European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Bullets hot mixers by the associated press the Philadelphia 76ers Haven lost Many games All season they Are tops in the National basketball association but the struggling Washington bullets have Given them the old with Kevin Grevey pouring in 31 Points and Kevin his running mate at adding As Well As handing out is the bullets beat the 76ers Aba Roundup thursday night for the second time in a this one by a 129108 its not like beating anyone its i dont think any team could have beaten us tonight Boston or Grevey said after the bullets hit 56 percent of their shots and scored 28 fast break Points while handing the 76ers their worst defeat of the Grevey and Porter had help from Greg continued on Page 22 february the stars and stripes Page 21 a photo ballets Elvin Hayes has backhanded shot blocked by 76ers Caldwell Jones right during thursday nights game tempers Fly As Iowa Downs 7865 by the associated press its no big Steve to was 6foot10 it happens All the he was referring to a punch in the face he got from 6foot1 Indiana guard Isiah Thomas thursday night As the 12thranked Hawk eyes were administering a 7865 beat ing to 16thranked it was just a reflex More than any Krafcisin he came up and apologized he said he was sorry and that it was an Thomas was ejected from the game with 39 seconds left after he tried to fight his Way Between Iowa players and took a swing in a crowd at i cant blame the Thomas adding he never had been thrown out of a game it was just a stupid after Thomas was tossed Krafcisin hit a pair of free throws that gave the Hawk eyes a 71 63 Indiana coach Bobby Knight was assessed a technical shortly and he said he would Reserve judgement on Thomas until he had seen the he said it appeared Krafcisin had grabbed Thomas it was not a Good Knight it sure was a play you dont want to College basketball but in anxious to look at the Krafcisin wound up with 18 and Vince Brookins topped Iowa with Landon Turner led Indiana with 18 and Ray Tolbert had Thomas had 16 184 and atop the big ten with a 103 conference hit 15 of 16 free throws in the final two minutes after going into a fou Corner stall to ensure the in games involving other ranked sixth ranked Urcla downed California 9 Utah whipped new Mexico new Mexico state upset 14th ranked Wichita state 15thranked Illinois Defeated 18 Michigan 6764 and 17 Brigham Young beat Teasel paso Mike Sanders scored 20 of his 24 Points in the second rallying Urcla Over California in the Pacific 10 Urcla trailed 3330 Early in the second but the Bruins took the Lead 4846 on a Layup by 7foot2 Reserve Center Mark Eaton and later stretched their advantage to As Many As 10 Urcla improved its record to in the Pac with its sixth straight Victo Tom Chambers scored 27 and Utah held new Mexico High scoring Kenny Page to just seven Points in the second half to break open a close the Victory kept Utah two games ahead of by and Wyoming in the Western ath Letic conference with an 111 league 222 Jerome Akins came into the game shooting Only 37 percent from the foul but he hit a pair of free throws with 22 seconds left that boosted new Mexico state Over Wichita state in the Missouri Valley Akins free throws gave new Mexico state an 8279 and Tony Martin pulled the shockers within one when he hit a foul shot with three seconds Martin intentionally missed his second got his own rebound but missed a jumper at the James Griffin scored a three Point and guards Craig Tucker and Perry Range each added two foul shots to rally Illinois Over Michigan in the big Griffins three Point play with left put Illinois ahead by Montreal beats 52 Hobs hold sabres spotless for period Richard Sevigny by the associated press it was a spotless first period for Mon Treal goalie Richard Sevigny thanks to a spotless first period by the Buffalo unable to produce one shot on goal in the first 20 the sabres skated to the dressing room trailing that was Only the beginning of their frustrations thursday night As they lost a 52 National hockey league decision to the i think the game tonight showed that if y were ready mentally and if our strength for later goal ending is Good and the team is in Good we can get very close to the top of the Point said Mon Treal left Winger Yvon the canadians Are ranked sixth in the nil Roundup Nils Overall the big games Are coming and the Guys Are taking things More said it Doest matter what team youre playing when theres Only 20 games or so to theres something wrong when you cant get up for a game at this stage of the the sabres failure to record a shot on goal in the opening period tied an nil last matched when the new York islanders played a second period against the new York rangers without a a spotless period occurred on two other occasions since when the league began keeping track of such Lambert connected for a pair of goals and Sevigny produced some key third be continued on 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