Page 16-Thursday, June 8, 1978-The Michigan Daily Washington zaps Sonics, SEATTLE ( ington Bullets Johnson and B upset the Sea 105-99 last ngt NBA champ] history of the chise. 105-99, for NBA title AP)-The Wash- Sunday when the routed the Sonics 117- the Bullets were able to turn back the vetran center Wes Unsel led by Charles 82 at Landover, Md., to even the series threat. throws to clinch the vict obby Dandridge, at three victories apiece. Last night, Seattle closed to 98-94 in the final two Dandridge's layup wit despite playing on the road, the Bullets minutes before Mitch Kupchak hit a left closed out the scorin ttle SuperSonics picked up where they left off. After a three-point play with 1:30 to go.' It was a team e ht to win the first tight first quarter, they dominated the Fred Brown sank a free throw and hit Washington players sc ionship in the next two periods to lead 79-66 going into a bank shot and Paul Silas hit a layup to figures. Tom Henderso 17-year-old fran- the final 12 minutes of play. bring Seattle within 101-99 with 18 scored 15 popints each, F Each time Seattle tried to come back, seconds left. But six seconds later, and Elvin Hayes 12. ld sank two free ory. th four seconds g. ffort as six ored in double on and Unseld Kupchak had 13 Johnson and Dandridge each scored 19 points and the Bullets stunned a capacity crowd of 14,098 by bringing.the Sonics' 22-game winning streak at the Seattle Center Coliseum to an abrupt end. It was the 12th time in the NBA's 32- year history that the playoff finals went to the seven-game limit, creating a winner-take-all situation of 48 minutes of basketball to determine the league champion. The veteran Bullets, whose starting five has 36 years of pro ex- perience to 17 years for the Seattle star- ters, were up to the challenge. They had avoided elimination on Very funny, Larry If you don't like the idea of pro basketball in June, don't expect any sympathy from NBA Commissioner Larry O'Brien. "Maybe we should make the series 5 out of 9 games and play till the Fourth of July," O'Brien suggested. Fortunately for players, coaches, fans and writers whose jets are lagging from this 18-day marathon, his tongue appeared planted firmly in his cheek. OSU's han( for minor Bullets earnI new label SEATTLE (AP)-The Washington with a 44-38 record, the same mark they AS EXPECTED, the Bullets brf Bullets aren't choke artists anymore. had the year before. They were hurt past Atlanta in the playoff mini-s( They have finally won the big one. badly by injuries, most notably the Then they surprised both San An For nine years the Bullets were a back problems which kept three-time and Philadelphia, winning each s playoff fixtue and a playoff failure. All-Star guard Phil Chenier on the insix games. Twice they made the finals, only to get sidelines after midseason. The best-of-sven finals against blown out in four straight games both Kevin Grevey, a disappointment in tle was uphill all the way. Three t times. two years at small forward, bailed the the Sonics took a one-game lead i BUT THAT'S all in the past now, dead Bullets out of big trouble by stepping in- series, only to have the Bullets and buried, following the Bullets' vic- to Chenier's guard spot and scoring 15.5 back. tory over the Seattle SuperSonics last points per game. And now the Bullets are going h night that gave them the first NBA too, as champions. championship in the club's 17 years in the league. "I don't think it's fair to burden this team with the failures of the past, Bullets coach Dick Motta said during the playoff finals. "Wes Unseld is the only playerwho was on both those teams (the 4-0 losers in the playoff finals in 1971 and 1975), and Elvin Hayes is the only other player who was on one of them. This team has a lot of character and deserves to be recognized and judged on its own merits. VERY WELL. The Bullets did not have a particularly outstanding season, finishing second in the Central Division Is slapped violations eezed eries. tonio series Seat- times n the fight nome, MISSION, Kan. (UPI)-The NCAA yesterday censured Ohio State Univer- sity for recruiting and student privilege violations by its football program bet- ween 1973 and 1975, but stopped short of leveling any bans on post-season ac- tivity or television appearances on the Buckeyes. In its own one-year investigation of violations during that period, the NCAA Committe on Infractions discovered the same questionabe practices and violations disclosed by Ohio State in an internal investigation in 1976. SCORES NBA Championship Game Washington 105, Seattle 99 (washington wins best of sevenseriesandNBAChampionship, 4-3) Major League Biaseball American League Toronto at Cleveland, ppd Chicago8, Minnesota,3 Kansas City atTexasoppd Natiimnaieagoe Cincinnati 9, Chicago 6 SanDiegp6,Montrea14 Houston at Pittsburgh, ppd Atlanta 6, St. LouisS0 The university undertook its in- vestigation following a series of articles alleging NCAA violations. The committee found that several K times in 1973-74, an assistant football . . coach loaned a car to an athlete free of charge for his personal use. In two other instances, the university paid for meals and transportation for a friend a and a relative of prospective students. "It is significant to note that although the NCAA conducted an extensive in- dependent investigation in this case, the violations found by the committee were all self-disclosed by the university in its initial report to the NCAA in 1976," said Arthur R. Reynolds, chair- N ' man of the infractions committee. "In reviewing this case, the commit- tee took into consideration the fact that information developed by the NCAA did not substantiate additional allegations, and that the violations found did not reflect a willful attempt to circumvent NCAA legislation. AP Photo "In light of the nature and circum- SAM SCHULMAN had a dream. The owner of the Seattle SuperSonics imagined stan ces of this case, the committee did that his team won the NBA's world championship for the first time in their not believe additional action was 11-year history. The dream didn't-come true, however, as Schulman's Sonics warranted," Reynolds said. were ousted by the Washington Bullets, 105-99, in last night's final playoff game.