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The Lincoln Stor Mondoy, February 13, 198 Page 17 Last All-Star Game shot goes in for Abdul-Jabbar 1MME0T HOUSTON (AP) With 14 seconds left in his last NBA All-Star Game, Ka-reem Abdul-Jabbar finally hit a sky hook. A beautiful shot he made so simple for two decades took painfully long to make in his final All-Star appearance. After missing five sky hooks in the game, he made his sixth to score the West's final field goal and cement a 143-134 victory against the East A last-minute replacement for Los Angeles Laker teammate Magic Johnson, Abdul-Jabbar played Sunday like he's played much of this season only too aware his time has past "I would have been disappointed if it hadnt dropped," he said. "I wanted to get a field goal" Abdul-Jabbar went O-for-4 from the field before hitting a pair of free throws with two seconds left in the third quarter. He then sat until the final two minutes of the game, when West Coach Pat Riley asked if he wanted one last chance to score from the field "I wanted to see that last sky hook in an All-Star Game go in, and it did," said Riley, who has seen his legendary player suffer through a trying final season in which he has averaged less than 10 points per game.

immi NBA I i 1: From Page 1 5 Thomas directed the offense and scored eight points himself. The West saw the East narrow the margin to 109-96 late in the third period on a dunk by Moses Malone, finishing off an 11-0 run. The West scored six consecutive points after that for a 115-96 advantage, but the East responded with a 20-8 run to cut the deficit to 123-116 with 5:56 left ing which Malone scored six consecutive points and Ellis five. With Stockton out the West offense hardly slowed down. Chris Mullin, a 6-foot-7 forward, took over at point guard, but got help bringing the ball up-court from 6-10 Tom Chambers, who scored 12 points in 5: 14, helping the West increase its margin to 57-33 with 8:44 left in the first half.

The East rallied in the third period as AsiocKitad Press Los Angeles' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (left) lets go of a sky hook over Patrick Ewing of New York Sunday in the NBA All-Star Game. 198S ESPN, Int Of ovwiobie through portopohr dtjtrtoufoa Progrommng wbffO blockoul Of dwg Ftm ESPN Horn VhJm Cotoloa inckidmg "Inching Kidi 6oiVtboll" with )okn WoocJm and "find Hf Moravkh'i HoirwwoHi Boiktiboll Stritt." pkrt 2S0otf gmt loom tidm. Call 1-800-282-ESPN. LIME'S RUNNING OUT! five FREE Movie Rentals now tnrougn reoruary town NU quarterback James hoping racquetball gives him extra edge i "rsss, i 1 Rec mmm iram twiiimnii 'mwimliit i VOW ALT? "If I'd played like that against Mettenbrink, I'd have beat him 15-1, 15-1," said James, who stands 6-foot-l and weighs 190 pounds. It was at Husker Coach Tom Osborne's urging that James took up racquetball.

James said Osborne encourages all the Huskers to play the sport "It helps your quickness, agility and determination the same stuff you need for football," James said. JAMES SAID HE'S HOPING his prowess on the racquetball court will help him to move up Nebraska's depth chart when spring football practice begins in April "My No. 1 sport is football," he said. "I've got some good quarterbacks in front of me right now. Hopefully, this will help me beat them out" Mettenbrink, 30, said he's been playing racquetball for the past eight years.

He said he had to use every bit of his experience against James. "He's so quick," Mettenbrink said. "He'd go down on the floor to get a ball get right back up and be ready. His athletic ability was a lot better than mine." Mettenbrink jumped to a 10-0 lead against James in the men's AB finals. However, even though Mettenbrink reached match point he said his lead wasn't safe.

"The momentum was in my direction, but if it would have swung his way things might have been different" Mettenbrink said. In the men's open division finals, Omaha's John MacLean defeated James Lockhart, also of Omaha, 15-4, 15-14, to claim the $250 first-place prize. By Steve Sipple of The Lincoln Star Nebraska quarterback Bart James, who, will be a sophomore this fall, isn't confining his athletic endeavors to the football field. Sunday, James was among the players competing in the final round of the seventh annual Valentine's Day Massacre racquetball tournament at Sports Courts. The three-day tournament drew 195 participants from around the state competing in 23 divisions.

James, a 19-year-old scholarship football player from Tempe, displayed some promise on the racquetball court, too. He defeated defending men's open champion Harry Meginnis of Lincoln Friday in the first round of open play, James lost to Lincoln's Ed Wyatt Saturday in the second round. But he did win three matches in the men's singles AB division before losing to Grand Island's Tom Mettenbrink, 15-7, 6-15, 3-11, in Sunday's finaL JAMES SAID HIS WEEKEND PERFORMANCE was good considering he just began playing the sport two months ago after a seven-year layoff. "I'd just go bang the ball around at the stadium (racquetball courts)," said James, who backed up Husker junior varsity quarterback Mike Grant last season. "I played racquetball a couple times, heard about (Sunday's) tournament and entered." And performed well James said he played particularly well against Meginnis, who co-manages Sports Courts.

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