The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina • 28

THE HERALD-SUN DURHAM NC Monday may 27 1991 PAGE D4 AMATEUR LAKERS D1 championships since Johnson came into the league in 1979 The Chicago Bulls 10-1 in the playoffs are attempting to reach the NBA Finals for the first time ever and can do so as early as Monday if they can win at Detroit The Bulls lead the Pistons 3-0 in the Eastern Conference fore the Lakers scored seven straight points to go ahead 80-59 with 4:10 left in the period The Lakers are now 10-2 in the playoffs They were seeded third in the Western Conference while Portland was the top-seeded team The Lakers have reached the NBA Finals eight times in the last 11 years and won five Matinees SaturdaySundayu and Monday at Wlllowdaile7South Squarebenter skAbout Our Special Prlce OiTlarge Popcornr FR0MD1 rebounds enjoy playing when I play good" Divac said "The last two games I played good I felt re-1 ally bad after the second game especially when everybody put' pressure on me I was more nervous than usual before Friday's Divac had 12 points and two rebounds in the opener of the series won by the Lakers 111-106 and nine points and two rebounds in Game 2 won by the Blazers 109-98 just knew 1 had to play more aggressive tough hard play like usual after the second Divac said know happened with Portland They didn't play like usuaL I think they will much tougher and more physical in If a sixth game is needed it will be played Thursday night at the Forum with a seventh game if necessary scheduled Saturday in Portland Magic Johnson had 22 points nine rebounds and nine assists to lead the Lakers James Wor- thy added 18 points AC Green had 16 Byron Scott 13 and Sam Perkins 12 for Los Angeles sure like to bottle that performance" Lakers coach Mike Dunleavy said thought we did a terrific job defending we were particularly aggressive on the boards and our scoring was very balanced especially in the first halt thought AC Green was the difference over the last two games Green played only 10 minutes i in Game 1 and three minute in Came 2 In Game 3 he had nine points and nine rebounds in 26 minutes and he had seven rebounds to go with his 16 points in 28 minutes Sunday still one more game to be Green said defense definitely was a lot of fun out there today We were really alert swarming after rebounds I didn't have my mouthpiece in so 1 was probably smiling a lot done a great job He's accepted the challenge of trying to contain Duckworth Jerome Kersey led the Blazers with 25 points Walter Davis and Clyde Drexler added 14 each for Portland thought we were our own worst enemy on Blazers coach Rick Adelman said started the game strong and then ran into a walL Losing like this might wake us up got to come up with a better effort If we go down Tuesday night it won't be like Coming off a convincing 106-92 in Game 3 the Lakers took command late in the first quarter Sunday and weren't threat- ened seriously after rolling to a 62-42 halftime advantage' The Blazers who had the best record during the regular season got as dose as 13 points early in the third quarter and trailed by 14 be- I Nightly Shows: 7:45 10:00 NOW PLAYING! 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Nightly Shows: 7:15 9:15 SaL Sun Mon Matinees: 2:15 4:15 ONE DAY AUTO PAINT BODY SHOP INC SINCE 1965 We are a high volume shop that has been repairing body dents rust' frame straightening and auto painting at the meet reasonable prices In town FREE ESTIMATES WELCOME PERSONAL A INSURANCE CLAIMS Foreign Domestic Call 220-3230 123 Edgewood Drive (Bragtown) Al Lancaster foot putt "It was said of the 40-footer "I made one of those in awhile I was two-under (par and kind of wavering To see that drop I just lagged it up there really got me going I've been hitting the ball really well for the past three or four weeks I just been able to get the 1 putts to fall and today they did" 5 Miller got an eagle as well only his came after a wedge shot on the 319-yard par-4 No 13 hole And it was a good thing too because his putts were not dropping Miller said In fact he three-putted twice on the back nine and bogeyed five holes Still he managed a 73 to move In position foi today's final round didn't fall even around the Miller said of his putts hit the ball good 1 both days Maybe the putts will come today If the pints come then I'll shoot under If Patterson cant make it back from Pinehurst in time fin 1 his tee time Miller may not need near as many putts -Defending champ Jerry Van Houten quit after nine holes and left without turning in his scorecard Van Houten shot 80 Saturday The tournament is sponsored by the Friendly North State Sertoma Club and Miller Lite 1 expected him to be one of the strongest cars I figured Earnhardt would be a little bet- ter" Petty said was just so fast down the straightaways He could coast through the corners faster than we could run through Allison said the car handled remarkably well considering it was using a new engine which been tuned He also counted his blessings times don't come very often so we savor them while they're he said "It just felt so good today to not to be able but to know that I could pass 'on the inside or the Hut Stricklin who finished sixth said it matter who was dominating the race because he didn't like the view no fun chasing anybody" said Stricklin who finished sixth and was the last car the lead lap was kind of neat though liked see us finish 1-2 me one him said it came my time 1 got high It was the only choice had You've got to take the Mean known for taking chances and is known for taking care of his car When was the last time he had passed on the outside like that? don't know if I ever Mean confessed tried to block him to the inside and' he was able to get me on the Andretti said guess he was paying me back' for when I passed him on the outside" Still Mean had to overcome one final restart That one was one brought on after the seventh caution flag when Mario Andretti whose own chances disappeared when he was penalized a lap for an illegal pass stalled at the pit entrance on lap 191 letting Michael close the gap once more The crowd booed loudly and Mario's team was left to deny he had done it deliberately Deliberate or not Michael knew he had caught a break "I knew the only way I could get by Rick is if 1 could get him on the restart I knew it was my only Andretti said No problem for Mears "One of the year's most stimulating suiprises an outrageously original and utterly captivating romp -inrti Hi Harvey' meets 'Beetlejnice' A trippy Jeff Cralf SO SECOND FKEVIEW FROM Trey Jervis shot a 1-under-par 71 good for third at 5-over 149 First-round leader Lea Couch stumbled to a 9-over-par 81 Sunday after shooting 3-under 67 Saturday Couch is tied for fourth place at 150 with Larry Picard (72-78) and Ron Schmid (74-76) heading into today's final round Meanwhile before Patterson can think of winning the Durham Amateur he must play a qualifying round for the North-South Tournament in Pinehurst When he gets off the course there he'll drive to Duke where he hopes to arrive just in time for his 1:50 pm tee time "I'm just going to go out and look at it like a 36-hole event 18 down there and 18 in the said Patterson a former Duke University golfer just going to see how many fairways 1 can hit in 36 holes and see how many greens I can hit I'm just going to go at it that He did more than his share of1 both Sunday He hit 17 greens and came off the tee well all day "I left myself in the right spot all day except for one hole where 1 had a bogey" Patterson said "That came from a bad swing on the par-3 15th hole" What really sparked him was an eagle on the 455-yard par-5 No 9 hole when he sank a 40- ALLISON FROM D1 saw that there were certain things that made our cars unsafe" he said "If the Chevys want to do that Fd be glad to let them" Keeping up with Allison was apparently too much to ask of 20 of the 41 drivers who dropped out of action for a variety of reasons The most disappointing dropout of the afternoon was acknowledged king Richard Petty Heading for a finish in the top 10 Petty slammed into the wall in the fourth turn skidded down the bank and into the infield His red and blue Pontiac its right front mangled by the impact came to rest in the infield A track ambulance put Petty' on a stretcher and drove him to the infield care center but not before he gave a reassuring wave to a cheering crowd After an examination showed nothing more than a few bruises Petty paid homage to the winner INDY FROM D1 Mears said don't win this race until the last It actually came down to the last 14 laps between Mears and Andretti and Mears won it with an I-can-top-that pass Andretti pitted for a splash of fuel during a caution flag with 16 laps left giving the lead to Mears who had made one less pit stop worth an 11-second edge- When the green flag fell again the two were nose-to-taU mere inches separating them at 217-plus mph Andretti looking for his first Indy win and the first by an Andretti since father Mario won in 1969 started to go inside Mears chopped him off Andretti changed course passed outside and then dropped down to keep Mean behind him Somehow they hit The crowd of 400000 gasped then roared Mears who also won here in 1979 1984 and 1988 had one move left The next time around he pulled alongside Andretti at the finish line and made a breathtaking pass on the outside in the first turn for the 19th and final lead change of the day the first restart he went outside and pinched Mean LACROSSE in the last 12 years earned a championship berth by beating three-time defending national champion Syracuse on its home field 19-13 Tar Heel first-year coach Dave Klarmann said Towson State can expect the same type of suffocating bruising defense and unrelenting offensive pressure the Orangemen saw not going to change much maybe play better defense" he said this stage of the game you're not going to if whole lot on to 1 FROM KMAMriWORMi TITLE FILMS PHOEBE CUES RKMAYALL MABSM MM TO DEAD niED'wTMMAIHESONd CARRIE HSHER NEW LINE Nightly: 7:45 10:00 SaL Sun Monday Matinees: 2:30 4:45 aw rarnnrs Miss This Movie! 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