European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 a a a the stars and stripes thursday january to 1991 Mchale celtics defeat kicks for 4th straight by the associated press new York a Kevin Mchale starting his first game of the season because of Larry Birds Back injury scored 28 Points and the Boston celtics won their fourth consecutive game by defeating the new York kicks 101-87 tuesday night. With Bird remaining in Boston with Back spasms the celtics won for the 12th times in 13 games. The kicks who lost by 27 Points at Boston last week led by As Many As 11 in Aba Roun up a the first half of the rematch but continued their losing ways against the a bad a Best teams. They have lost 11 straight games to teams with winning records Patrick Ewing led the kicks with 25 Points despite missing 15 of his first 20 shots a a a a a a a a a in other games tuesday night heat 95, Kings 83 Miami a Sherman Douglas Back in the lineup after missing three games with a Finger injury had 20 Points and eight assists As Miami handed Sacramento its 12th consecutive Road loss. Glen Rice scored 21 Points for Miami. Rookie Travis Mays scored 19 Points and broke a Sacramento record by hitting All 14 of his free throws. The previous team Mark for free throw percentage in a game was held by Danny Ainge who hit 13 of 13 against Boston last season. Hawks 109, spurs 98 Atlanta a Dominique Wilkins. Scored 40 Points 10 after a fourth Quarter Challenge by san Antonio As Atlanta downed the surging spurs for its seventh straight win. David Robinson had 35 Points and 16 rebounds for the spurs. Atlanta has won 10 in a Row at Home. Clippers 122, pacers 107 Indianapolis a Danny Manning and Benoit Benjamin scored 25 Points apiece As los Angeles ended a seven game losing Streak. Ken Norman had 24 Points for los Angeles. Reggie Miller led Indiana with 25 Points. Pistons 101, hornets 98 Charlotte . A Isiah Thomas scored 27 Points and blocked a shot with four seconds left As Detroit held off Charlotte for it seventh straight Victory. Mike Gminski scored 20 Points in his first Start for Charlotte after his acquisition from Philadelphia. Bulls 111,nets 102 Chicago a Michael Jordan scored 41 Points As Chicago won for the seventh Quot time in eight games while sending new Jersey toils eighth straight loss. Trail blazers 123, rockets 97 Houston a Clyde Drexler Kevin Duckworth and Danny Ainge had 20 Points apiece As Portland improved to 100 against Midwest division teams. F v s it it v Arf a celtics Robert Parrish drives past a Nicks Patrick Ewing tuesday in new York Bucks 99, bullets 96 Milwaukee a Frank Brickowski hit two free throws with 15.8 seconds left As Milwaukee broke an 18-year-old single season club record with its 18th straight Home Victory. Bernard King scored 30 Points for Washington before fouling out with 1 44 left. 0 jazz 110, Cavaliers 88 Salt Lake City a Jeff Malone scored 28 Points and the Utah jazz had a-25-5 surge in the third quart Chen route to their sixth straight Victory and Cleveland s eighth straight loss. Supersonics 96, lakers 88 Seattle a Derrick Mckey scored 29 Points and Seattle took advantage of the absence of magic Johnson to beat the los Anactes lakers. The lakers missing Johnson because of a jammed Middle Finger on his right hand a got 21 Points from James worthy on 21 shots and 19 from Byron Scott. V warriors 147, nuggets 125 Oakland Calif. A Tim Hardaway had 34 Points and 12 assists and combined with Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin for 97 Points As Golden state handed Denver its seventh straight loss. Richmond scored a season High 33 Points and Mullin 30, the first time this Aba season three teammates have scored 30 Points in the same game. Faces Houston up a Houston rockets Center Akeem Olajuwon will undergo surgery to repair damage near his right Eye caused last week when he was elbowed by Chicago a Bill Cartwright team offi Cial said tuesday the surgery will be performed Mon Fay by Houston opt apologist or. Robert Wilkins who will be assisted by team opt apologist or. Robert Gillett or. Charles Russo will also perform an examine nation of the Retina in the injured Eye. A we want to be absolutely sure of his Complete and total recovery a said rockets general manager Steve Patterson. A being assured of full recovery and. The continuation of his career is most important to a a Olajuwon suffered a Blowout fracture of the floor and medial Wall of the right orbit which houses the eyeball. The injury occurred Jan. 3 after he was elbowed by Cartwright. Olajuwon the leagues leading rebounded the last two seasons could return to practice eight weeks following surgery although he could begin Riding a stationary Bike and lifting weights As soon As he wishes Patterson said. Olajuwon declined to make any comments until after the surgery next week. Head coach Don Chaney said the rockets will simply have to learn to play without their All Star Center. Stars Hayward Uniondale . Apr Brian Hayward faced Only 15 shots in route to his second shutout of the season As the Minnesota North stars beat the new York islanders 3-0 tuesday night nil summaries and standings on Page 18. Dave Gagner and Perry Berezan scored in the first period to give Hayward All the support he needed. Doug Smail added an insurance goal in the third period As the North stars moved five Points ahead of Toronto for the final playoff spot in the Norris division. The loss was the third in the last four games for new York. Gagner steam leading 24th goal came at 5 57 for a 1-0 Minnesota Lead 16 seconds after the North stars killed a penalty a. A Hall of Fame from Page 17 and Joe Niekro As the most by Brothers in big league a Gaylord should have been in the first time not the third and i that just because he a my brother a Jim Perry said. A i m proud of him and have been from the if Bruce Springsteen was born to run Careve was born to hit Carew one of the Best pure hitters Ever finished w Ith a career average of .328 and 3,053 hits. In 1969, he tied a major league record by stealing Home seven times and on May 18 of that year lie stole three bases in one inning. He hit for the Cycle in 1970 and had five hits in a game fives times "1 Felt after i got my 3,000th hit that might help me out a bit a Carew said in los Angeles. A i did no to think i would get in on the first Carew hit .292 in his Rookie season and .273 in 1968. Then he hit .300 or better for 15 straight seasons highlighted by a .388 average and a most valuable player award m 1977. Only fellow Hall of Farmers Tycobb Stan Musial and Honus Wagner had More consecutive .300-plus seasons than Carew. A alter playing 19 years and not being in the world series i thought that would be a kick a Careve said a but this is a big about the Only thing Careve do was hit Home runs. In 1972, he became the first player in major league history to win a batting championship without hitting a Homer. L ingers known for his Handlebar Mustache had 341 saves and also saved seven games in the world series helping Oakland to win three straight championships from 1972-74. He would have been however the first Pitcher to enter the Hall of Fame with a losing record 114-118. A the right hander who also pitched for san Diego and Milwaukee was selected the map and by Young award Winner while pitching for the brew ers in 1981 when he saved 28 games and had a 1.04 earned run average. Fingers Lailure May not be a Good sign for the Hall of Fame chances Lor such relievers As Goose Gossage Sparky Lyle Bruce Sutter Dan Quisenberry Lee Smith Dennis Eckersley and Dave Righetti. Bunning won 100 games in the no and Al and also pitched no hitters in both leagues. It was his final year of eligibility and he now must w Ait three years before being considered by the veterans committee. I he induction ceremonies at Cooperstown Are scheduled for july 21
