European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. January 31, 1991 a the stars and stripes a. Page 17rockets rally by spurs by the los Angeles times Houston a when last seen in action Houston a Vernon Maxwell was joining an elite group by scoring 30 Points in the fourth Quarter saturday night at Houston. Maxwell came to Earth with a thud tuesday night on the same court. The rockets third year guard missed his first 10 shots and scored Only four Points against san Antonio making 2 of 16 shots. But the rockets other guard Kenny Smith picked up the Slack and Houston beat the Midwest division leading spurs 91-80. Smith who had 23 Points and eight assists scored the rockets last eight Points Aba including the Winner on a 10-foot Bank shot with 1.8 seconds to play. The rockets who ended the. Spurs five game winning Streak opened a 13-Point Lead Early in the third Quarter but trailed by seven Points with four minutes to play. Smith brought the rockets charging Back. He made a key steal from David Robinson then scored three baskets in a Row. A Robinson had one of his infrequent off nights. Although he had 17 rebounds he blocked Only one shot and scored Only 16 Points. Quot lakers 110, nets 891 Inglewood Calif. A c. Green scored 19 Points and Mychal Thompson a season High 18 As the lakers dunked new Jersey for their 12th straight Victory. Magic 114, suns 112 Orlando Fla. A expansion teams live for such moments Otis Smith tipped in his own missed shot with three seconds to play to end the magic a six game losing a a a a a it was Only the 11th Victory in 43 games for Orlando. Beating a Western powerhouse made it even sweeter. The uns winners of eight of their 10 previous games rallied from a 91-75 Deti Cit by making five three pointers and went ahead 11 l-iu8.with 35 seconds to play. The magic tied the score at 112 and had the Ball with 10 seconds left. Smith tried a running jumper missed and. Made. Good on his second Chance. A three Point attempt by the suns Dan Maefle fell Short As the game ended. Jazz 116, Hawks 105 Salt Lake City the Hawks Buck Johnson stuffs Over David Robinson As the rockets beat the spurs 91-89, scored 71 Points in the first half and did no to really tall apart until the last Quarter. A a a a a a their 23-Point Lead was Cut to 13 after three quarters before Karl Malone and John Stockton brought Utah Back sparking a 36-12 surge. Malone had 29 Points. Stockton had 25 Points and 19 assists. A Quot v a a a a a a a nuggets 126, Bucks 122 Milwaukee it took half of the season for Paul Westhead to get his system to work and now the nuggets Are rolling. A v Quot a. A a Quot a a. With Michael Adams their new Leader scoring 41 Points the nuggets scored their fourth Victory in a Row. They have won six of eight after going 6-28 to open the season. Mavericks 117, supersonics 112 Dallas a Randy White scored 10 of his 24 Points in the fourth Quarter to Lead Dallas to its third Victory in its last id games. A. Bullets 105, heat 101 Landover my. Washington ended a three game losing Streak by boating Miami a it Bernard King had 26 Points and Rookie . English scored four Points in a Row in the final two minutes to Clinch the Victory.4 Cavaliers 125, hornets 106 Richfield Ohio a for one Quarter at least the Cavaliers recaptured the glory they knew a few years ago before injuries decimated the club. V with Chucky Brown scoring .15 Points the Cavaliers made 17 of 18 shots front the Field to outscore i lie hornets 41-18 and Romp to Victory. Steve Kerr had the Only Niss in the period. His three Point attempt hit the rim and bounced away. Kicks 108, clippers 107,01 los Angeles a Patrick Ewing scored 44 Points and grabbed 17 re Bounds powering new York to an overtime Victory Over the clippers. Out Walsh Ryan Virginia trounces . State by Trio associated press Chari Lii sch 1.1. \.i. A John or nit had 21 and 14 assists Lues Dav night and no. 15 Virginia led the whole Way in a 104-72 All Antic coast con be re Noti dict oly Over North Carolina state. Pc nov Turner added 24 Points and Bryant Smith 22 As Virginia 15-�?o4, 4-2 heal the Woolpack for live fourth time in five meetings. The Cavaliers also got 12 Points from a Matt Blundin and 10 from Cornel Parker. A a ,7v a Tom Gugliotta scored 17 of his 24 Points in the first half for .college basketball state Rodney Monroe added 22, including 15 in the opening period arid. Bryant in Eggin Shad 17, the Cavaliers led 48-41 at halftime. 7- a -a&Quot,7 in other games tuesday o. No. .10 Kentucky 89, Auburn 81 Allburn. Ala. A John Pel lot two free throws witly 1 53 remaining to put Kentucky ahead to r Good Quot and be i f b Rassow sea red the Victory with one of the Ullh ranked wildcats 10 3-Pointeis in a win Over Auburn v. Kentucky which Lead a 10-game winning Streak snapped at Alalia a on saturday improved to 16-3 Overall 8-1 in he Southeastern conference. Auburn 10-8, 3-6 lost its fifth straight conference game at Home no. 24 Kansas 78, Kansas St. 69 Manhattan Kan. A Terry Browne a 3-Pointer sparked a 14-2 second halt run and no. 24 Kansas rallied past Kansas state the Jay-7 Hawks eighth straight Victory on their Arth rivals Home court Kansas slate 10-8, 0-5 led 3026 at halftime. Providence 65, no. 25 Seton Hall 62 Providence r. Erie my Dock scored 24 Points to Lead Providence Over no 25 Seton i fall Murdock scored seven of the Points in a 10-0 run in the second half that gave Providence. It 45 the Lead for Good. Seton 1 Lull 13-5, 5-5 had a final Chance to tic hut Terry ixhere�?Ts-3-.-. Pointer at the was off the Mark. A. Murdock the conferences scorer and no 5 country at 29,2, was credited with six steals in the game. A. Tampa Fla. Apr Tampa Bay buccaneers owner Hugh Culveyhouse met with Bill Walsh to discuss the teams head coaching vacancy and also plans to talk to former Philadelphia eagles coach buddy Ryan and new York giants defensive coordinator Bill Belichick bucs. Administrator Phil Krueger confirmed in published reports that Walsh who led the san Francisco 49ers to three super bowl championships has interviewed for the Job. Krueger also told the St. Petersburg times that culverhouse will meet with Ryan later this week. A i visited with or. Culverhouse a Walsh said in wednesday s Usa today. �?�1 won t say where we met but we talked about a lot of matters and the buccaneers coaching Job did come up. A i do fully expect to remain at Abc. Or. Culverhouse and i left it with both of us thinking about it and we re going to talk again soon probably by phone. We did t get into anything specific about the Job hut i am helping in that ,. A report in wednesday s National sports daily quoted an unidentified source As saying culverhouse uttered Walsh the dual jobs of Tampa Bay coach and general manager monday night in Phoenix. Bucs spokesman kick Odisio said the team would not comment on the report and the National said it could not reach Walsh. Meanwhile Krueger said be bucs had contacted giants general manager George Young and been Given permission to interview Belichick. Architect of the super bowl Champion giants defense. Giants head coach Bill farewells under whom Belichick masterminded the defensive strategy that led the giants to their in l championship has said he would not stand in the Way of an assistant to leave Lor a head coaching position. More on Parcells on a e 19. The National said Walsh whose reported request Lor a Prece luge of the team was unacceptable to Cut verhousek would be paid.52 million a year Lor accepting the Otter. Walsh has not denied an interest in joining the bucs. A if i pick a team to sign with Tampa Bav would he at the top it of my tie told the St. Petersburg limes a but there a a lot that would have to occur Vetoic we Mali de
