European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Air defense lakers Happy with Jordan s 98 Points monday june.10, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 25 by Howard Ulman Inglewood Calif. A Michael Jordan has 98 Points in three games of the Aba finals. Imagine what he would have if the los Angeles lakers weren to guarding him so Well. Byron Scott has shadowed him closely and received help from teammates when Jordan drives to the Basket. Jordan made two of his first 11 shots in the second half Friday night. Then he Shook off his slump forcing overtime with a 14-foot jumper with 3.4 seconds left in regulation. He. Made two of his three shots in the extra period with 29 Points As the Chicago bulls won 10496 to Lead the series 2-1. A the s the toughest Guy in the world to guard because he a so talented outside inside taking the Ball to the Basket a los Angeles coach Mike Dunleavy said. T thought we did a great Job on him Friday night a a a we be just got to make sure that allot us have to guard him get a piece of him a lakers Forward Sam Perkins said. A that s the Only Way to contain him because he a going to jump quicker than anybody going to stay in the air a Little bit longer than anybody so you re just going to have to be very cautious and sense his presence everywhere he the lakers have been effective at keeping Jordan from penetrating for acrobatic High flying dunks. Most of his baskets have been from outside. Jordan a exceptional passing ability a he has 34 assists in the series a complicates matters. If he gets double teamed he finds the open Man for easy shots. That was Dunleavy a concern on the tying Basket in the fourth Quarter. Jordan dribbled All the Way up court guarded Only by Scott then hit a 14-footer As lakers Center Vlade Divac jumped out at him. A i did no to even know we guarded As Well As we did a Dunleavy said. A the barely got the Ball Over Vlade. Byron was on coverage of sundays game 4 in tomorrows paper him and help made a difficult with shooters John Paxson and Craig Hodges in the lineup the lakers had to be concerned about Jordan getting the Ball to them. 0a if anybody did go up to double team him a Perkins said a it would have either been a Layup or a 3-pomter�?� by the unguarded player. Jordan jammed his right big toe when he landed after the tying shot and missed practice saturday. Even that Stop him. Chicago coach Phil Jackson said a a he la be. Effective in sundays fourth game. Scott has had the primary task of guarding Jordan and has done it Well. But on offence he a made just three of 14 shots for 14 Points and was scoreless Friday night when he missed All eight shots. He and Dunleavy said the Burden of guarding Jordan Hasni to contributed to that. Dunleavy said he sacrifice Scott a quickness for magic Johnson a size and switch Johnson onto Jordan Ocassio Nally to keep the Chicago Star off balance. A a a you be got to put your Best matchup on him a Dunleavy has hit 40 of his 70 shots in the series so the Best thing to do would be to deny him the Ball. A the moves too Well without the balls for that to happen Scott said. A we know he s going to get his Points. We want to make sure that lie has to work hard Lor them a Dunleavy said. A i thought we made him work a there s not much you Cair do with him a Scott said. A the can just do about anything he wants on the court a Job no. 1 for the lakers is guarding Aba scoring Champion Michael , Zmeskal capture gym crowns Cincinnati apr a relieved Chris Waller studied the final scores of the open senior menus Competition he had just won at the . Gymnastics championships. A a that a far too close a the Urcla gymnast said after seeing his 2.0-Point compulsory Lead dwindle to a winning margin of .14. A a a. A a Waller outlasted teammate Chainey Umphrey and Nebraska a Patrick Kirks by who tied for second. A clan a Tom Schlesinger finished fourth .20 behind Waller. In the women a open senior Competition Houston skim Zmeskal became the first Champion to. Defend her title in 19 Waller began saturdays Competition by scoring 9.70 on the Pommel horse his highest Mark of the Day. A i started out real Well a Waller said a and thought i was going to Nail my routine the Best i could Ever do. My head was going along but my body was being just a Little Waller scored 9.35 on the parallel bars and 9,65 on the High bar he Felt differently after the floor exercise. A after i finished the floor i did no to feel As if i deserved to win but now that its Over ill take it. I believe that i trained harder than anybody and that i deserved to win Umphry Cyl a second place finish was the highest Ever for a Black male gymnast in a . Senior event. Chasing Waller Wasny to fun Umphrey said. A a Gold cups Lance Ringnald and Oklahoma a Jarrod Hanks finished fifth and sixth. The top six finishers earn a spot on the . International team competing in the world championships at Indianapolis on sept. 6-15. A defending Champion John Roethlin Berger of Minnesota finished eighth. Kurt i Homas 35, Artemi _. Comeback alter 11 years finished 22nd. Trent Dimas representing Gold cup narrowly missed serious injury when lie was blinded by a spectators Camara Flash. Dimas missed his Mark on the vault and landed off the safety mat. After judges permitted the gymnast another attempt Dimas scored the Days High Mark of 9.8 to finish 11th. The seventh through 12th-place finishers earned a spot on the . National team. Zmeskal led from Start to finish to win the women s Competition with a score of 78.420, becoming the first repeat Champion since Tracee Talavera in 1982. Doohan nobs 3rd win widens Soock Lead Salzburg ring Austria up a australian Michael Doohan Rode his Honda to Victory in the austrian 500ce motor Cycle grand prix sunday to increase his Lead in the world championship standings. Doohan posted a. Time of 38 minutes. 3.841 seconds for the 29-Lap race on the super fast Salzburg ring circuit. It was his third win this season and together with three seconds and one third he moved to 126 Points in the standings 15 ahead of current world Champion wave Rainey of the United states. Using a Quick Start. Rainey look the Lead for first four laps before pole Sitter Doohan passed him. The two fought a Eccl to wheel Tor the bulk of the race but Doohan was Able to extend the Lead just enough to keep Rainey who closed the Gap near the end at Bay. Rainey broke the Lap record in the final Lap with a time of 1 18.085, travelling at 121.285 Miles per hour. 1 he next Stop on the world Champi. On slip Jarama Spain next weekend. A
