European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 a a a the stars and stripes sunday january 13, 1991celtics hold off clippers Bucks lose 1st at Home by the associated press Boston a Reggie Lewis who did no to go to the foul line until the final minute scored the games last four Points on free throws including the game winners with 2.5 seconds left giving the Boston celtics a 109-107 Victory Over the a los Angeles clippers Friday night. The celtics 29-5 have the a bad a Best record and extended their winning streaks to 18 games at Home and six games Overall. The clippers have lost nine of 10 games. In other games Friday. 76ers 120, Bucks 105 Milwaukee Charles Barkley scored 37 Points and Philadelphia used a 19-0 first Quarter run to beat Milwaukee ending the Bucks 18-game unbeaten Streak at Home. Ricky Pierce led the Bucks with 25 Points and Frank Brickowski added 24. Timber wolves 108, heat 107 Miami a Tyrone Corbin scored 13 of his 22 Points in the fourth Quarter including five in the final 24 seconds lifting Minnesota Over Miami. Pistons 100, Trail blazers 98, of Auburn Hills Mich. Bill Laim Beers Basket with 0.3 seconds remaining in overtime lifted Detroit Over Portland in a rematch of last season s Aba finalists. Bulls 99, Hawks 96 Chicago a Michael Jordan scored 31 Points and Bill Cartwright added a sea new Park draws fire Chicago apr columnists wrote about it sports fans talked about it but the popular Rumor that someone was shooting into the new Chicago White sox stadium from nearby housing projects was just that until this week. On thursday the White sox announced they had discovered a Bullet Hole in the stadiums scoreboard and three others in the new ballparks upper deck seats. A we Are very hopeful that this turned out to be self fulfilling Prophesy a Rob Gallas the teams senior vice president said a until today was absolutely untrue a Gallas said. A but its been talked about so much that maybe someone just decided to make it the shots appeared to have come from the East Side of the stadium Chicago police department it. Fred Coffey said. The City a Robert Taylor Homes housing Complex lies four to five City blocks East of the stadium across the multilane Dan Ryan expressway. A the possibility exists but the shots did no to necessarily have to come from the projects a Coffey said. A fall we can really do is make some Aba Roundup son High 20 As Chicago snapped Atlanta a seven game winning Streak. The bulls who have won four straight games and 11 in a Row at Home have beaten the Hawks five consecutive times. Jazz 110, Mavericks 99 Dallas a Karl Malone had 38 Points and 16 rebounds As Utah won for the seventh time in eight games. John Stockton added 21 Points and 15 assists for the jazz who have beaten the Mavericks in six of their past seven meetings including three straight this season. Suns 114, rockets 110 Phoenix a Xavier Mcdaniel scored 33 Points and Jeff Hornacek made four crucial free throws in the final five seconds for Phoenix against Houston. Tom Chambers added 25 Points a including nine in the final 8 03 a while Hornacek finished with 21. Kevin Johnson had 12 Points and 15 assists for the suns who won their fifth consecutive Home game. Lakers 105, Cavaliers 93 Inglewood Calif magic Johnson had 27 Points 14 assists and 10 rebounds As los Angeles extended Cleveland a losing Streak to 10 games. James worthy scored 22 Points and . Green 20 for the lakers who lost 84-74 to the Cavaliers dec. 19 in Richfield Ohio their lowest Point total in their 31 seasons in los Angeles. Atlanta a Kevin Willis 42 and Chicago a Horace Grant quibble Over a rebound Friday. V hockey s cold War Fervour melts by John kre1ser a sports writer there san axiom that says familiarity Breeds contempt. In the Case of the National hockey league and the soviet hockey federation though All it has bred is boredom. This Winters visits by three soviet teams have resulted in Little memorable hockey lots of weary nil players and thousands of empty seats. The passion that marked the soviets visits in the 1970s and Early �?T80s has Given Way to yawns. The nil soviet series wont be played next Winter and its status for future years is unknown. But no one on this Side of the Atlantic seems to want to play the soviets any More a not the players who fear getting Hurt in a meaningless game nor the fans who care less. A a they re not the bad Guys any More they re not an automatic sell a said nil president John Ziegler who was instrumental in getting the soviets to allow some of their players to come to North America. A the mystery is gone. At one time riot Only were they the bad Guys they were a curiosity come see a live russian. But you can no longer say a the russians Are you have to sell it promote it make it an its a far cry from classic encounters like the 1972 Canada user series the first on ice Contact Between the two sides or the electrifying 3-3 tie Between the Montreal canadians and the soviet Central red army in 1975. A a in a More inclined now to relate to these games against the soviets not to the 1972 series or those new years eve classics but the injury that Rick Green suffered while playing against them two years ago a Montreal a Brian Skrudland said. A when the russians used to come Here it was a lot More emotional but its sort of worn off. Nothing positive can come out of it for # Well maybe not nothing. The nil players association and the soviet hockey federation Are the monetary winners. But the series is just a blot on the schedule for a lot of nil teams who a rather have the rest. A a v. Despite the addition of a penalty shot shootout to this Winters Competition super series �?T91 has been a Box office bust in Many cities Boston and the new York islanders each Drew fewer than 3,000 fans and Hartford and Minnesota fewer than 4,300. A but not everyone feels the games Are an idea whose time has come and gone. Islanders goaltender Glenn Healy said there Are still positive aspects in facing the soviets. A a a a a a in a probably going against the Norm but i think its Worth playing the game a he said. A i like playing them because you done to get an Opportunity to play the russians every Day. Usually its just the elite players that get to play the soviets in world capitals run unbeaten Streak to 4 by the associated press Landover my. A Michal Pivonka scored two Power play goals including the game Winner with 3 56 left As the Washington capitals stretched their unbeaten string to four games by beating the Calgary flames 4-2 on Friday night. Pivonka who also had an assist had gone 14 games without a goal before beating Calgary goalie Mike Vernon twice a the second time with the flames Gary Suter in the penalty round pin other games Friday red wings 6, rangers 3 Detroit a Sergei Fedorov and Steve Yzerman each scored twice As Detroit continued its Home domination of the new York rangers. Detroit is 5-0-2 against the rangers at Joe Louis Arena since new Yorkus last win on feb. 14, 1986. The red wings who Lead the nil with an 18-6-0 Home record handed the Patrick division Lead ing rangers their second straight loss. Blackhawk 3, jets 1 Winnipeg Manitoba a Steve Thomas scored Midway through the third period to break a tie and Lead Chicago Over Winnipeg. Thomas goal made the nil leading Blackhawk the first 30-game winners this season As Chicago improved its record to 30-14-3. The Norris leading Blackhawk have won five of their last six games and Are six Points ahead of their nearest nil rival
