European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Bulls sweep by the associated press in head on meetings of division leaders the Chicago bulls won in a1 rout while the san Antonio spurs took the narrow path Quot the bulls opened a 33-12 Lead in the first Quarter tuesday night then coasted to their 10th consecutive Victory and 19th straight at Chicago stadium 129-99 Over the Boston  san Antonio david1 Robinson free throw with 1.9 seconds left in overtime lifted the spurs Over Portland 102101, their second Victory Over the blazers. In three nights. A Robinson who had 25 Points and matched his career High with 21 re Bounds grabbed a rebound of his own missed shot and was fouled by Jerome Kersey a Call that upset Terry Porter who led Portland with 28 Points. A it was a questionable Call All the the stars and stripes Vry off t february 28, 1991 b Page 24 bulls Center Bill Cartwright and Bostons Robert Parish follow the bouncing Ball during the first period of their 129-99 rout Over the celtics in Chicago tuesday night. Way a Porter said. A and when a referee that a out of position makes it its even worse. You done to make those Calls late in the game. But i guess you live and die by the  Michael Jordan had 39 Points and Scottie Pippen scored 13 of his 33 Points in Chicago a runaway first Quarter against Boston whose 40-15 record cads the Atlantic division but is a half game behind Chicago in the Eastern conference a in my opinion we have a championship team a Pippen said. Pippen 14 for 18 from the Field is 30 for 35 his last two games. He had a Ca reer High 43 saturday against Charlotte. The spurs who also got 25 Points from Sean Elliott opened a 44-27 halftime Lead by holding Portland to season Low outputs in the first Quarter 15second Quarter 12 and half. The blazers hit 12 of 43 shots 28 percent in the first half. A a credit san Antonio with Good defense a Portland coach Rick Adelman said. A the first half really Hurt us and it was very Tough battling  Buck Williams had a Chance to win the game for Portland with no time left in regulation but missed a free throw. Williams tied the game for the first time at 91-91 by grabbing a rebound of Danny see Aba on Page 18arizona Home Streak hits 62 by the associated press Tucson  Stanford came into arizonans Mckale Center with one thing going for it. It had not played in five Days while the seventh ranked wildcats had eked out an emotional physically taxing double overtime win Over Duke on sunday. No matter. Arizona slowed it had suffered no letdown in routing Stanford 89-51 tuesday ii Olding it to Only 29 percent shooting 20 of 69its worst of the season. The wildcats 23-5 extended College basketball s longest Home winning Streak to 62 games improved their Pacific-10 record to 11-3 and kept their three game conference Lead. They can Clinch a tie for the Pac-10 title and become the conferences automatic qualifier for the Mcaa tournament with a win thursday at Oregon state. The Cardinal dropped to 14-12 and 7-9 in losing to Arizona for the seventh straight time. De Stokes arizonans 7-foot Center College basketball scored 11 Points had seven rebounds three blocked shots and three steals and held Stanford Sadam Keefe to Only four Points in the first half. One thing that helped Arizona was the absence of Stanford Sandrew Vlahov. The 6-7 Power Forward senior underwent ankle surgery after scoring 23 Points against Arizona last month when the wildcats won 78-76, and Stokes said a without him they seemed like a different  the wildcats came out firing with Chris Mills scoring 22 Points and Khalid Reeves 19. Arizonans Man Lorhan pressure defense forced 21 turnovers and kept Keefe from getting the Ball inside until the game was out of reach. Keefe finished with 20 Points and 12 rebounds but was unable to keep the game  77, Villanova 63 Philadelphia its fitting for Syracuse a head basketball coach Jim Boeheim that his most challenging season off the court is rapidly becoming his most satisfying season on it. Boeheim a orangemen picked to finish third in the big East conference in a preseason poll of coaches soared to new Heights by defeating Villanova and winning the regular season conference Ciampi on ship for the first time outright. Although some May argue that a regu Lar season championship is. Virtually meaningless in a conference with a postseason tournament tuesday nights Victory carried Large significance in a season when the Syracuse program has been stung by allegations of impropriety. A i always look at it As that its a significant achievement finishing High in the big East period a Boeheim said. The orangemen led by Billy Owens with 24 Points rolled to their 25th Victory against 4 losses. They Are 11-4 in the big East Adrian Autry with 15, and Michael Edwards with 14, supported Owens attack on offence. Villanova a wildcats were led by Arron Bain who had 15 Points and Marc Dowdell with 11. Vil Tanovan a record fell to 14-12 Overall and 7-8 in the big East a Florida state 85, Southern miss 83 Tallahassee Fla. Florida state coach Pat Kennedy is counting on his teams Strong finish to win him Points with the Mcaa selection committee. A a we be still got to keep winning games a Kennedy said after the seminoles 16-10, 8-5 wiped out. A 16-Point deficit in the first half for an 85-83 upset of 14th-ranked Southern Mississippi which has already clinched the metro conference title. Kennedy switched to a trapping zone defense for the second half and Florida state stopped Southern Mississippi a Clarence Weatherspoon with just one casket in the final 20  we definitely wanted to put a body on him a Florida states Michael polite said a i just wanted to be More  polite had 21 Points including 14 after halftime and 14 rebounds to spark Florida state to its third straight win. Inside sports for Arm problem for Viola a Page 18 Ben Abrams prep picking so Page 21 stifling Power of umpires a Page 22 Veeck Lazzeri land in Hall a Page 23 blues up Lead Over by the associated press. St. Louis a Rookie Pat Jablonski stepped in for injured Curtis Joseph and stopped a penalty shot and two breakaways As the St. Louis blues Defeated the Chicago Blackhawk 3-1 in a Battle for first place in the nil standings. Brett Hull scored his league leading 69th goal and Adam Oates and Scott Stevens had two assists apiece As the Norris division leaders won their club record ninth straight Home game. Cliff Ronn Ingnal and Geoff Courtnell also scored for the blues who Lead the National hockey league with 85 Points. Dirk Graham scored on a second period deflection for Chicago which is second Overall and in the Norris with 82 Points. A North stars 2,. Flyers 2 Bloomington Minn. Cal Bro ten scored on k breakaway with 1 09 left in regulation time Ito give Minnesota a tie and spoil a 42-save performance by flyers goalie Ken Wreggit. Minnesota has a five game unbeaten Streak 2-0-3 and has lost Only three times in its last 15 games 8-3-4. Philadelphia is 3-0-2 in its last five games. Mike Modano scored Early in the third period for Minnesota As the North stars rallied from a 2-0 deficit. Pelle Eklund and see nil on Page 18