European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26, Kkt he stars and stripes Friday december 21,1991nbafrom Page 21 first 16 Points the bulls had a 20-16 Lead with 3 28 left in the first Quarter. But they did t score again in the first Quarter and were outscored 24-10 in the second Auar Ter As the pistons rolled to a 46-30 half Tim Clead. Spurs 144, nuggets 109 san Antonio Sean Elliott led eight san Antonio players in double figures with is Points and the spurs won their seventh consecutive game with a rout of Denver. Terry Cummings scored 17  David Robinson added 16. Neither saw action in the fourth Quarter As the spurs led by As Many As 39. The nuggets were led by Rookie Chris Jackson who scored a season High 27 Points. The spurs used a 14-0 run Midway through the first Quarter to take a 24-6 Lead. An 11-Point second Quarter by Cummings helped the spurs take a 76-51 halftime Lead. Of san Antonious 32 first half Field goals 24 came on either layups or dunks. Nets 118, clippers 105 East Rutherford no. Backup Forward Derrick Gervin hit two free throws to nut new Jersey ahead for Good and scored 11 of his career High 27 Points in the final Quarter against los Angeles. Derrick Coleman and cookie Blaylock each added 10 Points in the final 12 minutes when new Jersey outscored the Road weary clippers 41-28 and sent them to their fourth straight loss. Coleman had 26 Points and 17 rebounds and Blaylock 25 Points for the nets whose fourth period outburst was their Best Quarter of the season Charles Smith playing with a bruised thigh led los Angeles with 25 Points and Ken Norman added 24. Gary Grant had 16 Points and 16 assists. Kicks 104, heat 94 Miami a Patrick Ewing scored 17 of his 26 Points in the fourth Quarter and finished with 14 rebounds As new York handed Miami its ninth consecutive loss Miami a Sherman Douglas and Glen Rice each score 23 Points. Bullets 114, pacers 112,  a Bernard King and Harvey Grant combined for Washington a final 16 Points leading the bullets past Indiana in overtime. King who scored six of his game High 37 Points in the final three minutes of regulation put Washington on top 113-110 with a Layup with 36 seconds remaining in the overtime Grant who scored six of his 26 Points in the final three minutes of regulation and the overtime made it 114-112 with a free nets Derrick Coleman grabs rebound but is fouled by clippers Jeff Martin. Throw with 20 seconds left. Indiana missed three attempts to tie the game underneath As the overtime period expired Reggie Miller led Indiana with 34 Points followed by Chuck person with 22. Suns 112, 96 Phoenix Jeff Hornacek had 23 Points and 16 assists As Phoenix averted a fourth Quarter collapse and beat Minnesota for the suns seventh straight win. A Xavier Mcdaniel added 18 Points and Kevin Johnson and Mark West had 15 \ apiece for the suns 5-0 against Minnesota in the Alj time series the suns arc 7-0 since acquiring Mcdaniel from Seattle on dec. 7. Rookie Gerald Glass paced the Tim be wolves with a season High 27 Points 15 in the fourth period. His previous Best was 15  no match for univ by the associated press Las vegas a top ranked univ prevailed in the matchup of opposite styles wednesday night holding no. 2t Princeton to 15 second half Points in a 6935 Victory. The Runnin rebels 4-0 weren to allowed to live up to their nickname As they finished Well below their season average College basketball of 112 Points but they did hand Satiem Princeton 7-1 its first loss of the season. Anderson Hunt led univ with is Points while Stacey Augmon had 13 Larry Johnson 11 and Greg Anthony 10. In other games wednesday night no. 5 Urcla 108, Pepperdine 85 los Angeles fifth ranked Urcla improved its Best Start in 16 seasons to 8-0 As Don Maclean paced a Victory Over Pepperdine with 23 Points. No. 9 Duke 103, Harvard 61 Bostons Christian laettner had 24 Points and 14 rebounds and no. 9 Duke staged its annual massacre of Harvard trouncing the Ivy league team. Duke 7-2 beat the Crimson 2-6 Foi the ninth time in As Many meetings Harvard played without leading scorer Ralph James who has a shoulder injury Ron Mitchell Ted the Crimson with 17 Points and 15 rebounds. The Crimson missed All nine of in the acc Point shots breaking a Streak of la games with at least one three Pointer. No. 14 Pittsburgh 84, Duquesne 65 Pittsburgh a Bobby Martin Anc Brian Shorter scored 18 Points each to Lead no. 14 Pittsburgh 8-1 Over Crosstown rival Duquesne Martin also had e. Game High 10 rebounds and Shorter had . Tech 112, no. 17 Georgia 105,30t Atlanta a Kenny Anderson secret seven of his career High 40 Points in the third overtime to Lead Georgia tech past no. 17 Georgia 6-2. Anderson who played All 55 minutes gave the yellow jackets 4-3 a Lead the never lost when he hit a leaning eight footer to break a 100-100 tie with 2 49 left in the third of pacers fire Versace Indianapolis a Dick Versace was fired As Indiana pacers coach thursday and replaced by assistant Bob Hill. Pacers president Donnie Walsh said Versace was replaced mainly because of the teams inconsistent play. The Aba club is 9-16, with one win in 12 Road games. A a a. Y a we Are a professional basketball team. We Are Here to win games and when you re not doing thai you have to make a change a Walsh said. Walsh said he made the decision after the pacers 114-112 overtime loss to the Washington bullets wednesday night. Versace reportedly was not told until thursday morning. Neither Hill nor Versace appeared at the news conference Versace joined the pacers in january 1989, replacing George Irvine. He compiled a 22-31 record with Indiana to close out the 1988-89 season. He followed that with a 4240 Mark last season when the pacers went to the playoffs. Hill a native of Columbus Ohio was in his second season As an assistant coach for the pacers. He served As head coach Lor the new York kicks Midway through the 1986-87 season. I by the associated press Chicago a Dirk Graham scored a shorthanded goal with 4 25 to play wednesday night and the Chicago Blackhawk beat the Washington capitals 3-2. Graham broke through on right Wing after taking a ass from Steve Larmer to score on a seven foot Back under for his 10th goal of the season grahams game Winner made Chicago  nil team to reach 50 Points this season the capitals losers of three of their last four had just one shot on de Belfour for the first 14 minutes of the final period while the Blackhawk peppered Don Beaupre with 10. Belfour won his 22nd game tops in the league. The Blackhawk had wasted an Opportunity to break a 2-2 deadlock after Washington a Bob Rouse was Given a five minute major penalty for High sticking with 11 18 remaining. Beaupre made sensational Point Blank stops against Larmer and Michel Goulet before the Power play was negated when Chicago a Wayne Presley was whistled off the ice. In other wednesday games Nordques 1, canadians 1 Montreal a Shayne Corson seemed at 14 42 of the third period allowing Montreal to Salvage a tie with Quebec and Avert a two game Home and Home sweep he Roundup by the Nordques. A Quebec which beat Montreal 6-4 at Quebec tuesday night led 1-0 after Joe Sakich a 22nd goal of the season i Power Pluy conversion at 13 52 of the second period. Corsons sixth Goat of the season snapped a three game Montreal losing Streak and spoiled Nordques goal enact Ron tug nutty a bid for his first shutout in 9 nil games. A a a  a. A a tug Nutt had 34 saves in frustrating a Montreal Attar that out shot the Nordques 35-22. Maple Leafs 4, rangers 1 new York a Aaron Broten scored two second period goals and Peter ing made 19 saves As Toronto beat new York. Soronio with the worst record in the nil won Foi Only the fourth time in 14 games on the Road ant snapped a three game winning Streak by the rangers leaders of the Patrick division. Ing a 21-year-old Rookie whose 14 losses rank Seeona Only to the 16 of Edmonton a Bill Ranford made key saves against James Patrick and Bernie Nicholls to notch his seventh win. Ing gave up a late Power Pla goal to Ray Sheppard to end his shutout bid