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Bucs Defeat Pipers, Even Up PlayoffsPITTSBURGH (AP) — Ball-hawking Larry Brown and Jimmy Jones led New Orleans to a 109-100 victory over Pittsburgh Saturday night and evened the American Basketball Association’s final playoff series at 1-1.Brown scored 28 points and Jones hit 24 and both cut off Pittsburgh’s fast break with repeated steals.Doug Moe, Jack Moreland and Austin Robbins dominated both boards and stymied Pittsburgh’s Connie Hawkins, the league's Most Valuable Player. Moe added 22 points and Robbins had 18.Hawkins hit only one field goal in the first half and had only 18 points when he fouled out late in the third quarter. He had averaged more than 20 through the first nine playoff games.New Orleans pulled ahead in the second period but Pittsburgh came back for a one-point lead midway through the third.Brown dropped in a bucket at 6:25 of the third quarter and New Orleans led the rest of I lie way.The third game of the best-of-7 series for the league’s first championship will be in New Orleans Wednesday night.NEW ORLEANS PITTSBURGH R F T q FTMland 5 2-5 12 Hey man 1 0-0 2Koe 9 i-6 71 Waston 4 0-0 aRobtnns 9 4-6 18 Hkins 5 8-9 IBSrowrts 8 12-12 28 WJTams 7 2-217J*7P.e.s 7 10 u 28 Vaughn 6 7-7 27Widfcy 0 0-0 0 Jarvis 8 2-2 IBGovan 0 i-t 1 Wright i 0-1 2Brson 1 2*2 4 Porter 13-4 5Vadafc 0 G-Q 0Kellv 0 3-3 3Totals 37 35-46 10? Totals 35 25-35 ICONew Orleans ............ 22 3 2 30 25—10?Pittsburgh, ........... 22,25 24 «—100Three-pomJ goaJs—Williams, Vaughn, 4.Personal fouls— New Orleans 23, Pittsburgh j2.Fouled out—Hawkins, Williams.Attendance 3,r77.
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Danville Register
Danville, Virginia, US
Sun, Apr 21, 1968
Page 47
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