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canfE! Page 10/The Battalion/Tuesday, May 3, 1983 Denver-SA series now 3-1 j Celtics bow out; Spurs lose United Press International The Boston Celtics, like most champions in the history of the NBA, kept telling themselves it couldn’t riappen to them. But it did. Before a raucous crowd of 11,052 in Milwaukee Monday 5 Alfredo’s jt # MEXICAN^ DRESSES New Shipment. More than 2000 dresses on order! Wholesale & Retail Prices g retail $ 2 l 98 As*- Order now! No de- C posit necessary. "i Variety of Colors * including maroon on ^ white and white on ma- y roon. \/ Jpi Small & large sizes available. ^ Come In and leave name and number. 846-3824 509 University night, the Celtics’ season came to a crashing end when the Bucks completed a four-game sweep with a 107-93 rout. While the Bucks go on to meet Philadel phia in the Eastern Conference finals beginning Sunday, the stunned Celtics — whose gloried past includes 14 titles — will be doing some soul-searching. It was the first time Boston had been swept in a series since 1951. “It’s sickening,” said Larry Bird. “It’s something I won’t forget for a long time. It was embarrassing and I won’t forget it.” Celtics’ guard Danny Ainge, who was booed loudly through out the game because fans were upset over his alleged rough play in the series, gav.^more cre dit to the Bucks. “I just think the Milwaukee players outplayed us,” Ainge said. “Milwaukee got good play from everyone on the team. That’s what it takes to win. And we just didn’t have it on all five cylinders in any game.” Bird led the Celtics with 18 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Bucks, who were paced by Marques Johnson with 33 points and Sidney Moncrief with 25. The triumph was particularly sweet for Milwaukee Coach Don Nelson, who spent most of his playing career with Boston. “This is my biggest win as a coach,” Nelson said. “I’m just so tickled. I usually come in second.” In the Western Conference, Denver staved off elimination with a 124-114 victory over San Antonio. At Denver, Kiki Vandeweghe scored 37 points and reserve Mike Evans got the Nuggets off to a quick start with 17 in the first half as Denver moved with in 3-1 of the Spux s. Game 5 will be played Wednesday night in San Antonio. Evans finished with a career- high 23 points and the Nuggets survived rare off-night per formances by Dan Issel and Alex English, who, playing with minor injuries, totaled 35 points. Johnny Moore, who has led the Spurs throughout the series, scored 22 of his 26 points in the second half and Gene Banks added 24. The Nuggets opened up a 26- 14 lead after seven minutes as Evans hit his first three baskets after replacing Rob Williams. Denver led 40-29 after one quarter and increased its lead steadily, going up 72-50 at the half. 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With their victory Sunday in Game 4, the Trail Blazers showed they were not about to lie down and surrender to the powerful Lakers, but they also angered Los Angeles’ Coach Pat Riley. Riley suggested Portland was intentionally roughing up Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — who nonetheless has scored more than 30 points in each game. “I’m really annoyed at what’s developing with Kareem,” Riley said. “They’re teeing off on him with four or five guys, and they’re wasting fouls on him. It’s gotten progressively worse.” Elway opts for football career with the Bronco] United Press International DENVER — John Elway of Stanford, potential game- breaker and “franchise maker” — the most soughtafter athlete in the 1983 collegiate crop — now belongs to the Denver Broncos. It all happened very quickly once the behind-the-scenes negotiations were completed. At approximately 3:30 p.m. Mon day the 6-3, 210-pound quarter back left California for Seattle, where he wasjoined on an airlin er by Denver Bronco owner Edgar Kaiser. Later in the evening Denver reporters were notified a “ma jor” news conference would take place at the unusual time of 10:30 p.m., and soon after El way was presented as the newest member of the Denver Broncos. About 30 minutes earlier, he had signed a series of five one- year contracts; money amounts were not made public. “This hasn’t been a one-day negotiation,” Kaiser said. “It started over a week ago, before and during the draft. We’re glad we were able to make it.” Elway had been drafted by the Baltimore Colts, but prior to the draft he had not been shy about telling the world of his de termination not to play on the East Coast. If drafted by Baltimore, which had the No. 1 pick, he vowed to play baseball with the New York Yankees, for whom he had already played in their farm system.’ In exchange for Elway, De nver traded to Baltimore the player the Broncos had selected as their No. 1 draft choice just a few days ago: of f ensive lineman Chris Hinton of Northwestern. Also in the deal were second- year backup quarterback Mark Herrmann, and Denver’s No. 1 draft choice in 1984. “So far not one thing that I expected to happen, hap pened,” Elway said. “But I’ll go out and give 100 percent. “The Baltimore thing is a dead issue and in the pa Elway had said, unless draf ted by a West Coast® by a contender of his p ence, he would gotothe ees. In the news confo Monday, fie said Deny been on his “list" ofpr contenders. loi Elway said a ineetinj been set up for nextweti New York Yankee repie lives if nothing developed NFL. The UoFL, hesaid !H \ei a Kmsideration. Elway, a native of Nottk! | Calif., set five major N 1 vision IA records andi , Hf o jot PAC 10 records, pleted 62.1 percent of hist I passes at Stanford: 774oi® attempts — both NCd cords. Unite ASH k ma n in t Ives or a mu ipons, |The ( Overall he had 9,345 passing and 77 touchdow* also set an all-time recoi lowest percentage of | tercepted in a career: 3.1 cent. Gretzky, Edmonton loo for series sweep tonigh United Press International It’s hard for a coach to admit his team played its best and still lost. “If we played anybody else but Edmonton, we would have won,” Chicago Coach Orval Tes- sier said Sunday night after Edmonton downed the Black Hawks, 3-2, to take a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven Campbell Conference finals. Edmonton Coach Glen Sather was polite. “Chicago won’t change its style and neither will we. Tues day’s game will be tougher,” he said. It’s hard to imagine any team being a tough one for the Oilers, who have used their speed, pas sing and goal-tending to move to within one victory of a berth in the Stanley Cup finals. Sunday night in Chicago, they added outstanding work in the nets by goalie Andy Moog, who stopped 39 shots. When the Hawks from a 2-0 deficit aftfl| periods to reach a2-2tien STAY IN SHAPE THIS SUMMER Exercise all summer (thru Aug. 31) for only *60! Offer good for all TAMU students & staff Also available: single summer session for $30. Call 696-7180 or come by 900-B E. Harvey Rd. BODY DYMAMfCS Exercise Stud Id in the third period, ihe> continued to do what best — skate. One Oiler, 21 -year-oldjj Wayne Gretzky, made assists on Sunday thatg 3 1 points in 11 playou Gretzky believes the Oil( not have a letdown be their three-game cushion] In the Wales Confereni als, the Bruins haveenoug] vy with goaltender Petel veterans Brad Park anif Middleton as well as a| young forward in Barry 1 son. 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