European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday january 23,198b nuggets break lakers Streak by the amoded press Denver two free throws by Michael Adams with iwo seconds left lifted he Denver nuggets to a 11s-113 Victory Over the los Angeles lakers thursday night. I was the first Lime the nuggets have beaten he defending Aba champions at Home in More than iwo years. The lakers half won 10 straight games including playoffs Between the teams and Hod no Tost Al Denver since dec. 13,19si, Denver Luok a 104-96 Lead with 6 25 left on a Basket by Danny Seti arcs. But inc lakers Winlon a 9-1 ran Tolie the game Al 105 when a Arcco Abdul Jabbar hit from in close. The lakers a Cal ahead 111-108 on an Abdul Jabbar Basket before a three Point play by Denver s Jay Vin cent evened he score with 1 05 left. Baskets by Vincent and inc lakers James worthy kept ire game deadlocked before magic Johnson missed a Long Hook Shol with the 24-Sccond clock running Oul and Den ver s Bill Llam Lik grabbed inc rebound. Adams began his drive with five seconds remaining and missed his shot but was knocked to the floor by Michael con per Selling up the winning free throws. Vincent led Denver with 23 Points Anil had a sea son i h i rebounds. Alci English had 22 Points. Worthy led inc lakers with 21 Painti and . Green had 20. No Roundup in Oiler games thursday night rockets 116, ducks 103 Houston Houston s Akem Olajuwon Cele braced his 25th bin Day in the Summit with a scoring parly. Olajuwon lit up the scoreboard with 28 paints and 12 rebounds leading the rockets Over Milwaukee. Olajuwon got scoring and rebounding help from Rod Ney Mccray who broke out of slump with 22 Points and 10 rebounds before fouling out talc in the game. Mccray did a great Job tonight it was a Good Tram Effort Olajuwon said. We Hud to win this one after the Sacramento  the rockets lost to the Kings 107-104 in their last game Mccray averaging 11.4 Points for inc season scored 14 Points in the first Quarter to give the rockets a fast Start against the Bucks. "1 was just trying to do the things that i be done for four years Mccray said. "1 looked Al a couple of films from last year. 1 was quicker and had More Confidence last year. I Haven t been aggressive enough it either end. Tonight was different. The rockets used a fi-3 spurt in the third Quarter to beat the Bucks 102-91 on dec. 20, and icy started with a 12-2 surge thursday night. The great Star for them is a problem for us Mil Waukee conch Del Harris said they had is Points inthe first six minutes. There was no question they were Good tonight. They hit their shots and we did l. Olajuwon scored 16 Points in the first half. He also had a three Point play with 3 43 left to preserve a id Point rockets Lead. Randy by cur led the Bucks with 25 Points and Terry Cummings had 24.Hawks 101, Ca Villers 93 r1chfi6ld, Ohio Dominique Wilkins scored 28 Points to Lead Atlanta Over Cleveland. Glenn Rivers added is Point and 12 assists for the  scored 10 of his Points in a 25-10 Atlanta spurt that put the Hawks ahead 57-44 at hat Flint. Cleveland Cut inc deficit to 79-73 behind Brad Daugherty j ii third Quarter Points Daugherty Hart 25 for the  Cavaliers Mark Price made a three pain play to Cut Atlanta s Lead to seven Points with 6 54 remain ing but Wilkins countered with a Layup. After Daug Harty hit from inside Wilkins answered with a Short jump Shol for a 91-bz Atlanta Lead. The Hawks Coas cd inc rest of inc Waylo their i2th Victory in 15 games. Stand n Gocr e helps wings Edge devils 3-2 in overtime by the Assoc led press East Rutherford. No. The Detroit red wings have quietly risen 10 a position of prominence in inc nil under coach Jacques do More and thursday night they showed inc reason Why. Relying on the clutch goal ending of a minor leaguer i and an opportunistic at Lack the surging red wings Defeated the slumping new Jersey devils 3-2 in Over time. New Jersey played very Well said tamers whose icam is 9-1-1 Over its last 11 games and holds a sizable Lead in the Norris Divi Idun Wilh 53 Point. They had a lot of chances in the a Laird period and in overtime. They have to be Digap  the devils controlled the action from Midway in the second period until the final goal scored by in Devil Brent Ash Ion after 3 37 of overtime Detroit  Sam St. Laurent another former Devil who was playing his firm game of lie season because of injuries to Greg Stefan and Glen Shanlun faced 10 a hols in the third period and five in overtime. The red wings managed Only five shots against devils goalie Bob Sauvi during that same time. The key is How Well we played. We have to think of the positives from the guess it just happens. One team dominates play and the other goes up gets one Chance and scores the game winning  the Victory gave the red wings a 24 17-5  Jersey lost for the fourth Lime in five games and dropped to below .500 for inc first time his season. The devils who Are now 21-22-5, have lost five of their last seven games Al the Brendan Byrne Arena. On inc winning goal. Ash Lon look a pass from Gerard Gallant broke Down the left Side and fired a 40-foot shot from the left face off Circle past Sauvi. In other games thursday blues 4, Ca Iudici i Montreal Herb Raglan snapped a lie and assisted on an insurance goal by Rick mean her As St. Louis beat Montreal. The blues had lost five straight on the Road before playing in the forum where third period and overtime said new a cry i Kirk Muller. I gues was t meant to be. It nil Roundup Montreal s Only iwo losses in 21 games this season came against the Buffalo sabres. The canadians had won 14 and tied five others. But with the score tied 1-1 following a first period goal by the blues Michael dark his first of the season and Montreal s Guy Carbonnsau Early in the second period Raglan provided St. Louis with a considerable boost. Raglan blasted a slap Shol from inc left Point thai found its Way through several bodies in front of the net with Only 41seconds to play in the second period. A couple of key slops by is. Louis goaltender Greg Millen on Chris Nilan and Mats Neslund Early in inc third period gave the blues an added lift. Kings 5, flames 4 Calgary. Alberta los Angeles Center Dumie Nicholls scored 42 seconds Inlo overtime to give the Kings a Victory Over Calgary. Nicholls scored on a 20-foot shot Hal went under  Gary Suler and through the legs of goalie Mike Vemon. The flumes had forced overtime when Rookie Center Joe Nicu Wandyk scored his second goal of the game and 35th of the season at 17 47 of the third period the loss ended Calgary s sin game winning Streak at Home. Noral flues 5, Maple Linfs 4 Toronto Anton Slasin s goal with 4 52 remaining gave Quebec a Vic Lory Over Toronto that extended inc Maple Leafs win less Streak to 13 equalling n dub record. The Maple Loaft Are 0-9-4 since last winning dec. 23, equalling the record for he longest win less Streak in learn history set in 1985.jason la Freniere had iwo goals and an assist and Michel Coulee three assists for the nordic us As the teams tallied through inc first 10 minutes of the third period lied Al 44.whalcrl 4. Islanders 3 Hartford Conn. Paul Mac Dermid scored his second goal of the Jarnac Wilh 1 21 left Loas Hartford bested the hew York islanders. Macdermid i i Ullh goal of inc season a tip in off a pass from Dave Tippelt helped bring the whalers Back from Atwo goal deficit and extend the islanders win less Streak on the Road id 10 games 0-9-1. The islanders started 8-4 in their first 12 Road games this  6, North Stan i Boston Ken Linseman scored two goals among 22 Boston shots in the cond period and the Bruins Wini on to trounce Minnesota Linseman also had two insists and Steve Kasper a pair of goals for  Wai the Bruins 11th straight Victory Over the North stars dating Back to dec. 22, 1983, and moved Boston Back into first place in the Adams division by a Point Over  3, oilers i Philadelphia thanks loan air Light defense Philadelphia Smoth ered  Ron he Italy turned Back 23 shows and the line of Ron Sutler Rich toe Hel and Lindsay Carson complemented him nicely As the flyers beat the oilers and stretched their Home ice win Ning Streak Over inc oilers to eight regu Lar season  shut Down Edmonton s scoring line tonight Philadelphia coach Mikek Conan said by stopping them we basically took them out of inc  teams slopped the Power play Wilh Philadelphia failing to score on five opportunities and Edmonton scoring on just  was a tight checking game through the night Keenan said. Both Power plays could t generate  Edmonton coach Glen Sather blamed his team s mistakes for the  flyers scored on our defensive errors he said we did t capitalize on their mistakes Early in the  flyers Dave Poulin said the Vic Lory was important to the flyers. La was Good for us to win � close defensive  he said. The oilers last won at Lite spectrum on nov. 13,1982. The game was tied Al 11 33 of the third period when Ilkka Sinisalo Hil Asla shot from the left face off Circle to give the flyers a 2-1 Lead. Just Over a minute earlier. Edmon ton s Mike  hid tied the game by hitting rebound of a Cra Gsimpson backhand past Hextall. The flyers added an insurance goal when Murray Craven pulled goalie Grant Fuhr out of the net and lifted the puck Over him at 13 36, pulp Tow Dun Foreman. Career Best round Forsman leads Hope after inventive 62 Indian Wells Calif. A Dan Forsman extricated him self from Trees and a Tolm pole a somehow shoot a career Best 62 Thini gave him the second round Lead thursday in the $1 million Bob hop classic. Weird strange Eil Ayordi nary Forsman said of his adventures which reached a Peak on inc Isth Hole at Indian Wells. He in vented a. Shot from the wrong Fairway then completed a i founder Par Effort by linking an Eagle putt. It came off just the Way 1 envisioned it Forsman said. This one one of several which he called creative shots was played from under the fronds of one group of p los and through Little opening in another group. The Ball then Cut right and found the Green. He finished i off with a 10-foot putt for an Eagle 3. He completed two rounds of Iii five Day 90-Hole tournament with a score of 130. 14 strokes under Par and one in from of first round Leader Jay Haas