European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday april 21, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 21 sports swinging mixers Clinch by the associated press Auburn Hills Mich. A when the bad boys meet the bad boys done to expect anything Good to come out of it. That a what happened thursday night when the Philadelphia 76ers clinched their first Atlantic division championship since 1983 with a 107-97 Victory Over defending Aba King Detroit in a game marred by a Melee in the closing seconds. A they started the fight and we just defended ourselves a said Philadelphia Saba Roundup Charles Barkley who scored 36 Points before being ejected with 14.8 seconds left along with Detroit a Bill Laimbeer and Scott Hastings. A the pistons sit up there on their High horses and done to expect anybody else to do anything. If they want to go out in the parking lot let s Detroit a Isiah Thomas was ejected for punching Philadelphia a Rick Mahon with 3 40 left. Mahon was one of Detroit a so called bad boys last year. Philadelphia a Victory was its 13th in the last 15 games and made sundays finale against the Boston celtics meaningless. The 76ers won three of four from the pistons this season. The Melee broke out when Mahon was fouled by Detroit a Dennis Rodman As he scored a Basket. Mahon started after Rodman then according to referee Jake of Donnell a Laimbeer put the Ball in Mahomes face. I clearly saw Hastings sucker punch Barkley. Every player on both benches will be fined. Otherwise review the a Barkley hit me first a Laimbeer said. A i got hit first. What he says really does no to matter. It has been building the whole season. My intent Wasny to to Start anything. When it happens you done to think you just react. It happens in a i guess it was just the intensity of the moment a Mahon said. Quot i guess it was going to happen. I Felt that they got frustrated. Its just that Type of game. No friends on the court. Friends off the at one Point Barkley bleeding from a Cut on his left Temple went to the Bench and grabbed a Metal chair but was restrained by an assistant coach. �?o1 was just going to sit Down a Barkley said. As Barkley was being escorted to the dressing room he jumped on a railing of the stands As if to go after a fan and the 7oers raced to help him. The pistons have lost eight of 14 games since a 25-1 Streak from Jan. 23 through March 21 but still have the Home court advantage throughout the Eastern conference playoffs. Mike Gminski had 16 Points for Philadelphia including a jumper with 5 18 left in the first Quarter that put the mixers ahead to stay. James Edwards led Detroit with 24 Points and Mark Aguirre had 15. T nuggets 130, rockets 127, of Houston a fat lever hit two key 3-Point baskets one with five seconds left in regulation to tie the score and another in Rue Rev a to five Denver the Lead for Good i he nuggets clinched a playoff berth and damaged the rockets playoff Hopes and spoiled a career High 52-Point performance by Akeem Olajuwon. Lakers 113, Timber wolves 89 Inglewood Calif. A Reserve or it in i Woolridge scored 23 Points and Michael Cooper also came off the Bench to contribute 14 Points and 10 assists As the ukers closed out their regular season schedule at the forum by Matching their record Ever 37-4. Tony Camp leu led Minnesota with 25 Points and Tyrone Corbin added 20. Ukers guard Byron Scott missed most Philadelphia a Rick Mahon tangles with Dennis Rodman after the Detroit Forward fouled him on a drive late in thursday nights night fines the Aba on Friday levied a league record $162,500 in fines and suspended Detroit a Bill Laimbeer and Scott Hastings and Philadelphia Scharles Barkley for one game following their Brawl thursday night the league lined Laimbeer and Barkley $20,000 apiece Hastings $10,000 and each team $50,000 for failing to control its players. In addition the pistons Isiah Thomas was fined $7,500 for punching the 76ers�?T Rick Mahon in an earlier incident and five players on each team were hit with $500 fines for coming off the Bench during the fight. Of the second half because of an ankle sprain. Scott was to have precautionary a rays Friday and May miss the lakers final two regular season games. Bulls 120, bullets 117 Chicago a Michael Jordan scored 32 Points As Chicago completed its Home season with a Best Ever 36-5 record. The Triumph assured Chicago of the Home court advantage in the first two rounds of the playoffs. The Chicago stadium crowd of 18,402 was the bulls 132nd straight sellout and gave them a record season attendance of 754,564. Supersonics 130, Kings 118, of Sacramento Calif. A Sedale Threatt scored seven of his 20 Points in overtime As Seattle handed Sacramento its sixth straight Home loss. Dale Ellis scored 43 Points including seven treys As the sonics snapped a six game Road losing Streak. Xavier Mcdaniel had 26 Points. Rookie Pervis Ellison had a season High 25 for Sacramento which lost its fifth straight and 12th in the last 13 Aba referee Jake of Donnell separates the 76ers�?T Charles Barkley from the fray. Games. Wayman Tisdale had 21. Bucks 96, kicks 95 Milwaukee a Jack Sikma made two free throws with 32 seconds left and Milwaukee survived three late shots to beat new York and boost its Lead Over Indiana for sixth place in the Eastern conference to 1 /2 games. The sixth place team faces Chicago in the first round of the playoffs and no. 7 gets Atlantic division Champion Philadelphia. Mavericks 111, hornets 102 Charlotte . A Rolando Blackman scored 12 of his 21 Points in the third Quarter As Dallas clinched the sixth seed in the Western conference playoffs. The Mavericks will face third seeded port land in the opening round. It was the final Home game of the season for the hornets. Charlotte sold out with 23,901 fans in each of its 41 games stretching its Streak of sellouts to 71 straight sports television baseball a California at Minnesota 7 . Saturday. Hockey a Montreal at Boston 1 10 . Sunday. Radio baseball a Chicago White sox at Cleveland 7 30 . Saturday Pittsburgh at Chicago cubs 2 . Sunday
