European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes March Aba from Page 17 Quarter As Milwaukee turned Back Wash Terry Cummings scored 22 Points and Paul Pressey added 21 to Pace leaders in the Central but it was Pierce who provided the clutch scoring Down the after sinking a Field goal with one second remaining in the third Quarter to put the Bucks ahead Pierce took charge Early in the final both he and Alton Lister scored four Points apiece during a 10point Milwaukee string that put the Bucks ahead 9987 with Gus Williams scored 27 Points to Pace which lost its second in a Row after alternating wins and losses in its last 10 Jeff Malone added 22 Points for the bullets and Cliff Robinson had nuggets jazz 89 denv1ir Lafayette lever scored eight Points in a 172 run by Denver that opened the second half and broke open a close leading the nuggets Over 11 was Denver 18th straight win at the nuggets led Only 4946 at Intermix but scored the first nine Points of the third Quarter and then eight straight after the finally broke the that spurt allowed Denver to go ahead 6648 and Utah never seriously challenged the remainder of the nets Hawks 108 of new Orleans Micheal Ray Rich Ardson scored 34 including three in to Lead new Jersey Over Richardson tied the game at 96all with a free throw with one second left in regu lation time to Send the game into the five minute overtime the Hawks Glenn Rivers opened Over time with a three Point Field Albert who had Only five Points through the first 48 minutes of scored six Points in the five minute overtime period As the nets ran off eight unanswered Points to take pistons suns 93 Kelly Tripucka scored 13 of his 25 Points in the Pivotal third period As Detroit pounded slumping John Long added 20 Points and Bill Laimbeer pulled Down 23 rebounds for now 3833 after winning for Only the second time in thelast seven rockets Kings 93 Houston Ralph Sampson scored 22 Points and Akeem Olajuwon tossed in 20 to Lead Houston Over Kansas the received 17 Points from guard Lewis 16 from Forward Rodney Mccray and 12 from Reserve for Ward Larry to round out a balanced the had a five game win Streak snapped and were led by Rookie Forward Otis Thorpe with led by Olajuwon with 10 Points and Sampson with the rockets led 26 20 after the first shooting 50 per cent from the Field while the Kings hit 30 Sampson pushed the rockets to a 5646 halftime Lead with seven Points in the Sec Ond Sampson had slam dunks by contested jumper a photo new Yorks James Bailey gets off a jump shot As Milwaukee Terry Cummings de bulls pacers 119 Chicago Michael Jordan scored 38 Points and Orlando Woolridge added 31 Chicago defeat the bulls led 8983 after three quarters behind Jerry sightings 13 fourth Quarter Points and Jim Thomas the pacers were Able to build a fou Point Lead in the final the bulls took the Lead for 118 when Dave Corzine lipped in a missed shot by Jordan with 56 seconds Mavericks warriors 107 Dallas Rolando Blackman scored 15 Points in the most productive third Quarter in club history to rally Dallas past Golden the Mavericks fell behind by As Many As 11 in the first but trailed by one at the they then scored 43 Points fends during the Aba contest monday Milwaukee won the third period to take control of the Dallas scored the first 10 Points of the Quarter two by each of the starters and went on to hit 16 of 23 Field goal attempts and 11 free Trail blazers lakers 113 of Portland a Kiki Vandeweghe scored 21 including a key three Point play to help Force As Portland edged los the loss snapped the lakers 10game win Vandeweghe three Point play with 41 seconds left tied the game at magic Johnsons 15footer at the Buzzer failed to Portland guards Steve Colter and Clyde Drexler scored the first four Points of the blazers never trailed in the extra oilers defeat islanders from press dispatches Dave Hunters second period goal tuesday night snapped a 55 tie and helped Edmonton rally from a three goal deficit to a 75 Victory Over the new York islanders with the Aid of a controversial the game was the finale of the season series Between last years Stanley cup final Roundup the who won the Stanley cup in five took the season series Edmonton Paul Coffey contributed two including one that tied the score at and added an Hunter gave Edmonton a 65 second period Lead at with a 25footer to Cap a 3onl Jari Kerri scored with one second left in the game into an empty in other games Nordques sabres 3 Quebec Michel Goulet cracked the 50goal Mark for the third time in his career tuesday lifting Quebec Over the Nordques Are unbeaten in their last nine games against Buffalo at with Quebec in the third Goulet intercepted Buffalo de Senseman Dave Fenyves pass inside the Buffalo Blue line before blasting a Low snapshot at for the unassisted canadians Bruins 3 Montreal Lucien Deblois shorthanded goal late in the second period broke a 33 tie tuesday night and led the Montreal canadians to a 53 Victory Over the Boston Deblois goal came at of the mid dle he picked up a Loose puck Over the Bruins Blue line and broke in on goalie Pete who sprawled on the ice in an attempt to make the the canadians made it 53 at of the final period when Chris Nilan converted a two none break past red wings North stars 1 Detroit John Ogrodnick scored his team record setting 53rd and 54th goals apart Early in the final period to Lead Detroit Over the Triumph lifted Detroit one Point ahead of Minnesota Inlo third place in the Norris rangers penguins 4 new York Mark Pavetich scored iwo goals and contributed a pair of assists to Lead new York Over the holding fourth place in the Patrick moved seven Points in front of the penguins in the Battle for the final playoff snapping a four game losing for the loss was their fifth Home advantage fades in playoffs new York up if like so Many other were under the impression that playing at Home in the playoffs and worm series was a distinct Adan then think a study by a Case Western Reserve University psychologist reveals that Home teams in the world series and Aba championships have won fewer than half of the final games in a either games 6 or and the record of the Home team in game 7 drops to a dismal in an article in aprils psychology Roy examines the records of the Home teams in the world series since 1924 and the Aba conference championships and finals since he discovered Home teams have won slightly More than 60 percent of All the first and second but collapsed in the later Baumeister attributes this Homefield disadvantage to players choking under pressure in front of the Home two statistics Baumeister uses to Back up his theory Are Fielding errors made by the Home team in base Ball and foul shooting accuracy in two aspects of team performance not affected by in baseballs world he Home teams make twice As Many errors in the final games As they do in games 1 and in the visitors Fielding improves slightly the Early games to the in the in games 1 through Home and visit ing teams have been equally Good from the foul in the final the visitors accuracy remains while the Home teams accuracy drops sever Al percentage a Home crowd that expects or demands too much a championship Victory can disturb or disorient possibly rooting them on to he Baumeister started his research with the 1924 world series because it was the year that the current Home away scheduling format he chose 1967 for the Aba because the playoff Structure and team rosters began to stabilize then and that was also the end of the Boston celtics dominance of the