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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, February 24, 1981

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes february 1981 76ers Are run Over by truck continued from Page 21 and Philadelphia never got closer than eight until the final for Dennis Johnson added 19 Walter Davis 18 and Alvan Adams 17 Bobby Jones and Andrew Toney had 14 each and Maurice Cheeks 13 for the in other games lakers kicks 93 at new a Arcco Abduljabba scored 32 including the godhead Basket with 58 seconds to to spark los it was the lakers 10th consecutive Victory Over the kicks stretching Back to Bucks bullets 93 at Quinn Buckner took charge in the fourth scoring 11 and Sidney Moncrief scored a game High 25 to Lead the Triumph upped the Bucks Centra division Lead to 10 games Over Hawks bulls 116 at Dan Roundfield scored a season High 29 Points As Atlanta held off a fourth Quarter rally to beat the Victory was the third straight for Atlanta and Only the Hawks ninth in 33 Road con Reggie Ulicus had 24 for Mavericks nets 109 at Oliver Mack scored a game High 28 Points to Power the Triumph snapped the Maver icks 15game losing the nabs longest of the and sent the nets to their first defeat in six warriors Kings 96 at Bernard King scored 30 17 in the final in lifting a Joidene Otis Birdsong paced the Kings with 30 rockets supersonics 96 at Calvin Murphy went 5for5 from the line to extend his Aba consecutive free throw record to 67 in route to a 27point performance that led Houston to its Vinnie Johnsons 21 Points led the Trail blazers pacers 109 at baskets by Jim Paxson and Tom Owens gave Portland a four Point Lead in overtime and the blazers who blew a third Quarter Lead held James Edwards scored a career High 39 Points for the pacers and Calvin Natt paced Portland with 23 spurs nuggets 129 at san James Silas hit a 12 foot jumper with 50 seconds to play in overtime to lift san Antonio Over Silas bucket broke a 127127 tic and the spurs made it 133127 on two free throws by Reggie Johnson with 33 seconds left after Silas had stolen a Denver John sons 26 Points paced san Antonio and David Thompson scored a game High 31 Points for the clippers jazz 93 at san Freeman Williams scored 33 Points in just 28 minutes and Phil Smith added 22 to Power san Adrian Dantley scored 29 Points for the and Darrell Griffith chipped in with this entitled Coe cops the Gold and taken by up photographer Joe Marquette during the Moscow won first prize in the world winning sports photo press photo 1981 sports it shows Britain Sebastian Coe with arms outstretched winning the Gold medal in the olympic race last East Germany Jurgen Straub 338 was second for Silver and Coes countryman Steve Ovett 279 came in third for the Bronze up photo Connors continues to dominate Lendl la up Jimmy Connors continued his Mastery Over Ivan Lendl sunday by defeating the czech 76 for the championship in the association of Tennis professionals Tournai the to seeded Connors took the first set in just 43 minutes As the 20yearold Lendl committed a number of forced the 2 came to the net Only twice in the set and lost both Points on lobs by ranked sixth in the settled Down in the second set and took a 40 Connors retained the offensive in the set but made mistakes when he tried to hit the Cor i Felt i played a flawless first set doing everything said who is ranked third in the but when he won the first game of the second set at love on his serve 1 didst lose my but i did become i dug myself into a Hole by making too Many said i Felt 1 would lose the set but 1 didst want to lose it so i became More Connors began his comeback by holding his he broke Lendl twice and held his serve again to tie it at both players then held service to Send the match into a won by Connors Connors said an Ace that gave him a 43 Lead in the tiebreaker was the turning Lendl fought off the first match Point but on the second Connors returned lends serve deep into the ran to the net and put away a Volley to win the Lendl and Connors first met on the court in 1979 and the american Veteran has now beaten the czech in each of the seven matches Treyve Connors of Miami won 000 for the in the final doubles Brian teacher and Bruce Manson Defeated Eliot Tiltscher and Terry Moor 76 62 to collect the whalers obtain Lupien a the Hart Ford whalers of the National hockey league have acquired defens Eman Gilles Lupien from the Pittsburgh penguins for future Alcott Breaks tourney Mark in Victory up Amy Alcott out dulled Joanne Garner Down the stretch with a sizzling 67 sunday to win a Lyga event by one stroke with a tournament record 18underpar the first prize was a Wel come birthday present for who celebrated her 25th birthday Garner kept it close until the end by shooting a 69 Over the par72 Bent tree Alcott started the final round one shot Back of but pulled even on the fifth she went ahead by one stroke with a Birdie on Only to have Garner catch up with a Birdie on for a while it appeared Garner would be headed into a playoff for the third straight but after she and Alcott both birdied Garner bogeyed 13 to drop one shot Back and they both birdied Garner pulled even again with a Birdie on 15 and both birdied Alcott retook the Lead on the par3 17th when Garner Waltrip wins Richmond 400 Rudd 2nd up defending Champion Darrell Waltrip held off Ricky Rudd and an hard charging Richard Petty sunday to win the Richmond 400 grand National Stock car in winning his first Lascar race of the season with an average Speed of took the Lead on the 190th Lap and Only lost it briefly during a pit he took Home for his Rudd of finished four seconds behind Waltrip and a Lap Down from a penalty when he passed the Pace car during a yellow Flag 68 laps from the was Waltrip easily had the most powerful car on the half mile but with help from he wheeled to an easy Tim Richmonds Spinous on the 345th Lap brought out the fourth yellow Flag and briefly caused a change in the with Rudd taking command when the Green Flag was dropped 10 laps Rudd had to drop Back because of handling problems and Waltrip shot through the Rudd was the Only other Driver in the same Lap with Waltrip at the Petty led Only and was second to Waltrip when Richmond went into the third turn guard rail and caused the third caution on his Way out of the Petty passed the paced car illegally and was penalized one Petty stopped twice and unsuccessfully argued the penalty with Lascar offi the race was delayed for 29 minutes be cause of a wet track As a morning Mist covered the Fairgrounds raceway and was started under the yellow and was Accident free for the first 149 the last 100 laps were punctuated by five caution causing mad scrambling in the including the Start of the there were seven caution periods for a total of 57  
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