European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes saturday november 17,1990boston ups Nordques Streak to 72 from wire reports Boston a Dave Christian scored a pair of first period goals and Rajcan Lemelin stopped 24 shots to Post his first shutout of the season thursday powering the Boston Bruins to a 6-0 rout of Quebec sending the Nordques to a club record tying 12th straight loss. The skein equals a futility Mark Quebec reached from Jan. 18 to feb. 10 last season. The Nordi quest last win was Over Detroit on oct. 20. Lemelin playing in his 13th nil season recorded his 1 12th career nil Roundup shutout and his sixth in a Boston uniform. The Bruins who out shot the Nordques 39-24 and had a number of two on one Breaks that led to Good scoring opportunities opened a 5-0 Edge after two periods. Boston which has Defeated Quebec in All three meetings this season by a combined score of 18-3, is 4-1-1 in its last six games. Rangers 4, North stars 2 Mike Richter made 33 saves and Ray Sheppard scored twice As the rangers took the top spot in nil Points with a Victory Over Minnesota. Paul Broten also scored for the rangers who Are 3-0-2 in their last five games. New York leads the nil with 14 wins and 30 Points. The North stars whose 26-12-2 Home record was the leagues fourth Best in 1989-90, lost their third straight Home game to fall to 3-5-2 at the met Center and 4-12-4 Overall. Last year at this time Minnesota was 9-1 at Home and 12-7-1 Overall. Richter outplayed Brian Hayward the former Montreal backup who stopped 28 shots in his Minnesota debut. Only 6,677 fans witnessed the tame at the met Center. The North tars average attendance 6,294, is by far the leagues worst. Flyers 4, canadians 1 Rick Tocchet and Murray Craven each had a goal and an assist As Philadelphia Defeated Montreal. Keith Acton and Tocchet scored goals .1 52 apart in the first period to give the flyers a 2-0 Lead which they never lost. Tocchet also scored later in the first period. Flyers third string goaltender Pete Peeters who replaced injured goalies Ron Hextall and Ken Greg get remained unbeaten in his last four starts. Islanders 4, flames 3, of Calgary Alberta a Brent sutters Power play goal with 42 seconds remaining in overtime gave the new York islanders a Victory Over Calgary and their first win Ever in the olympic Saddle dome. The islanders had been 0-8-2 at the saddled me since it opened in 1983. Their last win in Calgary was a 6-4 Victory at the Stampede Corral in october 1982. Whalers 4, devils 2 East Rutherford . Rookie goaltender Daryl Reaugh made 29 saves and Paul Tyr scored a ref or i no the whalers Nave won three two goals to Lead Hartford past new Jersey after enduring an 0-7-1 slump straight. New Jersey lost for the fourth time in five games. Lakers beat rocket by the associated press Houston a magic Johnson scored four of his 24 Points in the final minute As the lakers avoided the worst six game Start in the history of the franchise in los Angeles with a 108-103 overtime Victory Over the Houston rockets on thursday night. Sam Perkins led the lakers 2-4 with 29 Points followed by Johnson and James worthy with 24 each. Kenny Smith led Houston with 24 Points Vernon Maxwell had 23 and Akeem Olajuwon had 21 Points and 12 rebounds. Worthy was not in the starting lineup and did not appear on the court until the 10 03 Mark of the second Guarter. He was arrested earlier thursday Tor allegedly soliciting prostitutes and was released from custody shortly before game time. See Story below a 28-foot desperation 28-foot shot by Perkins banked m to tie the score at 95 and Send the game into overtime. A pair of Houston baskets gave the rockets a 101-99 Lead with 1 42 left in overtime. After a free throw by Perkins Johnson hit a 15-foot jumper with 56 seconds left that gave the lakers the Lead for Good. A Basket by worthy and a pair of free throws by Perkins and Johnson secured the Victory. In other games thursday night Trail blazers 141, kicks 125 Portland Ore. A Clyde Drexler scored 13 of his 31 Points in a 42-Point first Quarter and Portland remained the a bad a Only unbeaten team with a Victory Over new York. The blazers 7-0 never trailed As they bolted to an 11-2 Lead and hit 11 of their first 12 shots for a 25-11 advantage. The kicks who lost their first Road game of the season after winning four go tuba Roundup to 68-63 on the second of two straight baskets by Mark Jackson with 41 seconds left in the second Quarter. But the blazers scored the final 4 Points of the period and never led by fewer than 9 in the second half. The blazers shot 60 percent including 6-of-6 from 3-Point Range three each by Terry Porter and Danny Ainge. Y magic 102, jazz 99, of Orlando Fla. A Orlando survived repeated challenges from Utah in the second half and Sam Vincent scored four of his 21 Points in overtime As the magic held on to beat the jazz. The Victory was the second straight for Orlando which began the season with six consecutive losses and ended an Aba record 16-game Home losing Streak by beating Dallas on tuesday. Utah lost its third straight despite Karl Malone a 34 Points. Nuggets 121, Timber wolves 108 Denver a the nuggets whose Racehorse style had produced nothing but defeats in their seven previous starts were reduced to a More Normal game by the Ball control Timber wolves and came away with their first Victory of the season. The Timber wolves Are 0-6 in Denver in their two seasons in the Aba. The nuggets who averaged 137 Points and yielded 153 a game in their 0-7 Start wanted to run but the Timber wolves slowdown style turned out to be a help As Denver hit 54.5 percent to 41.1 percent for Minnesota. Orlando Woolridge made 11 of 16 shots and led the nuggets with 25 Points Todd Lichti had 21 and Walter Davis 20. Corey Gaines had 16 assists in directing the Denver offence. Minnesota had four play ers with 20 or More topped by to Corbin and Tony Campbell Spicci warriors 103, bulls 93. Oakland Calif. A Golden so Chris Mullin and Tim Hardaway 30 and 23 a ninth.  30 and 23 Points respectively Michael Jordan managed just i Zirri Orsu Victory Nasr 1 Cago s  a Luau managed emf the warriors Victory Over the Bubs. Golden state winning its it straight game held Jordan who Cam with a 29.3-Point average to 12 shot he rarely got off his usual High flying the warriors whose 6-2 record is 1 Best since the 1977-78 season led to the game. They held a 10-Point Seo period Lead but lost it in less than t minutes and were ahead 56-52 at time. Spurs 122, Kings 93 Sacramento Calif. Terry i mings scored 22 Points and Sean i had 19 As san Antonio Defeated Wii. Sacramento dropping the Kings Tol the second worst Start in franchise i i the Kings lost their first seven game 198889. A Lionel Simmons led Sacramento 25 Points and Antoine Carr had 19. The Kings have lost 12 straight a dating Back to april 10, the second est losing Streak in franchise his topped Only by a 14-game skid in 1959 san Antonious biggest Lead 12 came with 1 30 to go when Tony m Burg hit an 8-foot jump shot. Assistant coach Rex Hughes ran Kings in place of Dick Motta who fined $500 and suspended for a go after he shoved referee Pete Quinn ing an 93-88 loss to new York on urday. Worthy arrested on vice charge Houston apr los Angeles lakers All Star Forward James worthy was arrested at his hotel thursday and charged with solicitation of prostitution authorities said. Worthy who was arrested about 3 . At a local hotel in a sting set up by undercover vice officers arrived late to the lakers game against Houston but scored 24 Points in 39 minutes to Lead los Angeles to a 108-103 Victory in overtime. Houston police sgt. Ralph Gonzales said worthy 29, was released from the Houston City jail at 7 10 ., 20 minutes before game time. Sam Perkins was in worthy a starting spot for the opening tap. Worthy reported to the Summit at the end of the first Quarter and entered the game with 9 33 to go in the half after shaking hands with his teammates and receiving an ovation from the sellout crowd of 16,611 at the Summit. A i never thought of not playing a worthy said after the game. A the Best place for me was out on the court but it was Tough. It Wasny to a pretty situation. I Haven to really had a Chance to dwell on  worthy hit his first shot of the game and was instrumental in the lakers win. A obviously i went for the win so i played him. He a our leading scorer a lakers coach Mike Dunleavy said. Quot we All got together and told him we were behind him once he got to the game there weren to any further  police spokesman Dan Turner said worthy consulted the yellow pages of the Telephone Book and called an escort service requesting that two women meet him in his hotel room. The escort service earlier had been shut Down by police and undercover officers took the place of prostitutes. Quot he made Contact with two had in Forward James worthy returned to lakers lineup in Houston. De cover females assigned to the vice division a Turner said. Quot a solicitation by or. Worthy was made to Cut a Deal with the females to participate in prostitution. At that Point he was arrested. If convicted of the two class c Misdemeanour charges worthy faces up to six months in jail and a $1,000 Fine. Worthy was held apart from the other inmates As he raised Bond. A emr. Worthy is not saying anything at All. However he has shown a lot of remorse therefore we re giving him As much Courtesy As a professional As we would give any other dignitary or professional who came to our town a Turner said before worthy a release. A Tkv it a t0 a Good Start this season with a 26.6 Point average although the lakers went into thursday nights g with a 1-4 record. A i was very surprised Quot lakers co Mike Dunleavy said. A fall i know is James has been a Model citizen for lakers and has been a wonderful pea and player for me in my tenure As co my main concern right now is for m worthy and his mental  worthy a arrest was just another p Lem in the lakers slow Start the amyl Mychal Thompson said. A we were disappointed and surer but a lot of these tilings Are Misun standings and that a the Way we few happened today Quot Thompson said