European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 14,1987 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Sampson traded to Golden state. Oakland Calif. A the Golden stale warriors in a blockbuster Trade with the Houston rockets saturday night acquired Center Ralph Sampson and guard Steve Karris in Exchange Tor Center Joe Barry Carroll and guard Eric sleepy Floyd. We have made a Dodson to make a change in the Basic Structure of he Golden stale warriors said Don Nelson the team s executive vice president we Are not satisfied with the direction of our team we feel that we must go in a new direction and that the acquisition of Ralph Sampson who is one of the Best Young Center in the game is our first step toward that objective. We arc committed to building a championship Cali Ber team for the Bay  Houston president Ray Patterson said i think at the end of last year it was pretty Well defined that we needed help at the shooting guard which we got in former Warrior Purvis Short and world a free and we also needed help at Point guard leadership on the court someone that could go on on one. I want to compliment Allen Cavell on his play 10 Date and this will not diminish his role with the rockets. This is some thing we needed to do for the Long  Carroll playing with the 3-15 warriors in Salt Lake City when the Trade was announced was third on the team in scoring with 16.2 joints per game and second in rebounding at 5.6. He led the club with 117 blocked shots. Floyd led the warriors with a 21.9 Point average before the game against the Utah jazz. He also led the team in assists at 10,2 per game. Carroll scored seven Points and Floyd eight in their final game with Golden state a 127-93 trouncing by the Utah jazz. Sampson Al 7-foot-4, four inches Tal Ler than Carroll scored cd Points in his final game for Houston in a nationally Aba Roundup on Page 25 televised game against Chicago on sat urday. He is averaging 15.9 Points and 9,0 rebounds per game with 33 blocked shots. Steve Harris 6-5, has played Only 14 games this season averaging 5.9 Points per game with a total of 17 assists. Sampson was the first player selected in the 1983 draft. He was a Star Al Vir Ginia for four seasons but was unable to Lead the Cavaliers to the Mcaa title. In his four years at Virginia the school was 112-23 and 50-2 Al Home. He scored 2,225 Points u6.9 in his four seasons that included the nit championship in i98c. Sampson missed 39 regular season games last year with various injuries he moved to Forward in 1984-85 after the rockets drafted 7-foot Akcam Olajuwon. The two were known As the twin towers and helped Houston to the Aba final in 1986. The rockets lost to Boston in six games. Carroll was an All american at Purdue before being selected by the warriors in the first round of the 1980 Aba draft. He entered this season with a 20,5 Point scoring average in his seven year Aba career. He missed the 1984-85 sea son when he played in Italy after a con tract dispute. Carroll and Floyd a six year Veteran with a 16.2-Point average entering this season made the playoffs Only once reaching the we sick conference semifinals last year. While Carroll played poorly in the playoffs Royd put on one of the greatest shows in Warrior and league history when he scored a career High 51 poems in game four of the conference semifinals against the los Angeles lakers. In that game he established four Aba playoff records including most Points in a Quarter 29, most Points in a half 39, most Field goals in one Quarter 12, and in a half 15. Floyd a Georgetown graduate was a first round draft pick i3lh Overall by new Jersey in 1982 and was traded to the warriors feb. 6, 1983, with Mickey Johnson for Michael Ray Richardson. Floyd has started 264 straight games and played in 305 straight games. He finished second in the league in assists last year with a 10,3 game average. His 848 total assists broke the club record held for 21 years by c by Rodgers. A in Iii Ralph Sampson. Rocket Heads West saints rip oilers for 7th win in Row by the associated press new Orleans Bobby Hebert threw two touchdown pases to Eric mar tin and one to Lonzell Hill on sunday leading the new Orleans saints to a 24 10 Victory Over the Houston oilers extending the league s longest winning Streak to seven games. The saints 10-3, entered the game be Hind san Francisco 10-2, in the pfc Wesl. The saints have assured them selves Al least a wild card berth their first playoff spot Ever. The 49ers Host Chicago monday night. The oilers 7-6, fell a game behind Cleveland in the acc Central. Hebert s three touchdown performance was the first of his three year nil career. He finished the game completing 12 of 26 passes for 199 Yards was sacked three times and fumbled each time losing one. That turnover on a sack by Doug Smith and a recovery by Ray childless set up Houston s third Quarter touch Down. The score Cam on a 34-Yard pass from Warren Moon to Ernest Givins. Narrowing the saints Lead to 21-10. The oilers got a 21-Yard Field goal by Tony Zendejas in the second Quarter and the saints got a 28-yarder from Morten Andersen in the fourth Quarter. The saints kept the oilers out of the end zone with 5 09 left in the game after the oilers drove to a first Down at the new Orleans 4. Houston drove to the 7 in the final minute before Lime ran out. Hubert s first touchdown pass came after a 20-Yard punt by Jeff Gossett put the saints in business at their own 49. Nil Roundup three plays later Hebert hit Martin with a 10-Yard pass that Martin turned into a 54-Yard scoring play by outrunning Tony Newsome. Hubert s second to pass a seven yarder to Martin in the second Quarter came three plays after Michael Adams blocked a Gossett punt to give new or leans the Ball at the oilers 7. It was the fifth blocked punt of the season by the saints. The scoring pass to Hill covered 26 Yards and came with 56 seconds left in the first half. In other nil action sunday pickers 16, Vikings 10 Milwaukee Kenneth Davis ran 7 Yards for a touchdown with 1 09 to play capping a 72-Yard drive and giving Green Bay a Victory Over Minnesota. The Vikings whose wild card playoff Hopes were stalled by the loss fell to 7-6. Green Bay is 5-7-1. The first and biggest play of the game winning drive thai began with 5 59 left was a 33-Yard pass from Randy Wright to de West. Davis also had a 12-Yard pass reception before breaking into the end zone an third arid. The packers were penalized for a per Sonal foul on the extra Point and Max Zendejas missed the conversion kick from 35 Yards. The Vikings had one last Chance. But out of timeouts Minnesota was stopped on a fourth-and-1 at its own 40 when Damn Nelson was thrown for a loss with 39 seconds remaining. Chuck Nelson who had missed seven of his previous 10 attempts including a 35-yarder in the first half kicked a 34-Yard Field goal to lie the game 10-10 with 9 15 Eft. Zendejas 47-Yard Field goal with seven seconds to go in the third Quarter put Green Bay ahead 10-7 after a 7-7 halftime lie. Zendejas1 Field goal was set up when John Anderson recovered a Fumble by Nelson at the 38. For the fourth straight week. Wade Wilson replaced Tommy Kramer at quarterback for the Vikings Kramer re aggravated a pinched nerve in his neck late in the first half Kramer lofted a 40-Yard touchdown pass to Anthony Carter with 32 seconds to go in the first Quarter to give the Vikings a 7-0 Lead. The packers came right Back on the next series driving 73 Yards on 11 plays to tie the game on Paul Ott Carruth s 1 Yard leap. Wright s 40-Yard pass to West was the drive s big play. Browns 38, bengals 24 Cleveland heroic Kosar threw a career High four touchdown passes three of them during a team record 28 Point second Quarter As Cleveland Defeated Cincinnati Webster Slaughter caught scoring passes of 22 and 18 Yards and Kevin Mack and Derek Tennell each caught 2 Yard touchdowns to give the Browns 8 5, their third straight easy Victory Over the bengals 4-9. Cleveland has outscored Cincinnati 106-27 in the last three meetings. Mack rushed for 134 on 27 carries including a 22-Yard touchdown run off left tactic during the second Quarter. The 2b paints in the period were the most Ever scored by Cleveland in a Sec Ond Quarter and matched the team Mark for most Points in any one Quarter. Kosar who has thrown a touchdown pass in 15 straight games torn pitted 17 of 26 passes for 241 Yards. The Browns scald the Victory late in the first half when linebacker Clay mat thews stepped in front of Rodney hoi Man at the pc Ucland 4-Yard line and intercepted a Short Boomer Esiason pass. Matthews returned it 36 Yards before lat Ealing to car Hairston a defensive end who rumbled another 40 Yards to the Cincinnati 20. Two plays later ten null a Rookie tight end hauled in his second career touch Down reception for a 28-3 Cleveland Lead at the half. The bengals scored three times in the second Hal against a loosened Cleveland defense on a 54-Yard touchdown pass from Esiason to Mike Martin and a pair of 1-Yard Larry Kinnebrew runs. Slaughter s 18-Yard reception in the third Quarter and a 27-Yqrd Field goal by newly activated Matt Fiaher in the fourth Quarter were Cleveland s Only second half Points. Esiason completed 21 of 3 9 passes for 361 Yards but 250 of the Yards came in the second half. Cleveland which broke a two game losing Streak entered the game tied with Houston and Pittsburgh for first place in the acc Central