European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 he a the stars and stripes thursday february 8.1990 lakers escape with of win in Battle of a bad Stop two by Blix Barnard a basketball writer Portland. Ore. A the Las Angeles lakers and Portland Trail blazers watched each other from afar for More than half the season. The first of their four meetings proved Worth the wait. Portland trailing 62-45 Early in the second half had a Chance to win when magic Johnson fouled Terry Porter with a half second left. Bui Porter made Only the second of two free throws tying the score 115-113 and forcing overtime. Pcs pile having Johnson on the Bench with Sis fouls for the first time in a Rogu Lar season game since the 1983-84 season. The lakers prevailed 121-119 to extend their Lead in the Western conference to i v games Over the Blar ers. Who still have the second Busl record in the Aba. Quot we re very fortunate they missed a couple of free throws at the end Quot lakers coach Pat Riley said. A they had their opportunities to win it and they did t. And Well Lake  Quot it was a big. Big game Quot Johnson said. Janies worthy look up the Slack for Johnson scoring 25 Points including a crucial rebound Basket with 50 seconds to play a overtime. Johnson had 24 Points 15 assists and 10 rebounds. Boron Scott scored five Points in overtime. Including a 3-Poinlcr that gave the lakers the Lead for Good Al 11b-117 with 2 06 to play. To Vic Prev scr scored 24 of his 32 Point s in the second half for Portland Hul was scoreless in overtime. Kevin Duckworth added 22 Tor Portland and Porter Hod 19 Points and 12 assists. Bucks 119, celtics 106 Hartford. Conn. A Reserve Forward Brad Lohaus keyed a 21-7 Milkau Aba Roundup acc run with two 3-Pointcrs. Fio Slon led 88-b7 with 9 02 led before the Bucks took advantage of celtics 8-for-26 shooting in the fourth Quarter. Fred Roberts and Jack Sikma scored 20 Points each for Milwaukee and Alvin Robertson had 13 Points and 17 assists. Kevin Mihalc led Boston with 28 Points and 11 rebounds coming off the Bench. Larry Bird had 24 Points. 17 in the first half. He made his Only free throw giving him 66 straight without a miss. 12 Short of the Aba record. Pistons ids Cavaliers 96 Auburn Hills. Mich. A Detroit won its eighth straight beating Cleveland behind Joe dumars1 22 Points and Isiah Thomas 20 Points and 11 assists. The pistons who beat the Cavaliers for the seventh straight time in the last two years have not lost since coach Chuck Daly inserted Dennis Rodman As a starting Forward in place of Mark Aguirre. Playing As a Reserve Aguirre scored 16 Points including 14 in the second period when Detroit opened a 15-Point Lead. Spurs 105, Hawks 94 san Antonio a Terry Cummings scored 23 Points and Willie Anderson 20 As san Antonio extended its club re Cord Home winning Streak to 20 games by defeating Atlanta. David Robinson had 17 Points and 10 rebounds for the spurs who have the Aba s Best Home record 21-, the injury plagued Hawks losers of Sis straight games were led by Dominique Wilkins with 25 Points. Kicks 117, magic 110 Orlando. Fla. A new York won Connecticut captures 10th straight Victory by the associated press Storrs. Conn. A Nadav Henc Feld scored 18 Points and eighth ranked Connecticut pulled away after a close first half and breezed to its Lois consecutive Victory tuesday night rolling Fairfield 74-39, the huskies 20-3 held the slags to 16 second half Points five of them in the first 11 i nulls. Connecticut outscored Fairfield 26-4 in the first 10 minutes of the second half. Connecticut s talc George finished with 13 Points and seven rebounds. Hunefeld had five assists and three steals for Conn. Which forced 24 turnovers. The slags 7-12 were led by de Duncan with 15 Points. No. 15 Louisville 69, Florida St it 50 Louisville by. A Louisville came alive Wilh a 14-2 run following a technical foul on coach Denny Crum Midway through the game and the cardinals beat the seminoles behind Cornelius Holden s career High 20 Points and 12 rebounds. The game was tied 23-23 with 5 01 left in the first half. That a when Crum was assessed a technical for arming an officials Call. Bui Florida a Tate made Only one of four free throws and turned the Ball Over Awakening both the Freedom Hall s sic ollege basketball crowd of 19,355 and the cardinals. Louisville 17-4, 7-1 metro conference scored five of the nest Sis Points to Lake a 28-25 halftone Lead and nine of the first 10 Points in the second half to make it 37-26. Florida slate 13-11. 4-5 went 11 44 w ii out a Field goal. No. 21 Xavier 70, Loyola 111. 53 Rosemont Iii. A with leading scorer Tyrone fill suddenly taken ill Jamal Walker scored a career High 28 Points As Xavier of Ohio beat Loyola of Chicago. The Victory kept Xavier 18-2, 7-1 on top of the midwestern collegiate conference. Loyola is 5-15,2-7, and. 24 St. John s 89, Rutgers 77 new York a Malik scaly scored 25 Points. And St. Johns used a 17-2 second half ran to overtake Rutgers and snap a three game losing Streak. The Rcd men 18-6 were playing their first game since starting Forward Jayson Williams the second leading scorer and leading a Bounder broke a Bone in his right foot on saturday. The loss was the first in four games for Rutgers 11-11. Ils fourth cons Culic game getting 35 Points from Patrick Ewing and holding Orlando without a Field goal for More than four minutes in the fourth Quarter. Ewing had 14 Points in the second half and also had 13 rebounds and seven blacked shots. Gerald Wilkins added 23 Points for new York which used an 11-i spurt to pull away from a 1 13-103 tie in the last four minutes. Terry Catledge led Orlando with 28 Points. Rockets 108, Timber Alvvs 101 Fouston a Kacem Olajuwon and Otis Thorpe scored 23 Points each As Houston withstood a fourth Quarter rally by Minnesota. Minnesota which has lost 12 straight Road games was led by Donald Royal with 21 Points and Sam Mitchell with 19. Pacers 138, nuggets 130 Denver a Indiana broke a five game losing Streak with Rik Smits scoring a career High 34 Points and Reggie Miller getting 28. Danny Schayes had 28 Points. Alex English 24 and fat lever and Waller Davis 22 each for the nuggets who have split their last 10 Home games after winning 12 of their first 13. Mavericks 100, Kings 90 Sacramento Calif. A Dallas extended Sacramento s losing Streak to six games As Derek Harper and Rolando Blackman each scored 20 Points. Wayman Tisdale led Sacramento with 18 Points and Danny Aings had 17. Bullets 118, heat 100 Miami a Washington snapped a six game Road losing Streak As Jeff Malone scored 24 of his 34 Points in the second half. San Antonio s Terry Cummings leads spurs to Home record scorch Paul ills it usim it Mimm  a a a. Half. Leads spurs to Hom Barkley agrees to Pla after league has its a Philadelphia api a most Aba the mixers a half game Back in the Philadelphia api a most Aba players would jump Al the Chance to Start in the All Star game. Last year. Charles Barkley was one of them. This year he just wants to he sure he can jump when it counts for the Philadelphia 76crs. Barkley who has shown Lime and time again with his ability temper and Candor that he s not like Many Aba players did it again by announcing he would sit out the All Star game to nurse an injury. Wrong Charles the Aba said and threatened him with suspension. The fans chose him to Start sunday in Miami with the rest of the league s elite and hell be there. Quot its an unfortunate situation a Barkley said tuesday. A i can understand their Point of View. I m not saying i agree with  a sore Groin is the trouble not enough to keep him off the floor during Philadelphia s 12-Gamc winning Streak but enough to pass up the luxury of starting and playing the game he threatened to Boycott last year if he did t Start. The injury has been nagging him for three weeks and he wanted the weekend off to be fully ready to Kielp extend what he Hopes will be a 14-Gamc winning Streak by this weekend. Philadelphia is at Home against Golden state tonight and plays at Orlando on thursday. Quot we re tied for first place and that s the most important thing in my life 1 Barkley said hours before new York s 117-110 Victory Over Orlando dropped the mixers a half game Back in the Atlantic division. Quot i think the most important thing is my  no of Ense intended All Star voters. Quot last year 1 started and it was a great Honor Quot said the six year Veteran who scored 17 Points in that game his third All Star appearance. Quot the All Star game is a very prestigious thing and it s a lot of  Barkley was fined 55,000 by the Aba earlier this season Tor saying he and the a Nicks Mark Jackson had a Friendly bet going on their performances against each other. He said he did t think the league s threat this week of a one week suspension came because he talked about his plans to slay Home sunday. Quot i Felt like 1 was doing them a favor to say that Early so they could get a replacement Quot he said. All Hough the Aba wont comment on the matter spokeswoman Cheri while said there is a simple policy governing All stars Quot they re healthy they  ultrasound and ice Are part of Barkley s regimen these Days As he combats the muscle Strain in the Groin area. The injury has limited Barkley to 14 and 16 Points in his Iasi two games but he s averaging 27.4 Points 14.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists with a 61.6 shooting percentage during the winning Streak. Barkley said he would a definitely not Quot play a lot. Last year he had 20 minutes. Quot Twenty minutes would be Ideal Quot he said