European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday aprils 1986 the stars and stripes Page 25 celtics adopt Low key attitude toward record setting season up photo Robert Parish. No slacking off by Howard Ulman Boston a the Boston celtics rolling along with the longest single season Home winning Streak in Aba history Are closing in on other records. But they seem unconcerned. I m More concerned about How we play the last six games Center Robert Parish said. I want to be on a positive note going into the playoffs. I Don t want to Slack  said Forward Kevin Mchale i bet when i m old and Gray and i Tell my grand children we won 28 straight at Home they la say so what but if i say we won the world championship they la say of that s neat " Boston was 63-19 last season but lost in the playoff finals to the los Angeles Lak ers by crushing Detroit 122-106 wednes Day night the celtics notched their 63rd Victory against 13 losses and wiped out the 36-year-old record of 27 consecutive Home victories in one season set by the Minneapolis lakers in 1949-50. They can tie another record and set Sev eral others by winning their remaining six games. They would match the 69-13 record the Best in league history established by the los Angeles lakers in 1971-72. They would set records for the Best Home Mark 40-1, the longest winning Streak in their history 19, and most consecutive wins at the end of a season. The celtics also would become the first team to lose no More than one game to any opponent. We better be More concerned with new York and Philadelphia this weekend instead of trying to sweep the rest of the season Mchale said. If it happened it would be great but that s a Long ways  Boston figures to win its remaining Home games against new York Friday night Cleveland the following Friday and new Jersey in the regular season finale two Days after that. But a Road trip that takes the celtics to Philadelphia sunday Milwaukee tuesday and new Jersey wednesday could bring trouble. Unless we play Well in each game Well lose Boston backup Center Bill Walton said. It s not like other teams Are giving up. The celtics current 13-game winning Streak equals the longest of the season which they established earlier. They have won 21 of their last 23 games losing Only in overtime by two Points to Washington and in regulation by one Point to Dallas. Sixteen of those triumphs have been by at least 11 Points. You always Hope you can be this Good Mchale said. But to say you re going to win 28 games straight at Home and have two 13-game winning streaks you can t predict  one Aba record the celtics can t get is the Mark of 33 consecutive victories set by the lakers in 1971-72. Boston coach . Jones was an assist ant coach on that team that featured Wilt Chamberlain Jerry West Gail Goodrich Jim Mcmillian and Happy Hairston. It s impossible to compare that club with this year s celtics Jones said. All you can do is just guess at  his guess this is a More talented team a better team than those lakers he said. We re outmatched night after night kicks tall victim to injury plague by William r. Barnard new York a the 1984-85 new York kicks set an Aba record for most manpower games lost to injury a dubious Standard that lasted Only until the 1985-86 kicks came along. We had 339 games lost due to injury last season and that was an awesome stat coach Hubie Brown said. And Well sur pass that this  the misfortune of last season seemed to be reversing itself last May when the kicks won the Chance to choose first in the june draft and walked off with 7-foot Pat Rick Ewing the most ballyhooed Center to come into the league in a decade. Spirits were High As the kicks spent the summer taking season ticket orders which resulted in their Best attendance at mad Ison Square Garden since 1978-79. Never did the did the team expect to have 373 manpower games lost to injury which is the number the kicks will reach if they avoid More setbacks in the last 10 Days of the regular season. Seven players Ewing Bernard King Bill Cartwright Pat Cummings Rory Sparrow James Bailey and Eddie Wilkins suffered injuries that ended their season. King was the Aba s leading scorer in 1984-85, and All the others were starters when they were Hurt. Here a what happened icing and Wilkins with knee surgery did not play at All Cartwright made two appearances at mid season before he fractured his left foot for the third time Cummings played 31 games before ankle surgery ended his season Ewing played brilliantly for 50 games before knee surgery Bailey missed several games Early in the season before returning to become the Best healthy player in february. A sprained wrist ended his season after he played 48 games Sparrow was the starting Point guard for 74 games before breaking his left ankle on March 24. If everyone had been healthy at the Start we would have been a contender Bailey said. You look at the Way we re playing nobody s giving up on any night. It s Tough but you be got to keep a positive Outlook. You can t can cel any of the games. It s depressing. We re outmatched night after  to his credit Brown has kept a team of castoffs and Low draft choices competitive on the court if not the standings. Although the kicks have the worst record in the Aba Only a handful of their losses have been by More than 10 Points and for most of those they were in the game in the fourth period. Before every game with new York i Tell my players that no matter How depleted that team is every time out will be a War said Atlanta coach Mike Fratello a former kicks assistant. Brown has done a Fantas tic coaching Job. What happened to the kicks this year after the string of bad Luck last year is  it s been a helter shelter year said 6-9 Ken Bannister a former seventh round draft pick and the highest scoring Knick since the others were injured. The Only Way to prepare yourself night after night is just go out there intending to play hard. Hubie encourages us to go on and not give up on  it s hard on the coach and the players Brown said. Since the All Star game Patrick Ewing has played two games. When we play huge teams like Houston Boston and Philadelphia we Are really out manned. We have a feisty Bunch of Guys but we re underdogs every single  several kicks who were on the team two years ago when they took the celtics to seven games in the conference semifinals Are finding it hard to Deal with the team s downfall. It s been a drastic change guard Trent Tucker said. When we opened the season we knew that if everyone stayed healthy we would have finished second or third in the Atlantic division. Being Snake bitten again this year is something i can t  Gates Davis gain semis in Racquet meet Berlin Chuck Gates of 26th support group and Jim Davis of 21st support come advanced to the men s open division semifinals Fri Day in the Usa eur racquetball championships. Gates and Davis were both forced to go three sets to eliminate their quarterfinal foes. Gates knocked off Don Light of 21st support come 11 15, 15-7, 11-7. Davis eliminated Mike Jan Nero of Vii corps 15-9, 13 15, 11-2. Light and Jan Nero had pulled off major upsets in the first Day s action. Light conquered defending open Champion Norberto Sopena and Jan Nero shocked Paul Whitten the 1985 men s senior division titleholder. Other semifinalists include Felix Acosta of v corps in men s masters 35 and Over and Jackie Yzaguirre of Ber Lin and Bert Crawmer of 21st support come in women s open Competition. V corps Carol Rudesill Defeated Vivian Brown of Vii corps 15-14, 15-6 to reach the finals in women s masters. Army Cook dishes out . Championship Victory by de Schuyler or. Beaumont Texas a Loren Ross heard the talk. Riddick Bowe would take away his . Amateur 178-Pound class title. I be got a lot to defend especially my Pride said the 21-year-old army Cook from fort Hood Texas. So in his first bout at the . Champi correction a mandatory Continental sports Confer ence pre tournament racquetball meeting has been scheduled for All competitors at 9 . Tuesday at Pitburg s Mike Mark me Morial Field House. The meeting was incorrectly listed As being scheduled for wednes Day in Friday s editions of the stars and stripes. On ships at the Beaumont civic Center this week a charged up Ross scored a 3-2 Deci Sion Over Bowe the 18-year-old world Junior Amateur Champion from Brooklyn . Ross stands two fights away from ruling the . 178-Pound boxers for a third straight year. A Victory in the final saturday also would give Ross the inside track at proving his dominance is not confined to the United states. I think i am the better Boxer in the world in my weight class Ross said. The 12 champions Here will go to Stateline Nev., for a Box off for berths on the . Team for the world championships. They will Box their most noteworthy opponents who will be picked by a committee at the conclusion of the tournament Here. If a Champion wins a bout against his note worthy opponent april 12, he makes the team for the world championships May 8-18 at Reno Nev. If the opponent wins there will be another bout april 13, with the Winner of that match making the team. It is possible that Bowe could be selected As the Box off opponent for Ross. Hopefully so said Ross who does not Lack self Confidence. First Ross had to beat Paul Carlo of Florissant mo., in a Friday night semifinal. Then he must win the final saturday against the Winner of the semifinal match Between Oto silo Havili of West Valley Utah and Raymond Jones of the . Navy at Norfolk a. Ross a resident of Nashville tenn., has been boxing since he was 12. Ross was a hurdler in High school and also played football for two years. But while involved with other sports Ross never got away from boxing and he has become one of the Best amateurs. Besides his two . Titles he has posted a 5-0 record in International Competition. His Overall record is 58-6. I like winning Ross said. Then he said something that underscored Why he is win Ner i m willing to learn. 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