European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes wednesday january 18,1989 lakers extend Home Streak by beating rockets by the associated press Inglewood Calif. For a team allegedly in trouble the two time defend ing Aba Champion los Angeles lakers Are in pretty Good shape right now. With Mychal Thompson coming off the Bench to score 13 Points without missing a shot in the first half and six players scoring in double figures the lakers remained the Only Aba team with a perfect record at Home beating the Houston rockets 124-113 monday. The lakers have been very impressive in winning their last three games Over Cleveland the los Angeles clippers and the rockets and Are 15-0 at the forum this season. They be won 22 straight Reg ular season Home games dating Back to last season. Los Angeles is 10-12 on the Road and has played More Road games than any Aba team this season. The lakers 25-12 Overall record is the Best in the Western conference. The rockets Are 22-13. The lakers made 47 of their 72 Field goal attempts for 65.3 percent accuracy the Best in the Aba this season. The rockets lost decisively despite commit Ting a season Low six turnovers. The last three games have been a lot better offensively and defensively said the lakers magic Johnson who had 17 Points 13 rebounds and 18 assists for his eighth triple double of the season. The lakers went ahead for Good by outscoring the rockets 17-2 Over a 4 07 Span of the first Quarter and weren t threatened seriously after holding a 56 44 halftime Lead. James worthy led the lakers with 26 Points. Byron Scott added 24, 12 of them in the third period and Thompson finished with 21. In addition . Green had 15 Points and 11 rebounds and Kareem Abdul Jabbar had 12 Points. Mike Woodson led the rockets with 24 Points and 10 assists. Purvis Short and Otis Thorpe had 23 and 20 Points respectively for the rockets and Akeem Olajuwon had 19 Points and 10 re Bounds for the losers. In other Aba games monday hornets 127,76ers 122 Philadelphia Kelly Tripucka scored 40 Points including nine in Over time As Charlotte beat Philadelphia to snap an 11-game Road losing Streak. Nil Roundup Aba Roundup a Basket by Rex Chapman who scored 25 Points gave the hornets the Lead at 120 118 with 1 21 left in overtime. Tripucka and Tyrone Bogues scored baskets to make it 124-118 with 50 seconds remaining put Ting the game out of reach. Mike Gminski scored 25 and Hersey Hawkins 19 for the 76ers, who saw their five game winning Streak end. Charles Barney scored 16 Points but did t play in the third Pend because of Back spasms. Pistons 96, celtics 87 Auburn Hills Mich. Isiah Thomas scored six of his 16 Points Dur ing a 13-3 fourth Quarter run helping Detroit to a Victory Over Boston. Vinnie Johnson led Detroit with 21 Points Adrian Dantley had 19 and Thomas scored nine of his 16 in the final period. The pistons outscored Boston 54-34 in the second half when the celtics shot just 12 for 37 for 32.4 percent. Danny Ainge topped Boston with 23 Points and Reggie Lewis added 19. Kicks 116, spurs 106 new York Mark Jackson had 24 Points 10 rebounds and 12 assists for his third career triple double As new York won its 14th straight Home game with a Victory Over san Antonio. Patrick Ewing tallied 21 Points for the kicks and Charles Oakley and Gerald Wilkins each had 18. Wille Anderson led the spurs with 20. Hawks 117, bullets 106 Landover my. Dominique Wilkins scored 28 Points As Atlanta Defeated Washington and snapped a three game losing Streak. Cliff Levingston and Moses Malone led a fourth Quarter Atlanta comeback that erased an 11-Point deficit in less than four minutes. Levingston had seven Points including the tying Basket with 8 06 left in the game and Malone six in a 15-4 Atlanta run. Cavaliers 126, suns 110 Richfield Ohio Mark Price scored 11 of his season High 29 Points in the third Quarter As Cleveland turned Back a Phoenix rally and beat the suns. The Cavaliers won for the 16th time in their last 19 games and improved their Aba leading record to 27-7. Lakers Mychal Thompson chases Ball As rocket Akeem Olajuwon Center watches. A nuggets 116, Kings 110 Denver Walter Davis scored four of his 27 Points in a 30-second Span late in the fourth Quarter to Lead Denver past Sacramento ending the nuggets four game losing Streak. With the game tied for the 13th time at 104-104, Davis stole the Ball from the Kings Harold Pressley and scored on a Layup. Then Davis hit a driving shot from the left Side. Denver led the rest of the Way. Alex English led the nuggets with 29 Points and Danny Schayes contributed 21. Sacramento was led by de Pinckney with 21 Points. Pressley had 17 Points and a career High 15 rebounds. Warriors 146, supersonics 117 Oakland Calif. Chris Mullin scored nine of his 31 Points to spark a 26-10 run at the Start of the third Quarter leading Golden state Over Seattle. Mitch Richmond scored 27 Points and Terry Teagle making his first Start since dec. 19, 1987, added a season High 22 for the warriors. Dale Ellis scored 26 for Seattle. Oilers tie Chicago by the associated press Chicago Craig Mactavish s goal with 49 seconds left in the third period gave the Strug gling Edmonton oilers a 2-2 tie with the Chicago Blackhawk monday night. Mactavish s 11 the goal came after goalie de Belfour had stopped Jimmy Carson s 10-foot blast. The oilers had pulled goalie Grant Fuhr with 1 13 left in regulation for the extra skater. In the overtime Chicago s Steve Larmer put the puck in the net with 1 25 left but the goal was nullified by an offsides Call against the Blackhawk. In monday s other nil game Maple Leafs 5, whalers 3 Toronto Rick Lanz scored his first goal of the season Midway through the second period to ensure Toronto s Victory. Hartford had rallied within 3-2 in the second period on a pair of Power play goals 34 seconds apart by Kevin Dineen. Then Lanz scored the game clincher at 9 19 on a slap shot from the top of the left face off Circle. Mcenroe from Page 23 ahead on schedule after the sliding roof As closed on the 15,000-seat stadium. The stadium is so big i really enjoyed it he said. It s very comfortable to play inside. The lighting is so Good you can see almost Sabatini playing for the first time in Australia eliminated Dahlman in 49 minutes. I feel very comfortable on this cushioned hard court surface she said. It s not very fast and the Ball bounces Well for i think i m getting very close the Argentine said. I think i have a Chance to get to the Graf the defending women s Champion opened her bid for a fifth straight grand slam title monday night with a 6-2, 6-1 Victory Over australian teen Ager Kerry Anne guse. She probably was t even trying against me guse said. After Graf won the first eight Points the outcome was never in doubt. I was so nervous at the Start i hit one of my fore hands Over the Fence said guse who double faulted nine times. I did t think i d win a guse managed to win two straight after falling be Hind 3-0 in the first set. Then Graf got serious blasting winners All Over Center court and overpowering her inexperienced foe in 43 minutes. Navratilova s Victory took just 50 minutes while Sabatini was a minute faster. Navratilova simply overpowered Betzner. I m enjoying Tennis More than i have for the past few years the 32-year-old Navratilova said. My body in t hurting any two seeded american women seventh seeded bar Bara Potter and ninth seeded Lori Mcneil fell today. Powerful new zealand left hander Belinda Cordwell beat Potter 6-3, 6-3, while Yuki Koizumi of Japan beat Mcneil 6-1,4-6, 6-4. Koizumi ranked 202nd in the world to Mcneil s 13th and playing in Only the second grand slam tournament of her career coached for 10 years before join ing the International circuit last year. Other women s seeds to win included no 4 Pam Shriver a 6-4, 6-1 Victor Over australian Rachel Mcquillan and no. 5 Helena Sutkova of Czechoslovakia who ousted new Sealander Julie Richardson 7-5, 6-0. Two time Mcaa Champion Patty Fendick beat american Halle Cioffi while 15th-seeded Hana Mand Liskova beat Clare Wood of Britain 4-6,6-2,6-3
