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76ers, Spurs grab 2-0 leads
Lanier leads Milwaukee past Celtics, 116-95
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Moses Malone had 30 points
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while Maurice Cheeks added
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20. Guard Andrew Toney
didn't play for Philadelphia
because of a bruised thigh,
while forward Bobby Jones
was sick with the flu.
this strikeout king thought of
the old one.
"The only thing I know
about Johnson is what I have
read in the newspapers."
Ryan said. "I looked him up
once in the Baseball En-
cyclopedia. but all that gave
me was his stats. It didn't say
too much about the man."
What that revered book of
baseball statistics said about
that original Hall of Earner
was that he had struck out
3.508 batters in a 21-year
career with the Washington
Senators, ending in 1927. That
was tops, until Wednesday,
when the 36-year-old Ryan
struck out five Expos for 3.509
in a career, which has just
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New York led 59-41 at
halftime and scored the first
basket of the third quarter to
go ahead by 20 Ruf the
Knicks hit just three of their
last 17 field goal attempts in
the period as Philadelphia
outscored them 24-9.
Denver fought back to cut
the deficit to 106-101 late in
the game, but the Spurs
scored 10 of the next 12 points
to regain a comfortable
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Spurs 126, Nuggets 109
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assists in a playoff game to
lead San Antonio past injury-
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"Johnny Moore," Spurs
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me," Ryan said. "I was a fan
of Koufax's when I was grow-
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was in highschool."
Among Ryan's major
league records are five
career no-hitters and 383
strikeouts in the 1973 season,
when he was with the Califor-
nia Angels. Both records
broke old Koufax marks.
Ryan, who grew up and
now lives in Alvin. Texas,
some 10 miles from Houston,
is a simple man. A cattle
breeder and farmer. Ryan
never was impressed with
records. They were numbers,
not nearly so important as
heads of cattle. He said he
became aware that Johnson's
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outscored the Celtics 20-6 in
one stretch to take a 51-44 ad-
vantage.
The Bucks jammed the
middle in an effort to
neutralize Boston's strong
front line. The stretegy work-
ed as they outrebounded the
Celtics 66-54
Nate Archibald led the
Celtics with 23 points, while
Sidney Moncrief had 22 for
Milwaukee.
Game 2 will be in Boston
Friday night.
Tiers 98, Knicks 91
Philadelphia held New
York to nine points in the
third period, one more than
the record low for the
playoffs, to wipe out the
California Angels, where his
career blossomed He struck
100 or more batters his first
three seasons with California
— a major league mark -
and had five 300-plus
strikeouts years — also a
record - with the Angels
before leaving via free agen-
Astros9 Ryan becomes baseball9s all-time strikeout leader
night, he lost 6-3 to the
Philadelphia Phillies, strik-
ing out only three
"I didn't put as much
pressure on myself today as I
did against the Phillies."
Ryan said "I got wrapped up
a bit against them, and I was
very disappointed. I got
wrapped up in trying to do it
at home, and I because I
knew Philadelphia was the
type of team that would real-
ly give me a battle. "
Ryan says he still would
like to reach the 4.000 mark in
strikeouts because it would
mean I'll be an effective pit-
cher the next couple of
years " But he doesn't figure
to hold onto the record
Philadelphia's Steve
Carlton has 3.480. with 46
already this season
I can't worry about that,"
Ryan said. 1 just have to win
ballgames if he continues to
have the kind of years he's
having. I'm sure he'll surpass
me."
Ryan began his major
league career with the New
York Mets in 1966. when he
appeared in just two games
He pitched his first full
season for New York in 1968
but was traded in 1972 to the
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warming up for three innings
"On the bench before the
game, we were saying to one
another. It's not gonna be
me. It’s not gonna be me ’ But
we didn't talk about it during
the game More than being in
the record book, though. I'm
disappointed that I didn't
even get a good swing at
him."
Blackwell was a strikeout
victim twice. Ryan's other
victims were Tim Wallach
and Bryan Little. Despite not
reaching his lifetime
strikeout ratio of 9.46 per nine
innings, Ryan pitched well in
winning his second game with
one loss, 4-2. He gave up just
five hits and walked only one
in his eight innings, and the
game was finished by Frank
LaCorte, who retired the side
in order in the ninth.
Ryan began the season 15
shy of breaking one of those
records that once was
thought unbreakable. His
first start was delayed when
tie w as placed on the disabled
list with an inflammed pro-
state gland. He did not pitch
until April 17, when he struck
out seven Expos at the
Astrodome in a 6-3 victory. In
his next start. last Friday
The 13-year veteran, who playoffs. Philadelphia took a
has never been on a cham- 2-0 lead over New York. over-
pionship team surprised coming a 20-point deficit to
everyone, including himself, beat the Knicks 98-91 in the
with an almost-flawless per- other Eastern Conference
rmance as the Milwaukee semifinal. In the West,
icks beat the Boston Celtics George Gervin scored 30
: 16-95 in their playoff opener points and Johnny Moore ad-
Wednesday night tied 26 points and a playoff-
1 had an abnormal game record 20 assists as San An-
Even at 34 you can have an tonio beat Denver 126-109 for I
sbnormal game, " Lanier its second straight victory.
old after hitting 10 of 12 Boston led 38-31 midway
shots scoring 21 points and through the second quarter
pulling down 10 rebounds in when Lanier and the Bucks ।
umutes as the Bucks took took control of the game ,
away Boston's homecourt ad- Lanier scored 12 points in the ।
Surpasses Walter Johnson’s mark
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record was within reach only
when he notched his 3.000th
strikeout on July 4, 1900, and
he didn't begin counting until
he reached 3.500 on April 17
against the Expos.
"I'm really not record
oriented." he said. "I had the
opportunity to break the
record, and I feel fortunate to
be in that position. "
Ryan tied the record by-
striking out catcher Tim
Blackwell, playing in place of
injured Gary Carter, to lead
off the eighth inning. He got
Blackwell swinging wildly at
a 3-2 fastball The next batter
was Brad Mills, who was
pinch hitting for second
baseman Doug Flynn.
Ryan had two quick strikes
on Mills, both fastballs, then
missed with his third pitch.
1-2. Ryan's next pitch was a
curve than came in toward
the left-handed hitting Mills.
Homeplate umpire Bob Engel
called it a strike, and Ryan
had 3,509.
"I don't get too excited
about anything," Ryan said.
"I was more relieved than ex-
cited when it happened. Now,
I can sit back and relax and
get more satisfaction out of
it."
Mills, a 26-year-old utility
infielder, was not happy to
get into the record books in
this fashion.
"I'd rather get in some
other way," he said, "but it’s
history I can’t worry about
that now I thought the
strikeout pitch was outside."
Mills said he was not even
aware that he had become
Ryan's record-breaking vic-
tim He had been in the tunnel
MONTREAL (AP) - The
ri rd book said Walter
lohnson, 3.508 strikeouts.
Best ever The old newspaper
ip said it was unmat-
< liable
But in Nolan Ryan's mind,
th neasure of a fastball was
tha nc Sandy Koufax threw
It s been so long since
Walter Johnson pitched. I
really know very little about
him " Ryan said.
Ryan was resting comfor-
tably in front of a bank of
television cameras and a
large group of newsmen On a
.< ai Wednesday afternoon in
Montreal, the Houston Astros
right-hander had broken
Johnson’s 55-year-old
lifetime strikeout record. It
s only natural to ask what
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