European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday. December 24.1987 Bird celtics hold Edge on 76ers i  i hi.mal1 tin Host Elliis a Nihi Delphiia to firs Rios came Hack f rum never never land in Kuliu tuesday night. The Iii i iwo limes inc archrival met they traded blow null Philadelphia win Ning Al Home by 31 and inc celtics win Ning sunday on heir court by .17. Bui tuesday night inc series returned to . The cams clashed in one of inc tense struggle Ihrl has made inc series one of inc most intense rivalries in sports. The celtics with Larry Bird scoring nine of his 31 Points in the last five min utes edged inc mixers 118-115 in a game that went Down to the final seconds. The 7fcm cd 110-109 with 1 33 to play when gird los cd in a 3-Poinlcr to give the celtics a Lead they never Losi Charles ii Arkley who led All scorers with 40 Ninis had a Chance to lie with 31 seconds remaining but missed the second of two free throws Panny Ainge made an 18 fool jumper to give Boston a 114-111 read Wilh 18 seconds on the clock. Philadelphia go to within one twice More hut the Ccllins made four free throws in Llic final 10 seconds to hold on. The Victory was the Ccllins first in a regular season game in Philadelphia since nov. 26, 1985. Boston had lost six straight on the 76crs court. This is a Lough place to win Bird said while soaking his right fool in a bucket. It s Tough everywhere but we had t inn Here for a  Bird who has been plagued by an Achilles Tendon problem this season noted the celtics battled Back from a 10 Point deficit in the third period. Boih teams played Well Barkley said. Uliey came Back and we came Back. It nime Down in who made inc big Aba Roundup plays Al the end. We just did l make the Milays we had to the difference in the game was my missed foul  he said. Philadelphia coach mat Ciu Okas said we re All disheartened. Bui we feel that Way after every loss. Our Guys were in the  in other games tuesday night Bucks 122. Kicks ids Milwaukee John Lucas scored a season High 25 Points and Randy by cur added 24 to Lead Milwaukee Over new York by cur scored 14 Points in the third Quarter As the Bucks outscored the kicks 38-20 and increased their Lead from 56-55 at halftime to 94-75. The Bucks who Shol 70 percent from the floor in inc period look control with a 23-8 scoring run in the closing five minutes. Mavericks 111, bulls 100 Chicago Mark Aguirre scored 32 Points Alt in the first three quarters leading Dallas by Chicago. The Mavericks broke the game open Early in the fourth Quarter when they outscored the bulls 16-4 to cd land a six Point Lead to 101-83 Wilh 6 33 left. Chicago led by Michael Jordan s 28 Points never got closer than 11 the rest of the Way. Derek Harper added 20 paints for Dallas and Rolando Blackman had 19 As the Mavericks swept both games of the season series with the bulls and ended Chicago s three game Home winning Streak. Cavaliers 106, bullets 101 Landover my. Mark Price hit Illinois beats Missouri for 6th win in series St. Louis a Sophomore Nick Anderson scored 18 Points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Junior Kenny in talc added 15 Points tues Day nigh to help Illinois retain ils re cell Mastery Over no. 17 Missouri Wilh a 75-63 Victory. Illinois 8-2, has beaten Missouri five straight limes in the seven game series Al the Arena and has won six of the seven games played Between the iwo schools Overall. Missouri career scoring Leader Der Rick Chivous scored 15 Points to sur pass the 2,000-Point Mark but made Only sin of 20 shots from the Field. Chivous who has 2,011 Points entered the game Wilh a 23-Poinl aver age. Anderson scored 13 Points in the second half As Illinois broke from a 36-29 Hall time Lead. Anderson made iwo free throws and tipped in a missed Shollo give Illinois a 65-51 Lead with 5 50 remaining and mis Souri. 4-2, got no closer than eight Points. 1 n Oiher games tuesday Purdue 82, Texas tech 59 West Lafayette ind. Mel Vin Mccants scored 19 Points including eight straight in the first half to Lead no. 10 Purdue Texas tech led 9-8 when the boilermakers went on a 10-0 run capped by a 19-fool jumper by Etc relic Stephens with 11 21 left in the half. The red raiders 3-4, closed to 22 18. But Mccants outscored Texas tech 8-3 in the next i i minutes 10 give Pur due a 29-21 Lead. The boilermakers. 8 College basketball i took a 38-26 halftime Lead on a 3 Pointer by Bill Reid. North Carolina 87, Britain 79 London . Reid scored 20 of his 24 Points in the second half to rally North Carolina past Britain for the championship of the world invitation club basketball tournament. Britain old 34-32 at halftime of the game at Crystal Palace National sports Centre before Reid sparked the tar heels. Wyoming 59, Boise St. 55 Boise Idaho Willie Jones made two free throws after stealing the Ball with three seconds to p Aylo give no. S Wyoming a 59-55 Victory Over Boise slate. Boise stale closed within 55-54 on a 3-Poinicr by Chris Childs Wilh just under two minutes to play. An Exchange of free throws gave the cowboys 7-0, a 57-55 Lead and they had Fennis Dumbo at the foul line with 10 seconds to play. He missed and the Broncos. 6-1, re bounded. Arizona 89, Wshington suite 55 Pullman Wash. Sean Elliott and Sieve Kerr each scored 20 Points As no. I Arizona roused Washington state in a Pacific-10 conference game the Victory lifted the wildcats who attained i hair first Ever no i ranking monday to 10-0 Overall and 2-0 in the conference. The cougars fell to 2-6 and 0-2. Kerr scored 15 of his Points on 1 pointers making five of six. To phom Erie sleepy Floyd. Leads rockets a running one harder Wilh two seconds left and Dell Curry added a pair of free throws giving Cleveland a Victory Over Washington. Price finished Wilh 22 Points in Lead ing the Cavaliers to their third straight Victory. Cleveland has won four of ils last five and is 8-4 in december. Rockets 122, Hawks 103 Houston sleepy Floyd scored 27 Points and Allen Leavell added 26 As Houston s hol shooting guards fuelled the rockets past Atlanta snapping a four game losing Streak. The Hawks never led in the game and the loss ended a five game winning Streak. Leavell hit ii of 14 shots and Floyd connected on nine of 16 for a 67 percent average from the Field for the Iniard duo. The pair was perfect from inc free throw line  hiding three of i rec Anil l Loyd eight of eight. Kings 120, spurs % sack of nto Calif. Mike Mcgee scored a season Lii Jih .10 Points and Islah Lishco a franchise i coid with five 3-Point goals As Sacramento Defeated san Antonio Terry Tyler and Olis Thorpe each scored 17 Points for the Kings while Alvin Robertson had 29 Points and Wal Ler Berry 24 for inc spurs who have lost seven consecutive games on the Road. A 13-2 sharing run Over a five minute stretch allowed the Kings to open a 108 86 Lead Wilh 4 15 left. Sacramento started inc final period Wilh a 93-73 Lead. Nuggets 119, suns 104 Denver ale English scored 16 of his 26 Points in inc first Quarter As Denver routed Phoenix to stay in first place in the Aba Midwest division. The nuggets stayed a half game ahead of Dallas As they handed the suns their ninth loss in 11 Road games. Denver got 24 Points and 10 rebounds from Danny Schayes and 20 Points from Lafayette lever while extending its Home record to 10-1. English s Early burst helped give inc nuggets an 18-5 Edge and they went on to shoot 59 percent from the floor in the first period in route to a 39-25 advantage. Trail blazers 136, warriors 91 Portland Ore. Steve Johnson scored 27 , 13 of them in the third period when Portland Buill a 50-Point Lead in routing the Golden state warriors. It was the fifth consecutive Victory for Portland and fifth Slraight defeat for the warriors who have lost i i consecutive Road games. Flyers come Back beat rangers 6-4 new York a the Phila Delphia flyers moved into second place in the Patrick division tuesday night rallying to beat inc new York rangers 6 4, and now they re going to have to set i hair sights a Little higher. We were talking about being .500 by Christmas a month ago flyers goal Lender Ron Hextall said. We re really Happy to he Only one Point out of first place. We re playing Well and things Are clicking for  the Victory extended the flyers unbeaten Streak to 12 games 10-0-2 and moved them past Idle new Jersey Inlo second place in the division Wilh 37 Points. Despite scoring three Power play goals to boost i hair nil Lead in Ihal category to 60, the rangers lost t in third in a Row. The rangers Poulshot Philadelphia 34 23 and for the third straight game lost despite significantly oils Cooling Ali up position. It s really Tough being again not goalies for three straight games Dang ers coach Michel Bergeron said. We re first in the league on the Power a v. Hut we Don t win. We have to win. Thini s the Bottom  Rick touche scored two goals for the flyers the first one igniting a three goal first period that erased a 2-0 rangers Lead. John Ogrodnick gave the rangers a two goal Lead Wilh scores Al 3 41 and 6 57 of the first period. The second goal was on a Power play. Tochel scored his first goal at s 57 when he fired a 10-Fooler from he k it Circle Over the Glove of goal Lender Bob Froesch. Derrick Smith stored Al 11 44, nil Roundup and Pella Eklund finished the first period scoring at 13 07 with a 10-footer off inc Post. Murray Craven extended the flyers Lead to 4-2 at 5 22 of the second period As he scored a Power play goal but Wall Poddubny scored his 19th goal of the season on a Power play Al 6 23 to bring the rangers Back within one goal. In other games tuesday Bruins 9, sabres g Boston Cam Necly scored he first of five Boston goals in the second period and Reggie Lem Lin posted his first shutout of the season As inc Bruins beat Adams division rival Buffalo 9-0. Capitals 2, Nordques 1 Quebec Mike Gannor scored two goals in the third period both on assists from Dale Hunter As Washington rallied past Quebec. Furnn 6, whalers Sot Calgary Alberta Rookie Gary Roberts scored Al 4 10 of overtime to lift Calgary Over Hartford. Oilers 5, Kings 2 Edmonton Alberta Many me Soracy cooled a second period los an Geles rally with a lie breaking goal and Mark Messier put the game away with a third period score that helped Edmonton beat the Kings. Jets a islanders 2 Winnipeg. Manitoba Andrew Mcbain and Gilles Hamel tilth scored Isicc and Dave Ellet got three assists As Winnipeg beat the new York islanders