European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 11,1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports ., Wilkens reach Hall Springfield mass. A two outstanding guards who played and coached against each other  Jones of the Boston celtics and Lenny Wilkens of the Cleveland Cavaliers have been elected to the basketball Hall of Fame officials announced Friday. Also to be enshrined May 9 is William pop Gates 71, who played with the new York Renaissance and other teams during the game s barnstorming years in the 1930s and 1940s. I m very honoured said Wilkens who ranks third in the Aba in career assists with 7,211. ". Was a Fine  Wilkens a standout at Providence College averaged 16.5 Points and 6.7 assists a game during a 15-year professional career with St. Louis Seattle Portland and Cleveland. Before coming to Cleveland two sea sons ago he coached at Portland and Seattle where his 1979 team won the Aba championship. He will coach the East team in sunday s Aba All Star game in Houston an Honor Jones had four straight years. It s a very pleasant Surprise said Jones who for years was overshadowed by his College and pro teammate Bill Russell. I was Happy just to have been nominated. This is the sort of thing that happens to superstars All stars and scorers and not people who can t shoot. At san  Jones Lenny Wilkens Francisco where he and Russell won two Mcaa titles and the pros my contribution was my brain not my scoring ability. I just did the Blue Collar Type  Jones averaged Only 7.4 Points a game in his nine year playing career with the celtics during which bos ton won eight straight Aba championships but he contributed an average 4.9 assists and could make his presence Felt in clutch games. In the 1955 Mcaa final the 6-1 Jones held Lasalle s 6 6 scoring Ace Tom Gola who was elected to the Hall in 1975, without a Point for 21 minutes while edging Russell for game scoring honors with 24  his retirement As a player Jones coached the celtics to the 1984 and 1986 Aba championships. He stepped Down As celtics coach last season. Although Jones the 18th person associated with the celtics to be enshrined was elected the first year he was nominated and Wilkens on the second try Hall of Fame director Joe o Brien said he was shocked at some of the players rejected by the honors  can defend the purity of the process. But the basketball fan in me can t believe Earl Monroe or Dave Bing in t in the Hall of Fame said o Brien who does t have a  for the third straight year Monroe failed to get the needed 18 votes from the 24-member honors com Mittee composed of three representatives from each of eight different geographical  coach Bob Knight who failed to win elec Tion last year took himself out of Contention before the screening committee could consider his name this year according to o  and i talked about it o Brien said. He Felt that he had the credentials the year before and considered his failure to win election amounted to a slap in the  Kevin Johnson lifts suns by clippers by the associated press Phoenix Kevin Johnson scored 34 Points set a team record for assists in a half and tied another club Mark for consecutive free throws As the Phoenix suns beat the los Angeles clippers 120 113 thursday night. Johnson had 18 assists one shy of Gail Goodrich s 20-year-old team record and got 14 in the first half to break Jeff Hornacek s club Mark of 13 set in 1987. Johnson who had made 53 straight free throws entering the game made his first four to match Mike Bratz s Mark set in 1980. But Johnson missed his 58th try with 7 37 left in the third Quarter. Tom Chambers had 24 Points and Eddie Johnson 23 As the suns won for the 18th time in the past 20 Home games. Phoenix which finished 28-54 last sea son and 34 games behind the los Angeles lakers in the Aba s Pacific division reached the All Star break at 29-17 and in second place 2 a games behind the two time defending Aba Champion lakers. The last place clippers who snapped a 19-game losing Streak wednesday night suffered their 12th consecutive Road defeat and 25th in 27 Road games despite Benoit Benjamin s season High 29 Points. Los Angeles trailing 68-52 at halftime and 72-52 two minutes into the second half closed to 96-85 after the third period and 118-113 with 11 seconds remain ing in the game on Ken Norman s 3 Point goal. Norman had 27 Points 19 coming in the second half while Rookie Charles Smith had 16 plus 10 rebounds for the clippers. In other games thursday rockets 113, Trail blazers 110 Portland Ore. Otis Thorpe made a three Point play with 51 seconds left and sleepy Floyd scored 25 Points As Houston turned Back Portland. Clyde Drexler scored 36 Points for Portland and Center Sam Bowie making his first appearance after 2 a years of injuries had six Points in 16 minutes. Houston led 101-85 with 7 33 remain ing but the Trail blazers scored 13 straight Points. Akeem Olajuwon s two baskets put Houston ahead 107-100, be fore Jerome Kersey who scored 23 for Portland made two foul shots with 1 06 left to close within 109-108. Thorpe then made a Layup and foul Aba Roundup Abdul Jabbar replaces magic on ail Star team Houston a Kareem Abdul Jabbar Vas named to his 19th Aba ail Star game thursday when commissioner David j. Stern selected him to replace injured los Angeles lakers teammate magic Johnson. Kareem Abdul Jabbar had received the next highest total of votes from the Aba coaches in their selection of the All Star reserves Stern said. But More importantly his participation in one More All Star game is a fitting tribute to his unequalled Aba  the 39th annual All Star game in Houston will air on an to at 8 45 . Sunday and radio at 9 . Johnson was forced to withdraw from the All Star game after suffering a partial tear of the left hamstring in wednesday night s game against the Golden state warriors. Abdul Jabbar who says he will retire at the end of this his 20th season is the Aba s All time leading scorer in regular season playoff and All Star Competition. Laker s Center Kareem Abdul Jabbar 19th All Star game shot for a four Point Lead. Kevin Duck Worth made two foul shots for Portland Chuck Nevitt countered with a foul shot for Houston and Drexler s 35-foot, 3 Point try hit the Back of the rim As time expired. Derrick Chievous scored 20 Points and Olajuwon had 19 Points. Kings 142, warriors 117 Sacramento Calif. The Sacra mento Kings made an Aba record 16 3 Points shots led by Ricky Berry s seven in route to an easy Victory Over Golden state. The Kings shot 16-for-31 from 3-Point Range. The previous record was 11, set earlier this season by new York against Milwaukee on dec. 12. Harold Pressley made four 3-pointers, Rodney Mccray and Vinny Del negro each had two and Kenny Smith had one. Berry s seven 3-pointers, one Short of the Aba Mark held by Michel Adams and Rick Barry single hand edly matched the previous Kings record for 3-Point baskets in a game. Berry finished with 34 Points and Del negro had 22, both season highs for the rookies. Kenny Smith added 25 Points and de Pinckney and Pressley each had 20. Mavericks 94, jazz 87 Salt Lake City Mark Aguirre scored 16 of his 32 Points in the second Quarter and Dallas went on to beat Utah. Bulls 108, spurs 103 san Antonio Michael Jordan scored More Points but Craig Hodges got the Points that were most important. Hodges scored 15 of his 20 Points in the fourth Quarter including a 3-Point shot with 37 seconds left that helped Chicago beat san Antonio. Jordan led the bulls with 23. Nuggets 117, heat 92 Denver fat lever scored 32 of his career High 38 Points in the first half leading Denver Over Miami. The loss stretched the heat s losing Streak on the Road to 14 games the team is 1-22 away from Home this season while Denver won for the third time in its last four games. Hornets 110, Hawks 108 Charlotte . R9bert Reid made a 15-foot jump shot with 10 seconds remaining to lift Charlotte past at  hornets rallied from a seven Point deficit in the fourth Quarter behind Reid who tied his season High with 28 Points and also got nine rebounds. Reid scored 14 Points on 7-for-10 shooting in the final period. Cavaliers 108, pacers 99 Richfield Ohio Mark Price and Larry Nance scored eight Points each during a 20-5 run in the fourth Quarter As Cleveland beat Indiana extending its team record Home winning Streak to 15. The pacers lost their seventh straight Overall and Are 1-22 on the Road. Indiana which led by As Many As 12 Points in the first half went up 80-79 on Greg Dreiling s Layup with 9 48 to play in the game. Price however Sank a 15-foot jumper and followed with a 3-Pointer to Start Cleveland s burst which gave the Cava Liers their biggest Lead at 99-85. Seven Cleveland Points during the surge came from the foul line. Bullets 110, nets 103 Landover my. Harvey Grant and Darrell Walker sparked a late burst of 14 straight Points that rallied Washington Over new Jersey and ended the bullets four game losing Streak. Washington trailed 82-71 with 3 31 left in the third period before Grant and Walker each scored six Points during the Streak. The run reached 19-2 when Grant s Layup with 8 50 made it 90-84. New Jersey closed to 96-93 on two baskets by Dennis Hopson but Mark Alarie answered with four Points to put the bullets in front 100-93 with 4 33 remaining. Ledell Eackles scored nine of his 15 Points in the fourth Quarter to keep Washington ahead