European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday april 3,1990magic leads Laker rout of jazz by the associated press Inglewood Calif a the return of magic Johnson after a Brief ankle injury has made the lakers feel at Home especially at Home. The lakers fight for Home court advantage in the Aba playoffs took a turn for the better sunday As Johnson had 33 Points and 13 assists in a 119-103 rout of Utah that extended los Angeles winning Streak at Home to eight games. The Victory ended a Pivotal week that also saw a loss at Portland in which Johnson was injured followed by a 135106 win Over the Trail blazers at the forum on Friday. A a we re trying to get prepared for the playoffs a Johnson said. A this was a big week. We had to make some statement Saba Roundup against some of the Best teams in the West. Unless we give it away or unless we go into the tank 1 done to think we will lose our Best record and Home court  a we did what we had to do and what we needed to do by beating both of them convincingly a lakers coach Pat Riley said. A the first nine minutes of today a game was the Best we could possibly  los Angeles improved its Aba Best record to 54-17, two games ahead of Detroit. Utah still leads the Midwest division by two games but trails the lakers by four games in the Western conference. Portland is 3 a behind in the Pacific division. A we needed to slave off any charge that the jazz would make and we did As they got no closer than 11 Points after the Middle of the second Quarter a Riley said. The lakers managed to bottle up Karl Malone the leagues no. 2 scorer with double teaming Riley said. A the slightest mistake in positioning against Karl Malone makes it difficult because they move the Ball around so Well a he said. A today we were positioning very  a the lakers did a Good Job in their offensive shooting and kept me outside a Malone said. A this is Only one game however and i look Forward to seeing them in  in other games sunday Hawks 142, warriors 116 Oakland Calif. A Dominique Wilkins scored 37 Points and combined with Moses Malone to score 41 of Atlanta a 78 Indiana a Dyron Nix 23 and Cleveland a Winston Bennett Battle for a rebound. First half Points against Golden state. The Hawks won for the fourth time in five games and stayed a half game ahead of Cleveland for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern conference. The Hawks Are 1 la games behind seventh place Indiana. The Hawks broke a 53-53 tie at the 5 39 Mark of the second Quarter with a 25-6 run taking a 78-59 Lead with 28 seconds remaining. Wilkins scored 10 of his 23 first half Points during the run. Malone hit nine of 12 shots from the Field for 18 first half Points and finished with 29. Chris Mullins 35 Points and 14 rebounds topped the warriors who have lost consecutive games by a combined 57 Points. 76ers 141, suns 112 Philadelphia a Charles Barkley scored 31 Points and Mike Gminski had 19 Points and 13 rebounds As Philadelphia won its seventh straight game. Philadelphia placed eight men in double figures improving its Home record to 31-5 and maintaining its three game Lead Over Boston in the Atlantic division. Barkley second in the Aba in shoot ing percentage made 13 0f is u. His last two games he h j hols h Points while making 27 of a a Kevin Johnson had 23 Noim j assists and Mike Mcgee 21 is a the suns. Pm in a Fon Gminski sparked a 15-2 Nam. A Philadelphia a 78-56 advil ave 1 58 left in the second period to w7w9 at ?3�?Tma8iclk Boston a Larry Bird scored it Points and  Lewis added 29 Boston s Victory Over Orlando in its first game at Boston Garden in. Expansion magic played the celtics is for 2vi quarters. Then Bosto Clos d third period with an 18-6 run that m the score 101-90. Unto Madg. The magic Cut the deficit to 103.07 before Boston ended any real hts comeback Hopes for the magic the to tics reeled off the next 10 Points six on jumpers by Jim Paxson for a l 13w Lead with 8 22 left. The margin ranged from seven to 18 Points the rest of the Way. Bulls 111, heat 103 Chicago a Michael Jordan scored 28 of his 47 Points in the second half leading Chicago its 10th Victory in 12 games. Jordan who totalled 118 Points in the two games prior to sundays had 14 Points in each of the third and fourth quarters. Cavaliers 121, pacers 91 Richfield Ohio a Larry Nance had 24 Points and 13 rebounds As Cleveland ended Indiana a five game winning Streak. Bullets 105, nets 97 East Rutherford . Darrell Walker had 14 Points 11 rebounds and 12 assists for his second straight triple double and third in four games and Washington took control Early against new Jersey. Clippers 104, supersonics 103 los Angeles a Winston Garland scored his Only Points of the game on a 22-foot fallaway jumper with 7.8 seconds left rallying the los Angeles clippers from a 14-Point fourth Quarter deficit to a Victory Over Seattle despite a 39-Point Effort by Dale Ellis. Mavericks 86, Bucks 72 Dallas a Roy Tarpley had 24 Points and 25 rebounds and led a second Quarter charge that carried Dallas past Milwaukee. Regular season ends playoffs next by the associated press Winnipeg Manitoba a three goals in the second period and one into an empty net gave the Edmonton oilers a 4-2 Victory Over the Winnipeg jets As the teams finished the regular nil season sunday. The contest served As a Tunc up game for their upcoming smythe division playoff series. Jari Kerri Craig Simpson Glenn Anderson and Petr Klima scored for the oilers. Edmonton will Host Winnipeg on wednesday night in the opener of their Best-of-7 series. Simpson and Anderson scored the tying and Lead goals while Rookie Winnipeg defens Eman Brian March ment was serving a five minute major penalty. Brent Ashton and Pat a Lynnik gave Winnipeg a 2-0 Lead in the first period. In other final regular season games sunday sabres 5, Nordques 2 Buffalo . A Pierre Turgeon and Dave Andreychuk each scored his 40th goal of the season both career highs. The sabres also got goals from Christian Uuttu Rick Vaive and Scott Arniel. Quebec ended the worst season in its 11-Ycar nil history with a record of 12-61-7 and lows of fewest Points 31fewest goals 240 and most goals against 407 since it left the world hockey association in 1979. The Nordques finished 33 Points behind Vancouver the team with the no la a second lowest Point total. Quebec finished 53 Points behind fourth place enl Roundup Hartford in the Adams division the largest margin of elimination Between two division teams in league history. Red wings 3, flyers 3 Philadelphia a Steve yzermans 62nd goal of the season with 3 20 left in the third period gave Detroit the tie. Philadelphia finished last in the Patrick division and missed the playoffs for the first time in 18 years. Detroit was last in the Norris division. Chris Mcrae with his first nil goal and Marc Habscheid also scored for Detroit while Rick Tocchet Ron Sutter and Pelle Eklund got the Philadelphia goals. Whalers 1, canadians 1 Hartford Conn. A Ron Francis scored his career High 32nd goal with 11 seconds left in the third period after Hartford pulled goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz for an extra attacker. Brian Skrudland scored for Montreal with 56 seconds left in the second period. The tie gave the whalers a Home record of 17-18-5, Only the third time in nil history that a team posted an Overall winning record a the whalers were 38-33-9 a but failed to play .500 at Home. Capitals 3, rangers 2 new York a Dino Ciccarelli scored twice in the third period to reach the 40-goal Mark for the fifth straight season. Ciccarelli a 40th broke a 1-1 tie at 5 50 and he made it 3-1 at 9 10. The goals came on the capitals first two shots of the period. John Druce scored Washington a first goal try Mallette and Mike Gartner scored for the rangers. Bruins 3, devils 3 Boston a new jerseys Bruce Driver scored he tying goal with 26 seconds left in regulation. Goalies Reggie Lemelin and Andy Moog won the rings trophy for the fewest goals against they yielded 232, two fewer than Montreal a Patrick Roy a Hayward who surrendered 234. John Carter and Peter Douris got the Bruin 2-0 Lead in the first five minutes. New Jerse it an j first period goals 11 seconds apart by Jon m Bob Brooke. Cam Neely gave b�sl0� a 0f the 14 35 of the second period with his 5mh g season. Flames 8, Kings 4 a a spa in Calgary Alberta a Sergei Makarov wrap his first nil regular season with 1 8team sir assists. Makarov the former soviet natio american had 24 goals and 62 assists in his first n season. Blackhawk 4, North stars 1 n Chicago a Michel Goulet and Finis lied scored first period goals As the Black iia w in Costa with 41 wins the most since v8qom Guj Adam ended with 36 victories the most since l a he Creighton and a1 Secord scored for Crumb final period