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Km flams only C2 hf Atlanta 2ounU the Atlanta constitution Saturday, June 10, 1989. Lakers Get Another Playoff Record, but It's Nothing to Brag About Check the NBA record book and you'll And the Los Angeles Lakers are the proud owners of many of the NBAs most prestigious playoff records. Thursday, the Lakers added one that they'd rather not have. The Lakers scored only 13 points in the final 12 minutes in Game 2 to tie a finals record for fewest points in the fourth quarter. San Francisco held Philadelphia to 13 in the fourth quarter in 1967, and Milwaukee scored only 13 in a 1974 game against Boston.

The Lakers made only two of 14 shots in the fourth quarter Thursday and didn't get their first field goal of the period until there was only 3:40 left Detroit has given up fewer than 20 points in a quarter 13 times in 15 playofl games. JORDAN PULLS FOR PISTONS: Chica an average of only 91.5 points during the postseason, three per game under the record of 94.6 by the 1971 champion Milwaukee Bucks. The Pistons' previous high for points allowed in the playoffs this season was in a 99-97 defeat by Chicago in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals. The Lakers have three games at home to recover from their 2-0 deficit, but the Pistons have been playing well on the road. Detroit is 8-1 at the Palace and 5-1 on the road in the playoffs.

Los Angeles is 6-0 at the Forum and 5-2 on the road. The lineup Sunday: SportsbeaL Monday: Inside the NBA Tuesday: Inside TVRadio Sports. Wednesday: Inside the NFL Thursday: Inside Baseball. Friday: Inside TVRadio Sports. Saturday: Inside theNBA Compiled by Jeffrey Denberg, Ailene Voisin go's Michael Jordan is rooting for Detroit in the Finals.

"They seemed to be humbled a little by us," Jordan said. "They showed a new side. They became nice guys. They were offering a hand when we went down. I want to stick with the Eastern Conference and see them bring it back.

But Detroit may be tired. They had a tough series. I'll go with LA in seven." He said that before the injuries to Byron Scott and Magic Johnson. TRADE TALKS: Representatives of the L.A. Clippers and San Antonio Spurs have held numerous discussions with teams interested in trading for their first-round draft choices No.

2 and 3, respectively at the pre-draft camp in Chicago this weekend. The Washington Bullets would part with veteran guard Jeff Ma-lone in order to move up in the draft or ward. I have great concentration on the ball and I don't see who's around me. If they happen to get hit by mistake, that's part of the game." DETROIT HOT SHOTS: In the first three rounds of the playoffs, Joe Dumars (68-167) and Vlnnie Johnson (61-150) each shot .407. Islah Thomas shot .390 (82-213).

In two games of the finals, Dumars is shooting .656 (21-32), Johnson .607 (17-28) and Thomas .486. That's a combined .577. The trio has accounted for 63 percent of Detroit's 217 points against the Lakers. FINALS NUMBERS: The Pistons allowed 100 points for the first time in the 1989 playoffs when they won Game 2 108-105. They went 16 straight games, including the last two of the regular season, without giving up 100.

Detroit is allowing der The Seattle SuperSonics have expressed interest in Clippers guard Reggie Williams, the 6-7 swingman who was suspended for the final week of the season for refusing to enter a game Knicks assistant Stu Jackson opted to remain with the organization rather than join Rick PI-tlno in Kentucky. Spurs coach Larry Brown reportedly is upset about comments Pitino made insisting he is not "Larry Brown," alluding to Brown's penchant for changing jobs. CALL ME MR. CLUMSY: Detroit's Bill Lalmbeer admits he is less than graceful. 'Our GM probably pegged me with the best description of anybody.

He said I'm just a clumsy basketball player," said Laimbeer. "It sounds kind of stupid that I'm an NBA player and I call myself clumsy. But that's the way it is. I'm a little awk I IfflBEOBBCEBSBnDqShr I S. ii I 2 Ex- Wolfpack Players: Aide Helped Sell Tickets Harris Has Applied for Transfer to W.

Carolina ATHENS Derrick Harris, who quit Georgia's football team because Two former basketball players at North Carolina State University say i that players complimentary tickets were sold during the 1985-86 and 1986-87 seasons with the help of an assistant he felt he wasn given a fair chance to play quarterback, plans to join former Georgia assistant Dale Strahm, now head coach at Western Carolina. Strahm confirmed Friday that Harris has applied for admission and plans to transfer. coach, The News and Observer of Raleigh reported in day's editions. Two basketball fans also say they bought OEOwoi. "That's as far as it's gone," said Strahm, the only assistant coach under former head coach Vine Dooley who was not retained by Ray Got! after he was named head coach on Jan.

2. "At this stage, we feel good about his situation. I know about his athletic ability. We really like him." Harris will have to sit out next year but will have two years of eligibility remaining. His move ends a two-month search that included at least three other schools Georgia Tech, Georgia Southern and Duke.

As recently as two weeks ago, Harris talked with Goff about the possibility of returning to Georgia. GofT had scheduled a meeting Friday in Athens with Harris and his family. But earlier this week, after Goff learned Harris was at Western Carolina, the discussions ended. Goffs only comment on the situation was, "We wish him the best." Quarterback Preston Jones, following an examination of his broken wrist Friday, said he "feels pretty good" and is optimistic he can be close to 100 percent by the time the season opens. Jones, who was injured in the April 29 spring game, had a full-length arm cast removed Friday.

He will wear a smaller cast for the next four weeks and then begin full rehabilitation. Thomas OToole Pitcher Drake Signs With Brewers nsKrrcm tickpts in 1986 that had been allotted to players. Such sales would have been a violation of NCAA rules, which forbid players, coaches or other university employees to sell their complimentary tickets. Former players Bennle Bolton and Tevlln Blnns said Ed McLean, a former assistant coach, had helped players find buyers for tickets. "That's not true," McLean said.

"I have no idea why they'd say that." McLean was an assistant coach at N.C. State from 1982 through 1987, when he left to take his present job as head coach at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. An examination of N.C. State's complimentary-ticket records by The News and Observer and The Raleigh Times shows an unusual pattern of ticket usage. The records, for the 1985-86, 1986-87 and 1987-88 seasons, show that some players identified guests as relatives when they were not related which would violate NCAA rules and that more than 50 people are listed as relatives of more than one player.

University officials would not comment on the assertions University of Southern California basketball coach George Raveling has emerged as a "very serious" candidate for the opening at the University of Maryland, sources told the Baltimore Sun. Raveling, a former Maryland assistant, was one of three head coaches Interviewed Thursday. The others were Gary Williams of Ohio State and Jeff Mulllns of the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. Mullins withdrew his name from consideration Friday. A fourth coach, Bob Wenzel of Rutgers, was interviewed Friday.

Brazil, a favorite to win the World Championships regional qualifying basketball tournament, beat Canada 101-84 Friday night in Mexico City behind 24 points by Oscar Schmidt Reopened Birmingham Track Behind 1987 After 11 days of operation, attendance and total handle at Birming Georgia Tech pitcher Sam Drake signed with the Milwaukee Brewers RENEE' HANNANSStaff Friday and has been assigned to their Helena, Mont, Pioneer League team. Catcher Jon Anderson has been drafted by the California Angels for the second time. He is mi expected to meet with them Sunday. Tech track coach Taz Anderson, now president of a local commercial development firm, played football at Georgia Tech and ended his pro career as a tight end with the Atlanta Falcons. Anderson's '66 Falcons Didn't Let Fans Down ham Race Course is running behind its ill-fated inaugural 0.

tech Buddy Fowlkes will be honored today at Chastain Park dur-. ing "Buddy Fowlkes Day." The park is recognizing Fowlkes's 28 years on the Atlanta City Council, during which time he was responsible for helping improve the golf course and building a gymnasium. Outfielder Marty Durkin has signed with the Cleveland Indians and is expected to report to its Baseball City, rookie league team. DarrylMaxie Lonnie Smith Not Likely to Return Sunday 1 season, though betting per-capita average is ahead at the I Alabama track Fridav night was the 11th Droeram since the i track reopened May 26. Attendance has totaled 70,371, down from 85,904 reported in 1987.

The daily betting han HOUSTON Though left fielder Lonnie Smith says he is preparing himself for Sunday, the likelihood increases that he will remain disabled into next week. Smith ran the bases in ear nest for the first time since spraining his right ankle on I May 19. He admitted he will not likely be 100 percent for about 2Vfe weeks. Going back for fly balls still creates pres dle averaged $465,139 through Friday night, just behind the $483,522 average during its first 11 days in 1987 and far ahead of the $365,000 Delaware North had projected in its budget for reopening the track, which went into bankruptcy after the 1987 and did not operate last year. The average per-capita bets stand at $72.70, up from $61.91 in 1987.

Track officials are optimistic because the per capita has been going up, with Thursday night's $100.51 per customer the highest this year and second highest in the history of the track. "We're extremely pleased with those numbers," general manager Steve Baker said. Delaware North has presented two new exotic forms of wagering to the Birmingham Racing Commission the twin trifecta and the Big Q. The commission has not yet acted. Baker said the track is considering raising purses, which average about $30,000 a day, because the daily betting handle is above expectations.

He also said a push this week to get more horses has reduced the number of empty stalls from 210 to 80. sure on the injured area. "I could play right now, but I don't know if: I could go flat out after every ball," said Smith. Manager Russ Nixon wasn't overly optimistic about Smith's return this weekend after watching his gait Smith continues to wear a plastic cast and predicted he would continue to wear it when activated. First baseman Gerald Perry accompanied the team to Houston.

He will stick with a running program while his slightly dislocated left shoulder mends. Pete Smith is scheduled to toss lightly today for the first time since receiving a cortisone injection in his ailing right shoulder Tuesday. Joe Strauss Briefly By Hal Hayes Spc( to The Journal-Constitution The Atlanta Falcons didn't disappoint their fans in 1966 as they have in years since then, according to Taz Anderson, the starting tight end on that expansion team. "The fans here weren't expecting anything," he said, "and I don't think we disappointed them." The club opened with nine straight losses, then beat the New York Giants, Minnesota and St. Louis and finished with a 3- II record.

"The highlight of the year for me," said Anderson, 50, president of a commercial development firm in Atlanta that bears his name, "was getting to miss that first training camp, the infamous Black Mountain, N.C. That was an experience I'm glad I missed three practices a day and hitting sometimes twice a day. Not being there made me enjoy my surgery." The former Georgia Tech star, signed as a free agent by the Falcons after playing for the St. Louis Cardinals, underwent knee surgery one month before camp started. "We probably did better in 1966, really, than we should have," Anderson said, "because the players were from one ex Former world record-holder Patrick SJoberg of Sweden edged Ameri treme or the other.

We had players who were either finishing their careers like me or fellows like Tommy Nobis, who were terrific young athletes." Anderson, drafted by Cleveland in 1961 and then traded to St. Louis, retired at the end of the 1967 Falcons season. "With all my injuries 11 operations on both knees, I would have to respond with an intelligent 'no, playing football wasn't worth he said. "About the only time it does become worth it is when I miss a tennis or golf shot. Then I can blame it on my knees." The "most positive" element of his career, he added, "were the experiences I had at Tech 1957-60, Those were among the most positive and meaningful times of my life.

"Pro football, while I enjoyed it very much, wasn't a financial incentive at all in those days. We didn't have the big TV money, and the money was just enough to get by on. "When I signed, the Browns gave me a $2,500 bonus which lasted about 25 minutes and 1 started out at $14,000 a year. "The most 1 ever made was $25,000. And today, that just might cover a night out with friend and former teammate Alex Hawkins." cans Jim Howard and Jake Jacoby in the high jump Friday ffllJ an international iracn ana iieia event in neisinKi, rin- Vi lanu.

ojuvcig iiemeu i icct, iiitncs, as uiu nuwaiu. mc Swede won on fewer attempts. Jacoby was third with 7-5. John Edward of Britain won the triple jump with 54-lOVi ETC Falcons first-round draft pick Deion Sanders, called up May 31 by the New York Yankees, got an unexpected night off with the rest of Ms teammates as the game with the Boston Red Sox was rained out. Bibb Falk, who replaced "Shoeless Joe" Jackson after Jackson was banished from baseball following the Chicago "Black Sox" scandal of 1919 and who coached the University of Texas to two national championships and 20 Southwest Conference baseball titles, died Thursday at age 90 in Austin, Texas, following a long illness.

Date Opponent AB Bl Comment 531 Mariners 4 111 Got first major-league RBI on groundout 61 Brewers 3 0 0 0 Struck out twice against Ted Higuera 62 Brewers 4 0 10 Bounced single over first baseman's head 63 Brewers 1 0 0 0 Didn't start. Pinch-hit In 7th Inning 64 Brewers 6 2 11 Hit first major-league home run 65 Orioles 0 0 0 0 Sat out a 16-3 loss to Baltimore 66 Orioles 3 0 0 0 One of two Yankees to strike out 67 Orioles 0 0 0 0 Game with Baltimore rained out 68 Red Sox 5 0 10 Crashed Into the wall making backhand catch 69 Red Sox 0 0 0 0 Game with Boston rained out Totals 26 3 4 2 Batting .154 through 7 garnet 1921 Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees became baseball's all-time home run leader by hitting his 120th career homer off Cleveland's Jim Bagby In the third Inning. The Indians won 8-6. 1944 Joe Nuxhall, at 15 years, 10 months, 11 days, became the youngest player In major-league history when he pitched two-thirds ol an Inning for the Cincinnati Reds in an 18-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.

1 1972 Hank Aaron's grand slam led the Atlanta Braves to a 15-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. It was Aaron's 649th home run, moving him ahead of Willie Mays into second place on the all-time home run list 1978 Affirmed, ridden by Steve Cauthen, won the Belmont Stakes to complete the! Triple Crown In one of the greatest battles in racing history. Affirmed edged Alydar for the third time. Falcons Tickets, Including an Exhibition, on Sale I Sunday. Tickets can also be ordered by writing: Atlanta Braves Mail Order, P.O.

Box 4064, Atlanta, Ga. 30302. Ticket prices: club and dugout levels $9.50, field level $8, upper and pavilion levels $6, general admission (game-day only) $4 for adults and $1 for children under 12. For information call 577-9600. The Braves will not be at home until Tuesday, June 20 when they start a six-game homestand, three against the Cincinnati Reds and three against the Houston Astros.

Season tickets are now on sale for the Atlanta Falcons nine-game home schedule, which includes one exhibition game against New England. The Falcons open their home regular season Sunday, Sept. 10 against the Los Angeles, Rams and are at home the following week (Sept. 17) against the Dallas Cowboys. Both games are scheduled for 1 p.m.

kickoffs. The remainder of the schedule: Oct. 15, New England Patriots, 1 p.m.; Nov. 5, Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m.; Nov. 19, New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m.; Dec.

3, San Francisco 49ers, 1 p.m.; Dec. 17, Washington Redskins, 4 p.m.; Dec. 24, Detroit Lions, 1 p.m. For further information call the Falcons' ticket office at 261-5400 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday. BRAVES: Tickets are available at SEATS locations, including Turtles Records, and Gate at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. on Philadelphia's John Kruk on a mental error, In which he held the ball after making a catch and allowed a runner to score: 'You call that a gastric disturbance of the brain. Just stupid.

Thank God we won. I'm glad they don't allow guns in the stadium. I wasn't worried about my career. I was worried about my i 1 idfcljlO. i.