European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 19, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 25 win puts lakers p game Back uppers in by the associated press Inglewood Calif. A seizing a Chance get closer to the Pacific division leading Portland Trail blazers than they be been All season the los Angeles lakers outscored san Antonio 19-9 Down the stretch sunday night and beat the spurs 98 91. There were some anxious moments along the Way but in the end the lakers 47-17 moved a half game behind the blazers 48-17 in the Ever tightening division race. Phoenix 44-20 is just three games off the Lead. Portland suffered its seventh loss in its last 10 games earlier sunday beaten at Home by the los Angeles clippers 10797. It was the first win for the clip Portland since feb. 24,1981. The lakers who have won nine straight Pacific division titles were Syz games behind the blazers on Jan. 8. The spurs who led most of the Way were on top 82-79 before magic Johnson made a foul shot and Byron Scott hit a jumper making it 82-All. Sam Perkins three Point play with 6 01 broke the tie and put the lakers ahead to stay at 85-82. But they did no to Clinch the Victory until Vlade Divac made a 3-Point shot with 9.4 seconds remaining and one second left on the shot clock. That made it 94-89 and ended All doubt. A As the lakers took advantage of their Opportunity the spurs fell out of first place in the Midwest division. At 41-22, they Trail Utah 42-22 by a half game. San Antonio had eight of its .22 turnovers in the fourth Quarter. James worthy led los Angeles with 30 Points and nine rebounds. Scott added 25 Points and became the 10th Laker to surpass the 10,000-Poirit Mark. He finished the game with 10,019 Points. David Robinson led the spurs with 37 Points. Clippers 107, Trail blazers 97 Portland Ore. A Ron Harper scored 19 of his 25 Points in the second half and Charles Smith added 26 Points Aba the for los Angeles. Clyde Drexler led sagging Trail blazers with 19 Points. Rockets 123, warriors 119 Houston Kenny Smith scored four of his 26 Points m the final 23 seconds against Golden state leading Houston to its eighth consecutive Victory. Hakeem Olajuwon had 25 Points and 13 rebounds Otis Thorpe scored 24 Points and Smith had 10 assists for the rockets. Jim Petersen scored a season High 25 Points Tim Hardaway had 23 Points and 14 assists and Chris Mullin scored 21 Points for the warriors. Hornets 121, nets 108 East Rutherford n j. Dell Curry scored seven of his 16 Points in a 172 second Quarter spurt that carried Charlotte Over new Jersey Kelly Tripucka and Kendall Gill scored 20 Points each for the hornets. Sam Bowie topped new Jersey with 21 Points. Pacers 130, nuggets 92 Denver a Chuck person scored 20 Points to Lead Indiana As the pacers 74-Point second half buried Denver. The pacers winning their third straight game got 81 Points from their Bench. Bucks 102, kicks 101 Milwaukee a Jack sign Van a Basket with six seconds left gave Milwaukee a Vic a tory Over new York after the Bucks rallied from a 14-Point halftime deficit. Dale Ellis had 23 Points to Lead Milwaukee. The kicks got 23 from Patrick Ewing and 21 from Charles Oakley. Timber wolves 90, heat 87 Minneapolis a Tony Campbell who scored 24 Points made two free throws with 10.5 seconds left to lift Minnesota Over Miami Miami got 30 Points from Glen Rice but the a second year Forward was limited to two baskets in the fourth Quarter. Spurs guard Avery Johnson explores the Low passing Lane in front of .  topples leu in route to final 16 by the associated press four Southeastern conference teams earned spots for. Mcaa final 16 action next weekend but no. 24 Lamar surprised the fifth Sec hopeful no. 8 Louisiana state tearing up the lady tigers 93-73 in the Midwest regional a. Barbara Hickey came off the Bench to score 16 Points for Lamar. No. 4 Tennessee no. 6 Auburn and a ranked Vanderbilt will represent the Sec in the Mideast regional at Knoxville tenn., and no. 3 Georgia is in the West regional at Las vegas. Lamar 28-3 advances to the Midwest regional tournament in Austin against no. 9 Arkansas 28-3. Leu ended the  at 24-7. No. 2 Virginia the top ranked team left in the Mcaa tournament after James Madison upset no. 1 Penn state saturday is in the Midwest regional against no. 25 Oklahoma state. No. 7 North Carolinan Caa women state plays no. 13 Connecticut and no. 21 Clemson faces a ranked giant killer James Madison in the East regional semifinals at Philadelphia. Auburn and Vanderbilt meet each other in the regional semifinals and Tennessee faces no. 10 Western Kentucky in the other Mideast game. In the West regional semifinals Georgia faces no. 18 Long Beach state and no. 12 Washington meets no. 11 Stanford. In other games sunday Midwest Virginia 74, . Austin 72 Charlottesville a a Heather burgers jump shot with four seconds left enabled Virginia to Edge Stephen f. Austin. Virginia guard Dawn Staley who led All scorers with 25 Points drove the left Baseline and passed to Burge for the winning  Vanderbilt 69, Purdue 63 West Lafayette ind Reserve Heidi Gillingham scored eight of her 10 Points during a 15-2 spurt that boosted Vanderbilt past  84, holy Cross 48 Auburn Ala. A freshman Kim Mays scored a career High 17 Points and Carolyn Jones also had 17 for Auburn against holy Cross which was plagued by 27  Schrader wins in Georgia Hampton a. A Ken Schrader stretched his fuel for 65 laps and held off Bill Elliott to win the rain delayed $655,000 motor Craft 500 monday. He edged Elliott by 3.02 seconds in earning his first Winston cup Victory since winning at Charlotte n.c., in october 1989. Schrader collected $69,250. Lie averaged 140.470 Mph on the 1.5-mile Atlanta motor Speedway Oval. Dale Earnhardt finished third lie had turned in the fastest qualifying Speed 175.351 Mph but had to work up through the Field from the no. 21 starting spot because he did no to qualify Fri Day because of engine problems. Morgan Shepherd was fourth and Michael Waltrip was fifth. Schrader whose last pit Stop came earlier than other leaders put his Chevrolet into the Lead on Lap 285 when Sterling Marlin pitted for to o tires. His Gamble paid off when there were no caution flags the rest of the Way and All the other leaders a including Elliott who was in the pits for 4.7 seconds a had to Stop for Gas under Green. The race was remarkably free of cautions with the final 175 of the 328 laps run under the Green Flag. There were four caution hags for 32 laps the first two because of weather. All 16 of the Lead changes occurred when a Leader pitted Schrader who started in the no. 5 spot sunday after qualifying at 173.294 Mph had moved up to third when the race was suspended by rain. He held a Lead of 10 seconds Over Elliott with 30 laps left. Elliott ate into that Lead As Schrader took it a Little easy through the turns in the final laps to conserve fuel. Waltrip worked into the Lead when he and Earnhardt dulled after Earnhardt passed him to get Back on the Lead Lap on the 220th Lap. The cars touched and Waltrip suffered  to his fender forcing a pit Stop two laps later to change tires and pull out the Sheet Metal. There were 16 Lead changes among nine Drivers with Schrader leading three times for 59 laps including the 1 inn 43