European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes ports March 8, 1991 b Page 28 silting Piston James Edwards fights for Ball with a Nicks Maurice checks As Vinnie Johnson moves in and Gerald Wilkins watches. Kicks nip pistons at Buzzer King again hits for 50 Points 1 a by the associated press Auburn Mills Mich. Arc the new York kicks playing Well or Are a the Detroit pistons playing badly Trent Tucker a three Pointer at the Buzzer wednesday night gave new York a 102-99 Victory Over Detroit the sixth Victory in seven games for the kicks and the sixth loss in seven games for the pistons related Story on Page 26. / a it Seonis like we be lost about seven games by a total of nine Points a said Detroit a Mark Aguirre who scored 20 Points. A we be Only been a Basket away. That a the Way you have to look at it you can to get Down and we the Victory was the a Nicks fourth straight on the Road and fifth in six ashes. New York has a losing record at ome but is 15-14 on the Road. A a we re not intimidated by the Road a kicks coach John Macleod said. A we relax on the Road and have a very Good focus. We started making inroads at the end of the third Quarter. We started to stick our nose in inside sports Mcaa menus statistics for basketball a Page 23 Bucky Fox Vii corps a Winner a Page 25 4 reasons Why univ wont win it a Page 26 Canad Lens slow Down Blackhawk a Page 27 Aba Detroit which lost to the kicks 11688 on feb. 17 in new York tied the game at 99 on Joe Dumars three Pointer with 2.5 seconds left. After new York called timeout Tucker made an off balance shot from Well behind the three Point line. A a when the game is tied there a less pressure a Tucker said. A if you miss the shot the game goes to overtime. Plus the defense does t put As much pressure on you when its tied. There a More pressure if you re Down by two Points.�?�. Charles Oakley added 21 Points and 13 rebounds for the kicks. James Edwards scored a season High 27 Points for Detroit which fell six games behind Chicago in the Central division. Dumars added 26 Points. In other games wednesday night jazz 104, bullets 93 Lan Dover my. A Bernard King scored 50 Points a the eighth 50-Point Gam of his career a but at was not enough. King was 18 for 31 from the Field and Quot 14 of 16 from the free throw line it was his second 50-Point game of the season he scored 52 Points on dec. 29 against a a. A a a a a John Stockton tied a season High with 27 Points for visiting Utah which sent Washington to its seventh straight loss. Celtics 126, heat 117. Boston a Larry Bird made four three pointers in the last eight minutes of the third Quarter As Boston spoiled Miami s bid for Ai winning Streak. A. Miami had won three straight for the second time in its three year history. But Boston improved its record Over the heat to 10-0. A v Bird who made 7 of 10 from three Point Range in a 126-101 Victory Over Indiana monday night made 5 of 8 against Miami. A a Boston was led by Kevin Mcl Lale with 31 Points on 12-of-l4 shooting and five see Aba on Page 22 Purdue surprises Ohio St. From wire reports % West Lafayette ind. Purdue and no. 2 Ohio state switched roles wednesday night. The boilermakers shot Well from the Field controlled the Tempo and held Down their turnovers. The buckeyes shot poorly and allowed easy baskets. The result was a 72-67 big ten Victory for Purdue Over Ohio state enhancing College basketball the boilermaker so Mcaa tournament Hopes and denying the buckeyes an outright league title. Jimmy Oliver scored 27 Points and Chuckie White added 21 for Purdue 1611 Overall and 8-9 in conference play. The boilermakers have won five of their last six games and three coach Gene Keady stopped Short of saying the boilermakers should get an Mcaa bid. However White Wasny to shy about proclaiming Purdue a tournament team. A we knew we needed this to get to the big dance Quot said White who also had nine rebounds a if we re not in it something is Purdue had its finest shooting night of the season at 61 percent including 66.7 percent in the second half against a Buckeye defense ranked Best in the league against Fie id goal shooting. Ohio state meanwhile had its second worst shooting performance of the year hitting 38.7 percent Overall and 29 percent in the second half. A we had no rhythm to our offence a said Buckeye coach Randy Ayres. A we had Good shots but we were a Little out of sync its a concern. We have to do a better Job of concentrating in Jamaal Brown had 14 Points for Ohio state which had an eight game winning Streak snapped and fell to 25-2 and 15-2. Jim Jackson Sank just 4 of 14 from the Field and totalled 12 Points. Purdue went on an 11-4 run with Oliver scoring the first 7 Points and White the see College on Page 22 Back but wants More Bucks by the associated press american league map Rickey Henderson showed up at the Oakland a a training Camp in Scottsdale ariz., thursday saying his one Day absence was caused by a missed air plane not his simmering salary dispute with the team. �?o1 done to think its really a statement a he said of his absence As the teams regulars opened training wednesday. Quot i missed one Day. If in a going to make a statement i la make it in the Middle of the season. I think they know what Spring training Camps in a a Henderson is upset that the a a wont renegotiate the four Yeay $12 million contract he signed before lust season. Since then salaries have escalated sharply. "1 done to think my contract is said Henderson. A i did t think it was fair last year. I done to think the salary is fair with the Way i play the game. I done to think i m the 40th or 50th Best player on the Henderson hit .325 with 28 Home runs and 65 stolen bases last season. He is two Short of Lou Brocks All time stolen base record of 938. Meanwhile the a a agreed to a one year contract with Pitcher Reggie Harris a candidate for one of two open jobs in the a a rotation. He is scheduled to open the exhibition season against Cleveland on Friday. While Henderson was coming Back Jack Armstrong and Joe Oliver of the w orld series Champion Cincinnati reds see Camps on Page 22
