WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1978
sports
NBA champs to be decidd
United Press International
SEATTLE — The Seattle Super-
sonics and the Washington Bullets
have spent all their tomorrows.
The Sonics had one to spare going
into the sixth game of the NBA
championship series at handover,
Md., but the Bullets took care of
that, 117-82.
In tonight’s seventh and final
game (8 p.m. CDT) for the NBA
crown, the only advantage left to
Seattle is the home court. And when
there is no tomorrow that edge is
questionable.
“Whoever wants it the most is
going to get it,” said Washington
guard Kevin Grevey. “The home
court isn’t going to mean much.”
“It doesn’t matter where the
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game is played — their fans can’t
put the ball in the basket for them,”
the Bullets’ Elvin Hayes said.
Washington Coach Dick Motta
hoped Sunday’s lopsided score
would give the Sonics a lot to think
about.
“This will be the first time there
will be true playoff pressure,” he
said.
Sonic Coach Lenny Wilkens was
confident his players would regroup
and the roar of friendly fans would
prove the homecourt advantage is at
its peak in a championship show
down.
Asked about the difference be
tween the two clubs in the series,
Wilkens said:
“We're going to win that game
Wednesday. That’s the difference.”
“They’ve still got to win one
more,” said veteran Sonic forward
Paul Silas who has two cham
pionship rings from his days with
the Boston Celtics, “and ain’t no
way in hell they’re going to do that. ”
For the Bullets, a victory tonight
would bury the criticism that Wash
ington chokes on the big games and
erase a mid-season slump that had
even optimists writing them out of
the playoff picture.
For Wilkens’ W
championship would putt
cap on a season in whiclt
took over as head coach b
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30. Then, the Sonics had J
of 22 games. Only the Nei
Nets had a more dismal r«J
Under Wilkens, SeatthJ
regular season games:
19. They’re 13-8 in thepU
shooting tor all the marblej
in what will make their l(|j
in a long campaign.
By David Boggan
Fat lady sings tonight
The opera ain't over until the fat
lady sings
— Washington Bullets’ coach Dick
Motta, prior to the NBA cham
pionship series
It has to happen tonight.
The curtain will rise. The music
will crescendo for the finale. And
the proverbial fat lady will move to
center stage and begin to sing.
The question is, whose song will
she sing? Will it be a lively, quick
tune for the youthfol Seattle Super-
Sonics? Or, will she perform a gran
diose march for the stately old men
of the Washington Bullets? This will
not be known until the curtain falls.
This proverbial fat lady has only
been proverbial for a short time, in
itially brought to life by Doug Moe
before his San Antonio Spurs’ opera
was ended by these same Bullets in
the NBA Eastern Conference semi
finals. But the Sonics and the Bul
lets have prolonged the life of the
operatic soloist as long as possible.
The seventh and final act of this
opera called the NBA championship
series plays tonight. The stage is set
in the Seattle Center Coliseum.
And what a command perform
ance it has been to this point!
Through the magic of television
and Brent Musburger, I have been
able to see almost every second of
action during the series. I have to be
honest. Due to the nature of my
Texas heart, once San Antonio had
been eliminated, I thought I might
catch intermittent segments of the
games between washing the car and
reading the comics.
Not so. I was convinced after
Game 1 that I would be glued to the
set for at least six, maybe even se
ven, good games of basketball. I
remember saying after that game
that the battle between these two
Cinderella teams would last till past
the stroke of midnight. The players’
cars have long since turned into
pumpkins.
This series has produced ex
tremes certain to please the taste of
individuals nationwide.
Game 1 saw Fred Brown bring
the Sonics up from a 19-point deficit
and defeat the Bullets 106-102.
Game 3 is my favorite, to date.
The referees induced excitement
just a bit in this game by calling
Seattle’s Paul Silas for inbounding
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the ball while being inbounds. In
stant replay showed that Silas was,
indeed, out-of-bounds. This hap
pened under Washington’s basket
with three seconds left in the game
and a one-point Sonic lead. Bullet
Bobby Dandridge put the ball up
from the corner. The ball circled the
rim, came back out and Seattle took
a 2-1 lead in the series.
The largest crowd in history to at
tend a basketball game saw Wash
ington beat Seattle
Kingdome, a 120-1161
victory in Game 4.
And, just for diversifiJ
sake, the Bullets strunJ
Sonics in Game 6, IIM
biggest margin in NB.lj
pionship history.
Now the time for Game::
rived. The curtain is about|
With such a spectacular oi|
expect a grand finale.
Herrmann says Asfn
ready to cut veteran
United Press International
HOUSTON — Backup catcher
Ed Herrmann says he believes
Houston Astros management is try
ing to trade as many as six veteran
players before the June 15 inter
league trading deadline, a news
paper reports.
In an interview with the Houston
Post, Herrmann said Astros players
who do not care about winning
anymore could cause the team to
lose 100 games this season.
“The club isn’t interested in the
veterans anymore,” said Herrmann,
a nine-year major league veteran.
“There are going to be some sweep
ing changes around here — and
fast.”
Herrmann said the reason for the
rumored changes was high pre
season expectations and poor re
sults. The Astros expected to chal
lenge the best teams in the National
League Western Division this year,
but after Monday’s loss at Chicago,
the team was 22-28 and 10 games
behind San Francisco.
“The older players are unhappy
with the losing situation. As of late,
their attitude has been detrimental
to the whole club,” he said.”
Herrmann predicted that he and
shortstop Roger Metzger could be
sent to San Francisco, and that
Joe Ferguson, Joe Niekro, Ken
Forsch and Joe Sambito would also
be traded.
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shortstop, was replaced!
lineup by Jimmy Sexton aiq
Niekro two weeks
place in the starting rotata
Forsch has been an ineffectil,
pitcher. Sambito, a leflk | By U (
liever, performed well i: UALLA,
cently. ff ^
Herrmann said he was so: | e ‘® vlse
almost quit the team befoif ' visl0n *
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of 24. We’re all having|ie count
right now. You can’t elimiitfernstein
body,” said the manager,
saying we won’t make some|
before June 15, but I
where he (Herrmann) gi
there will be a lot of them.
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