European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes Friday january 10,1986 Kroc dickers loosening up during the rams predict wednesday will try to get a ice up an inc bears in sunday s pfc Lilly fiame. Pats to upset dolphins by Dave Goldberg a football writer at this singe of the National football league playoffs one step away from the super bowl All four teams left should have ii Good Shoi at winning. Wrong Siviy it Odd makers who make the Chicago bears a 10-Poini favorite Al Home sunday Over the los Angeles rams w Points More than they were against the new York giants last week. They dominated the giants 21-0. In inc other game new England Al Miami the spread is Miami by five bul the number is in As in the number of limes Ilie patriots have failed to win in the Orange howl going Back almost two dec Ades in either the rams or the patriots have a Chance Lei s Luok at the matchup. Rums Al Chicago Start with the weather. If the temperature s anywhere near freezing look for a Chicago rout. Same thing if the wind chill Factor s above Zero. Of maybe ii will help Canadian expatriate Dieter Crock who was 6 for 22 for 50 Yards in the 70-Dcgrcc temperature of Anaheim last saturday. But the rams basically Are a warm weather learn and even if Brock reverses his form his receivers May be suffering from culture wind Shock. The los Anneliis defense is Good. So was new York s. Bul if there arc no holes for Eric Dickerson and the offence goes i 2-3 punt All inc time the pressure usually tells eventually. Jim Mcmahon will Hil Dennis Mckin non or Willie Gault or Tim Wrightman Walter pay ton will break Loose and Chi Cago will score enough Points. Assume thai inc rams Dale Hatcher won t swing and miss at any punts and make it. Bears 17-3. New England in Miami Orange bowl Jinx the Best theory is that those is tosses were other patriots than this year s Bunch who barely lost there 30-27 three weeks ago after making up a two touch Down deficit in the fourth Quarter. And these arc the patriots who have already won two playoff games on the Road. The dolphins who narrowly escaped against the Cleveland Browns after giving up More than an eighth of a mile on the ground have been practising Al stopping the run this week. Bui practising it does t mean you can do it if inc patriots Are up 21-3 in the third Quarter they Aren t Likely to drop dead of amazement that they re ahead. Of Auric there s Dan Marino who always seems Able to do just about what he has to in the final moments. Bul then if the patriots score and icy will they la gel to kick off and you can ask the Juls raiders and yes the dolphins what can happen when they do that. In the two games they be played Ihu pats have scored 44 Points inc dolphins 43. Make it. Patriots 28-27. Last week 2-2 spread4-0 straight up. Playoffs 3-3 spread5-1 straight up. Malone guns mixers past clippers by the associated press Philadelphia Moses Malone spent much of the game Al the free throw line but when the los Angeles clippers tried to foul him. They could t. Malone scored 17 of his game High 31 Points on foul shots wednesday night and added is rebounds to Lead the Philadelphia 76crs to i hair 10th Aba Victory in Llames a ii6-ii4 decision Over the clippers. Los Angeles which scored inc last seven paints Cut 11 nine Point deficit to two on be Noil Benjamin s Basket with 10 seconds left. The 76crs were Able to run out inc clock although cd rec Maxwell tried frantically to foul Malone Maxwell who scared 20 Points said the Call might have been made if he was still playing for the powerhouse Boston celtics instead of the clippers who Are 11-25 and have lost seven of their last eight games. It s because we re not wearing the Green and while i guess Maxwell said i grabbed Malone but no whistle 1 guess i should have thrown him Down bul Hal s what happens when you re on a losing team. You Don t get much  we were trying to foul Moses bul we did not gel the Call clippers coach Don Chan Aba Roundup by said. The losses arc beginning to take their tall. We re in the Middle of a Long Road trip and we re just not getting the Job done. We arc mentally fatigued and we re fighting the feeling that Pecan l  while the clippers Are struggling the 76ers have rebounded from a 6-8 Start and Are 22-13. The Victory was Philadelphia s first at Home after a 5-1 Road rip in wednesday s other games celtics 116, Cavaliers 95 Boston Boston won at Home against Cleveland for the 20th straight time As Larry Bird scored 35 Points Kevin Mihalc 24 and Robert Parish 32. Lukers 115, Trull blazers 1z1 Ingle Wood Calif. Los Angeles Hod to put its starters Back in when port land scored 48 Points in the fourth Quarter 0 Cut a 24-paint deficit to three. The lakers led 97-73 after outscoring the Trail blazers 36-17 in the third Quarter. Portland outscored los Angeles 48-28 in the fourth period James worthy scored 30 Points for the lakers. Kiki Vande Mcgrie led Portland with 21 Points. Nets 106, Bucks 99 East Rutherford . Al Bert King scored 24 paints and sparked a late run that carried new Jersey snapping Milwaukee s seven game losing Streak. Kings 88, pacers 87 Indianapolis Sacramento last in the Midwest Divi Jan won its fourth straight  by rallying from a 20-Poim deficit in the second half. Indiana scored Only 10 Points in the fourth period after leading 77-57 late in the third period. Mike Woodson led the Kings with 25 Points and Eddie Johnson hit three straight baskets Down the stretch. Suns 109, bullets 97 Phoenix Larry Nance scored 29 Points ii of them in inc final 7 41, to help Phoenix hand Washington its four in straight loss. The Bullet who were led by Charles Jones with 17 paints Cut a 14-Point third Quarter deficit to 87-80 with 8 53 remain ing but Nance got a three Point play with 7 41 left la make it 92-82 and he added eight More Points in the final six minutes minute Bol the bullets 7-Faot-6 Cen Ter had 10 blocked shots most Ever in an Aba game in Phoenix. Michigan holds off Ini 61-59 by Willlam r. Barnard a basketball writer Michigan coach Bill Fri Cdr is tired of his players believing everything they read. Fri Cdr blasted his plan yrs after the 15 0, second ranked wolverines lost a 20 Point lend before Robert Henderson s Buzzer shot Defeated no. Id Illinois 6i-s9 wednesday night. I Don t want anybody talking to them this week or next week because three kids College basketball have got to work on to licit  Fri Cdr said. It s my Job to make them  Fri Cdr said his players lend to read their press clippings Loo closely. He was especially disturbed about stories Lett contemplate an undefeated season in Ann Arbor. Anybody who writes that is an inexperienced writer if they know anything about the big ten he said. Last year after three games we were 1-2 and they Illi Nois were 3-0 and we won the  Friedr was particularly upset with Michigan guards Gary Grant Antoine Joubert and Garde Thompson who com bind to commit 16 of the wolverines 27 turnovers while shooting Only six for 16. Our guards Are not shooting Thi Ball Well As a threesome Fri Cdr said. When you Don t shoot Well and you hive turnovers like tonight you have to work hard to improve and Stop Reading the  he has a right to be mad said Jou Bert who had seven Points and eight Tarn overs including a poor inbound pass that allowed Illinois to tic the score with 10 seconds left. I think we let up mentally. We got that big Lead and everyone started stocking off just a  Michigan led by 20 Laic in the first half but Illinois Cut the deficit to 42-28 at half time As inc wolverines started gelling Sloppy. The Zillini continued to whittle the Lead in the second half As they held Michi Gan to 19 Points in the last 20 i nulls. Tap 10 no. 3 Duke stayed unbeaten after 13 games Matching the Blue devils Best Start As Mirk Alarte scored 21 Points in an 84-58 Victory Over St. Louis no. 4 Syracuse improved its record to 12-0 As Rafael Addison and Wendell Alexis scored 14 Points each in a 90-67 Triumph Over Fairfield. Fairfield 8-4, had its six game winning Streak snapped de spite 22 Points from Tony George. Dunc Ferrell scored the first five paints of the game and finished with 16 As no. 5 Georgia tech beat Wake Forest 72-5b. No. 7 Oklahoma manhandled Denver of the naia 109-64 As Anthony Bowie scared 24 Points and Darryl Kennedy 22. The soon ers 14-0, topped the Century Mark for inc third straight game. The 45-Point Triumph was their second largest Victory margin of the season. The pioneers arc 6-9, second 10 Kenny Walker scored 31 Points including two baskets that started an 18-4 Sec Ond half spurt thai lifted no. 11 Ken Tucky past Mississippi 75-58. Reggie Williams and Michael Jackson each scored 16 Points As no. 13 George town edged Connecticut 70-66 in a fight marred big East game. The huskies kept the game close despite finishing with their starting from line on the Bench Gerry Besselink was ejected for fight ing Georgetown s Ralph Dalian and Connecticut forwards Tim Coles and Eddie Williams fouled out. Dell Curry scored 24 Points and no. 19 Virginia tech shot 61.8 percent from the Field to beat Southern Mississippi 88-72 for the eighth straight time since joining the metro conference in 1978