European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday now Newm. 1986 the stars and stripes Pago 23 commentary air Jordan still flies Solo in Chi town something special is happening in the National basketball association this season. Something special Ai in the Michael Jordan air express Flyingout of Chicago. Whit an we wailing to see can one Man sur rounded by a cast or Anonymous Toms Dicks and harrys that would make a vice cop cringe single Han deadly carry a bad basketball team the dulls to the playoffs Quick now a free fat tour to Teheran with a Yarmulke for the Ayot Lolah fir anyone who can name any of the dulls other four starters. This is the same team that drafted san Quinti Dailey after he single hand edly brought Down the University of san Francisco basketball program with his brushes with the Law Over Bis Affinity Lor attack ing women. This is the same team that signed Daile to the big Bucks and then watched Dailey spend the Money to destroy what Talent he had left with a co Caine habit. Jordan picked up this year where he ended up Las year. Last year after sitting out most of the season he accused management of not wanting him to Playto improve the bulls draft position. Specifically Jor Dan along with Many others thought the bulls we retrying to make not the playoffs but the Aba s draft lottery by keeping him on the disabled list. Finally late in the season management succumbed to the full court pressure applied by Jordan and sympathetic scribes in the press. They let him play and Jordan dragged the dulls kicking and screaming into the playoffs. In the first two games of the playoffs against the celtics a team noted for team Ball and Good defense Jordan was nothing Short of unbelievable. Air Jordan used Booster rocket games of 49 and 63 to make the Tim Boivin dulls look Well bullish by respectable. They eve took the celts to overtime in the second game an event that saw the celtics use All five starters Al onetime or another to defense the human Comet labelled air Jordan. Game 3 saw air Jordan grounded to a More human night line of 19 Points As the celtics advanced and ultimately won the Aba Crown. The dulls were left out or the lottery hut still came up with Ohio slate s Brad Sellers in the draft. But this year is really no belter. Sellers is a project at Best. The dulls traded away Forward Orlando Woolridge their Only other scorer. Genie Oerum i shooting pasta hoops Down italia Way so the iceman won t comely in the backcourt for the dulls this year. No help is on the horizon. You cant really say they re the dulls any More. Jordan trading up in a Bull Market took care of that. It s just and he s stuck in the bulls Market. He leads the league with an average of nearly 37points per game. He led the bulls to a 7-4 Start Good for third place in the Central division two games out. Jordan also is responsible for the game of the Yearin the Aba against the kicks last Friday. Scoring 40 Points Jordan set an Aba record by tallying the last in Points for the bulls when it counted Down the stretch. His last two were de scribed As coast to coast but it was More like uni verse to universe and he was definitely out of this universe. Taking the Ball on the in bound play after Thek Nicks lied the game Al 99 Wilh seven seconds left Jordan drove the length of the court. Despite in fact everyone and All the ghosts in Chicago s ancient stadium knew Jordan would get the Ball it did t help the kicks triple teaming Stop Jordan from putting in an 18-foot lean to just inside thet rec Point line thai sheltered the bulls 101-99 Vic tory. As usual it was beyond unbelievable la was just Jordan. Jordan will again drag the dulls up to a level of mediocrity this season whether or not they want it. They la make the playoffs then be eliminated Earl again. There s Only one real Bull. The rest arc Dull. What we have Here is a cast of character actors co starring in a movie Wilh Al Pacino. Pacino will carry the script while the character actors will stand around and just be glad to look Good. It la be fun still to see what tricks Michael the magician can pull out of the hat the Rusl of the year to keep basketball fans entertained during then a s terminal 82-game preseason that s portrayed As a regular season with a straight face by league officials. It s a shame to waste the Allenl of a Jordan on team mismanaged like the bulls. It makes one won Der How the bulls lucked into him in the first again i am reminded by my Boss Bob Wicker that it could be worse. The celtics could have him. Thank god for Small favors. Colts will want a Bunch for rights to Testaverde n Famer Lud Kloi kicker Ivury a Dey a Fol Repice the a Emu link a met Tahr. Browns sign kicker Moseley. To is to _1rjm� tin a no Etc flu i to i Ufi Vou Berea Ohio a Mark Mose Ley s extensive experience was the deciding Factor in the Cleveland Browns Deci Ivov Toshire him instead of 26-year-Oldbrian Franco to replace injured place kicker Matt Bahr. Coach Marty Sunol Genheimer said wednesday. Moseley. 38, was released by the Washington redskins on ocl 13 and re Zendejas Mosley mad five of his first six Field goal tries this year but then slumped missing five of Hii next six tries he agreed to contract terms and prac tired win the Browns wednesday. Moseley and Sas pm Jacksonville in toe a Ililau Alai is re bal league were brought in for tryouts tuesday. They were very comparable in their kicking but very simply i believe you need a Guy who has done it a Guy who has been there and earned the Burden of the role schoenheimer said. Moseley made 12 of 14 extra Point for Washington this season his 15th year in the National football league., Bahr was sidelined for the season when he Tore ligaments in his right knee while trying to make a tackle on a Kickoff in sunday s 37-31 overtime Victory Over the Pittsburgh Steelen. He underwent surgery monday at the Cleveland said Moseley would probably be used for Geld goals and kick offs although Bis ability to kick off deep has been questioned in recent Yean he gets real Good hang time Schotten Heimer said. Well probably also work Harry Holt on that because Harry did it effectively when he a in canada.1 by Dave Goldbe Gap football writer with the Indianapolis Colls 0-12,close to clinching the rights to Vinny Testaverde the question becomes do they need him at one level of course they do. Testa verde is at least the Best quarterback Prospect since 1983 and already is considered a potential Hall of Famer by some National football league Rookie Jack Tradeau has impressed scouts Wilh his potential since being thrown in when Gary Hogeboom went Down in the third game of the Means the Colts May be in position to demand loads from another team to Trade Testaverde s rights. Seeing How much we gave up they Llave to give up even More says Jack Faulkner administrator of football operations for the los Angeles rams who surrendered two no. I picks guard Kent Hill and defensive end William Fuller to the Houston oilers for the rights to Jim Everett. Sure we d like Testaverde. I Hearse s a giant fan. But we re not about to tear up our defense to get him say general manager George Young of the new York giants. He suspects the coi would ask for two no. Is plus linebacker Carl Banks and defensive end Leonard Marshall two pro bowl Caliper players. Despite dismal attendance figure last weekend 31,000 in Houston 30,000 in Tampa and 29,000 in St Louis thenal looks like it s headed for its second Best attendance. For which the league might say thank you Jim with three quarters of the season gone average paid attendance per same u 61,002, or 91 percent of s actually better than the All time record average of 60,745 it in 1981. But attendance normally drops in the final Quarter u the weather gets cold an teams fall from Contention. Actual attendance people in the in Roundup stadiums is averaging 57,110 or 86percent of capacity. That brings us to Buffalo where Kelly s signing provided he Bills Wilh new Hope if Only a marginally better doubled attendance it Rich stadium an average of 77,000 for the first seven Home games compared to under 38,000 for the eight Home games in 1985. Who s sorry now Raul Allegre of the giants and a Zendejas of Washington started their nil careers Wilh Dallas. The cowboys Trail the redskins and giants by three games in the pfc East with four remaining if Only he could tickle. Next to Green Bay s Charles Martin Spike of Chicago quarterback Jim Mcmahon the most replayed tape of the weekend was the shot of another Martin George of the giants shrugging of the attempted tackle of Denver s John Elway a route to a 78-Yard touchdown run with an errant Elway pass. After new York s 19-16 Victory Elway sought out Martin to express his Admira Tion for the Man who extended a record by defensive linemen with the sixth defensive to of his 12-year thought it was a great play by a great athlete and 1 wanted to Tell him i person the Denver quarterback said. Most amazing was t the stiff Arm of Elway but the one handed grab. Martin reversed directions in the air and swipe the Short swing pass like a rebounded pulling Down a crazy basketball. That what Martin was at Oregon a Basket Ball player and Light end who played two Yean with Dan fouls scorecard pfc 21, acc 17. Home 95, away 73.division standings org inst Ouide teams pfc East iwo a fewest 17-12afc West 17-13jafc Central 13-1s acc East 10-14 pfc Central 11-21
