European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes february 1978 Joe Bryant at the Philadelphia tiers appears to be in great agony alter losing a that smarts rebound to Denver David Thompson in an Aba game in Bryant recovered in time to wore u Points in a shul a paces 76ers Over nuggets nets suffer 15fh consecutive loss by Nulud Petesi inter neuronal Doug Collins forced Denver Star David Thompson into an off night wednesday and scored two key baskets As the Philadelphia Tien edged the who had averaged 32 Points in us last 10 was held to u by col Lins and sat out most of the third Quarter after picking up his fourth he finally fouled out with to Thompsons sixth following a Colli Sion Between him and Collins that was called an offensive infuriated Denver coach lorry it was a and of Call that can go either of Alula Laid held scoreless for his first h minutes of playing time in the second Collins Ike look in the final with the mixers Down he hit a then 76ers buy Trade off last to nets Philadelphia a the Philadel phia Stert announced tuesday they have acquired guard Ted Mcclain from the Buffalo braves and have traded Center Wilson the Only Rookie re Manning on the the 76en acquired the 6tootl Mcclain from basketball popped a jumper from the Side with 39 seconds left to make it he iced the game on two foul shots with nine seconds remaining to give him 18 Points Hie Victo Aba Roundup by was the 76ere second in four Days Over the in other Boston topped los an rates 103100 in Detroit cruised by Phoenix new Orleans lipped Chicago and Houston handed the new Jersey nets their 15th consecutive in los Angeles took a 90m Lead in the Over time but Sidney who finished with is rebounds and 17 scored a Basket and hit three foul shots As Boston scored nine of the last la Kareem Abdul Jabbar led the lakers we Tel 30 suns of Bob Lander tied a Goto Arena record with 14 first Quarter then bailed de troit out in the fourth Quarter with six free throws and a Basket As the pistons won their fifth straight an bolls ill Leonard truck Robinson scored 31 Points and pulled Down 10 rebounds As new Orleans scored its Joth consecutive Victory despite us absence of Pete who suffered a knee injury tuesday rackets nets in Calvin Murphy scored his Aba becoming the Zoth player to reach that and Moses Malone scored 23 paints and bad it Aba Box scores nor Jowui a Skuk action team for a third round draft pick this Money in the other the 76en sent the year old who also plays at for to the new Jersey nets for three draft choices a second round Choice in second maid Choice in 1w2 and a third round Choice in with guards Doug Collins and Lloyd free hampered in recent weeks by linger ing Back and anus the 76ers at limes were forced to move 69 Forward Joe Bryant to guard with Henry a second round draft has scored la Points and hauled in Denver inn Philadel Buia Hong out slugs Kasahara to retain title Bydo Sawato Tokyo a Hong Soo Hwan of South lashing out with explosive punches even when under heavy knocked Down japans you Kasahara five limes in a and retained his world boning association Junior featherweight title by a decision wednesday Hong knocked Down Kasahara in the second fifth and ninth rounds and twice in the but the japanese challenger bounced Back each Lime and was attacking Hong in the final in the Early Hong was at his Best when Kasahara attacked and he counter in the fifth Kasahara landed some Good punches and had Hong on the As Kasahara moved Hong Sod Denly floored him with a hard straight in the under heavy Hong landed a hard left to Kasahara head and then knocked him Down with a right both tighten ended the bout before 000spectators with puffed american referee Martin Denkin scored it korean judge Kim Sinkook 145 139 and japanese judge Hiro Yuu Mezati All to favor of the korean Champi Hong scored his first Knockdown in the second round with a left he followed up his fifth round Knockdown by driving Kasahara to the and punishing him but he Knock out the Chal tie korean seemed Likely to win by knockout after knocking Kasahara Down in the closing seconds of the ninth the opening of the 10th and again late in us but after surviving the Kasahara went on the attack against the tiring Cham although quite obviously remembering the fifth round Counte Pundi that flattened him when he had Hong on it was songs 41st Victory against losses and three he has won 15 by ills was Kasahara first loss in i he has won nine of his 12 victories by Ino fight was songs first defense of the title he won front panamas Hector Carrasquilla by a third round knockout b Panama City on he became the first Champion of the newly created i the 28yearold korean earlier Aba bantamweight a title won by beating Southa Fricas am Taylor in Durban in july but March he lost that title to mexican Fonso Zamora by a knockout in los of by it Ctol i w w 1 at i w if r mariners will Host twins in Al opener new York a a ague 1978 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