Thursday, May 8, 1986/The Battalion/Page 11 New York blanks ontreal NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Brooke scored a short-handed al in the first period and goal- Mider John Vanbiesbrouck coi led his first career playoff utout e Ylrk f fShutout as —— tile New NHL Playoffs ns Rang- beat the Montreal Canadiens 2-0 Wednesday night and stayed alive in the NHL’s Stanley Cup plavoffs. ij 'The Rangers’ victory was their ? first alter three losses in the best- Wales Conteience sent the series bac k to Montreal ^Mh^lor Chime 5 Friday night. H\\T(lnes(ta\ night's game was a dramatic contrast to Monday s ’.night’s 4-3 overtime victory by | Montreal, with a lot more rough Jrjirmcl stop-and-go play. In the sec- 5 ' : ond period alone, 17 penalties ware called, including 10 for roughing and fighting. There I^^HkHredO penalties in the game, in- o|ydi|ding five majors and two mis conducts. ^■1 he Rangers got all the- scoring Brooke’s period goal at 16:56. BattalionflklBMontreal was on a power play Her New York right wing Bob Aggies »3 Crawford was penalized for high- :xt weekend(stjt king at 15:09. Rangers de fenseman Tom Laidlaw dumped tin puck behind the Montreal net ,v an ' and Canadiens goaltender Pat- s expects r | c |^ g ov attempted to clear it. mmas saiilH i the 7-3irHRoy and teammate Chris tihe- jump this v lils, however, were unable to con trol the puck as Brooke came saii- Arkansasisting into the faceoff circle and swept in a 20-foot backhander for rack, pap Tis sixth goal of the playoffs. ■Don Maloney, who assisted on I the goal, broke Rod Gilbert’s ' team record for career playoff as- sists with his 34th. Hwith the Rangers defenders Hd Vanbiesbrouck stymying the g hack farms Canadiens time and again, that 1- 0 lead stood up until Tomas gies from Sandstrom scored the clincher at l(. honors 1|.28 of the third period. rgie athlete,® Flames keep ial choice, he second f e their fits ig back Keiil!] he fourth H arwin, whofrj was drafted®: ■ST. LOUIS (AP) — If Calgary has come up with a special for- , mula for beating the St. Louis nGflk Bines goaltenders, Flames Coach Hb Johnson — who is forever he Biittaliw 'nixing up new combinations of e the end. ^ s and O's — is not saying what it >ry clipinfl * s ' iv showonthBpohuson was asked whether the so many P* consciously adjusted to thankeverfo l he radically different styles of Blues goalies Rick Wamsley and a all the AdT r eg Milieu. le I worked"®'} can ’ t answer that,” Johnson the pt'P^ snapped, not wanting to tip his nade along 1 hand or rile the Blues after they lost to the Flames 5-3 Tuesday g something night in the third game of the ses (which" N11L Stanley Cup semifinals. You madeHUsked a similar question later, Johnson acknowledged making i everyonen some alterations in Calgary’s .Bmie plan, but was quick to add: he like "i 111 They’re both good. I respect e nrv future them both.” 1 V . JMiHcn. who was in net Tuesday '-t.flight, roams freely. He doesn’t r'stuffs'l° !: i eS i tate to come OLlt to challenge 1 S (Boters or to clear loose pucks. quiet about game plan matching f mses Wamsley prefers to stay back and let the play come to him. ^Throughout the playoffs, Hues Coach Jacques Demers has Juggled his goalies, not announc ing who would play until game ^e. And Demers’ tack has been iirccessful — first against the Bnnesota North Stars and then ie|Toronto Maple Leafs. ;oft lens® TANK MCNAMARA by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds 1 Bucks grab series lead Milwaukee stymies Philadelphia 113-108 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Paul Pressey scored 13 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter and Terry Cum mings converted three free throws in the last 14 seconds, boosting Mil waukee to a ■■'■■■ 113-108 victory NBA Playoffs over Philadel- phia Wednesday night and giving the Bucks a 3-2 edge in their NBA playoff series. Game 6 of the best-of-seven East ern Conference semifinal series is scheduled for Friday in Philadel phia. If the 76ers win that game, the seventh meeting would be in Mil waukee Sunday. Wednesday’s game was marked by physical play from both teams, and Philadelphia’s Charles Barkley and Paul Mokeski had two scuffles in the fourth quarter. A Bobby Jones basket with 44 sec onds to go left the Bucks ahead 110- 108, but two Cummings free throws gave the Bucks a 112-108 lead with 14 seconds remaining. After a Philadelphia timeout, Ju lius Erving’s turnaround basket fell short and the 76ers fouled Cum mings, who converted another free throw to make the score 113-108 with three seconds left. Cummings finished with 23 points. Barkley led Philadelphia with 29 points, and Maurice Cheeks added 27. Denver may be without key personnel for crucial game DENVER (AP) — The Denver -Nuggets have fallen behind 3-2 in the NBA best-of-seven series after a humiliating blowout in Houston, and now must try to stave off elimi nation in Game 6 here Thursday night without, perhaps, the services of two key players. The situation looks desperate in deed, but for those who have fol lowed the Nuggets’ fortunes, one thing is clear: The Nuggets feel they have the Houston Rockets right where they want them. It is a reflection of the Nuggets’ perverse nature that they play best under adverse circumstances. In the first-round series against Portland, the Nuggets split the first two games at home, giving the Trail Blazers an advantage. But Denver, which had played poorly on the road all season, then went to Portland and swept both games there. “We never do things the easy way,” said Denver guard Mike Evans. “We always try to find the hard way. We always seem to have our backs to the wall.” Even the magnitude of Tuesday night’s 131-103 loss wasn’t expected to bother Denver. “That’s the funny thing about this team,” said Coach Doug Moe. “We get killed, and we come back and play well. It has happened time and again. Losing by a big margin seems to make us play better the next game. Maybe it’s an indication of our character, or the fact that these guys are pretty loose.” The Nuggets were pounded 119- 101 in Game 2 of this series, and re sponded with two solid perfor mances in winning both games in Denver. Can they.do it again? All bets are off pending the status of Calvin Natt and Bill Hanzlik. Natt, Denver’s second-leading scorer who has been hobbled by a groin injury, played only 11 minutes of Game 5, hitting only one of eight shots from the floor. “I don’t have any strength in my left leg,” said Natt. “I had some shots blocked (Tuesday) because I just, couldn’t push off my leg the way I need to. Hopefully I’ll play (Thursday), but I don’t know.” Hanzlik, Denver’s valuable sixth- man who did a superb defensive job on Ralph Sampson in Game 4 de spite a nine-inch height disadvan tage, said the acute lower back strain that sidelined him for most of the Portland series has worsened. “I couldn’t get loose,” he said after Game 5, when he played just nine minutes, missing all four of his field- goal tries. “If it’s this tight, I’m not helping the team by playing.” Doctors prescribed rest for both players, and their availability for Thursday night’s game probably won’t be known until just before game time. Regardless of the injured players’ status, Moe knows his team can’t win if it stands around on offense the way it did Tuesday night. “That was the worst display of basketball I’ve ever seen,” he said. “It was worse than the second game. W’e can’t beat anybody unless we move the ball offensively. We can’t take quick shots every time.” The Rockets, meanwhile, are anx ious to put an end to the Nuggets’ misery. “We have to put in our minds that the next game is the last game,” said forward Rodney McCray. “I don’t look forward to a seventh game any where.” Added Sampson, who scored 33 points and grabbed 17 rebounds Tuesday night, “The next game is a must win for Denver, but it’s a must win for us, too, because we don’t want to extend the series.” Mavericks need fans, free throws DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mav ericks get the Los Angeles Lakers back in rowdy Reunion Arena Thursday night but even their fran tic fans can’t help the Mavericks make the free throws needed to even their NBA playoff series against the defending champions. Dallas Coach Dick Motta said the Mavericks did everything right in a 116-113 loss in Game 5 on Tuesday night — except hit free throws. They missed 15. “We just didn’t hit our free throws. Period,” Motta said. Motta has bombarded the heavily favored Lakers with a thick dose of psychology since the series started. He wouldn’t back off even though his team now trails the best-of-seven series 3-2. “We are outhustling them and outplaying them. The series should be 4-1 right now, in our favor,” Motta said. “I am not playing head games. I’m just telling the truth. They’ve got a tiger by the tail.” If so. Lakers Coach Pat Riley fig- $5 OFF Your First Visit 3400 S. College 822-9515 ~ ruf# O.D.,F ( tRY ITE 101' S 7784(| ty Dr. ures the tiger has some broken fangs. • “They’ve got their work cut out for them,” he said. “It seems like that ball was getting a little heavy for them at the free-throw line.” He added, “It’s going to get heavier.” Mark Aguirre, who hit 3-of-6 free throws, said the missed free throws spread through the whole team. “It just gets contagious missing free throws,” he said. “It gets in your head. We’ll make our free throws in Dallas.” The loss meant Motta is 0-16 in the Forum in NBA playoff games during his career. The Mavs, ‘who defeated the Lakers in nail-biters on Friday and Sunday, shoot better before their usual sellout of 17,007 fans. “Maybe the home-court advan tage means that extra two to three points,” said Dallas center James Donaldson. “It’s certainly been the case so far. It’ll be interesting to see what happens in Dallas.” NEED MONEY??? Sell your BOOKS at University Book Stores Northgate & Culpepper Plaza Kareem Abdul-Jabbar led th< Lakers Tuesday night with 3^ points, including a crucial hook sho with nine seconds remaining. Ht missed a hook shot at the buzzei which would have tied the game Iasi Sunday in Dallas. “He’s the ‘Captain,’ and when the going got tough, he rose to the occa sion,” Riley said. “We knew it was a big game for us and we delivered,” Magic Johnson said. “It was a matter of who sur vived. “It will be difficult down there in Dallas. 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