Desert Sun, 7 May 1975 — Rick Barry Paces Warriors [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Rick Barry Paces Warriors

OAKLAND (UPI) - Kick Barry scored 32 of his 36 points over the final three periods and the Golden State Warriors overcame a 19-point deficit to stun the Chicago Bulls 111-106 and square their NBA Western Conference championship series Tuesday night. The best-of-seven series stands at 2-2 with the fifth game being here Thursday night. The game started as if the Bulls were going to blow the W'arriors out. Jerry Sloan and Bob Love each scored 11 points as Chicago bolted to a 35-18 lead after one quarter and increased it to 39-20 in the first minute of the second period. Golden State then began finding the range and got a big boost off the bench from Jeff Mullins. The Warriors outscored Chicago 30-13 the rest of the quarter to pull within 52-50 at the half. Mullins scored eight of his 12 points in the period and the Warriors connected on 60 per cent of their shots to storm back into contention. Barry erupted for 14 points in the third period but the Bulls retained their two point edge, 84-82, entering the frantic final quarter. The Warriors took the lead for good three minutes into the

period when reserve forward Derrek Dickey hit a layup for a 90-88 lead. The inspired play of center Nate Thurmond kept the Bulls within striking range down the stretch but Dickey’s basket earned an eight point lead with 2:30 left as the Warriors maintained their momentum. Love, who paced the Bulls with 27 points, hit a driving

jumper to cut the lead to 107-104 with 1:07 to go, but Charles Johnson gave the Warriors breathing room with a long jumper Sloan scored 22 points and Chet Walker added 21 for Chicago, which now has a 2-26 playoff record on the road. Dickey added 14 points for the Warriors and Cliff Ray topped all the rebounders with 18.

I GOT IT" Chicago Bulls' Chet Walker (25) grabs a rebound from Golden State Warriors' Keith Wilkes (41) in Tuesday

night’s play-off game at Oakland Warriors won, 111-106, to even series (UPI Telephoto)