European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. April 14, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 comment an. --.-. -.  Wiesbaden hoop sters win out Iowa in search of nerve ending news our action camera focuses on the scorer s table during wednes Day night s Usa eur basketball finals. Wiesbaden leads Host Karlsruhe 83-72 with five minutes left in game 1. That s no news since the eagles  favored to win their second Usa eur title in three years. The news is this Wiesbaden s statistician Jona than Gwynn Waltzes to the table to make sure the scoreboard is right. Bad move. The official scorer Joe Tallis is a Karlsruhe Man he does t appreciate a Wiesbaden Guy with an 11-Poinl Lead questioning his work gel away from my table Tallie tells Gwynn. Thai ignites Wiesbaden s coach Luther Jefferson. And when Jefferson gets excited head for cover. Hell go to your table shouts Jefferson. With that referee Al Fontaine walks Over to Check the commotion. Notice that Jefferson keeps crying As if he were behind by 11. Now Fontaine motions for Karlsruhe s coach Terrell Bibbs to join the Summit. Says the ref ill Tell you right now stay away from  ". Bobbi returns to the pacers Bench wondering what this craziness is about. Jefferson simply gels or crier.  you have a Bunch of cheaters Here the Wiesbaden coach Bellows 10 Usa eur sports representative Mike Hester. Jefferson turns to his original target scorer Tallie and says Cheater chump. You  watch Tallis s response i know he s not talking tomc.". You think Jefferson is finished he never  of cheaters he keeps blabbering. But you Vegol to go id  indeed his eagles go on to win 95-84 and will play Host to game i of this Best of three series at 7 30 , saturday at the Wiesbaden a gym. If the eagles win again they won t need a game 3 sunday. Now that you be seen the footage what was Jeffer son s act about for one the scoreboard was on the Mark. For two in had Wiesbaden Way ahead. You d think a visiting coach would put an 11-Point Lead in his pocket and Slink out of town i get a Little Light. Not tight but a Little excited Jefferson said after game won. Us � the Only Way i can be in a game.". And cheaters docs he make a habit of calling the enemy cheaters"1 Don l think they re  Jefferson clarified just weren t calling  which brings up the referees. One happened to be the first woman to Call a Usa eur men s Basket Ball final she was Syndi Rochfort of Grafe Wohr Bucky Fox who teamed with Nairn Borg s Fontaine to officiate a no fights no nonsense game. Rochfort and Fontaine were As Quick As the play ers. They aggressively sold their Calls which is Cru Cial to buying the teams and fans Confidence. Rochefort wasted Little time. One minute into the tame she threw up a fist and blew her whistle on Karlsruhe guard Ivy Cook for fouling Wiesbaden Star Troy Russell. The packed Smiley Barracks gym let her hear it. Id Case anyone thought Rochefort was starry eyed the Connecticut Yankee hit Russell with three foul Sand a travelling Viola Tion before the Hall was out. Roch Cafori had one obvious blown Call. Thirty seconds into the second half she whistled a foul on Karls Ruhe then signalled no. 20 Cook instead of the pacer who actually fouled no. 10 Kevin Howard. I did t loucl1 him " Cook correctly said and he Luther Jelt Mii eventually fouled out. The moral to that Little  sell it. Make the Call took Good and everyone will accept it. Which is How Rochfort and Fontaine operated on two Tough blocking fouls in the first half they could pc easily been offensive fouls. Not that Wiesbaden accepted every Call with Grace. Jefferson fired a tirade at Rochefor when she whistled Forward Vincent Jackson for third personal with 12 57 left. You gotta Call both ends the coach screamed. Jefferson threw in a sucker and other niceties and when he aimed his Wrath at Fontaine s car there told him to Back off. Jefferson did but later reacted to Rochefort s whistle on Richard Jenkins with you Call Hal Don t you the refs called 26 fouls on Karlsruhe arid 25 on Wiesbaden. Nearly dead even. If Bibbs had a Gripe it was Over his pacers 42-percent shooting not the tooling the female held her own out there. The refs did a Good Job the coach said. Was Jefferson s sideline act for Broadway or what i was not overdoing it Jefferson said while in crowd mingled out. I want Justice. She should t get personal. It she gets personal she should t be Call ing the game t was Lold by Usa eur that they were the two Best. 1 have no qualms about her being woman. They should just make the Calls. But she Gol  " Jefferson referred to to Clifort s offensive foul Call on Wiesbaden cent i Lamar Oden with 3 45 left. The coach though Rochfort discussed lie foul with Odin too Long. Ihus drawing a technical out of the big Guy actually Fontaine called inc t when Oden slammed a Towel on inc court. Fun Guys these Wiesbaden eagles huh in Jeffer son they have a 38-year-old staff sergeant for coach who makes his players listen. Thai in itself is news in army basketball. Most teams have a coach like Bibbs whose biggest statement during a Karls Ruhe timeout in last week s semifinals was hey listen to me Jefferson a Pinsl Ripe suit Man from Teflon. Ga.,nol Only Oul docs pcs other coaches but also Oul chalks them. He played the game in Karlsruhe of All places in 1978-79 and coached the game in Heidel Berg in 1984-85, the last Lime inc  called inc generals reached us a eur s final four. Now when Jefferson barks his eagles Heel. With Russell on the Bench with four fouls Midway through the second half wednesday Jefferson knew he had to melt the clock with whal he Calls a Georgetown inspired "1-2-2 motion  he ordered Carl Turner to hold  of. When Turner passed to Oden the coach ordered a pass Back to Turner.  Jefferson ordered Turner to Cut through inc Karlsruhe defense. Of. Thai s coach Jefferson a Dan said of he frantic Guy he s been like that All season and we re warning. 1 gel mad at him but tomorrow Well be laugh ing and joking if Oden listens to orders everyone does. He s a 6-foot-7. 215-Pound Bruiser who could play defensive end for the Wiesbaden flyers. I Donl play football. Period he responds 10 thai suggestion. Odin 27, has played basketball 16 years. A native of Sylacauga Ala he shot hoops for an Alabam Junior College called Alexander City stale. Then he played hoops and studied criminal psychology at Tennessee Chattanooga until 1984, when he moved 16 Atlanta to be a cop. Then he joined the army. Now he s a private first class and a first class Center who scored 22 Points in game won. What do you name a Guy like ihal7 Wiesbaden s finest the Law enforcer said Odin with his private eyes on game 2, warm up Hal act Ion camera Thomas after pistons win this race is Over by he associated Cress Auburn Hills Mich. Detroit s Isiah Thomas says the race for the Aba s Best record is Over and the pistons have won in. They might As Well rest their Guys because this race is Over Thomas said after the pistons Defeated the runner up Cleveland Cavaliers 107-95 wednesday night. The thing about this team is Hal we can Hurt you in so Many ways every night it s a different person on this night Vinnie Johnson Start ing in place of inc injured Thomas scored 17 of his 31 Points As the pistons took control in the second Quarter an opened a 3 a game Lead Over the Cava Liers in the Central division. The team with the Best record enjoys the Home court adv anlage throughout the playoffs. But Detroit coach Chuck Daly disagreed with Thomas Hal the Cavaliers Are done. It s not Over Daly said. With games against new York and Cleveland coming up bang bang things can change in a hurry Cleveland May be the most talented starting five in the league. They re an out standing team and  the pistons who have won 22 of their last 24 games and 17 straight at Home have the league s Tiest Mccoid at 58-18, the Firat no Roundup time in franchise history they have been 40 games above .500. The Cavaliers have the second Best record 55-22, who knows what will happen Cava hers coach Lenny Wilf cons said Detroit is in great shape no question i can t predict the future Detroit is going to have to win it we re not going to give ii to  Johnson Hil a jumper that gave de troit a 30-23 Lead with 11 27 remaining in the first half. Bui the cars behind two 3-pointers and a 12-Fooicr from Mark Price who scored 16 Points went on a119-1 i run to take their first Lead 42 41, with 4 46 left. Then Johnson got hot again Hilling two 3-pointers and scoring 10 Points in the rest of the period to Pul the pistons Back on top 58-48 at halftime. I m always pumped up Johnson said. Starting does t have much to do with it tonight i fell like my shot would go and in did do Broil Buill its Lead to .74-58 with 5 16 left in the third Quarter. Cleveland s Mike Sanders made two baskets but Joe Dumars scored six of his 19 Points the rest of the Way and Mark Aguirre who scored 21, Hil a 3-Poinler Al the Buzzer to Pui the pistons ahead 87-Fis,Jin 107, nuggets 102 Salt Lake City Karl Malone scored 14 of his 40 Points in inc first 5 i minutes and Thurl Balky made three crucial free throws in the final 18 seconds As Utah Defeated Denver. Suns 109, Mati rocks 94 Dallas Jeff Hornack scored 21 Points and Phoenix rolled to its fifth consecutive Victory despite the return of Roy Tarpley to the Dallas lineup. Tar Pley missed 49 games while undergoing treatment for a cocaine related suspension. The suns hit seven straight shots in he second period 10 stretch a three Point Lead to 14 and led 70-47 Early in the i hard period. Tarpley. Who was sus Pended Jan. 5, came off inc Bench to score 16 Points and grab 13  107, spurs 100 san Antonio magic Johnson had 24 Points 10 rebounds and seven assists and . Green and James worthy each scored 17 As inc lakers beat san Antonio the spurs were led by Vcra on Maxwell with 22 Points. Jay Vin cent and Willie Anderson each had 21. Los Angeles which maintained its two game Lead Over Phoenix in the Pacific division look control with an 11-2 run als in the fourth Quarter to snap an 88-88 tic. Kar cent Abduljabba had four of his 14 Points during the burst Hom