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Page 16 • The Battalion Tuesday • April 30,151' A&M gymnastic teams take second place at Nationals Staff and Wire Reports After a disappointing start of the season, the Texas A&M Men’s and Women’s Gymnastic Teams tum bled into success two weeks ago when they captured second place at the NAIGC Collegiate National Championships. The women’s team placed be hind Miami by only 1.3 points with a score of 139.65, beating the Uni versity of Texas by 2.05 points. A&M’s Denise Bean, who was the 1995 national vaulting champion, walked away with the title on the uneven parallel bars. A&M Gymnastics coach Steve Waples said the second place team finish was very emotional because of an early injury by Bean. On the night before the competi tion, Bean sprained her right knee during practice and was expected not to be able to participate in the meet. Although Bean had trouble even walking on the knee, she altered her routines so that all weight would be placed on her left leg. Waples said Bean showed her en durance when she completed a per fect dismount off the bars, a front 1 and 1/2 with a 1/2 twist. He said a landing of that difficulty with a sprained knee was almost impossible. The A&M men’s team, which was not expected to be a factor in the team results, also walked away with a second place finish. Team Captain John Sides placed sixth the all-around and fifth on the vault and pummel horse, and Kevin Lally had a fifth place finish on both the floor exercise and the parallel bars. MBA Playoffs 996 The Sonics-Kings Series tied 1-1 Bulls-Heat Bulls lead 2-0 Lakers-Rockets Series tied 1-1 The 1996 NBA 0 ^ut<zC& Knicks-Cavs Knicks lead 2-0 Pacers-Hawks Hawks lead 2-1 Spurs-Suns Magic-Pistons Magic lead 2-0 Spurs lead 2-0 Hawks take 2-1 series lead Blazers stay alive with win ATLANTA (AP) — Steve Smith scored 26 points, includ ing a critical 3-pointer with 1:31 remaining, and the Atlanta Hawks took command of their Eastern Conference series with Indiana, beating the Pacers 90- 83 Monday night. Christian Laettner, appear ing in the NBA playoffs for the first time, outplayed Indiana center Rik Smits, adding 24 points as the Hawks took a 2-1 edge in the best-of-5 series. At lanta is trying to advance to the second round for only the second time in eight years. Atlanta went nearly four minutes without scoring until Laettner put the Hawks ahead for good, backing in against three defenders and putting in a shot that made it 81-80 with 3:06 remaining. Then, after Indiana missed two straight 3-pointers, Smith fired in a shot from at least 5 feet behind the stripe as the 24- second clock expired to push At lanta’s lead to 84-80. Haywoode Workman hit a 3- pointer for Indiana with 57 sec onds to go, but that was the last basket for the Pacers, who elk nated Atlanta from the playd the last two years. Blazers 94, Jazz 91,0! PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)- Buck Williams scored the jt ahead basket on an offensive re bound with 14.1 seconds left: overtime, and Portland ove: came poor free-throw shooting;: beat Utah 94-91 Monday nigt and stay alive intheirfim round playoff series. Utah still leads the besUf-5* ries 2-1, with Game 4 Wednes: night in Portland’s Rose Garden Williams grabbed a reboc of Arvydas Sabonis’ missed h. shot and put back a layup: give the Trail Blazers a 931: lead. It was only Williams'ss ond field goal of the game. Utah had a chance to tie: but John Stockton missed a li foot jumper and Portland’sHt vey Grant grabbed the reboc with 3.5 seconds remaining. Rod Strickland, who scoreii: of his 19 points after halfti: was fouled and made one throws with 2.7 seconds left. . Texas Continued from Page 11 tournaments. In the confer ence, the Aggies are currently fifth with a 9-12 record. They must finish among the top four teams to earn a spot in the SWC Tournament in Lubbock next month. The only teams A&M can still catch in conference play are Baylor (11-10) and Texas Christian University (8-9). The Aggies play their final three regular-season games against Baylor this week 1 in Waco and could move ir. third place in the SWC wit:] sweep. TCU finishes its sea: with four games against Tea — two in Fort Worth and ’ at The Ballpark at Arling:::) The Aggies swept TCU ear.| this season and would ha* the tiebreaker if the two tea: tied for fourth place. The NCAA is a differ::! story. 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