European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes monday february 25, 1991 straight by the associated press Chicago a Scottie Pippen had a game even teammate Michael Jordan could envy. Pippen made 16 of 17 Field goals and scored a career High 43 Points As the Chicago bulls rolled to their ninth consecutive Victory 129-108 Over the Charlotte a hornets. A a a a a a a. A i was real Active and was Able to get into transition a Pippen said. A i was using my Speed in the open court and got some easy baskets. I was taking the shots they gave me. My teammates were looking for the win also was the 18th straight for the bulls at Chicago stadium where they Are 23-3. The i hornets dropped their eighth consecutive Road contest. Jordan scored 29 and Horace Grant had 20 Points on 7-Lor-8 shooting and 17 rebounds for Chicago while Charlotte was led by pc Dali Gills 20 Points. Pippen who twice scored i t consecutive bulls Points in the game had a sea so High for a Chicago player surpassing Jordan a Best of 42 and his own previous. Career High of 34 against Golden state in december. The hornets played without starting guard. Rex Chapman who sat out because of a sprained right ankle suffered in Friday nights Victory Over Detroit. In other games saturday Kricks 104, bullets 101 Lan Dover my. Trent Tucker s three Pointer with 0,2 seconds left capped a new York comeback in which the kicks rallied Froni a 21-Point third Quarter deficit to beat Oakley had 22 Points and a season High 20 rebounds for new York which trailed 69-48 with 10 19 left in the third Quarter. The rally was fuelled by Gerald Wilkins who scored 14 of his 25 Points in the third period. A Bernard King scored 39 Points for the ballets including their last seven Points Aba saturday 76ers 103, nets 90 fast Rutherford Charles Barkley had 30 Points and 12 rebounds and Ron Anderson scored 11 of his 16 Points in the fourth Quarter As Philadelphia Defeated new Jersey for its fourth straight Victory. Hersey Hawkins had with 21 Points for the 76ers Arron Gilliam added 19 Points and 13 rebounds. Derrick Coleman paced the nets withal to Points and 12 rebounds. Hawks 122, Mavericks 107 Atlanta a Dominique Wilkins had 31 Points and 14 rebounds As Atlanta stretched its franchise record Home court winning Streak to 19 games with a Victory Over Dallas. Spud Webb who scored 26 Points hit an 18-footer 34 seconds before halftime to give Atlanta its biggest Lead of the game 60-40. Alex English led the Mavericks with 19 Points including 10 in the fourth Quarter and Rolando Blackcap added 18. Bucks 110, Cavaliers 103 Milwaukee a Danny so h ayes scored a season High 31 Points and Milwaukee started the fourth Quarter with 10 consecutive Points to beat Cleveland. Fred Roberts added 23 Points to match his season High rapid Date Ellis had 20 for the Bucks. Lester Cornier tied a career High with 18 assists while playing in place of Jay Humphries who has a Groin pull Brad Daugherty scored 23 Points for the Cavaliers who trailed 86-82 after three quarters before getting buried by 10-0 and. 8-0 runs in the fourth period. Suns 120, supersonics 110 Seattle a Tom Chambers scored 35 Points As Phoenix beat Seattle and spoiled Benoit benjamins debut with the super sonics. The 7-foot Benjamin acquired in a Trade this week with the los Angeles clip Ulii cts Charles Jones knocks away a Layup attempt by Charles Oakley of knocks. Pers,.had nine Points and eight rebounds in 23 minutes As a backup for Seattle starter Michael Cage. Kevin Johnson scored 23 Points and Jeff Hornacek 22 for the sans. Shawn Kemp scored 25 Points and Eddie Johnson 24 for the sonics. Rookie Gary Payton had 18 Points 11 assists and 10 rebounds for Seattle. Nuggets 150, warriors 145 Denver a Michael Adams scored 41 Points and Orlando Woolridge added 34 As Denver snapped a seven game losing Streak by defeating Golden state. The loss was the�15th in 16 games at Denver for the warriors despite 37 Points from Chris Mullin. In a game was marked by 17 Lead changes and 16 ties. The nuggets took control after Tim Hardaway a 10-footer put Golden state up 134-129 with 4 48 left. Twenty one seconds later with the score 134-131, Hardaway was called for his second technical Locking him out of the game with 26 Points. Hardaway was arguing an out of Bounds Call. Blues Romp in top two showdown from wire reports St. Louis what was billed As a Battle of the no la Stop two Powers turned out to be a Blowout As Brett hulls eighth career hat trick helped the St. Louis blues Batter the Boston Bruins 9-2 saturday night. The Victory was a club record eighth straight at Home for the blues eclipsing the _ previous Mark of seve n Sei in 198182. They Lead the nil with 83 Points three More than a Boston and Chicago. A it was also the blues third straight Victory and 12th in the last 14 games. A we were running on All eight cylinders a a said Hull who also had an assist in running his consecutive Quot Bret la Lull goal scoring Streak to u games lies actually scored in his last 13 games a he missed two games with injuries a and has 22 goals ii Thal stretch. I Lull s hat trick was his third of the season. He has 68 goals and 24 Power play goals a both nil highs a and 103nhl saturday Points. Only Wayne Gretzky of los Angeles has More with 123. Lin mate Adam Oates continued his torrid scoring Pace with his 19th goal and three assists to extend his consecutive game Point Streak to 15. Do Fang that stretch Oates has eight goals and 36 assists fo.r.44 Points. Bob basses Geoff Courtnell Cliff Ronning Ron Wilson and Paul Cavallini also scored for St. Louis which improved to 38-17-7 Overall and 20-6-5 at Home. Every facet of the blues game clicked. They scored two Power play goals in four chances and killed three of tour Boston Power plays including a five minute major Midway through the second period. The blues allowed Boston just three shots on goal during the five minute Power play and goalie Curtis Joseph made big saves on Dave Christian and Ray Bourque. Craig Jan Nev and Petri Skripko had goals for the Adams division leading Bruins who dropped to 36-20-8. The Victory was the first Tor the blues against the Bruins on. Home ice since oct. 24, 1987, 3, North stars 3 Bloomington Minn. Michel Goulet became the 30th nil player to reach 1,000 career Points capping his first hat trick in More than three years with 12 21 left in regulation to lift Chicago to a tie with Minnesota. De Balfour stopped 28 of 29 shots in Relief of. Starting goalie Greg Millen for the Blackhawk who fell three Points behind first place St. Louis in the Norris division playing before a near capacity crowd of 14,832, their largest since a 15,1% turnout on feb. 15, 1990, the North stars Drew within seven Points of third place Detroit in the Norris. Joh Casey made six of his 36 saves in overtime and stretched his unbeaten string to nine games 8-0-1 for Minnesota which is 8-3-3 since Jan. 22.flyers 5, islanders 3 Uniondale . The flyers put the islanders away Early with three goals in the first period. Keith Acton scored twice for the fivers a Olio led 4=- ,-afn.-r-25 minutes and moved into a tie with Pittsburgh for second place in the Patrick division. Islander Center Pat Lafontaine scored his 35th 5, whalers 4 Hartford Conn the sabres flew a 3-1 Lead Early in the second period then fought Back to get the Victory for goalie Clint Malarchuk. Malarchuk out a month with a neck injury stopped 37 shots 18 in the final period. Rick Vaive scored what proved to be the winning goal seven minutes into the second period. A flames 10, Nordques 8 Calgary Alberta the flames had As Many shots in the third period 22, As the Nordques did in the entire game. Yet it took a great performance by Thoren Fleury to save the Victory. Fiery had three goals one on a penalty Sholand two Leafs 3, canadians 3 Montreal a Daniel Marois scored near the. Middle of the final period at Montreal to get the Maple Leafs a tie. Peter Zezel scored two goals for 5, red wings 2 Vancouver British Columbia Rookie Winger a Mazur in the second period to Lead Vancouver to Victory. The canucks moved to within four Points of Winnipeg in the Battle for the last playoff spot in the smythe division
