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NBA Draft Order
The order of selections for
the 1998 NBA Draft to be
held June 24 at General Mo-
tors Place in Vancouver:
15. Orlando
(from New Jersey)
16. f-New York
17. Minnesota
18. Toronto
(from Portland)
19. Milwaukee
(from Cleveland)
20. Atlanta
21. Charlotte
22. Los Angeles Clippers
(from Miami)
23. Denver
(from Phoenix)
24. San Antonio
25. Indiana
26. Los Angeles Lakers
27. Seattle
28. Chicago
29. Utah
1. Los Angeles Clippers
2. a-Vancouver
3. Denver
4. Toronto
5. b-Golden State
6. Dallas
7. Sacramento
8. Philadephia
9. c-Milwaukee
10. Boston
11. d-Detroit
12. e-Orlando
13. Orlando
(from Washington)
14. Houston
NBA Today
JORDAN WINS FIFTH NBA MVP AWARD
B y CHRIS SHERIDAN
An air o f finality has surrounded
Michael Jordan and theChicago Bulls
this season, a factor that helped Jor­
dan win the Most Valuable Player
award in a landslide.
Jordan won the fifth MVP award
o f his career Monday after receiving
92 first-place votes to 20 for Karl
Malone o f the Utah Jazz.
Gary Payton o f Seattle finished
third with three first-place votes, and
Shaquille O ’Neal o f the Los Angeles
l akers received one first-place vote
from an international media panel.
“ It’s ironic in a way that the reason
Malone won it last year - sort o f the
sentimental career achievement thing
- is the reason Jordan won it this year,
even though Jordan had the better
statistical season last year and Malone
had a better statistical season this
year,” John Jackson o f the Chicago
Sun-Times said.
Jackson was one o f three Chi-
Coach
Indiana at Chicago (8:30 p.m. EDT). The Pacers try to even the Eastern
Conference Final series at I against freshly crowned MVP Michael Jordan
and the Bulls.
Karl Malone and John Stockton, Jazz, combined for 55 points, 10
rebounds and nine assists in Utah’s 99-95 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.
SPORTS STANDINGS
1998 SPRING STANDINGS
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5/19/98
Larry Bird
B y HANK LOWENKRON
Having Larry Bird as coach gives
the Indiana Pacers a weapon they’ve
cago-area writers who voted for
Malone last season, drawing the wrath
o f Bulls fans who inundated their
voice mails with angry messages.
“ I ’ve got to admit, there’s a smid­
gen ofguiIt becauseofw hat I did last
year,” Terry Armour o f the Chicago
Tribune said.
The third writer, Kent McDill o f
the Arlington Heights Herald, again
voted for Malone.
“ Both teams won the same num­
ber o f games, and my question has
always been how many games would
the Bulls win without Michael vs.
how many would the Jazz win with­
out Karl?" McDill said. “ My answer
always seems to come back to the
Bulls w ould win m ore w ithout
Michael than the Jazz would without
Karl, making Karl most valuable.”
Jordan led the league in scoring
for the 1 Oth time, although his 28.7
average was his lowest since his sec­
ond year in the league.
He also had some o f his worst
career numbers in shooting percent­
age (46.5), free-throw percentage
(78.4), rebounds (5.8) and assists
(3.5). But the voters rewarded him
for leading the Bulls to a 62-20 record
- tied with Utah for the best in the
ird Is Pacers’ New Weapon
never had in the playoffs, according
to Reggie Miller.
“H e’s instilled belief amongst the
players. His hard-work attitude as a
player, he’s brought that to the coach­
ing ranks. Every time he takes the
floor, he’s very well prepared,” Miller
said Friday. “Practices are very crisp.
There’s no downtime or lag period.
He’s very professional about every­
thing he does.”
Bird, no stranger to battling the
Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan
from his playing days, coaches
against them in the first playoff meet­
ing ever between the teams.
Thebest-of-7 Eastern Conference
finals began Sunday in Chicago,
where the Pacers will head after prac­
ticing here again today.
Miller and many o f his teammates
are in the conference finals for the
third time in five years, while the
Bulls are there for the eighth time in
10 years.
The Pacers lost their previous trips
in the conference finals in seven
games, to New York in 1994 and to
Orlando the following year.
“The Knicks and the Magic were
just as special, but there’s probably
more significance because you’re
playing Chicago, and they ’re defend­
ing champions,” Miller said. “ It’s
going to be a tough series.”
Bird has warned his players that
there is more to the Bulls than Jor­
dan, who is averaging 3 2 .1 points in
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“Michael brings fear every time
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mate Scottie Pippen for 35 games
following foot surgery.
M alone’s average dropped from
27.4 in 1996-97 to 27.0 this season,
and his field-goal percentage dropped
from 55 to 53 percent.
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“T h a t’s the confusing aspect o f
the MVP. No one has defined it
clearly," Jordan said. “ I like to
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