European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 9, 1906 the stars and stripes Page 21 celtics win title in 114-97 Breeze Larry Bird dribbles around Houston s Rodney Mccray. ,. Celtic Forward turned in All around performance in game 6 by William r. Barnard Boston api the Ossion critics. With Larry did and Kevin Mulla la leading a first half Blit. Rolled to their 16th Aba tide sunday with a 114-97 Romp Over the Houston rockets. The 4-2 series Triumph made Boston the winning St learn Tor one sea Ion in Aba history and continued the tradition that has made them one of the Roost  franchises in sports. The celtics stunned by the rockets in Houston thursday night in an emotion Laden game marked by Ralph Sampson s ejection for fighting. Took a 55-38 Lead at halftime and cruised to their 41sl consecutive Horne Victory. Bird m a finished with 19 Points and 11 rebounds was named the series map the rockets trailed Only 31-28 tarty in the second Quarter before inc celtics look Complete control us scoring Houston 24-10 in the last 9 1 z of the half. Mchale had 13 Points and did nine of those 24 Points. Mel talc had 21 of his 29 Points and nine of his 10 rebounds in inc first half and Bird had 16 Points  rebounds and eight Jasins in the first two periods. Bird aver aged 24 Points and 9.7 rebounds a game for the series. The 7-Juol"J Sampson the instigator of the fifth game Brawl when he punched 6-1 Jerry Sichting had a miserable first half scaring Only Lui polls on j-for-8 shooting. The sellout crowd of 14,890 booed the rockets Star Forward every time he touched the Ball sunday but there were no ugly incidents by the crowd or the players. Sampson finished with just eight Points As Akeem Olajuwon led the Rinju is with 19 Points and Rodney Mccray had 16. The outcome of the game was a foregone conclusion it in second half As l in rockets got no closer than 14 Points. The largest Lead was 97-67 Wilh iwo minutes left. This year s celtics have been compared to the great teams in n8a history. Two years ago they won their 15th Aba title and last year they los i he Crown in he Stitth game to the los Angeles lakers. They improved this year with the Addi Tion of Hill Walton and Sichling. The celtics have twice As Many titles As any other franchise. The Minneapolis los an Pelcs lakers have won eight. The celtics won their 6th uric it heir 18h trip to the finals Linch their losses came in Sik games to the St. Louis Hawks in 1958 and he los Angeles lakers Las year. The celtics. 67-15 in the regular season finished 15-3 in the playoffs fur an Overall markoft2- 8. Those k2 victories arc the most in the Aba. The 1971-72 ukers finished i a the by a percentage in league history. Houston w As making its second trip to the finals in the 19-Ycar history of the fran Chise the first four of which were spent in san Diego. The Rock is other finals appearance was in 19k1, when they also lost to the celtics in sit games. Tic 4. I consecutive Home Victory by the celtics Csc not a their single season record. The previous Standard was 33 by Minneapolis in we a. Boston finished 50-1 Al Hync this \t.ison. 47-1 at Ixion Garden ind jul at Hartford civic Center. The Only pm was 121-Kij to Portland on dec. To. Houston Lur cd the Ball Mer seven times in the film six minutes of the game leading to four Boston baskets that gave the celtics a 22 ii Lead. The celtics missed four Strait the free throws and iwo la j ups in t a i Span. The rockets did t Fuld however scoring ii consecutive re Nils to Trail Only 22-21. Olajuwon stole the Ball on three straight Boston possessions twice getting breakaway dunks and then pawing to Mccray for a Layup. Although the celtics finished the period with a 7-2  for a 29-2.1 Lead the rockets had survived a Quarter in which they had 11 Lurn Osers but inc second Guarder  another Story As the rockets missed 17 of their 23 shots in the period for 26 percent shooting. The celtics aut Rebou a cd 56-j7 in sheif game s defeat had a 30-16 advantage on the boards in the first half. Stephens repeats at Belmont by de Schuyler or. New York a Danzig connection took the Lead on inc turn and splashed Home firs saturday 10 give Trainer Woody Stephens an mounding fifth straight Victory in the Belmont stakes. Danzig connection Ridden by Chris Mccarron who had never Ridden for Stephens got Home in front of lightly raced Johns trea sure in a Lime of 2 29 4/5 on a Sloppy iracle. In inc Days leading up to the race the 72-year-old Stephens said i Don l have As Good a Chance this  someone forgot to Tell Danzig connect owned by Henryk de Kwiatkowski Dan big connection finished 1 a lengths in front of Johns treasure who was a neck ahead of Kentucky Derby Winner Ferdinand person is Flag was another three quarters if a length Feck. Ii was a Wel foggy Day but a crowd of 43,117 fans turned out to watch another Stephens 3-Vear-old Shine in it final leg of the triple Crown. Stephens had won the four previous Bel see Belmont on Page 25 it Peg  right set Foo us my to Victory n Ibe but non suites with Orris Mccorron aboard. Joel jul treasure left Ridden by Taffil Pincay or. And Willie Shoemaker led Ferdinand Challenge Down the stretch