European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 8, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 songs scramble to Dallas by inc associated press one of the crucial saturday night games in the National basketball association features Seattle at Dallas. Both icarus Are struggling to regain their Early season form As the playoffs approach. The supersonics. Seventh Overall in the Western conference have lost seven straight. The Mavericks arc battling Portland for the final playoff berth. Thursday s stars Ken Norman. Gary Grant and Benoit Benja min of the clippers. Norman scored 34 Points on 15-fur-22 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds. Gram had 17 Points 20 assists and four steals and Benjamin had .29 Points on Aba notes Io-for-13 shooting and pulled Down ii rebounds As los Angeles beat Portland with a 133-123  Mullin of the warriors scored 41 Points on is Forszt shooting and had six attics five rebounds and three blocks a Golden state beat Hoston 132,118. Alvin Robertson of the spurs scored 27 Points grabbed nine rebounds handed off seven assists and made , helping san Antonio beat Sacramento 122-116, the spurs fifth consecutive Home Victory. So to Mierei Tom Chambers who left Seattle and signed a free agent contract with Phoenix a scr last season scored 32 Points on 11-for-ls shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds thursday As the suns beat the supersonic 12fr 119 v when t left Seattle i. Was asked How it. Fell going from a playoff team to. A lottery team. Well it feels Good. We arc playing very Well Chambers said after the suns improved to 48-26, the second Best record in the Western conference acid 8& games belter than Seattle stats Boston is 0-22 on the Road against learns with winning records and has yet to win consecutive games away from Boston Garden. Golden slate s Victory Over he celtics was its first since feb in 1983, i Span of 12 games. The clippers snapped a 17-game losing Streak against Portland with their Victory at the lev sports Arena. The loss left the Trail Ula cars with a one game Lead Over Dallas in in car Battle for the Western con Terence s eighth playoff berth. Starts Seattle s Xavier me Daniel a sixth Man All season celebrated his return to the starting lineup by equal ing his season High of 37 Points in the supersonics 126-m9 Oss. To Phoenix i thursday. Mcdaniel 17 for 25 from the Field Overall was 13 for 17. In the first half when he scored 27  9 scores in the second half of " Golden state s Victory Over Boston the warriors outscored the celtics 81-65. On nov 15 of this season Boston beat Miami 84-65. Snares Bill Laimbeer of de troit grabbed 22 rebounds including 16  second half in the t i lpns Victory Over Chicago. San Antonio had 20 offensive rebounds to Only six for Sacra mento in the spurs Victory. Speaking we came out Here tonight with our chests stretched Oul. When you win a game like that you come into the Niit game thinking it s going to be easy but it Wain s. Give the clippers credit. They re. Working sex. Tremley hard and they look real  Portland s Clyde Drax scr comparing the Trail blazers 18-poin Victory Over Aba leading Detroit on tuesday and their 10-Point loss to the lowly clippers two nights later. Yes basketball olympic shot open for Aba players tall fill hard Karl Malone. Might reign in Spain in 92. Munich West Germany a International basketball voted overwhelmingly Friday to allow professional players in the olympics. The United Stales which will Benefit mos from the move voted against it. At a special session of fib a the inter National basketball federation the proposal to permit the top stars of inc Aba and other professional leagues to play in previously Amateur tournaments was adopted -s6-13. With Greece refusing to Vole according to Boris Stankovic Fiba s Secretary general. Stankovic said the new rules took effect immediately although regional federations would be Given Lime to work out details. A soviet Union proposal to limit each nation to two pro players during a transition period also was rejected 53-15 with one unidentified abstention Stankovic said. We Sec this is our triumphant entry into the 21 is Century said Stankovic a former yugoslav player and coach and a . Dave Gavin president of the Usa Amateur basketball association said his federation voted against the plan because the col Leges and High schools that make up the . I m not sure the Aba if it had a Vole would have voted for it either Gavin said. After the Vole held in the same Complex of stadiums and Arenas where the United states unbeaten Streak in olympic Basket Ball ended at 62 games with a fast second loss to the soviet Union in 1972, Gavitt told the delegates the move was necessary in this new worldwide  the Aba issued a statement in new York that said the league and inc players Union arc working to develop a Frame work for players to participate. We have also begun a constructive dialogue with the Amateur basketball association and its president. And expect to begin meetings shortly to re solve inc number of issues that Are presented by this new Era of open Basket Ball Russ Granik the Aba s executive vice president said in the statement. On thursday. Gavin said having the pros in the games would guarantee a . Gold medal in Barcelona. Friday s decision Means that after years of complaining that Amateur Only rules deprived it of its Best players at olympic time the nation that invented basketball a Century ago at last will be Able to Call upon its biggest stars whether they play for the new York kicks or Mcneec state and despite a. Lukewarm reception from . It Means the olympic losses suffered by the United Stales against the soviet Union in 1972 and 1988 won t be repeated in Barcelona in 1992. Gavitt said liven with pros eligible the United states might not have the services of All of the Best at the olympics.1 an associated press Survey of Aba players found jus 63 percent favouring open eligibility and Only 5s percent say ing they wanted to play in he games. Among those disapproving were de troit i pistons guard is Ali Thomas who said pros in the games would be part of a win at All Cost Menat Lily and hos Lun celtics Forward Larry Bird. Still Many Aba Alt stars said they would play in 1992. A . Starting line up of Karl Malone of Utah Charles bar Kulcy of Philadelphia Patrick Ewing of new York. Magic Johnson of the los Angeles lakers and Clyde Drexler of Portland would be. Available for the americans the Survey found who s your map top coach 6th Man it 111 1,1, Darnard Ai basketball writer ballots Are out for individual regular season awards and this year is prompting even More spirited discussions than usual among Aba Wriler and broadcasters. Voting for most valuable player coach of the year find sixth Man award appear to be the closest this season with multiple candidates for each. The names change from year to year but the discussions about the Mvi Al Way seem to Center around the criteria docs the map have to come from a division Winner is he the player whose team would fall the most dramatically if. He weren t around who s More valuable to his team Michael Jordan or magic Johnson Karl Malone or Charles Barkley Patrick Ewing or. Akeem olajuw6n? Good questions. The coach of the year always seems to come. Dawn to a Man whose team placed much better than expected. This method yields Don Nelson of Golden state Cotton Fitzsimmons of Phoenix Lenny Wilkens of Cleveland Rick Pitino  and. Del Harris of Milwaukee with coaches More willing than Cut to put top players on the Bench for the Start of a game voters for the so Man award have Ricky Pierce of Milwaukee Utah s " Thurl Bailey Xavier Mcdaniel of Seattle Eddie Johnson of Phoenix and Phila around the Aba Delphia s Ron Anderson to choose from. Kevin1 Johnson s second half scor ing push has him on the verge of joining an elite group of Aba guards. Before this year Only Oscar Robertson magic Johnson talc Archibald and Isiah Thomas have. Averaged 20 Points and 10 assists in a season. Kevin Johnson averaging 17.7 Points in mid january has raised mat to 20.5 to go with his 12.3 assists per game which is third in the league. Many scouts believe that leaving College Early and entering the Aba draft is a bad idea for most players. Cut the move certainly worked for Michael Jordan magic Johnson Kacem Olajuwon Charles Barkley Karl Malone Isiah Thomas. Dominique Wilkins Clyde Drexler James worthy Mark Aguirre and Duck Williams. Going to the Sacramento Kings from the Boston celtics was an Eye open ing experience for Danny Ainge. I be been very cautious about not coining on like or. Celtics said Ainge who was traded along with Brad Lohaus to Sacramento for a Pinck Jcj and Joe Klein. I be bitten my Tongue in. A lot of spots because it s not the time. 1 just want to do the stuff i be always done in Boston but i be noticed some things 1 Don t know if it comes from losing or what but Guys walk out late to practice or a bus or plane. In Boston if we had a 10 o clock practice everybody was there a half hour to an hour Early. Here 1  at ith25for an 11 o clock, i m inc first Guy Here. In. Boston you. Played with All types of injuries. Here you Don to and maybe that s right. In Sacramento they look to the future. In Boston it s right  Tim Kimpton of inc Charlott hornets recently won a $200 bet with Charlotte observer columnist Doug Robarchek the 6-foot-l0,-245-Pound Cen Ter said he could get a whole hamburger in his Mouth Robarchek said he could to pc Melon accomplished the feat after folding inc Burger in half. "1 could Sec right away that he was going to get the Burger in his Mouth and still have room for 5-3,. 140-Pound mugs bogus .  his winnings to a shelter for the homeless an sports. Television base Bull los angles at Atlanta 9 15p.m. Saturday. Hockey nil j la Ift Pittsburgh at new York hang 2 30 . Sunday. Radio baseball Chicago while sox at Oakland 10 . Saturday Seattle at California 4 . Sunday