Press Journal from Vero Beach, Florida • 23

Section Pres 3ouml Sunday May 13 1990 45 Points Propel Knicks Past Pistons NBA Playoffs FRIDAY'S GAME Philadelphia 111 Chicago 112 Chicago leads series 2-1 SATURDAY'S GAMES New York 111 Detroit 103 Detroit leads series 2- 1 Phoenix 117 Los Angeles Laksrs 103 Phosnlx leads ssriesM San Antonio 11 5 Portlsnd 105 series tied 2-2 TODAY'S GAMES Chicago at Philadelphia 1 pm Detroit at New York 330 pjn Loe Angeles Lakers at Phoenix 330 pjn games and hope we can steal one in Half of the remaining four games of the series would be played at the Palace of Auburn Hills Saturday's outcome prevented Detroit from tying the NBA record for consecutive playoff victories set by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1988 and 1989 The Knicks extended a five-point lead after three quarters to 94-80 as Ewing who also had 13 rebounds scored seven points in New York's 12-3 run in the first four minutes of the fourth period An 11-4 spurt by the Pistons closed the gap to 98-91 and they made it 105-99 on a jumper by Mark Aguirre with 2:11 left A layup by Aguirre who had 10 of his 12jxdnts in the fourth quarter made it 107-103 with 47 seconds remaining Islah Thomas had the ball on a test break on next possession but he lost control and kicked it out of bounds with 30 seconds to go Ewing who scored 16 points in the fourth quarter hit two free throws with 29 seconds left and finished one point short of Bernard King's team playoff record thought we'd have a tough time scoring but lo and behold it until the last five minutes we had a tough time sewing Knicks coach Stu Jackson said "The Pistons don't beat themselves You have to brat NEW YORK (AP) The New York Knicki found a solution for the Detroit stingy playoff defense on Saturday It was the same answer the Knicks have used all season when they had a problem Patrick Ewing Ewing held to 39 points in two series-opening losses scored a playoff career-high 45 as New York defeated Detroit 111-103 cutting to 2-1 the Pistons lead over the Knicks 2-1 in the best-of-7 Eastern Conference semifinals was getting the ball exactly where I wanted Ewing said "It's important to get the ball in good position early on the Pistons because they put their bodies on you and they're not great leapers" Detroit allowed an average of 898 points in their last five games which extended their playoff winning streak to 12 The Pistons also had held opponents under 100 points in 20 of 22 postseason games including last year when they won the franchise's first NBA title But Ewing made 14 of 24 field-goal attempts and 17 of 18 bee throws leaving the Pistons' defense in shambles He took only four free throws in the first two gaipes were bound to give up 100 sooner or said Pistons forward James Edwards who scored 32 points in Game 2 but was held to 13 on Saturday "Patrick was extremely hot and got to the line a Game 4 of the series is today (3:30 pm WPEC-Ch 12) at Madison Square Garden and Edwards said the Pistons wont change their defensive strategy play the same way and see if Patrick can stay hot like Edwards said 'This was a must game and so is the one Ewing said have to win all our home AP state New York Knicks' Patrick Ewing grabs a rebound away from Detroit Pistons' Bill Laimbeer during Saturday's NBA playoff game in New York WL PAW STATEiTRACKiCHAMPIONSHIP ii hi inn hr i Indians Get Revenge Second Title TWcb WmiiXs IS By DAN HUGHES PmeJouraal Staff WINTER PARK Revenge got big play for Vero Beach Saturday at the Class AAAA state track and field championship at Showalter Field Whether it was the tram's quest to avenge last week's disqualification of its 400-meter relay tram in the regionals or Octavius Jones' bid to claim the 300 intermediate hurdles title he was denied here last year each of the Fighting Indians had a cause It proved to be a powerful fuel because the Indians turned a meet that everyone thought would be a nail-biter into a rout Vero Beach won its second straight boys' championship piling up 51 points to leave run-nerup Miami Northwestern in its dust with 31 Steve Jenkins won a state title in the 110 high hurdles and Jones and teammate Eric Smith romped to a 1-2 finish in the 300 hurdles giving the Indians the first back-to-back Gass AAAA titles since Sanford Seminole did it in 1985 and 1986 we won last year and they messed up our relay tram last week we had to win the state just to show everybody you can't keep Vero Beach said Matt Parris whose second-place finish in the pole vault was one of five seconds the Indians collected The Indians so dominated the meet they were able to start celebrating after Jones and Smith swept the 300 hurdles with four events left in the meet Indians coach Bill Wilson admitted he expected the meet to go down to the final race but said his team's performance that surprising They had to perform all year at a top said Wilson took these kids all over to Gainesville Jacksonville Miami Every time we took all our kids and tried to win we Their title didn't look like such a sure thing a week ago alter the 400 relay tram's disqualification for a lane violation but while It took away valuable points it made the Indians more determined than ever to defend their state title wanted to go and get said Steve Knight the runner who was called for the lane violation He returned to run mi the Indians mile relay team which finished second behind Northwestern in 3:1834 (the 400) relay team it put a lot of pressure on everybody to perform but we wanted to do it right and not leave the judges anything to talk said Knight Jones had his own revenge to tend to getting a rematch with Northwestern's Craig Howard in the 300 hurdles Last year Jones and Smith appeared to finish first and third in the event but track timing equipment broke Meet officials huddled and awarded Howard first place dropping Jones and Smith to second ana fourth This time however Jones erased Howard's lead coming out of the final turn and won easily in 3738 seconds Smith followed at 3804 with Howard third at 3849 said all year we'd get some panted Smith this feels good" added Jones believe Howard stutter-stepped coming out of the turn said Smith that's when we made our move We hunted him down canceled his credit Jenkins won his own duel with Howard in the high hurdles winning by 1 strides in a school record 1335 seconds was a little tired coming off the high jump" said Jenkins who was third in the high jump at 6-feet-6 hit a couple of hurdles but I didn't let it bother me" Junior Tharus Bradley took second in the triple jump at 48-9 James Stewart ran a blazing 1064 in the 100 meters but it was not enough to catch Winter Haven's Robert Scott whose 1041 tied the fastest prep time this year In the girls' competition Vero Beach junior Latoya Trills came within a few feet of winning the 400 before stumbling and settling for second in 5739 St Petersburg Dixie Hollins' Patrice Freeney caught Tellis at the finish line Trills Kim Pierce Giiquita Woulard and Tammy Meads turned in a 33839 in the mile relay to place third Srs JounwIsteW state by KsSyCoSIm Tharus Bradley soars during the triple jump competition at Saturday's state class AAAA track and field championship at Winter Park High School Bradley finished second In the event Viola Blanks LA 7-0 Marabell Powers VB In his last 29 innings Viola has allowed me run "He found confidence in his Barry Lyons said a Joy to come to the park and know going to catch The Dodgers have lost six straight games and are 1-7 on a nine-game road trip Los Angeles has made 13 errors in their last eight games had no pitching we're not swinging well and no defense" "We've had no pitching we're not swinging well and no defense" John Wetteland starter John Wetteland said Mike Sharperson had three singles in three at-bats off Viola Of the 36 hits allowed by the lefthander nine have been by Sharperson and Houston's Eric Yelding (6-for-6) know who my All-Stars are at shortstop and Vida joked The Mets have won six of their last seven games Wetteland (1-3) retired the first doubleheader sweep But Marabell wasn't the only show Saturday The Dodgers also got a fine performance from starting pitcher Ramon Taveras (4-0) The 21-year-old right-hander allowed one run on five hits and struck out nine in seven innings only mistakes were a hanging curveball that Doug Saunders hit out of the park In the sixth to account for SL Lucie's only run and the two batters he hit made a few other mistakes but I'm satisfied with my outing" Taveras said he had them fooled Vero Beach Manager Joe Alvarez said can tell a guy has his good stuff when the batters go back to the dugout shaking their Cam Biberdorf pitched the final two Innings for his fifth save The victory was Vero Beach's fifth straight the longest of the season "This is a game of ups and Alvarez said "When you're riding the wave you like to stay up there as long as you can because someday you're going to come Please See DODGERS4B NEW YORK (AP) Frank Vida's numbers this season read out of a different era Try Walter Johnson's In seven starts Viola is 7-0 with an 037 carned-run average In 51 innings he has struck out 52 and walked six Do pitchers still do this? Viola pitched a four-hitter to become baseball's first seven-game winner and the New York Mets took advantage of Los Angeles' sloppy defense to beat the Dodgers 7-0 Saturday It was Just another ho-um brilliant performance for Viola want to say he said "But it's It was Viola's second complete game and second shutout He struck out seven and walked one for his 13th career shutout makes it look Mets manager Davey Johnson said have the feeling when he takes the mound all we need is one or two For the most part the Mets have needed even less than that this season ByBILLBOEDING Pms-Joumal SUIT Writer Scott Marabell was 2-for-4 at the plate Saturday night But the Vero Beach outfielder made sure the hits counted by belting two home runs to lead the Dodgers to a 5-1 victory over the St Lucie Mets at Holman Stadium With the Dodgers leading 2-0 in the fifth inning and Rex Peters at second base Marabell blasted a towering shot over the knoll beyond the left-field fence Then with one out In the eighth and Vladimar Perez on the mound in relief of St Lucie starter Bryan Rogers (3-4) Marabell hit his second homer about 30 feet left of his first shot was just trying to hit it Marabell said your average is down and you're l-for-3 got to try like hell to get to get that second hit" Though he started the season on a terror (batting 714 through April 22) batting average had slipped to 330 coming into Saturday's game "I was hitting the ball hard but right at people" Marabell said "A couple of days ago I made a couple of adjustments (with my swing) Now staying in there and seeing the ball The fine tuning worked Marabell hit two doubles with an RBI in a 6-1 victory over the Fort Lauderdale Yankees Friday night In the second game of a It was also Vida's second shutout In two career starts against Los Angeles Last Aug 28 Vida brat Orel Hershiser 1-0 in the first meeting of incumbent Cy Young winners in the regular five batters before center fielder Juan Samuel let Mike Marshall's fly ball in the second get over his head for a double Kal Daniels then got a late Jump on Daryl Boston's slicing opposite-field single to left allowing Marshall to score "You cant dwell on Wetteland said should have been an out but It's not that easy to put It out of your season Vida won the award after gdng 24-7 with Minnesota in 1988 But he was only a combined 13-17 for the Twins and Mets last season "After having the kind of success I did in 88 It feels worse lo fall so Viola said was better prepared mentally this year than I've ever been" Oilers Whip Blackhawks 8-4 Reach NHL Finals 4B Norman Leads The Memorial 7B.