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10 D-6 THE RECORD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 198S Pro Basketball Ainge's victory reflected in score NBA Championship GAME TWO Lakers at Celtics 9 p.m. tomorrow, Channel 2 "You have to encourage him to keep shooting. I'm not worried about his confidence," said Los Angeles coach Pat Riley. Confidence is the least of Ainge's concerns. Like Scott, he was a substitute in last year's title round but won a starting job this season.

Ainge's spot opened when Boston traded Gerald Henderson to Seattle 10 days before the season. "Last year my confidence was at a down, as down as it could get, and I just made a commitment to myself to work hard," said Ainge, in his fourth NBA season out of Brlgham Young. "It got to the point where I wasn't looking to shoot. Ainge's competition with Scott took on an aggressive tone when the former Toronto Blue Jay third baseman flung the ball at the Laker guard early in the third quarter. "It was something I thought I had to do," said Ainge.

"I thought he took unfair advantage of me by hitting me in the back of the neck." The Associated Press BOSTON Byron Scott hadn't seen anything like it for a while. The background view was unfamiliar, the defense was tight, and his shots were missing. Danny Ainge didn't find the opener of the National Basketball Association Championship Series nearly so strange. It was just one more comfortable day in an increasingly comfortable season for the Boston Celtic guard. Before Boston crushed the Los Angeles Lakers, 148-114, in Monday's first game, Celtic forward Larry Bird pointed to the matchup between the two as a key to the series.

"If Danny Ainge outplays Byron Scott, we'll probably win the series," Bird said. In the first game, Ainge outplayed Scott and Boston won. The second game of the best-of-seven rematch of last year's finalists will be here tomorrow night. Ainge, who averaged 12.9 points per game shooting a little long, a little short. In the second half, I got it going," said Scott.

"It's a totally different background here than at the Forum the Lakers' home court). I have to get used to that." In the Western Conference final against Denver, the second-year pro from Arizona State was Los Angeles's leading scorer, with 23.4 points per game. He hit 65.4 percent of his field goal attempts. The Nuggets sometimes let the player guarding Scott drop off him to double team Los Angeles's big men. Boston made stopping Scott a priority and had Ainge shadow him.

"We played hard defense on him, and also he missed some easy shots," said Celtic coach K.C. Jones. "I'm not going to do anything differently," Scott said, looking toward the second game. "I didn't get tentative. I just know that sooner or later they'll start falling for me, so I'll just keep shooting." TO in the regular season and 11 in the playoffs, was the dominant player as Boston built a 38-24 lead by the end of the first quarter Monday.

He hit seven of nine field goal attempts, including a three-pointer, and had 15 points in the quarter. The Celtics' lead never dipped below 14 the rest of the game, and Ainge finished with 19 points on 9-of-15 shooting. Scott, the Lakers' deadliest outside shooter, sank just one of his first seven shots, a dunk, and finished 5-of-14 with 10 points. "I didn't feel the shots were off. I was Danny Ainge Key to the series? NBA coaches do the shuffle Jammers' opener is disappointing Cunningham calls it a career for now SPRINGFIELD, Mass.

The New Jersey Jammers were routed in their United States Basketball League opener last night, dropping a 100-82 decision to the Springfield Fame before crowd of 1,463 at Springfield Civic Center. Guards Donnie Marsh and Chipper Harris, who shared time at point guard for the Jammers, led the team with 18 and 15 points, respectively. Marsh, a former Franklin Marshall player who joined the team Thursday, also had five assists. I If mi about him louder than ever, and with one source close to the 76ers implying that owner Harold Katz had pressured him to resign. Cunningham denied, however, that any of that had anything to do with his decision.

"This was something I've been thinking about during the course of the season," he said during yesterday's news conference. "It's something I've thought about every season, actually. But this year I made the decision. "I started thinking seriously about it, I'd say, about Christmas time. And if anything, I think that helped me the rest of the year, knowing this was going to be my last season and that I'd like to really go out on top." That didn't happen.

He went out hearing second-guessing from his locker room, hearing Andrew Toney say he was "tired of being yelled at," hearing Toney add that next year Cunningham was "going to have to change his tactics, at least a little." When he siped a new contract after the Sixers won the 1983 NBA title, Cunningham was the highest-paid coach in pro basketball. Now, at 41, he finds himself searching for new outlets for his relentless energy. He has a travel agency to keep him busy. And he said that if he was offered a TV job, he "would think about that." But otherwise, he has nothing specific in mind, he said. He knows only that he doesn't want to coach again for now.

By Jayton Stark Knight-Ridder News Service PHILADELPHIA From the day he coached his first National Basketball Association game for the Philadelphia 76ers in 1977, it was obvious that Billy Cunningham was not going to be one of those people who still would be out there at 75, diagramming plays on a little clipboard. "Billy was never really a career coach," 76er general manager Pat Williams said yesterday. "He wasn't like the Dick Mottas, the Gene Shues, the Cotton Fitzsimmonses, the Jack Ramsays." So it was inevitable that one day Cunningham would walk away from coaching. Yesterday was that day. Cunningham resigned yesterday, he said, because he felt "it was time just to move on into other areas of my life." He resigned after eight seasons, after 454 regular-season victories (12th best in NBA history), after amassing the third-best winning percentage (.698) of any active coach.

He won an NBA championship two seasons ago. He won bis 200th, 300th, and 400th games faster than any coach in NBA history. He won 66 playoff games, more than any coach except Red Auerbach. But he ended his coaching career with a disappointing five-game defeat in the Eastern Conference final series against Boston, with players grumbling Springfield 100, Jammers 82 SPRINGFIELD Lawrence 7-15 2-4 16, Rogers 4-9 2-2 10, Crevler 5- 9 4-5 14, Jackson 6-9 6-6 18, Worthen 3-6 7-9 13. Adams 6-20 7-8 19, Hanson 0-1 0-0 0, Lee 2-7 0-0 4, Palmer 2-4 2-2 6.

Trent 0-1 0-0 0. Tettls: 1541 30-M 100. JAMMERS Lockart 1-1 2-2 4, Aughburns 1-5 0-2 Calchings 6- 12 2-3 14, Harris 7-13 (1-1) 0-0 15, Trov 3-12 1-2 7, Johnson 2-4 7-7 11, Marsh 8-12 2-3 18, Strickland 4-7 1-2 9, Johnson 1-7 0-0 2, Wright 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 33-II (5-21 12. (24) Springfield 21 22 23 27 100 (0-1) JAMMERS 14 26 22 12 Three-point goals: JAMMERS, Harris.

but he was just 3-for-12 from the field and finished with seven points. The Jammer front line, which coach Cazzie Russell tried to upgrade with the signing of two newcomers late last week, had a disappointing debut. One recent addition, forward Ed Catchings of Nevada-Las Vegas, scored 14 points on 6-for-12 shooting; but Don Johnson, a 31-year-old seven-footer, was l-for-7 and had trouble containing Springfield center Ron Crevier (14 points). Top scorers for Springfield were guards Tracy Jackson (18 points) and Michael Adams (19 points), and forward Larry Lawrence (16 points). Russell finalized his roster early yesterday, and all 10 of his players saw action.

The remainder of the team includes forwards Kent Lock-art (l-for-8, four points), Ernest Aughburns (l-for-5, two points), Napoleon Johnson (11 points), Danny Wright of Monmouth College, and former Rutgers guard Daryl Strickland (nine points). Among the players who did not survive the final cut were former Knick guard Mo Layton, and former William Paterson College players J.J. Lewis, Tim Williamson, and Mike Burwell. Assistant coach Ed Jordan, who reportedly will see action for the team, probably will be placed on the roster later in the season. The Jammers open their home schedule tomorrow (8 p.m., WMTR Radio, 1200 AM) against the wood Aces at William Paterson College's Recreation Center.

Billy Cunningham Considering his options Springfield led, 10-8, with 5 minutes remaining in the first quarter, before forward Alvis Rogers hit a drive to start a 14-4 Fame streak. The Jammers cut their deficit to 60-54 late in the third period on Kelvin Troy's bank shot, but the Wayne franchise could come no closer. The Fame pulled away on the strength of its 30-for-36 shooting from the line. From the field, Springfield was 35-for-81 to the Jammers' 33-for-81, which included a three-point field goal by Harris. Troy, playing the off-guard spot, led the team with eight rebounds, Is Chicago bullish on Nets' Albeck? A look at the USBL The inaugural United States Basketball League season began last weekend, but aside from the marginal players who flocked to the tryout camps of the seven Northeast-based teams, few have heard about the league.

North Jersey will receive its first exposure to the new league tomorrow, when the New Jersey Jammers, based in Wayne, play their first home game. The Jammers opened their season last night with a 100-82 loss in Springfield, Mass. Here's what the rest of the league looks like, with home courts in Chaney set to return to Clippers Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles Clippers scheduled a news conference today to announce the hiring of Don Chaney as their head coach. Chaney's top assistant has yet to be selected, but former Laker coach Paul Westhead reportedly is a candidate. Clipper president Alan Rothen-berg said Westhead "would probably fit into our plans" when Chaney, general manager Carl Scheer, and Rothenberg decide on a top assistant.

"There isn't a list of prospective assistant coaches, but I think we'd want a guy with head coaching experience, like Westhead or Tom Nissalke," said Rothenberg. "That's what Philadelphia did when they originally brought in Chuck Daly as Cunningham's assistant and it worked out well. "The first assistant coach has got to be Don Chaney's choice. But at the same time, with the guidelines we've set, it has to get Carl's and my approval. Don knows that he's only coached 21 games, and he needs an experienced assistant." Chaney, who replaced Jim Lynam on an interim basis March 6, said Monday that he had reached an agreement with the Clippers and would soon sign a contract.

He said yesterday that Westhead, now teaching English at a nearby college, was one of a long list of candidates to become his top assistant By Bob Sakamoto Chicago Tribune Chicago Bulls' coach Kevin Loughery was fired yesterday, along with assistant coaches Fred Carter and Bill Blair. And Stan Albeck, coach of the Nets, reportedly is a candidate to become the Bulls' coach. Loughery, a former Net coach who lives in Atlanta in the offseason, received the news in a 6:30 a.m. phone call from Chicago vice-president of operations Jerry Krause. The Bulls announced the firing yesterday afternoon at a news conference.

Loughery had flown to Chicago May 20 to discuss his future with Krause and owner Jerry Reins-dorf. "Krause said it was a tough call to make, but that he would be bringing in another guy," said Loughery. "He said I was being fired because of a difference in philosophy. I don't know what that means. I look back to the day Jerry Krause was hired and I was sure I wasn't going to be around much longer." The Bulls will pay off the remaining season on Loughery's contract, estimated at $250,000.

They also will pay half the salaries of Carter and Blair, who took over as Net coach when Larry Brown left New Jersey for the University of Kansas near the end of the 1982-83 season. At the news conference, Krause said he decided during the weekend to relieve Loughery and his two assistants of their duties, but said no replacement has been chosen. Reports have indicated that the two leading candidates to replace Loughery as the eighth Bulls coach in eight seasons are Albeck and former Knick Phil Jackson, the Continental Basketball Association Coach of the Year with the Albany (N.Y.) Patroons. Jackson is coaching in a summer league in Puerto Rico, and confirmed he has had discussions with Krause about the Chicago job. "When Jerry was hired by the Bulls, I updated his file on CBA players," said Jackson.

"About a week ago, we had a few discussions about the Bulls and the coaching situation. He let me know all about the situation with Kevin and that he had not yet made a decision on the coaching staff. "Jerry Krause and I go back a long way. We first met when Bill Fitch was my college coach at North Dakota and Jerry was scouting for the Baltimore Bullets. We had a long conversation in 1966 and kept in touch when I played with the Knicks and he worked for the Bulls and the Suns.

We have a familiarity with each other that goes back over the years," Jackson also worked and played under Loughery with the Nets. Jackson was a player-assistant coach for Loughery during the 1978-79 season and an assistant coach the following season. Jackson will meet with Knick Kevin Loughery Fired by Bulls coach Hubie Brown next week regarding an assistant coaching position. Albeck is in San Antonio at his offseason home. He has one season left on his contract with the Nets, and if the Bulls want to hire him away, they will have to buy out his contract.

That's how the Nets hired Albeck away from the San Antonio Spurs two seasons ago. Albeck had a season left on his contract, and the Nets sent the Spurs a combination of players and draft choices to hire Albeck. When asked about the reports on Albeck, Net executive vice-president Lewis Schaffel said: "Stan Albeck is under contract and we expect him to be back coaching the New Jersey Nets next year." the Continental Basketball Association has to help," says coach Terry O'Connor, formerly the head man at Fairfield University. O'Connor's roster includes Jim Abro-maitis (Connecticut), Bruce Campbell (Providence), Clyde Bradshaw (DePaul), Joe Dawson (a former Continental Basketball Association Most Valuable Player), Butch Graves (Yale, Cleveland Cavaliers), Sam Ellis (Pitt), Bruce Kuc-zenski (a former Net), and Ernie Cobb (whose pro career was short-circuited after he was accused of point shaving at Boston College during the 1978-79 season). WILDWOOD ACES (Wildwood Convention Hall) Pete Monska's club received a big boost this week when it signed Villanova's Gary McLain, the point guard who made the national champion Wildcats go.

After McLain, however, there's not much else. Guard Carl Racine (Penn), forwards Darrell Lloyd (Drake) and Jeff Adkins (Maryland), and centers Cedric Miller (Hampton Institute) and Chris Burke (Widener) should be the key players. SPRINGFIELD FAME (Springfield Civic Center) The backcourt could be the best in the league, with Sam Worthen (Marquette, Chicago Bulls), Tracy Jackson (Notre Dame, Boston Celtics, and Chicago Bulls), and Michael Adams (Boston College) running the show. Up front, there is size in seven-footer Ron Crevier of BC and 6-8 forward Larry Lawrence of Dartmouth, but coach Gerald Oliver is looking for another power forward. Springfield won its opener Saturday against Rhode Island, and downed the Jammers last night.

RHODE ISLAND GULLS (Rogers Gymnasium, Newport) This league-owned franchise made headlines Friday by signing John "Hot Rod" Williams, the center of attention in the alleged Tulane University point-shaving scandal, to a $15,000 contract. But the 6-11 center, once considered a first-round NBA pick before the scandal broke, won't be the star of this team. Manute Bol, the 7-6 Sudanese skyscraper who played one season at the University of Bridgeport, proved that bigger is better with an amazing 20-point, 12-rebound, 16-block performance Saturday against Springfield. He's receiving the highest salary in the league, a reported $25,000 for three months work. Former Fairleigh Dickinson forward Larry Hampton also is a member of this team.

The coach is Kevin Stacom. a former Boston Celtic and Providence College player. WESTCHESTER GOLDEN APPLES (Winchester County Center) Coach-gen-eral manager Hal Wissel, a former head coach at Fordham University, has only been on the job three weeks. "It hasn't been easy," he says, "because we just got a new owner, a guy from New Jersey named Ed Rohan. Dick Barnett the former Knick guard was supposed to own the team, but that never came through.

So we're just a little behind." Wissel has talent to work with in the backcourt, led by former National Basketball Association players Geoff Huston, Pete Davis, and Steve Burtt. Burtt is one of four former lona College players on the team, joining guard Rory Grimes, and forwards Troy Truesdale and Arnie Russell. Delaney Rudd, an All-Atlantic Coast Conference guard from Wake Forest University who recently was in the Jammers' camp, arrived early last week. The rest of the roster is comprised of Fordham guards Jerry Hobble and David Maxwell, and forwards Jim Bostic (a former Detroit Piston) and Chris Logan (Holy Cross). LONG ISLAND KNIGHTS (Hofttra University) Along with Wildwood, this franchise owned by league president Dan Meisenheimer is the least-experienced team in the league in terms of professional action.

Coach Frank Mulzoff's top players are guards Roosevelt Chapman of Dayton and Gene Waldron of Syracuse, and forward Calvin Pierce of Oklahoma. Two former St. John's players, Mike Moses and Ron Stewart, are on the squad, along with Mike Henderson of C.W. Post. CONNECTICUT COLONIALS (New Haven Coliseum) This team is the preseason favorite.

"The fact that we have some older players from Europe or King NBA all-star teams NEW YORK The 1985 All-NBA teams as voted by members of the media. (Includes total points and first teams votes in parentheses): FIRST TEAM Larry Bird, Boston 156 (78) Bernard King, KNICKS 107 (42) Moses Malone, Philadelphia 110(40) Magic Johnson. Lakers 146 (69) Isiah Thomas, Detroit 112 (41) SECOND TEAM NEW YORK Bernard King's season was cut short by a severe knee injury, but that didn't prevent the Knick star from being named to the National Basketball Association all-star team. King, with 40 first-team votes and 107 points overall, was the fifth pick on the first team in the voting, the results of which were announced yesterday. Three media representatives from each franchise city voted, along with nine representatives of the national media.

Larry Bird of Boston, Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers, Isiah Thomas of Detroit, and Moses Malone of Philadelphia are the other members of the first team. Bird, with 156 points, was named to the first team by all 78 voting members. He is the first unanimous choice since 1982, when he also was named on all ballots. Johnson had 146 points, including 69 firsts; Thomas had 112 and 41; and Malone had 110 and 40. The closest race was at center, where Malone, the NBA rebounding champion for the fifth consecutive season, edged Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Lakers by three points.

Jabbar received 107 points, including 37 first-team votes, to lead the second team. He was joined by forwards Terry Oimmings of Milwaukee (74, 18) and Ralph Sampson of Houston (57, 14), and guards Michael Jordan of Chicago (91, 27) and Sidney Moncreif of Milwaukee (68. Terry Cummiogs, Milwaukee Ralph Sampson, F. Houston Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Lakers 74(18) 57 (14) 107 (37) 91 (27) 68(15) Michael Jordan, G.

Chicago Sidney Moncrief, Milwaukee 4.