European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday March 1, 1986 Sampson Reid prove rockets can fare of without Olajuwon a photo bullets Cliff Robinson. Drives on warriors Larry Smith by the associated press Houston the Houston rockets could t shrug it off As just another game. Center Akeem Olajuwon was still sidelined by a knee injury and the rockets were playing Host to Denver the team that trailed them in the Midwest division stand Ings. But Ralph Sampson scored 31 Points and Robert Reid playing More in Olajuwon s absence scored 23 As the rockets Defeated the nuggets 117-111 to open up a 2l/a-game Lead in the division. Denver could say this is just another win for us and the Road game Speaks for itself Reid said but this is a big win for us and they know  Reid hit Many of his baskets from the outside and scored 17 Points in the second half when the rockets rallied from a 12-Point deficit to take control. Reid hit some unbelievable shots Denver Center Wayne Cooper said. Sometimes someone else gets going when a key player is,out." Lewis Lloyd had eight Points during a 21-7 Houston run in the third Quarter to take an 85-83 Lead. Houston went up by 113-104 with 2 36 left but the nuggets closed to four Points on three pointers by Mike Eva Sand Bill Hanzlik. Alex English had 35 Points for Denver which led 61-53 at halftime. In other games thursday bullets 114, warriors 102 Landover my. Jeff Malone scored 33 Points and Tom Mcmillen came off the Bench to score 12 in the second half As the Washington bullets ended a Brief string of successes on the Road for the Golden state warriors. The warriors had won two of their last three on the Road but fell to 4-28 Overall away from Home. No Roundup the bullets meanwhile won for the third time in four games As reserves Dan Roundfield and Mcmillen combined for 10 Points Early in the fourth Quarter to help the bullets take a 92-84 Lead. Joe Barry Carroll had 30 Points for the warriors who played without the injured Purvis Short the league s fifth leading scorer. Jazz 109, pacers 92 Salt Lake City Utah built a 61-47 halftime Lead behind Adrian Dantley who scored 23 of his 36 Points by intermission then withstood a third Quarter run to beat Indiana. The pacers started the second half by outscoring Utah 15-4 to pull within 65-62, but the jazz responded with a 20-11 run that gave them an 85 73 Lead going into the fourth Quarter. Dantley wound up with 36 Points in 28 minutes action while Wayman Tisdale and Steve Stipanovich had 14 apiece for the pacers. The Victory was the fourth in a Row for Utah lifting the jazz to the .500 Mark at 30-30. Sonics 107, Trail blazers 94 Seattle the supersonics snapped a four game losing Streak by beating Portland which has lost 12 in a Row. Jack Sikma had 20 Points and 13 rebounds despite playing on a sore knee. He had 14 of his Points in the second half including five in a two minute stretch that helped Seattle move from a 91-88 Lead to a 13-Point margin with less than two minutes to play. Kiki Vandeweghe led the Trail blazers with 21 Points. The losing Streak is the longest for Portland since the blazers set a team record with 13 straight losses in the 1971-72 season. Rangers7 Wear Down game tops penguins by the associated press new York the new York rang ers had a simple game plan for the Pitts Burgh penguins. Keep moving and Wear them Down. It was a combination of them being tired and us taking it to them said Mike Ridley who scored twice thursday night to spark the rangers past Pittsburgh 8-3. The Victory was the seventh in the last eight games for new York which pulled within three Points of Pittsburgh in the race for the fourth and final playoff spot in the nil s Patrick division. The pen Guins lost for Only the second time in their last 10 games 7-2-1. The penguins who played in Pittsburgh on wednesday night arrived in new York at 2 . Thursday. Ridley the second highest scoring Rookie in the league this season got both of his goals during a five goal burst in the Sec Ond period. Reijo Ruotsalainen had four assists and Barry Beck added a goal and an assist for the rangers. Ridley s two goals gave him 18, along with 36 assists for a total of 54 Points. The Only nil Rookie with a higher total is Montreal s Kjell Dahlin who has 63 Points. Nil Roundup new York s Peter Sundstrom scored the Only goal of the first period before the rang ers broke it open in the Middle session. Ron Greschner connected on a Power play Beck scored on a 50-foot shot and Ridley tallied to make it 4-0 against Pitts Burgh goaltender Gilles Meloche. After Terry Ruskowski scored for the penguins Ridley and Mark Pavelich put new York ahead 6-1 at the end of the second period. The five goals got the crowd into a frenzy and that helped Beck said. George Mcphee and Don Maloney scored in the third period for new York while Moe Mantha and Norm Schmidt scored for Pittsburgh. Mario Lemieux assisted on the pen Guins first two goals and has now recorded a Point in 21 straight games the Long est current Streak in the nil. Rangers goaltender John Vanlies Brouck recorded his league leading 27th Victory. He is 27-15-3. Capitals 2, Bruins 1 Boston Bob Carpenter scored the tie breaking goal at 7 36 of the third period enabling Washington goaltender Pete Peeters to win in his first game against his former teammates. The capitals scored the game Winner by taking advantage of a Boston mistake. Bruins defens Eman Mike o Connell was trying to change direction behind the bos ton net when he fell and lost the puck and Washington s Greg Adams scooped it up and passed to Carpenter. Peeters traded by Boston to the Capi tals on nov. 14, stopped 33 shots. Ray Bourque gave the Bruins the Lead Early in the second period and Mike Gartner tied it later in the session. Flames 7, flyers 4 Calgary Alberta Joey Mullen scored a goal and set up two others to help Calgary cruise past Philadelphia. The flames led 6-1 after two periods and wound up with three Power play goals. Calgary scored seven times on just 29 shots. Philadelphia meanwhile bombarded flames goalie Rejean Lemelin with 49 shots. Calgary s Gary Suter scored the Only goal of the first period before the flames tallied five times in the second period. Blackhawk 6, Kings 3 Inglewood Calif. Troy Murray scored three goals and added two assists to rally Chicago past los Angeles. The visiting Blackhawk trailed 3-2 Early in the second period before de Olczyk scored twice to put Chicago in front to stay. Murray got his 40th goal of the season on a breakaway just 42 seconds into the third period making it 5-3. Murray scored an empty net goal with 37 seconds left. Denis Savard scored his 41st goal for the Blackhawk on a Power play. Bernie Nicholls Dave Taylor and Marcel Dionne scored for the Host Kings. An sports tech from Page 21 Points for univ 27-4 and 15-2, which lost 99-92 to California Irvine earlier this year when Rogers hit for 41 Points. Bradley 71, Indiana state 51 Peoria 111. Hersey Hawkins scored 13 Points As Lith ranked Bradley ran the nation s longest winning Streak to 20 games and became Only the second team to Complete an undefeated season in Missouri Valley conference play. The braves whose 29-1 record is the Best among the division i schools ended Mac play at 16-0. The Only other undefeated team in Mac play was the 1978-79 Indiana state squad which led by Larry Bird wound up As the runner up in the Mcaa tournament to magic Johnson and Michigan state. Donald Powell scored 12 Points and Mike Williams and Len Bertolini had 10 Points each for Bradley. The Host braves built a 30-18 Lead at halftime and Indiana state never challenged in the second half. John Sherman Williams scored 23 Points for the sycamores. Indiana 95, Minnesota 63 Bloomington ind. Steve Al Ford scored 22 Points and sparked a 16-0 spurt that helped no. 16 Indiana overpower Minnesota in a big ten conference game. The Victory enabled the hoosiers to move into a first place tie with Michigan in the conference. Indiana led 14-12 before a 27-8 burst including the 16 straight Points turned the game into a rout. Andre Harris added 16 Points and Stew Robinson had 15 As the hoosiers 19-6 Overall and 11-4 in the league beat Minnesota for the ninth straight time. John Shasky scored 16 Points for the gophers 15-13 and 5-10. Michigan state 82, Northwestern 48 Evanston 111. Scott Skiles the leading scorer in the big ten tallied 35 Points As no. 17 Michigan state got off to a fast Start and crushed Northwestern. The spartans raced to a 22-2 Lead mid Way through the first half after scoring 16 straight Points. Northwestern managed to pull within 30-25 late in the first half but television College basketball North Carolina state at Oklahoma 7 . Saturday Seton. Hall at St. Johns 1 . Sunday Sun Belt tournament championship game,3 . Sunday. Radio College basketball leu at Ken Tucky 7 . Saturday. Michigan state then scored 22 straight Points Early in the second half for a 64-32lead. Michigan state is 19-6 Overall and 10-5 in the league. Northwestern which got 12 Points from Terry Buford is 8-18 and 2-14. Illinois 81, Purdue 72 Lafayette ind. Kim Norman scored 17 of his 24 Points in the first half As Illinois took a 12-Point Lead and Defeated 20th-ranked Purdue. The Zillini never trailed and after Purdue got within 52-46 Midway through the second half went on a 16-2 Binge that sealed the Victory. Bruce Douglas added 18 Points for Illi Nois 19-8 Overall and 10-6 in the big ten. The boilermakers led by Troy Lewis 26 Points slipped to 21-8 and 10-6