European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 21, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports. Pm  & Shue fired replaced by Loughery Landover my. A Gene Shue was fired wednesday As coach of the Aba s Washington bullets and replaced by Kevin Loughery. After a great Deal of consideration and a lot of agonizing Over the situation i feel it is in the Best inter est of the team to make a coaching change at this time bullets presi Dent Abe Pollin said in a statement. I am both surprised and disappointed by the decision of the Washington bullets Shue said. I think everyone in the league understands the problems the bullets have had this season Shue said without referring to the injuries that have plagued the bullets players. The Job of a coach is to get the most out of his Talent. I think i accomplished this Shue concluded. Shue replaced Dick Motta As head coach in 1980-81, and compiled a 231-248 win loss record. He had previously led the Baltimore bullets from 1966 through 1973. This season the bullets Are in fourth place in the Atlantic division with a 32-37 record. They be been hit by a series of injuries to key players including Jeff Ruland and Frank Johnson. Loughery 46, has 13 years of Aba coaching experience most recently with the Chicago bulls during the 1983-84 and 1984-85 seasons. Under his direction the bulls com piled a 38-44 record and made a playoff appearance. A graduate of St. John s and a one time Bullet player Loughery began his coaching career with the Philadelphia 76ers Midway through the 1972-1973 season. He also coached the Atlanta Hawks and new Jersey nets. I feel fortunate that a coach of Kevin s stature and experience is available to take Over immediately Pollin stated. Spurs up Hawks by 3 from press dispatches san Antonio Texas All stars from both teams fought to control the Ball in the final seconds but Alvin Robertson came up with the Dunk that led the san Antonio spurs to a 115-112 Victory Over the Atlanta Hawks wednesday night. An All Star guard Robertson leaped Over two Atlanta defenders for a slam Dunk with three seconds left to give san Antonio a 113-112 Lead. After a muddled inbound pass san Antonio s Wes Matthews added two free throws with no time remaining. Atlanta All Star Forward Dominique Wilkins thought he had scored the winning Points when his turn around jump shot with 12 seconds left gave his team a 112-111 Lead. The Basket gave Wilkins 38 Points. We had a defensive breakdown which we normally would t have said Wilkins. I think they were worried about Steve Johnson posting up Robertson said. So i saw an opening and just took it to the Bas  a 27-Point performance by Robertson was matched by teammate David Green Wood who scored 21 in the first half. Mike Mitchell added 23 for the spurs. In other National basketball association games wednesday suns 108, Kings 104 Phoenix Ariz. Walter Davis scored 18 of his 26 Points in the fourth Quarter As Phoenix rallied to beat Sacra mento. Down 80-73 entering the final period the suns used eight Points from Davis to take a 95-91 Lead with 4 54 remaining. Sacramento tied the score at 95-95 with 4 14 left. Then Rookie de Pinckney s free throw with 3 36 to go and Mike Sanders Lay in 28 seconds later put Phoenix ahead to stay at 98-95. Baskets by Davis put the suns ahead by four Points four different times. When Reg Gie Theus hit a Layup with eight seconds left to Cut the Kings deficit to 106-104, Davis Sank two free throws with no time left to close out the game s scoring. Sanders finished with 21 Points while Bernard Thompson had 16 and Pinckney 15 As Phoenix moved to within three games of Sacramento in the race for the eighth and no Roundup file photo Alvin Robertson. Gets winning Dunk final Western conference playoff berth. Theus paced the Kings with 25 Points. Eddie Johnson had 18 and Mike Woodson and Larry Drew 14 each for Sacramento. Nuggets 114, pistons 98 Denver Aba scoring Leader Alex English had 35 Points and sparked a Den ver surge that turned Back Detroit s final rally and the nuggets clinched a playoff berth. English went to work in the fourth Quarter scoring six Points in a 34-second Span to help Denver extend its advantage to 102-84 with 6 02 to play a Lead that Detroit was unable to threaten the remainder of the game. Danny Schayes scored 16 Points for the nuggets seeing extensive action in Relief of the injured Calvin Natt. Kelly Tripucka led the pistons with 23 Points and Bill Laimbeer had 16. Celtics 127, pacers 108 Boston Robert Parish scored a sea son High 28 Points and grabbed 17 re Bounds As Boston set a franchise record of 22 consecutive Home victories by crushing Indiana. The celtics surpassed the Mark set in 1980-81, which was broken by the pacers on March 13, 1981. Boston never trailed As it rolled to its sixth straight Triumph and boosted its Home record to 31-1. The celtics improved their Aba leading Mark to 56-13 and reduced to one their magic number for clinching the Atlantic division title. Kevin Mchale had 24 Points for Boston Danny Ainge had 22 and Larry Bird 21. Indiana trying to overtake Cleveland for the eighth and final Eastern conference playoff berth had its three game winning Streak snapped. The pacers were led by Herb Williams with 24 Points Vern Flem ing with 21 and Bill Martin with 18. Clippers 115, lakers 114 los Angeles Benoit Benjamin scored 28 Points and reserves Franklin Edwards and Rory White combined for 21 Points in the fourth Quarter to Lead the clippers Over the lakers. With the clippers trailing 94-80 after three periods Edwards scored eight straight Points during a 12-2 run at the Start of the fourth Quarter. He later finished a 6-0 run with a 20-footer to Cut the Lead to 108-107 with 3 43 remaining. Benjamin tied the game 110-110 with a free throw with 1 40 to play. The game was tied twice More in the next minute before Benjamin was fouled by Kareem Abdul Jabbar and hit the winning free throw with 30 seconds left. Edwards and Marques Johnson scored 20 Points each for the clip pers. Abdul Jabbar led the lakers with 34. 76ers 118, bulls 112 Philadelphia Julius Erving scored a season High 29 Points and made a key steal and slam Dunk in the final minute. Moses Malone also scored 29 Points and Maurice Cheeks added 20 Points and 13 assists. The bulls led 98-95 with 7vi minutes to play but Malone scored seven straight Points and Erving made a three Point play giving Philadelphia a 105-98 Lead with 5 53 left. George Gervin led Chicago with 20 Points. Hunter scores twice Nordques Rake up Maple Leafs 5-2 by the associated press Quebec the puck was t going in for Michel Gou let so he found another Way. My shooting was t As accurate As i would have liked but if i can t score sometimes at least i can set up a few the Quebec superstar said wednesday night. His three assists helped the Nordques beat Toronto 5-2 in the nil. Goulet who had scored four goals in the Nordques 8-6 Victory Over Montreal two nights before had a hand in two goals by Dale Hunter in the first period on wednesday to get the Nordques going against the Maple Leafs. The Victory increased Quebec s Lead in the Adams Divi Sion Over Montreal to five Points. Jets 6, canadians 4 Winnipeg Brian Mullen scored three times As Winnipeg rallied with four straight goals in the third period to beat Montreal. The jets Down 3-2 heading into the final 20 minutes scored three goals in less than five minutes to stun the canadians. Veteran defens Eman Larry Robinson appearing in his 1,000th nil game and 14th year with Montreal scored his 19th goal of the season in the first period to match a personal goal scoring record set in 1976-77. Penguins 7, devils 3 East Rutherford . Norm Schmidt and Terry Ruskowski scored two goals each and Mario Lemieux assisted on four goals to Lead Pittsburgh by new Jersey. The Victory broke a seven game Pittsburgh wingless nil your Idip a Phot Quebec Nordques Michel Goulet. Contributed three assists against Leafs Streak 0-6-1, and enabled the penguins to move into fourth place in the Patrick division by one Point Over the Idle new York rangers. The devils suffered their sixth consecutive loss. Sabres 4, canucks 3 Vancouver Mikael Andersson scored his first nil goal and set up the eventual Winner by Phi Housley in a three goal Buffalo third period that led the sabres Over the struggling canucks. Andersson gave Buffalo a 3-2 Lead at 5 32 of the final period and set up the 14th goal of the season for to Isley with a breakaway pass at 13 32 As the sabres moved into a third place tie with Boston in the tight Adams division race two Points ahead of Hartford. Whalers 5, blues 2 St. Louis Ron Francis playing in his first game in two months recorded a goal and two assists to Lead Hart Ford Over St. Louis. Francis game winning goal came at 12 18 of the final period and gave the whalers a 3-2 Lead. It was the Hart Ford Center s first game Back since he suffered a fractured ankle on Jan. 18 North stars 6, flames 5 Calgary Scott Bjugstad scored three goals and goaltender Don Beaupre earned his 14th straight Victory As Minnesota Defeated Calgary. Beaupre made 30 saves while extending his hot Streak. His last loss came on Jan. 29 when he suffered a 4-3 defeat to the los Angeles Kings