European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 stars and stripes celts Clinch Atlantic division title by the associated press Boston Boston took control Early rolled to a 22-Point halftime Lead behind Larry Bird s 24 Points and and coasted to a 126-105 Victory Over the Chicago bulls Friday night to Clinch the Atlantic division title. It was the 20th time the celtics have won a division championship. Bird finished with 32 Points and Kevin Mihalc with 22 As the celtics cruised to their seventh straight Victory and extended their club record for consecutive Home triumphs to 23. In eight of their last nine Home victories the celtics led the entire second half. In their last 16 wins the margin of Victory has been at least 11 Points 14 times. The bulls losing Streak reached four games As they fell i games behind Cleve land and one behind Indiana in the three Way Battle for the final Eastern conference playoff berth. Chicago was led by Orlando Woolridge with 24 Points and George Ger Vin and Michael Jordan with 20 each. There was Little doubt about the outcome from the Start As Boston which never trailed scored the first six Points and built an 18-7 Lead with just 5 22 gone. It was 37 23 after one period As the celtics finished the Quarter with a 13-4 run in which Birdhead nine Points. Nuggets 115, Clipper 104 Denver Alex English scored 30 Points and Danny Schayes had 25 and a season High 14 rebounds to Lead Denver past the los Angeles clippers. The Victory moved the nuggets within one half game of first place Houston in the Midwest division. Denver never trailed after jumping to a 10-0 advantage behind the shooting of Wayne Cooper English and . Dunn. Fat lever had 15 assists and Cooper pulled Down a season High 17 rebounds. No Roundup suns 105, pistons 103 Phoenix Ariz. Walter Davis scored 11 of his 25 Points in the fourth Quarter including a decisive 14-foot jump shot with 33 seconds remaining As Phoenix beat Detroit. Detroit Down 88-72 entering the final period used spurts of 13-2 and 9-0 to take a 96-94 Lead on Kelly Tripucka s Layup with 5 16 left. The Lead changed hands six times until Davis two free throws with 1 26 to go forged a 103-103 tie. After Davis game winning jumper the pistons had a Chance to tie but Isiah Thom As jumper bounced off the rim with three seconds left and Bill Laimbeer missed on four tap in attempts. The setback dropped Detroit four games behind Atlanta in the race for second place in the Central division. The loss was the fourth straight for the pistons All on the Road. Hawks 107, Mavericks 103 Dallas Dominique Wilkins scored 28 Points including a 22-foot jump shot with 20 seconds remaining to Lead atlant past Dallas. The Hawks trailed by four Points with seven minutes to play but outscored Dallas 17-9 the rest of the Way. The game was tied 19 times and the Lead changed hands on 18occasions. Tree Rollins Hook shot at 4 45 tied the game 94-94 and Kevin Willis hit a follow shot with 3 47 left to give the Hawks a 96-94 Lead. Rolando Blackman led the Mavericks with 23 Points Sam Perkins had 21 and Mark Aguirre 19. Trail blazers 115, supersonics 108 Portland Ore. Kiki Vandeweghe scored 36 Points and Kenny Carr had 26 Points and pulled Down 18 rebounds As Portland Defeated Seattle for their sixth straight Home court Victory. Terry Porter put the Trail blazers ahead for Good 102-100 by sinking a 15-foot jumper with 4vz minutes left. Carr scored six of Portland s final 11 Points. Lakers 117, spurs 109 san Antonio James worthy in foul trouble much of the first three quart ers came off the Bench to Lead a last period rally As the lakers dumped san Antonio. Worthy scored nine of his 13 Points in the Early part of the fourth period As the lakers stretched a four Point Lead into a 110-99 advantage. Los Angeles was paced by magic Johnson s 27 Points. Kareem Abdul Jabbar added 26. The spurs who have lost 14 of their last 16 games were led by Mike Mitchell s 32 Points. Steve Johnson had 22. 76ers 112, bullets 105 Philadelphia Charles Barkley scored 27 Points and pulled Down 18 re Bounds As the Philadelphia Defeated Washington handing the bullets their fifth straight Aba loss. The game was the first for new bullets coach Kevin Loughery who replaced the fired Gene Shue on wednesday. Washington led by 10 Points twice in the first half and built its biggest Lead at 58-47 on a slam Dunk by minute Bol Early in the third period. The 76ers came Back to take their first Lead of the game 70-68 on a jump shot by Julius Erving with 3 36 remaining in the third Quarter. Moses Malone had 22 Points and Mau Rice Cheeks 19 for Philadelphia which won its third straight and seventh in its last eight games. Cliff Robinson had 22 and Jeff Malone 19 for the bullets. A Phot Boston s Larry Bird. 24 Points help celts Clinch Girardelli sf/7/ wears world cup ski Crown a photo Marc Girardelli. As fearless As Ever Bromont Quebec a Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg won his Sec Ond consecutive world cup Overall ski racing title Friday when the Only Man who could overtake him came up Short. The 22-year-old Girardelli who started the Day with a 294-276 Point Lead Over Switzerland s Pirmin Zurbriggen needed Only to finish in the top 15 to Clinch the title. But Girardelli skied As fearlessly As Ever in the second run of the final slalom race of the season and fell about 20 seconds from the end. That left the Way open but Only slightly for Zurbriggen the 1984 Over. All Champion and runner up to Girardelli a year ago. Zurbriggen banged through the 74 Gate second run in 1 minute 1.69 seconds. It was the fastest time for any skier in the second heat but it left Zur Briggen .45 seconds behind the race win Ner Yugoslavia s Bojan Krizaj. Krizaj completed two runs in 1 59.66. Paul Frommelt of Liechtenstein with the second fastest afternoon run was second in 1 59.88 and Zurbriggen third in 2 00.11. He netted eight Points Fin Ishing the season with 284, 10 less than Girardelli. It s a wonderful feeling said Girar Delli who sat in the grandstands after his fall and watched Zurbriggen s race. I would feel better if i had raced Well today. I would t have Felt badly if he had won because he is a great skier and he has been skiing very Well this season. But i like it even better that i won it  . Game called after rash of bean balls by the associated press it s Only Spring training but the bean balls already Are flying. Friday s exhibition game Between the Kansas City royals and the Chicago White sox ended in a 1-1 tie after royals Rookie David Cone was ejected in the 10th inning for throwing too close to the Batter. Scott Bankhead another Kansas City Rookie hit Chicago s Carlton Fisk with a pitch in the seventh inning. Bill Long of the White sox threw two pitches High and in Side to Steve Balboni in the ninth and Umpire Dan Morrison warned both managers that he would eject the next Pitcher who threw too close to a Batter. Cone s first pitch to Russ Morman in the 10th sailed behind the hitter and to the Backstop and Home plate Umpire Dale Scott ejected Cone. Because the royals were out of pitchers the game was called. Kansas City starter Danny Jackson re tired the first 13 batters he faced and gave up Only one hit in five innings. The Cleveland indians and Pittsburgh pirates usually Don t scare anyone when they re at Bat but they did some Lusty hit Ting for a change. The indians rapped out 24 hits in an 18-6 Romp Over the Oakland a a with doubles by Joe Carter and Brett Butler the big blows in a five run second inning. Cleveland scored seven runs off Tim Birtsas and nine off Rookie Bill Mooneyham. Jim Wilson tripled in the three run sixth. Dusty Baker homered for the a s. Meanwhile Junior Ortiz hit a three run Homer and Sammy Khalifa had a pair of two run doubles to Pace the pirates Over the Detroit tigers 13-5. Friday s top inv Bidual performer was baseball Roundup Houston s Glenn Davis who hit three Hom ers and drove in six runs. But it was t enough to prevent an 8-7 10-inning loss to the St. Louis cardinals. Roy Smalley capped a seven run bombardment of Boston s Roger Clemens with a grand slam Homer in the third inning powering the Minnesota twins to an 8-1 Victory Over the red sox. Jim Clancy and three relievers combined Orr a three hitter and Jesse Barfield tripled Home a run and scored another As Toronto blanked Cincinnati 3-0. Jim Clancy gave up just two hits Over the first five innings of his second Spring Start striking out five and walking one. Luis Aquino Tom Henke and Don Gordon Al Lowed one hit and a pair of walks Over thelast four innings. Bobby Castillo walked Glenn Hubbard with two out and the bases loaded in the 10th inning to Force in the winning run As Atlanta beat los Angeles 5-4. Duane Walker s two run double keyed a six run fourth inning for Texas As the rangers Defeated the new York Yankees 10-3. Dick Schofield singled Home the winning run with the bases loaded in the 10th inning As California nipped Milwaukee 5-4. Vida Blue pitched five innings of one hit Ball and Bob Melvin s eighth inning Sacri fice Fly snapped a 3-3 tie and enabled san Francisco to defeat Seattle 5-3. In night games Baltimore downed the new York mets 7-6, a split squad of new York Yankees nipped a Chicago White sox split squad 2-1, Montreal outscored Phila Delphia 7-4 in 11 innings and the Chicago cubs beat san Diego 3-2 in 12 innings