European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday january 8,1991 celtics top Mavericks up Home skein to 16 by the associated press Boston a Larty Bird and Kevin Mchale keyed a 42-Point second Quarter As the Boston celtics rallied from a 16-Point deficit and went on to beat the Dallas Mavericks 127-110 sunday night for their 16th consecutive Home Victory. V improving their season record to 26-5, their Best since a similar Start in the 1984-85 season the celtics recorded their 400th regular season Home Victory since Bird joined the club in 1979. Dallas which has never won in Boston charged to a 35-22 first Quarter Lead and widened that advantage to 38-22 on Rolando Blackman a three Point Basket. The celtics then went on a 38-11 run to go from 16 Points Down to 11 Points up before settling for a 64-54 Lead at halftime. Bird scored 11 of his. 17 Points in the decisive run and Mchale got 9 of his 21. Rookie Dee Brown added 6 of his 17, Reggie Lewis had 5 of his 20 and Brian Shaw 4 of his 12 in the same rally. Kevin Gamble led Boston scorers with 23 Points. A Blackman topped the Mavericks with 27. In other games sunday kicks 99 dinners 9ft new York Mark Jackson ignited new York s slumbering offence in the second Quarter and the kicks went on to hand the los Angeles clippers their seventh consecutive loss. _ the kicks shot 35 percent from the Field in the first Quarter and trailed 33-28 with 9 30 left in the first half before outscoring the clippers 25-8 in the rest of the second period. New York led 53-41 at halftime. Trail blazers 114, supersonics 111 _ Portland Ore. A Danny Ainge scored 20 Points including two three pointers in the final 2 41, and Terry porters Layup broke a tie with 18 seconds remaining As Portland fought off a Seattle comeback. Shawn Kemp who led the supersonics with 25 Points scored 17 in the second half As they rallied Roffi an 13-Point halftime deficit to Lead 99-95 with 7 19 left. Dale Ellis scored 10 of his 22 Points for Seattle in the fourth Quarter rally. Clyde Drexler who finished with 20 for Portland hit a three Pointer with 4 21 left to put Trail blazers Back on top 105-104. A free throw and rebound Basket a by Kemp put Seattle ahead 107-105 before the two key Ainge three Jointers restored Portland a Lead at 111-107 with 1 46 Eft. A pair of free throws by Derrick Mckey and a Layup by Kemp tied it 111-111with 31 seconds remaining. Then Porter scored off a pass from Drexler putting Portland in front for Good. Lakers 135, warriors 108 Inglewood Calif. A James worthy scored 12 of his 29 Points in the third Quarter and  had a season High 14 assists in place of the injured magic  a  Perkins scored 22 Points and Vlade Divac 20 As los Angeles recorded its 17th Triumph in the last 22 games. Vim 7 Quot 77,7 Tim Hardaway and Mitch Richmond each scored 26 Points and Chris Mullin 25 for Golden state which was out rebounded 59-35. The warriors lost Reserve guard Sarunas Marciulionis at the end of the first half with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee. Johnson missed his first game of the season with a jammed Middle Finger on his right hand suffered in Friday nights loss to the warriors in Oakland. Worthy sparked a 12-4 run with three layups As the lakers extended their nine Point halftime Lead to 95-75 with 3 41 left in the third Quarter. A Nicks Gerald Wilkins shoots while falling As Benoit Benjamin of the clippers defends at  thumps Houston 95-79 by the associated press Fayetteville Ark. Lee Mayberry started a late nine Point run with a Dunk on an Alley top pass and Ron Huery scored a season High 22 Points sunday As no. 2 Arkansas beat Houston 95-79. The cougars whose last Lead was 6-4, stayed close until the late spurt which gave Arkansas a 77-61 Lead with 7 18 remaining. Houston 9-3, 1-1 never got closer than 13 the rest of the Way. A Arkansas 13-1, 2-0 Southwest conference led by 13 in the first half but Only 47-43 at halftime. Mayberry scored 27 Points on 11-of-15 shooting and Todd Day also scored 27. Alvaro Teheran and Byron Smith each scored 18 Points with Teheran getting 16 in the first half. In other games sunday Georgia tech 191, Wake Forest 91 Atlanta a Kenny Anderson score College basketball 32 Points including 10 in 43 seconds Midway through the second half As no. 24 Georgia tech beat Wake Forest in an Atlantic coast conference game for the yellow jackets sixth straight Victory Anderson made a three Pointer with 12 02 remaining for a 67-56 Lead then stole the Ball and made a three Point play. ,. After Wake Forest coach David Odom was assessed a technical Anderson made both free throws for a 16-Point Lead. He then made another three Pointer for a 7456 Lead with 11 19  jackets starting guard Bryan Hill separated his left shoulder and was questionable for wednesdays game at Duke. John Barry scored 16 of his 18 Points in the first half As Georgia tech 6-3, 1-1 took a 49-42 halftime Lear Malcolm Mackey scored 21 Points for Georgia tech and John Barry had 18, including 16 in the first half. Chris King scored 25 Points for Wake Forest 6-3, 1-0 in the acc and Rodney Rogers had 17. Mississippi St. 84, Mississippi 80, of Starkville miss. Doug Hartsfield scored six Points in the final 1 54 of overtime As Mississippi state rallied to beat Mississippi in the Southeastern conference. Hartsfield who scored 16 Points made four free throws and a 15-foot jumper in overtime As Mississippi state 9-2, 2,-0 won its eighth consecutive game at Mississippi. The bulldogs won 104-102 in four overtimes last season. Cameron Burns held six Points below his season average with 14, made two free throws with no time remaining to tie the game at 72. Mississippi 6-5, 0-2 took a 72-70 Lead with 12 seconds remaining on a 15-footer by Joe Harvell who scored 26 Points. Greg Carter scored 21 Points for Mississippi state. Soviet nationals 92, notre Dame 76springfield mass. Oleg Mele Shenko scored 14 of his 21 Points in the first seven minutes of the second half As the soviet National team pulled away from notre Dame in the opening event of the Centennial Celebration of basketball. Melesc Nkoy a shooting along with that of Vitali Nosov who also had 21, powered the soviets 23-14 surge in the opening moments of the second half. That allowed the visitors to pad a seven Point halftime Lead to 74-58 with 10 05 to play. Notre Dame coming off an 82-47 loss to North Carolina saturday night its worst defeat in 20 seasons was led by Laphonso ellis�?T25 Points. On by the associated press Chicago a Daniel Berthiaume stopped 37 shots and recently recalled Jim Thomson scored his first goal since the 1988-89 season in sparking the Jos Angeles Kings 3-1 Victory Over the Chicago Blackhawk sunday. With their tooth win on their five Gam Road trip the Kings moved within two Points of first place Calgary in the no la a Smyithe division. It was the second Strong performance for Berthiaume against the cite Khz twas whom lie stopped 2-0 with a 40-save performance on nov.4. Berthiaume was tested during a Chicago Power play Early in the fir a pc Iod stopping Dirk grahams live footer just to his right and two shots from the left Point by Doug  16 11 gone in the second period Thomson a recalled from new Haven on Friday a blasted in a 20-footer from out front to break a 1-1 tie. Wayne Gretzky set up Bob Kudelski for his 14th goal. Gretzky rifled a 20-footer at goalie de be flour with 7 37nhllimndup left in the second period the Black Hawks 25-game Winner stopping the shot. But the puck bounced to Kudelski who had an easy shot to put the Kings up 3-1. In other games sunday canadians 6, penguins 3. Montreal a Light scoring Jean Jacques Daig Neault had a goal and two assists and Guy Carbonneau scored twice As Montreal cooled off Pittsburgh. Daigneault had the games first goal a his first of the season a on a Power play at 9 50 of the first period. The three Points was a career High for the sixth year de Senseman. Stephan Lebeau Eric Desjardins and Brent Gilchrist also scored for Montreal which won its third straight game. Scott Young Phil Bourque and Joe Mullen Tal lied for Pittsburgh. Devils 2, Dynamo Moscow 2 Herford . A Zeno Ciger scored v1 j seconds remaining in regulation As new Jersey tied Dynamo Moscow in the nil super series. The standoff left Dynamo Moscow wingless 0-1-2, in three games of series action. Ciger who was recalled by the devils from Utica of the american hockey league deflected a pass by Jon Morris past goaltender Andrei Tref Ilov. Ravil Yakubov and Alexandr Semak scored to help Dynamo Moscow build a 2-0 Lead. Doug Brown scored the first new Jersey goal at 8 39. Oilers 4, soviet red army 2 Edmonton Canada a Glenn Anderson scored a goal and two assists to Lead defending Stanley cup Champion Edmonton to a Victory Over Central Redja acc son so up Kevin Lowe for the Only goal of the first period and scored the oilers second goal when he intercepted an errant Clearing pass. J