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Nuggets tie NBA record
on
ONE MORE RIDE
with 23rd straight loss
• Pacers 106, Jazz 102
Non-winner Gibson leads
Broncos
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fifth straight home game and
snapped Portland’s four game
winning streak.
Allen Iverson also had 22
points for the 76ers, who have
won seven of their last 10 over-
all. Arvydas Sabonis had 30
points and 12 rebounds for the
Blazers.
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win, lose & DREW
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle
Mariners are talking with Los
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) —
Fans in his hometown wonder
why New Orleans native Kelly
Gibson doesn’t take it easy once
in a while.
He has a ready answer: run-
ning scared.
"I don't enjoy playing that
much golf," he said Friday after
carding a 5-under-par 66 in the
second round to lead the
Phoenix Open. "I think it’s un-
healthy. But I'm totally miser-
able when I take a week off, un-
less I've got $300,000 in the
bank, and that hasn't happened
to me so far."
Gibson plays in any event for
which he’s ellgibile. He played in
203 in the last six years, with a
PGA-hlgh 36 in 1997. But his
best finish is a tie for third in
Las Vegas two years ago.
"I made 24 cuts, which might
have been close to being the
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Tim Hardaway scored 27
points as Miami handed injury
most out there, and half of my
finishes were in the back of the
pack,” Gibson said. “So mentally
that wears you down.”
His 9-under 133 was good for
a one-shot lead over Vijay Singh,
who won the Phoenix in 1995.
and defending champion Steve
Jones.
Brent Geiberger also got to 9-
under, but only got in 33 holes
before play was suspended. He
and 12 others had to finish the
frost-delayed second round be-
fore starting today’s third round.
Mike Hulbert followed his
tournament-best 63 opening
with a 72 and was two shots
back in a three-way tie with
David Duval and Steve Stricker.
Scott Verplank went the
other way, shooting 73-63.
Verplank had an eagle, six
birdies, one par and a bogey on
the back nine to come within
•Suns 93, Nuggets 77
At Phoenix, Antonio McDyess,
traded from Denver to Phoenix
Slam debut, but noted Serena’s
reputation for never losing to
the same person twice.
Hingis tightened her game,
pulled out a 6-4. 4-6, 6-4 victory
over the No. 29-ranked Russian,
and said, “I was the luckier
player at the end."
In their previous meetings,
Hingis had won 6 1, 6 3 at the
French Open last year and the n
6 3, 6-2 at Wimbledon.
"I think I showed myself that
I can play her and top players....
1 think if I become a little more
experienced, I would be able to
win the French," the next of this
year's Grand Slams, Kournikova
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one shot of the PGA record of 8-
under for nine holes. The big
finish got him to 136, along with
Billy Andrade and Jesper
Parnevik.
Jones ruined what could have
been a sensational round with
four bogeys in the last eight
holes.
"Sometimes I get the momen-
tum going good and sometimes I
get it going bad," Jones said.
But Jones, who set records
for this tournament for shots off
par (26) and score (258) last
year and won by 11 strokes, was
fourth last week in the Bob
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•Celtics 89, Hawks 85
Antoine Walker scored the
go-ahead basket off a jump ball
with 31.7 seconds remaining
and the Boston Celtics recov-
ered after squandering a 22-
point lead at Atlanta.
Walker led the Celtics with 19
points, but he had only two in
the second half until the win
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — One bettor
:has $500,000 riding on the
: Denver Broncos covering the
'.spread In the Super Bowl.
; Others have a mere $5 wagered
I on whether the Green Bay
: Packers will score more points
. than Michael Jordan on Sunday.
Across this gambling city,
: gamblers are betting large and
I small, straight and strange, on
I what is expected to be the
, biggest bet Super Bowl ever.
: Already, heavy betting on
both teams has caused the
: point spread to fluctuate from
:121/2 to 131/2 and back down
Ito 111/2, where it was in most
Icasinos Friday. And with the
’weekend at hand, oddsmakers
were bracing for long lines of
eager bettors up to kickoff
Sunday.
‘Tomorrow (Saturday) should
be a madhouse and Sunday will
be oul of control," said John
Avello, sports book manager at
Bally’s hotel-casino.
While the Packers remain
heavy favorites to win the game,
that hasn’t stopped Broncos
fans from wagering on their
team.
So many bets were coming in
on the Broncos, in fact, that the
line in the game moved two full
points from where it had
climbed in the hours following
the conference championship
games for both teams.
"Out of every 50 tickets we're
writing. 45 are on the Broncos,"
Avello said. "But the five that are
on the Packers are for the bigger
money."
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at the end of overtime.
With the score tied and one
second left, Chicago's Jason
Caffey caught an alley-oop in-
bounds pass from midcourt and
tried to dunk. Jayson Williams
came over and attempted lo
block the shot, but was called
for goaltending.
Caffey was wide open be-
cause the Nets, due to a mixup
on the sidelines, had only four
players on the court. Rookie
Keith Van Horn scrambled off
the bench at the last second, but
was too late to help out.
Michael Jordan scored 32
points for Chicago. Williams led
New Jersey with 23 points and
23 rebounds.
Rodman, the league's leading
rebounder, was sent back to
Chicago by coach Phil Jackson
after missing the team
shootaround Friday morning.
By The Associated Press
The Denver Nuggets tied an
NBA record that nobody wants.
They lost their 23rd straight
game Friday night with a 93-77
loss at Phoenix. That matched
the single-season mark for con-
secutive losses set by the
Vancouver Grizzlies during their
inaugural season in 1995-96.
"I don't want to be the sole
owner of that record." Denver
forward Johnny Newman said.
"We have to go all out now and
try not to get it."
If the Nuggets lose their next
two games — Saturday at the Los
Angeles Clippers and Tuesday
at home against New Jersey —
they will break the NBA record
for consecutive losses during
any period.
That mark is held by the
Cleveland Cavaliers, who lost 24
straight over two seasons in
1982.
Denver (2-38) also is trying to
avoid the record for fewest wins
in a season — nine by the 1972-
73 Philadelphia 76ers.
"Once we turn this thing
around and get the players we
need next year, we can move
forward and put this tiling be-
hind us," coach Bill Hanzlik
said.
Elsewhere in the NBA. it was
Indiana 106, Utah 102;
Philadelphia 98, Portland 87;
Boston 89. Atlanta 85; Chicago
100. New Jersey 98 in overtime;
Miami 102, Orlando 90; San
Antonio 81, Dallas 75; and
Vancouver 88. Golden State 80.
Meanwhile, U.S. Open runner-
up Greg Rusedski's loss left only
five of the 16 men's seeds surviv-
ing. The big-serving left-hander
fell 7-6 (7-5), 6-4. 6-2 to
Australian Todd Woodbridge, a
semifinalist last year at
Wimbledon, where he beat
Michael Chang and Patrick
Rafter.
The third-round meeting
between defending champion
Hingis and Kournikova, a 16-
year-old who is her junior by
eight months, came after the
Williams sisters, also 17 and 16,
had played on Center Court in
the second round. Elder sister
Venus ended Serena's Grand
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)
- The "veterans" still have the
upper hand among the under 18
bunch pushing to the top of
women's tennis. Anna
Kournikova sent some rockets
past defending champion
Martina Hingis on Saturday that
signaled the gap is narrowing.
On the men’s side, Andre
Agassi is catching up with the
No. 1 he used to be. After ousting
a seed in the second round, he
advanced to the Australian
Open's round of 16 by dispatch-
ing Italian Andrea Gaudenzi in
67 minutes — 6-2, 6 2, 6-0 — al-
lowing Just seven points in the
17-minute final set.
SUPER BOWL Sunday!!
January 25,1998
Come Watch The Game With Us! —
"You’ve got two very popular Angeles about a trade that
teams with marquee players in- would send Randy Johnson to
volved," Magliulo said. "Coupled the Dodgers for three players,
with the fact the game is so including right-hander Ismael
close and bettors will come here Valdes. The Seattle Times re-
on their way to the game will ported.
casual bettors have been betting able to wager on anything from
the Broncos," said Michael which player will score the first
“Roxy” Roxborough, who set the touchdown to whether Phil
opening line for the game in Mickelson's score in Sunday’s
Nevada sports books. "But the fourth round of the Phoenix
large bets are on Green Bay." Open will be higher than the to-
That wasn't necessarily the tal yards gained by Green Bay’s
case at Caesars Palace, where Robert Brooks
Vince Magliulo said he has Bettors can also bet without
taken big bets on both teams, a point spread, getting $25 for
Still, Magliulo said most ol the every $10 bet if Denver wins the
money has been bet on the game outright.
Broncos. Some 200 different proposi-
We’ve taken five- and six fig- tion bets around the city tanta-
ure bets on both teams, said lize bettors to come up with an-
Magliulo. the assistant vice other $5 or $10 to keep their in-
president of race and sports at terest in a game they might
the resort. "But up to this point otherwise be losing.
the majority of the money has "By far the most popular bet
come in on Denver, is the player to score the first
While oddsmakers have had touchdown." Roxborough said,
to adjust the point spread to try "People love that one. I think
and balance the betting between some like to get their decisions
the teams, most of the big over early"
betting will be done in the 48 Even bettors who lose their
hours prior to kickoff. money during the first half of the
But even with an estimated game will have a chance to get it
80 percent of the money still to back. Most sports books will
be bet, bookmakers were confi- offer an adjusted halftime line
dent they would surpass the le- that for some gamblers will be
gal sports book betting record of their final chance this season.
$70.9 million set in the 1996
Super Bowl (between Dallas and
Pittsburgh). Nevada casinos
have the only legal sports bet-
ting in the United States.
Rik Smits scored 25 points plagued Orlando its sixth
and Indiana overcame a 15- straight loss, the Magic's
point deficit in the second half longest losing streak in six
to defeat Utah for the first time years.
since 1994.
most of the big money bets were certainly enhance the wager
on the Packers. Smaller bettors, ing.”
meanwhile, mostly favored the While the straight betting line
Broncos. will get the most action in
"After the initial rush, all the sports books, bettors will be
in October, scored a season- Reggie Miller added 22 points
high 24 points against his and Antonio Davis had a sea-
former team. son-high 21 as the Pacers ended
Cliff Robinson added 15 a seven-game losing streak to
points for the Suns, who won for the Jazz. Mark Jackson had a
the seventh time in 11 games, season-high 18 assists for
The Suns are 26-13 overall, Indiana.
compared to 14-25 at this stage Karl Malone led Utah with 26
last season. points, while John Stockton had
Bobby Jackson led Denver 18 points and 11 assists for the
with 18 points, visitors.
•Bulls 100, Nets 100, OT »7 6ers 9 8, Trail Blazers 8 7
At East Rutherford, N.J., Derrick Coleman scored 14 of
Chicago, playing without Dennis his 22 points in the fourth
Rodman, won on a bizarre play quarter as the 76ers won their
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