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New Jersey falls to Celtics;
Philadelphia topples Detroit
United Press International
The New Jersey Nets bowed
to Larry Bird and the Celtics,
121-114, Monday night after
toppling the 76ers, 112-106,
Sunday.
Bird scored 30 points, includ
ing 13 in the fourth quarter, and
put the finishing touches on
with consecutive field goals for a
113-107 lead with 43 seconds re
maining.
Albert King, who had 19 of
his game-high 31 points in the
second half, cut the lead to 98-96
before Bird hit a field goal, free
throw and 3-pointer to give Bos
ton a 104-98 edge.
Cedric Maxwell had 19 points
for Boston and Kevin McHale
added 18. Buck Williams
finished with 24 points for the
Nets and Cook added 17.
In the only other NBA game,
Julius Erving scored a 35 points
and hit ajumper with 79 seconds
remaining to help the 76ers to a
123-114 victory over the Detroit
Pistons at Philadelphia.
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A&M ready for finals A
after passing mid-ternA
LUBBOCK — When test time rolls
around, members of the Texas Aggie
basketball team don’t hesitate to give the
answers they believe are correct.
And instead of taking their tests on
economy-sized, time-saving Scan-Tron
test forms, the Aggies like essay tests. In
other words, Shelby Metcalf’s players like
to talk — especially when they’re feeling
confident and happy about winning.
That’s how they felt Saturday in Lub
bock after dropping a 93-70 bomb on the
depleted eight-man roster of the Texas
Tech Raiders. The Aggies, who came on
strong by winning their final three games
of the season to finish third in the South
west Conference, enter the league tour
nament with visions of vengeance danc
ing in their heads and words of cham
pionship flowing from their mouths.
In a word, Texas A&M is confident.
Incredibly confident. The Aggies are
ready for the the Russians, the Japanese,
the Cubans, the Horned Frogs, the
Razorbacks and the Cougars.
The Aggies are ready to take on the
world.
But back to tests. Instead of taking the
time to voice lengthy, time-consuming
answers to simple questions, some of the
Aggies would rather get to the point.
Take long-range bomber Kenny
Brown, who’s averaged 9.9 points a game
during the Aggies’ 17-13 season. When it
comes to answering questions about
Texas A&M and its chances in the South
west Conference tournament, Brown has
his answers ready. He didn’t have to
study all night to figure out his response
to this question:
Q. “Some of your teammates think you
guys can beat the Razorbacks if you play
them in the tournament. How about
you?”
A. “Me, too.”
Short, simple, to-the-point. What
more need be said?
Q. “Why?”
A. “Because were just as good as they
are,” Brown said with a grin. “They just
have a better record.”
Brown, Texas A&M’s 23-year-old
freshman guard, shares his teammates’
belief that the Aggies can win their first-
round game in this week’s SWC tourney.
After that, Texas A&M will play the
second-place Arkansas Razorbacks. and
after that ... well, that’s too far ahead to
worry about now.
Brown’s not the only player who’s ex
cited about the tournament. Senior for
ward Claude Riley sees great possibilities
for the Aggies in the near future.
“I believe a lot of things can happen il
we keep playing the way we’re playing
now,” he said after the Aggies defeated
the Raiders. “We’ve really improved out
play a lot during the last few games. We
feel really good and very comfortable
with the team. We think that with our
enthusiasm, we can go to the tournament
and play well in it.”
Riley’s one of the players who likes to
talk. Forget short answers to short ques
tions:
Q. “What’s the difference between the
Aggies now and the Aggies earlier in the
season?”
A. "We’ve really picked up our intensi
ty a lot during the last few games, but
since we played Arkansas in Fayetteville
(losing 62-55), we’ve been controlling the
tempo of every game. The key to the
success we’re having is the intensitv. lie-
cause I feel we were really lacking in in
tensity earlier in the season."
Q. “And what about Arkansas this
w r eek?
A. “I feel like on a neutral court, we've
got ’em. We played them tight in both
games this year, so we know we can beat
them anywhere we play. I think we real
ized at the Arkansas game up there that
we could play together and compete with
any team. So that game was really the
turning point in the season for us."
Sorry about the repitition, but junior
guard Reggie Roberts was posed the
same question about the possibility of
playing Arkansas. Like his teammates,
Roberts made a prediction.
“Yes, we do feel we can beat them on a
neutral court because we have the
momentum, because we’re winners and
because we’ve got it in our heads that we
can be champions.”
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Correction
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The Battalion incorrectly re
ported Monday that Aggie trat k
team member Robert Windsor
won the shot event at this
weekend’s Border Olympics
competition in Laredo with a
toss of 56-1 1'/z. Windsor’s w in
ning toss was 60-1 Vcwliii
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