Wednesday, April 3, 1974
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By The Associated Press THE CELTICS, winners of the first-quarter lead, despite 10 points
BUFFALO - The, young Buffalo opening playoff game Saturday, by Boston's Don Nelson and led
Braves, getting a superb perform- 107-97, in Boston, went ahead for 51-49 at the half as Celtics reserve
ance from seven players, whipped the first time early in the third Paul Westphal came through with
the Boston Celtics 115-105 last period, 56-55, on a three-point play 10 second-period points.
night and tied their National Bas- by Jo Jo White. The teams battled THE BRAVES, who slowed down;
ketball Association Eastern Con- back-and-forth until they were their offense in the fourth quarter
ference playoffs at one game knotted at 73-73. Then McAdoo of Saturday's loss, went to the
apiece, chipped in a two - pointer with running game in the second play-
While Bob McAdoo, the NBA's about 41/2 minutes to go in the third off contest and outscored the Cel-
leading scorer with a 30.6 season period to put the Braves ahead to tics, 32-29, in the final period.
average was held to 23 points, his stay. White paced the Celtics with 27
teammates took up the slack and Gar Heard added 20 points for points while Dave Cowens, who
led the Celtics throughout most of Buffalo. killed the Braves Saturday with 30
the.game..I The Braves jumped into a 21-19 points, was held to 14.
M.ets picked to win division flag;
d+ose race to mark '74 season
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The teams meet in the third two field goals for the Bullets and
game Wednesday night in Boston. bulky Wes Unseld followed with a
* hook, putting Capital safely ahead
78-71.
Knicks numbed Hayes and Mike Riordan added
17 points apiece for the Bullets,
NEW YORK - Diminutive Kev- while Walt Frazier topped. New
in Porter, the smallest player on York with 20 points.
either team, triggered a decisive With the score 50-50 early in the
third - period Capital burst and third quarter, the Bullets reeled off
12 consecutive points, before Fraz-
Lacrosse today ier broke the spell with a driving
The undefeated lacrosse team layup. Then Porter connected on
goes after win number five to two field goals and rookie Nick
day as they take on the stick- Weatherspoon tapped in a missed
men from Michigan State. The shot, providing the Bullets with
game will begin at 4:00 p.m. on their 16-point bulge.
the tartan turf at Ferry Field. Hayes, who had riddled the
Knicks with a total of 74 points in
scored 22 points, propelling the the first two games, was held with-
Bullets to an 88-79 victory over out a field goal during the opening
the New York Knicks in a Nation-I period by the close guarding of
al Basketball Association playoff John Cianelli, and he didn't get his
gime last night. first basket until the 2:39 mark of
the second quarter.
THE VICTORY gave the BulletsAfter Hayes' field goal, Riordan
a 2-1 lead over the defending NBA followed with a long left-handed
champions in the best-of-seven jump shot, giving the Bullets a 33-
Eastern Conference semifinal ser- 25 advantage, the biggest lead by
ies. Game four will be played Fri- either team in the first half.
day night at the Bullets home ither__em t
court in Landover, Md.
The cat-quick, 6-foot Porter, a I C A TINEY
second year pro, fired in six points R
as the Bullets broke loose from a
50-50 deadlock in the third period
and outscored the Knicks 18-2 dur-
ing a 4:29 span for a 68-52 lead.tBt
The Knicks, trailing 70-57 at the Bt
end of three quarters, surged back
cutting the deficit to 72-71 in the
fourth period with a 14-2 spurt. But
they never could catch up. By JOHN KAHLER
By JEFF SCHILLER 1
It is recorded history that the
NewYork Mets won the National
League East last year with a lack-
luster 82-79 record and went on to
capture'the National League play-
off series and come within a hair-
breadth of the World Champion-
ship. But it was equally apparent
that the N. L. East had no team
which was capable, over a full sea-
son, of competing successfully with
any of the West's first three teams.
Indeed it was even more import-;
ant that no team in the division
was any more than a few lucky
breaks better than any other ball-
club. So the East's general mana-
gers went on a trading spree this
winter with the results that all six
teams should be improved, but the
race will be as close as ever.
The only team to emerge from
the 'winter meetings relatively in-
tact was tlte- defending champion
'New YorkMes The Mets are ap-
p rentlyrelying on avoiding in-
juries to such key personnel as
Bed Harrelson, Cleon Jones, Jer-I
ry' Grate, and Rusty Staub (each.
out about one quarter of last sea-I
son) to account for a significant,
team improvement.
The Mets' greatest strength is
of course their pitching. Tom
Seaver, Jerry Kooseman, and
Jon Matlock are the best collec-
tion of starters in the league,
nd rookie Craig Swan is hailed
as a potential sunerstar. Should
they falter, a bulloen headed by
relief ace Tug McGraw is ready
to take up the slack.
The pitching had better be there:
th4tigh, or the Mets will find them-
selves in serious trouble. New
York as a team hit only 85 home
runs last season, and all indica-
tions point to a repeat perform-
ance. Add the gaping hole the
Mets have in center field, and you
have a team which will once again!
have to: rely on winning an awful
lot of 2-1decisions this seasons.
The power - hitting Pirates were
let down by their pitching last
year, so the Bucs went after hurl-.
ers in the off-season. Pittsburgh'
strengthened itself on the mound
with the additions of lefties Jerry;
Ruess and Ken Brett but lost
niUth of the fabled Pirate depth in
the process.
This year's edition of the Pi-
rates will be keyed by the con-
tributions made by both the
pitching and the defense.
Moundsmen Brett, Blass, and El-
lis have all been plagued by
arm troubles in the past, and
Bob Moose, Bruce Kison, and
Jim Rooker have records which'
are marked by inconsistency. In
addition, the Pirate defense is
suspect. Rennie Stennett has
never impressed at second.
Third sacker Richie Hebner has
a weak arm, the first baseman,
Dave Parker, is learning a new
position, and Willie Stargell is
no gazelle in left. Obviously
Pittsburgh can score, but wheth-
er they can prevent the opposi-I
tion from- scoring more is a
question which must still be ans-
wered.
St. Louis dealth away its two
most effective starters, Rick Wise
and Reggie Cleveland to acquire
center fielder Reggie Smith and
three mediocre pitchers - Jackie
Curtis, Lynn McGlothlen, and Mi-
chael Thompson. The additions of
Smith and "can't miss" outfield
prospect Bake McBride insures
good hitting and excellent speed,
but the pitching is suspect. Bob
Gibson must bounce back to have
a big year, and Red Schoendienst
must find a stopper in relief as
well.
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NIGHT EDITOR:s
BRIAN DEMING
Philadelphia seems doomed to
finish in the second division albeit
within plain sight of the leaders.
Their most important addition was'
l second baseman Dave Cash for
whom they gave up pitcher Ken
Brett. The deal looked good until
the Phils lost the services of start-
ing ace Wayne Twitchell via the
injury route. Though capable else-!
where, the Phillies lack the pitch-
ing to make a serious run at the
crown.
The unanimous vote for "most
changed team in baseball" goes to
this season's Chicago Cubs. Anx-4
ious to eliminate the club's 'los-
er's image', the Bruins dealt away
no fewer than three regulars (San-
to, Heckert, Hundley), their top
starting pitcher (Ferguson Jen-
kins), their top reliever (Bob
Locker), and several top reserves.
In return, the club got names like
Madlock, Harris, Mitterwald, Mo-
rales, Frailing, StonesHutson, etc.,
all players with loads of potential
but very little in the way of ac-
AP Photo
BUFFALO'S BOB McADOO scores over Dave Cowens in NBA playoff action last night. McAdoo, who
led the league in both scoring and field goal percentage scored 23 points en route to the Braves' first
win of the series and their short playoff history. The former North Carolina star held Cowens to only
14 markers in the game.
IEPLACES MANS:
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defensive aide
tual credentials.
The big swap in Montreal this This year's Cubs are an enigma.
winter was the one whichasent They have gone from the oldest
super fireman Mike Marshall to ' team in the league to the young-
the Dodgers in exchange for cen- est, and from the slowest team to
ter fielder Willie Davis. The trade one of the fastest. Their pitching
adds to Montreal's team hitting could be strong and deep, or it
and defense, but it forces Expo could lack a stopper.dThe Cubs
manager Gene Mauch to search could win it all this year . . . and
high and low to find a suitable then too, they might just finish
replacement for Marshall. ' dead last.
ELVIN HAYES retaliated with
Prep eage
to enroll
At Michigan
The Michigan basketball recruit-
ers drew their first blood yester-
day, with the announcement that
Joel Thompson had signed a Big
Ten letter of intent to play at
Michigan. Thompson, a 6-7 for-
ward, led his Flint Beecher team
to a perfect regular season re-
cord and was selected to the As-
sociated Press All-State team.
The coaches are very high on
this young man, particularly Bill
Frieder, who was primarily re-
sponsible for recruiting him. Pro-
claimed Johnny Orr, "Joel is a
young man with good touch and
strength, and excellent speed. He
may need a while to develop, but
he's going to be a great one."
shi e
Michigan football has long been
associated with winning. So it was
only a slight surprise when, after
George Mans elected tq take the
head coaching job at Eastern
Michigan, Don Canham selected
one of the biggest winners in Mich-
igan highschool athletics to take
over as the defensive end coach.
Bill McCartney, the newest
member of Bo Schembechler's
coaching staff, helped make
Dearborn Divine Child a state
power in both football and bas-
ketball. In fact, the Falcons won
state championships in both
sports last year.
But the Falcons - came through
with a near-perfect performance to
top Unity. The stars of that game
were a pair of juniors, Gary Fors-
tek and Ed Kasperek. This pair
also did well as a passer-receiver
combination on the gridiron, both,
making All - American as Divine;
Child won the tough Detroit Catho-1
lic league and the state champion-t
neat siigns -
The New Orleans Saints offi-
cially announced yesterday that
Paul Seal has inked a contract
with the NFL team, thus con-
firming a Daily report of March
22. The former Detroit Pershing
star turned down a "substan-
tial bid" from the Detroit
Wheels before signing the three
year pact.
about accepting the fob." he not-
ed. "This is the best opportunity
a high school coach in the State
of Michigan can get. Working for
Bo is an opportunity that only
comes up once in a lifetime."
One of McCartney's main areas
of responsibility will be in recruit-
ing the Detroit area. The Wol-
verines have been ineffective in re-
cruiting the home state, as Michi-
gan prospects have consistently
gone elsewhere for their education.
Among those who got away are
Forsteyk and Kasperek, both of
whom signed at Notre Dame. "I
would really have liked them to
come here," said McCartney sad-
ly.
Though irrelevant for his pres- ship. a tribute to their dedication."
ent position, McCartney's cage "It's hard to compare champion- Though McCartney's hiring was
coaching credentials are certain- ship in football and basketball," only announced this week, he has
ly impressive. Divine Child was commented McCartney. "Until been coaching the defensive ends
considered to be a mere sacrific- they get a playoff system for high unofficially all through spring prac-
ial lamb to powerful Hudsonville s c h o o I football, the cham-tice.'
Unity Christian in last year's "B"
title game. I never had any hesitation
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With any luck, the problem
may be less than Mauch sup-
poses. The Expos' starters have
excellent potential, and if they
develop as hoped, Montreal may
not have to rely nearly so heav-
ily on their bullpen this season.
The Expos are also counting on
rookies Barry Foote and Jim
Cox to shore up catching and in-
field weaknesses respectively.
Blue
Daily consensus
N 1. NY. Mets ,
2. Pittsburgh
i 3. Montreal
S4. Philadelphia .?
S. St. Louise
6. Chicago .
g'olfers
By BILL CRANE
The Michigan golf team swung into action last
week and drove its way to a promising showing
in the Miami Invitational Golf Tournament. The
Wolverines placed sixth in the event hosted by
the University of Miami but were only 26 strokes
off the pace set by Florida International.
Wolverine Coach Bill Newcomb stated it was
a "good tournament" even though it was set up
"a little differently than what we're used to."
He should be pleased. Losing 1196 to 1222 at this
time of year is reason to be happy. Although the
Wolverines finished sixth, Newcomb informed
that "30 strokes off" is really pretty close.
Junior Tom McParlin led the Maize and Blue
with a four-round total of 302. Newcomb re-
marked, "We have as much or more talent as
we've ever had individually." The next job for
the golfers is to score and work well together
according to the Wolverine coach.
"We're a pretty old squad," Newcomb reveal-
ed and a look at the Wolverine roster bears him
out. Wolverine co-captains Rene Demarias and
Craig Ghio were second and third for Michigan
with totals of 309 and 312 respectively. Louis
Meldman was fourth with 312 also. Much experi-
ence is evident in Michigan's top men.
Senior Jon Dale and junior Brad Harvey round
out the "old" men. Perhaps the Maize and Blue's
link experience will cause 1973 champion Indiana
to cast a glance back over its shoulder. In addi-
tion Minnesota and Purdue which also have been
recent contenders may heed the Wolverine golf-
ers' potential.
Indiana made a tremendous showing in a
tournament earlier this year and Newcomb re-
sponded, "Indiana is looking strong but I didn't
know they'd be that strong. It's a little frighten-
ing. We've got work to do," he continued.
The Wolverines' next competition is April 20-21
at Ohio State. The Blue don't come home until
most of us have left-that's May 7 and as of right
now that match is unofficial. Anyway between
now and then the swings must become grooved
and for the Wolverines and the golfers among
us there can be only one desire. A chance to
play some golf. Fore.
BY GEORGE!
George Hastings --
Home court advantage .,..
. . not for Pistons, Bulls
WELL, SO MUCH for the home court advantage theory.
That seemed to be the train of thought runing around the
locker and press rooms Monday night after the Chicago Bulls
had evened up their playoff series with the Detroit Pistons at
Cobo Arena.
With their win, the Bulls gained back the home court ad-
vantage that they had lost on Saturday, but right now nobody
is really still convinced that it means that much. Two games
have now been completed in the Bull-Piston skrimish, and both
have gone to the visiting teams.
If being the home team was ever going to give any team an
edge, it seemed that the second game of this best-of-seven
National Basketball Association quarterfinal round would have
been the time.
In contrast to the first game in Chicago, Detroit literally had
the house packed. A new Cobo Arena record crowd, 11,499 strong,
jammed into the place to root the Pistons on.
And this was no ordinary crowd. This was a mob that had
been waiting for six years for some playoff action; that had
suffered for 25 years through some of the worst professional
basketball ever played; and that had seen in the past couple of
seasons every other pro team in town-Tigers, Lions, and Red
Wings-sink to mediocrity.
THIS WAS A hungry crowd, and excitement was in the air.
They buzzed when their heroes ambled out on to the court;
they roared when a Piston dunked the ball in the pregame
warmup; they exploded as Bob Lanier drilled in the game's
first basket.
When they gave Dave Bing a standing ovation just for coming
out of the game midway through the second quarter, you knew
that this crowd was fired up.
The noise really didn't come until the fourth quarter, though,
as Lanier and Chicago's Bob Love dueled for basket after basket,
the roaring rose to a crescendo. Detroit coach Ray Scott
signalled for time with six and a half minutes left, and I
thought the blast from the standing hordes was going to break
my eardrums.
But all that hometown fervor didn't help a bit. While the
Pistons proceeded after that timeout to fall apart, committing
turnover after bad shot, the Bulls were anything but intimidated.
They hung in, played their own game, and took control of the
contest, just as the Pistons had in Chicago Saturday when a
Bull comeback and a fired-up Windy City crowd threatened their
lead.
Frankly, it seems that this idea of a home team advantage
in the playoffs has been vastly overrated.
In the Piston camp, nobody seems excited that the Bulls
"won back the home court edge." The feeling is that each team
has won one game, and everything's even despite the fact that
a seventh game, if necessary, would be played in Chicago.
EVEN BEFORE THE series started, Scott would not admit
that the home edge meant very much. "These are the play-
offs," he said, "And I know that when we take the floor at
Chicago the adrenalin will be flowing regardless of the crowd."
And Scott proved that those comments were not just lip service
when he refused to tire out his team in an effort to catch the
Bulls in the regular season and seize the home court edge for
themselves.
Chicago coach Dick Motta also seemed to disdain the home
factor. "This is big business now," the little Bull general
TODAY
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"My biggest coaching thrill
was winning championships in
both sports in the same year. I
had a lot of athletes who were
good in both sports, and that's
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