European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes monday december 8,1986 cars Edge celtics for 5th straight Richfield Ohio a Rookie John Williams hit two free throws with three seconds remaining saturday night lifting the Cleveland Cavaliers to an 88-86 Triumph Over the Boston celtics for their fifth straight Victory. Williams and Rookie Ron Harper led the Cavaliers with 26 Points each. The celtics again played without for Ward Larry Bird who sat out his third straight game with a strained right Achil Les Tendon. Boson had Defeated Denver and Philadelphia without Bird. Mel Turpin who scored All eight or his Points in the final 5 48. Hit a 20-foot jumper to give Cleveland an 86-84 Lead in the final minute. Kevin Mihalc who scored 31 Points for Boston followed with a Short Hook shot to lie it again with 17 seconds remaining. Williams then grabbed an offensive rebound off a Turpin miss and Robert Parish touted him setting up the game winning free throws. In other National basketball association action saturday 76ers 10$, Nels 100 Philadelphia Charles bark Aba Roundup Ley s Basket with 20 seconds left and Julius Erving i two free throws in he Clos ing seconds gave Philadelphia a Victory Over new Jersey. Barkley and Erving scored 20 Points each to Lead the t6era. Orlando Wool Ridge led All scorer with 31 for the nets who led 80-70 after three quarters. Pistons 118, fat Nita 113 Pontiac Mich. Adrian Dan Ley scored 32 Points and Isiah Thomai added 24, leading Detroit Over Denver. Denver which trailed 64-36 in the Sec Ond Quarter outscored the pistons 21-9 and Drew to within five 83-78, on a Bas Ket by Alex English with 6 01 left in the third. But Detroit stayed in control with an 8-3 run that gave the pistons a 111-98 Lead with 5 56 left in the game. English finished with 36 Points for Denver Sonk i3t, Racket 80 Houston Tom Chambers led a contingent of High scoring supersonics with 29 Points in three quarters Ai Seattle routed Houston. Houston playing without but Center Akeem Olajuwon absorbed its wont loss Ever in the Summit which opened in1975, while losing in fourth straight Overall and seventh of the Lut eight All sub-100 Point games. Only five Guett in Aba history have had a bigger Victory margin. ,blli97 san Antonio Texas Alsip Robertson scored 30poinli and Rootare Johnny Dawkins added 28 As san Antonio rallied from a 21 Point deficit to top Chicago. The spurs Victory offset the play of the bulls Michael Jordan who had game High 43 Points his sixth straight game with 40 or More. Sana  109 los Angeles Larry Nance hit an 18-fool jumper with three seconds remaining to Cap a 23-Point performance As Phoenix beat los Angeles to hand in Clipper their i2lh straight lots. Thai s the clippers longest losing Streak Lince the franchise moved to Losangeles from san Diego before the 1984 85 season. Neither team led by More than five Points in the fourth Quarter the Tea changed hands four times. The clippers final Lead was 101-99 with 4 a minutes remaining. I Sacramento Jarrell Graf Lily scored 12 of his 20 Points in the final Quarter As Utah Defeated  loss was the sixth straight for Sac Ramento. That s the longest since the franchise moved to Sacramento from Kansas City at the Start Oflas  Kings 5-13, also tied a franchise record for the most consecutive losses it. Home with five the last time the Kings lost five in a Row on their Home court Mavericks 109, Carrlon 104 Oakland Calif. Rolando Black Man s is Point in the third Quarter spurred Dallas to Victory As Golden state wasted sleepy Floyd s career nigh 41-Point performance and ended a a Ganu winning  s 22 Points led the Maver icks who snapped the longest warrior1 winning Streak in eight Yean. The War Rion Ted 51-44 before blackmail and Mark Aquirre sparked the Mavericks. Arkansas ambushes Kansas fayettev1lle, Ark a Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson said saturday night that his razor backs want the last 10 minutes of a game to belong to them. Against sixth ranked Kansas it did. The Razorbacks outscored the Jay Hawks 39-20 Dur ing the final 10 minutes and posted a 103-86 Victory. Both learns came in 3-0. We Aren t a great team yet Richardson said. We could be by the Lime we play in the Southwest Confer ence. Bui we seller not get big headed because of one  All american 13anny Manning led Kansas with 26 Points and touted out in the final seconds. Freshman Ron Huery scored 19 Tor Arkansas. North Carolina 122, Miami Fli 77 Chapel Hill . Joe Wolf and Ranzino Smith scored 21 Points each to Lead top ranked North Carolina Over Miami. The tar heels 4-1, set a record for Points in a half with 72 in the first period. They recorded 100 for the third time in five games. Purdue 88, Connecticut 70 Hartford Conn. As convincing As no.4 Pur due s first three victories have been shooting Star Troy Lewis thinks the team s efforts must improve if they arc to remain among College basketball s elite we Aren t Happy with our performance but we Are Happy that we got a win the Junior guard said after the boilermakers cruised past Connecticut. Lewis scored a game High 24 Points and Todd Mitchell added 21 As Purdue built an 18-Poinl Lead let it slip to nine and rebuilt it to 20 before the game was Over Oklahoma 101, Texas Arlington 76 Norman okla. Tim Mccalister and Harvey Grant scored 22 Points each As no. 11 Oklahoma Defeated Texas Arlington. Florida stale 72, Alabama 71 Tallahassee Fla. Raleigh Choice s Basket with two seconds left lifted Florida stale Over eighth ranked Alabama. Choice a 6-foot-10 senior who was put into the game during a timeout with just seven seconds left look a pass from pee wee Barber and dropped in a 5 foot jumper to boost the seminoles to 3-0. Illinois 99, Pittsburgh 97 Pittsburgh Tony Wysinger and freshman Ken Dall Gill hit four foul shots each in the final 57 seconds As basketball ninth ranked Illinois built a 19-Point Lead with eight min utes to play then held off 12lh-Nmked Pitt. Doug Ollenberger scored 26 Points including six three Point Field goals and Ken Norman powered his Way to 24 Points mostly on passes from Wysinger As the Zillini improved to 4-0.utah68,ari�iw67 Tucson Ariz. Utah s Jimmy Madison scored the winning Basket with six seconds left As the utes came Back in the second half to stun 20lh-Rankcd Ari  pulled Down an offensive rebound and shot a 10-foot jumper from the Baseline. It bounced straight up and dropped Back through the no to give Utah its first Lead of the second  calling timeout Arizona failed to get off a shot. Syracuse 94, northeastern 74 Syracuse . Senior Forward Howard Triche scored a career Besl 31 Points including 15 in the second half As no. 17 Syracuse wore Down 19lh-ranked northeastern with its inside game to win the Carrier  103, Loyola Calif. 80 Iowa City Iowa by. Armstrong scored 21 Points and Roy Marble added 20 As fifth ranked Iowa pulled away in the second half and Defeated Loyola Mary mount to win the Amana Hawkeye classic. Iowa 6-0, won its own tournament for the fourth time in five  126, St. Leo 51 Washington As no. 16 Georgetown continues to prime itself for tougher games ahead Reggie Williams has already reached mid season  scored 27 Points to Lead the hoyas to a Roul of is. Leo. Williams the Only senior on the squad made 11 of 16 shots and grabbed 10 rebounds As Georgetown 4-0, registered the most Points and big Gest margin of Victory in the history of the school. Western Kentucky 82, Southern cd 52 Bowling Green by. Clarence Martin scored 16 Points As no. 14 Western Kentucky capital tied on a 16-Point first half by Southern California in route to a Victory in the championship game of the Wendy s classic. Jano Jackson s Layup helps Georgetown beat St. Left Knight criticizes Louisville newspaper s censorship Bloomington ind. Up in Diana basketball coach Bob Knight sat urday criticized a Kentucky newspaper for holding Back coverage last year of improper actions by the Kentucky basketball program. Speaking after his hoosiers 71-66 Victory Over the Kentucky wildcats Knight said Louisville courier journal columnist Billy Reed knew of a lick Salei scandal involving the Kentucky program bul the newspaper s managing editor David Hawpe killed the Story. He said Hawpe s decision to hold Back the Story led to a pulitzer prize last Spring for the Lexington Herald Leader. Your managing editor is a big Ken Tucky fan somebody Lold me Knight told the Louisville newspaper s reporter at the game. Apparently at one time Billy Reed put the whole Dory about the Kentucky Deal a year ago into the courier journal s managing editor s bands and he let it go and the Herald Leader Down the Road picked up the pulitzer prize Knight said. What they the courier journal s publishers ought to do is Send the Man aging editor to another division Down there like in Fern Creek or  attempts to reach Hawpe were unsuccessful. The paper refused to comment. Knight earlier blasted the newspaper for not sending Reed to cover the annual game Between the Border state rivals. Reed was removed from the assignment after he protested when a column he wrote was kept out of the newspaper. Reed contacted at Home told up i really appreciate coach Knight s loyalty. Rve found recently that loyalty hat lev Worth among Guys these Daw. Bong Knight is a standup Guy. 1 really respect that