European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 6, 1986 the stars and stripes Page .2.1. Nuggets. Maver icks p u 11 eve n. Of ,.ycu a two v a -. From press disc Akocs the Denver nuggets Bill themselves As the lunch Backet brigade a tribute to the Way they go full Speed far 48 minutes or 53,if necessary. Sunday the nuggets rallied on their Home court id beat the Houston rockets 114-11 in overtime to deadlock he Aba playoff series m 2-2. In the other sunday Western conference semifinal the Mavericks held off the los Angeles lakers 120-118 at Dallas to even thai series at two games each. Earlier Sun Day Atlanta beat Boston io&-94 far its first win in four games of their ens icon Confer ence Semi final series Nuckols 114, rockets in of Alex English scared six Points in Over time and Lafayette lever and . Dunn hit key free throws Down the stretch to spark a ate nuggets surge. They scored the last six Points of the game and held the rockets scoreless for the last 1 30. I think sometimes people Don t realize How Good this team Chin be English said but today we showed  Denver coach Doug me drained by the ordeal said "1 was too tired to even know what was going on out there. That was just an unbelievable performance by those Guys. It seemed like nothing was going right for us in the last Quarter but Elston Turner hit some big shots and Bill Hawlik was magnificent in defending against Ralph  the nuggets trailed 104-99 with 44 seconds left in regulation but Turner a re serve guard made a three Point Basket and then slipped along the Baseline for a reverse Layup with 11 seconds remaining to Send the game into overtime. Houston getting solid play in the fourth Quarter and in overtime from Point guard Robert Reid who scored 11 of his team s final 13 Points grabbed a four Point Lead in the extra session on Reid s Baseline jumper. A free throw by Reid with 1 31 left put the rockets up Iii ios but Houston was unable to score a�4in, English hit two free throws with 1.19 remaining and lever added two More with 1 02 left giving Denver its first Lead since Early in the third Quarter. Dunn fouled after Steid missed a jumper made Bath free throws with six seconds remaining to account for the final margin. Alien a catch s desperation three Point it Timpl missed at she Buizer. English who seared Only two Points in the first Quarter finished with 28, lever had 17, Calvin Natl 16 and Turner 13. Sampson whose 15 third Quarter Points Cleveland in 1st place Aba playoffs had put Houston ahead had 28 paints. Reid got 24 and Kacem Olajuwan Gat 23 before fouling out with 3 09 left in the of. Sampson s third Quarter heroics helped Houston erase a 51-51 halftime tic and take an 80-74 Lead into the final period Reid scored six straight Houston Points Down the stretch to keep the rockets ahead before Turner produced the lie. Muse rocks 120, lakers 118 Mark Aguirre tallied 3� Points including a critical turnaround jumper with 38 seconds remaining carrying Dallas Over Las Angeles seeking to become the first team to successfully defend its Aba title since Boston in 1969. Aguirre who Hud 21 Points in an explosive first Quarter hit his 15-Fooler to give Dallas a 120-116 Lead but the lakers Byron Scott connected on two free throws with 30 seconds to go to set the stage for last second dramatics. The Mavericks let the 24-second clock expire without getting off it shot and the lakers got the Ball with six seconds left. A Arcco Abdul jabber whose an Aba playoff record by appearing in his 173rd game missed his patented sky Hook from 10 fed away at the butter. Abdul Jabbar scored 33 Points to Lead the lakers while Eurvin magic Johnson. Had 29 and Scott 22. Rolando Blackman who had nine straight Points Midway through the fourth Quarter added 28 Points for the Mavericks and Sam Perkins had 23. The Mavericks led 98-87 after three quarters As Bill Winnington hit his first three Painter of the season at the Buzzer. The lakers then started to get the Ball to Abdul Jabbar Down Low and he scored 10 Points in the fourth Quarter. Maurice Lucas tipped in a shot with 1 04 left to make it 118-116. Aguirre who had Only made two Points previously in the fourth Quarter then hit the turnaround jumper that proved the game Winner. The hot shooting Mavericks led the lakers 67-58 at Hal Tinte thanks to a sizzling first Quarter by Aguirre who hit 10 of 13 shots from the Field for 21 in the period. Dallas scored 12 straight Points Lute in the first Quarter for a id Point Lead aver the lakers and the Mavericks owned a 45-33 advantage at the end of the period after shooting 74 percent from the Field. The 45 paints tied an Aba playoff re Cord held by the lakers who scored 45 against Phoenix last year. Denver s Alex English and Houston s Ralph Sampson left. English s 28 Points Lead Nuj gals to 114-111 Victory dodgers fall Jacob lifts indians Over Chison 6-4 As cards snap losing Streak from press dispatches Chicago Brook Jacoby did it All sunday and the Cleveland indians door Mats in the american league in recent years vaulted into first place with a 10-m Ning 6-4 Victory Over the Chicago White sox which extended their winning Streak to seven games. Jacoby cracked a Home run in the eighth inning to lie the game and then drove in the Lead run in a two run 10th inning. He also singled Home a run in the first inning. Sure in feels Good said Jacoby. Last year you could get three hits and it would t mean anything because we would lose. I Don l want to Lalk about hitting said Jacoby. Our pitching keeps us close and that s How we re winning  Andre Thornton led off the 10th with a sorted on Jacoby double. Jacoby event Wal Roundup by scored an insurance run on Joe Carter s Pinch hit sacrifice Fly. Reliever Scott Dalles 4-t, gained the win and Bob James 1-2. Was the loser. It marked the first time that the indians were in first place As late at May since May 17,1981. Well take a we keep battling said manager Pat Corrales Brook Jacoby is going to do that a  comics mulled Over the idea of being in first place by 11 percentage Points aver the. New York Yankees who dropped a 4-3 decision to Texas. To be realistic no i did t think we d be in first place said Corrales. We had to Start in our division playing some lop clubs and i wanted to shoot for .500, but our pitching has been better than expected and that s what has done it. It s Nice to be in first place but we have a Long Way to go and a lot of games to  Jacoby s third Home run which came off Neil Allen in the eighth inning landed in the Center Field bullpen. Allen was making his first american league Start. " he crunched in said Corrales a 2l-mile-an-hour wind blowing out might have helped. In Felt Good said Jacoby " he wind definitely was a Factor. I Don t know if it would have gone out  Thornton opened the Cleveland 10th with a double to Center Field off Bob James 1-2, and went la third when John Cangelosi hobbled the Ball for an error. Jacoby s Dou ble his third hit of the game scored Pinch runner Castillo Jacoby took third on a sin Gle and scored on Pinch hitter Joe Carter s sacrifice Fly. Bailes 4-1, Golphe win. The indians got two unearned runs in the first inning. Julio Franco singled with two outs and scored when Carlton Fisk the con see Al on Page 26 from press dispatches los anoles the bullpen by committee approach Hal manager Whiley her Zig employed so effectively last season helped the St. Louis cardinals end their no Roundup five game losing Streak sunday with their ninth  Bargor Ricky Horton and Todd Worrell combined to hold the los Angeles dodgers Hilliss Over the final 2vi innings to secure a 3-1 win for Bob Forsch. Bar Gur could have done it himself but a Creon went by the Book and used Hortan against left handed Hitler Mike Scioscia and Worrell against right handed Pinch hitter Cesar cd Dino. Bargar did a Good Job. They All did see no on Page 26