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on other people," Knicks coach Jeff
Van Gundy said. ^
Johnson predicted he'll play at ^
some point in the series.
Patrick Ewing will be missing
from the Knicks lineup after suffer- ^
ing a torn Achilles' tendon in the ^
Indiana series.
Without Johnson, containing Dun- ^
can and Robinson would be even more "
difficult for New York than it already P
is likely to be. a
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can do is cause so much foul trouble.
The depth factor inside is critical for p]
us," Van Gundy said Monday in New
York before the team flew to Texas. ^
Van Gundy and the Knicks players
refuse to say whether they'll de- aj
part from common strategy and use ^
single-coverage rather than double- cc
teams against Duncan and Robinson.
The Spurs and Knicks don't re
ally know how they'll stack up against ^
each other with their current lineups
because they never faced each oth- w
er this lockout-shortened season. 31
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is they just formed their team in the nc
playoffs," Spurs Coach Gregg Si
Popovich said. "They are who they Ai
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The last meeting between San
ntonio and New York was March
1,1998, at Madison Square Garden,
he Spurs won that game by 17
oints, largely because of injuries
) Ewing and Chris Dudley.
San Antonio has been watching
le Knicks' eveiy move on television
le past two weeks after defeating
ortland in four games and getting
nearly 10-day layoff until the fials.
"We know the players. We've
ayed against them," Robinson said.
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the finals. On Monday, they were
incentrating on the job at hand.
The Knicks arrived in San Annio
on Monday to find a town virLally
plastered with "Go Spurs
o" signs and cars tooling around
ith Spurs flags flapping from their
ttennas.
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the distractions, but so are the
)urs. "I don't want to hear it," San
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By Terri Langford
Associated Press
HOUSTON ? Houston Astros manager
Larry Dierker had successful
surgery today to remove a tangled mass
of blood vessels in his brain that caused
him to have a seizure m the dugout on
Sunday.
Dr. Rob Parrish said the 51/2 -hour ?
procedure to remove the mass, called j
an arteriovenous malformation, went j
smoothly.
"It looks as though we've got the ?
entire AVM," Parrish said today. "Lat- ?
er this week we will do another an- T
giogram to make absolutely certain we
got it all out." j
Parrish said doctors removed a 4- e
by-3 centimeter area of malformed ves- j.
sels, where Dierker had a blood clot
that hemorrhaged. c
"Having an AVM that ruptures is ^
certainly life threatening," Parrish said. ^
Parrish said recoveiy time is at least
iour weeKS, meaning uierKer will not v
rejoin the team until sometime after ^
the All-Star break. Dierker, who is list- a
ed in critical condition, will remain in
intensive care overnight and will be j(
hospitalized 5-10 days. ^
"This is the best we had hoped e
for,"Astros owner Drayton McLane said.
"This is great progress, and we rejoice ^
in the outcome." s
Parrish said the hemorrhage prob- n
ably occurred several days before the
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Derek Bell
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row we can go out and do wha^he
rained us to do the last three years,
ave fun and play hard." Two
other managers, Joe Torre of
re New York Yankees and John Boles
f the Florida Marlins, have been sidened
because of illness this season.
Tbrre missed the start of the seaDn
while recovering from prostate
lrgery, and Boles missed a total of 13
ames following back surgery and a
Drained neck.
Dierker's condition added to Housrn's
growing list of injured and ill play's
and coaches.
First base coach Jose Cruz left
te team May 10 because of an irreglar
heartbeat, and hitting coach Tbm
[cCraw left six days later for prostate
incer treatment. Cruz is expected back
lis month.
Outfielder Moises Alou tore a knee
jjament when he fell off a treadmill
February and will miss most of the
iason. And third baseman Ken
aminiti has been on the disabled
>t since May 22 with a strained calf.
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