European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes ports t t we v it t March 24,1991 b Page 28 celts fall 121-109 to racers by the associated press the Boston celtics can twin in Indianapolis. But the Seattle supersonics finally found a Way in Phoenix. A a it a Tough for us to win Here hut the playoffs would be a different Story a said Bostons Larry Bird after a 121-109 loss to the pacers on Friday night at the Market Square Arena. It was the fifth straight loss for the Atlantic division leaders in Indianapolis. With the Victory the pacers improved to .500 for the first time since nov. 16 and avenged two straight losses by More than 20 Points each to the celtics. Meanwhile Seattle won for the first Lime in More than three years in Phoenix by beating the suns 111-105. The sonics last won in veterans coliseum 10 games ago on dec. 23, 1987. Reggie Miller scored 21 Points to Lead the pacers who took control with a 14-2 third Quarter run. Boston began the second half with a 59-58 Lead and used an 8-0 run to go ahead 72-65 with. 7 41 left in the third Quarter. But the pacers responded with the 14-2. Burst including six Points by Miller and four by detlef Schrumpf for a see Aba on Page 21 Aba inside sports Honus Wagner card Sells for $450,000 a Page 22 Wiesbaden men take v corps title a Page 25 Toronto goalie wins nil debut Page 26 new . Coach faces big Challenge a Page 26 . Teen temples James Spears 34 and Oklahoma states Byron Houston Battle for the Hall during the owls overtime Victory Friday. St. Johns ., Temple Duke Advance to final 8 by the associated press the final 16 of the Mcaa tournament turned into the Blowout round. North Carolina St. Johns and Duke advanced to regional finals by routing their opposition Friday night. The tar a heels beat Longshot Eastern Michigan 93-67 in the East while the redmen dominated top seeded Ohio state 91-74 and the Blue devils downed Connecticut 81-67 in the Midwest at Pontiac Mich. The Only close game of the night was Temple s 72-63 overtime Victoir Over Oklahoma state in the East regional at East Rutherford . Three of the four regional semis on thursday also were lopsided. The average Victory margin in the round was 16 Points. A a. A a7. A a the regional finals were to Start Sal urday when top seeded univ 33-0. Played third seeded Seton Hall 25-8 at Mcaa men Seattle and top seeded Arkansas .34-3 face third seeded Kansas 25-7 at Charlotte  A on sunday the top seeded tar heels 28-5 play loth seeded Temple 24-9 at East Rutherford and fourth seeded St. Johns 23-8 Inie ets second seeded Duke 29-7 at . Christian laettner scored 19 Points and Greg Koubek added 18 As Duke moved one Victory away from its fourth straight final four. Quot we knew that if we penetrated and kicked it Back out the. Shots were going to be open a said Koubek who was 3 of 5 from 3-Point Range. A the team came out with enthusiasm and we just stuck it to them from the Start of the  Chris Smith and John Gwynn had 16 Points each for Connecticut 20-11which failed to avenge last years 79-78 overtime loss to Duke in the East re . A i done to know if Duke Evershot the Ball that Well a said Conri coach Jim Calhoun said. A they  wait to get the Ball in 3-Point Range,.�?� four consecutive Points by laettner gave the Blue devils a 55-38 Lead with 13 53 to play. Gwynn countered with eight straight for the. Huskies including two three pointers As Connecticut closed to 55-46 with 11 23 remaining. But Dukes Thomas Hill hit a Juniper and after a free throw by Connecticut s Dan Cyrulik Koubek converted a 3-Point play. The Blue devils enjoyed double digit leads the rest of the Way. Hubert Davis hit All five of his 3-Poiht-shots, and North Carolina held Eastern Michigan scoreless for 5vi  Mcaa on Page 21 victorious Julie parisian is greeted by Diann Ruffe. Waterville Valley . Up teenager Julie Parisien scored the first world cup giant slalom Victory by a . Woman in six years Friday taking both runs to win by nearly a second in the final is race of. The season. A Parisien 19, of Auburn Maine who came out of 22nd place roared Dosun the Sun drenched 43-Gate course on it. Tecumsch in a total time of 1 minute 58.47 seconds. Ulrike Mair the Austria. Veteran and two time world championships Gold medallist a who has never won a world cup race was second in 1 59.31. Norway s Julie Lunde Hansen finished third in 1 59.46 while Eva 1 Ward Okens of Santa Cruz calif., was sixth in 2 00.1 2. A i was t thinking about winning 1 just wanted to be relaxed and Deal with the pressure. I m really pleased i did that Quot said Parisien. A i m Only 19. This is a huge step for me. Every5 week i be been moving up a  it was the first world cup is Triumph by a . Woman since Diann Ryffe a who missed most of this season with a knee injury and greeted Parisien at the Bottom of the slope a won at Lake Placid n.y., m March 1985. _ after leading the first run the wide smiling parisian tried to relax by going Back to the top of the Mountain a and just hanging out. They did no to know who i was so i could take it easy.�?T�?T. Parisian s showing followed a fifth place result sunday in is at Vail Colo. She earned her first world cup Point March 11 in a slalom at Lake Louise in Wisl Ern  started the season racing in Noram series events in the United states and moved onto the world cup tour in december. She won several Noram an j Europa cup races before the world cup tour came to North America two weeks aug