European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday january 21,1967 kicks top celts in final seconds new York a when the opposition Tii s the score with eight seconds left most basketball coaches Call for a timeout. Bob Hill of the new York kicks did to and the strategy paid off with a 111-109 Victory Over Boston monday night when Louis Orr dribbled through the celtics defense and banked in a 21 foot shot at the Buzzer. I m not going to by them set up their defense Hiil said. To me that s a negative. I want logo right at them and be the aggressor. The aggressor usually wins those. I was willing to take the heat if it did t  celtics coach . Jones said he thought it was to his advantage that the kicks did t Call time out after Kevin Mchale s two free throws tied the score at 109 with eight seconds left. Jones was also surprised that Orr averaging fewer than six Points a game and shooting 36 percent from the Field this season took the final shot. Hill said Orr s first option was to pass but he did the right thing when he kept the Ball. No one picked him up until he shot Hill said. He did what a Veteran is sup posed to do flow wit i the play and take a balanced  my first option was to pass to Ger Ald Wilkins but he was covered Orr said. Once i passed mid court 1 was thinking shot All the Way 1 knew if passed off there would t be enough time for anybody to do  Boston had trailed 109-100 with 1 20 left but Larry Bird scored seven straight Points to make it 109-107 with 46 seconds left. After a missed shot by the kicks Mchale hit two free throws o tie the score with eight seconds left. Gerald Henderson scored a season High 23 Points for the kicks. Patrick Ewing added 22 and Bill Cartwright 21. Bird finished with 3j Points and Mihalc with 24 for the celtics who had won four straight games and 11 of their last 12. Laken 116, Nell 115 East Rutherford . Mark no Roundup Johnson scored 28 of his 42 Points in the second half As los Angeles rallied to hand new Jersey their Sish straight loss. Johnson who tied the Meadowlands Arena record for most Points in a game set feb. 17 by Rolando Blackmon of Dallas scored 22 in the third Quarter. Buck Williams led the nets with 30 Points. 7�enl07,sumi04 Philadelphia Charles Barkley scored 27 Points and Julius Erving had 20 As Philadelphia Defeated Phoenix. Waller Davis scored 18 Points for Phoenix and Alvan Adams and de Pinckney had 16 each. Maurice Cheeks had 13 assists for Philadelphia. Rockets 127, Cavalier 103 Richfield Ohio Ralph Samp son scored a season High 33 Points nine of them during a 19-Point run in the third Quarter As Houston Defeated Cleveland. The 7-foot-4 Sampson also grabbed 16 rebounds. John hot Rod Williams scored 23 Points and Keith Lee had season High 20 for the Cavaliers. Pacers 109, bulls 95 Indianapolis Chuck person scored 17 of his 27 Points in the fourth Quarter and John Long hit 17 of his 25 in the third to help Indiana beat Chicago. Michael Jordan who had 14 of his 32 Points in the final period scored six straight Points to pull the bulls to will in 87-79 with about eight minutes left but person scored eight straight to put the pacers safely ahead. Pistons 108, Hawks 98 Pontiac Mich. Adrian Dantley scored 27 Points and Vinnie Johnson had 20 coming off the Bench As Detroit Defeated Atlanta and overtook the Hawks for the Central division Lead. The Hawks played Bilboul High scor ing Forward Dominique Wilkins who strained his right knee sunday. Spurs 113, clippers 106 san Antonio Texas Alvin Robertson scored 27 Points and Waller Berry pm Phot new York s Louis on. ,. Hits winning Basket 12 to Lead san Antonio Over los Angeles. The spurs held off a fourth period charge by los Angeles when the clippers closed to 98-92 with 7 00 left. Robertson responded with four baskets and Berry contributed four Points to pull san Anto Nio ahead 07-96. Jon Sundvold added 20 for the spurs. Nuggets 118, trait Laura 116 Denver Danny Schadei scored seven Points in the final 89 seconds to rally Denver Portland playing without regular for wards Kenny Carr and Kiki Vandeweghe both out with the flu led most of the Way and was clinging to a 112-111 Edge when Schayes began his Streak. Alex English had 31 Points to Lead the  Drexler scored a season High 36 Points for Portland. Kookaburra Iii wins defender series Fremantle Australia a Kookaburra Iii won the America s cup de fender trials tuesday eliminating Australia in and ending owner Alan Bond s Hopes of defending the trophy he won in 1983. Kookaburra i beat Bond s yacht forthe fifth straight time after Australia in s skipper Colin Beashel was forced to Cir Cle to avoid hitting the committee boat just before the Start. The final margin of Victory was 55 seconds. However Kookaburra Iii May not compete in the decisive series against american Dennis Conner s stars &. Stripes. Trials with stablemate Kookaburra ii eliminated in the previous round Are planned to see which would have a better Chance of Healing the . Challenger in the Best of seven series. In 1983, the Bond Syndicate s austra Lia ii Rode in innovative winged keel to an America s cup Victory Over Conner and Liberty. It was the first time since the Competition began in 1851 that a . Boat did t win the cup. Conner earned a Chance to avenge his 1983 loss monday when stars & stripes survived a torn Jib to Complete a 4-1 Victory Over new zealand in the Chal Lenger finals. New zealand skipper Chris Dickson,25, and his Small nation saw their last Hopes dim when his Kiwi magic hit the seventh and last Mark and had to re round it. Dickson had pulled his yacht within two boat lengths of the americans with one leg left. Thirteen years of experience beat 13 months Dickson said. Conner would like to tune his boat for the Jan. 31 opening of the cup finals by practising against new zealand. Traditionally the challengers gang up on the cup defender which until now was always the United states. College from Page 21 Vernon Butler at 1,114. Robinson Al ready Holdi navy1 career scoring and shot blocking Marks. Robinson made ii of 16 Field goal at tempts and 10 of 16 from the line for his ninth 3 a plus scoring Effort of the season. Navy is 12-3. Delaware fell to 8-6. Bepil61, le49 Rosemont 111. Dallas Conway scored 19 Points and awoke lethargic no. 6 Mcpaul Midway through the second half 10 Lead the Blue demons Over Indi Ana stale. Comegys hit three clutch baskets and Andy Lam had two three pointers and four steals As Depaul improved to 15-0. Indiana state 6-11, was paced by Dar Rion Applewhite with 12  Christian Situu 37 fort Worth Texa the Texa Christian homed frogs received two pieces of news prior to their Victory Over Texas on the positive Side they Learned they had their firs Over top 20 ranking. To was ranked i9lh in monday s poll. But thu also found out that senior guard Carl lot would be lost six to eight weeks after suffering a broken Bone in the Middle Finger of his right hand sat urday at practice. Thu was Able 10 carry on monday extending its unbeaten string to 10, ill longest in 35 years. Even without him lot it seemed to work out pretty Well said thu coach Jim Killingsworth. So Many times when you lose a player the others just seem to pick up the  Texas coach Bob Weltlich was at loss to explain Bis team s shooting percentage of 25.5 for the game 18.2 per cent in the first half. We just can t shoot the basketball said Wettich. We weren t having Many turnovers so it was t like we weren t getting the  thu also strengthened its hold on the conference Lead with its fifth Victory in As Many starts and boosted it Overall Mart 10 14-3. Texas fell to 9-10 and 2-4. Sixth Man Jamie Dixon tubing for Lett scored 13 Points. Carven Holcombe Ted thu with 15 Points. Raynard Davis led Texas with eight. Texas is 9-10 Overall and 2-4 in the . John s s3, Pitt 62 Pittsburgh station jotted scored 23 Points and made the two deciding free throws with 21 seconds to play As Mill ranked St. John s rallied to beat no. 16 Pittsburgh in the big Easl . John s stands 13-2 Overall and 4-2 in the big East the panthers Are 2-2 in the conference. Nevada la vegas 73, to Ueita state 65 Fullerton Calif. Freddie Banks scored 22 Points and Armon Gil Liam added in As fourth ranked Nevada Las vegas outlasted Fullerton state in Pacific coast athletic association game. Gerald Taddio added 16 Points for Nevada Las vegas which improved its record to 16-1 Overall. S-0 in the pc a. Fullerton state fell to 1-4 in Confer ence and t-6 Overall. Angry Becker upset by unseeded australian Melbourne Australia a unseeded australian Wally Masur scored a fourth round Victory Over two Simc Wimbledon Champion Boris Becker tuesday to Advance to the men s quarterfinals of the australian open Tennis championships. Masur. 23. Ranked 71st in the world defused the teen age West German s booming serve to score a 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6 7,6-2 upset. Masur who was unable to gain a regu Lar place on the australian Davis cup team this year kept his nerve to outplay Becker in the final set after squandering three match Points in he fourth set lie breaker which Becker won 11-9. When Becker broke to Lead 2-0 in inc final set he appeared Sei to cruise 10 Victory. But Masur raised the level of his game and it was Becker who crumbled. There also was a major upset in the women s quarterfinals As Sweden s cat Arina Lindqvist eliminated third seeded Pam Shriver. Becker was involved in a number of temperamental outbursts during the Mara hot clash which lasted Over 3 it hours. He was warned by chair Umpire Wayne Spenser for being coached from the sidelines and for taking too Long be tween Points. He escaped further censure despite smashing his Racket angrily to the ground several times. The defeat was a second straight year Becker has been upset in the australian open. In 1985 there was no austra Lian open in 1986 Becker was beaten by Michil schapers of the Netherlands in the second round. In that 85 open Masur had two match Points against eventual Champion Stefan Edberg of Sweden but lost. This Lime Masur s nerve held while Becker s failed him. The 19-year-old West German served 16 double faults including the final two Points of the match. Earlier the final three americans were ousted in the men s singles. Top seeded Martina Navratilova seeking her third straight grand slam singles Crown joined Lindqvist second seeded Hana Mandrikova of Czechoslovakia and no. 5 Claudia Kohide Kilsch in the women s semis