European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse April 1977 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Portland Bill Walton blocks a shot by Dan Issel of Denver real for the hard fighting nuggets Las minute Portland 10 Den veil api Forward Maurice Lucas hit a 14foot turnaround jumper with ii seconds lifting the Portland Trail blazers in a 101100 National basketball As social Ion playoff Victory Over the Denver nuggets wednesday the Triumph gave Portland a 10 Edge in the Western conference sem Denver David Thompson had rallied the nuggets from an eight Point deficit late in the third the nuggets reeled off cols eskimos sign 3 Back who played in nil Edmonton a four players with National football league experience who had trials last year with Edmonton Eski mos have been signed by the Canadian football league the eskimos announced they have signed running Back Joe defensive end skip defensive Back John Thomas and offensive guard Mike who played four games with Edmonton in was Cut by the Buffalo Bills of the National football Williams and Thomas had five Day trials with the eskimos while Hoban was waived through the league after being put on waivers by the Winnipeg Blue Williams played with the san Diego chargers for two Thomas was drafted by the new York giants and Hoban was signed in 1975 by the Chicago Lumper by Lucas gives 1100 win Over Denver 10 Points in a Row at the Slart of the fourth with Thompson scoring five of to take an 8177 Portland free throws helped get the blazers and Center Bill Waltons re bound Basket with left put Portland on top a pair of free throws by Willie Wise and Thompsons Layup put Denver ahead again but Thompson then went from hero to he missed two free throws at Aba Roundup and Portland Dave Twardzik got a Basket to Cut Denver Lead to one Thompson then threw the Ball away under and Lucas hit a Field goal with 35 seconds left for a 9998 Blazer Thompsons two free throws with 20 seconds left gave Denver its last the Trail blazers called time out and went to Lucas on the in Bounds pass for the game Denver Ted Mcclain missed a forced 18foot shot As time Trail blazers nuggets 100 Portland ii lure Toltl 1 ii j Al a Hailu 11 j vrgie1 1 2 0 j r 3 i Caiiou 3 0 10 turn 2m3i3i Oenver Kiwi b Jones a Silas 154 Chi mgt 1 Sixl Lair 3joo t Portland Renwer Fousst Oul b Jones Taul a 17 23212124101 Llund Denur 2j jobber Sparks lakers win in 2ndround Aba opener los Angeles a Kareem Abdul Jabbar scored 27 Points and grabbed is re i continued on Aye 23 jets Blank mariners in wha series Winnipeg a two goals by Mats Lindh wednesday night helped the Winni Peg jets to a 30 Victory Over the san Diego mariners and a 32 Lead in their world hockey association quarterfinal playoff Winnipeg can Advance to the semifinals by winning sixth game of the Besto seven series Friday night in san a seventh if will be played Here Lindus goal at of the opening period was the Only score of the game through the first two Lindh then made 20 at of the final period before fellow swede Willy Linds train closed out the scoring just Over four minutes Winnipeg goaltender Joe Daley stopped 25 shots to record the first shutout of this he was tested in the first when san Diego fired 14 shots at the but had a relatively easy time after jets mariners 0 first period Lindh 1 penalties second period no turd Lind i 1 x Stetson goal 4 12 121 41 san Oaler a Lukowich Sparks Aero to 41 win Over oilers Edmonton up ii Norris Lukowich scored three goals to spark the Houston Aero to a 41 Victory Over the Edmonton oilers wednesday night in a wha playoff the win gives the Aero a commanding 31 Lead in the bestow seven the series resumes Friday in Ted Taylors Power play Effort late in the first period broke a 11 Claude Sauveur fired the Lone Edmonton the oilers held a wide Edge in play in the opening but they were foiled repeatedly by Houston goalie Wayne hut Aero oilers 1 i i t Edmonton 100 1 first period Luk Micin 2 w irk Howe St Idin Ovir i 3 Taylor 2 Imil rec Tom nil 18 10 18 second Lukowicz 1 Penally ii if third period v Lukowicz 4 i rus 43 sat Sonoal mi2 if Edmonton 14 ml31 Rutledge Broderick a 1ww Shaver turn pro Toronto a Canadian figure skating champions Lynn Nightingale and him Shaver have turned pro and have signed three year contracts to tour with ice Aba sets tied teams draft priority new York up basketball association has decided the order in which teams finishing with the same re cords will get priority in the collegiate the preference will be determined on the basis of the tying teams records against each five different tic situations resulted in the leagues final standings and the Aba used article to resolve the As a Buffalo will draft ahead of Houston in front of Portland and Philadelphia ahead of follow ing 31 seasons cries Kansas City and the new York kicks finished in a three Way with Seattle compiling the Best record against its two opponents Kansas City second 531 and the kicks third in the fou Way lie among Chi Detroit and san Boston has the Edge followed by Chicago Detroit 155 and san Antonio the final draft disregarding is new York nets Buffalo Milwaukee Atlanta Phoenix new Orleans Indiana Seattle Kansas City new York kicks Cleveland Boston Chicago Detroit san Antonio Golden state Washington Houston Portland Phil Adelphia Denver los in the first Winner of the Coin will select first and the Kansas which received the nets Choice in a will select
