European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 6,1989 the stars and stripes Page 23 nuggets late surge nips jazz by the associated press Denver Walter Davis jumper with one second remaining gave the Denver nuggets a 127-126 Victory Over the Utah jazz saturday night. The loss dropped the jazz into second place percentage Points behind Idle Houston in the Midwest division. Denver trailed 126-122 with 1 01 remaining before David Greenwood made 9ne of two free throws and fat lever converted a pair of free throws to Cut the margin to 126-125. The nuggets then took control of a jump Ball with eight seconds left and set up Davis s winning shot. The jazz had one second left to score after Davis jumper. But after three timeouts by the two teams Mark Eaton s inbound pass was deflected by Denver Salex English at the Buzzer. Dan Shayes scored a career High 37 Points and had eight rebounds and four assists in pacing the nuggets offence. Alex English contributed 29 Points and Davis 17. Wayne Cooper had 15 rebounds for Denver. Malone led the jazz with 33 Points and 12 re Bounds. Stockton had 27 Points and 17 assists for Utah. In other games saturday Hawks 118, suns 116, of Phoenix Moses Malone scored a season High 37 Points and Sank a decisive jumper with 1 05 remaining As Atlanta scored the final eight Points i overtime and beat Phoenix. Atlanta playing its second straight game without injured All Star Forward Dominique Wilkins Over came a 108-101 deficit with 1 49 left in regulation and forced overtime when John Battle s jumper with four seconds left tied the score at 110. Phoenix opened overtime with a 6-0 run on Eddie Johnson s jumper and two layups by Tom Chambers in the first 1 24. But the suns who lost for the fourth time in 23 Home games did t score again. Aba Roundup Doc Rivers who had a season High 32 Points made a 3-Pomter with 3 02 to play and Reggie Theus base line jumper with 1 45 left tied the score. Malone then made his jumper from the top of the key. Kevin Johnson who scored 35 for Phoenix had his desperation jumper Bounce off the rim at the Buzzer. Chambers finished with 23 Points and 15 rebounds while Eddie Johnson had 19 Points for Phoenix which won 16 of its previous 17 Home games. Malone grabbed 20 rebounds and Battle had 12 of his 17 Points in the fourth Quarter As the Hawks beat the suns for the seventh time in their last nine meet Ings but for the first time Here since nov. 6, 1985. Knicksll3, pacers 106 Indianapolis Patrick Ewing had 19 Point Sand five blocked shots As new York Defeated Indiana. It was the pacers fifth consecutive loss. The kicks led most of the game but had to survive a 10-0 spurt in the final Quarter. A drive by Vern Fleming ended the run and gave Indiana its Only Lead since the first Quarter 94-93, with 6 23 to play. Ewing then rejected a shot by Wayman Tisdale and Gerald Wilkins ended a Streak of eight consecutive new York misses with a Layup to put the kicks ahead again. Indiana turned the Ball Over on its next two posses Sions and the score was tied twice before a Dunk by Ewing put the kicks ahead to stay 100-98, with 5 21to play. Chuck person had 23 Points for Indiana and Rik Smits scored 10 of his 20 in the final Quarter for the pacers. Bucks 113, bullets 102 Landover my. Ricky Pierce scored nine of his 21 Points in the fourth Quarter leading Milwaukee to a Victory Over Washington. Terry Cummings and Larry Krystowiak added 18 Points each for the Bucks who won for the 18th time in 22 games including six of their last seven on the Road. The Bucks 13-9 Road record is the second Best in the Aba and gives them one More Road Victory than they had All of last season. The loss was the third straight for the bullets who were led by Jeff Malone who scored 23 Points an Bernard King who had 21. The Bucks went ahead to stay 62-60, when Krysto Wiak hit a 19-footer with 6 33 left in the third Quarter and followed with a Layup 23 seconds later. Warriors 116, clippers 107 Oakland Calif. Chris Mullin scored 24 Pointras Golden state handed los Angeles its 18th consecutive loss. Winston Garland Terry Teagle and Mitch Rich mond scored 18 Points each and Larry Smith grabbed 16 rebounds for the warriors who won their eight straight Home game. Ken Norman scored 28 Points for the clippers now 10-35. Los Angeles which surpassed Miami s previous 1988-89 Aba season High of 17 consecutive defeats is one shy of its franchise record and two Short of the Aba single season record set by the Philadelphia 76crsin 1972-73. Quintin Dailey the clippers leading scorer hit his head on the floor with 10 39 left in the second Quarter and left the game with a mild concussion. Tom Gar Rick of los Angeles left Early in the fourth Quarter witha sprained ankle. Trail blazers 137, spurs 100 Portland Ore. Adrian Branch scored a Ca reer High 28 Points and Kiki Vandeweghe added 26 As Portland built a 29-Point halftime Lead and coasted Toa Victory Over san Antonio. Portland winning for the fourth time in five games led 75-46 at the half. Clyde Drexler scored 18 of his 24 Points in the first two periods As Portland shot 65 percent from the Field hitting 28 of 43 shots in the first half. Cd Maidens win 7-5, spoil Lafleur s return by the associated press Montreal Montreal Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur returned to the forum and scored two goals saturday night but Shane Corson scored three times As the canadians rallied from a three goal deficit for a 7-5 Victory Over the new York rangers. Lafleur set up the rangers first goal and scored twice in the second period giving the rangers a 5-2 Lead. It was the first two goal game of the season for the 37-year-old Lafleur who retired in no vember 1984 after 14 years and 518 goals with Montreal and decided to launch a comeback this season. Corson s first goal triggered the Mon Treal comeback with 2 22 left in the second period. Claude Lemieux scored just 39 seconds into the third period when his Cen tearing pass deflected off goalie Bob Froese and Russ Courtnell tied it 5-5 with a blast through Froese s pads at 3 20. Corson broke the tie when he lifted a perfect Goalmouth pass from Svoboda past Froese with 10 47 left. Corson completed his hat trick when he scored into an empty net with 15 seconds left. Stephane Richer and Bobby Smith scored the other Montreal goals. David Shaw Brian Mullen and Jason Lafreniere were the other scorers for new York. The standing room Only crowd of 17,897 gave Lafleur a standing ovation for almost two minutes when he skated out just prior to the opening face off. The Victory kept Montreal in a tie with Calgary for the nil s Overall Lead with 80 Points. The rangers remained tied with Washington for first place in the Patrick division one Point ahead of Pittsburgh. In other games saturday islanders 5, whalers 3 Uniondale . Brad Lauer scored the 5,000th regular season goal in the islanders 17-year history triggering Canuck Petri Skripko jumps High in the air to allow a fellow teammate s shot a Chance a four goal rally that included two see on flames goalie Rick Wamsley saturday night. The flames won 5-2. Ond period Power play tallies 54 seconds a apart by Brent Sutler. Nordques 6, North stars 3 Quebec Rookie Center Joe Sakic and defens Eman Jeff Brown each had a goal and an assist. The Nordques have won three of their last four games while the loss was the second in 11 for Minnesota. After leading Quebec in scoring through most of october and november Sakic scored for the first time since dec. 23, breaking a 17-game scoreless Streak. He had seven assists in that stretch. Blackhawk 3, Maple Leafs 1 Toronto Bill Gardner recalled earlier in the week from the International league scored a tie breaking Power play goal Early in the second period. Toronto goalie Allan Bester stopped a shot by Chicago s Wayne Presley but Gardner jammed the rebound into the open Side of the net at 5 51. Flames 5, canucks 2 Calgary Alberta Joe Mullen scored twice and Al Mclnnis Power play play broke a second period tie As Calgary remained tied with Montreal atop the Overall nil standings. Kings 5, sabres 3 Inglewood Calif. Wayne Gretzky scored his first hat trick in a los Angeles uniform and 44th of his career As the Kings snapped an eight game win less Streak with a Victory Over Buffalo. The Kings who recorded their first Victory since beating Hartford 9-6 on Jan. 14, rallied from a 2-0 deficit with three unanswered goals against Buffalo Rookie goalie Darcy Zakaluk who was making his third nil appearance an first Start. The vict9ry lifted the Kings into Sec Ond place in the smythe division one Point ahead of Edmonton Gretzky s pre Vious team and 19 behind Pace setting Calgary. Buffalo is second in the Adams division 26 Points behind Montreal and just one ahead of Boston