European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 27,1990 the stars and stripes Page 23 couples captures la. Open from wire reports los Angeles Fred Cou Ples steady but unspectacular Fol lowing a third round of 62, shot a 2-under-Par 69 sunday to win the los Angeles open by three strokes. Couples who had not captured a tournament since the 1987 Byron Nelson classic finished with an 18-Undcr total of 266. Gil Morgan shot 70 to Lake Sec Ond place at 269. Rocco mediate s even Par 71 left him tied for third at 270 with Peter Jacobsen. Who fashioned a 66. Couples who blistered the Riv Iera country club course for a re Cord tying 9-Undcr saturday was tied by Morgan at 16-under when he took bogey at no. 4 and mor Gan birdied nos. I and 7. Morgan passed couples at no. 9 when couples bogeyed but Cou Ples regained the Lead at no. 11 when he birdied and Morgan struggled to his first bogey of the tourney. Morgan birdied the next Hole to regain a part of the Lead but the two time Winner of the los an Geles open fell out of Contention at the Par-3 no. 14 when he hit out of Bounds and took double bogey. Mediate slipped to 14-under when his second shot at no. 15 hit a tree and fell straight Down. Cou Ples opened a three stroke advantage when he Sank an 8-foot Birdie putt at no. 16 and closed wit style by sinking an 18-Footcr for Birdie at the final Hole. Couples a 10-year pro who had three previous wins on the Lour earned $180.000. Mark Calcavecchia the 1989 los Angeles open Winner shot a 65 sunday and finished 11-under. Rookie Michael Allen who led after the first two rounds followed a third round of 71 with a 70 an finished 10-under. Many of the top players skipped the last tournament on the Westcoast. The tour switches to Flor Ida next week. . Seniors win Sarasota Fla. Captain Arnold Palmer believes a change in the tournament format might be in order now that the United states has captured its third consecutive Chrysler cup. The . Seniors beat the inter National squad in four of eight final round matches and tied three others sunday to Complete a 53.5 30.5 Victory at the tournament players club at pre Stancia. The americans improved to 4-1 in the series and Jack Nicklaus and George Archer will be eligible to join their lineup next year. With the Guys we have coming on our team is going to get stronger and stronger Palmer said. Idon t see the International team in the senior division getting much stronger. Certainly the format is some thing we need to think about a change in the Way we do  one possibility Palmer said would be drawing the teams at random. Pistons Roll by kicks by the associated press new York Joe Dumars scored 15 of his 31 Points in the third Quarter As the Detroit pistons won for the 14th time in 15 games 98-87 Over the new York kicks on sunday. The loss was Only the third in 25 Home games for new York but All have been runaways. The kicks lost at Home to Phoenix by 14 Points on Jan. 2 and to the los Angeles lakers by 21 on Jan. 23. Dumars made seven of 11 shots in the third period and his last five baskets came after the kicks had scored. All but three of his 14 Field goals in the game came on shots from 10 feet or More. The pistons led by 15 Points four times in the third period the last at 77 62 with 1 54 left before Patrick Ewing scored eight of his 37 Points during a 12 5 run that closed the Gap to 82-74. But the kicks got no closer and non of Ewing s teammates scored More than 12 Points. In other games sunday Cavaliers 102, hornets 86 Richfield Ohio Chucky Brown finished off a 12-0 Cleveland run with a one handed Alley top Dunk and a free throw in the second Quarter and John Williams two three Point plays defused a fourth Quarter threat by Charlotte. The hornets lost their fourth straight game and their 16th in 17 outings. They doomed themselves with two lengthy scoring droughts going without a Point for More than four minutes late in the first half and again for More than five minutes in the fourth Quarter. Larry Nance led Cleveland with 24 Points including six during the 12-0 spurt that put the cars ahead 53-40 with 45 seconds left in the first half. Pacers 117, Trail blazers 112 Indianapolis Reggie Miller scored 35 Points and Chuck person Shook off foul trouble to Lead a late surge for Indiana against Portland. Miller had 20 Points in the first period keeping the pacers in the game Marlyas they missed their first eight shots and 10 of ii in falling behind 11-2. Bucks 113, heat 108 Miami Ricky Pierce scored 30 Points in 28 minutes of play including three free throws in the final 15 seconds As Milwaukee held off a Miami charge from a 23-Point deficit late in the third  was 11 of 15 from the floor and 8 of 10 from the foul line. Bulls 107, nets 106, of East Rutherford . Michael Jordan s 18-foot jumper from the Baseline with 25 seconds left in overtime lifted Chicago Over new Jersey. Purvis Short lost the Ball out of Bounds with six seconds to play on the nets final Possession before the bulls ran out the clock on their fifth consecutive Victory. New Jersey has lost of 16 Aba Roundup Detroit s Mark Ai Auirre and new York s Patrick Ewing fight for a rebound. Of its last 17. Jordan had 32 Points eight rebounds and eight assists while Scottie Pippe scored 17 Points for the bulls. Sam Bowie had 22 Points and 13 rebounds for the nets and Short scored 20 Points. Celtics 115, nuggets 107 Denver Michael Smith averaging 3.6 Points in his Rookie season scored 24 and triggered a late rally for Boston against Denver. Smith a 6-foot-10 Forward started the winning 13-2 run with three minutes to go when he hit a 12-foot Bank shot and added a free throw. That erased Denver s last Lead of the game 105-102 on a Layup and free throw with 3 19 left by Alex English who led the nuggets with 26 Points. Mavericks 87, Timber wolves 82 Minneapolis Sam Perkins scored 20 Points including a pair of free throws with 11 seconds remaining Lead ing Dallas Over Minnesota. Roy Tarpley led the Mavericks with 26 Points As they claimed their fourth straight Victory Over the expansion Tim by wolves this season and their seventh Triumph in the last eight games. Jazz 104, lakers 103 Inglewood. Calif. Karl a Lonc s three Point jump shot from 27 feet out with six tenths of a second to play gave Utah a come from behind Victory Over the los Angeles  scored 34 Points 27 in the second half As Utah overcame a 56-46 halftime  lakers magic Johnson just missed a 36-foot Hook shot at the Buzzer. Johnson had 32 Points and 17 assists and scored 11 of the lakers last 17 Points including Short Hook shot with 1 30 to play that gave los Angeles a 102-101 Lead. Johnson added a free throw with 12.8 seconds remaining to make it 103-101. Spun 107. Clippers 106los Angeles David Robinson scored 26 Points including a pair of free throws with 7.3 seconds left that lifted san Antonio Over los Angeles extending the clippers losing Streak to seven games. Supersonic 110, warriors 102seattle Derrick Mckey scored 11 of his 33 Points in the final four min utes As Seattle won its fifth straight game by defeating Golden  guard Dana Barros scored a career High 26 Points including a three Point Basket that put Seattle ahead to stay 94-92. His Basket triggered a 14-2 run that put the game out of reach and handed the warriors their sixth straight loss. Nil from Page 21 the new York islanders. In other games sunday Blackhawk 4, flyers 1 Chicago Dirk Graham scored twice and Chicago scored three Power play goals against the nil s top penalty killing unit for a Victory Over Phila Delphia. Steve Thomas and Graham scored Power play goals in the second period to break a 1-1 deadlock As flyers goalie Ron Hextall lost for the tint time in five starts this season. Devils 3, islanders 3 Uniondale . Gary Nylund who went 57 games without a goal got his third in two Days with 50 seconds left in regulation to give new York a tie with new Jersey. Flames 10, oilers 4 Calgary Alberta Sergei Maka Rov had two goals and five assists for a team record seven Points As Calgary moved Back into first place in the smythe division. Defens Eman Gary Sutor set up five goals and Paul Ranheim Joe Lieuwen Dyk and Gary Roberts each scored twi Ceas the flames hit double figures for the second straight game. Sabres 3, jets 1 Buffalo . Clint Malarchuk made 37 saves to Lead Buffalo Over Winnipeg. Malarchuk stopped All 28 shots he faced Over the last two periods. Paul Fenton scored Winnipeg s Only goal 6 17 into the game when Brent Aston s Pas soul deflected off of him and into the Netto tie the game at 1-1. Ken priestly had Given the sabres a 1 -0 Lead at 2 18. Rick Vaive snapped the 1-1 tic at 8 17 of the second period and Scott Arnic scored into an empty net with 19 seconds remaining. Canad Lens 6, blues 5. Of Montreal Russ Courtnell scored 3 05 into overtime As Montreal spoiled a special performance by the blues Brett  blasted in a shot Oft goal tender Vincent Riendeau s right knee to give Montreal a sweep of a two game weekend  s first goal of the night and 59th of the season gave him one More than his father Bobby had in his most productive season 1968-69, with the Chicago Blackhawk. His fifth three goal game of the season gave him a league leading 61 goal in 64 games