Pip, Blazers put away Jazz
By Landon Hall
The Associated Press
PORTLAND — All Scottie Pip
pen needed was a few feet of
space between him and Bryon
Russell. And just like that, the
Utah Jazz’s season was over.
Pippen, dazed for several min
utes after being inadvertently
knocked
down
from be
hind by
, teammate Arvydas Sabonis, hit a
3-pointer with 7.3 seconds left
Tuesday night, lifting the Portland
Trail Blazers to an 81-79 victory.
The loss eliminated the Jazz 4-1 in
the best-of-seven series.
“It was my opportunity to take
the shot, and I made it,” Pippen
said. “I was looking to go inside to
Rasheed (Wallace) to try to get
something quick. They played it
pretty good. Russell jumped back
in the passing lane, and I just
looked for the shot.”
Pippen created just enough
room to get off the game-winner
after moving Russell back with a
head fake.
“He was so deep,” Russell said.
“And he’s not a good 3-point
shooter anyway, so I felt good
about it. He looked like he played
it in anyway, but it went in.”
Even after that, Pippen’s work
wasn’t done. Trailing 80-79, Utah
had a chance to take the lead
when Russell was fouled by Detlef
Schrempf with three seconds left,
but he missed both free throws.
Russell complained that some
one was “shaking and jumping
down on” the basket support, al
tering his first shot. There was
brief confusion as the officials de
cided what to do, but they didn’t
award him another try.
Pippen grabbed the rebound of
the second miss, was fouled im
mediately and hit one of two free
throws for an 81-79 lead.
With 1.4 seconds left, Russell in
bounded the ball to Karl Malone,
who gave it back to Russell, whose
shot was way off. The Jazz and
coach Jerry Sloan heatedly called
for a foul, but no whistle came:
“You saw it. It happened right
in front of me. He was definitely
fouled,” Sloan said.
The Jazz, beaten for the second
straight year by the Blazers, have
been a perennial contender, twice
reaching the NBA Finals. But it
was the last game for that team in
its current form.
Jeff Hornacek has said he is retir
ing, and it’s doubtful Utah can
make another run without dramat
ically changing the team surround
ing Malone and John Stockton.
“Actually, I wasn’t thinking
about it being my last game, but it
is sad that I won’t be out there
anymore,” Hornacek said.
Malone had 27 points and 11
rebounds. Russell had 18 points
and Hornacek 10.
“This is a tough way to end the
season,” Malone said. “You get
nothing for second place in this
business.”
Pippen led the Blazers with 23
points, nine rebounds and eight
assists. Sabonis scored 16 points.
Pippen went down with 5:36 left
in the game. Sabonis had. just made
a hook shot to tie it at 71, and he ac
cidentally hit Pippen with an el
bow while lunging forward. Pip
pen was on his back on the base
line, but soon walked off, and he
missed only 1:17 of game time.
Brian Grant rebounded two
straight misses, including his own,
and laid the ball in to tie it at 75
with 2:10 remaining. A leaning 13
foot jumper by Russell put the Jazz
back ahead 77-75 with 1:46 left.
Portland turned it over on their
next two possessions — on a bad
pass by Pippen and an offensive
foul — and Malone hit a jumper for
a 79-75 lead with 47 seconds left.
Wallace hit a turnaround
jumper over Malone to make it 79
77, and the Blazers got the ball
back with 12.6 seconds left after
Stockton was forced to take an off
balance 3-pointer with the shot
clock running down. It barely
caught iron, and Pippen rebound
ed and called timeout.
“He’s been a big playmaker,
shotmaker all year long,” Portland
coach Mike Dunleavy said.
“You’ve got to have guys that want
to take the shot, willing to take the
shot and can make the shot. And
he did that.”
Notes: Utah lost its 14th straight
playoff game in Portland. ... Only
one of Portland’s 17 best-of-seven
series has gone the distance: a 4-3
win over San Antonio in the 1990
conference semifinals. ... Smith
has missed six of his last 18 free
throws in the past two games after
making 42 in a row during the
playoffs dating to last season with
Atlanta.... During the series, Port
land outscored Utah 122-94 in the
fourth quarter.
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