European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 28,1990 the stars and stripes ii Lilis celtics outrun to 8th win in Row by the associated press Boston a the Boston celtics raced to their highest Point total in 20 years and their fifth biggest offensive show in team annals in routing the Indiana pacers 152132. A. A in the last month we be been getting i balanced scoring from five or six players a Reggie Lewis said after wednesday nights game Quot we Are making the game fun because of our defense. We be executed the offence the Way we be wanted  the celtics eighth consecutive Victory was the latest Blowout in a season filled with them. Their 23-4 record is their Best Start since posting the same Mark in 198485. They be won 21 games by at least eight Points and 17 by at least 10, guard Brian show who had 26 Points 10 assists and seven rebounds spearheaded the running attack. He was one of eight celtics to score in double Fig urls. A a they re going to be Tough to beat when they run like that a said Reggie Miller who led the pacers with  Shaw Boston is 19-2 in its last 21 games and leads the Eastern conference with 116.2 Points per game. Its team record of173 Points in a game was set in 1959. The celtics have scored 153 three times the last time against Philadelphia in 1970. Larry Bird contributed 22 Points and Kevin Mchale Kevin Gamble and Reggie Lewis had 19 each for Boston Mike Sanders and Vern Fleming had 18 each for the pacers. V a. The celtics who Lead the league in Field goal percentage shot 57 percent from the floor. Also the a bad a Best in limiting opponents accuracy Boston held Indiana to 49.5 percent. In other games wednesday night Trail blazers 108, kicks 92 new York a Clyde Drexler and Kevin Duckworth combined for 20 Points As Portland outscored new York 28-19 in the third Quarter of its Victory Over the Quot kicks. A Quot a. / the Trail blazers who have won their last nine Road games against Atlantic division opponents extended a four Point Aba Roundup halftime Lead to 76-61 in the final minute of the third Quarter. Drexler scored 12 of his 27 Points in the third period and Duckworth eight of his 24 As Portland upped the Aba Best record to 25-3 and 10-2 on the Road. Patrick Ewing scored 14 of the new Yorkus 19 Points Iri the third period and finished with 24. Pistons 102, hornets 94 Auburn Hills Mich. Joe Duma is scored 19 Points and William Bod Ford 16 As Detroit handed Charlotte a franchise tying 10th straight loss. The pistons who had lost nine of their previous 12 games led throughout after breaking a 6-6 tie Charlotte made it close near the end pulling within six Points with 6 44 remaining. But the pistons defense took Over holding the hornets to just one Field goal in the next six minutes. The Victory gave Detroit an 11-1 record at Home. ,. The hornets were led by Armon Gilliam a 27 Points. Charlotte Point guard Muggsy Bogues sprained his left ankle in the second Quarter and did not return. 76ers 106, bullets 105, of Baltimore Charles Barkley scored 35 Points including four m overtime to Lead Philadelphia Over Washington. The Victory was the fourth m a Row for Philadelphia which ended Washington a three game win Streak. Hawks 113, nets 111 East Rutherford n j. Kevin Willis had 26 Points and 15 rebounds and rammed Home a breakaway Dunk with 16 seconds to play leading Atlanta past undermanned hew Jersey. New Jersey began the game without starting Forward Chris Morris lost Forward Derrick Coleman to a sprained knee in the second Quarter and was further handicapped when Center Sam Bowie fouled out in the final Quarter. Derrick Gervin paced the nets with a career High 34 Points. Supersonics 99, Cavaliers 97 Richfield Ohio a Derrick Mckey took a feed from Dana Barros and swished an 18-foot Baseline jumper with 2,3 seconds remaining As Seattle beat Cleveland for its fifth straight Victory. Brad Daugherty a Dunk tied it at 97-97 for Cleveland with 12.4 seconds to. Go. After a Seattle timeout Barros got the inbound pass from Mckey at mid court pacers Mike Sanders passes Over cel tics Larry Bird in wednesdays game at Boston drove the Middle and spotted Mckey open on the left Side Cleveland had one last shot at winning it but Steve Kerry a three Point Slot bounced off the rim. The Cavaliers lost their third straight and their ninth in the last 10 games. They Are 2-10 is Nee m a r k p r ice a s 1 Ost to u season ending knee injury. Lurry Nance led Cleveland with 28 Points. Daugherty scored 23, l magic 109, rockets 103 Orlando Fla a Nick Anderson scored a career High 31 joints including 17 in the third period As Orlando beat Houst o n to c n d an c High t  e 1 Osing s i r e a k. Anderson made 11 of 18 shots and grabbed eight rebounds Jerry Reynolds came off the Bench to score 24 Points and Terry cat ledge note lied 20 for the magic. Akeem Oil Juwann had 25 Points 20 rebounds and seven blocked shots for 11ous a toil. A a a  spurs 111, jul 97 san Antonio a Willie Anderson scored 24 Points a lid Rod Strickland 21 As san Antonio survived an 11 m i n it e stretch without a Field goal in beating Miami the Victory was the spurs ninth. See Aba on Page 26  by new Day a a a a new York a the injury to Phil Simms right foot includes a slight fracture in one of the hones new Day has Learned. The new York giants diagnosis was a severely sprained foot but several sources including players and club officials wishing to remain Anonymous confirmed the quarterback has a fracture. Simms injured against the Bills on dec. 15, was placed on injured Reserve and wont be eligible to return until at least the pfc championship game on Jan. 20, should the giants get that far. Simms was placed in a knee length cast last week and a a wont have the cast removed for another two weeks. Any further prognosis on his return wont be known until then. One giants assistant coach Wasny to optimistic. Quot he can to put any weight on his foot now Quot the coach said wednesday a i done to know How he a going to be Able to play in three weeks Quot a a another source said Simms underarms were rubbed raw from putting so much weight on them while walking on Metal crutches last week. Asked wednesday if he was hopeful Simms might be ready in three weeks Bill parcels said Quot three weeks Isnit going to  then he stopped and said a a a mean i have no further report at All. There a not going to be any report until they take the cast  not unusual for the giants to keep Small fractures a secret. They  confirm that Lawrence Taylor suffered a fracture near his right ankle in san Francisco last year nor did they confirm that a Uinam Elliott had a hairline fracture in his lower left leg. This season Quot that a just the Way they do things around Here Quot one source said. An sports television am radio College football blockbuster bowl Penn state is. Florida state 2 , saturday