European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 21 John Lucas teammates angered warriors say Lucas is finished up guard John Lucas has played his last game As a member of the Golden state an angry Franklin team told Warrior players at a practice session last sunday that Lucas would not remain on the it was revealed who is playing out his of missed last weeks game against the new York the fourth time this season he has missed a the play maker has also missed a plane trip and several the 61 guard was told not to make the current three game Road trip even though his contract signed five years ago with the hous ton rockets and expiring this season prevents his team from suspend ing him without Mieuli said other members on the team have become upset As a result of Lucas even Mil mannered Guys like Bernard Purvis Short and Joe Barry Carroll were their Basic message Here we fight ing for the and were play ing shorthanded and even under these he Doest show Al stars play sunday Ohio a Julius Erv Kareem Larry Bird and 19 other stars will be on display sunday when the East entertains the West in the 31st National basketball association All Star game at the its a prime showcase for the with Many of the leagues top players competing in the nationally televised with the super bowl out of the this is the Chance for pro basketball to make its bid to move out of footballs its a big event this Means anywhere from million to million in new Money to the said Richard senior vice president of the greater Cleveland growth Assoc a More important than the Money to me is the image said Bob Ulas of the greater Cleveland convention and visitors this will show people who never would have come to Cleveland that this is a big league City on the the East leads the series 1911 and won last years game 144138 in but the West shapes up As the team with More explosive firepower this the five leading scorers in the league All Are on the West squad Adrian Dantley of Moses Malone of George Gervin of san Otis Birdsong of Kansas City and Abduljabba of los an they Are averaging Points per the West As picked in fan bal Are Dantley and Walter Davis of Phoenix at Abduljabba at Center and Gervin the most valuable player of last years when he scored 34 Points for the East and Paul Westphal of Seattle at the picked by conference Are forwards Jamaal Wilkes of los Angeles and Len truck Robinson of Pho centers Malone of Houston and Jack Sikma of and guards Birdsong of Kansas City and Dennis Johnson of Phoe Philadelphia the leading vote getter in the fan Heads the Start ing five for the East he is joined by Dan Roundfield of Atlanta at Artis Gilmore of Chicago at and Eddie Johnson of Atlanta and Reggie Theus of Chicago at the reserves include three members of the Boston celtics Forward Center Larry Bird one of three celtics Robert Parish and guard Nate other East substitutes Are guard Michael Ray Richardson of new York and forwards Bobby Jones of Philadelphia and Marques Johnson of with Victory Over 76ers blazing celtics claim top spot by United press International theres something to be said for life at the but Boston coach Bill Fitch had nothing to the celtics finally moved into first place in the rugged Atlantic division but Fitch says he Doest have much time to savor the new the behind Larry Birds 24 Points and 21 Points from Robert edged the Philadelphia 76ers 104101 for their 13th straight Victory and 25th in the last 26 the Triumph also moved 12 percentage Points ahead of the 4410 i always enjoy a win but i cant let it mean much More than said it Means we can enjoy life for the next Day or but 12 percentage Points Doest seem like much when youve got Chicago coming in not looking Over my Shoul Der at in so used to looking out in front at the celtics got a pair of 18point performances from Cedric Maxwell and Nate who also had 10 the biggest Lead of the just seven was held by Boston on Only three Occas the final time being 9083 with to the mixers stayed in the game behind the clutch shooting of Julius who scored 35 including 10 straight late in the but the celtics grabbed the Aba Roundup final margin on two Parish free throws with nine seconds to play and Bostons stingy defense prevented the mixers from even getting off a shot to the Overall result is that we let them climb on our backs a Little too said who hit on 15of26 Fiel goal one game Doest make or break a season and i dont think our players feel like were on a second place i know i elsewhere in the Aba bullets suns 98 at Greg Ballard scored 26 Points and Kevin Porter added 21 to Lead surging the Victory was the bullets ninth in the last 10 pacers warriors 102 at James Edwards and George Mcginnis combined for 43 Points and fuelled a second Quarter surge that lifted rockets nets 99 at Moses malones 29 Points led the it was the fifth time in the last seven games that Houston was Able to hold their opponent under 100 the Victory moved the rockets into second place in the Midwest Bucks supersonics 110 at Marques Johnson scored 24 including 10 in the fourth to boost Milwaukee Over six other Bucks scored in double including Quinn Buckner with 20 Virginias Sampson frustrates Wake Forest by the associated press Ralph the tallest Point in the Virginia Cavaliers want his usual visual self for most of the game against Wake Forest wednesday but in the last you  see the Forest for the held in Check most of the night be fore the Deacon defense collapsed 74 Sampson scored five Points and had two blocked shots near the end to help the 1ranked Cavaliers beat the sixth ranked deacons 8373 in College the Victory stretched the nations Long est division i Streak to 22 games and gave the cars More solid footing in the Topsy Turvy Atlantic coast conference with a 7 0 by the same it was Only the second loss in 17 starts for Wake for we made a great Effort to close it at the said Wake Forest coach Carl referring to a Deacon rally that Cut Virginias Lead from 13 Points to four with but Sampson made the baskets they had to tacos team also kept fouling the wrong player Lee he made five of six foul shots in the last 39 seconds in one Andone Virginia coach Terry Holland saw Apa thy in his Cavaliers after they piled up a big Lead late in the second we just really didst he said of the stretch at the end when Wake for est almost caught we didst set up College basketball the passes and we ended up losing our i thought about the four minute Mark that our Guys looked at the scoreboard and not consciously its lets make sure we go Home with a lets not get anybody 3 Depaul stopped Illi Nois state 4 Louisiana state trimmed Mississippi 7 Ken Tucky clipped Mississippi state 11 Tennessee beat Georgia nth ranked North Carolina hammered Clem son 6147 and Kansas state upset 18 Kansas Sampson finished with 19 Points and deadly accurate from had Jeff lamp scored 11 of the Cavaliers first 17 Points As Virginia broke on top and never was he finished with 16 Points and became Only the second Virginia player to pass the Mark for his Frank who had two baskets in Wake forests futile finished with a game High 28 Mark Aguirre scored 21 Points As de Paul rallied from a 2624 halftime deficit to defeat Illinois Rick Lamb led Illinois state with 20 Points and nine re close Calls have been a Depaul Trade Mark this said Blue demons coach Ray Meyer weve played like that All we were out rebounded 2011 in the first half and didst take the shots we should have Durand Macklin scored 21 Points and continued on Page 22 Ralph Sampson end spurt