European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 athe stars and stripes Friday april 12, 1991 a a a a. A i a j a a v a. A. A. A. Blazers Bounce spurs to finish Texas sweep. By the associated press. San Antonio the Portland Trail blazers had the eyes of Texas upon them this week and they finished off their basketball lesson in san Antonio by bouncing the spurs 105-100 in the previous 43 series that an Aba team travelled to Dallas. Houston and. San Antonio for consecutive games the opposition was unable to pull off a1 sweep. Before that Boston was the last team to do it in february of 1987. In posting their 12th straight Victory Overall the Trail blazers completed their Texas sweep. Portland had beaten the Mavericks on sunday and the rockets on tuesday. A not too Many teams can come to Texas and beat All three teams a said Kevin Duckworth,.one of seven blazers who scored in double figures. The Victory gave Portland which has just one game left on the Road a 3 a game Lead in the Pacific division Over the Idle los Angeles lakers. A a we be been working real hard to get to this level a said Clyde Drexler who led the blazers with 22 Points. Terry Porter scored 18 Points for Portland which matched last seasons franchise record of 59 victories. The blazers also won their ninth consecutive Road game. Their 59-18 Overall record is the a bad a Best by two games. San Antonio which had a Fiir game winning Streak broken got 27 Points 16 rebounds and seven Block shots from David Robinson and 20 Points from Sean .�elliott.&Quot, a a a a a re. But the spurs also committed 20  -.  a in other Aba games jazz 97, Mavericks 91 Salt Lake City Utah rallied from a 19-Point deficit to defeat Dallas and pull to one game behind first Pace san Antonio in the Midwest division. Karl Malone scored 12 of his 26 Points in the fourth Quarter for the jazz and John Stockton and Jeff Malone had 18 Points each. Derek Harper scored 34 Points and Rolando Blackman 20 for the Mavericks who lost their ninth game in 10  101, pacers 96 in i an a Polis m Ichael Jordan scored 10 of his 28 Points in the fourth Quarter and Chicago downed Indiana by limiting the pacers to six baskets in the final  bulls who trailed by As Many As nine in the first half took the Lead for Good on consecutive three Point plays 38 seconds apart by Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant. Pippen put the bulls ahead 8886 with 5 51 left and Grant made it 91-88 with another Layup and free throw Indiana which got 21 Points from Reggie Miller shot just 27 percent in the final period hitting just 6 of 22  140, clippers 108 Tacoma Wash. A Benoit Benjamin scored 22 Points on 9-for-11 shooting helping Seattle set a franchise record for yield goal accuracy by making 63.5 percent of its shots against los Angeles. The sonics hit 54 of 85 shots eclipsing the previous Mark of 62.9 percent against the clippers on nov. 26, 1985. Ken Norman scored 27 Points and Danny Manning 21 for the clippers who played without Charles Smith because of a bruised right thigh.76ers 100, kicks 84 Philadelphia Philadelphia improved its record to 3-1 since Charles Barkley a knee injury with Ron Anderson getting 25 Points and 10 rebounds in a Victory Over new York. Horsey Hawkins added 18 Points As the 76ers won for the fifth time in six games. Patrick Ewing had 28 Points and 12 rebounds for the kicks who lost for the ninth time in 13 games and played again without injured starters Charles Oakley and Gerald  94, pistons 90 Auburn Hills Mich. A Cleveland won for just the 10th time in 40 Road games As Brad Daugherty got 23 Points and Larry Nance 22. Detroit dropped to a half game ahead of Milwaukee in the Battle for an Eastern conference playoff spot Isiah Thomas scored 20 Points and Bill Laimbeer had 16 Points and 19 rebounds for the pistons who lost the season series pistons Vinnie Johnson attempts to pass around Cavaliers Larry Nance 22 to Milwaukee 3-2, and must maintain a Clear Cut Lead Over the Bucks to remain the no. 3 Eastern conference seed. A Darnell Valentine scored 20 Points for the Cavaliers who led by As  12 before the pistons closed the Gap to two in the final minute. Joe do Mars hit a 3-Pointer with 1 41 remaining and a Layup with 55 seconds left to pull the pistons to 92-90. But he missed a jumper from the Lane that could have tied the game with eight seconds  112, bullets 106 Miami a Rony Shikaly with just 57 Points in the previous six games Nad 27 Points and. 16 rebounds and Kevin Edwards converted two three Point plays in the fourth Quarter As Miami Defeated Washington  a four game losing Streak for the heat and extended the bullets losing string to four. Glen Rice scored 24 Points for the heat. Perlis Ellison had 19 Points and 14 rebounds for the bullets. By i he associated press the benefits of being in the big East already Are showing for the University of Miami. Coach Leonard Hamilton bolstered his first recruiting class wednesday by signing 7-foot Center William Davis of Brooklyn . Davis joined the nations highest scoring prep player Mcniel Swaby of North Miami High in pledging to the hurricanes on the first Day of the Spring signing period. Davis averaged 16 Points 14 rebounds and seven blocked shots last season for boys and girls High in Brooklyn the same school that produced the hurricanes All time no. 2 scorer Erie Brown. A a in a real excited about coming to Miami Quot Davis said. Quot going to a big East school was real important with All the exposure and great Competition in that  Swaby a 6-7 of Wyvard set a Florida High school record by averaging 47,4 Points last season. Swaby s Choice of schools was no Surprise he had orally committed to Miami in january. Hamilton who came to Miami a year ago fro College basketball recruiting Oklahoma state said Swaby a has a lot of scoring potential and Good size and should add another dimension to our team on the offensive  also in the big East 6-9 Forward Donyell Marshall of Reading pa., is headed for Connecticut Marshall averaged 26 Points and 15 rebounds last season. Recruiting expert Bob Gibbons said Marshall and a Conns a other six incoming freshmen give Connecticut one of the top recruiting classes in the country. Quot it looks like Michigan s got the no. 1 recruiting class Quot Gibbons said. Quot Kansas is probably no. 2, and if everybody a eligible a Conns a no. 3.&Quot a Gibbons ranks Marshall among the top six recruits in the nation. A Arizona state coach Bill Fri Der said he signed Wun Versher a 6-5 swing Man from Compton Calif College. Across the state Northern Arizona landed Miodrag Deric a 6-9 native of Yugoslavia. Doric averaged 15.5 Points per game and 9.5 rebounds while a foreign Exchange student at Casa Robles Calif High school. Derrick Landrus Illinois leading class a scorer also will stay at Home. The 6-2 guard w to averaged 31.2 Points a game this season at Charleston High school will attend Eastern Illinois. Auburn grabbed two players from Georgia state championship teams Mitch Taylor a 6-1 guard from Statesboro and a1 Pinkins a 6-6 Forward from Camilla. Mississippi signed Donald Jenkins a 6-4 guard from Salisbury , Leslie cephus a 6-7 Forward from Birmingham Ala. And Cedric brim a 6-1 Point guard from Mooreville miss. As a senior at Moore Ville bring led the troopers to a 37-1 record and the Mississippi class a state championship averaging 23.9 Points. Colorado signed Mark Dean from Nassau Bahamas who averaged 22,8 Points and 13 rebounds at Southeast Community in Nebraska. Brendan Graves a 6-10 Center who averaged 30.5 Points and 20 rebounds As a High school senior in Victoria British Columbia signed with California