European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Fall to lakers the stars and stripes or 1�, february 26, 1991 b Page 28 by the associated press. Auburn Hills Mich. A Showtime came to the Palace and that meant the end of Detroit a overtime dominance. Magic Johnson scored 31 Points and the los Angeles lakers finished their two game season sweep of the pistons with a 102-96 Victory in overtime unday. The pistons were 4-0 in overtime this season and 4-1 the previous year. But without 1 Siah Thomas and John Salley because of injuries and with Joe Dumars hobbling around Detroit could not last As Long As the lakers. A i feel for Isiah because its eating his heart out to sit of that Bench a Johnson said. A the Cli Scagos the Bostons Cleveland All of them do not feel sorry for him Arizona Downs in 2 ots by the associated press Tucson Ariz. A that a Why they Call it the Home court advantage. Ninth ranked Arizona kept its composure when Duke did not and boosted by a boisterous student body at Mckale Center extended its nation leading Home winning Streak to 61 games sunday by beating the seventh rated Blue devils 103-90 in double overtime. Twice at the end once in regulation and then in the first overtime the usually steady Blue devils got rattled. Each time it Cost them and a allowed Arizona to tie it in the closing seconds a we have an experienced team a Arizona coach Lute Olson said. A the players did a Nice Job of keeping their poise. We be won a lot of close games and it does t All come Down to Luck. It was our court acid we had the in the second overtime it was no contest. Matt Muehlbach opened with a three Pointer and added Lour More Points As Arizona pulled away. Quot i d sure like to meet the ghost of Mckale a said Brian Williams who led Arizona with 24 Points a a he a definitely got a Jinx on Arizona 22-5 returns to Pacific-10 play where there is no postseason Mourna Merit. If they can win the rest of their games the wildcats May have a shot at the top seed in the West Region. Duke 23-6 goes Home for the rest of the. Atlantic coast conference schedule and the postseason tournament. The Blue devils might Merit Strong consideration for the no. 1-seed in the East. Sean Rooks made a spinning Layup with 3.8 seconds left in regulation tying the College basketball Aba because they re out there trying to beat a . A. A. A i feel sorry for him because he a my Friend and i just we ant him to get healthy a he said. A but the pistons Art Back to Back champions. Nobody s taking any mercy on thent.�?�,the lakers had the final Chance to win in regulation. But after two timeouts with 16 seconds left Johnson worked the Ball to worthy who missed at the Buzzer a c. Green made a Layup with 1 11 left in overtime to put los Angeles ahead 9492. He added two foul shots with 44 seconds to go and the lakers pulled away for its third Victory in five overtime games this season. Worthy scored 29 Points and Green finished with 14. James Edwards had 22 Points and Mark Aguirre 20 for Detroit. Dumars shot just 3 for 14 from the Field. He has played for nearly a month with a badly sprained left big toe. A i think we re going to have to tie Joe up a Edwards said a a he a playing a lot of. Minutes and playing them in some pain. Everybody seems to have some aches and a a a a a a a. A a a a a a a a the lakers won for the 10th time in 12 Road games. In other sunday games s spurs 95, Trail blazers 88 Portland Ore. A Willie Anderson scored 25 Points and David Robinson had 20 As san Antonio sent Portland to just its see Aba on Page 22 game at 78. In the first overtime Chris Mills tied it at 88 with 13 seconds left on a 10-foot jumper. In other games sunday Indiana 112, Michigan 79 Bloomington ind. Fourth ranked Indiana had lost its last two Confer Cnoc games in double overtime and in overtime but had no trouble with Michigan. Calbert Chancy scored 30 Points Matching this season High As the hoosiers 23-4, 1 i-3 won at Damon Bailey came off the Indiana Bench to score 16 Points Eric Anderson had 15 and pal Graham 14. Dennl Nus Calip scored 28 for Michigan 13-12, 6-8syracuse 89, Pitt 68 Syracuse . No. 5 Syracuse got away from one Victory winning its first a outright regular season big East title As Billy Owens scored 33 Points. Syracuse 24-4, 10-4 led 19-5 and no. 22 Pitt 19-9, 8-6 never came closer than eight Points. Oklahoma St. 79, Colorado 67 Stillwater okla. Byron Ollous ton scored 10 straight Points in the second half and finished with 31 As no. 16 Oklahoma state reached the 20-Victory Mark for the first time since 1982-83. The cowboys 20-5 have had Only two 20-win seasons in 26 years. The Victory enabled Eddie Sutton to join Bill Foster As the Only coaches to win 20 games with four schools. Duke Center Christian laettner right Battles Arizona s Brian Williams for a rebound Blackhawk stall blues Hull by the associated press Chicago a Jeremy Roenick scored twice in the Chicago s four goal first period including a Short handed Effort and added an assist As the Blackhawk slowed Down St. Louis and Brett i Lull 6-2. With the win the Blackhawk moved within a Point of the first place blues in the null la a Norris division. A the Way to beat Good teams is to match their intensity and hard work a Roenick said. A we had to play our Best game in order to beat them. But now its crucial to be up. Yes we had some Breaks in the first period. That a what happens when you the Blackhawk and blues meet again on tuesday night in St. Louis. Chicago goaltender de Belfour recorded his 35th Victory to close within three wins of the dub record. Belfour lost his shutout when Bob Bassen beat him with a wrist shot with 4 38 left in the game. Bassen also scored a Short handed goal with 2 28 left. Hull playing in the Arena where his father Bobby Hull became a Star failed to score a goal for the first time in his last 14 games. Related Story on Page 25. A How do you expect to win when you done to play Well Quot Hull asked. A Surg Adam Oates and i got shut Down but when you play As badly As we did its not hard to he Black Hawks tour goal first period stunned the blues who had routed Boston 9-2 on saturday Graham recorded his team leading fifth Short handed goal to make it 5-0. As the special teams also added a Power play score from Steve Larmer and killed off five Power plays. Larmer s 35th goal got Chicago started 2 minutes into the game. Roenick got his 32nd goal a 12-foot wrister to the right of Curtis Joseph with 15 41 remaining then. See nil on Page 22nside sports Schulz wins . Open by one stroke a Page 22 history works against new league a Page 25 Earnhardt captures Richmond 400 a Page 26 name pitchers make news in Camps a Page 26 coach reprimanded for trashing refs a Page 27
