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THE PALM BEACH POST WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1993 7. NBA Playoffs Jordan (39), Bulls sweep Hawks Playoff updates every nfjrj Seattle at Utah, TBA Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, TBA, if necessary Friday's games Cleveland at New Jersey, TBA Portland at San Antonio, TBA Today's Line Favorite Line Underdog Cleveland 3'A NEW JERSEY CHARLOTTE 7 Boston SAN ANTONIO Portland Houston 3 LA CLIPPERS Home team in CAPS ut Hi U4 Chicago still led by four when Jordan took over in the final 2:05. He hit a 20-footer, came back with a three-pointer from the top of the circle and added two free throws with 20.5 seconds left, giving the Bulls a commanding 96-88 lead. Wilkins scored 29 to lead Atlanta, which saw any hopes of victory evaporate with 14-for-25 shooting from the free-throw line.

Jordan made 16-of-28 shots, had seven rebounds and four assists. Horace Grant added 17 points for the Bulls and Scottie Pippen 11. Ferrell got 18 off the bench for the Hawks, Kevin Willis added 17 and Augmon 15. CHICAGO (W) Grant 5-11 7-8 17, Pippen 5-1 1-2 11, Cartwright 3-8 0-0 6, Armstrong 2-5 0-0 5, Jordan 16-28 5-5 39, Perdue 2-2 2-4 Tucker 2-4 0-0 5, McCray 0-0 00 0, Paxson 0-2 0-0 0, Williams 1-1 9, King 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 39-75 16-20 98.

ATLANTA (81) Wilkins 11-26 6-9 29, Willis 7-12 3-6 17, Koncak 0-3 0-0 0, Augmon 6-12 3-5 15, Blaylock 2-8 1-2 5, Graham 2-6 0-0 4, Ferrell 8-11 1-1 18, Keefe 0-10-2 0, Henson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-79 14-25 88. The Associated Press ATLANTA Michael Jordan refused to let a sprained right ankle keep him from carrying the two-time defending NBA champion Chicago Bulls to the second round of the playoffs. Jordan scored 14 of his 39 points after being helped off the floor late in the third quarter and led the Bulls to a 98-88 victory over the Atlanta Hawks and a sweep of their best-of-five first-round series. The Bulls now await the winner of the New Jersey-Cleveland series, tied 1-1 going into their game tonight at the Meadowlands.

Jordan left the floor with 3:45 left in the third. He had just made an 18-foot fall-away jumper with 352 remaining to put the Bulls ahead 68-61. As he kept retreating, Jordan suddenly fell to the floor in pain. ll "I heard something pop," Jordan said of the injury. "I hoped it wasn't a ligament.

It was just tape popping. I just twisted it." He returned to the locker ipom, where his right ankle was taped, and reappeared on the court Miller (36), PACERS From 1C The Pacers, who hit 60 percent of their shots, opened their biggest lead of the night, 105-80, on two Miller free throws with 5:48 left, and the Knicks never got closer than 19 again. Indiana shot 82 percent in the rliird quarter, making 14-of-17 shots. New York, disorganized Monday's late summary Rockets 111, Clippers 99 HOUSTON (111) Horry 5-12 1-2 13, Thorpe 8-II 64 22, Olajuwon 14-20 4-7 32, Garland 5-8 4-4 14, Smith 5-11 1-3 13, Herrera 4-10 1-2 9, Bullard 1-2 0-0 2, Brooks 2-3 2-2 6, Floyd 0-5 0-0 0, Teagle 0-00-0 0. Totals 44-82 19-26 111.

L.A. CLIPPERS (99) Norman 4-15 0-2 8, Manning 9-19 5-6 23, Roberts 0-5 0-0 0, Harper 7-10 5-8 19, Jackson 9-14 3-3 21, Vaught 1-4 3-3 5, Williams 1-4 0-0 2, Conner 4-4 2-2 10, Grant 2-5 1-2 5, J.Jackson 3-4 0-0 i.Totals 40-84 19-26 99. Houston L.A. Clippers 30 25 33 23-111 22 18 32 27- 99 Three-point goals Houston 4-14 (Smith 2-5, Horry 2-6, Herrera 0-1, Bullard 0-1, Floyd 0-1), Los Angeles 0-3 (Harper 0-1, Norman 0-2). Fouled out-Roberts, Garland.

Rebounds-Houston 55 (Olajuwon 12), Los Angeles 41 (Nor- man 9). Assists-Houston 27 (Smith 7), Los An-geles 28 (M.Jackson 8). Total fouls-Houston 23, Los Angeles 26. Technicals-Manning, Los Angeles illegal defense, Roberts. Flagrant foul-Harper.

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Asslsts-Chicago 22 (Armstrong 6), Atlanta 19 (Blaylock 6). Total fouls-Chicago 22, Atlanta 22. Technlcals-Wllkins, Chicago illegal defense. A 15, 141. Knicks 116-93, trail 2-1 First Round (Best of 5) Saturday's results Charlotte 99, Boston 98, 20T Portland 105, San Antonio 96, series tied 1-1 New Jersey 101, Cleveland 99, series tied 1-1 L.A.

Clippers 95, Houston 83, series tied 1-1 Sunday's results New York 101, Indiana 91 L.A. Lakers 86, Phoenix 81, L.A. Lakers lead series 2-0 Chicago 117, Atlanta 102 Utah 89, Seattle 85 Monday's results Charlotte 119, Boston 89, Charlotte leads series 2-1 Houston 111, L.A. Clippers 99, Houston leads series 2-1 Tuesday's results Chicago 98, Atlanta 88, Chicago wins series 3-0 Indiana 1 16, New York 93, New York leads series 2-1 Utah 90, Seattle 80, Utah leads series 2-1 Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, late Today's games Boston at Charlotte, 8 p.m.

Portland at San Antonio, 8 p.m. Cleveland at New Jersey, 8 p.m. Houston at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Thursday's games New York at Indiana, 8 p.m.

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Pacers rout without Starks at point guard and with Ewing on the bench after picking up his fourth foul with 5:37 left in the third period, shot 27 percent, hitting on just 6-of-22 attempts. Schrempf had 11 points in the quarter and Miller had 10 as each made 4-of-5 shots. The victory ended a six-game playoff losing streak for Indiana, which has never won a playoff Sabatini Chang 158 in the world. The match lasted just 58 minutes. Two seeds were beaten on Tuesday.

Brenda Schultz of the Netherlands ousted No. 14 Zina Garrison-Jackson 6-4, 6-2, and Noelle Van Lottum of France eliminated No. 12 Katerina Maleeva of Bulgaria 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. Advancing were No. 9 Amanda Coetzer of South Africa, a 6-4, 7-5 winner over Katrina Adams; No.

11 Mary Pierce of France, who downed Italy's Elena Savoldi 6-0, 6-1; and No. 16 Naoko Sawamatsu Japan, who beat Katerina Krou-pova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-2. Top-seeded Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and No. 2 Martina Navrati-lova will play their first matches Wednesday. Sanchez Vicario replaced Seles the No.

1 seed after Seles was attacked in Hamburg. Seles is ex iV 1 IMV Sabatini wins amid extra security in Italy THE HOTTEST XXX VIDEO RENTALS Rent Any Adult video Buy Any Adult video S3oH s13.89 series in five previous appearances. New York jumped to a 12-point advantage in the game's first five minutes before the Pacers came back to take a 35-33 lead. A dunk off a rebound by Charles Smith then started a 14-2 New York run. NEW YORK (93) Oakley 4-11 0-0 8, Smith 4-8 0-0 8, Ewing 9-22 1-3 19, Rivers 4-7 1-2 9, Starks 4-10 2-2 It, Mason 5-10 4-6 14, Anthony 2-3 1-2 5, H.WIIIiams 0-4 2-2 2, Blackman 3-9 0-0 7, Campbell 1-3 4-6 6, H.Davis 2-5 0-0 4, Anderson 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 38-92 15-23 93. pected to be out of action for at least one month. CHANG UPSET IN GERMANY: Marc Goellner, a big local favorite, upset fifth-seeded Michael Chang 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 in the second-round of the $1.7 million German Open in Hamburg. Ninth-seeded Wayne Ferreira of South Africa was beaten 6-3, 6-4 by Sweden's Jonas Svensson and No. 12 Carlos Costa of Spain was ousted by Russian Andrei Chesno-kov 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5).

Thomas Muster reached the third round by beating Guillaume Raoux of France, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-1, while Emilio Sanchez of Spain advanced against countryman Juan Gisbert, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5. HEAT GETS TO TOP SEED: Top-seeded Mark Wood-forde of Australia retired due to heat exhaustion, allowing Patrick McEnroe a first-round victory at the $260,000 USTA Men's Clay Courts of Tampa. McEnroe was leading 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 4-0 and was on his third deuce of the fifth game when Woodforde walked off the court, sat down and buried his head in a towel. "I felt like a furnace out there," said Woodforde, who had not played since March 31 in South Africa when he also retired OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 'TIL 5 AM 312 S. CONGRESS AVE.

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SEATTLE (80) McKey 5-10 4-5 14, Kemp 2-5 0-0 4, Perkins 8-16 3-4 20, Payton 1-10 00 2, Pierce 4-10 2-2 II, Johnson 8-19 2-2 20, McMillan 0-3 0-0 0, Cage 2-3 0-2 4, Barros 1-4 0-0 2, Askew 1-3 1-1 3. Totals 32-83 12-16 80. UTAH (90) Benolt 3-7 i 11, K.Malone 8-20 7-9 23, Eaton 1-5 0-0 2, Stockton 2-a 11, J.Malone 7-15 5-a 19, Humphries 2-4 OO 4, Corbin 6-12 0-0 12, Brown 3-5 2-5 8. Totals 32-74 25-32 90. Seattle Utah 26 24 19 11-80 20 25 IB 27-90 Three-point goals-Seattle 4-14 (Johnson 2-4, Pierce 1-1, Perkins 1-3, McKey 0-1, Payton 0-1, McMillan 0-2, Barros 0-2), Utah 1-5 (Stockton 1-2, Humphries 0-1, Benolt 0-2).

Fouled out Johnson. Rebounds-Seattle 50 (Perkins, Cage 9), Utah 54 (Eaton, Corbln 9). Assists-Seattle 15 (Pierce 5), Utah 21 (Stockton 10). Total fouls-Seattle 26, Utah 22. A 19,911.

INDIANA (116) D.Davis 2-2 0-0 4, Schrempf 10-15 9-10 29, Smlts 9-14 7-8 25, Fleming 2-7 0-0 4, Miller 14-22 6-6 36, Thompson 0-1 0-0 0, McCloud 2-5 0-0 5, Richardson 2-3 2-4 6, Sealy 0-0 0-0 0, K.Williams 1-1 0-2 2, Dreiling 1-1 0-0 3, Mitchell 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 44-73 24-30 116. New York Indiana 33 22 15 23 93 31 18 38 29-116 Three-point goals-New York 2-8 (Starks 1-4, Blackman Rivers 0-1, Anthony 0-1, Campbell 0-1), Indiana 4-8 (Miller 2-3, McCloud 1-3, Dreiling 1-1, Fleming 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-New York 51 (Ewing 13), Indiana 46 (Smits 8).

Assists-New York 20 (Rivers 7), Indiana 27 (Richardson 9). Total fouls-New York 28, Indiana 21. Technicals-Smith, Mason, McCloud, Indiana Illegal defense 2. Flagrant foul-Starks. Eiectlon-Starks.

A 11,380. with heat exhaustion. "I guess the guys in Florida can put up with this humidity. Little old me from Australia can't." Woodforde, who was top seeded in singles for the first time in his 10-year professional career, was also forced to withdraw from the doubles competition along with top-seeded teammate Todd Woodbndge. In other matches, Vince Spa dea of Boca Raton lost to Mikael Pernfors 6-1, 3-0 (retired); sec ond-seeded Wally Masur of Aus tralia advanced with a 6-3, 6-3 win over countryman Jamie Morgan; No.

3 David Wheaton toppled San-don Stolle of Australia 6-1, 6-1; fourth-seeded Todd Martin defeated Oliver Fernandez of Mexico 4-6, 6-4, 6-1; and No. 5 Richey Reneberg defeated Gilbert Schaller of Austria 6-2, 6-4. SELES TO SPEAK PUBLICLY TODAY: Monica Seles will talk to reporters today in Vail, about her treatment for the stab wound inflicted by a spectator at a German tournament. IMG, the Cleveland company that manages Seles, announced the press conference Tuesday at the Italian Open. IMG said Seles' agent, Bob Kane, and her doctor will attend.

and was coach at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y., from 1983-85, where his teams posted a 9-42 record. "We feel very fortunate to welcome aboard a coach of his experience and character," FAMU Athletic Director Walter Reed said. Reed said Brown would be introduced formally during a news conference today. bounced over Kevin Morgan's head in right field as Hoelker scored the second run of the inning. Florida Atlantic Miami 000 000 0 000 0-2 to 000 002 000 000 1 3 12 1 Patrick, Reid (8), Holley (11), Warkey (12), Lucas (13) and Lewis; Censale, Graves (7) and Hoelker.

W-Graves (7-3). L-Locas (7-5). 2B-FAU: Spink, Senese; Hoelker, Berg. 3B-M: Metcalfe. The search committee wants to find someone who will stay the length of the contract, particularly after Maggard broke his five-year agreement.

"I've chaired two search committees now," said Lieberman, who also headed the search that resulted in Maggard's hiring. "I'm tired of it. I don't want to have another before I retire." The committee is taking applications and hasn't narrowed its search in any way, Lieberman said. Businessmen Prefer 111 IFFANVS CABARE Original Gentlemen's Club A ton Beach Hwv. Uovnt una aou-uaa ,071 The Associated Press ROME Gabriela Sabatini, surrounded by extra security in the wake of the attack on Monica Seles, began defense of her Italian Open title Tuesday with an easy victory over a qualifier.

Tennis is Results 8C The No. 3 seed from Argentina s.aid she didn't think about the Jyeles incident during her 6-0, 6-2 win over Claire Wegink of the Netherlands. But Sabatini acknowledged that "you get a little Scared. It could happen any time." Sabatini, a favorite among Roman fans, said she accepted an offer from Italian organizers for additional security after Seles, the world's top-ranked player, was stabbed by a man during a tournament in Hamburg, Germany, last Friday. "I think they will have to do it in all tournaments now," Sabatini said.

"Some tournaments could be really dangerous. It makes me feel ntuch safer to have a lot of security people around." But the 22-year-old clearly had her mind on her game Tuesday when she routed Wegink, ranked Hurricanes By KEVIN BROCKWAY Special to The Palm Beach Post CORAL GABLES Dave Berg's RBI double in the 13th inning lifted the University of Miami to a 3-2 victory over Florida Atlantic University at Mark Light Stadium in front of 609 Tueday night. t. UM reliever Danny Graves (7-3J, struck out nine in seven innings ojf relief for his team-leading seventh victory. Mark Lucas (7-4) was the loser.

The Owls (37-11) fell to 1-2 against Miami this season and 12-4 jgainst Division I teams. Miami (31-15) has won five in a row and nine of their last 10. 1 The Owls left on a four-hour bus ride to Gainesville to face the Florida Gators 7 p.m. tonight at McKeathan Stadium, "It was a hard-fought game," FAU head coach Kevin Cooney said. "I've got no complaints except we didn't win the game.

"I'm sure the kids will be of as in get by Owls 3-2 in 13 innings itowfiiiie wm ($3 DRINKS Noon to 8 pm DAILY -) 5 AM DA1L.Y SUNDAYS 6:00 P.M. 11 A May 4 mru May The Best CDPP rUlMDARUC West Virginia assistant is FAMU's new basketball coach BEACH 1744 4 4444 4 1 4 A MM Vj The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE West Virginia assistant coach Ron Brown was named basketball coach at Florida Tuesday. Brown, a 1976 graduate of City College of New York, replaces Willie Booker, who resigned under pressure in March following a 10-18 season. Brown has spent the last eight seasons as an assistant to Gale Catlett at West Virginia ball down the third base line and near the bag. Home plate umpire Julio Acosta called it a fair ball.

The RBI double scored Tippett from second to give Miami a 1-0 lead. Cooney argued with Acosta after the call. Shortstop Mike Metcalfe followed with an RBI triple that 1 Major Magazine Model Marilyn Monroe of the 90 18 Exciting Shows 1115 N. FEDERAL HVW. BOYNTON OPEN 12 NOON TO 2 AM bAILY WW is HAPPY HOUR WITH 2 FORI (ALL DRINKS) FREE BUFFET College Baseball sleeping on the bus." FAU starter Scott Patrick allowed two earned runs in 7Mi innings before yielding to reliever Aaron Reid.

Reid got FAU out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth by getting Hernandez to fly out to center with two outs. All four FAU pitchers were in trouble most of the night as Miami left 16 runners on base. The Owls tied the game 2-2 off Graves in the top of the seventh on a two-out two RBI single by third baseman Nick Presto with the bases loaded. Miami got two runs off Patrick the bottom of the sixth with the help of a disputed call at third base. With third baseman Keith Tip-pett on second and two outs, catcher Chad Hoelker drove the help smooth the transition for the new AD.

Possible candidates include Virginia Tech Athletic Director Dave Braine, a finalist two years ago. "I would rather be part of a team instead of an individual maybe a special guy to be the seeing-eye dog to help introduce him around and get him involved in the community," Fraser said. The university would be open to such a situation, Lieberman said. BACH ELOR PARTIES MAY 5,6, 7, 8 HAPPY HOUR SHOW 6 PM SCARLET NIGHT i Recently ten an Phil Dotubue, Gertldo River if Maury Povkh TV Shows BEST BACHELOR PARTIES ANYWHERE Palm Beach 471-9530 -5am I' jFraser offers to help with AD transition West Palm Fl Beach's Sophisticated Adult Night "We would like very much for Ron to be part of a transition in introducing someone to the community," he said. "Nobody is better known, better respected or better loved in the community than Ron." Fraser said he wouldn't want the job because he would have to sign a five-year contract.

His health, weakened by a stomach aneurysm, is one reason. "I'm not going to push anything," Fraser said. FRASER From 1C baseball program. Because Fraser 'became as well known in the com-Imunity as the baseball team did iatop the national rankings, the possibility that he would replace needed no promotion. Maggard, who has been in the 'position for two years, is leaving to I become the sports director of the Olympic Organizing Com-nlittee.

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