Tuesday, April 18, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 5
Bucks oust Magic
The Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Milwaukee Bucks clinched the eighth — and final — playoff berth in the Eastern Conference, beating the Orlando Magic 85-83 last night on Glenn Robinson's breakaway dunk with 21.9 seconds remaining.
Chucky Atkins missed a three-point attempt on Orlando's last possession, and Milwaukee's Darvin Ham batted the rebound into the backcourt as the final seconds ticked off and the Magic's improbable challenge for a postseason spot came to an end.
The teams began the night tied for the eighth spot with two games remaining. Orlando had to win to keep its hopes alive, because Milwaukee had clinched the season series between the clubs by winning the first three meetings between them by an average margin of 14 points.
Reserve Tim Thomas scored 21 points, and Sam Cassell had 19 points and 10 assists for the
Bucks, who won despite playing without leading scorer Ray Allen in the fourth quarter and getting a poor shooting performance from Robinson.
Allen sprained his left knee during a scramble for a loose ball in the final minute of the third quarter and did not return. Robinson only made five of 16 shots but was in the right place at the right time on the fast break that produced the winning basket.
Atkins led Orlando, which wiped out a 19-point first-half deficit and took its first lead late in the fourth quarter, with 18 points. Another reserve, Pat Garrity, had 15 points, and Darrell Armstrong added 13 for the Magic.
Thomas made three clutch baskets for the Bucks down the stretch, tying the game at 79, 81 and 83 before Milwaukee went ahead for good.
The Magic pulled within one with 1:05 remaining in the half, but Milwaukee scored six quick points to lead 43-36 at the break.
Penguins defeat Caps
The Associated Press
PITTSBURGH — Jiri Slegr's slap shot beat goaltender Olaf Kolzig with 4:32 remaining, and the Pittsburgh Penguins, luring Washington into an unwanted shootout, won 4-3 last night to seize a 3-0 Eastern Conference playoff lead.
Jan Hrdina scored twice — with four goals, he has as many as Washington does in the series
— as the seventh-seeded Penguins moved within a victory of their second major playoff unset in two seasons.
The Penguins eliminated top-seeded New Jersey in the first round a year ago and now need one more victory to oust the second-seeded Capitals who failed to hold a 1-0 lead for the second successive game.
Game 4 will be tomorrow night in Washington, where Pittsburgh won 7-0 in Game 1. Game 5, if necessary, will be on Friday.
Only two teams in NHL history have squandered a 3-0 playoff lead, the Penguins doing it last in 1975 against the Islanders.
The Capitals, playing with the desperation of a team about to go down three games, tied it at 3 on Calle Johansson's goal at 14:02, but Sleer it less than two minutes later.
Pittsburgh's offense was nonexistent for the first 25 minutes, managing only two shots in the first period while being outshot 19-5.
It took an unlikely source, the fourth line, to finally open up the Penguins' offense.
With most of the fans still celebrate the goal, Ron Tugnutt abandoned the net as he tried to clear the puck, allowing Jeff Halpern to jam it into the net.
Washington is 0-6-1 since last winning at Pittsburgh in November 1997. The Penguins are 5-1 overall against the Caps this season.
Bad news from Sydney exaggerated, according to official
The Associated Press
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Don't believe all that bad news coming out of Sydney as the Olympics approach — it's all media hype and political grandstanding.
That's the message from a top International Olympic Committee executive on the eve of a review of Sydney's preparations for the games.
With less than five months before the opening ceremony, Sydney appears mired in trouble — from ticketing controversies to labor disputes to budget problems to threats of violent protests by Aboriginals.
These issues and others will be addressed today when organizers make their latest progress report to the IOC executive board.
IOC vice president Dick Pound said there's nothing to be worked up about.
"Reading the local media and listening to local politicians—assuming you have the stomach or patience for either—you might be forgiven for thinking we have serious problems, that sponsors are pulling out, that the organizing committee is in disarray, that we are facing serious financial problems," Pound said. "Nothing could be further from the truth. We are
set for one of the most spectacular Olympic Games we have ever seen. The Sydney organizers are further ahead, and have a better handle on the issues than any previous Olympic organizing committee."
Speaking at a conference in London, Pound said Sydney's problems had been exaggerated.
Pound's comments mark a big change from his pronouncements at the last IOC board meeting in Sydney two months ago. Then, Pound assailed Sydney organizers for having a "dysfunctional relationship" with sponsors, treating sponsorship dollars as a "milk cow" and setting wildly unrealistic
marketing revenue targets.
Since then, reports of Sydney's troubles have only continued.
The biggest worry is the threat of violent protests by Aboriginal activists during the Sept. 15-Oct. 1 games.
The warnings followed the leak of a government report stating that accounts of the estimated 100,000 Aboriginal children taken from their families — the "stolen generation" — were exaggerated.
"If you want to see burning cars and burning buildings, then come over," activist Charles Perkins said. "It's 'burn, baby, burn' from now on."
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