Sonics hope to even series
■The Jazz went back to Utah
between Games 3 and 4, and they
want to avoid a Game 5
By Jim Cour
The Associated Press
SEATTLE — Gary Payton and the Seat
tle SuperSonics needed that first victory.
Now, they think they can get two more
against the Utah Jazz.
“I’m all right, and we’re OK now,” Pay
ton said after Tuesday’s practice. “You
can’t think about next year. We don’t have
82 more games. If we lose, we’re out.
“It’s always exciting if you keep play
ing,” he added. “I don’t want to go home.”
After winning Game 3 of their first
round playoff series with Utah, the Sonics
can tie the series at 2-2 Wednesday night
at Key Arena. Game 5, if necessary, will be
played Friday in Salt Lake City.
The Sonics prevailed 89-78 Saturday in
Seattle as coach Paul Westphal utilized a
big lineup of Vin Baker, Horace Grant,
Rashard Lewis, Ruben Patterson and Pay
ton at key stretches in the second half. The
6-foot-10 Lewis played with Payton in the
backcourt as Seattle’s shooting guard.
Utah and Seattle split four games during
the regular season, with each team going 1
1 on its homecourt. The Jazz won 98-95 on
March 24 in Seattle.
Faced with playoff elimination and a
painful summer of criticism, second-year
coach Westphal did not play Lazaro Bor
rell in Game 3 after starting him in Game 1
and playing him off the bench in Game 2.
And Westphal used Shammond Williams
for 15 minutes after starting him in the first
two games, when he averaged 35 minutes.
“I like any lineup if you hustle,” said
Payton, who led the Sonics’ win with 23
points, 10 assists and seven rebounds. “A
big lineup isn’t going to help you if you
don’t hustle. If it hustles, it helps you. Any :
lineup that gets in there when we play to- ;
gether and play right, it’s always going to '
help you.” ;
While Karl Malone had 30 points for the ;
Jazz in Game 3, John Stockton was limited :
to four points on l-for-8 shooting. Stock- ;
ton had 21 points in Game 2.
Payton led the Sonics into the NBA Fi
nals in 1996 and has played in the playoffs
in nine of his 10 years in the league. He av
eraged a career-best 24.2 points during the
regular season and is averaging 22.3
points, while shooting 41.5 percent in the *
playoffs.
As Payton goes, so go the Sonics. Even
when he’s shooting poorly. Payton shot
44.8 during the regular season.
“I’m not worried about 30s and 40s,” the
All-Star point guard said. “I’m still scoring.
It doesn’t make a difference. If I’m missing
shots, I’m missing shots. I don’t care about
my shots.”
Payton did his best to carry the Sonics
this season. But sometimes even he wasn’t
enough. The Sonics were woeful in losing
Games 1 and 2 104-93 and 101-87.
“I don’t know anything about being un- ;
predictable,” Payton said. "I just know
we’re going to play basketball, and we’re
going to be straight.”
The Jazz returned to Salt Lake City be
tween Games 3 and 4. After Tuesday’s
practice there, they said they were hoping
to avoid playing a Game 5.
“Hopefully I can bring a lot of energy to
the game,” said Malone, a 15-year veteran
who exploded for 50 points in Game 1. “I
think the worst thing that can happen is
for me to think, ’It’s Game 4 I have to take it
all on myself.’ I need to stay within what
we are trying to do and get everybody in
volved.”
“I just want to win. I want to win Game
4 and not worry about anything else.”
Bird faces his final game
■The ultimate player’s coach hopes
to get the same effort from his team
that made him one of the best ever
By Steve Wilstein
The Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — Swish after swish,
the net snapping like a whip, Larry Bird
sinks five shots in row from different spots
on the 3-point arc to wipe out rookie
Jonathan Bender in a game of H-O-R-S-E.
Again.
“I kill him all the time,” Bird says with a
grin as he walks off the court.
Some coaches might scream at their
players after a listless loss in a playoff
game. Bird calmly takes his men through a
couple of hours of easy drills and a
shootaround that ends with him sinking a
few more shots for good luck.
In his last days on a job he never intend
ed to keep past this season, Bird still is the
ultimate player’s coach, one of the guys.
He’s sensitive to what gets under the
skin of players when they’ve been embar
rassed, as his Indiana Pacers were at home
in Game 2 of the opening-round playoff se
ries against the Milwaukee Bucks and
again in Game 4. Although he believes he’s
not a good coach, he knows not to push
them too much.
Here he is close to the end of his three
year tenure on the sidelines, unsure of
what he will do next, and he looks neither
edgy nor resigned. The situation is tight,
but he wants his players to stay loose. He
just hopes they will respond with the same
intensity he demanded of himself when he
wore a Boston Celtics uniform.
They did exactly that in Game 3, beating
the Bucks 109-96 Saturday night in Mil
waukee to move ahead 2-1 in the best-of
five series despite the absence of suspend
ed center Rik Smits.
Then Monday night in Milwaukee, the
Pacers once again lost to the hot-shooting
Bucks, 100-87, tying the series 2-2 and
sending it back to Indianapolis on Thurs
day.
Bird didn’t rant on the bench or in the
locker room this time, either' as his team
stood one loss from elimination, and he
moved one game closer to retirement.
Hands clasped like a schoolboy, his ex
pression as stoic as ever, Bird knew his
players would respond to wounded pride
more than any exhortation he could deliv
er. •
Bird never asked his players to shoot
like him, to have his touch or vision, to
score and rebound and pass like him, or to
come up with the big plays night after
night the way he did in leading the Celtics
to three titles. All he ever expected of them
was to play like professionals, with the
kind of passion he felt the game deserved.
So he looked puzzled and offended,
rather than openly angry, when asked why
a veteran team should be lackadaisical in
the playoffs. -
“I never could understand that,” he said.
It was a rare lapse of intensity in the Bird
era of the Pacers. In his quiet, dignified
way, Bird brought the best out of his play
ers by giving them a balance of guidance,
freedom and respect that they appreciated.
“You don’t want to let Larry down,”
Jalen Rose said.
The 43-year-old Bird will walk away
from coaching with no regrets, only a deep
disappointment about failing to achieve
his goal the first two years: a berth in the
NBA Finals and a shot at the title.
“I enjoy coaching, and it’s been very in
teresting, but I’m not very good at it. I don’t
like to do things that I’m not very good at,”
Bird said without a hint of false modesty.
“I’d liked to have won one once here.
But even more than winning a champi
onship, if I thought I was a good coach
maybe I would have wanted to stay.”
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TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (May 3). This year
you're achieving new levels of self-confidence
and competence. Take care of others, too, and
you'll make wise choices. Finish your consid
erations in May so you can take action by June.
Launch a new inquiry in July. Full speed ahead
through the summer and autumn. New infor
mation could be upsetting in December. Learn
from it. In February take on a challenge just for
the fun of it. More income could be your re
To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10
is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 4
— Sort, file and put your assets into rows. Do
this in private. It's nobody's business but your
own. This is good practice, in case you win the
lottery. Even if you don't, you can become fab
ulously wealthy. And, why not? You’d do good
things with the money.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 10
— You have the world on a string. You are in
credibly powerful; you can have almost what
ever you want. You are the 800 pound gorilla.
But, you will have to live with your actions
now, forever. So be kind and gentle. Think of
GEMINI (May 21 -June 21)—Today is a 3 —
You'll get stronger in a couple of days. Mean
while, stay secluded as much as possible. Con
sult your most trusted spiritual advisers and
rest. The conditions in effect today won't hap
pen again. Make the most of this rare opportu
CANCER (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 10
— Everybody wants your time, attention and
enthusiasm. You're the spark that gets them go
ing. If you don't keep them motivated, they may
forget to take action. Keep those engines
stoked, or your train will never get out of the
station!
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 5 — Just
about everything is in Taurus today, in your So
lar 10th House of success. If you take a job to
day, you'll keep it for years. Negotiate a deal
you can live with — even if it's difficult to do.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 —
Foreigners are playing a more important part in
your life all the time. That will be true for a
while, so get used to it. You may decide to get
another credential, too. It couldn't hurt, and if
you have to travel to get it, so much the better.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Today is a 4 —
Your lesson for today — and the rest of this
year — is about money. Can you make sure
you have enough, always and forever? That's
what you need to learn. If you're just a kid, so
much the better. You’ll be a multimillionaire by
the time you retire.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9
— Your partner has taken control. You gener
ally don't like to hand over the reigns, but if
you've chosen wisely, it'll be OK. If you’re
hooked up with a person you don't trust, make a
choice. Leant to trust or boogie on out of there.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today
is a 5 — Don't avoid the work. This is the
chance of a lifetime. Figure out ways to stream
line your procedures. Be efficient and do things
in batches. Make it fun, and you'll make your
fortune.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a
10 — You could be the luckiest person in the
world today with romance, games and children.
This may not increase your financial holdings;
in fact, it may cost you money. You couldn't
make a wiser investment, however, than in your
own happiness. Just do it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)—Today is a 5
— You may want to stay home and think things
over. Do that as much as possible. As condi
tions change, you'll feel like talking with oth
ers. Meanwhile, put down roots. Settle into an
environment that's supportive.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 10
— Study, study, study. Don't worry about the
money; that will come later. For now, you just
need to leam the material and understand it. Go
over it until you do. Ask questions; none are
foolish. You're learning quickly. Keep at it.
090 BIRTHDAYS
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_Love, Colin
095 PERSONALS
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positions beginning now.
Contact Campus Recycling at 346
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and student board seats for 00/01
academic year. Positions include:
General Manager, Asst. General
Manager, Programming Director,
Promotions Director, Music Direc
tor, Underwriting Director, News Di
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be enrolled at least half-time, previ
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ASUO Office, Suite 4 of the EMU.
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KWVA is an EO/AA employer
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During the summer there will be
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