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Part of the reason was Malone, who held his ground against Barkley in one-on-one isolations better than he did last weekend when the Rockets won two straight games to tie the series. “We got the ball to Karl in the same places we got it to him Sun day,” Utah coach Jerry Sloan said. “He seemed to be a little rushed Sunday because Olaju won’s so quick to the ball. Tonight he got the ball a few more times where he likes it. We set good screens for him and he had a solid game.” Utah took the lead for good on a jumper off the fast break by Stockton with 6:36 left in the sec ond quarter that made it 37-36. The lead fluctuated between one and nine points the rest of the way, and Houston still had a chance to catch up late in the fourth quarter. Barkley made the second of two foul shots with 2:27 left to pull the Rockets to 92-87, but Homacek answered with an high-arcing layup over the out stretched arm of Olajuwon. Olajuwon made two foul shots with 1:38 left to make it 94-89, and Stockton threw the ball away on Utah’s next possession. But with a chance to pull with in three, Olajuwon missed a jumper from the lane — the same shot he has been killing the Jazz with throughout the series. Barkley then blocked Malone’s jumper and forced a jump ball, but Malone — with the crowd chanting “M-V-P, M-V-P” for the first time all night — won the jump ball and the Jazz got a fresh 24-second shot clock. Malone was fouled with 13 seconds left, and he made both free throws to put the Jazz in po sition to go where they’ve never gone — the NBA Finals —r after four appearances in the confer ence finals over the past six years. Olajuwon had 18 points and Russell 13 to lead their teams in scoring in the first half. Neither team pulled very far ahead — the Rockets’ biggest lead was five points and the Jazz’s was three — and Utah led 47-44 at the break. ecWe got the hall to Karl in the same places we got it to him Sunday. He seemed to be a little rushed Sunday because Olajuwon’s so quick to the ball. Tonight he got the ball a few more times where he likes it. We set good screens for him and he had a solid game. Jerry Sloan Utah head coach Utah finally started to pull away midway through the third quarter after Drexler scored four straight points to pull Houston to 57-56. Malone scored nine straight Utah points and Howard Eisley had five, including a 3-pointer for the last points of the quarter, as the Jazz closed the period with a 14-8 run that gave them a 71-64 lead entering the fourth. Olajuwon scored only two points in the third quarter and Barkley had three. Maloney helped keep Houston in it with eight points in the period, in cluding two 3-pointers. Golf: Course skill level may favor Crane ■ Continued from Page 9 consistent players, competing in all but one tourna ment this year. He completed 38 rounds with a 74.3 average round. His best finish of the year came at the Mauna Kea Invitational in February where he tied for eighth place. Crane’s best tournament came at regionals where he averaged 71.7 strokes per round. Going into this tournament, Crane is not lacking in confidence. “I’m not hitting the ball as well as I have in the past, but mentally I’m a lot tougher and I think I’ve got a good game plan going in,” Crane said. “I’m just going to go out, play my best and see what hap pens.” The skill level of the course and the weather might be an equalizer for Crane, if he can play it well. “The course is very difficult,” Crane said. “You’ve got to hit the ball in the fairway or your chances of making bogey are pretty good. The wind has been blowing about 25 mph the entire time, so a lot of the 450-yard par fours are playing like par fives. It’s a tough track.” Oregon head coach Steve Nosier said he doesn’t think scores will be low at this tournament but has confidence in his player. "It’s definitely set up to be a champion’s course,” Nosier said. “I think even par will be a good score. I think he’s got a pretty good feel for the course.” The competition at the national tournament will be the toughest Crane has ever faced, but he has played against some of the toughest: Eight out of the top 20 players in the nation are out of the West. “You get here and you’re kind of in awe that you’re playing against all of the best players in the countiy and some that you haven’t seen yet from the East Coast,” Crane said. “The bottom line is you have to go out there and treat it just like any other tournament, do your best and see what happens.” Competition begins today in the four-round tour nament. Crane tees off in the first flight at 7:30 a.m. Central Daylight Time. Race: Goodyear takes second by 1/2 second ■ Continued from Page 9 row and battled him through most of the day, faded at the end. But it was his miscue that set up an other controversial Indy ending. Stewart, at 26 the youngest driver in the line up, banged off the fourth turn wall as he tried to catch the leaders three laps from the end. That brought out the 11th caution flag and moved Goodyear right behind Luyendyk in the battle of Aurora-powered G Force cars. Both thought the race was over. Then it got confusing. As the leaders ap proached the flagstand, the starter waved a green flag and a white flag, indicating one lap to go. But the lights mounted on the track wall remained yellow. “I saw them throw the white and the green [flags] together, so then I gassed it. But when I went into turn one, the yellow light was on,” the 43-year-old winner said. “I just kept going. I said, ‘What the hell, they better know what they’re doing. I better just keep doing what I’ve been doing.’ ” Luyendyk got up to speed the best he could and stayed well ahead of Goodyear, beating him to the finish line by 1/2 second — about four car lengths. He aver aged just 201.898 mph on the final trip around the 2 1/2-mile oval. Earlier in the race, he ran laps at better than 215 mph and was consistently run ning close to 210 mph, al though yellow flags cut his race average to 145.827 mph. [WARSAW SPORTS MARKETING CENTER Symposium Moderator: DONNA LOPIANO, Women's Sports Foundation Executive Director Panel: TERI WAGNER, ABC Sports Director of Marketing MARY DECKER SUNEY World Champion Athlete SANDY BITTLER, NIKE Women's Sports Marketing KELLY KRAUSKOPF, WNBA Director of Basketball Operations The James H. 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