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Boxing Report Indiana led by as many as 13 midway in the second quarter but Oriando rallied to pull to 61-57 at halftime Jerry Reynolds hit a layup with 10:25 left to give Orlando a 91-90 lead its first advantage since early in the first quarter But Rik Smits made a jumper with 7:42 left and added a three-point play 32 seconds later to put Indiana ahead for good 99-97 defense against Troy Dorsey "I know the last show was terriv Me and I made some mistakes" Paez said "But that make The Mexican champion hopegr to restore some of the stature he-! lost in his last performance when he defends his International Box-gn ing Federation 126-pound tjUe- against Louie Espinoza in a nant- tionally televised fight today Vegas Nev It's the second meeting between the two who battled to a contrast venial draw last May in Espinozt-)- hometown of Phoenix and thq- seventh title defense for Paez "I owe the fens and who believes in me a good fight" the flamboyant champion believe 111 show I'm a great fight-ii er and show my fens still ajr lieve in me" Paez who is unbeaten in r23i straight fights barely escaped i with his title in a split decioni1! win Feb 4 against die lightly garded Dorsey Ronnie "Diamond De-j Leon scheduled to defend his-i World Karate Association super welterweight kick-boxing title May 12 at Reunion Island off thei coast of Africa will fight closer tot home in June he announced thisi'i week- DeLeon of Corpus Christi set to face veteran Dave Johnston vi in a non-title fight at Los Angela'' 9 June 6 The bout DeLeon said i A may be part of a two-year moyg to California in order to further i his career iviUn trying to gather informs-' tion and see if it benefits mo? DeLeon said "There are no quafjJi- ty opponents here for me to wim with no trainer or manager help me I do everything The local fighter said if heJs-' makes the move west he would ''m likely train in Van Nuys Cslifatf one of the country's biggest kick boxing facilities the Jet Center mU DeLeon will face Oliver Payenjo'I a Frenchman in a rematch forwl in a HONOLULU Hawaii's Jesus Salud was stripped of his World Boxing Association junior featherweight title late Thursday after he failed to reach agreement with the organization's No 1 challenger WBA officials earlier warned Salud he would lose his title unless he fought Luis Mendoza by March 31 in the native Colombia Salud refused raying it was unsafe for an American to fight in Colombia and threatened to sue to keep his title Salud then fought and lost a bout with Jesse Benavides March 25 in Corpus Christi an action the WBA said was in violation of his title Salud and WBA officials appeared to reach agreement last week on a way for him to retain the title but it was dependent on Salud reaching a deal to fight Mendoza within 60 days The deal was contingent upon Mendoza receiving $75000 as compensation for not fighting in Colombia more than the $52000 Salud was to earn for the fight Sal ud's New York-based agent Stan Hoffman then approached promoter Bob Arum for the money Arum refused to pay Mendoza $75000 and when Mendoza refused to accept less the talks broke off "We declared the title vacant because Mr Salud broke all of the championship raid Elias Cordova the WBA's championship committee chairman "The title is over for him I have given Mr Salud many many chances I think the people who are in charge of (him) are very irresponsible" "Cordova can say what he wants The guy is a blatant liar? said Bob De Philippi Salud's manager going to sue him This is not over Jorge Piez thc featherweight champion who doubles as a down in his dr cus knows all about bad shows He put one on in his last title ASSOCIATED PRESS ahot against Brad Lohaua waukee ended Pitlon Jamos Edwarda forcaa Wednesday Hornets Timer berwolves 108 -93 CHARLOTTE NG Kelly Tripucka who missed 11 of his first 12 shots finished with 21 points nine rebounds and nine assists as Charlotte beat Minnesota 1 Tripucka listed as questionable before the game with a hyper-extended left knee 1 scored nine points in a 19-6 run that lifted the Hornets from a two-point deficit to a 72-61 lead with 1:38 left in the third period Tripucka who hit six of his last eight canted the run with a 3-pointer Charlotte closed the quarter with six straight points to take a 78-64 lead Minnesota which shot only 43 percent never got closer than 10 points in the fourth period HANDOVER Md Jeff Malone icored 29 points and Bei nard King had 27 as the Washington Bullets beat the Houston Rockets 121-110 Friday night i Washington which has won four of its last five games scored 10 straight points to take a 57-50 lead in the second quarter and was on top 63-56 at halftime The Bullets stretched their lead to as many as 16 points in the third quarter Malone scored 10 points in the period which ended with Washington leading 97-83 Houston rallied in the final period with Mike Woodson's 3-pointer cutting Washington's lead to 104-99 with 6:25 left A basket by Sleepy Floyd made it 106-101 but Malone hit two more jumpers to give the Bullets a nine-point lead with 5:11 remaining Akeem Olqjuwon had 36 points and 17 rebounds for Houston NEW YORK Patrick EWing hl 37 points 19 rebounds and nine blodced shots and rejuvenated Kiki Vandeweghe led a 33-15 second-quarter run that lifted New York over Philadelphia snapping the eight-game winning streak The Knicks clinched a playoff spot behind Ewing and Vandeweghe Ewing had 22 points 12 rebounds and seven Modes in the first half as the Knicks raced to a 65-50 lead Vandeweghe scored 12 of his 24 points during the 10-minute spurt that turned a 32-32 tie into a 65-47 lead with 37 seconds remaining The Knicks doggedly stayed ahead in the second half although Philadelphia got as dose as two points on four occasions in the fourth quarter the last time at 103-101 with 4:41 left on a rebound basket by Charles Barkley Barkley led the 76ers with 39 points and 15 rebounds But a 3-pointer by Trent Tucker and a jumper by Vandeweghe made it 108-101 as Philadelphia went more than three minutes without scoring The 76ers dosed within three four times in the third quarter which ended with New York ahead 90-85 Pacers Magic 123 115 ORLANDO Fla Reggie Miller scored 16 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter and Indiana handed Orlando its eighth straight defeat The Pacers moved two games ahead of Cleveland and Atlanta in the battle for the final two i iasibin OH OB zr JM0 a jos frNawVM 43 SI 0B1 4 25 45 252 ISIS 17 57-230 30 55 215 '3115 NawJanoy 34 20 730 -30 21 315 35 36 327 15 37 37 300 17 35 35 473 15 35 35 471 15 17 57 2 37 MOB -Utah 51 22 315 a-8an Antonio 45 25 368 3 42 31 375 5 -37 36 307 -35 478 16 -21 51 354 3015 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Mullin added 20 as Golden State held off a late New Jersey rally and won its third straight game The Warriors battling for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference won their third straight road game while handing New Jersey its fourth consecutive loss and 15th in 16 games Golden State which built a 74-45 lead early in the third quar ter mw New Jersey rally and' pull 1:30 to play within 117-112 with on baskets by Sam Bowie Lester Conner and Pete Myers The Nets had a chance to pull even closer when Conner stole the ensuing inbounds pass but he missed the layup and Bowie who had 29 points and a career-high 20 rebounds missed the follow Rod Higgins then hit a layup giving Golden State a 119-112 edge with 58 seconds to go After felling behind 2-0 Golden State scored the next 12 points to take a lead it never surrendered The Warriors held New Jersey without a field goal for 5:02 of the second quarter to open a 62-40 lead then scored the last six points of the first half and the first six of the second to go ahead 74-45 ffcirtf ftp Cavaliers: RICHFIELD Ohio Kevin McHale scored 30 points and Larry Bird got his ninth triptodouble of the season as Boston beat Cleveland the Celtics' first road win oven the Cavaliers in four' years The loss dropped Cleveland into a tie with Atlanta for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference The Cavaliers and Hawks are both 35-39 with eight games left Boston which has won nine of its last 12 games had lost eight straight at Richfield Coliseum Bird scored 1 1 points on 4-of-17 shooting but added 15 rebounds and 10 assists Cleveland played without starting forward Larry Nance who sprained his ankle NBA Standings 2 Smrih 10 00 2 Woodson 46 10 Ml MM MOToWl4384 2236110 WASHNOTON Grant M2 S2 16 King KMS "GAWUwr 76 27 Jonoo 34 46 12 Matona 1223 56 Aid 5-13 23 12 EacfclM 0-7 MS AW 97 00 12 Collar 4-7 12 a Ml 0-1 12 1 TMa 4753 2725 121 -35 21 27 27-110 33 35 54 25 (Woodwi 12 Raid 01 (Ma- SaoM opal Houston 25 (Waodwi 1-1 14 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the Bucks were just 15-22 on the road Milwaukee led 76-69 with 7:44 remaining but the Pistons scored seven straight points to tie it with 4:32 left The game was still tied 81-81 with 2:52 remaining but the Bucks took the lead for good 40 seconds later on two fine throws by Fred Roberts Milwaukee moved ahead 88-84 with 1:27 left and hit five fine throws in the last minute to clinch the victory Elsewhere Alvin who was suspended for one game following a fight with San Antonio's Willie Anderson last week was fined $4000 by the NBA Friday for his part in the altercation Anderson was fined $1500 and Tony Brown of Milwaukee $500 for leaving the bench during the fight NBA vice president Rod Thorn levied a total in fines on six players for their parts in two different brawls MmoNlt 21 fffctedoan 8) Chariot 25 (Tripucka Total louli Maurao 20 CUmMIo ISl SlOl THUBOBATS lati BOXOCOHEO BmIb 918g 9B8 ORUNOO Rsynolda 2324 1 Tumar 7-14 00 14 Graan 030 27 20 Statra M3 44 InNh 10-10 12 21 Andaraon 02 37 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dementdgv school physical education -w "No doubt I am following' tough McMinn said of Hmhw dricks who coached the Angels tnT four state championships in Her four yean at the school we get five in five yean you cantls! top McMinn said he planned to2 continue employing the uptempo! style both offensively and defen-i lively the Angels have used recent yean "Well put a lot ofjS pressure on the ball just like she 2 (Hendricks) McMinn "We want to do best for! if the kids 1 JJ The Angels return only full-time regulan from thejt 1989-90 team seniore-to-be Se-jjl rene Eiermann and Christina Ra-g mirez plus several products from the junior vanity team that wonjt James McMinn a 3-year veteran iff the Incarnate Word Academy coaching staff has been promoted to girls head coach in basketball and softball The announcement was made Friday by Alh- letic Director Caiper WenzeL McMinn succeed Leslie Hendricks who resigned earlier thip week to become the girls basketball coach at Tuloso-Mid-way McMinn excited that we were able to get James We think he will do an excellent Wenzel aid "He had some other opportunities but felt this is what he wanted to "It was a hard decision but I thought it was best for me and my career to stay at McMinn said A native of Corpus Christi McMinn is a graduate of Ray High School where he played vanity basketball for three years Lady Javs ace KINGSVILLE Texas Venessa Montes ran her icason'i tingles record to 13-0 as she helped lead the Lady Javelina tennis team to an 8-1 victory over Eastern New Mexico here Friday afternoon on the courts It was the fint match for against a Lone Star Conference AUBURN HILLS Mich Brad Lohaus scored 25 points in-duding six 3-pointers and Mil- Summaries 10 Hopson 1021 5-7 25 Com SIS S3 5 Dudkjy 24 00 4 Shocfctotad 3-11 22 5 Wood 1-1 00 2 ToWi 41-121 3243 117 A A 31 Jl 17 35 34-117 OPokri ana Detain SWa 27 (Hwdmray 12 Wl-ft Nsar Jarasy 3-10 (Hopson 1-1 Motrin nia 14 Short 01) Foulad out-Nona GeldM Stats 65 Richmond 8) Nsw 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JoAnn Olvera fw a 6-4 6-1 hies victory over Tarango and S' Tina Foster Montes and OlveraS are 11-1 The AAI women are 8-3 for y's win the fifth Montes defeated Denise Taran-r in a row IS a CompleteWeekendMovle Listings In Weekend I raamammam aooi.