five of six
free throws in the final 2:20. Miami was 15-of
30 from the line, including misses of all three
technical foul shots.
Tim Hardaway, who scored 38 points in the
Heat’s Game 7 win over New York in the con
ference semifinals, had
' only 13 points on 4-for
14 shooting against Ron
Harper’s outstanding de
fense.
Rodman’s rebound
basket began the Bulls’ late surge. After Hard
away made one of two free throws, Pippen and
Harper hit consecutive 3-pointers to put Chica
go ahead to stay, 75-73, and Jordan followed
with a dunk after Pippen stole Jamal Mash
burn’s inbounds pass.
Jordan got his technical for arguing an offen
sive foul, but Voshon Lenard missed the free
throw. Mourning then went on his foul-shoot
ing drought, and layups by Toni Kukoc and Jor
dan gave the Bulls an 81-74 lead.
Miami had won the last two meetings be
tween the teams, giving it hope that it could up
set the defending NBA champions. And the
Heat was the more energetic team for most of
the first 3 1/2 quarters, even though they were
coming off a grueling series against New York
while Chicago had a week of rest.
Mourning had 13 points, six rebounds and
five blocks in the first half, when Miami led by
as much as 44-28. The Heat was up 49-48 at the
break.
The Bulls still trailed 54-45 before Pippen’s
eight points ignited a 14-4 surge that put them
ahead for the first time since the game’s open
ing minutes.
But Rodman was called for his 12th technical
foul in Chicago’s nine playoff games — this
time for shoving Mourning with 3:26 left in the
third — and the Heat finished the quarter with
an 8-2 run for a 66-61 lead.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
■ GAME 1: Chicago 84, Miami 77
■ GAME 2: Miami at Chicago, May
22,5:30 p.m.
■ GAME 3: Chicago at Miami, May
24,12:30 p.m.
■ GAME 4: Chicago at Miami, May
26,12:30 p.m.
■ GAME 5: Miami at Chicago, May
28.6 p.m. (if necessary)
■ GAME 6: Chicago at Miami, May
30.6 p.m. (if necessary)
■ GAME 7: Miami at Chicago,
June 1, TBA (if necessary)
Golf: Experience should help Ducks
■ Continued from Page 9
sure off the team.
“I think that these girls have a lot of experience
outside of college golf ,and that experience is going
to help them when the pressure’s on at the national
championship,” Baumgartner said. “They know it’s
the national championship, but they’re treating it
like it’s just another tournament.
“We feel like we have nothing to lose and every
thing to gain. There are always teams at the top that
are fighting to knock each other off the top, and we’re
hoping to sneak up on them.”
The players are pretty loose going into the tourna
ment, despite being a team of one junior, Patter
son,;two sophomores, Kylie Wilson and Karen Bris
tow; and two freshmen straight out of high school,
Anika Heuser and Pam Sowden.
“We’re really confident,” Bristow said. “As we
worked our way through the season [a high placing
at nationals] became more and more of a goal for us.”
Wilson said she thinks her experience in New
Zealand and Australia have helped her to deal with
big tournaments.
“I’m looking forward to it, actually,” Wilson said.
“Playing in professional tournaments back home has
helped, but one thing that coach has said to us is that
it’s going to be one of the biggest tournaments that
we’re going to play in, so that’s a little bit nerve rack
ing.”
One factor the Ducks have in their favor is that
they have played this Ohio State course this year,
when they placed fifth at the Rolex Fall Preview
against some the nation’s best competition.
The Oregon players see the course as an advantage
because of their playing styles.
“It’s really long, so you’ll need to hit the ball well,
but it will be the short game that will make the dif
ference here; and we’ve worked really hard on our
short game this year,” Wilson said.
Play starts today with the first of four rounds of 18
holes on the par-72, 6,101-yard course. The tourna
ment ends Saturday with the final round and the
crowning of this year’s national champion.
Men: Buciarski will
compete in long jump
■ Continued from Page 9
Davis ran a career best of
8:48.23 in the steeplechase last
weekend to move him up to
No. 2 in the Pac-10 rankings
behind Das Neves, providing
the Ducks with the opportuni
ty to go 1-2 in the event at the
Pac-lOs.
Ryan Cole continued his
late-season surge in the discus
at the Twilight, achieving a
personal best for the second
consecutive week. His throw
of 179 feet ranks seventh in the
Pac-10 and is just short of the
NCAA provisional mark of
180-5.
Buciarski, who stunned the
crowd Saturday by leaping 24
9 1/4 in the long jump, said he
will compete in that event this
Saturday because it will not
interfere with the pole vault.
The mark tied him for third
in the Pac-10 with teammate
Jody Mortimore.
When Nelson cleared 7-0
1/2 in the high jump Saturday,
Oregon fans witnessed the se
nior’s final jump at Hayward
Field in an Oregon uniform, as
well as another victory.
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