European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Tabasco wins for Lukasus by de Schuyler or Baltimore a the Heartbreak of december was replaced by the Sweet smell of Success for d. Wayne Lukas when Tabasco cat won the Preakness for someone the Trainer considers special a his son Jeff. Tabasco cat Given a perfect ride by jockey Pat Day out dulled Kentucky Derby Winner go for Gin in the stretch and won by three quarters of a length. The Victory came five months and five Days after Tabasco cat got Loose in the Santa Anita stable area and ran Over 36 c.119th Preakness staked year old Jeff Lukas his fathers assistant causing serious brain injuries Lukas is recovering and watched the race from his Home in Glendora Calif. A i know he was watching and he a a pc. The Lukasz third Preakness Victory came one year after his Union City broke Down in the Preakness and was destroyed. Tabasco cat who finished sixth in the special Guy a Wayne Lukas said. A my noughts were with him As the Colt went roughly run Kentucky Derby two weeks ago had no problems at All in negotiating the 1 3-16 Miles of the Preakness which he did in 1 56 2-5. A we got a picture trip today a said the 40-Ycar-old Day also winning his third Preakness. A we had go for Gin it seemed like anytime we wanted a this Colt go for Gin really ran hard a jockey Chris Mccarron said. A Tabasco cat got the jump on me at the eighth pole and he give it Day kept Tabasco cat on the rail and see Tabasco on Page 30 the stars and Stripe sports May 23,1994 Page 32 in Over by Michael a. Lutz Houston a the Houston rockets finally became heroes to their fans instead of heartbreaker. Hakeem Olajuwon virtually unstoppable inside had 37 Points and 17 rebounds saturday leading the rockets to a 104-94 Victory Over Phoenix in the seventh game of their Western conference semifinal playoff series. Quota. A a. A a v a a a the Heartbreak and pain a was for Charles Barkley who May have ended his career by being tossed see Page 27 for Aba playoff Box scores from the game after hobbling up and Down the court with a Groin injury. He was ejected with 7.4 seconds left then said he plans to get medical advice about his chronic Back pain before continuing his career a the Bottom line is in a not going to play with the pain in be been in a Barkley said. A a in a going to get with the doctors and if they can make me better. If not its been a great ride. Its strictly a medical decision. But in a not going to torture myself the end for Barkley came with Houston ahead by seven. Barkley fouled Olajuwon hard while he was dunking Vernon Maxwell charged in to object and Barkley shoved Maxwell who also was ejected. The rockets who blew a 20-Point Lead with 10 minutes to go in game 2 and lost 124-117 in overtime had a Chance to fade again when the playoff hardened suns closed what had been a 16-Point deficit to 77-76 late in the third Quarter. A we had control from the beginning and maintained it throughput the game a Olajuwon said. A i was concerned when they Cut our Leaa and i stayed concerned until the last few Houston declined the invitation to fold and took a 90-80 Lead with 7 12 left. Phoenix kept fighting Back but the rockets refused to be denied. The suns pulled to 9792 with 1 42 to go but Olajuwon waded through heavy traffic for a Dunk with 1 30 to play. Then Rookie Reserve Sam Cassell who scored 22 Points added a pair of free throws with 23 seconds left sealing the suns Fate. A i think the Best team won this series a Barkley said. A i Felt coming in if they made their shots it would be Tough to beat them. In a very proud of our team. It was a Good game throughout but we get Over the jazz Star Karl Malone right accepts congratulations from nuggets diem by Mutombo following saturday s game. Prediction rockets in 6 by Bill Barnard a basketball writer Here show the a bad a Western conference final pairing Between Houston and Utah which begins tonight in Houston shapes up averages Are for All playoffs unless otherwise noted season meetings each team is 3-3 with one of the wins coming on the others Home court. Key players Utah Karl Malone 27.6 Points 12.3 rebounds John Stockton 14.5 Points 10.0 assist Jeff Hornacek 14.7 Points Elton Spencer 8.4 Points 7.8 rebounds Jay Humphries 7,4 Points. Houston Hakeem Olajuwon 30.6 Points 12.6 re Bounds 3.8 Block Sotis Thorpe 14.3 Points 8.9 rebound Vernon Maxwell 14,3 Points Sam Cassell 12.7 Points in last five games against Phoenix Kenny Smith 12.3 Points. Outlook this could turn into a scoring Duel Between Olajuwon and Malone. Spencer has the bulk that Phoenix lacked to defend Olajuwon but he tends to get in foul trouble and it could get ugly if Tom Chambers has to spend a lot of minutes guarding Olajuwon. The three guards on each team will play almost All of the minutes. Utah has a big Edge in savvy with Stockton Hornacek and Humphries. Prediction Houston in 6. On Salt Lake City a the Utah jazz desperate to avoid one of the most embarrassing defeats in Aba history finally ended Denver a memorable playoff run saturday. Karl Malone scored 31 Points As Utah halted its playoff skid against the upstart nuggets with a 91-81 Victory in game 7 of the Western conference semifinals. A everybody loves Cinderella everybody loves the underdog. So it was neat to get the Job done a Malone said. The jazz led 3-0 in the series before Denver rallied to Square the series 3-3. As the 17th straight Home team to win a game 7, Utah avoided the embarrassment of becoming the first team Ever to lose an Aba playoff after leading 3-0. He hit 12 of 23 shots and also pulled Down 14 rebounds As the jazz earned Only their second trip to the Western conference finals. In 1992, Utah lost in six games to Portland. Jeff Hornacek scored 18 Points for the jazz. Reggie Williams had 17 Points Mah Mou Abdul Rauf 14 and Brian Williams see jazz on Page 30 3 a v 1 246850
