Page 12/The Battalion/Thursday, May 5, 1983
Take on Lakers next
Spurs shovel, bury Nuggets
United Press International
Now that they’ve buried the
Nuggets, the San Antonio Spurs
are ready to rise against the de
fending champion Los Angeles
Lakers.
■ “I guess we put the final
shovel of dirt on them (the Nug-
giets). We feel very confident we
can play with the Lakers, even in
Los Angeles,” Spurs’ Coach Stan
Albeck said after Wednesday
night’s 145-105 romp which eli
minated Denver in five games of
a Western Conference semifinal
series.
George Gervin scored 26
points and Gene Banks added
23 to propel the Spurs into a
Western Conference showdown
against the Lakers, beginning
Sunday at Los Angeles.
The Eastern Conference fin
als begin Monday, with Mil
waukee visiting Philadelphia.
After watching San Antonio
set four offensive NBA playoff
records against his team in the
series, Denver coach Doug Moe
doesn’t sell the Spurs short
against the Lakers.
“They are strong and they
are powerful and I really feel
they will do well,” Moe said.
San Antonio set playoff re
cords for the most field goals in a
five-game series (274), highest
field-goal percentage (51.6),
most assists (181) and most
points (664).
Johnny Moore had 20 points
and 13 assists for the winners
and Artis Gilmore added 17. Bil
ly McKinney led the Nuggets
with 20 points. Alex English and
Rob Williams each scored 18
points, but the Nuggets could
not overcome a shooting per
centage that stayed in the low
30s all night.
Los Angeles closed out its
share of the Western semifinals
Tuesday night with a 116-108
victory over Portland to win the
series, 4-1.
The Eastern finalists were
settled early when both the
76ers and Bucks swept their
first-round opponents. Phi
ladelphia, which won a hard-
fought series over the New York
Knicks, could use the rest while
Milwaukee is ready to go after
shocking the Boston Celtics.
The oddsmakers lean toward
a Philadelphia-Los Angeles title
series for the third time in four
years although the 76ers have
some walking wounded from
the Knicks’ war.
“Philadelphia is far and away
better than anybody in the
Horns —
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Houston that virtually handed
the conference title to the
Horns.
Still, third baseman Bryan
Burrows said the series with
A&M is an important one for the
Horns because, “We’ve been
suffering from a mental letdown
over the past couple of weeks —
we shouldn’t have lost four out
of our last five games.”
“Our chances for post-season
play are still good, but we need
to sweep A&M to bounce back
emotionally.”
For the Aggies — who at one
time were ranked No. 17 — the
season has been disappointing.
They started off hot, piling up a
20-4 non-conference record
against ranked teams like Maine
and Cal State-Fullerton.
Then came the decline. The
problem, Aggie coach Tom
Chandler says, can be described
in one word. Pitching.
Coach Stan Albeck says
Spurs can play with LA
league, but we’re confident we
can play well against any team,”
Bucks’ Coach Don Nelson said.
“Our major weakness this
year was pitching,” Chandler
said Wednesday. “Our staff had
simply astronomical ERA’s, and
that’s what hurt.”
Still, Chandler said beating
the Longhorns might ease some
of the pain.
“A couple of wins in this
series would probably salvage
our season — at least in the
minds of the seniors.
“But it’s definitely going to be
tough. We’re playing the num
ber one team in the country —
an outstanding college ballclub.”
Second baseman Clint Heard
said the Aggies’ season has been
a tough one.
“It’s (the season) been a real
disappointment. We started
strong, but throughout the sea
son the breaks just haven’t gone
our way.
“But we’re ready for the
game, because A&M and UT al
ways play an emotional series.
We’re anxious to get it on with
them.”
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With the kind of comfort they
offer Mike Schmidt, Joe Morgan
and Tony Perez should enter
the hammock business.
“Joe is in front of me walking
like crazy and I got the league
leading hitter (Perez) hitting be
hind me,” Schmidt said Wednes
day night, after dismantling
Cincinnati pitching for the
second straight night to give the
Philadelphia Phillies a 9-4 vic
tory over the Reds.
“All the way down to the
eighth hitter, we have a good
lineup,” continued Schmidt,
who drove in four runs for the
second game in a row.
The Phillies clobbered Cin
cinnati pitching for 22 runs and
29 hits in the final two games of
the series. They finished their
six-game home stand with a .398
team batting average and 48
runs scored — all but five com
ing in four games.
“The hits have been coming
at the right time,” Philadelphia
Manager Pat Corrales said.
“That’s making life a lot easier
around here.”
Schmidt had a run-scoring
single in the first, a sacrifice fly
in the third and a two-run single
in the fourth. Bo Diaz’s three-
run homer highlighted the Phil
lies’ five-run first and Garry
Maddox added a solo shot in the
fifth.
Even Steve Carlton, who
allowed eight hits in eight in
nings of work and struck out
Astro Mike LaCoss throws
six-hitter in 4-3 victory
nine to pick up his fourth wan in
six decisions and 289th career
victory, had a pair of doubles
and two runs scored. Rich Gale,
3-1, took the loss.
The Reds’ Johnny Bench
reached a milestone in the
seventh inning when he lined a
single to left-center for the
2,000th hit of his career. He be
came only the second player in
Cincinnati history to reach that
plateau. Pete Rose, who had
3,164 hits in a Reds uniform,
was the other.
In other games, Montreal de
feated Atlanta, 4-1, San Francis
co downed Chicago, 7-4, Hous
ton topped New York, 4-3, San
Diego blanked St. Louis, 10-0,
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Ryan on 21-day disabled lisi i
United Press International
HOUSTON — The Houston
Astros placed pitcher Nolan
Ryan on a 21-day disabled list
with a pulled hamstring.
A team spokesman Wednes
day said Ryan cannot pitch again
until May 31. He suffered a se
vere hamstring muscle pull in
his left thigh during a game
Monday night at New York.
Team physician Dr. Bill
Bryant said Ryan can begin
swimming to rehabilitated*
jury. U
Ryan, 36, missed the first
games of the season with (Wp
fection of his prostate glancw v
was active for 16 games tfvii
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