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^Tuesday, May 1,1990 The Battalion Page 11 * Derby racers deserving of ^ fhance to run m UM; LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The v itliiRord that Thirty Six Red will win the IJ rtioBentucky Derby doesn’t come Hraight from the horse’s mouth. tftlAlt does, however, come straight :t tbifrom the mouth of a man close to the . onif “Yeah, I said that,” trainer Nick mloslto said Monday. f-5j What Zito said was if Thirty Six frit Rfd won the 1'/s-mile Wood Memo- Mo|lal, he would win the 1 ‘/4-mile o wiifflerby on Saturday at Churchill it iiilowns. Thirty Six Red won the Wepood on April 21, holding off t. Burnt Hills by a head. a», “He’s earned his shot,” the 41- Wipar-old New Yorker said. “He’s got coufie credentials.” ecomB Thirty Six Red’s victory in the 'e 35-one-mile Gotham April 7 and his pediBn in the Wood put him in the sec- wid echelon of Derby contenders fthind unbeaten Mister Frisky and JrintBtcc-beaten Summer Squall. P Helping Zito’s confidence is the lyverfact that Thirty Six Red is the only in fi®ie of the 17 Derby probables to win had i : tuider Derby weight of 126 pounds, line !■ The highest weight Mister Frisky hop carried was 122 pounds in winning Ke Santa Anita Derby on April 7. thisaiThe highest impost for Summer DawSguall was 124 in his victory in the of [hGU-furlong Hopeful last year. He ts an®rried 122 in finishing second in turdsthe seven-furlong Swale on March !p. I In the Wood, the son of Slew BGold was second behind pace-set- ting Burnt Hills, never worse than a | pngth back, before surging into the ■ad in the upper stretch. 1 Thirty Six Red, ridden by Mike ze o# 1 ' 1 * 1 - held a head margin over odarflurnt Hills all the way through the niekfr etch - I The colt, bought for $92,000 by s “5 u p Giles Brophy at the 1987 Keene- | “inland fall yearling sale, posted two 1( j [vSeconds and a third in five starts as a ■year-old. DouJ H e didn’t have any physical ;a t problems,” Zito said. “He was just i c bo,^manageable. He was his own Ty^.Wi-rst enemy, but he showed signs of H m: ,J Thirty Six Red scored his first vic- J havaD * n h‘ s second start at 3, winning [ Y a seven-furlong maiden race by two mgths on Feb. 6 at Gulfstream “if rk ' upmj _ilavs must duplicate ’56 Pistons, ’87 Warriors to remain alive in NBA playoff series with Portland Watching and waiting ESPN/Collegiate Baseball Team Record 1. Miami, Fla. 45-6 2. Stanford 42-9 3. Arizona State 42-13 4. Arkansas 43-9 5. Texas 43-14 6. Florida State 40-10 7. Georgia 41-10 8. Southern Cal 34-17 9. Loyola Marymount 38-12 10. Oklahoma State 39-14 11. Southern Illinois 38-8 12. Wichita State 40-11 13. Lousiana State 39-14 14. North Carolina 40-10 15. Iowa 31-11 16. Creighton 39-14 17. Mississippi St. 35-16 18. Clemson 37-14 19. Houston 40-19 20. UCLA 32-19 21. Fullerton State 26-19 22. UC Santa Barbara 35-14 23. Maine 30-14 24. Texas A&M 42-15 25. Georgia Tech 38-15 The Texas A&M baseball team must keep an eye out for this weekend’s competition. The outcome Battalion file photo by J.Janner of the series with Arkansas will determine the Aggies’ fate for a post-season tournament bid. | DALLAS (AP) — The only rally ing cry the Dallas Mavericks have lent in their playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers is, “Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne.” ■ The Fort Wayne Pistons re bounded from an 0-2 deficit to win a 1956 opening-round series, while the 1987 the Golden State Warriors did the same thing. They are the only teams in NBA history to rally from two losses to start a series. ■ “We can do it,” Dallas coach Richie Adubato said, “but we’ll have to rebound better.” Portland coach Rick Adelman is optimistic about ending the series in Dallas. “I’d like to win it on the road,” he said. “It’s important for us to end it as soon as possible. I think the Denver-San Antonio series is going to go more than three games and I’d like to get a few extra days off. Our series has been real physical.” The Trail Blazers have beaten the Mavericks twice in Portland by scores of 109-102 and 114-107 in the best-of-5 series, which resumes Tuesday at Reunion Arena. The Blazers, who haven’t won a playoff series since 1985, feel they were nervous in their first two games at home. “I think we were really tight,” guard Terry Porter said. “We knew we had to win at home and we’ve been a little sluggish. It may help us now to go to their place.” Adelman agreed. “I think we may play a better game,” he said. “We may be a little looser.” Portland, the NBA’s top rebound ing team, had a 47-33 rebounding edge in the first game where they got 24 points off 20 offensive re bounds. On Saturday, the Mavs squan- Rockets (Continued from page 9) lied from a 2-0 deficit to win a five- iame playoff. The Fort Wayne Pis- JOn beat St. Louis in 1956 and Golden State beat Utah in 1987. p “I don’t deal with odds, I just jbiow what we can do,” Chaney said. rWe had some good moments, we Kst didn’t carry it all the way lirough. 8 “But we are home now. I’m not Slighting the Lakers, but we know these baskets and we feel comfort able in our arena.” The Rockets have won three straight games and eight of their last 12 games against the Lakers in the Summit. || Los Angeles has gained the series tn • • • Tijerina (Continued from page 9) playoff spot in the Western Confer- jtfice.the Rockets might be the most pmgerous No. 8 seed in NBA his- |>ry. The Los Angeles Lakers can at test to that. In their first two games at the Fo- itm, the Rockets have enjoyed huge lads over the Lakers, who had the NBA’s best record this year. But ftey haven’t been able to nail the jfeme down, and have fallen apart in Be final minutes. 1 That’s where the home court ad- Bntage comes in. ' The Mavericks limped to Port land, then have been blown out twice P front of hostile crowds. Both Houston and Dallas face elimination with their next loss, but at least the lockets have some hope, however Bint it may be. ■ Only two teams in history have come back from an 0-2 deficit in a edge by double- and triple-teaming Rockets center Akeem Olajuwon. “Every time he had the ball, there were three Lakers around him,” Thompson said. “Michael Jordan can’t score with three guys on him. “We weren’t daring their other guys to beat us. We just hoped that they wouldn’t beat us.” Olajuwon scored 11 points in Sun day’s loss, although he had a triple double with 10 blocked shots and 11 rebounds. “We’re probably better at double- and triple-teaming centers than most team,” Thompson said. “I’m al ways smaller than any center we play so we work on it a lot.” Olajuwon isn’t concerned about his low scoring, although Chaney said his center needs to take at least 20 shots a game. He got 15 Sunday. “If I were scoring more, someone else on our team wouldn’t be scor ing,” Olajuwon said. “It’s all about balance. “If they are double- and triple teaming me, Tm going to hit the open man, and concentrate on de fense and rebounding.” Both teams held closed workouts in The Summit Monday. “We worked on a new wrinkle to try to break him (Olajuwon) out,” Chaney said. “They doubled him real well in Los Angeles.” The Lakers did such a good job on Olajuwon that Chaney accused them of playing illegal zone defense. “He’s just working the media,” Ri ley said. “We play very aggressive double team defense and we play within the confines of the rules. “He’s just looking for an edge.” best-of-five series. Dallas can look forward to return ing to the friendly confines of Reun ion Arena. The Mavericks’ only problem, however, is that the Trail Blazers find the placejust as cozy. Portland swept all four games be tween the two clubs this season. That includes two blowouts at Reunion Arena. All this spells only one thing. An early vacation for the Mavericks. The Rockets aren’t in the same boat, however. They won both games this season over the Lakers at the Summit. And they’ve shown they can play on the same court with the defending West ern Conference champions. All they have to do is find a way to free center Akeem Olajuwon. Olajuwon averaged 24 points a game during the regular season. But through two games in Los Angeles, he’s scored only half that. Los An geles extended their first-round playoff winning streak to 20 games, dating back to 1984. A victory Tuesday night will give them 21. It will also give Houston management some time to think about what kind of deals it wants to make in the offseason. The Lakers’ Pat Riley became the all-time winningest playoff coach in NBA history with a 100-42 record after Sunday’s win over the Rocjcets. His series counterpart Don Chaney guaranteed the series would be sent back to Los Angeles. Get ready, Jack Nicholson. “To give an idea of how positive we are, we know we can win in our building,” Chaney said. “Our guys know these baskets, and we know this arena. This is home to them.” It may have to be more than home to them. It’s going to have to be a miracle factory. That’s the only thing the Rockets will need to pull it off. dered a 15-point first half lead as Portland grabbed 21 offensive re bounds and got 35 points for its ef fort. In both games, Dallas had its chances but were unable to over come the Blazers. “We just haven’t been able to come up with the big rebound, big bucket, or big steal when we need it,” Adubato said. In Game 2, Dallas trailed by four with 40 seconds to play after Derek Harper hit two free throws. But Dal las failed to produce in the clutch. Portland’s bench also hurt the Mavs. Backup guards Danny Young and Draven Petrovic combined for 22 points in the second period as Portland overcame a 38-23 deficit. Petrovic ended up with 14 points. “Portland can rebound, run, and has shown a good bench,” Adubato said. “But we’re back home now. The home advantage makes a big difference.” A victory by the Mavericks would force a fourth game at Dallas on Thursday, with a fifth game, if nec essary, set for Saturday. Portland won 59 games in the reg ular season to finish second in the Pacific Division to the Los Angeles Lakers. Trail Blazer rookie reserve for ward Cliff Robinson is expected to play Tuesday, despite his arrest early Sunday outside a Portland night club. He was charged with three counts of fourth-degree as sault and one count of disorderly conduct after allegedly hitting a po licewoman. The lone bright spot for NBA teams in Texas thus far has been the Spurs, who are manhandling the Denver Nuggets in their first-round series. But even that won’t be a cake walk for Larry Brown’s Spurs, who haven’t won in Denver’s McNichols Arena in more than four years. So, three Texas teams find them selves in troubling situations. The Spurs lead 2-0, but face two tough games in Denver. The Mavericks trail 2-1, and shouldn’t be alive after Thursday. The Rockets trail 2-1, and are relying on a guarantee by their coach that they’ll win the next two games against the Lakers. They shouldn’t be alive after Thursday either. But at least the Rockets and Mavericks can look for ward to one thing. In a couple of days, they both will be able to start their offseasons right in their own backyards. Home sweet home. BOTHER’S BOOKSTORES WHEEL OF FORTUNE SELL YOUR BOOKS & SPIN TO WIN 340 George Bush Dr. 901 Harvey ClNEPLEX ODEON (jg ay TH eatres S2.50 Tuesday has been discontinued. 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