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NEW ORLEANS (OPlj—The Pittsburgh . Pipers wrapped a bandage around Connie Hawkins’ injured knee and put him back in the starting lineup Wednesday .and because of that -the Pipers are- going home today with a chance for the American Basketball Association title.The Pipers beat' the -New Orleans Buccaneers i 18-112 behind Hawkins’ 41 points Wednesday to even the ABA finals at 3-3*. The deciding game trill be played in Pittsburgh Saturday night, Hawkins injured, his knee last Thursday fa New Orleans when the Bucs beat Pittsburgh 106-1051, Hawkins, the -ABA faOStvaluable player, sat out Saturday night’s game fa Pittsburgh, and again the Pipers lost, ill* 108.But hack.: fa the lineup wearing yards of tape around his knee/ Hawkins surprised everyone, including his coach, Vface Cazzetta,. and led Pittsburgh back from a 72-59 half-time deficit,‘T. .wouldn’t have believed it” Cazzetta. said. “I thought maybe he had about 30.”Cazzetta carefully avoided predictions, of .foe outcome of tim ichampjohslup game.“I fast told my .hoys to get this one,”’- said Cazzetta.'. “1 think IPs going to be a tremendous game in Fitts* burgh.” - _A ;; ;t“Hie first half we played terrible. defense,” Cazzetta said. “You give up 72 points—tljpt’s bad. We were not reacting and making the adjustments properly.”Cazzetta said one of the major factors fa the game was the number of fouls against New Orleans players, specifically guard Larry Brown who played much of the final period with five fouls.‘When Larry Brown is in foul trouble or tiring or running down, the Bucs are in trouble,” Cazzetta said. “He’s the lifeline of the dub.”Cazzetta said he thought the home court advantage would not be very significant when the ,two teams meet In Pittsburgh.“They beat us two out of three in Pittsburgh- and we heat them two. out of three fa New Orleans,” Cazzetta. said. “So what’s tbe home court advantage?”Lineups:eiTTiaunoH-rtnHerman, S-4—20; Washington, 4-0—*; Hawkins, 15-11-41 i Vaughn, 2-1—5; Williams, 10-3-23; Jarvis, 7-4-11; Wright, (MM); Porter, 1-t—3- Totals: FG—47, F—24(341—111- . .HEW ORLEANS—112 .MoraTand, 7-0-14; Mot, 10-2-25; Robbins, *3—17; Brown, 5-1—11?' Jones, 9-2—20; Branson, 5-7—17? Go van, 0-2—2; Mite hell, (KM); WMby, 2-0-4. Totab; FG—46, F—17(23)—112.Score bv periods:Pittsburgh ....... 33 36 34 25-118New Orient* ........32 40 21 17—111Personal Fools: Herman 4, Washington 3; Hawkins 3, Vaughn 2,. .Williams 2, Jarvis 1, Wright t. Porter Z Moreland 5, Moe 3, Robbins 4, Brown 5, Jones 4, Branson 3, Mitchell 1.Total Fouia: Pittsburgh it. New Or* leans 25.. Three-Point Field Goats: Moo.?Attendance: *;5WO. •
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Monessen Valley Independent
Monessen, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, May 02, 1968
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