European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse January 1978 the stars and stripes Poge 23 its mine and you cant have it Leonard Robinson left of the new or learn Jan ii Ouita protective of the Ball after he grabbed Ibe rebound away i ram Jojo while 1ft of the Boston the action look place Early in National basketball association contest played in the new Orleans the Jan went on to of score a h41 Victo press International photo kicks stay in thick of races despite Only mediocre Loop records by Fred Down up Spoti writer the Washington bullets and new York kicks Are alike in at least one respect everything they could be a lot worse off than they actually Are in the National basketball associations the bullets have Only a 2520 record and have just come off a five game losing but Are Only two games behind san Aba Roundup Antonio in the nabs Central division while the kicks Are recently lost five straight and yet Are solidly entrenched in second place in the Atlantic the bullets snapped their five game losing Streak when they Defeated the Chi Cago bulls 135107 thursday night while the kicks ran their winning Streak to four games with a 112105 Triumph Over the Kansas City Bob Dandridge scored a season High 37 Points and Kevin Grevey had 26 to Lead the bullets to their Triumph Over the bulb at Dandridge scored 21 of his Points in first half when the bullets soared to a g84i Elvin Hayes added 19 Points and 10 rebounds to the washing ton Loul and combined with Wes Unseld to div ii Cage up ii a Minn m hum inn nc44 Muon ill huuiuii06ll sum Polim a crinum thu l North null in i Hill in i 100 uni a nimm n Hunt Wal Sun cilia i lit to sewn Sutt 1m is Khz inh 10 t Krumn Sun Chi a hid Sriniv Lurli j i in ii 4t a toil Blok i1mj Onur idea tit 11 Aam Lam tit twit 1110 ii ii to mint tll11 he Hanm Lmh 1mi 14 u Jimr Elf Mil suit inn m hold Artis Gilmore to ii Mickey Johnson scored 25 Points for the who had won six of their previous seven we needed a big said with the injuries weve had and the losing this is just what we Earl Monroe scored nine of his game Aba boxes in kill Al null 10s Kansas r in Idilio Iii i m l la Tulili u 11 loom t h Kwilin i m a Nuong i my b new Rotl Llyl imm Icilin Haj Milton 14 41 pm i h i to Ounim i City a a v its nut it t4 b 111 Clef Ian i 1 1111 Mir n Iii rat 1 14 m pm Mcgill 11 4 it Rutemu m pin Duhr 1 1 j Arm mrok l i i hts Wal to Tura Tutt it m Hurtt 110t i unwind 11 or Lam 1 01 Hahn i 1 h Jim ii 1 1 mum 04 k Fra it Wllbur Towt h 14 11jo if i a flu Toul High is Points during a five minute fourth period surge which paced the kicks to their win Over us Kings in new the Kings rallied from a i Point deficit to tie the score at 8888 with almost nine minutes remaining in the game and the kicks led by Only 9289 before Monroe led the win Ning we dont have the instinct to put team away when we get ahead of Monroe attempting to explain How the kicks squandered their big Early but we had the game in hand All the the Abil Ity to play Well when you have to also is the Mark of a very Good team and that what we elsewhere in the the Portland trailblazers scored a 11277 Victory Over the new Jersey nets while the Indiana at Cleveland game was postponed because of Bill Walton scored 27 Points and bad m rebounds although playing Only half the game As Portland won its 42nd straight game at Home and 23rd of this the blazers outscored the nets 3117 in the second period to take a 5w7 halftime wha sums new be bit us King i 1 Amu a Tell l of Jet Kiwi 1 i pour 4 j Fantt itt Hll Arnm 0 1t caring in 1 h by Hal 1 m Ehlt 11 ii 11 Imi Mimi it 11 cil Lunn i h Styli Jarl toi4ii t 1311 113 h a Wiull 14 l 3f 10113 found tkm4ui Jan Oku Tail it rms it Rama do nil Ivin Aappo it Menton turd hew two 11 in Tuuu pm it aril a no Limu Hinton tm4ji ii Esposito hot As Chicago rips Barons by Mark Friedman Upin ports writer a paralysing blizzard built a Wall around Chicago thursday night while Tony Esposito Huitt his own Little Wall to front the As Esposito was kicking out 21 shots to record his fourth shutout of the year and 62nd lifetime in the Black Hawks m pasting of the Cleveland another Stan was vaulting past Jean bal Licau into seventh place on the All time nil scoring list with his 508th career and Only 527 Hearty souls showed up because of the miserable weather that was the smallest Chicago crowd Ive but i dont blame the fans for not hockey Roundup coming said we were Lucky to get to the game As for he was his usual modest i dont keep track of he casually dismissing any further conversation on the id Call it a Ream Ivan bold Rev scored his Isle goal of the season Midway through the first period and Mikita scored his 506th on a Power play with five minutes left in the Mikulla also set up i ornate John Marks for Chicago third goal Early in the third period to give the line 23 Points in their last five games As the Hawks continued to they have lost Only once in their last nine outings and scared their fifth win in a Row on Home Alain Dangle beat Baron goalie Gary Edwards into the third period and Phil Russell scored Chicago first Short handed goal of the year just later to dose out Chicago we got off to a Good Start in the first said Hawks coach and general manager Dob we fell asleep in the second period but Esposito made some key saves to keep us in other the new York islanders Toronto Minnesota surprised Buffalo Boston edged Colorado Montreal slugged Atlanta los Angeles dubbed Louis and Philadelphia trounced Vancouver Pittsburgh at Detroit was postponed by in the world hockey Houston nipped Winnipeg islanders Maple Leafs 2 Mike Bryan Denis Potvin and Clarke Gillies each scored goals and Billy Smith stopped 33 shots to Lead the islanders Over the coupled with Philadelphia win Over kept the islander sin a firs place lie with he flyers in the Patrick North stars Phrolov Brasats third period goal lifted the stars to Brasats his Lith of the came on a Power play at of the final Buffalo opened the scoring on Craig Sui goal of the Roland Erick sons goal had lied it for Brasats Terry Oreilly and Gary Doak scared late third period goals to lift Boston to a Rick Middleton and Stan Jonathan were Lite other Boston scorers while Joe Dennis Owchar and Gary Roleau scored for the oui imams Laota z Guy Jacques Lemaire and Bob Gainey scored second period goals and Ken Dryden stopped j2 shots to Pace the win upped the canadians continued an Page 21
