University Daily Kansan, April 18, 1985
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SPORTS
76ers beat Bullets in 1st NBA playoff
By United Press International
Moses Malone scored 26 points and Maurice Cheeks led a fine Philadelphia defensive effort in the last four minutes last night, lifting the 78ers to a 104-97 victory over the Washington in their opening of her NBA playoff series.
The 76ers, who won their first home playoff contest since the second game of the league championship series in May 1983, took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series. Game 2 is scheduled for Sunday.
Before a crowd of 7,170 at the Spectrum, the lowest attendance of the season, the Sixers trailed 83-92 in the series. Sixers sank a tree, throw with 4:21 left.
CHEEKS' JUMPER WITH 3:30 remaining secured the Sixers' lead at 94-93 and Malone's steal led to Julius Erving's jumper 28 seconds later. Williams into a double dribble. Malone hit a free throw to make it 97-93.
Malone then batted a loose ball to Andrew Toney, who went in for a layup at the 2:11 mark for a 99-93 lead. After Washington's Jeff Jarland sank two free throws, Toney hit three free throws to seal the victory.
Erving added 24 points and Cheeks
and Charles Barkley 17 apiece for the 76ers. Cliff Robinson scored 24 points to pace the Bullets and Ruland, who missed 43 of the previous 44 games with a shoulder injury, came back to add 20.
The Bullets shot 65 percent from the field in the third quarter to overcome an 11-point deficit and tie it 76-76 entering the fourth. The Eagles broke out to a 90-85 lead on Erving's breakaway dunk with 7-43 late.
BUT THE BULLETS got a 3-point play from Ruland and two free throws and a jumper from Robinson to take a 92-90 lead with 5:03 remaining. After Erving's tain-tin跃进, Washington gave Washington its last lead.
Tonight, Cleveland plays at Boston, Phoenix at the Los Angeles Lakers, New Jersey at Detroit, San Antonio at Denver and Portland at Oakland. Cleveland plays at Houston and Milwaukee plays host to Chicago tomorrow night.
The Celtics looks to the series with Cleveland as a means of getting playoff star Cedric Maxwell back in shape after knee surgery. The 1981
playoff MVP, who scored a team-high 24 points in last year's Game 7 trumpet against the Lakers, underwent arthroscopic surgery in Feb-
"IVE ALWAYS BEEN a major asset during the playoffs," Maxwell said, "so with two months remaining we have to get the ball and get back to 100 percent by the end."
The Cavs started the year 2-19, but rallied to edge Atlanta for eighth place in the Eastern Conference, a
drive that included four victories over the 78ers.
The Lakers, considered by some to be the superior team but still the runner-up to Boston in last year's NBA championship series, take the first step toward a rematch when they play the Suns, plagued by injuries.
"We've achieved just about every goal we set for ourselves," Los Angeles coach Pat Riley said.
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