THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, March 31, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, March 31, 1974 CELTICS OVERHAUL BRAVES: r Pistons From Wire Service Reports CHICAGO - Someone forgot to tell the Detroit Pistons that teams entering the National Basketball Association playoffs for the first time in years-especially on the home court of a favored rival- aren't supposed to win. Thus, ignoring tradition, the 'De- troiters took the floor at Chicago Stadium yesterday afternoon and bumped off the Chicago Bulls 97-88 in the first game of their NBA Western Conference semi-final. Sparked by clutch fourth quarter shooting by Dave Bing and a strong all-around effort by big center Bob Lanier, Detroit took charge of the contest from the on- set and showed their poise under pressure by withstanding a strong final period comeback by the Bulls. The Pistons beat Chicago at their own game-great team de- fense. Lanier, who led all scorers with 27 points, did not think that was too surprising, however. "Defense has been our trade- mark, too," said the 6-11 pivot- man. "To beat these guys you have to play the tough defense, and we did." From the beginning of the con- NIGHT El BRIAN D test, the Pistons sl lack of playoff{ Pistons have not a season play since be a hindrance. They came out defense and sho before the Bullsl hit them it was With Lanier guns side and Piston I Rowe and Don A scoring from the troiters built a 29 end of the first s Then substitute1 came into the gan quarter to take up Detroit was ableR 13-point bulge unti conquer l into the locker room ahead 51-38. 1 back from Piston coach Ray Scott felt that 107-97 vict the play of Rowe and Adams, who Braves last outscored Chicago's heavily publi- game of a3 cized frontline men Chet Walker sociation E and Bob Love 18-12 in the half, final playof was the key to the Detroit lead. Cowens Meanwhile, only a courageous ef- points in fort by Bull guard Jerry Sloan, saw the Cc DITOR: who finished with 24 points, was EMING keeping his team in the game. In the third quarter, however, Lac howed that their Love and Sloan led a Chicago Michiga experience (the charge, and no one on the Pis- Lacrosset appeared in pt- tons aside from Lanier could College t 1968) would not find the range. The Bulls pulled tartan tur to within six points, 71-65, when stickmen, Norm Van Lier threw in a 55- Oberlin, F playing tough foot desperation shot at the )ting well, and buzzer. down to an 16-6, Detroit. The Chicago surge lasted into six minut ning from out- the final period, and several times Afte'r Don forwards Curtis the Detroit lead was narrowed to licek open .dams doing the four points as the less-than sell-out baskets, C( inside, the De-'crowd came to life. But Bing came nine- Celtic 9-16 lead at the to the rescue with 10 of his 20 to only five tanza. points and when Lanier drilled Jo Jo W gard. Sone in from the perimeter it built Nelson wi guard Stu Lantz the Piston lead back up to 89-79 in front by e in the second with 3:36 left. hit a pair the scoring, and The Bulls made one last run at one for a to maintain that it. A long jumper by Van Lier left to pla I halftime, going with 1:19 to go cut the visitors' Bob Mc margin to five, 91-86, and gave brought Bu Chicago an outside chance. with field But Lanier proved to be too ran off 11 much to overcome. He came up up the gam with another long range bomb to bring thelead back to seven,block a leWalker shot and fire the ball M 1I downcourt to Rowe for a game- in the second clinching fast-break lay-up. Today recover. * . * *Celtics come back Win ckes 'D' BOSTON-Dave Cbwens, burden- ly has a cham- ed by five personal fouls, led a . The Fighting devastating fourth-period assault UN bor St. Thomas that brought the Boston Celtics bor Springs in - ame, 68-53. player over six lineup, Harbor great disadvant- I Irish front line. their cause much 1 Ivil ulls PROFESSIONAL THEATRE PROGRAM presents a 17-point deficit to a ory over the Buffalo a night in the opening National Basketball As- astern Conference semi- if. scored 18 of his 30 the final period that eltics go from 12 points i Crosse today n's much improved team will face Ashland oday at 1 pm. on the f of Ferry Field. The 3-0, have beaten Purdue and Hillsdale. n 88-87 lead in less than es of play. n Nelson and' John Hav- ed the last period with owens "ran off the next points to bring Boston e points behind, 87-82. hite with a basket and th two put the Celtics y a point, then Cowens of baskets and White 94-89 lead with 3:30 y. Adoo and Gar Heard ffalo to within one point goals, then the Celtics straight points to sew e. I3 GENFLE1'EN GI4NDNEW BEST MUSICAL." AUSIGIL TONY AWARD WINNER IRISH WHIP HARBOR SPRINGS w ins A ti' SATURDAY and SUNDAY MARCH 30-31 3:00 and 8:00 POWER CENTER ADVANCE SALES: MENDELSSOHN LOBBY Power Center box office opens 1 :00 on performance days 763-3333 Birmingham Brother R i c e, a weird melange of tall upper-middle class kids and obvious imports, staged a ferocious rally to top turnover - plagued C a s s Tech in overtime, 60-56, for the Michigan High School Class A basketball title yesterday at East Lansing. The Technicians had led 27-22 at the half on the strength of hot shooting by forward Tony Jamison and center William Mayfield. Their' zone stifled Warrior 6-9 center Will Franklin. Brother Rice's of-' fense was limited to 20-foot shots by Dave Washington and Frank Rourke. ..AFTER CASS stretched its lead to 49-38 in the fourth quarter, Brother Rice drove back furiously. The key play was a basket given Franklin on a goaltending call without whic'h there would have been no overtime. With the score tied at 54-all, Rice controlled the tip to start overtime. Jim MacGuildwin canned a 20- footer to give the Warriors the lead. Tech's Jamieson quickly lost the ball out of bounds, and Rice s t a l1 e d successfully thereafter. With 17 seconds to go, the des- perate Technicians fouled Rourke, and he bagged both charity 'tosses- to clinch the game. Brother Rice coach Bill Norton substituted liberally: nine players scored for his Warriors, led by Washington with 14, MacGuidwen with 12, and Rourke with 10. Jamison led Cass Tech's gunners with 18. ,. 1 J t t t the boards and utilization of nu-' merous Holt turnovers. After a brief Ram rally, the Heights ripped off nine more con- secutive points to move ahead, 29-14. Tropf canned a pair of free throws and an 18-footer to cut the halftime margin to 11, 31-20. Holt had not lost its poise, how- ever, and attempted to rally in the second half. They were aided greatly when Tiger centerMarcell Hendricks, who 'had picked up nine rebounds in the first half, got two quick fouls and exited midway through the third period. Holt could not get a streak going, as Michael Smith was in command ofInhb dnr~ bbnhin i d ~ a turnover streak half and could not * * St. Thomas to Ann Arbor final pion in something Irish of Ann Arb overwhelmed Har the Class D title ga With only oner feet tall in the Springs was at a age against the tal The did nat heln tl Pin Bowling 1 p.m.-12 mid. a free game! ION LANES Join The Daily Staff * * *I Heights win. 'B'I After long years of being stymied by River Rouge, Muskegon Heights finally won the big one, disposing of Holt 52-44 in the Class B titlei game. Holt was undefeated going into the game, and featured all-statet center Jeff Tropf as a potent of- fensive threat. But the Heights threw a zone at Tropf, fronting him and collapsing on him in the middle. Holt was allowed the 20- foot shot, and could not make it. THE TIGERS, still smarting from the memory of the last-min-' ute comeback Rouge staged twoI years ago, wasted no time in es- tablishing their dominance. They rolled off 16 straight points in the# opening quarter, a streak accom- plished mostly on dominance of or bote oar s, gra ang misseu Holt shots and tipping in missed efforts by his teammates. The Tiger defense strengthened as the Ruggers win Michigan's Rugby team, pre- paring for the upcoming Big Ten tournament, shut out the TorontoBarbarians 8-0 at Wind- sor yesterday to finish their non-league season 3-0. Jordan Weinstein and Francis Marion scored the trys for the Wolver-I ines. The "B" team also won, de- feating the Windsor Borderers 7-0, with Tom Tucker scoring and Chris Penoyan adding a penalty kick. game wore on, as Tropf did not get off a single shot in the final stanza. Smith tallied 18 points and 17 rebounds, as Heights whipped Holt in that vital category, 45-29. Tropf and Dan Briggs accounted for vir-I tually all of Holt's scoring, with y p1C *fL fl 141 .'AjJ t,%,*S 1 'AL L *.S 1 by shooting an ice-cold 30 per cent from the floor. The Rams were able to stay with St. Thomas for a while, as the Irish only led 30-27 at the half. They had some success with a press, as the Irish were a bit lax in handling the ball. But their shooting, none too good in the first half, completely evapo- rated in the second. Once 6-7 Len Lillard got his hands on the ball, there was no way the Rams could stop him from scoring. He mus- cled inside for four buckets in the third period, as the Irish pulled away. The fourth period saw the game degenerate into a rout, as St. Thomas added fast break baskets to complete control of the boards. The margin stretched to 20,and coach Mike Ramker emptied his bench. Pat Gallagher played a supurb game for St. Thomas, hitting for a game high24 points. 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