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approx. 1 mile west of 1-95) JUNE 12th, 8:00 AM through a trying month of indecision, the Heat coach maintained his professionalism. i Amid the surreal setting of Planet Hollywood, Kevin Lough-ery stood at the podium in Coco-Ult Grove Thursday, squinting nto the glare of the lights, and out a dining room full of tourists. Even the stars came out for he Hollywood-style celebration. Sly and Whoopi.

Don and Melanie. Jcuce and Demi. The Blues brothers. Over one shoulder glared Alfred Hitchcock. High ibove, Superman soared.

It was a bizarre setting to mark the end of a bizarre month. Even Kevin Loughery had to act, saying he believed he'd be back all alone, in- fisting the process was nothing more than business as usual. JL But only Lewis Schaffel and Billy Cunningham will really know fchat went on during Loughery's ig'onth as a lame-duck coach. Did he Heat partners talk to other Candidates about Loughery's job? Probably. Did they have a right if.

they did? Absolutely. Was Lough INM The Associated Press BEIRUT, Lebanon Miami Heat center Rony Seikalji, visiting his birthplace, was asked whether he would consider playing basketball for the Lebanese national team. "Certainly, I'll play," Seikaly told As-Safir, a Beirut newspaper. "But first things have to be accomplished improvement of stadiums, reten for the next month, at least." CAPPED OUT: All the talk about the Bulls' Horace Grant heading to Orlando is moot at the moment. The Magic have a serious salary-cap problem and cannot sign a big-time player unless the collective bargaining agreement is drastically changed this summer, or they convince another organization to take Scott Skiles' or Dennis Scott's salaries.

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Say More? WAV W. IW1 1 10. IS I Eastern Conference Finals (Best-of -Seven) INDIANA VS. NEW YORK Series tied 3-3 Tuesday, May 24 New York 100, Indiana 89 Thursday, May 24 New York 8, Indiana 78 Saturday's result Indiana 88, New York 68 Monday's result Indiana 83, New York 77 Wednesday's result Indiana 93, New York 86 Friday's result New York 98, Indiana 91 Today's game Indiana at New York, 7 p.m. points in the Pacers' come-from-behind win.

"What do we think when people question our heart? Who cares?" Knicks guard Greg Anthony said. "We just want to go in and play with this type of effort, this type of intensity." While the criticism may have helped the Knicks focus, the carnival-like atmosphere that overtook Indianapolis may have hurt the Pacers. "Our offense in the first half was bad, and any time you let the Knicks shoot 57 percent in a half," Pacers guard Vern Fleming said, his voice trailing off. "I can't explain it. The series is won by teams doing the little things, getting loose shots, steals.

What it Need We ery's job always secure? Probably not. In the end, the Heat rehired the right the man for the job. If nothing else, Loughery showed the patience it takes to handle high-paid athletes, and said all the right things publicly as his future was being decided. His professionalism throughout was unmatched. Think about this.

What if you were unsure whether you would be fired from your job, and every day for three weeks you received phone calls from people wondering whether you were unemployed? Then you turned on the radio and heard reports you would be fired in two days. So you switch to the television and heard a college coach was in town to interview for your job. This was Loughery's life the last month, without showing signs of cracking. For three weeks, the Lough-erys Kevin, his wife, Sheila, and son, Steven allowed the media to become a part of their family. Even when they got away for a week to Atlanta, Loughery's response was, "You can reach me at 10 in the morning, or 10 at night." Kevin Loughery said all the right things Thursday.

He understood the process. The meetings were constructive. He was happy to have the opportunity to remain in Miami. He can improve the team. But the most telling statement came when was about to leave the Land of Oz.

"How about losing my number TV: WPTV-5, WTVJ-4, 7 p.m. of real talent, their thuggish nature. But, on the verge of elimination and labeled chokers by the New York media, the Knicks went on the road in a hostile arena and statistically came through with one of their best performances of the playoffs. The team shot 51.7 percent from the field, recorded 17 steals and had a balanced scoring attack led by John Starks' 26 points (5-of- 6 from three-point range). It was enough to get the critics off their backs at least for a day.

"We may not be the prettiest team or the most skilled team," Riley said. "But the one thing I can't understand is the questioning of their heart. "This team is all about heart," he added. Judging by their comments, the Knicks seemed to have been fueled by the scathing criticism that followed the "Miller game" the Game 5 loss in which Reggie Miller scored 25 fourth-quarter (it 3U I I THE ASSOCIATED PRESS take a 2-1 lead in the series. Cup Finals Playoff Updates Call 511 and enter category 3280 to hear a preview, scoring updates and Dostgame Tim W.M mi summary of the Stanley Cup Finals.

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John Gabriel, the Magic's vice president of basketball, watched Ward's four-game stint with Jacksonville of the USBL and was impressed. Geoff Petrie, formerly Portland's vice president of operations, will take over as general manager in Sacramento. The Bulls' Toni Kukoc signed to opt out of his contract. Now GM Jerry Krause will have to up the ante to keep the Croatian star, who becomes a restricted free agent. Atlanta's Craig Ehlo and Cleveland's Tyrone Hill opted out of their contracts, becoming unrestricted free agents.

Portland's Chris Dudley did the same. When he re-signs the league will take the Trail Blazers to court for violating the salary cap. NBA Finals (Best-of-Seven) x-lf necessary Wednesday, June I Indiana or New York at Houston, 9 p.m. Friday, June 10 TBA, 9 p.m. Sunday, June 12 TBA, 7 p.m.

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Simply enter this PostLines category. 3284 Eastern Conference 35 for up to five minutes. See 2A for more details. takes to win is hard work." NOTEWORTHY: Recently fired Los Angeles Clippers coach Bob Weiss met with Charlotte Hornets officials about the possibility of joining the club as an assistant coach, a television analyst or a combination of both. But Bure and Wells came together near the right boards and Bure, trying to lift Wells' stick with his own, jerked his stick into Wells' face.

With the teams skating four a side, Sergei Nemchinov shot from the slot and Anderson, who was facing center ice, deflected the ouck through his legs New York made it 3-1 in the second when McLean stopped Esa Tikkanen's shot but gave up a long rebound. Leetch swept in from the point, got control of the puck and backhanded it over the goalie. Larmer scored 25 seconds into the third period when his backhander from between the faceoff circles hit Canucks John Mclntyre and Dave Babych and dribbled between McLean's pads. Kovalev followed with a breakaway goal at 13:03. Since the finals went to a best-of-seven format in 1939, teams winning Game 3 after splitting the first two have gone on to take the title 16-of-19 times.

N.Y. Rangers Vancouver 2 1 2-5 1 0 0-1 First Vancouver, Bure 14 (Linden, Adams), 1:03. 2, New York, Leetch 8, 13:39. 3, New York, Anderson 3 (Nemchinov, Beuke-boom), 19:19. Penalties-Wells, NY (tripping), Anderson, NY (roughing), Hunter, Van (charging), Lumme, Van (holding), MacTavish, NY (holding), Leetch, NY (tripping), Lowe, NY (high-sticking), Ronning, Van (high-sticking), Messier, NY (roughing), Momesso, Van (roughing), Bure, Van, maor-game misconduct (high-sticking), 18:21.

Second perlod-4, New York, Leetch 9 (Tlk-kanen, Buekeboom), 18:32. Penalties-Lowe, NY (roughing), Antoskl, Van (roughing), Messier, NY (roughing), 16:28. Third peried-5, New York, Larmer 7, :25. 6, New York, Kovalev 7 (Graves, Messier), 13:03 (pp). Penalties-Tikkanen, NY (hooking), Hedican, Van (holding), Mclntyre, Van (holding), MacTavish, NY (holding), Momesso, Van (cross checking), Gelinas, Van (roughing), Antoski, Van, double minor (cross-checking, roughing), 19:19.

Shots on goal-New York 9-10-6-25. Vancouver 11-5-9-25. Power-play opportunities-New York l-of-7; Vancouver O-ot-6. Goalies-New York, Richter, 14-5 (25 shots-24 saves). Vancouver, McLean, 13-7 (25-20).

Referee-Andy vanHeliemond. Linesmen-Ray Scapin-ello, Randy Mltton. jalm Beach Post Wire Services NEW YORK After Indiana's win over the New York Knicks Wednesday, Pacers coach Larry Prown said his team had to win at jiome Friday to clinch the Eastern Ponference title. 1 No way, Brown said, could the Pacers possibly think about beating the Knicks twice in a row at Madison Square Garden, i But that difficult task confronts ihe Pacers today after Friday's 98-191 loss to the Knicks at Market Square Arena. The Knicks used their home-court advantage in the conference 6emifinals, when they defeated the Chicago Bulls in Game 7.

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Fifty-eight seconds later, Glenn Anderson scored his second consecutive game-winner. Bure led the NHL with 60 regular-season goals and has a league-high 14 in the playoffs. Leetch, the Rangers' only offensive-minded defenseman because top regular-season scorer Sergei Zubov was out with a chest injury, scored on a rebound in the second period. And the Rangers put the game away with third-period goals by Steve Larmer and Alexei Kovalev. "It gives us an opportunity to take the advantage in the series, to play with the lead," New York coach Mike Keenan said.

It was the first time in 18 games and only the second time in the postseason that McLean has allowed more than four goals. Richter, meanwhile, held the Canucks to one goal for the second straight game. McLean seemed to be in control when Leetch, simply trying to keep possession in Vancouver ice, flipped the puck toward the net. McLean got down on one knee and prepared to steer the puck to the corner, but it hit McLean's right skate and trickled between his pads. The Canucks still looked in good shape when Leetch was penalized at 17:56 meaning the Rangers had to kill the penalty without Leetch and Zubov, their best two defensemen.

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