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The Battalion
Spurs rebound to tie conference finals
□ Robinson leads San
Antonio in 103-81 win.
HOUSTON (AP) — The San
Antonio Spurs have the home-
court disadvantage back in the
Western Conference finals.
The Spurs, in their most dom
inating performance of the play
offs, routed the Houston Rockets
103-81 Sunday to square the
best-of-7 series 2-2 with all the
wins coming on the road.
San Antonio dominated the
rebounding 64-39 to emphatical
ly complete a Summit sweep.
David Robinson had 20 points
and 16 re
bounds, the
first time he’s
matched Ha
keem Olajuwon
statistically in
the series. Ola
juwon had 20
points and 14
rebounds but
was just 9-
for-24 from
the field.
Now the se
ries shifts 200
miles up Inter
state 10 for
Game 5 Tues
day night in the
Alamodome,
where San An
tonio has lost
three straight.
It should be a
welcome change for Houston,
which is 3-4 at home in the play
offs but has won four in a row on
the road.
Vinny Del Negro tied his ca
reer playoff high for the second
Straight game with 19 points,
nine in the third quarter when
San Antonio used a 17-4 run to
blow the game open. All five
Spurs starters scored in double
figures and Doc Rivers came off
the bench to score 13.
Dennis Rodman scored 12
points and had 19 rebounds, 12
offensive, as San Antonio turned
bully against a Rockets team
that showed few signs of the
poise, precision and togetherness
that had brought them five
straight playoff victories and a
2-0 lead in the series.
Instead, they looked like a
weary team playing its 14th
playoff game in 26 days.
The Spurs outscored the Rock
ets 24-13 in the third quarter,
when Houston went 5-for-15 from
the field and committed five
turnovers. San Antonio led 78-58
going into the final quarter and
the Rockets never got closer than
14 the rest of the way.
THE TEXAS SHOOTOUT
The 1995 NBA Western Conference Finals
San Antonio vs. Houston
(Series tied, 2-2)
Game 1: Mon. May 22 Houston 94 at San Antonio 93
Game 2: Wed. May 24 Houston 106 at San Antonio 96
Game 3: Fri. May 26 San Antonio 107 at Houston 102
Game 4: Sun. May 28 San Antonio 103 at Houston 81
Game 5: Tue. May 30 at San Antonio
Game 6: Thu. June 1 at Houston
Game 7: Sat. June 3 at San Antonio (if necessary)
GeorgandiS: Fans strike back with low attendance
Continued from Page 3
make any noise at all. The ad
dition of “General Admission,”
an Astrodome employee
dressed up in Civil War garb
who fires a cannon for each As
tro home run hasn’t helped at
tendance much.
Why? Because the Astros
can’t hit home runs to save
their lives.
One of baseball's big prob
lems is that Hakeem Olajuwon,
David Robinson, Shaquille
O’Neal and Reggie Miller don’t
play in the major leagues.
Baseball has Barry Bonds,
Frank Thomas and Ken Griffey
Jr., but there aren’t enough su
perstars to save baseball from
its downward spiral.
Another problem hurting pro
baseball is its college equiva
lent. The regional action
around the country is furious as
teams compete to get elusive
bids to the College World Series
in Omaha. For once, the South
west Conference is doing its
fans proud in the postseason by
placing four teams in the
NCAA Regionals Tournament.
As of Sunday, all four SWC
teams were still playing for
bids to the World Series, with
Texas Tech leading the charge
after crushing Providence Sat
urday, 24-5, Both Rice and
A&M also won Saturday while
Texas was knocked off by the
Oklahoma Sooners.
The point is college games
have everything that the pros
don’t. Like hitting, for instance.
Too many pro games are three-
and-a-half hour long, 3-2 yawn
ers. Saturday, A&M and Mass
achusetts ripped each other in
a 14-11 war won by the Aggies.
Tech had nine hits in the first
inning against Providence en
route to a 27-hit outburst.
There are very few, if any,
signs of life for baseball. One is
Cal Ripken, who is nearing the
immortal Lou Gehrig’s consecu
tive game streak. Another is
Hdeo Nomo, the Japanese
pitching sensation who is call
ing up images of Fernando
Valenzuela out in Tinseltown.
Nomo, the current Dodger
star is very similar to Valen
zuela, the former Dodger star.
They both have a crazy deliv
ery, with Nome twisting his
body almost backward while
Valenzuela practiced “breath
ing through his eyelids,” a prac
tice copied by the great "Nuke”
LaLoosh in the movie “Bull
Durham.” Both also speak very
little English, but nevertheless
have captured the imagination
of Southern California.
Can Nomo bring the glory
years back to Los Angeles?
Maybe. Can Bagwell find his
stroke again and get back to his
fearsome MVP form of last sea
son? Probably. Can baseball
ever be the same again?
No.
Monday • May
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