European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 29, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports v Runnin rebels reach jazz town applaud University of Nevada Las vegas players Gerald i Eddlo left and Gary Grah Amare greeted by a jazz band As the runnin1 rebels arrive in new Orleans for the final round of ten Mcaa basketball tournament  we la meet the Indiana i Roosien saturday night following the game Between Providence and Syracuse. The Wynn a of the to Barnes which had not been played by inc deadline for Tbs edition of Stan and Stripe will Tecl monday night for the tournament title. Angry rangers Down blues 6-4 from press dispatches new York the new Yor rangers cleared the air with a team meeting Friday then skated la a 6-4 Victory Over lie St. Louis blues Fri Day night. Before the meeting everyone was up tight but everybody did what we talked about Ron Duguay said after the rangers Victory. This is what we have to do not just to gel in the play offs but to do Well in the  the players were noticeably angry after their 8-2 defeat by the new Jer sey devils on wednesday night and decided to have a team meeting be fore the game Widt the blues. They called a meeting after prac Tice coach Phil of Posno said. Idon l know what went on but 1 think that s  mostly Duguay said the rangers talked about strategy. It apparently helped his game Loo because became up with a goal and two assists As the rangers improved their Lead Over Pittsburgh to six poems for the fourth and final playoff spot in the Patrick division. Jeff Jackson scored two goals in 3four-goal second period that broke tit game open for inc rangers. The rangers extending their unbeaten Streak to nine games Over is. Louts at Madison Square Garden 8 0-1 and their Overall Home record Over inc blues to 37-3-1, had a 2-1lead when Illey broke inc game open Wilb the big second  other games Friday night capitals 1, islanders 2 Landover my. Rookie Brad nil Roundup Lauer scored at 15 04 of inc third period to give the new York islanders a 2-2 tie with the Washington  lie enabled the islanders to stay one Point in front of the capita sin the Battle for second place in the Patrick division. The islanders who have played one More game than Washington have 77 Points while the capitals have 76. The fourth place new York rangers who like the is Landers have played 76 games have74 Points. The islanders who controlled play most of the game out Shol the Capi tals 15-2 in the first period when they led 1-0 on a Coal by Randy Wood his first in inc nil the capitals scored on consecutive shots in the second period by David Jensen and Michol Pivonka. Wood and Launcr were among five rookies in the lineup for the islanders who were without the services of six regulars including Denis i Potvin Mike Bossy and Brent Sutler. Devils 5, North slurs 3 East Rutherford no. Kirk Muller scored two goals including one in a three goal second period As inc devils Buai the slumping Minnesota North stars 5-2. Llic North stars third in the nor Ris division remained to Points be Hind St. Louis in their Ball it for Sec Ond place in the division. The North stars Are now 2-9-2 in their last 13 games losing four out of heir Las live. Boston stops bulls Jordan from press dispatches Chicago Boston s Larry Birdhead a first half to remember and Chi Cago s Michael Jordan had a second half he d like to forget. Aiter Bird scared 33 of his 41 Points in the first two periods in Boston s j 11-106 Victory Friday night Danny Ainge put the clamps on Jordan the Aba scoring Leader holding him id three second half baskets on nine at tempts. Jordan had 22 Points for the game. A can t forge the night Jordan scored 63 Points. Especially against me in Las rear s playoffs so 1 figured it was Lime to Star playing defense said Ainge who also dished out 15 assists. The Boston strategy was to have Ainge and either Bird or Robert Parish double team Jordan thereby taking away his classic and almost unstoppable jump shot. Then when Jordan drove to the Basket inc celtics two 7-Foolers, Parish and Kevin Mchale were there la Blockis shots. Boston is a super defensive learn and with Bird handling the Ball All inc time it was not surprising i could t Domy usual Good scoring Job Jordan explained. Mchale had 21 Points in helping the celtics end a live game losing Streak on the Road with their ninth consecutive regular season Victory Over the bulls. Bird no Roundup but the key to winning according to coach . Jones was slopping Joh Paxson who along with Brad Sellers led the bulls with 23 Points apiece. Paxson had 18 Points in the first half and we simply had to pay More attention to him Jones said. You could see the Way he took ins shots that he was confident so we just collapsed on him so he could t gel the easy  Chicago conch Doug Collins had his own thoughts. There is a Bottom line however and his name is Bird and when you figure he screens passes or else shoots while handling the bail on every play it in t hard to figure out Why Larry is the Ihrcke him map of he  Collins said. You just have to take what they give you and in the first Quarter inc shots were going in and we established our selves  Bird said. Sellers 10 fourth Quarter Point brought inc bulls from a 103-92 deficit to 109-105 with 1 18 remaining and Dave confine Llin made one of two free throws with 14 seconds remaining to make it 109-106. In the scramble far he rebound after Cor in Niiva a1 his second free throw the hulls Charles Oakley fouled Parish who made iwo free throws and scaled i bulls ninth kiss in their last 12 games. Two Hask Cis by Murf Cir gave the cel tics a 97-88 Lead with 8 21 left. After the bulls trimmed the margin to 97-y2. Consecutive baskets by Parish Mchale and Bird enabled Boston to open a 103-92 see Aba on Page 23