<Big L’ leads Knicks to a convincing victory
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The Associated Press
NEW YORK — So well were
they playing and so easy were the
points coming, that the New York
Knicks got a two-minute standing
ovation at the end of the first half.
The game got closer and a 17
point lead shrank to one, but the
Knicks never stopped playing at a
high level as they defeated the In
diana Pacers 91-89 Monday to
even the Eastern Conference finals
at two games apiece.
“I don’t know if we made a state
ment, but we did come out with an
edge to us, a good mental determi
nation, intensity and energy,” coach
Jeff Van Gundy said. “Indiana is so
good offensively that leads are not
as safe as they’d be against defen
sive-oriented teams, and thankful
ly the clock ran out on them.”
No player came up bigger than
Larry Johnson, who was flashing his
“Big L” gesture and spinning gleeful
ly in circles after hitting a 3-pointer
with 4:25 left to swing the momen
tum back New York’s way after the
Pacers had pulled within one.
Charlie Ward added a 3-pointer
two minutes later for an eight
point lead that helped the Knicks
wrap it up after they dropped 33
points on me facers in the first
quarter for their highest-scoring
quarter of the postseason.
New York played again without
center Patrick Ewing, who sat out
his second straight game with
acute tendinitis in his right foot,
but their other injured players —
Latrell Sprewell and Marcus Cam
by — suited up.
Sprewell, who broke a bone in
his left foot at the end of Game 3,
jumped so high for a thunderous
dunk in the first quarter that he
nearly hit his forehead on the rim.
He finished with 12 points and
held Jalen Rose to 18, while Camby
played on a sprained knee and had
eight rebounds, five points and
three blocks.
“I’m not surprised,” said Kurt
Thomas, who filled in admirably
for Ewing. “I know the character of
this team.”
Another of the injured Knicks
was Johnson, whose chronically
sore back stiffened up Sunday and
forced him to miss the second half
of practice. Repeatedly scoring on
isolation plays in the low post
against Dale Davis and passing to
open teammates when he was dou
ble-teamed, Johnson shot 10-for-16
from the field, making five 3-point
ers, with seven rebounds and four
assists.
His 3-pointer with 4:25 left led
to the longest-lasting “Big L” ges
ture of his career, Johnson cocking
his right arm into a right angle and
pointing at his elbow with his left
fist for almost 10 seconds.
The shot gave New York an 85
76 lead, and the Knicks hung on
from there to ensure that the series
will return to Madison Square Gar
den for Game 6 Friday night.
“This game was the most I’ve
been open during the series,” John
son said. “They went to double
team and I found myself wide
open.”
Game 5 is Wednesday night at
Indianapolis, where the Pacers
looked so confident just a few days
ago after winning the first two
games of the series. But it was the
Knicks who had that look over the
weekend, even as the injuries kept
piling up.
Allan Houston scored i7 points
for the Knicks, Thomas added 16
and Ward had 16 points, seven as
sists and six rebounds. New York
was 10-for-14 from 3-point range
and outrebounded Indiana 41-32.
Reggie Miller had 24 points for
the Pacers, who could never come
all the way back after allowing the
Knicks to open a 14-point lead at
the end of the first quarter and the
17-point lead at halftime.
“I still feel like we’re going to
win this series,” Rose said. “I feel
like we’re the better team. We’re
disappointed, because any time
you get a 2-0 lead and you’re the
No. 1 seed in the conference you
expect to find ways to win on the
other team’s floor.”
After trailing for nearly the en
tire game, the Pacers got back into
it with a 22-10 run bridging the
third and fourth quarters. Miller
made a 3-pointer in front of Spike
Lee’s courtside seat with 6:50 left
— a large portion of the crowd of
19,763 groaned as the ball was in
mid-air—to make it 77-76.
Johnson answered with a 3
pointer after a scramble for a loose
ball under the basket.
“That was the biggest shot of the
game right there,” Miller said.
Miller missed a 3 from the same
spot as before and then threw the
ball away on an entry pass, and
Thomas converted a 15-foot
jumper to make it 82-76 with 5:12
left. Rose missed a hook shot and
Johnson buried his 3-pointer from
the corner.
Indiana pulled within three on a
3-pointer by Travis Best with 10.5
seconds left, but Sprewell iced the
victory by making the second of
two foul shots with 4.1 seconds to
go. Sprewell actually missed his
second attempt, but Rose was
called for a blatant lane violation to
give Sprewell another chance.
Best scored a meaningless tip-in
at the buzzer.
The Knicks improved to 5-1
against Indiana in the playoffs
when playing without Ewing.
“Look at the percentage with or
without him,” Indiana center Rik
Smits said. “I hope he comes
back.”
Chris Dudley started in Ewing’s
place and picked up two quick
fouls, bringing Thomas into the
game earlier than expected.
Thomas started looking to score
right away, hitting a jumper the
first time he touched the ball.
Sprewell wasn’t looking hob
bled at all by the broken bone in his
foot, soaring through the lane for
an emphatic two-handed slam that
started the Knicks on an 8-0 run for
a 22-12 lead. The Knicks hit 10 of
their first 12 shots and finished 14
for-18 in the first quarter to take a
33-19 lead into the second.
NCAA golf
continued from page 11
in,” said Oregon junior Jerilyn
White, who looked exhausted af
ter the conditions caused her
fourth-round 77, five strokes over
par. “The wind got to me the last
couple of holes.”
“This is the worst weather I’ve
coached in 13 years,” Oregon
head coach Renee Baumgartner
added.
For five team members, includ
ing Baumgartner, the NCAA
Championships marked their last
tournament as Ducks.
Baumgartner will take over as
associate athletic director full
time next year, while' seniors
Pam Sowden, Kylie Wilson, Ani
ka Heuser and Angie Rizzo will
graduate this spring.
White, the lone underclassman
on the team, had the Ducks’ best
score, and finished in a tie for
13th place.
Sowden was the best senior
finisher, ending up 50th. Rizzo
and Heuser tied for 59th of 125
golfers.
Arizona dominated the indi
vidual title as well as the team ti
tle. Top-ranked senior Jenna
Daniels overtook freshman team
mate Julia Kraschinski on the fi
nal day to win the individual ti
tle by three strokes. Kraschinski
finished second, while sopho
more Cristina Baena finished
10th overall.
“I can’t describe the feeling,”
Daniels said of her first national
championship and the Wildcats’
second in tlie last five years.
“The individual was just a
bonus.”
Fourteenth-ranked Texas took
third at the tournament, while
No. 3 Southern California and
No. 21 Tennessee rounded out
the top five. Oregon’s White
thought the wind might have *
helped some of those teams, or at
least it didn’t hinder them.
“It’s no fun playing in the
rain,” White said. “But the Ari
zona schools and Texas, they
play in the wind all the time.”
The other Arizona school,
fourth-ranked Arizona State, did
n’t fare as well as the Wildcats at
the championships. The Sun
Devils finished without a player
in the top 25 and ended up tied
with the Ducks in 11th place.
Second-ranked Duke, one of
only three eastern teams ranked
in the top-10 nationally, finished
14th at the championships. That
placing ended their five-tourna
ment win streak, and disappoint
ed golf fans who expected the
Blue Devils to duel with Arizona
for the title.
The Pacific-10 Conference did
well at the NCAAs. All five Pac
10 teams finished in the top 13,
with USC only One stroke from
making the championships a
one-two-three Pac-10 finish.
Arizona’s win marked the sixth
championship in eight years that
either the Wildcats or the Sun
Devils have won.
John Hedden for the Emerald
Arizona’s Jenna Daniels finishes her season by winning the individual and team titles.
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