Lakers outlast Kings to make the NBA Finals
By Sam Smith
Chicago Tribune
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KRT) —
This time they were tested. This
time it wasn’t easy. This time the
Los Angeles Lakers were asked to
play like champions, to show the
heart and character of winners.
They’d have to do it from be
hind, on the road, against all odds.
Coach Phil Jackson told them all
season that winning a third
straight title would be harder than
taking the first two.
It was here Sunday. It was also
the first time a conference finals
Game 7 ever went to overtime,
and the Lakers matched the his
toric challenge with a 112-106 vic
tory that sent them heading to
ward their third consecutive NBA
championship.
“It was the most drawn out, the
most hotly contested,” said Lakers
coach Phil Jackson, who is going for
his record-tying ninth NBA title as
a coach. “We had to squeeze every
thing out of this (Lakers’) ballclub
to win. (Now) we are going for the
one that counts.”
That’s the NBA Finals starting in
Los Angeles on Wednesday against
the New Jersey Nets.
“They’re a terrific team because
they play a lot of team basketball,”
Jackson said of the Nets. “It’s pleas
ing to watch. They play with a lot of
motion, they play with a lot of mox
ie, and we had two tough, rugged
games against them. But we feel
confident the winner of this confer
ence is going to win the champi
onship. And we still believe it.”
It was easy to believe after a
memorable Game 7, in which the
Lakers matched a stretch of bril
liant Mike Bibby play at the end of
regulation — Bibby scored 10 of
the Kings’ last 12 points in regula
tion and finished with a team high
29 points.
“It was a fun battle,” said Kobe
Bryant, who had 30 points, 10 re- *
bounds and seven assists and shad
owed Bibby at the end. “It was the
most fun I’ve had playing against *
any individual all year. It was a
heck of a series. They gave us a run
for our money.”
© 2002, Chicago Tribune.
Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune
Information Services.
Women’s
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road since 1993 when the Heinonen’s
squad finished fourth, but he is confi
dent they will be moving up in the
standings in the near future.
“That’s certainly what we ex
pect,” he said.
Looking ahead to next season, the
Ducks are set to return all five
NCAA participants — although Et
ter hinted that she might be red
shirted — as well as 2001 partici
pant Niki Reed.
Final championship notes
Williams, considered one of the
top runners in the NCAA and now
in collegiate history, competed in a
USC uniform for the last time on
Saturday and did the unthinkable.
She won the 100 at a time of 11.29,
giving her four NCAA titles in the
event, a record.
“When I won this event as a fresh
man, I remember the huge roar from
the crowd and how it felt to see and
hear people cheering for me,” she
said. “When 1 won it tonight, there
was that same reaction from the
crowd and it felt to me like my ca
reer had the proper bookends”
On the team side, South Carolina
made history with its first NCAA ti
tle. The Gamecocks also broke the
NCAA record in the 4x400 relay
with a time of 3:26.46.
“I can’t put into words how I feel
right now,” said South Carolina 200
runner Lisa Barber. “Winning the
school's first NCAA title — ever —
wow! 1 am so proud of our entire
team. We knew we had a chance if
we just worked hard. We are
thrilled. I am so proud of the men's
and women's teams. ”
Oregon said it
“You’d better believe it. I’m going
to be there.” — freshman Roslyn
Lundeen on the prospects of compet
ing the 2003 NCAA Championships,
slated for Sacramento, Calif.
“Since I was on the bubble for the
final I couldn't watch the second
flight and had to get away. I was so
nervous, I went over and watched
the (New Jersey Nets) basketball
game.” — Etter on her final colle
giate competition of the season.
“It was strange environment in
that it didn't seem like a champi
onship meet. There wasn’t a lot of
people here (1,495 spectators on
Wednesday) or much crowd sup
port. Early on I had to keep telling
myself to focus because the NCAA
championship was on the line.” —
junior Becky Holliday, disappoint
ed with the lack of a crowd on the
first day of the NCAA Champi
onships in Baton Rouge.
E-mail sports reporter Hank Hager
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
NCAA Women’s
Final Standings
points
1. South Carolina 82
2. UCLA 72
3. USC 57
4. LSU 43
5. Kansas State 30
6. Florida 29
7. Stanford 25
8. North Carolina 22
9. Nebraska 21
10. Illinois 19
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