European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 23 or. J goes out on top As 76ers win Krom press dip Airai i Lanix ver. Met. Julius ening did t Evert know thai he reached another Milestone in his final Aba regular season game. Wilh a 24-Boinj Effort that paced the Philadelphia 76ers to a 108-102 Victory on sunday Erving topped 1,000 Points for his 16th consecutive pro season. I was t aware of it Erving said of the 1,000 poem plateau. Did i mate ii the final regular season Basket by Erving came on one of his patented Finger Roll layups Wilh 2 58 remaining. That was one of my trademarks shots like Mak ing i House Call said or. J. I did t know it would be my Lasi  Erving with playoff action still ahead said he was t concerned about How Many Point he made in his Farewell regular season game. But he said he was tremendously relieved to have participated in the final pregame ceremony in his Honor. Washington coach Kevin Lough cry who couched Erving in the american basketball association hailed inc performance by Erving. That s Doc go out on top Loughery said or the 37-year-old Erving he could probably play a couple More Yean. Hell probably have a Good playoff he s been something special a total class  Erving finished the season with 1,005 Points de spite missing 22 of 62 games. His total Points in regu Lar season Competition reached 30,026, a figure lopped Only by Kareem Abdul Jabbar and will Chamberlain Moses Malone and Terry Catl Cuce. Scored 22 Points apiece for lie bullets who topped the ,500 Mark for the first time since the 1982-83 season at 42-40. In other games sunday supersonics 110, lakers 104 Inglewood Calif. Xavier Mcdaniel scored Edberg wins singles title in Japan open Tokyo a so can Edburg of Sweden seizing on some key serving errors beat upset minded american David Pate 7-6 7-2. 6-4 sunday for the men s singles title of the 1605,000 Japan open Tennis championships. I waited patiently until Pate made errors and got tired Edburg said follow ing the 86-Miniile match on the hard court of the Ariate coliseum. "1 served Well and volleyed Well and gradually was getting my feeling As the game went  my pm target is to win at Wimble Don and i think 1 can win ii As my condition is in lop shape said Edburg 21, third ranked in the world and seeded second Here. Edburg received $68,000 for his fourth Victory of inc season lie also won the australian and the dutch opens and the . Indoor. The i5th-Seedcd Pate of Las vegas Nev ranked 42nd in the world pock eted $34,000. On his Way to the finals Pale upset Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia the world s lop ranked player 7-6 7-s4-6, 7-6 7-5 in the third round thursday. In sunday s final Pate and Edburg both served and volleyed Well and the first set went Inlo a tiebreaker when Pale won his serve in the 12th game without losing a Point. Pule served four aces in the first set but trailing 1-2 in the tiebreaker he double faulted and never recovered dropping the tiebreaker 7-2. In the men s doubles final the second seeded american pair of 1 aul Annacone and Kevin cur playing together for the first Lime Defeated the top seeded Tim of Anders Jarryd of Sweden and Andrei gome us Ecuador 6-2. 7-6 7-4. The lop seeded american pair of i Ilij Jordan and Betsy Nagelsen brat fellow americans Sharon Walsh Pate and Sandy Collins tin no. 2 seeds 6-3, 7-5 for the women s doubles title. On saturday Tond seeded Katerina Malc Vii � Bulgaria beat american bar Bara Gorkun it 6-3 fur the women s singles title. Aba Roundup playoff pairings set by the associated press it took until the final Day of the regular season for All eight Aba first round a Natch  to be determined but Boston s Victory Over Atlanta not Only assured inc celtics the Home court advantage in the Layons but also earned them a rematch with the Chicago bulls heir first round foes last year. Here s How they line up for the Becj of five series Eastern conf. Western conk. Bulls is. Celtics nuggets is. Lakers pacers is. Hawks sonics is. Mavericks 76crs is. Bucka warriors is. Jazz bullets is. Pistons rockets is. Trail Hla ers the compete first round schedule appears on Page 24. 39 Points and Dale Ellis hit two key Baskis in inc final 2vi minutes to lift Seattle Over los Angeles in la Weir regular season finale. Mcdaniel gave the sonic a 100-97 Lead with 4v minutes left in the game on a jumper and Iwu frit throws. Magic Johnson missed a critical pair of free throws with 2 45 left and the lakers behind by two. Ellis Hen hit a 20-foot jumper and added a six footer both from the right of he key to so Rulch scuttle s advantage to 108-102 with 1 1710 play. James worthy Cut the deficit to 108-104 with a pair of tree throws but Seattle Rookie Nail Mcmillan s 18 Ivi is German stuff or Kifiak Nik her whining Litriak la 21 cause Cutuil ii Lucius. Footer secured the zanies Victory. Ellis scored 12 Points fur the sonics who enter the playoffs with a 39-43 record. Hymn Scott led the Lak ers with 2 5 Points. Rallies 118, Hawks 107 Boston Larry Laird scored 32 Noills and Danny Aings had 17 of his 24 in the third Quarter As Boston beat Atlanta. The Victory enabled the celtics to Edge the Hawks for a Mccoun advantage throughout the Eastern conference playoffs. Boston finished the Aba regular season with a 59 23 record Best in inc conference for inc fourth straight year while Atlanta ended it at 37-2$. Boston s 29th consecutive Home Victory stopped Atlanta s winning Streak at nine games and boosted its own to four. Atlanta was led by Dominique Wilkins with 28 Points Willis with 21 and Webb with 16. Trail blazers 144, spun 134 Portland Ore. Jerome Kersey scored a Ca. Rcck High 28 Points and grabbed nine rebounds i help Portland defeat san Antonio. Kiki Vanda Wegh added 26 Points for Portland and Clyde Drax scr 22. Kevin Duckworth came off the Bench to score a career High 18 Points and Garner eight rebounds. Warrior ids clippers 85 Oakland Calif. Purvis Short scored 20 Points and Rookie Center Chris Wash bunt matched his High with 17 As Golden stale closed the season with a Victory Over Loi Angeles. The Victory snapped a four game Home losing Streak for the warriors who clinched fifth place in lie West Ern conference with a 42-40 Mark. The clippers ended the season with a 14-can e los ing Streak. They got 20 Points from Michael Cage. Lost Angeles finished with a 12-70 record the worst Mark this season and the second worst in league history. Graf bears Mandli Kava 6-3, 6-4 Amelia Island Fla ult Steffi Graf of West Germany extended her winning Streak la 22 matches sunday with a 6-3,6-4 Victory Over Hana Mand Liskova of Czechoslovakia to retain her title in inc s300.000 women s International Tennis association championship. Graf who collected $40.000. Lost Only 17 games this week. Think this week that i played very very Well but i did t play my Best today the 17-Ycar-Otd Weil German said. The second set was very close but i never thought about losing the  Graf opened the match winning 16 of the first 20 Points and took a 4-0 Lead. Mandrikova fought Back to 3-4, breaking Graf twice. But she double faulted twice to lose her serve in the eighth game and fell behind 3-5. Mandrikova who double limited seven times was Hurt by poor service during the 73-Minutc match Graf has beaten Martina Navratilova Chris even and Mandrikova in in. All in straight sets. She won 44 of if sets but says in is too curly to Tell if she is the world s Host player thai s a very hard question loan ser  said. I can t answer that new. There arc a Lul More tournaments it answer that  Graf served out the first set but Pijl a Tiit alive at Hie beginning of the second set As Manj Tikova went up 3-tl. In tame Back to make it 3-3 alter Mandli Kova Douille i Tulud on name Putini Tulow her serve in the filth game. Graf saved three break Points against her in the sixth game. She saudi Tun Mure in the eighth nuking in 4-- after  held serve at let. Craf Inanc Mandrikova in the Nulli gain after the  held a 40-0 Lead and won her Onn serve in the ninth game la close the match