European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 09, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes tuesday april 9, 1991 by the associated press los Angeles its been a Long Road to the Aba record Book for the Sacramento Kings a trip coach Dick Motta wont discuss for obvious reasons. A a in a not talking about the Streak a he said after the Kings tied the league record for consecutive Road defeats at 34nba in a 119-109 loss sunday night to the lbs Angeles clippers. A a in a going to say the a it ame thing until we win that wont be for at least another week. The Kings just 1-37 on the Road this season a they beat Washington 8782 on nov. 20 a wont Wear their Road blues again until april 15 at Minnesota. try to leave the twin cities that night still sharing their record of misery with the new Jersey nets. New Jersey lost its final 28 Road games of last season and its first six of this before beating Phoenix 116-114 on nov. 23. Motta tried to be upbeat. A every time something negative happens you re a stronger person for it and i twill show someday a he said. Antoine Carr led the Kings with 32 Points. Rory Sparrow added 21 Points and Lionel Simmons 20. The clippers winning for the seventh Lime in eight games got 30 Points apiece irom Charles Smith and Ron Harper. In other games sunday 76ers 114, bulls 1 Flot Chicago a Philadelphia tied the Aba record for most overtime victories in a season and won at Chicago stadium for the second time. Hersey Hawkins scored eight of his 31 Points in overtime As the 76ers handed the bulls their second straight Home loss. Philadelphia a eighth overtime Victory this season tied Milwaukee a 13-Ycar-Ola Mark. The 76ers also tied the new York a Nicks 1950-51 record with their 13th overtime game of the season. Michael Jordan led Chicago with 41 Points and Scottie Pippen added 32. Ron Anderson scored 28 Points and Armon Gilliam 25 for Phila Delphua. Blazers 110, Mavericks 92 Dallas a Clyde Drexler and Jerome Kersey combined for 10 consecutive Points during a clinching fourth Quarter surge As Portland won its 10th straight game. Clippers Danny Manning tries to disrupt Bill Wennington a pass in the Kings record tying 34th straight Road loss sunday. The Trail blazers who have the a bad a Best record won their seventh straight Road game and set a club Mark with their 25th Overall Road Victory. Cliff Robinson had 22 Points for Portland and Kersey 21. Herb Williams had 19 Points for 93, suns 85 Inglewood Calif. Magic Johnson scored 31 Points leading los Angeles to its fifth straight Victory. Injury riddled Phoenix playing without Tom Chambers Kevin Johnson and Dan Majerle pulled to 80-77 with 6 20 remaining. But the lakers scored nine of the next 11 Points to draw away sending the suns to their third straight defeat. James worthy added 21 Points and Byron Scott 20 for los Angeles. Rookie Negele Knight scored a Carcer High 25 Points and Jeff Hornacek 20 for 92, Timber wolves 87 Minneapolis David Robinson capped a triple double with a tie breaking 3-Point play with 1 26 left giving san Antonio a 1-game Lead in the Midwest division. Robinson had 29 Points 18 rebounds and five blocked shots for the spurs who Lead Houston by a game and Utah by 124, nuggets 117 Denver a Eddie Johnson scored 21 of his 31 Points in the second half As Seattle wore Down shorthanded Denver. Denver a Michael Adams made Alt 17 of his foul shots the third highest total Ever without a miss. The record of 19 is shared by Bob Pettit Bill Cartwright and Adrian Dant Ley. Johnson made 15 of 16 free throws and teammate Ricky Pierce 12 of 12. The nuggets who started with Only nine players lost Blair Rasmussen with an injury 10 minutes into the game and had two players foul 102, hornets 100 Charlotte . A John Williams tipped in a missed shot by Brad Daugherty with 3 seconds left As Cleveland edged Charlotte for the second time in three Days. Charlotte had a Chance to win after the tip in but Rex Chapman was called for charging Craig Ehlo As time expired in a virtual rerun of the closing seconds of the hornets 3-Point loss Friday night. Larry Nance led Cleveland with 32 Points and Daugherty had 23 Points and 12 rebounds. Rudd wins Tran South Darlington . A Ricky Rudd ran the fastest race Ever at Darlington raceway on sunday to win the Tran Smiith 500 a his first Victory at the oldest Lascar super Speedway. Rudd who was Able to run about 15 laps longer on a tank of Gas than his fellow Drivers inherited the Lead when Dave Allison pitted for four tires on his Ford with 37 laps to go. The pit Stop dropped Allison Back to second nearly a Lap Back of Rudd. Rudd who was Able to run the final 73 laps without pitting Wasny to challenged the rest of the Way in route to his 12th career Victory. Rudd driving a Chevrolet averaged 135.594 Mph which broke the track record of 135.462 Mph set by Dale Earnhardt in the 1989 Southern 500. The Tran South 500 record was 131.284 Mph set by Lake Speed in 1988. There were Only three cautions for 18 laps which broke the records of five cautions for 39 laps in the 1983 Tran South 500. Rudd started 13th and was an unlikely Winner on a sunny afternoon. He had not finished in the top 10 in this race since 1984, when he was ninth. His Best finish was third in 1983. But Rudd has run Well this year finishing in the top three in three of the seasons first five races. The Chesapeake va., Driver picked up $62,185 for the 11.4-second, Victory at what most say is the toughest Lascar super Speedway. Michael Waltrip finished third after dominating the race for much of the Day leading for 208 of the first 299 laps. The Only tire he lost the Lead up until then was when he had to pit under a Green Flag. But a broken air wrench at a pit Stop on Lap 299 Cost Waltrip a shot at his first Winston cup Victory. When Waltrip finally emerged from the pits he was almost a Lap Back of Allison who took the Lead when Waltrip pitted. Waltrip a Pontiac then dropped a Cylinder on Lap 321 and had to pit once More ending his chances at the 1.366-mile Oval. Earnhardt failed to get higher than fourth As he tried to become the first Driver to win four straight races at Darlington. Earnhardt finished 29th in a Chevrolet. Earnhardt also lost his Lead in the Points race to Rudd who now has 808 Points and an 80-Point Lead Over Earnhardt. Rudd had been second 24 Points behind coming into the race. By Mike Harris a motor sports writer a Miami a when Raul Boesel needed a career boost it was Jaguar who gave him a Call sunday he made a Little payment on with a hard earned vie. Tory in the Nissan grand prix of Miami. A i have had some hard moments in my career lately but Jaguar and team owner Tom Walkinshaw gave me a Chance a said the brazilian Driver who lives in Miami i just went out and did what i think they expect of the 1987 world endurance sports car Champion lost indy car rides each of the past two seasons. But he was employed and Happy sunday earning his second Simsa Camel it series Victory and giving Jaguar its second Victory in four races this season by holding off a late Challenge by the Chevrolet Miller of Tom Kendall. Davy Jones Boeselt a teammate who won a race last month at West Palm Beach fla., dominated the Early part of the 2-hour race but went out just past the Halfway Mark with engine failure. Boesel whose Only other Simsa win came in the 1988 Daytona 24 hours was right behind Jones and nearly lost control in his teammates Oil. However he was Able to Stop losing the Lead to a porsche 962c driven by Bernd Schneider of Germany but keeping his car intact. Boesel a former indy car Driver made his scheduled pit Stop moments later changed tires and then quickly chased Down the leaders moving to the Lead with about 40 minutes remaining when Schneider made his pit Stop Boesel stayed in front the rest of the Way on the narrow and treacherous 1.873-mile, 11-turn Street circuit but saw a Lead of nearly 5 seconds chopped to Only a few Yards by Kendall Over the last two laps. Kendall finished just 0.767 seconds behind the Jaguar. His Best previous Ftp finish was third last year at Lime Rock Conn. The Winner averaged 84.470 Mph and earned about $51,500, the porsche 962c of James Weaver of England and Rob Dyson was fourth followed by Brabham a Nissan teammate Chip Robinson the last competitor on the Lead Lap
