European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 26 the stars and stripes saturday. January 16,1988 Denver halts Hawks rally for Victory by the associated prs Denver . Dunn hit two Tel throws with nine seconds to play and Dill Manilik had a critical defensive by thursday night As inc Denver Nii gels beat he at Lanta Hawks 115-112. Atlanta rallied from a id Point deficit in the fourth period to lie the game an a 3-Point Basket by Dominique Wilkins with 63 seconds id go then lied it against at 110 with 39 seconds id co on a rebound Shoi by ant inc  Linfa Yuill lever hit a jump shot at 19 seconds to give the nuggets the Lead for Rood at 112-110. Then i Danylik stole the Ball from Carr at the other end of the court and Dunn s iwo foul shots opened Denver s lend to 114-110. John Flattie brought Atlanta to within iwo on free Mirovs with sin seconds to go and after Hanzlik s free throw a second later for Den ver Spud Webb of the Hawks missed on a 3-Poinler that would have lied the game. Alex English topped Denver with 21 Points while Danny senates and lever each had 20 As the nuggets ended a three game losing is rank. Wilkins had 34 Points for Atlanta and can had a career High 21, in Elthur games thursday night clls9l,flull5s8 Richfield Ohio Craig Ehlo scored four Points in overtime and bid Daugherty added three As Cleveland Defeated Chicago. Nits 90, Klaus 87 East Rutherford . Buck Williams had 21 Points and is rebounds As new Jersey built a 15-Point third Quarter Lead and held off a Laic Sacramento rally for a Isicc poem Victory. Jul less 136. Ducks 107 Lando ver my. Moses a Lane scored a season High 36 Points and grabbed 14 rebounds leading Washington Over Milwaukee. The bullets have won All three of their Home games since was unsold look Over As head coach 13 Days ago. Rockets 103, Trall Blains 98 Houston Robert Reid s two free thrown broke a lie with 18 seconds left and Allen a Cavell added four More free throws Lead ing Houston Over Portland. Unbeaten Temple rallies to Edge la Salle 59-56 by the associated press Philadelphia freshman Mark Macon scored a Field goal with 13 Sec Ond remaining to put Temple ahead to stay As the fourth ranked owls used a 12 2 rally in the final four minutes 10 beat la Salic 59-56 thursday night. Temple 11-0, trailed the explorers 14-Point underdogs. 54-47 with 4 37 to play. La Salic 8-g. Led twice in the final period by As Many As 10 Points. Jim Perry who wound up with 13, started Temple s game winning run but Mike arc Cwyk ended up rescuing inc faltering owls. Vreeswyk went 0-11 from inc Field before connecting on three Field goals including a 3-Point shot in the last four i nulls. After Perry and Vrieswyk scared to slice inc la Salic Lead to 54-51 with 3 52 to play the explorer Craig Conlin scored 10 make it 36-51 with 3 29 on the clock. Vreswyk hit inc 3-Poinl goal and added a held goal to tie inc game at s6-All with 2 06 left and Macon hit the jumper that put the owls ahead. Arc Cwyk finished the scoring who a free throw. Tim log scr who scored la Sally s first 11 Points wound up with 17 in the first halt and 23 Overall. In other games thursday sin Diego St. A new Mexico 59 san Diego Mitch Mcmurt Len scored inc last of his 19 Points on iwo free throws with 1 07 left to Lead san Diego state past no. In new Mexico and snap the Lobos 10-Gamc winning Streak. San Diego slate a 27-Poini loser in each of is previous two Western athletic conference games led 60-58 when my Mullen went to the line. New Mexico which charged into the top Twenty with victories Over top ranked Arizona and then no. 5 Wyom ing had a Chance to close to within iwo again but Center Rob lock Fol made Only one of two free throws Vilh 49 seconds remaining. The Lobos got a final Opportunity when san Diego s Bryan Wiliams missed the front end of a Bonus Wilh 26 seconds left and new Mexico s Jimmy Rogers rebounded. Bui three new mexi co 3-Point attempts went awry. Arizona 70, Oregon St. 48 corvall1s, Ore Steve ctr did t miss a Field goal attempt in scor ing 21 Points As lop ranked Arizona rolled Over Oregon slate. The senior guard Hil Alt seven of his Field goal tries including five 3-Pointcrs, As inc wildcats improved to 5-0 in the conference and 15-1 Overall. Oregon stale 8-4 Overall and 2-1 in the Pac to missed is first 11 shots of lilt game and did t score against Arizona s zone defense until nearly eight min College basketball Temple s Mark Macon right a Rcpt premure on la Sally s Tim Legler. Uts Inlo inc game. The wildcats led 16-2. But Bill scr Wood s four 3-Pointcrs helped the much Shorter beavers Cut the deficit to 28-30 it halftimc.ohiu.sl.87, Irmam Columbus Ohio Grady Matin scored Ohio slate s last four paints including two free throws with four seconds remaining As the buckeyes beat no. 17 Iowa. Malden a 6-foot-l i Junior gave Ohio stale an �0-78 Lead with a Short Turna round Wilh 3 23 remaining. Ohio state pushed the Lead to five Points with 1 28 left but Iowa s by. Armstrong hit a 3-Point Basket to pull the Hawk yes within 83-81. Mat can then lipped in a Jerry Francis miss with 31 seconds left for an 8s-8i Ohio state Lead. Armstrong Hil a Field Coal while being fouled by Malden with 23 seconds left to Cul the deficit id two. Aims Rong missed inc free throw but Iowa retained posses Sion when a jump Ball was called on the scramble for the rebound. Iowa had a Chance to tie the game Wilh five seconds icel but Kent Hill misled two free throws. Int can then closed inc scoring by hitting a pair of free throws. Indiana 55. Wisconsin s3 Bloomington ind. Dean Gar Rotl converted a three Point play with nine minutes remaining to give Indiana its unit Lead Ihen hit four free throws Down the stretch As the i5ih-Rankcd too sirs held off Wisconsin 76ers Berkley turning in map kind of year by Dux Barnard Philadelphia Apt a hails Barkley is chucking that round Mound of rebound lag. He is 40 to 50 pounds lighter than the 6-foot-i, 300-Pound muffin Man who once played at Auburn but that s nol the reason he is mentioned among the elite of the Aba. Four Yean after being drafted by the Philadelphia 76crs, Barkley is often dominating and occasionally terrorizing his opponents. When the most valuable player award is announced in june Barkley could be the crowned Mound of rebound. Like the players he is being compared to this season Larry Bird Michael Jordan and 1987 map magic Johnson Barkley s value can Only partially be measured in statistics although he has the numbers. He is averaging nearly 29 Points and More than 11 rebounds per game both near the top of the league and a complicated computer formula named him the Aba s most Pivotal player in both no vember and december. As former teammate Julius trying said of Barkley he s Able 10 do things that guards do. Thai forwards do that centers do thai coaches do and even things that Popcorn vendors  while Barkley surpasses or compares favourably with Jordan Bird and Johnson in site strength quickness and athletic skill he also has a child like Quality that can be endearing or troublesome. Few in the Aba would Slop and Admire a replay of n Dunk attempt at inc same time it was being shown to fans As Barkley did this week against new Jersey. But it s his outspokenness thai lends to raise eyebrows. Twice Al the end of last season and Early in this one Barkley has lashed out against his teammates As the 76crs continued a steady slip from an Aba title in 19s3 to Loday s.500 level. After the 76ers won five of six games following hit latest outburst Barkley Back peddled Only slightly in his a sics mint of the team saying we still have to gel better. Personal awards Are great but i Don t want id gel below .500." Barkley said the increased scoring Load has taken away from his rebounding which he lakes the most Pride in. His rebounding totals Are Down about three a game from his league Best average of 14 last season "1 did t realize How much Energy it look to score and rebound Barkley said. When i go to the Basket Guys arc making sure i know lha they be been  As Bartley s offensive game bios som cd this season. Mixers general Man Ager John Nash and Guokas have criticized his defense. I m not really satisfied with his de sense coach Matty Suokas said. He s capable of playing Good defense but he tends to Pace himself on defense and work hard on offence which is the oppo site of what he should do. Responding to the criticism Barkley Gol in the last word you can t please everybody and you can t do everything. When you gel 30 Loomis a night they want 20 rebounds a night