European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 16, 1990. The stars and stripes a a Page 17 East Rutherford . A Jim Kelly dire eled Long touchdown drives on buffaloes first two possessions then was knocked out of the game with a. Sprained knee As the Bills beat the new York giants 17-13 saturday. The win was the Bills 12th in 14 games and ensured that they will hold first place in the acc East for their critical meeting with Miami next sunday the giants have lost three of their last four the Bills May have to do it without Kelly the leagues leading passer who injured his left knee with 5 12 left in the hair. Buffalo left tackle will Wolford was pushed into Kelly by the giants Carl Banks and was taken from the Field on a cart he had completed 7 of 11 passes for 115 Yards and a 6-Yard first Quarter touchdown to Andre Reed the other score came on a 2-Yard run by Thurman Thomas at the end of a 78-Yard drive after the giants who fell to 11-3, had scored on their first Possession on Ottis Andersons 1-Yard fourth Down touchdown run. New York also lost its quarterback when Phil Simms left Early in the third Quarter with a sprained right foot. Jeff Hostetler replaced him and directed four drives. One resulted in a Field goal the second was aborted by a holding penalty and bad third Down snap and the third was stopped by offensive pass interference a final drive reached the Bills 26, but  Sou . Pass fell incomplete in the end zone. The giants who had at ready clinched the pfc East can wrap up a first round playoff Bye by winning their final two games at Phoenix and new England. The giants started off Jim Kelly the Way they wanted to driving 71 Yards in 11 plays for the first score All but 4 Yards of the drive were on the ground with Rodney Hampton who gained 105 Yards in 21 carries racing 41 Yards to the Buffalo 8 to set tip the i d and Anderson taking it in on fourth Down from the i. The Bills using no huddle took 1 28 to tie in on Kelly a 6-Yard to pass to Reed Over the Middle it was set up by a 4$-Yafd play on which Thomas took a Short pass through three giants to take the ballot the new York 26. Buffalo came on again going 78 Yards in 11 plays to score on Thomas 2-Yard sweep on the Lecoin play of the second Quarter. The key plays were a 30-Yatdpass to Reed and a 1-Yard dive by Don Smith Oil fourth Down at the giants 15. Matt Bahrs 23-Yard Field goal Midway through the second Quarter Cut in to 14-10. The giants missed a great Opportunity when Lawrence Taylor dropped what would have been a sure interception for a Totich cown on the play before Kelly was injured. Bahr added a 22-yarder with 4 07 left in the third Quarter to make it 14-13. But Frank Reich pc Hyp a replacement connected for 43 Yards with Don beam by to set up Scott Norwood a 29-Yard Field goal on the first play of the fourth Quarter to get the Lead Back to 4 Points. To by the associated press Boston Kevin Mchale had 24 Points and 11 rebounds and the Boston celtics withstood Detroit a furious comeback Friday night for a 108-100 Victory Over the pistons. Boston led 90-74 in the opening seconds of the fourth period but the pistons closed to 93-92 with an 18-3 run. The celtics regrouped after Isiah Thomas missed a three Pointer that would have put the pistons ahead. Boston regained a six Point Lead on a three Aba Roundup Pointer by Larry Bird and went on to beat the pistons for the 18th  19 regular season Home games since 1982. Bird and Reggie Lewis finished with 16 Points each for Boston whose 18-4 record is second Best in the Aba. The pistons who have lost six of their last seven games were led by Thomas with 26 Points and Joe Dumars with 18. In other games Friday 76crs 95, heat 92 Philadelphia Charles Barkley had 35 Points and 15 rebounds and Hersey Hawkins made two crucial free throws with five seconds left As Pabila Delphia extended Miami a losing Streak to six games. Rick Mahorn a two free throws with 30 seconds to play gave Philadelphia a 93-89 Lead but Glen Rice tipped in a Basket with 25 seconds remaining. After Miami took Possession when Philadelphia could not get the Ball in Bounds within five seconds Rony Sei Kaly who led Miami with 27 Points was fouled with in seconds left. He made the first free throw to make it 93-92, but missed the second with Hawkins grabbing the rebound Hawkins whose nine Points were 12 under his average was fouled with five seconds left and his two free throws completed the scoring. Spurs xx6, Cavaliers 106, of Richfield Ohio Willie Andersons 12-foot jumper tied the score in the final minute of regulation and scored five Points during a 10-0 run at the Start of overtime for san Antonio against Cleveland. Cleveland a Larry Nance contests Willie Andersons Layup attempt on Friday the spurs who won their fourth straight game out rebounded the Cavaliers 69-30, with Terry Cummings grabbing 18 and David Robinson 15. It was the spurs third consecutive Road win but their first at Cleveland since Jan. 2,1983, ending a seven game losing Streak in the coliseum. Robinson scored 23 Points Rod Strickland 22, Cummings 21 and Anderson 19 for san Antomo. Bulls 128, clippers 88 Chicago a Scottie Pip pen scored 22 Points and Michael Jordan 20 As Chicago rolled Over los Angeles for its eighth Victory in 10 games. Ail u bulls scored As they rolled to a see Aba on Page 22 Munich Germany apr Pete Sampras hitting winners from All Over the court beat Michael Chang 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 saturday to reach the championship of the $6 million grand slam cup. Sampras the . Open Champion beat Chang for the first time in six career meetings. He will play  of saturdays late semifinal Between Brad Gilbert and David Wheaton. The Winner of sundays final will receive a record first prize of $2 million grand slam cup while the runner up will get $1 million. Wheaton advanced with fridays 6-2, 76 upset of Ivan Lendl. Wheaton a 21-Ycar-old, second year pro ranked 27th in the world dominated from the first Point to overpower Lendl the worlds third ranked player and the top seed remaining in the tournament. A Wheaton a Victory in 1 hour 27 minutes ensured that the semifinals would be an All american affair. Earlier Brad Gilbert outlasted Aaron Krickstein 6-7 5-76-4,6-3. A this is the biggest win of my career a Wheaton said. A i had a simple strategy arid that was to hit As deep is i could and to t by to keep him under  a a the court is fast and favors his game a Lendl said. A the took full advantage of it. A i knew he can hit powerfully but i was surprised How consistent he was he do serves to be in the semifinal. A when Fie was in trouble he served himself out of  Wheaton broke Lendl in the opening game to set the tone of the match Al Felt i had my Range from the first Point a wheat Ori said. By getting to the semifinals Wheaton made sure of winning at least $450,000, nearly Matching his career earnings of $481,712. He said he was thinking Quot a bit Quot about the $2 million prize awaiting . A a i done to know yet what i am going to do with the Money but my brother John will get. More than a pair of socks for Christmas a Wheaton  am glad i chose Tennis Over