European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 8,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 27 sports Wir Rodman selected Aba defender of year from wire reports new York Forward Dennis Rodman who helped make the Detroit pistons the Best defensive team in the Aba monday was named the league s defensive player of the year beating out Houston s Akeem Olajuwon. Rodman received 49 of a possible 92 votes from a National panel of sports writers and broadcasters a three from each of the a bad a 27 cities and 11 representing the National Media. Olajuwon finished second with 35 votes. Detroit a Joe Dumars and Dallas Derek Harper each received two votes while Chicago a Michael Jordan new Yorkus Patrick Ewing Milwaukee Salvin Robertson and Utah a Mark Eaton got one apiece. The 6-foot-8 Rodman was one of the leagues top sixth men before becoming a starter for the final 42 games of the season. He averaged Only 8.8 Points per game but led the pistons in rebounding average with 9.7 per game and usually guarded the opposing teams most dangerous scorer often at his own request. Rodman a defensive tenacity set the tone for the pistons who allowed Only 98.3 Points per game lowest figure in the Aba. A was a starter i think i add some intensity a said Rodman selected to play in the All Star game this season for the first time and chosen to the Aba Al defensive first team last season. A my defense is More important than anything. I done to like scoring because to me its not exciting. I just love defense so much that its like a burning desire that keeps me going. A when you re a scorer you take Pride in leading the league in scoring. In a a defender so this is the biggest tribute you could pay to a player like  Olajuwon led the Aba in rebounding for the second straight season and in blocked shots. He also ranked eighth in  takes Trump stage Charlottesville a. A Nate Reiss tested his limits for the second time in five months and discovered again that he enjoys the unknown. Riding in the longest race of his life Reiss an Amateur cyclist from Boulder colo., sprinted away from two professionals with 50 Yards remaining to win sundays fifth stage of the tour de Trump. Reiss 26, a member of the reigning National time trial championship team negotiated the mountainous 145.5-mile Richmond to Charlottesville Road race in 5 hours 57 minutes and 35 seconds. A a in be never Ridden that far in one Day before a said Reiss who took up cycling five years ago to recover from a skiing injury. Last january Reiss won his previous longest race the 142-mile Grafton Ivenell classic in Australia. Norwegian atle Kval Voll one of Greg Lemonds teammates finished second. Raul Alcala of Mexico the Winner of the prologue on thursday was third. Both were Given the same time As the Winner. Overall race Leader Viatchesla Bobrik an Amateur from the soviet Union finished in 17th place 13 seconds behind the Winner. He holds a 2 43 margin Over Alcala and a 2 59 Cushion Over Canadian Steve Bauer. Lemond the reigning tour de France Winner suffered during sundays stage placing 118th out of the 124 finishers 26 minutes behind the Winner. Lemond who is now also 118th Overall 29 49 behind Bobrik was penalized 30 seconds after failing to sign in with officials at the race Start for the second consecutive  wins Rainey 2nd Jerez de la Frontera Spain a Wayne Gardner of Australia Rode his Honda to Victory sunday in the Spanish motorcycling grand prix ahead of 500cc world championship Leader Wayne Rainey of the United states. The two dulled for 29 laps around the 2.63-mile Jerez circuit. The australian rider who earned Points toward the world championship covered the 75.6 Miles in 52 58.021, averaging 85.9 Mph. Rainey Riding a Yamaha finished in 53 05.328 to keep his Lead in the 500cc world championship with 57 Points. Gardner has 37. American Kevin Schwantz Riding a Suzuki was third in 53 20.109.agassi turns Back Yznaga Roswell a. A an injured Andre Agassi Defeated Jaime Yznaga of Peru 6-2, 6-4 sunday to capture the at amp to Challenge exhibition Tennis tournament at the Horseshoe Bend country club. Agassi strained a muscle in his right calf but took Home $100,000. Yznaga pocketed $50,000.Novacek triumphs in Munich Munich a czechoslovak Karel Novacek Defeated Thomas Muster in straight sets sunday to claim the a the most important Victory of his career in the $264,000 bavarian open menus Tennis tournament. Ranked 69th in the world Novacek downed the austrian the world no. 19,6-4,6-2.3 Argentine netters upset Hamburg West Germany a three seeded argentines Martin Jaite Guillermo Perez Roldan and Alberto Mancini were upset monday in the first round of the $ 1 million German open menus Tennis tournament. Jimmy Arias of the United states no. 70 in the world overcame Jaite 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. Jaite who is ranked 11 the in the world was seeded ninth in this event. Perez Roldan ranked 21st in the world and seeded 14th, was beaten 6-0, 6-3 by 35th-ranked Goran Prpic of Yugoslavia. Mancini ranked 25th and seeded 16th, lost 6-0, 6-2 to West German Jens Woehrmann ranked 74th in the world. Tenth seeded Jim courier of the United states and Frenchman Henri Leconte also advanced to the second round. Leconte who is fighting his Way Back up the rankings he is ranked 73rd following Back surgery ousted american Todd Witsken 7-6, 2-6, 6-2. Courier overcame Sweden a Jan Gunnarsson 6-7, 64, 6-2, while Italy a Pablo Cane earned the right to meet top seeded Boris Becker in the next round by Downing Kevin Curren of the United states 7-6, 6-4.mexican wins Calif race Long Beach Calif. A Salvador Garcia a sergeant in the mexican army won the Long Beach Marathon on sunday in 2 hours 15 minutes 19 seconds As the temperature soared toward the 80s. Rex Wilson of new zealand the defending Champion finished second in 2 15 32.aparicio takes . Marathon East Meadow . Apr Jose Aparicio of Uniondale ., a former member of the Al Salvador National Cross country team won the Long Island Marathon in 2 hours 36 minutes 18 seconds sunday. Aparicio 29, collapsed just after crossing the finish line because of muscle spasms in both legs and dehydration but responded to treatment after 20 minutes. Army it. Kevin Boyle of fort Ritchie md., finished second in 2 37 14.christie wins 100-mile run new York a Sid Christie of fort Myers fla., won the sri Chimney 100-mile run in 15 hours 3 minutes 12 seconds on sunday at Flushing Meadow Park. Twelve runners from the original Field of 29 completed the race that started saturday. Frank Deleo of Brooklyn ., was the second menus finisher in 15 51 10. Sue Trapp of Lehigh fla., second Overall won the women a title in 15 05 51. She was the Only woman to  nips . A by team Burnaby British Colombia a Harvard graduate John Catliff scored in the 34th minute sunday to Lead Canada past the United states a a by team 1-0 in the opening game of the three nations cup soccer  from Page 21 Kevin Mchale. A they beat us Flat out. We can to sit Here and make  Cheeks had 21 Points and Charles Oakley who missed the last 17 regular season games with a broken left hand and returned for the playoff opener scored a career playoff High 26 Points and had 17 rebounds in 44 minutes. A we just made All the big plays a Ewing said. A Charles Oakley was tremendous cleaning the  Bird led the celtics with 31 Points but missed several key shots Down the stretch including a Dunk attempt with i 11 o 4 16 to go. Robert Parish had 22 Points for Boston and Dennis Johnson 21. For the first time since 1952, Boston was eliminated in the opening round for two straight seasons. A this is As Low As it gets a Bird said. A this is  new York never trailed in the fourth Quarter fighting off numerous Boston comeback attempts with excellent shooting. The kicks made 69 percent of their shots in the final Quarter and 59 percent in the game. A they had a great game a great series and Rose to the occasion a said Boston coach Jimmy Rodgers. A a it a a Tough Way to go Down. From Page 21 operation shot at the Buzzer. Chambers who finished with 32 Points had been in a shooting slump the entire series. But he broke out of it in game 5. At one Point in the fourth Quarter he scored 14 of the suns 17 Points. A in each game it was a great fight and it was the hardest five games in be Ever played in in my career a said Chambers who played at Utah As a collegian. A Utah is a Tough team and they made this series terrific. Eight straight Points by Chambers Cut the Phoenix deficit to 95-94 with 4 03 remaining. After a rebound Basket by Utah a Thurl Bailey Chambers made two free throws and Eddie Johnson added a three Pointer to give Phoenix its first Lead since Early in the second half. Another Basket by Bailey put the jazz ahead by one Point. Then Eddie Johnson who finished with 23 Points hit a running 15-footer, was fouled and made the free throw to give the suns a 102-100 Lead. 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