Page 10 THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1981
Rockets scrapping for spot
in playoffs as time runs out
United Press International
HOUSTON — With 17 games
remaining and several teams hov
ering around the fifth and Sixth
playoff spots in the NBA’s West
ern Conference, Houston Rockets
Coach Del Harris says it will take a
recommitment, night after night,
to still be in uniform after the reg
ular season ends.
And so far, Harris observes, his
players are showing him the atti
tude it’s going to take.
“We have improved our de
fense greatly and this team has
been able to make a recommit
ment each night to tough team de
fense,” Harris said Wednesday.
“The two big keys (to the Rock
ets playoff hopes) are the play of
Calvin Murphy coming off the
bench, and defense. Murphy is
unselfish and will be able to add
years to his career in coming off
the bench. It’s provided us neces
sary offensive spark,” he added.
With Wednesday’s 101-100 vic
tory over the playoff bound Indi
ana Pacers, Houston is riding a
four-game winning streak — the
team’s first this year — and is in
the thick of the playoff race.
The Phoenix Suns, San Antonio
Spurs and Los Angeles Lakers are
virtually assured three of the
Western Conference’s six playoff
spots with only 17 regular season
games remaining.
The other three positions are
likely to go either Portland, with a
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record of 33-33, or Golden State
and Houston at 32-33, or Kansas
City at 32-34.
Philadelphia, Boston, New
York, Milwaukee and Indiana
already are virtually assured the
playoffs in the Eastern Confer
ence, and Chicago and Washing
ton are fighting it out for the sixth
spot.
Houston’s Billy Paultz, who has
never been on anything less than a
playoff team in bis NBA career,
continues to'be a top team leader
in the Rockets drive.
His philosophy is simple: keep
control in the final minutes.
Against the Pacers, the lead
changed hands four times in the
final minute but with five seconds
left, Bobby Joe Reid got hacked as
he drove to the basket and con
nected on two free throws to put
the game away.
“We got the drive to the basket
at the end, drew the foul, con
verted our free throws and they
weren’t able to get the ball under
neath at the end,” said Paultz.
Harris echoed Paultz’s observa
tions.
“What’s good for you on offense
can’t be good for you on defense,”
he said. “We wanted to go to the
hoop at the end and we wanted to
make them take the outside shot to
beat us.”
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Leading scorers for the Pacers
were James Edwards with 25 and
McGuiness with 19.
Reid and Murphy led Houston
with 18 each. Allen Leavell had
14, all in the fourth quarter.
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Spurs defeat Sonics...
United Press International
SAN ANTONIO — George Gervin scored 35 points Thursday nigli
and Mark Olberding added 30 to lead the San Antonio Spurs toi
123-113 victory over the Seattle Super Sonics in a foul-plagued game
Gervin, who scored 14 points in the first period, put San Antonioiip
24-22 with a jumper late in that period and the Spurs never trailed
Referees Darell Garretson and Hugh Evans called 61 personalfouli
and two technicals and Sonics James Bailey, John Johnson and Artnond
Hill fouled out.
The Spurs pulled away to an 82-69 lead midway through the third
period by running out 10 straight points.
The Sonics closed to 93-90 on a three-point play by James Bailp >Uni
■ early in the fourth period before San Antonio ran an 18-8 spurt toti
a 111-98 edge and ice the game.
San Antonio led 61-57 at the half as Gervin scored 21 points on Mol
13 shooting from the field and 13 points from Olberding.
... while Mavs lose again
United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Scott Wedman and Otis Birdsongcombintd
for 56 points to carry the Kansas City Kings to a 105-102 victor)
Thursday night over the Dallas Mavericks.
Wedman scored 30 and Birdsong 26 to help the Kings run thei acl
record to 5-0 against the Mavericks despite the absence of poiil
guard Pbil Ford. Ford suffered a fractured left eye socket Suni
against Golden State and will be lost for at least seven more days
Wedman scored 13 points to stake Kansas City at a 26-20 first quarttr
lead, and Birdsong chipped in seven second quarter points to helpth
Kings widen the margin to as many as 12 points.
Wedman scored 13 more points in the third quarter as Kansas Cil)
took an 83-69 lead, but the Mavericks got back into the game in tk
final period behind the 13 points of rookie Clarence Kea and pullei
within three points in the closing minute.
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